32nd National Society of Film Critics Awards (1997)

Best Picture

	1. L.A. Confidential
	2. The Sweet Hereafter
	3. Boogie Nights

Best Director

	1. Curtis Hanson - L.A. Confidential
	2. Atom Egoyan - The Sweet Hereafter
	3. Paul Thomas Anderson - Boogie Nights

Best Actor

	1. Robert Duvall - The Apostle
	2. Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold
	3. Dustin Hoffman - Wag the Dog
	3. Ian Holm - The Sweet Hereafter
	3. Al Pacino - Donnie Brasco

Best Actress

	1. Julie Christie - Afterglow
	2. Helena Bonham Carter - The Wings of the Dove
	3. Judi Dench - Mrs. Brown

Best Supporting Actor

	1. Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights
	2. Kevin Spacey - L.A. Confidential
	3. Rupert Everett - My Best Friend's Wedding

Best Supporting Actress

	1. Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
	2. Sarah Polley - The Sweet Hereafter
	3. Nathalie Richard - Irma Vep

Best Screenplay

	1. Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland - L.A. Confidential
	2. Atom Egoyan - The Sweet Hereafter
	3. Kevin Smith - Chasing Amy

Best Cinematography

	1. Roger Deakins - Kundun
	2. Dante Spinotti - L.A. Confidential
	3. Christopher Doyle - Happy Together

Best Foreign Language Film

	1. La Promesse
	2. Underground
	3. Gabbeh

Best Non-Fiction Film

	1. Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
	2. 4 Little Girls
	3. Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist

Special Citation

Charles Burnett's Nightjohn, a film whose exceptional quality and origin challenge strictures of the movie marketplace.