9th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (1996)

Best Film:

Fargo

Best Director:

Joel Coen - Fargo

Best Actor:

Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade

Best Actress:

Frances McDormand - Fargo

Best Supporting Actor:

Cuba Gooding Jr. - Jerry Maguire

Best Supporting Actress:

Irma Hall - A Family Thing

Best Cinematography:

The English Patient

Best Screenplay:

Fargo - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Best Score:

"Fargo" - Carter Burwell

Best Foreign Language Film:

Dekalog (The Decalogue), Poland

Most Promising Actor:

Edward Norton - Primal Fear, Everyone Says I Love You and The People vs. Larry Flynt

Most Promising Actress:

Courtney Love - The People vs. Larry Flynt