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Awards & Top Films

1991

Historical Award Archive

Before Rich Picks — Award selections for 1991 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
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Top 10 Films of 1991

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The Silence of the LambsNo award data
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The Fisher KingNo award data
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BugsyNo award data
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JFKNo award data
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The Prince of TidesNo award data
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Thelma & LouiseNo award data
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City SlickersNo award data
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For The BoysNo award data
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Europa EuropaNo award data
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Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesNo award data

Film

Live-Action Feature

Dances with Wolves
Producers: Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson
OscarNBRBAFTA
The Silence of the Lambs
Producers: Edward Saxon, Ron Bozman, Kenneth Utt, and Jonathan Demme
OscarNBRBAFTA
Beauty and the Beast
Producer: Don Hahn
OscarGlobe
Rambling Rose
NBRSpirit
The Commitments
Producers: Alan Parker and Lynda Myles
GlobeBAFTA
Bugsy
Producers: Mark Johnson, Warren Beatty, and Barry Levinson
OscarNBR
Homicide
NBRSpirit
Thelma & Louise
Producer: Ridley Scott
NBRBAFTA
Boyz n the Hood
NBR
City of Hope
Spirit
City Slickers
Globe
Dead Again
NBR
Frankie and Johnny
NBR
Fried Green Tomatoes
Globe
Grand Canyon
NBR
Hangin' with the Homeboys
Spirit
JFK
Producers: Oliver Stone and A. Kitman Ho
Oscar
Jungle Fever
NBR
My Own Private Idaho
Spirit
The Fisher King
Globe
The Prince of Tides
Producers: Barbra Streisand and Andrew S. Karsch
Oscar

International Feature

Europa Europa
Producer: Agnieszka Holland
GlobeBAFTA
The Nasty Girl
Producer: Michael Verhoeven
GlobeBAFTA
An Angel at My Table
Spirit
Europa Europa, Germany/France
NBR
Requiem For Dominic
GlobeSpirit
Taxi Blues
GlobeSpirit
The Double Life of Veronique
Producer: Krzysztof Kieslowski
GlobeSpirit
Cyrano de Bergerac
Producers: Jean-Paul Rappeneau and Michel Seydoux
BAFTA
High Heels
Producer: Pedro Almodóvar
Globe
La Femme Nikita
Producer: Luc Besson
Globe
Life Is Sweet
Spirit
Lost in Siberia
Producer: Alexander Mitta
Globe
Madame Bovary
Producer: Claude Chabrol
Globe
The Hairdresser's Husband
Producer: Patrice Leconte
BAFTA
Toto the Hero
Producer: Jaco Van Dormael
BAFTA

Documentary

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Producers: Eleanor Coppola, Fax Bahr, and George Hickenlooper
NBR
American Dream
Producer: Barbara Kopple
Beauty and the Beast
NBR
Lauren Bacall
NBR
Doing Time
Producer: Alan Raymond
Soldiers of Music
Producers: Bob Eisenhardt, Susan Froemke, Albert Maysles, and Peter Gelb

Directing & Editing

Directing

Jonathan Demme
The Silence of the Lambs
OscarGlobeNBRDGA
Oliver Stone
JFK
OscarGlobeDGA
Martha Coolidge
Rambling Rose
Spirit
Barry Levinson
Bugsy
OscarGlobeDGA
Barbra Streisand
The Prince of Tides
GlobeDGA
Ridley Scott
Thelma & Louise
OscarDGA
John Singleton
Boyz n the Hood
Oscar
Joseph Vásquez
Hangin' with the Homeboys
Spirit
Gus Van Sant
My Own Private Idaho
Spirit
Todd Haynes
Poison
Spirit
Richard Linklater
Slacker
Spirit
Terry Gilliam
The Fisher King
Globe

Editing

Pietro Scalia and Joe Hutshing
JFK
OscarBAFTA
Neil Travis
Dances with Wolves
OscarBAFTA
Gerry Hambling
The Commitments
OscarBAFTA
Craig McKay
The Silence of the Lambs
OscarBAFTA
Thom Noble
Thelma & Louise
OscarBAFTA
Conrad Buff, Richard A. Harris, and Mark Goldblatt
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Oscar

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Anthony Hopkins
The Silence of the Lambs
OscarGlobeBAFTA
Warren Beatty
Bugsy
OscarGlobeNBR
Nick Nolte
The Prince of Tides
OscarGlobe
River Phoenix
My Own Private Idaho
Spirit
Kevin Costner
JFK
Globe
Dances with Wolves
OscarGlobeBAFTA
Robert de Niro
Cape Fear
OscarGlobe
Gérard Depardieu
Cyrano de Bergerac
BAFTA
Doug E. Doug
Hangin' with the Homeboys
Spirit
William Russ
Pastime
Spirit
Robert Duvall
Rambling Rose
Spirit
Gary Oldman
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Spirit
Robin Williams
The Fisher King
Oscar
Alan Rickman
Truly, Madly, Deeply
BAFTA

