1995 National Society of Film Critics Awards



29th NSFC Awards January 3, 1996

Best Film:  Babe  The 30th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 1996, honored the best filmmaking of 1995.

Best Picture
1. Babe 2. Crumb 3. Safe

Best Director
1. Mike Figgis – Leaving Las Vegas 2. Todd Haynes – Safe 3. Walter Hill – Wild Bill

Best Actor
1. Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas 2. Sean Penn – Dead Man Walking 3. Jeff Bridges – Wild Bill 3. Morgan Freeman – Seven

Best Actress
1. Elisabeth Shue – Leaving Las Vegas 2. Jennifer Jason Leigh – Georgia 3. Meryl Streep – The Bridges of Madison County

Best Supporting Actor
1. Don Cheadle – Devil in a Blue Dress 2. Kevin Spacey – Seven, The Usual Suspects, Swimming with Sharks and Outbreak 3. Delroy Lindo – Clockers and Get Shorty

Best Supporting Actress
1. Joan Allen – Nixon 2. Mira Sorvino – Mighty Aphrodite 3. Illeana Douglas – To Die For

Best Screenplay
1. Amy Heckerling – Clueless 2. André Téchiné, Gilles Taurand and Olivier Massart – Wild Reeds (Les roseaux sauvages) 3. Todd Haynes – Safe

Best Cinematography

 * Tak Fujimoto – Devil in a Blue Dress

Best Foreign Language Film
1. Wild Reeds (Les roseaux sauvages) 2. Lamerica 3. Through the Olive Trees (Zire darakhatan zeyton)

Best Documentary

 * Crumb

Experimental Film

 * Latcho Drom

Special Archival Prize

 * I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba)