1985 National Society of Film Critics Awards

The 20th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 1986, honored the best filmmaking of 1985.^[1]

Winners[]

Best Picture[]

1. Ran
2. Prizzi's Honor
2. The Purple Rose of Cairo

Best Director[]

1. John Huston – Prizzi's Honor
2. Akira Kurosawa – Ran

Best Actor[]

1. Jack Nicholson – Prizzi's Honor
2. William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman

Best Actress[]

1. Vanessa Redgrave – Wetherby
2. Jessica Lange – Sweet Dreams
3. Norma Aleandro – The Official Story (La historia oficial)

Best Supporting Actor[]

1. John Gielgud – Plenty and The Shooting Party
2. William Hickey – Prizzi's Honor
3. Ian Holm – Wetherby, Brazil and Dance with a Stranger
4. Klaus Maria Brandauer – Out of Africa

Best Supporting Actress[]

1. Anjelica Huston – Prizzi's Honor
2. Mieko Harada – Ran

Best Screenplay[]

1. Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson – Lost in America
2. Woody Allen – The Purple Rose of Cairo
3. Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard and Charles McKeown – Brazil
3. Richard Condon and Janet Roach – Prizzi's Honor

Best Cinematography[]

1. Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda and Asakazu Nakai – Ran
2. Kiyoshi Hasegawa – The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki)
3. Michael Ballhaus – After Hours

Best Documentary[]

1. Shoah
2. 28 Up
3. Streetwise

References[]

External links[]

• Past Awards