Rich Picks
19961998

Awards & Top Films

1997

Historical Award Archive

Before Rich Picks — Award selections for 1997 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
WonNominee

Top 10 Films of 1997

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The Full MontyNo award data
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TitanicNo award data
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As Good as It GetsNo award data
4
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Good Will HuntingNo award data
5
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L.A. ConfidentialNo award data
6
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Boogie NightsNo award data
7
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AmistadNo award data
8
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Mrs. BrownNo award data
9
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Ulee's GoldNo award data
10
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Ma Vie en RoseNo award data

Film

Live-Action Feature

The Full Monty
Cast: Lesley Sharp, Mark Addy, Deirdre Costello, Bruce Jones, Robert Carlyle, Emily Woof, Steve Huison, Hugo Speer, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber, and William Snape
Producer: Uberto Pasolini
OscarGlobeNBRBAFTASAG
Titanic
Cast: Bill Paxton, Kathy Bates, Billy Zane, Kate Winslet, David Warner, Gloria Stuart, Danny Nucci, Leonardo DiCaprio, Victor Garber, Bernard Hill, Suzy Amis, Francis Fisher, Bernard Fox, and Jonathan Hyde
Producers: James Cameron and Jon Landau
OscarNBRBAFTASAG
As Good as It Gets
Producers: Kristi Zea, James L. Brooks, and Bridget Johnson
OscarGlobeNBR
The Apostle
Spirit
L.A. Confidential
Cast: David Strathairn, Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, James Cromwell, and Kim Basinger
Producers: Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson, and Michael Nathanson
OscarNBRBAFTASAG
Good Will Hunting
Cast: Minnie Driver, Ben Affleck, Robin Williams, Stellan Skarsgård, and Matt Damon
Producer: Lawrence Bender
OscarNBRSAG
Boogie Nights
Cast: Thomas Jane, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Burt Reynolds, Melora Walters, Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, Nicole Ari Parker, Mark Wahlberg, Ricky Jay, John C. Reilly, Robert Ridgley, Heather Graham, Philip Baker Hall, Alfred Molina, Luis Guzman, and William H. Macy
NBRSAG
Chasing Amy
Spirit
Jackie Brown
NBR
Loved
Spirit
Men in Black
Globe
Mrs Brown
Producer: Sarah Curtis
BAFTA
My Best Friend's Wedding
Globe
The Rainmaker
NBR
The Sweet Hereafter
NBR
The Wings of the Dove
NBR
Ulee's Gold
Spirit
Wag the Dog
Globe
Waiting for Guffman
Spirit

International Feature

Ma Vie en Rose
Producer: Alain Berliner
Globe
Shall We Dance?
NBR
The Apartment
Producer: Gilles Mimouni
BAFTA
The Sweet Hereafter
Spirit
Artemisia
Producer: Agnès Merlet
Globe
Happy Together
Spirit
Lea
Producer: Ivan Fíla
Globe
Lucie Aubrac
Producer: Claude Berri
BAFTA
Ma vie en rose
Producer: Alain Berliner
BAFTA
Mouth to Mouth
Spirit
Nenette and Boni
Spirit
The Best Man
Producer: Pupi Avati
Globe
The Tango Lesson
Producers: Christopher Sheppard and Sally Potter
BAFTA
The Thief
Producer: Pavel Chukhray
Globe
Underground
Spirit

Documentary

Fast, Cheap and Out of Control
NBR
Francis Ford Coppola
NBR
Gavin Lambert, Nazimova
NBR
Good Will Hunting
Producers: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
NBR
Riding the Rails
Producers: Michael Uys and Lexy Lovell
Robert Duvall
NBR
Colors Straight Up
Producer: Michèle Ohayon
First Person Singular
Producer: Peter Rosen
Liberty! The American Revolution
Producers: Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer
Wonderland
Producer: John O'Hagan

