2nd Critics' Choice Awards

(in alphabetical order)

• Big Night
• The Crucible
• The English Patient
• Evita
• Fargo
• Hamlet
• Jerry Maguire
• Lone Star
• The People vs. Larry Flynt
• Shine

Geoffrey Rush, Best Actor winner

Frances McDormand, Best Actress winner

Cuba Gooding Jr., Best Supporting Actor winner

Joan Allen, Best Supporting Actress winner

Jonathan Lipnicki, Best Child Performance winner

Renée Zellweger, Breakout Artist of the Year winner

Lauren Bacall, Lifetime Achievement Award winner

• Best Actor:
  • Geoffrey Rush – Shine
• Best Actress:
  • Frances McDormand – Fargo
• Best Child Performance:
  • Jonathan Lipnicki – Jerry Maguire
• Best Director:
  • Anthony Minghella – The English Patient
• Best Documentary:
  • When We Were Kings
• Best Family Film:
  • Fly Away Home
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Ridicule • France
• Best Picture:
  • Fargo
• Best Screenplay:
  • The English Patient – Anthony Minghella
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Cuba Gooding Jr. – Jerry Maguire
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Joan Allen – The Crucible
• Breakout Artist of the Year:
  • Renée Zellweger – Jerry Maguire
• Lifetime Achievement Award:
  • Lauren Bacall