National Board of Review Awards 1996



68th National Board of Review Awards

Best Picture:  Shine  The 68th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 1996, were announced on 9 December 1996 and given on 9 February 1997.

Top 10 films

 * 1) Shine
 * 2) The English Patient
 * 3) Fargo
 * 4) Secrets & Lies
 * 5) Everyone Says I Love You
 * 6) Evita
 * 7) Sling Blade
 * 8) Trainspotting
 * 9) Breaking the Waves
 * 10) Jerry Maguire

Top Foreign Films

 * 1) Ridicule
 * 2) Les Voleurs
 * 3) Bitter Sugar
 * 4) La Cérémonie
 * 5) Kolya

Winners

 * Best Picture:
 * Shine
 * Best Foreign Language Film
 * Ridicule, France
 * Best Actor:
 * Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire
 * Best Actress:
 * Frances McDormand - Fargo
 * Best Supporting Actor:
 * Edward Norton - Everyone Says I Love You
 * Best Supporting Actress (tie):
 * Juliette Binoche and Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient
 * Best Ensemble Acting:
 * The First Wives Club
 * Breakthrough performance:
 * Renée Zellweger - Jerry Maguire
 * Best Director:
 * Joel Coen - Fargo
 * Best Documentary:
 * Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
 * Best Film Made for Cable TV:
 * Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
 * Special Achievement in Filmmaking:
 * Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade
 * Special Citation:
 * Elia Kazan, for lifetime achievement in direction
 * Freedom of Expression Award:
 * The People vs. Larry Flynt - Miloš Forman, Oliver Stone
 * International Freedom Award:
 * Zhang Yuan
 * Billy Wilder Award:
 * Sidney Lumet
 * Career Achievement Award:
 * Gena Rowlands
 * William K. Everson Award for Film History:
 * Peter Bogdanovich, for Who the Devil Made It?
 * Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking:
 * Angels & Insects
 * Basquiat
 * Big Night
 * Bound
 * Caught
 * Follow Me Home
 * I Shot Andy Warhol
 * Lone Star
 * Marvin's Room
 * The Substance of Fire
 * Swingers
 * The Deli
 * The War Room
 * Unhook the Stars
 * Welcome to the Dollhouse