Directing & Editing

Directing

James Cameron
Titanic
OscarGlobeDGA
Curtis Hanson
L.A. Confidential
OscarGlobeNBRDGA
Kasi Lemmons
Eve's Bayou
NBR
Robert Duvall
The Apostle
Spirit
Steven Spielberg
Amistad
GlobeDGA
James L. Brooks
As Good as It Gets
GlobeDGA
Gus Van Sant
Good Will Hunting
OscarDGA
Larry Fessenden
Habit
Spirit
Jim Sheridan
The Boxer
Globe
Wim Wenders
The End of Violence
Spirit
Peter Cattaneo
The Full Monty
Oscar
Atom Egoyan
The Sweet Hereafter
Oscar
Paul Schrader
Touch
Spirit
Victor Nuñez
Ulee's Gold
Spirit

Editing

Peter Honess
L.A. Confidential
OscarBAFTA
James Cameron, Conrad Buff, Richard A. Harris, and Conrad Buff IV
Titanic
OscarBAFTA
Richard Francis-Bruce
Air Force One
Oscar
Richard Marks
As Good as It Gets
Oscar
Pietro Scalia
Good Will Hunting
Oscar
Jill Bilcock
Romeo + Juliet
BAFTA
Nick Moore
The Full Monty
BAFTA

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Jack Nicholson
As Good as It Gets
NBR
As Good
Oscar
Peter Fonda
Ulee's Gold
OscarGlobeSpirit
Robert Duvall
The Apostle
OscarSpirit
Robert Carlyle
The Full Monty
BAFTA
Matt Damon
Good Will Hunting
OscarGlobe
Djimon Hounsou
Amistad
Globe
John Turturro
Box of Moonlight
Spirit
Philip Baker Hall
Hard Eight
Spirit
Kevin Spacey
L.A. Confidential
BAFTA
Billy Connolly
Mrs Brown
BAFTA
Ray Winstone
Nil by Mouth
BAFTA
Daniel Day-Lewis
The Boxer
Globe
Leonardo DiCaprio
Titanic
Globe
Dustin Hoffman
Wag the Dog
Oscar
Christopher Guest
Waiting for Guffman
Spirit

Actress in a Leading Role

Helena Bonham Carter
The Wings of the Dove
OscarNBRBAFTA
Julie Christie
Afterglow
OscarSpirit
Kim Basinger
L.A. Confidential
OscarBAFTA
Judi Dench
Mrs. Brown
Oscar
Mrs Brown
BAFTA
Helen Hunt
As Good
Oscar
Alison Folland
All Over Me
Spirit
Stacy Edwards
In the Company of Men
Spirit
Robin Wright Penn
Loved
Spirit
Kathy Burke
Nil by Mouth
BAFTA
Lisa Harrow
Sunday
Spirit
Kate Winslet
Titanic
Oscar

Actor in a Supporting Role

Greg Kinnear
As Good as It Gets
NBR
As Good
Oscar
Jason Lee
Chasing Amy
Spirit
Robin Williams
Good Will Hunting
Oscar
Tom Wilkinson
The Full Monty
BAFTA
Burt Reynolds
Boogie Nights
OscarBAFTA
Anthony Hopkins
Amistad
Oscar
Samuel L. Jackson
Hard Eight
Spirit
Robert Forster
Jackie Brown
Oscar
Rupert Everett
My Best Friend's Wedding
BAFTA
Efrain Figueroa
Star Maps
Spirit
Ajay Naidu
SubUrbia
Spirit
Mark Addy
The Full Monty
BAFTA
Roy Scheider
The Myth of Fingerprints
Spirit

