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Best Picture

	1. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
	2. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios)
	3. Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin)
	3. A World Apart

Best Director

	1. Philip Kaufman - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
	2. Chris Menges - A World Apart
	3. Wim Wenders - Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin)

Best Actor

	1. Michael Keaton - Beetlejuice and Clean and Sober
	2. Gene Hackman - Mississippi Burning
	3. Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
	3. Max von Sydow - Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren)

Best Actress

	1. Judy Davis - High Tide
	2. Carmen Maura - Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios)
	3. Melanie Griffith - Working Girl
	3. Barbara Hershey - A World Apart

Best Supporting Actor

	1. Dean Stockwell - Married to the Mob and Tucker: The Man and His Dream
	2. Alec Guinness - Little Dorrit
	3. Tim Robbins - Bull Durham

Best Supporting Actress

	1. Mercedes Ruehl - Married to the Mob
	2. Lena Olin - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
	3. Michelle Pfeiffer - Dangerous Liaisons

Best Screenplay

	1. Ron Shelton - Bull Durham
	2. David Cronenberg and Norman Snider - Dead Ringers
	3. Shawn Slovo - A World Apart

Best Cinematography

	1. Henri Alekan - Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin)
	2. Sven Nykvist - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
	3. Philippe Rousselot - Dangerous Liaisons
	3. Conrad L. Hall - Tequila Sunrise
	3. Vittorio Storaro - Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Best Documentary

	1. The Thin Blue Line
	2. Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
	3. Tokyo Olympiad (Tôkyô orimpikku)

Special Award

Pedro Almodóvar