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 Shine The English Patient Fargo Secrets & Lies Everyone Says I Love You Evita Sling Blade Trainspotting Breaking the Waves Jerry Maguire
Top Foreign Films Ridicule Les Voleurs Bitter Sugar La Cérémonie 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
References
External links National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1996