<<< 20th National Society of Film Critics Awards (1985) >>>
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