The Year in Film: 1993

Best Picture

#1: Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg)
#2: Blue (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
#3: Naked (Mike Leigh)
#4: Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg)
#5: Six Degrees of Separation (Fred Schepisi)
#6: Short Cuts (Robert Altman)
#7: In the Name of the Father (Jim Sheridan)
#8: Remains of the Day (James Ivory)
#9: Sonatine (Takeshi Kitano)
#10: Menace II Society (Allen and Albert Hughes)

Honorable mentions: Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis), Gettysburg (Ronald F. Maxwell), The Fugitive (Andrew Davis), Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (François Girard), Philadelphia (Jonathan Demme), Red Rock West (John Dahl), Cronos (Guillermo Del Toro), The Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese), King of the Hill (Steven Soderbergh), And the Band Played On (Roger Spottiswoode), In the Line of Fire (Wolfgang Petersen), Farewell, My Concubine (Chen Kaige), Fearless (Peter Weir), Die Rebellion (Michael Haneke), Addams Family Values (Barry Sonnenfeld), The Scent of Green Papaya (Anh Hung Tran), The War Room (D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus), Ma Saison Préferée (André Téchiné), A Perfect World (Clint Eastwood), The Secret Garden (Agnieszka Holland), Carlito’s Way (Brian De Palma).

Best Director #1: Steven Spielberg (Schindler’s List) #2: Robert Altman (Short Cuts) #3: Jane Campion (The Piano) #4: Jonathan Demme (Philadelphia) #5: Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father)

Best Actor #1: Liam Neeson (Schindler’s List) #2: Tom Hanks (Philadelphia) #3: David Thewlis (Naked) #4: Daniel Day-Lewis (In the Name of the Father) #5: Anthony Hopkins (Remains of the Day)

Best Actress #1: Holly Hunter (The Piano) #2: Juliette Binoche (Blue) #3: Tilda Swinton (Orlando) #4: Angela Bassett (What’s Love Got to Do with It) #5: Emma Thompson (Remains of the Day)

Best Supporting Actor #1: Ralph Fiennes (Schindler’s List) #2: Pete Postlethwaite (Pulp Fiction) #3: Ben Kingsley (Schindler’s List) #4: Harvey Keitel (The Piano) #5: Leonardo DiCaprio (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?)

Best Supporting Actress #1: Anna Paquin (The Piano) #2: Julianne Moore (Short Cuts) #3: Gong Li (Farewell, My Concubine) #4: Winona Ryder (The Age of Innocence) #5: Emma Thompson (In the Name of the Father)

Best Original Screenplay #1: Naked (Mike Leigh) #2: Menace II Society (Allen and Albert Hughes and Tyger Williams) #3: The Piano (Jane Campion) #4: Philadelphia (Ron Nyswaner) #5: In the Line of Fire (Jeff Maguire)

Best Adapted Screenplay #1: Schindler’s List (Steven Zaillian) #2: Short Cuts (Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt) #3: King of the Hill (Steven Soderbergh) #4: In the Name of the Father (Terry George and Jim Sheridan) #5: Remains of the Day (Ruth Prawer Jhabvala)

Best Cinematography #1: Janusz Kaminski (Schindler’s List) #2: Stuart Dryburgh (The Piano) #3: Aleksei Rodionov (Orlando) #4: Walt Lloyd (Short Cuts) #5: Tak Fujimoto (Philadelphia)

Best Film Editing #1: Schindler’s List #2: Short Cuts #3: In the Line of Fire #4: The Piano #5: Naked

Best Original Score #1: Schindler’s List (John Williams) #2: The Piano (Michael Nyman) #5: Jurassic Park (John Williams) #3: Short Cuts (Gavin Friday and Mark Isham) #4: Orlando (David Bedford, Fred Frith, David Motion, and Sally Potter)

Best Original Song #1: “Streets of Philadelphia” (Philadelphia) #2: “(You Made Me the) Thief of Your Heart” (In the Name of the Father) #3: “Philadelphia” (Philadelphia) #4: “This is Halloween” (The Nightmare Before Christmas) #5: “A Wink and a Smile” (Sleepless in Seattle)

Best Production Design #1: Orlando #2: The Piano #3: Schindler’s List #4: Farewell, My Concubine #5: Remains of the Day

Best Costume Design #1: Orlando #2: Farewell, My Concubine #3: The Piano #4: The Age of Innocence #5: Schindler’s List

Best Makeup #1: Orlando #2: Farewell, My Concubine #3: The Piano #4: Mrs. Doubtfire #5: Remains of the Day

Best Sound #1: Jurassic Park #2: The Fugitive #3: In the Line of Fire #4: Menace II Society #5: Schindler’s List

Best Visual Effects #1: Jurassic Park #2: The Nightmare Before Christmas #3: The Fugitive #4: Cliffhanger #5: Short Cuts

–The Honorary Awards–

Best Breakthrough Performance – Male Ralph Fiennes (Schindler’s List)

Best Breakthrough Performance – Female Anna Paquin (The Piano)

Best First Feature Allen and Albert Hughes (Menace II Society)