Actress in a Supporting Role

Anne Heche
Donnie Brasco
NBR
Wag the Dog
NBR
Kim Basinger
L.A. Confidential
OscarBAFTA
L.A. Confidential
Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson; from the novel by James Ellroy
Oscar
Debbi Morgan
Eve's Bayou
Spirit
Good Will Hunting
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
Oscar
Sigourney Weaver
The Ice Storm
BAFTA
The Sweet Hereafter
Atom Egoyan; adapted from the novel by Russell Banks
Oscar
Julianne Moore
Boogie Nights
Oscar
Wag the Dog
David Mamet and Hilary Henkin; from the novel American Hero by Larry Beinhart
Oscar
Minnie Driver
Good Will Hunting
Oscar
The Wings of the Dove
Hossein Amini; adapted from the novel by Henry James
Oscar
Joan Cusack
In & Out
Oscar
Amy Madigan
Loved
Spirit
As Good as It Gets
Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks
Oscar
Donnie Brasco
Paul Attanasio; based on the book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph D. Pistone with Richard Woodley
Oscar
Boogie Nights
Paul Thomas Anderson
Oscar
The Full Monty
Simon Beaufoy
Oscar
Farrah Fawcett
The Apostle
Spirit
Lesley Sharp
The Full Monty
BAFTA
Gloria Stuart
Titanic
Oscar
Patricia Richardson
Ulee's Gold
Spirit
Jennifer Ehle
Wilde
BAFTA
Zoë Wanamaker
Wilde
BAFTA
Ada Leverson
Wilde
BAFTA
Deconstructing Harry
Woody Allen
Oscar
The Sweet Hereafter

Writing

Screenplay (Original)

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
Good Will Hunting
OscarGlobeWGA
Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks
As Good as It Gets
OscarGlobeWGA
Kevin Smith
Chasing Amy
Spirit
Gary Oldman
Nil by Mouth
BAFTA
Paul Thomas Anderson
Boogie Nights
OscarBAFTAWGA
Simon Beaufoy
The Full Monty
OscarBAFTAWGA
James Cameron
Titanic
GlobeWGA
Woody Allen
Deconstructing Harry
Oscar
Curtis Hanson
L.A. Confidential
Globe
Jeremy Brock
Mrs Brown
BAFTA
Robert Duvall
The Apostle
Spirit
Paul Schrader
Touch
Spirit
Victor Nuñez
Ulee's Gold
Spirit
Hilary Henkin
Wag the Dog
Globe
Eugene Levy and Christopher Guest
Waiting for Guffman
Spirit

Screenplay (Adapted)

Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
L.A. Confidential
GlobeBAFTAWGA
Kevin Smith
Chasing Amy
Spirit
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
Good Will Hunting
Globe
Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce
Romeo + Juliet
BAFTA
Hilary Henkin and David Mamet
Wag the Dog
GlobeBAFTAWGA
James Schamus
The Ice Storm
BAFTAWGA
Hossein Amini
The Wings of the Dove
BAFTAWGA
Mark Andrus
As Good as It Gets
Globe
Paul Attanasio
Donnie Brasco
WGA
Robert Duvall
The Apostle
Spirit
James Cameron
Titanic
Globe
Paul Schrader
Touch
Spirit
Victor Nuñez
Ulee's Gold
Spirit
Eugene Levy and Christopher Guest
Waiting for Guffman
Spirit

Visual

Cinematography

Russell Carpenter
Titanic
OscarBAFTAASC
Eduardo Serra
The Wings of the Dove
OscarBAFTA
Declan Quinn
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Spirit
Dante Spinotti
L.A. Confidential
OscarBAFTAASC
Janusz Kamiński
Amistad
OscarASC
Roger Deakins
Kundun
OscarASC
Frank G. DeMarco
Habit
Spirit
Robert Elswit
Hard Eight
Spirit
Donald McAlpine
Romeo + Juliet
BAFTA
Michael F. Barrow and John Foster
Sunday
Spirit
Alex Vendler
The Bible and Gun Club
Spirit
Chris Menges
The Boxer
ASC

Art Direction

Catherine Martin
Romeo + Juliet
Production design: Catherine Martin
OscarBAFTA
Art Direction: Peter Lamont, Set Decoration: Michael D. Ford, and Peter Lamont
Titanic
Production design: Art Direction: Peter Lamont, Set Decoration: Michael D. Ford, and Peter Lamont
OscarBAFTA
Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall, Set Decoration: Jay Hart, and Jeannine Oppewall
L.A. Confidential
Production design: Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall, Set Decoration: Jay Hart, and Jeannine Oppewall
OscarBAFTA
Art Direction: Jan Roelfs and Set Decoration: Nancy Nye
Gattaca
Production design: Art Direction: Jan Roelfs and Set Decoration: Nancy Nye
Oscar
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti and Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Kundun
Production design: Art Direction: Dante Ferretti and Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Oscar
Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik and Art Direction: Bo Welch
Men in Black
Production design: Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik and Art Direction: Bo Welch
Oscar
Martin Childs
Mrs Brown
Production design: Martin Childs
BAFTA

