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