The Year in Film: 1994

Best Picture

#1: Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)
#2: Sátántangó (Béla Tarr)
#3: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
#4: Cold Water (Olivier Assayas)
#5: White (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
#6: Quiz Show (Robert Redford)
#7: Exotica (Atom Egoyan)
#8: Hoop Dreams (Steve James)
#9: Ed Wood (Tim Burton)
#10: U.S. Go Home (Claire Denis)

Honorable mentions: The Kingdom (Lars von Trier and Morten Arnfred), Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson), To Live (Zhang Yimou), Through the Olive Trees (Abbas Kiarostami), Wild Reeds (André Téchiné), Before the Rain (Milcho Manchevski), The Last Seduction (John Dahl), Crumb (Terry Zwigoff), Priest (Antonia Bird), The Professional (Luc Besson), The Madness of King George (Nicholas Hytner), Speed (Jan de Bont), Queen Margot (Patrice Chéreau), The Secret of Roan Inish (John Sayles), Vanya on 42nd Street (Louis Malle), Vive l’Amour (Tsai Ming-liang), Burning Season (John Frankenheimer), London (Patrick Keiller), Il Postino (Michael Radford), Death and the Maiden (Roman Polanski), Bullets Over Broadway (Woody Allen), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (Neil Jordan), and Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis).

[Other categories forthcoming.]
Best Director
#1: Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction)
#2: Tim Burton (Ed Wood)
#3: Robert Redford (Quiz Show)
#4: François Girard (32 Short Films About Glenn Gould)
#5: Krzysztof Kieslowski (Red)
Best Actor
#1: Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump)

#2: Johnny Depp (Ed Wood)
#3: Colm Feore (32 Short Films About Glenn Gould)
#4: Ralph Fiennes (Quiz Show)
#5: Nigel Hawthorne (The Madness of King George)
Best Actress
#1: Kate Winslet (Heavenly Creatures)
#2: Miranda Richardson (Tom & Viv)
#3: Irene Jacob (Red)
#4: Jodie Foster (Nell)
#5: Melanie Lynskey (Heavenly Creatures)
Best Supporting Actor
#1: Martin Landau (Ed Wood)
#2: Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction)
#3: John Turturro (Quiz Show)
#4: Gary Sinise (Forrest Gump)
#5: Paul Scofield (Quiz Show)
Best Supporting Actress
#1: Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction)
#2: Rosemary Harris (Tom & Viv)
#3: Helen Mirren (The Madness of King George)
#4: Diane Wiest (Bullets over Broadway)
#5: Julianne Moore (Vanya on 42nd Street)
Best Original Screenplay
#1: Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avery)
#2: Ed Wood (Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski)
#3: 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould (François Girard and Don McKellar)
#4: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
#5: Heavenly Creatures (Frances Walsh and Peter Jackson)
Best Adapted Screenplay
#1: Quiz Show (Paul Attanasio)
#2: Forrest Gump (Eric Roth)
#3: The Madness of King George (Alan Bennett)
#4: The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darbont)
#5: Little Women (Robin Swicord)
Best Cinematography
#1: Andrzej Sekula (Pulp Fiction)
#2: Stefan Czapsky (Ed Wood)
#3: Alain Dostie (32 Short Films About Glenn Gould)
#4: Michael Ballhaus (Quiz Show)
#5: John Toll (Legends of the Fall)
Best Film Editing
#1: Pulp Fiction

#2: 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould
#3: Quiz Show
#4: Ed Wood
#5: Forrest Gump
Best Original Score
#1: Ed Wood (Howard Shore)
#2: Forrest Gump (Alan Silvestri)
#3: Quiz Show (Mark Isham)
#4: Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (Elliot Goldenthal)
#5: Legends of the Fall (James Horner)
Best Original Song
#1: “Circle of Life” (The Lion King)
#2: “If Love is a Red Dress (Hang Me in Rags)” (Pulp Fiction)
#3: “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” (The Lion King)
#4: “Be Prepared” (The Lion King)
#5: “Hakuna Matata” (The Lion King)
Best Production Design
#1: Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
#2: Ed Wood
#3: The Madness of King George
#4: Bullets over Broadway
#5: Little Women
Best Costume Design
#1: Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
#2: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
#3: The Madness of King George
#4: Bullets over Broadway
#5: Little Women
Best Makeup
#1: Ed Wood
#2: Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
#3: Forrest Gump
#4: The Mask
#5: Frankenstein
Best Sound
#1: Pulp Fiction
#2: 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould
#3: Speed
#4: True Lies
#5: Forrest Gump
Best Visual Effects
#1: Forrest Gump
#2: The Mask
#3: Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
#4: Speed
#5: True Lies

 

–The Honorary Awards–

Best Breakthrough Performance – Male
Colm Feore (32 Short Films About Glenn Gould)
Best Breakthrough Performance – Female
Kate Winslet (Heavenly Creatures)
Best First Feature
Kevin Smith (Clerks)
Worst Film of the Year
It’s Pat (dir: )