68th National Board of Review Awards
Best Picture: Shine The 68th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 1996, were announced on 9 December 1996 and given on 9 February 1997.
Top 10 films
Shine
The English Patient
Fargo
Secrets & Lies
Everyone Says I Love You
Evita
Sling Blade
Trainspotting
Breaking the Waves
Jerry Maguire
Top Foreign Films
Ridicule
Les Voleurs
Bitter Sugar
La Cérémonie
Kolya
Winners
Best Picture: Shine Best Foreign Language Film Ridicule, France Best Actor: Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire Best Actress: Frances McDormand - Fargo Best Supporting Actor: Edward Norton - Everyone Says I Love You Best Supporting Actress (tie): Juliette Binoche and Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient Best Ensemble Acting: The First Wives Club Breakthrough performance: Renée Zellweger - Jerry Maguire Best Director: Joel Coen - Fargo Best Documentary: Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills Best Film Made for Cable TV: Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick Special Achievement in Filmmaking: Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade Special Citation: Elia Kazan, for lifetime achievement in direction Freedom of Expression Award: The People vs. Larry Flynt - Miloš Forman, Oliver Stone International Freedom Award: Zhang Yuan Billy Wilder Award: Sidney Lumet Career Achievement Award: Gena Rowlands William K. Everson Award for Film History: Peter Bogdanovich, for Who the Devil Made It? Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking: Angels & Insects Basquiat Big Night Bound Caught Follow Me Home I Shot Andy Warhol Lone Star Marvin's Room The Substance of Fire Swingers The Deli The War Room Unhook the Stars Welcome to the Dollhouse