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Your Choices for the Best of the Year(s) - movies
This is the off-season and we're all bored, so I thought we could do something like this, I already posted this at MKF, so I thought we could do it here too.
Every year, all the critics groups and award ceremonies make their pick for the best of the year and I was interested in what you thought was the bests of the year.
Anyways, here are mine. I did mine about a month ago after re-watching some movies and I just felt like doing them. You can take any year and categories you want to do it, I just chose these particular years and categories. If you are unsure of the year of a particular movie, the Internet Movie Database has all the info.:
<strong>1995</strong>
Picture: Sense and Sensibility
Director: Ang Lee- Sense and Sensibility
Actor: Nicolas Cage- Leaving Las Vegas
Actress: (tie) Susan Sarandon- Dead Man Walking and Emma Thompson- Sense and Sensibility
Supporting Actor: Kevin Spacey- The Usual Suspects
Supporing Actress: (tie) Joan Allen-Nixon and Kate Winslet-Sense and Sensibility
Original Screenplay: The Usual Suspects
Adapted Screenplay: Sense and Sensibility
Cinematography: A Little Princess
Foreign Film: Il Postino
<strong>1996</strong>
Picture: Fargo
Director: (tie) Joel Coen-Fargo and Mike Leigh-Secrets and Lies
Actor: Woody Harrelson- The People vs. Larry Flint
Actress: Emily Watson- Breaking the Waves
Supporting Actor: Edward Norton- Primal Fear
Supporting Actress: Barbara Hershey- Portrait of a Lady
Original Screenplay: Fargo
Adapted Screenplay: Sling Blade
Cinematography: Fargo
<strong>1997</strong>
Picture: The Ice Storm
Director: Atom Egoyan- The Sweet Hereafter
Actor: Peter Fonda- Ulee's Gold
Actress: Judi Dench- Mrs. Brown
Supporting Actor: Burt Reynolds- Boogie Nights
Supporting Actress: Julianne @#%$-Boogie Nights
Original Screenplay: Boogie Nights
Adapted Screenplay: L.A. Confidential
Cinematography: Kundun
<strong>1998</strong>
Picture: Shakespeare in Love
Director: Terrence Malick- The Thin Red Line
Actor: Ian McKellen- Gods and Monsters
Actress: Fernanda Montenegro- Central Station
Supporting Actor: Bill Murray-Rushmore
Supporting Actress: (tie) Lisa Kudrow- The Opposite of Sex and Lynn Redgrave-Gods and Monsters
Original Screenplay: Shakespeare in Love
Adapted Screenpla: Gods and Monsters
Cinematography: Great Expectations
Foreign Film: Central Station (Brazil)
<strong>1999</strong>
Picture: Being John Malkovich
Director: Spike Jonze- Being John Malkovich
Actor: Richard Farnsworth- The Straight Story
Actress: Hilary Swank- Boys Don't Cry
Supporting Actor: Jude Law- The Talented Mr. Ripley
Best Supporting Actress: (tie) Cameron Diaz and Catharine Keener- Being John Malkovich
Original Screenplay- Being John Malkovich
Adapted Screenplay- The Talented Mr. Ripley
Cinematography: American Beauty
Foreign Film: All About My Mother (Spain)
<strong>2000</strong>
Picture: Crouchting Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Director: Ang Lee- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Actor: Micheal Douglas- Wonderboys
Actress: Laura Linney- You Can Count on Me
Supporting Actor: Benecio Del Toro- Traffic
Best Supporting Actress: Zhang Ziyi- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Best Original Screenplay: You Can Count on Me
Best Adapted Screenplay: Wonderboys
Best Cinematography: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Best Foreign Film: Yi Yi (Taiwan) Since I gave CTHD best Picture, I thought I could give Foreign Film to another movie...
<strong>2001</strong>
Picture: Gosford Park
Director: Robert Altman-Gosford Park
Actor: Gene Hackman-The Royal Tenenbaums
Actress: Sissy Spacek- In the Bedroom
Supporting Actor: James Broadbent- Iris; Moulin Rouge; Bridget Jone's Diary
Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei- In the Bedroom
Original Screenplay: Gosford Park
Adapted Screenplay: In the Bedroom
Cinematography: Amelei
Foreign Film: Amelei (France)
<strong>2002</strong>
Picture: (tie) Adaptation and Chicago
Director: Roman Polanski-The Pianist
Actor: Nicolas Cage- Adaptation
Actress: Julianne M-O-O-R-E- Far From Heaven
Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper- Adaptation
Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep- Adaptation
Original Screenplay: (tie) Far From Heaven and The Good Girl
Adaptaed Screenplay: Adaptation
Cinematography: Far From Heaven
Foreign Film: Y Tu Mama Tambien (Mexico)
Animated Feature: Spirited Away (Japan)
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your turn
This is the off-season and we're all bored, so I thought we could do something like this, I already posted this at MKF, so I thought we could do it here too.
Every year, all the critics groups and award ceremonies make their pick for the best of the year and I was interested in what you thought was the bests of the year.
Anyways, here are mine. I did mine about a month ago after re-watching some movies and I just felt like doing them. You can take any year and categories you want to do it, I just chose these particular years and categories. If you are unsure of the year of a particular movie, the Internet Movie Database has all the info.:
<strong>1995</strong>
Picture: Sense and Sensibility
Director: Ang Lee- Sense and Sensibility
Actor: Nicolas Cage- Leaving Las Vegas
Actress: (tie) Susan Sarandon- Dead Man Walking and Emma Thompson- Sense and Sensibility
Supporting Actor: Kevin Spacey- The Usual Suspects
Supporing Actress: (tie) Joan Allen-Nixon and Kate Winslet-Sense and Sensibility
Original Screenplay: The Usual Suspects
Adapted Screenplay: Sense and Sensibility
Cinematography: A Little Princess
Foreign Film: Il Postino
<strong>1996</strong>
Picture: Fargo
Director: (tie) Joel Coen-Fargo and Mike Leigh-Secrets and Lies
Actor: Woody Harrelson- The People vs. Larry Flint
Actress: Emily Watson- Breaking the Waves
Supporting Actor: Edward Norton- Primal Fear
Supporting Actress: Barbara Hershey- Portrait of a Lady
Original Screenplay: Fargo
Adapted Screenplay: Sling Blade
Cinematography: Fargo
<strong>1997</strong>
Picture: The Ice Storm
Director: Atom Egoyan- The Sweet Hereafter
Actor: Peter Fonda- Ulee's Gold
Actress: Judi Dench- Mrs. Brown
Supporting Actor: Burt Reynolds- Boogie Nights
Supporting Actress: Julianne @#%$-Boogie Nights
Original Screenplay: Boogie Nights
Adapted Screenplay: L.A. Confidential
Cinematography: Kundun
<strong>1998</strong>
Picture: Shakespeare in Love
Director: Terrence Malick- The Thin Red Line
Actor: Ian McKellen- Gods and Monsters
Actress: Fernanda Montenegro- Central Station
Supporting Actor: Bill Murray-Rushmore
Supporting Actress: (tie) Lisa Kudrow- The Opposite of Sex and Lynn Redgrave-Gods and Monsters
Original Screenplay: Shakespeare in Love
Adapted Screenpla: Gods and Monsters
Cinematography: Great Expectations
Foreign Film: Central Station (Brazil)
<strong>1999</strong>
Picture: Being John Malkovich
Director: Spike Jonze- Being John Malkovich
Actor: Richard Farnsworth- The Straight Story
Actress: Hilary Swank- Boys Don't Cry
Supporting Actor: Jude Law- The Talented Mr. Ripley
Best Supporting Actress: (tie) Cameron Diaz and Catharine Keener- Being John Malkovich
Original Screenplay- Being John Malkovich
Adapted Screenplay- The Talented Mr. Ripley
Cinematography: American Beauty
Foreign Film: All About My Mother (Spain)
<strong>2000</strong>
Picture: Crouchting Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Director: Ang Lee- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Actor: Micheal Douglas- Wonderboys
Actress: Laura Linney- You Can Count on Me
Supporting Actor: Benecio Del Toro- Traffic
Best Supporting Actress: Zhang Ziyi- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Best Original Screenplay: You Can Count on Me
Best Adapted Screenplay: Wonderboys
Best Cinematography: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Best Foreign Film: Yi Yi (Taiwan) Since I gave CTHD best Picture, I thought I could give Foreign Film to another movie...
<strong>2001</strong>
Picture: Gosford Park
Director: Robert Altman-Gosford Park
Actor: Gene Hackman-The Royal Tenenbaums
Actress: Sissy Spacek- In the Bedroom
Supporting Actor: James Broadbent- Iris; Moulin Rouge; Bridget Jone's Diary
Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei- In the Bedroom
Original Screenplay: Gosford Park
Adapted Screenplay: In the Bedroom
Cinematography: Amelei
Foreign Film: Amelei (France)
<strong>2002</strong>
Picture: (tie) Adaptation and Chicago
Director: Roman Polanski-The Pianist
Actor: Nicolas Cage- Adaptation
Actress: Julianne M-O-O-R-E- Far From Heaven
Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper- Adaptation
Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep- Adaptation
Original Screenplay: (tie) Far From Heaven and The Good Girl
Adaptaed Screenplay: Adaptation
Cinematography: Far From Heaven
Foreign Film: Y Tu Mama Tambien (Mexico)
Animated Feature: Spirited Away (Japan)
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your turn
