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- DirectorHenry SelickStarsDanny ElfmanChris SarandonCatherine O'HaraJack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.Favourite Film of the Year
Runner ups:
Groundhog Day
Jurassic Park
Schindler's List
The Fugitive
Demolition Man
The Thief and the Cobbler
In the Name of the Father
What's Love Got to Do with It
Raining Stones - DirectorHenry SelickStarsDanny ElfmanChris SarandonCatherine O'HaraJack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.Best Film of the Year
Runner ups:
Groundhog Day
Schindler's List
Jurassic Park
The Fugitive
In the Name of the Father
Mrs. Doubtfire
The Remains of the Day
Raining Stones
True Romance - DirectorBrian GibsonStarsAngela BassettLaurence FishburneRaéVen KellyThe story of singer Tina Turner's rise to stardom and how she gained the courage to break free from her abusive husband, Ike Turner.Best Lead Actor: Angela Bassett
Runner ups:
Bill Murray in Groundhog Day
Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire
Anthony Hopkins in The Remains of the Day
Daniel Day Lewis in In the Name of the Father
Tyrin Turner in Menace II Society
Jeff Bridges in Fearless
Al Pacino in Carlito's Way
Liam Neeson in Schindler's List
Meg Ryan in Sleepless in Seattle - DirectorLasse HallströmStarsJohnny DeppLeonardo DiCaprioJuliette LewisA young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness.Best Supporting Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio
Runner ups:
Laurence Fishburne in What's Love Got to Do with It
Wesley Snipes in Demolition Man
Ralf Fiennes in Schindler's List
Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park
Tom Hanks in Sleepless in Seattle
Pete Postlethwaite in In the Name of the Father
Larenz Tate in Menace II Society
Ben Kingsley in Schindler's List
Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen KingsleyIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.Best Direction
Runner ups:
Jurassic Park
The Fugitive
In the Name of the Father
Cronos - DirectorHenry SelickStarsDanny ElfmanChris SarandonCatherine O'HaraJack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.Best Original Screenplay
Runner ups:
Groundhog Day
True Romance
Falling Down
Cronos - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsSam NeillLaura DernJeff GoldblumA pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.Best Adapted Screenplay
Runner ups:
Schindler's List
The Fugitive
What's Love Got to Do with It
In the Name of the Father - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen KingsleyIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.Best Cinematography
Runner ups:
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jurassic Park
The Fugitive
In the Name of the Father - DirectorTony ScottStarsChristian SlaterPatricia ArquetteDennis HopperIn Detroit, a pop-culture nerd steals cocaine from his new wife's pimp and tries to sell it in Hollywood, prompting the mobsters who own the drugs to pursue the couple.Best Editing
Runner ups:
Jurassic Park
The Fugitive
Falling Down
Demolition Man - DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsAnjelica HustonRaul JuliaChristopher LloydThe Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie.Best Art-Direction
Runner ups:
Demolition Man
Jurassic Park
Super Mario Bros.
Last Action Hero - DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsAnjelica HustonRaul JuliaChristopher LloydThe Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie.Best Costume Design
Runner ups:
Hocus Pocus
Demolition Man
Schindler's List
What's Love Got to Do with It - DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsAnjelica HustonRaul JuliaChristopher LloydThe Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie.Best Make-up
Runner ups:
Mrs. Doubtfire
Hocus Pocus
Cronos
Schindler's List - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsSam NeillLaura DernJeff GoldblumA pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.Best Visual Effects
Runner ups:
Demolition Man
Super Mario Bros.
Addams Family Values
The Fugitive - DirectorHenry SelickStarsDanny ElfmanChris SarandonCatherine O'HaraJack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.Best Original Score
Runner ups:
Jurassic Park
Schindler's List
Free Willy
True Romance - DirectorHenry SelickStarsDanny ElfmanChris SarandonCatherine O'HaraJack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.Best Original Song: "This is Halloween"
Runner ups:
"Jack's Lament" from The Nightmare Before Christmas
"Jack's Obsession" from The Nightmare Before Christmas
"What's This?" from The Nightmare Before Christmas
"The Trapper Song" from Alferd Packer: The Musical - DirectorHenry SelickStarsDanny ElfmanChris SarandonCatherine O'HaraJack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.Best Animated Film
Runner ups:
The Thief and the Cobbler
The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
n/a - DirectorRichard WilliamsStarsVincent PriceMatthew BroderickJennifer BealsA lonely princess and a poor cobbler fall in love while trying to retrieve three magical orbs that were stolen by a bumbling thief, all while outwitting a powerful sorcerer as adventure and comedic pop culture references abound.Best Animation
Runner ups:
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb
n/a - DirectorRichard WilliamsStarsVincent PriceMatthew BroderickJennifer BealsA lonely princess and a poor cobbler fall in love while trying to retrieve three magical orbs that were stolen by a bumbling thief, all while outwitting a powerful sorcerer as adventure and comedic pop culture references abound.Best Voice-Over Performance: Vincent Price
Runner ups:
Chris Sarandon in The Nightmare Before Christmas
Ken Page in The Nightmare Before Christmas
Catherine O'Hara in The Nightmare Before Christmas
Edward Ivory in The Nightmare Before Christmas - DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsFederico LuppiRon PerlmanClaudio BrookA mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path.Best Foreign-Language Film
Runner ups:
Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla II
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n/a - DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel Day-LewisPete PostlethwaiteAlison CrosbieAn Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.Best British Film
Runners up:
Raining Stones
The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb
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n/a - DirectorTrey ParkerStarsTrey ParkerDian BacharStephen BlackpoolThe sole survivor of an ill-fated mining expedition tells how his taste for gold was replaced by that of human flesh.Funniest Film
Runner ups:
Groundhog Day
Demolition Man
So I Married an Axe Murderer
Last Action Hero - DirectorHarold RamisStarsBill MurrayAndie MacDowellChris ElliottA narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.Best Comedic Performance: Bill Murray
Runner ups:
Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire
Wesley Snipes in Demolition Man
Raul Julia in Addams Family Values
Samuel L. Jackson in Loaded Weapon 1 - DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsFederico LuppiRon PerlmanClaudio BrookA mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path.Scariest Film
Runner ups:
Body Snatchers
Return of the Living Dead III
Jurassic Park
Leprechaun - DirectorMarco BrambillaStarsSylvester StalloneWesley SnipesSandra BullockA police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.Best Action Movie
Runner ups:
Jurassic Park
The Fugitive
Last Action Hero
True Romance - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen KingsleyIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.Most Emotional Film
Runner ups:
Mrs. Doubtfire
Groundhog Day
What's Love Got to Do with It
Raining Stones - DirectorHenry SelickStarsDanny ElfmanChris SarandonCatherine O'HaraJack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.Best Musical
Runners up:
Cannibal: The Musical!
n/a - DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsFederico LuppiRon PerlmanClaudio BrookA mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path.Best Zombie and/or Vampire Film
Runner ups:
Weekend at Bernie's II
Return of the Living Dead III - DirectorKevin AltieriBoyd KirklandFrank PaurStarsKevin ConroyDana DelanyHart BochnerBatman is wrongly implicated in a series of murders of mob bosses actually committed by a new vigilante assassin.Best Superhero Film
Runner ups:
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n/a - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsDaniel Day-LewisMichelle PfeifferWinona RyderA tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.Turd of the Year
Runner ups:
Ernest Rides Again
Beethoven's 2nd
Hocus Pocus
Leprechaun - DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsGromit butts heads with a mysterious penguin lodger, who hatches a sinister scheme involving the ex-NASA Techno Trousers that have been modified by Wallace for walkies.Best Short Film
Runner ups:
Trail Mix-Up
Dead Right
