(nominations February 25th, 1997; awarded April 29th, 1997)

Best Film
* The English Patient - Saul Zaentz, Anthony Minghella
Fargo - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Secrets & Lies - Simon Channing-Williams, Mike Leigh
Shine - Jane Scott, Scott Hicks

Best Director
* Joel Coen - Fargo
Scott Hicks - Shine
Mike Leigh - Secrets & Lies
Anthony Minghella - The English Patient

Best Actor
* Geoffrey Rush - Shine
Ralph Fiennes - The English Patient
Ian McKellen - Richard III
Timothy Spall - Secrets & Lies

Best Actress
* Brenda Blethyn - Secrets & Lies
Frances McDormand - Fargo
Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient
Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves

Best Supporting Actor
* Paul Scofield - The Crucible
John Gielgud - Shine
Edward Norton - Primal Fear
Alan Rickman - Michael Collins

Best Supporting Actress
* Juliette Binoche - The English Patient
Lauren Bacall - The Mirror Has Two Faces
Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Secrets & Lies
Lynn Redgrave - Shine

Best Original Screenplay
* Secrets & Lies - Mike Leigh
Brassed Off - Mark Herman
Fargo - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Lone Star - John Sayles
Shine - Jan Sardi

Best Adapted Screenplay
* The English Patient - Anthony Minghella
The Crucible - Arthur Miller
Evita - Alan Parker, Oliver Stone
Richard III - Ian McKellen, Richard Loncraine

Best British Film
* Secrets & Lies - Simon Channing-Williams, Mike Leigh
Brassed Off - Steve Abbott, Mark Herman
Carla's Song - Sally Hibbin, Kenneth Loach
Richard III - Lisa Katselas Pare, Stephen Bayly, Richard Loncraine

Best Film Music
* The English Patient - Gabriel Yared
Brassed Off - Trevor Jones
Evita - Andrew Lloyd Webster, Tim Rice
Shine - David Hirschfelder

Best Editing
* The English Patient - Walter Murch
Evita - Gerry Hambling
Fargo - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Shine - Philippa Karmel

Best Costume Design
* Richard III - Shuna Harwood
The English Patient - Ann Roth
Evita - Penny Rose
Hamlet - Alexandra Byrne

Best Makeup/Hair
* The Nutty Professor - Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson
101 Dalmatians - Lynda Armstrong, Martial Corneville, Colin Jamieson, Jean-Luc Russier
The English Patient - Fabrizio Sforza, Nigel Booth
Evita - Sarah Monzani, Martin Samuel

Best Production Design
* Richard III - Tony Burrough
The English Patient - Stuart Craig
Evita - Brian Morris
Hamlet - Tim Harvey

Best Foreign Language Film
* Ridicule
Antonia
Koyla
Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud

Best Special Visual Effects
* Twister
Independence Day
The Nutty Professor
Toy Story

Best Cinematography
* The English Patient - John Seale
Evita - Darius Khondji
Fargo - Roger Deakins
Michael Collins - Chris Menges

Best Sound
* Shine
The English Patient
Evita
Independence Day

Academy Fellowship: Woody Allen, Steven Bochco, Julie Christie