Cinema
1. The Full Monty
2. Men in Black
3. The Lost World
4. Bean
5. Ransom
6. Sleepers
7. 101 Dalmatians
8. Liar Liar
9. Jerry Maguire
10. My Best Friend's Wedding
(compiled from a survey of Irish film distributors and exhibitors)
People's Choice - Video
1. Michael Collins
2. Fargo
3. The Rock
4. Mission Impossible
5. Jerry Maguire
6. Independence Day
7. The Van
8. Some Mother's Son
9. The Long Kiss Goodnight
10. Striptease
(supplied by Xtra-Vision)
Critic's Choice - Cinema
1. L.A. Confidential
2. William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
3. Evita
4. Donnie Brasco
5. Face/Off
6. A Self Made Hero
7. Hamlet
8. The Sweet Hereafter
9. The Crucible
10. Flirting With Disaster
(selected by Michael Dwyer)
Critic's Choice: The Year's Best And Worst
Best film: Curtis Hanson for L.A. Confidential
Best foreign-language film: Jacques Audiard for A Self Made Hero (Un Heros Tres Discret)
Best Irish feature film: Paddy Breathnach for I Went Down
Best Irish short film: Kevin Liddy for A Soldier's Song
Worst film: (tie) Joel Schumacher for Batman & Robin and Simon Moore for Up On The Roof
Most over-rated film: Brian Gilbert for Wilde
Most disappointing film: Jane Campion for The Portrait of a Lady
Most underrated film: Nicholas Hytner for The Crucible
Best actor: (tie) Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe for L.A. Confidential
Best actress: Madonna for Evita
Best supporting actress: Joan Allen for The Crucible
Best supporting actor: Rupert Everett for My Best Friend's Wedding
Best new actor: Jude Law for Wilde
Best new actress: (tie) Sarah Polley for The Sweet Hereafter and Samantha Morton for Under the Skin
Worst actress: Jennifer Jason Leigh for Kansas City
Worst actor: Arnold Schwarzwenegger for Batman & Robin
Best director: Curtis Hanson for L.A. Confidential
Best new director: (tie) Gilles Mimouni for L'Appartement and Gary Oldman for Nil By Mouth
Best original screenplay: Stanley Tucci and Tony Shalhoub for Big Night
Best adapted screenplay: Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland for LA Confidential
Best original music score: Mychael Danna for The Sweet Hereafter
Best original song score: Grace Of My Heart
Best non-original song score: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
Best cinematography: Darius Khondji for Evita
Best costume design: Penny Rose for Evita
Best art direction: Catherine Martin for William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
Best film editing: Gerry Hambling for Evita
Best special effects: Face/Off
Best documentary: Leon Gast for When We Were Kings
Best television film: Malcolm Bourne for Swan Lake
Best television drama series: Amy Jenkins and Tony Garnett for This Life
Best pop promo: Daft Punk for Da Funk
(selected by Michael Dwyer)