Actress in a Leading Role

Jodie Foster
The Silence of the Lambs
OscarBAFTA
Geena Davis
Thelma & Louise
OscarNBRBAFTA
Susan Sarandon
Thelma & Louise
NBRBAFTA
Judy Davis
Impromptu
Spirit
Lili Taylor
Bright Angel
Spirit
Bette Midler
For The Boys
Oscar
Laura Dern
Rambling Rose
Oscar
Mimi Rogers
The Rapture
Spirit
Lily Tomlin
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
Spirit
Juliet Stevenson
Truly, Madly, Deeply
BAFTA
Patsy Kensit
Twenty-One
Spirit

Actor in a Supporting Role

Anthony Hopkins
The Silence of the Lambs
OscarGlobeNBRBAFTA
David Strathairn
City of Hope
Spirit
Jack Palance
City Slickers
Oscar
Alan Rickman
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
BAFTA
Tommy Lee Jones
JFK
OscarBAFTA
Michael Lerner
Barton Fink
Oscar
Harvey Keitel
Bugsy
Oscar
Derek Jacobi
Dead Again
BAFTA
Alan Bates
Hamlet
BAFTA
William H. Macy
Homicide
Spirit
Glenn Plummer
Pastime
Spirit
John Malkovich
Queens Logic
Spirit
George T. Odom
Straight Out of Brooklyn
Spirit
Andrew Strong
The Commitments
BAFTA

Actress in a Supporting Role

Kate Nelligan
Frankie and Johnny
NBRBAFTA
The Prince of Tides
Oscar
Diane Ladd
Rambling Rose
OscarSpirit
Thelma & Louise
Callie Khouri
Oscar
The Silence of the Lambs
Ted Tally based on the novel by Thomas Harris
Oscar
Mercedes Ruehl
The Fisher King
Oscar
Jessica Tandy
Fried Green Tomatoes
OscarBAFTA
Annette Bening
The Grifters
OscarBAFTA
Europa Europa
Agnieszka Holland based on the memoirs of Solomon Perel
Oscar
Sheila McCarthy
Bright Angel
Spirit
Juliette Lewis
Cape Fear
Oscar
Fried Green Tomatoes
Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski (posthumous nomination) based on the novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Oscar
Mary B. Ward
Hangin' with the Homeboys
Spirit
Emma Thompson
Impromptu
Spirit
Bugsy
James Toback
Oscar
Boyz n the Hood
John Singleton
Oscar
Grand Canyon
Lawrence Kasdan and Meg Kasdan
Oscar
JFK
Oliver Stone and Zachary Sklar based on the books Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs and On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison
Oscar
Deirdre O'Connell
Pastime
Spirit
The Prince of Tides
Pat Conroy and Becky Johnston based on the novel by Pat Conroy
Oscar
The Fisher King
Richard LaGravenese
Oscar
Julie Walters
Stepping Out
BAFTA
Amanda Plummer
The Fisher King
BAFTA

Writing

Screenplay (Original)

Callie Khouri
Thelma & Louise
OscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
Gus Van Sant
My Own Private Idaho
Spirit
Anthony Minghella
Truly, Madly, Deeply
BAFTA
James Toback
Bugsy
OscarGlobeWGA
Lawrence Kasdan and Meg Kasdan
Grand Canyon
OscarGlobeWGA
Peter Weir
Green Card
OscarBAFTAWGA
Richard LaGravenese
The Fisher King
OscarBAFTAWGA
John Singleton
Boyz n the Hood
OscarWGA
Joseph Vásquez
Hangin' with the Homeboys
Spirit
Zachary Sklar and Oliver Stone
JFK
Globe
Lem Dobbs
Kafka
Spirit
Floyd Byars and Fritjof Capra
Mindwalk
Spirit
Michael Tolkin
The Rapture
Spirit
Ted Tally
The Silence of the Lambs
Globe

Screenplay (Adapted)

Michael Blake
Dances with Wolves
GlobeBAFTAWGA
Ted Tally
The Silence of the Lambs
GlobeBAFTAWGA
Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement, and Roddy Doyle
The Commitments
BAFTAWGA
Gus Van Sant
My Own Private Idaho
Spirit
Callie Khouri
Thelma & Louise
Globe
Zachary Sklar and Oliver Stone
JFK
GlobeBAFTAWGA
James Toback
Bugsy
Globe
Jean-Paul Rappeneau and Jean-Claude Carrière
Cyrano de Bergerac
BAFTA
Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski
Fried Green Tomatoes
WGA
Lawrence Kasdan
Grand Canyon
Globe
Joseph Vásquez
Hangin' with the Homeboys
Spirit
Lem Dobbs
Kafka
Spirit
Floyd Byars and Fritjof Capra
Mindwalk
Spirit
Pat Conroy and Becky Johnston
The Prince of Tides
WGA
Michael Tolkin
The Rapture
Spirit

