| 1st Critics Choice Awards (1996) |
| Best Picture: |
| Sense and Sensibility |
| Best Director: |
| Mel Gibson - Braveheart |
| Best Actor: |
| Kevin Bacon - Murder in the First |
| Best Actress: |
| Nicole Kidman - To Die For |
| Best Supporting Actor: |
| Ed Harris - Apollo 13, Just Cause, and Nixon (TIE) | |
| Kevin Spacey - Outbreak, Se7en, Swimming with Sharks, and The Usual Suspects (TIE) |
| Best Supporting Actress: |
| Mira Sorvino - Mighty Aphrodite |
| Best Screenplay: |
| Sense and Sensibility - Emma Thompson |
| Best Foreign Language Film: |
| Il Postino: The Postman (Il postino) • Belgium / France / Italy |
| Best Documentary: |
| Crumb |
| Best Special Family Film Award: |
| Babe |