Costuming

Deborah Lynn Scott
Titanic
OscarBAFTA
Deirdre Clancy
Mrs Brown
BAFTA
Sandy Powell
The Wings of the Dove
OscarBAFTA
Ruth E. Carter
Amistad
Oscar
Dante Ferretti
Kundun
Oscar
Ruth Myers
L.A. Confidential
BAFTA
Janet Patterson
Oscar and Lucinda
Oscar

Effects

Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, and Michael Kanfer
Titanic
OscarBAFTA
Neil Corbould, Nick Dudman, Mark Stetson, Nick Allder, and Karen Goulekas
The Fifth Element
BAFTA
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Oscar
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51st British Academy Film Awards
Oscar
52nd Tony Awards
52nd Tony Awards
Oscar
55th Golden Globe Awards
55th Golden Globe Awards
Oscar
Actress
Billie Dove
Oscar
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Oscar
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Oscar
Actor and comedian
Chris Farley
Oscar
Executive
Dawn Steel
Oscar
Screenwriter
Dorothy Kingsley
Oscar
Character actor
J. T. Walsh
Oscar
Filmmaker
Jacques Cousteau
Oscar
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James Stewart
Oscar
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Leo Jaffe
Oscar
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Oscar
Actor
Lloyd Bridges
Oscar
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Men in Black
BAFTA
Screenwriter
Paul Jarrico
Oscar
Comedy entertainer
Red Skelton
Oscar
Character actor
Richard Jaeckel
Oscar
Actor
Robert Mitchum
Oscar
Samuel Fuller
Samuel Fuller
Oscar
Composer/Musical
Saul Chaplin
Oscar
Stanley Cortez
Stanley Cortez
Oscar
John Richardson, Phil Tippett, Alec Gillis, and Scott E. Anderson
Starship Troopers
Oscar
Actor and comedian
Stubby Kaye
Oscar
Hairstylist
Sydney Guilaroff
Oscar
Peter Chiang
The Borrowers
BAFTA
Dennis Muren, Randal M. Dutra, Michael Lantieri, and Stan Winston
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Oscar
Japanese actor
Toshiro Mifune
Oscar
William H. Reynolds
William H. Reynolds
Oscar
Actor
William Hickey
Oscar

Sound & Music

Original Score

James Horner
Titanic
GlobeBAFTA
Craig Armstrong, Marius de Vries, and Nellee Hooper
Romeo + Juliet
BAFTA
Jerry Goldsmith
L.A. Confidential
GlobeBAFTA
Michael Nyman
Gattaca
Globe
Philip Glass
Kundun
Globe
John Williams
Seven Years in Tibet
Globe
Anne Dudley
The Full Monty
BAFTA

Original Song

Unknown Song
Titanic
Music & lyrics: James Horner and Will Jennings
Globe
Unknown Song
Anastasia
Music & lyrics: Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
Globe
Unknown Song
Hercules
Music & lyrics: David Zippel and Alan Menken
Globe
Unknown Song
Tomorrow Never Dies
Music & lyrics: Mitchell Froom and Sheryl Crow
Globe

Sound Mixing

Anna Behlmer, Kirk Francis, Andy Nelson, and John Leveque
L.A. Confidential
BAFTA
Roger Savage and Rob Young
Romeo + Juliet
BAFTA
Adrian Rhodes, Alastair Crocker, and Ian Wilson
The Full Monty
BAFTA
Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano, and Tom Johnson
Titanic
BAFTA

Sound Editing

Anna Behlmer, Kirk Francis, Andy Nelson, and John Leveque
L.A. Confidential
BAFTA
Roger Savage and Rob Young
Romeo + Juliet
BAFTA
Adrian Rhodes, Alastair Crocker, and Ian Wilson
The Full Monty
BAFTA
Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano, and Tom Johnson
Titanic
BAFTA