27th NSFC Awards
January 3, 1993
Best Film:
Unforgiven
The 27th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 1993, honored the best filmmaking of 1992. [1] [2]
1. Unforgiven
2. The Crying Game
3. The Player
1. Clint Eastwood – Unforgiven
2. Robert Altman – The Player
3. Neil Jordan – The Crying Game
1. Stephen Rea – The Crying Game
2. Clint Eastwood – Unforgiven
3. Denzel Washington – Malcolm X
1. Emma Thompson – Howards End
2. Susan Sarandon – Lorenzo's Oil and Light Sleeper
3. Gong Li – Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong deng long gao gao gua)
3. Pernilla August – The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan)
1. Gene Hackman – Unforgiven
2. Jaye Davidson – The Crying Game
3. Delroy Lindo – Malcolm X
1. Judy Davis – Husbands and Wives
2. Miranda Richardson – The Crying Game , Damage and Enchanted April
3. Vanessa Redgrave – Howards End
1. David Webb Peoples – Unforgiven
2. Neil Jordan – The Crying Game
3. Michael Tolkin – The Player
1. Zhao Fei – Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong deng long gao gao gua)
2. Jean de Segonzac – Laws of Gravity
3. Jack N. Green – Unforgiven
1. Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong deng long gao gao gua)
2. The Match Factory Girl (Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö)
3. The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan)
1. American Dream
2. Brother's Keeper
3. A Brief History of Time
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