Visual

Cinematography

Dean Semler
Dances with Wolves
OscarBAFTAASC
Allen Daviau
Bugsy
OscarASC
Robert Richardson
JFK
OscarASC
Pierre Lhomme
Cyrano de Bergerac
BAFTA
Walt Lloyd
Kafka
Spirit
Adam Greenberg
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
OscarASC
Stephen Goldblatt
The Prince of Tides
OscarASC
Adrian Biddle
Thelma & Louise
OscarBAFTA
Roger Deakins
Homicide
Spirit
Dean Cundey
Hook
ASC
Eric Alan Edwards and John J. Campbell
My Own Private Idaho
Spirit
Tom Richmond
Pastime
Spirit
Johnny E. Jensen
Rambling Rose
Spirit
Tak Fujimoto
The Silence of the Lambs
BAFTA

Art Direction

Art Direction: Dennis Gassner and Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Bugsy
Production design: Art Direction: Dennis Gassner and Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Oscar
Bo Welch
Edward Scissorhands
Production design: Bo Welch
BAFTA
Art Direction: Dennis Gassner and Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Barton Fink
Production design: Art Direction: Dennis Gassner and Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Oscar
Ezio Frigerio
Cyrano de Bergerac
Production design: Ezio Frigerio
BAFTA
Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis and Art Direction: Norman Garwood
Hook
Production design: Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis and Art Direction: Norman Garwood
Oscar
Joseph Nemec III
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Production design: Joseph Nemec III
BAFTA
Richard Macdonald
The Addams Family
Production design: Richard Macdonald
BAFTA
Set Decoration: Cindy Carr and Art Direction: Mel Bourne
The Fisher King
Production design: Set Decoration: Cindy Carr and Art Direction: Mel Bourne
Oscar
Art Direction: Paul Sylbert and Set Decoration: Caryl Heller
The Prince of Tides
Production design: Art Direction: Paul Sylbert and Set Decoration: Caryl Heller
Oscar

Costuming

Albert Wolsky
Bugsy
Oscar
Franca Squarciapino
Cyrano de Bergerac
BAFTA
Richard Hornung
Barton Fink
Oscar
Colleen Atwood
Edward Scissorhands
BAFTA
Anthony Powell
Hook
Oscar
Corinne Jorry
Madame Bovary
Oscar
John Bloomfield
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
BAFTA
Ruth Myers
The Addams Family
Oscar
Theodor Pištěk
Valmont
BAFTA

Effects

Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren Jr., and Robert Skotak
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
OscarBAFTA
Scott Farrar, Allen Hall, Clay Pinney, and Mikael Salomon
Backdraft
OscarBAFTA
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Oscar
12th Golden Raspberry Awards
12th Golden Raspberry Awards
Oscar
34th Grammy Awards
34th Grammy Awards
Oscar
44th Primetime Emmy Awards
44th Primetime Emmy Awards
Oscar
45th British Academy Film Awards
45th British Academy Film Awards
Oscar
46th Tony Awards
46th Tony Awards
Oscar
49th Golden Globe Awards
49th Golden Globe Awards
Oscar
Stan Winston
Edward Scissorhands
BAFTA
George Lucas
George Lucas
Oscar
Harley Jessup, Michael Lantieri, Eric Brevig, and Mark Sullivan
Hook
Oscar
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List of submissions to the 64th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
Oscar
Frans Wamelink, Eve Ramboz, and Masao Yamaguchi
Prospero's Books
BAFTA

Sound & Music

Original Score

Alan Menken
Beauty and the Beast
GlobeBAFTA
Jean-Claude Petit
Cyrano de Bergerac
BAFTA
John Barry
Dances with Wolves
GlobeBAFTA
Zbigniew Preisner
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Globe
Ennio Morricone
Bugsy
Globe
Patrick Doyle
Dead Again
Globe
Dave Grusin
For The Boys
Globe
Michael Kamen
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Globe
Howard Shore
The Silence of the Lambs
BAFTA
Hans Zimmer
Thelma & Louise
BAFTA

Original Song

Unknown Song
Beauty and the Beast
Music & lyrics: Howard Ashman and Alan Menken
Globe
Unknown Song
American Tail, An : Fievel Goes West
Music & lyrics: Will Jennings and James Horner
Globe
Unknown Song
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Music & lyrics: Bryan Adams, Robert John Lange, and Michael Kamen
Globe
Unknown Song
Rush
Music & lyrics: Eric Clapton and Will Jennings
Globe

Sound Mixing

Lee Orloff, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, and Tom Johnson
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
BAFTA
Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins, and Russell Williams II
Dances with Wolves
BAFTA
Andy Nelson, Eddy Joseph, and Steve Pederson
The Commitments
BAFTA
Skip Lievsay, Tom Fleischman, and Chris Newman
The Silence of the Lambs
BAFTA

Sound Editing

Lee Orloff, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, and Tom Johnson
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
BAFTA
Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins, and Russell Williams II
Dances with Wolves
BAFTA
Andy Nelson, Eddy Joseph, and Steve Pederson
The Commitments
BAFTA
Skip Lievsay, Tom Fleischman, and Chris Newman
The Silence of the Lambs
BAFTA