The Year in Film: 1992

Best Picture

#1: Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley)
#2: The Crying Game (Neil Jordan)
#3: The Piano (Jane Campion)
#4: Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood)
#5: Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino)
#6: Damage (Louis Malle)
#7: The Player (Robert Altman)
#8: Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen)
#9: The Best Intentions (Bille August)
#10: Swoon (Tom Kalin)

Honorable mentions: Malcolm X (Spike Lee), Bad Lieutenant (Abel Ferrara), Howards End (James Ivory), Man Bites Dog (Rémy Belvaux), Candyman (Bernard Rose), Long Day Closes, The (Terence Davies), Orlando (Sally Potter), One False Move (Carl Franklin), Brother’s Keeper (Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky), Monster in a Box (Nick Broomfield), Careful (Guy Maddin), Bob Roberts (Tim Robbins), Last of the Mohicans, The (Michael Mann), Citizen Cohn (Frank Pierson), Of Mice and Men (Gary Sinise), Stalin (Ivan Passer), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola), River Runs Through It, A (Robert Redford).

Best Director #1: Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) #2: Robert Altman (The Player) #3: Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs) #4: Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant) #5: Michael Mann (The Last of the Mohicans)

Best Actor #1: Harvey Keitel (Bad Lieutenant) #2: Jack Lemmon (Glengarry Glen Ross) #3: Stephen Rea (The Crying Game) #4: Denzel Washington (Malcolm X) #5: Jeremy Irons (Damage)

Best Actress #1: Juliette Binoche (Damage) #2: Catherine Deneuve (Indochine) #3: Gong Li (Raise the Red Lantern) #4: Emma Thompson (Howards End) #5: Mia Farrow (Husbands and Wives)

Best Supporting Actor #1: Gene Hackman (Unforgiven) #2: Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs) #3: Jaye Davidson (The Crying Game) #4: Morgan Freeman (Unforgiven) #5 (tie): Steve Buscemi (Reservoir Dogs) #5 (tie): Kevin Spacey (Glengarry Glen Ross)

Best Supporting Actress #1: Miranda Richardson (The Crying Game and Damage) #2: Vanessa Redgrave (Howards End) #3: Judy Davis (Husbands and Wives) #4: Angela Bassett (Malcolm X) #5: Brenda Blethyn (A River Runs Through It)

Best Original Screenplay #1: The Crying Game (Neil Jordan) #2: Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino) #3: Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen) #4: Bad Lieutenant (Abel Ferrara and Zöe Lund) #5: Unforgiven (David Webb Peoples)

Best Adapted Screenplay #1: Glengarry Glen Ross (David Mamet) #2: The Player (Michael Tolkin) #3: Howards End (Ruth Prawer Jhabvala) #4: A River Runs Through It (Richard Friedenberg) #5: Malcolm X (Ruth Prawer Jhabvala)

Best Cinematography #1: Ian Wilson (The Crying Game) #2: Dante Spinotti (The Last of the Mohicans) #3: Philippe Rousselot (A River Runs Through It) #4: Peter Biziou (Damage) #5: Jack N. Green (Unforgiven)

Best Film Editing #1: The Crying Game #2: Reservoir Dogs #3: The Last of the Mohicans #4: The Player #5: A River Runs Through It

Best Original Score #1: The Crying Game (Anne Dudley) #2: The Last of the Mohicans (Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman) #3: Damage (Zbigniew Preisner) #4: A River Runs Through It (Mark Isham) #5: Howards End (Richard Robbins)

Best Original Song #1: “Retake America” (Bob Roberts) #2: “What Did Teacher Tell You” (Bob Roberts) #3: “Book of Days” (Far and Away) #4: “A Whole New World” (Aladdin) #5: “Friend Like Me” (Aladdin)

Best Production Design #1: Howards End #2: Bram Stoker’s Dracula #3: Raise the Red Lantern #4: A River Runs Through It #5: Chaplin

Best Costume Design #1: Bram Stoker’s Dracula #2: Howards End #3: Raise the Red Lantern #4: Malcolm X #5: A River Runs Through It

Best Makeup #1: Bram Stoker’s Dracula #2: Batman Returns #3: The Crying Game #4: Hoffa #5: Raise the Red Lantern

Best Sound #1: The Crying Game #2: Reservoir Dogs #3: The Last of the Mohicans #4: Bram Stoker’s Dracula #5: Bad Lieutenant

Best Visual Effects #1: Death Becomes Her #2: Batman Returns #3: Bram Stoker’s Dracula #4: Alien 3 #5: Reservoir Dogs

–The Honorary Awards–

Best Breakthrough Performance – Male Jaye Davidson (The Crying Game)

Best Breakthrough Performance – Female Cynda Williams (One False Move)

Best First Feature Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs)