1988 National Society of Film Critics Awards



23rd NSFC Awards January 9, 1989

Best Film:  The Unbearable Lightness of Being  The 23rd National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 9 January 1989, honored the best filmmaking of 1988.

Best Picture
1. The Unbearable Lightness of Being 2. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) 3. Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) 3. A World Apart

Best Director
1. Philip Kaufman – The Unbearable Lightness of Being 2. Chris Menges – A World Apart 3. Wim Wenders – Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin)

Best Actor
1. Michael Keaton – Beetlejuice and Clean and Sober 2. Gene Hackman – Mississippi Burning 3. Dustin Hoffman – Rain Man 3. Max von Sydow – Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren)

Best Actress
1. Judy Davis – High Tide 2. Carmen Maura – Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) 3. Melanie Griffith – Working Girl 3. Barbara Hershey – A World Apart

Best Supporting Actor
1. Dean Stockwell – Married to the Mob and Tucker: The Man and His Dream 2. Alec Guinness – Little Dorrit 3. Tim Robbins – Bull Durham

Best Supporting Actress
1. Mercedes Ruehl – Married to the Mob 2. Lena Olin – The Unbearable Lightness of Being 3. Michelle Pfeiffer – Dangerous Liaisons

Best Screenplay
1. Ron Shelton – Bull Durham 2. David Cronenberg and Norman Snider – Dead Ringers 3. Shawn Slovo – A World Apart

Best Cinematography
1. Henri Alekan – Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin)'' 2. Sven Nykvist – The Unbearable Lightness of Being 3. Philippe Rousselot – Dangerous Liaisons 3. Conrad L. Hall – Tequila Sunrise 3. Vittorio Storaro – Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Best Documentary
1. The Thin Blue Line 2. Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie 3. Tokyo Olympiad (Tôkyô orimpikku)

Special Award

 * Pedro Almodóvar