18th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (1997)
Best Film
1. L.A. Confidential
2. The Sweet Hereafter
3. Donnie Brasco
Best Director
1. Curtis Hanson - L.A. Confidential
2. Atom Egoyan - The Sweet Hereafter
3. Mike Newell - Donnie Brasco
Best Actor
Al Pacino - Donnie Brasco
Best Actress
1. Helena Bonham Carter - The Wings of the Dove
2. Katrin Cartlidge - Career Girls
3. Tilda Swinton - Female Perversions
Best Supporting Actor
1. Kevin Spacey - L.A. Confidential
2. Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights
3. Robert Downey Jr. - One Night Stand
Best Supporting Actress
1. Sarah Polley - The Sweet Hereafter
2. Joan Cusack - In & Out
3. Alison Elliott - The Wings of the Dove
Best Screenplay
1. Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland - L.A. Confidential
2. Kevin Smith - Chasing Amy
3. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck - Good Will Hunting
Best Cinematography
1. Roger Deakins - Kundun
2. Eduardo Serra - The Wings of the Dove
3. Paul Sarossy - The Sweet Hereafter
Best Foreign-Language Film
1. Underground • France/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Germany/Bulgaria/Hungary
2. Shall We Dance? (Shall we dansu?) • Japan
3. Irma Vep • France
Best Documentary
1. Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
2. Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
3. Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival
Best New Filmmaker
Paul Thomas Anderson - Hard Eight and Boogie Nights