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n/a - CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsPatrick StewartBrent SpinerJonathan FrakesSet almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before.Best TV Drama (for seasons 6/7)
Runner ups:
Batman: The Animated Series (season 1)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (seasons 1/2)
The X-Files (season 1)
Tales from the Crypt (season 5) - CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsPatrick StewartBrent SpinerJonathan FrakesSet almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before.Best Performance (TV Drama): Patrick Stewart (for seasons 6/7)
Runner ups:
Brent Spiner in Star Trek: The Next Generation (seasons 6/7)
Jonathan Frakes in Star Trek: The Next Generation (seasons 6/7)
Colm Meany in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (seasons 1/2)
Diana Muldaur in Star Trek: The Next Generation (seasons 6/7)
Michael Dorn in Star Trek: The Next Generation (seasons 6/7)
David Duchovny in The X-Files (season 1)
Gillian Anderson in The X-Files (season 1)
Marina Sirtis in Star Trek: The Next Generation (seasons 6/7)
n/a - CreatorJames L. BrooksMatt GroeningSam SimonStarsDan CastellanetaNancy CartwrightHarry ShearerThe satiric adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.Best TV Comedy (for seasons 4/5)
Runner ups:
Red Dwarf (series 6)
One Foot in the Grave (series 4)
The Larry Sanders Show (season 2)
Animaniacs (season 1)
Shooting Stars! (series 1)
Beavis and Butt-Head (seasons 1/2/3)
Cheers (season 11)
Frasier (season 1)
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (seasons 2/3) - CreatorDennis KleinGarry ShandlingStarsGarry ShandlingJeffrey TamborWallace LanghamA comedic behind the scenes look at a late night talk show.Best Performance (TV Comedy): Gary Shandling (for season 2)
Runner ups:
Jeffrey Tambor in The Larry Sanders Show (season 2)
Janene Garofalo in The Larry Sanders Show (season 2)
Kelsey Grammar in Frasier (season 1)
David Hyde Pierce in Frasier (season 1)
Chris Barrie in Red Dwarf (series 6)
Robert Llewellyn in Red Dwarf (series 6)
Craig Charles in Red Dwarf (series 6)
Richard Wilson in One Foot in the Grave (series 4)
Annette Crosbie in One Foot in the Grave (series 4) - CreatorJames L. BrooksMatt GroeningSam SimonStarsDan CastellanetaNancy CartwrightHarry ShearerThe satiric adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.Best Animated TV Series (for seasons 4/5)
Runner ups:
Animaniacs (season 1)
Beavis and Butt-Head (seasons 1/2/3)
Batman (season 1)
Rugrats (seasons 2/3) - CreatorTom RueggerStarsRob PaulsenJess HarnellTress MacNeilleThe zany adventures of a trio of 1930s animated characters in the modern world.Best Newcomer TV Comedy
Runner ups:
Beavis and Butt-Head
Frasier - DirectorPatrick StewartStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonData deals with his new ability to experience nightmares as the Enterprise deals with the installation of a new warp core that won't work as expected.Best Direction in an Individual Episode
Runner ups:
Star Trek: The Next Generation: "Descent, Part I"
Red Dwarf: "Legion"
Star Trek: The Next Generation: "Ship in a Bottle"
Star Trek: The Next Generation: "Parallels" - DirectorRich MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter being released from prison on parole, Sideshow Bob plots to murder Bart.Best Writing in an Individual Episode
Runner ups:
The Simpsons: "Marge vs. the Monorail"
The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror IV"
The Simpsons: "Last Exit to Springfield"
The Simpsons: "Boy Scoutz 'n the Hood" - DirectorRich MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter being released from prison on parole, Sideshow Bob plots to murder Bart.Best Individual Episode
Runner ups:
The Simpsons: "Marge vs. the Monorail"
The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror IV"
The Simpsons: "Last Exit to Springfield"
The Simpsons: "Boy Scoutz 'n the Hood"
The Simpsons: "Brother from the Same Planet"
The Simpsons: "$pringfield (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)"
The Simpsons: "Rosebud"
Red Dwarf: "Legion"
Star Trek: The Next Generation: "Ship in a Bottle" - DirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieDoreen MantleThe Meldrews and Mrs. Warboys embark upon a hellish holiday to Portugal. After an entanglement with the police, they finally arrive at their unpleasant villa.Best TV Special
Runner ups:
Bubsy
n/a - DirectorChris BouldStarsBill HicksBill Hicks in the height of his genius. Recorded at the Dominion Theatre in London, Hicks opens our eyes and minds to the hypocrisy and ludicrousness of the world around us.Best Feature Stand-up Comedy Recording
Runner ups:
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n/a - DirectorTakashi TezukaYoshinori TsuchiyamaThe ship in which Link travels back to Hyrule is destroyed in a storm. He awakens on a strange island, where he will find a new enemy and some new friends.Best Video Game
Runner ups:
Sonic the Hedgehog CD
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind
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