1st Critics' Choice Awards

The 1st Critics' Choice Movie Awards were presented on January 22, 1996, honoring the finest achievements of 1995 filmmaking.^[1]

1st Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Date	January 22, 1996
Official website	www.criticschoice.com
Highlights
Best Film	Sense and Sensibility
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Winners

Mel Gibson, Best Director winner

Kevin Bacon, Best Actor winner

Nicole Kidman, Best Actress winner

Ed Harris, Best Supporting Actor co-winner

Kevin Spacey, Best Supporting Actor co-winner

Mira Sorvino, Best Supporting Actress winner

Emma Thompson, Best Screenplay winner

• Best Actor:
  • Kevin Bacon – Murder in the First
• Best Actress:
  • Nicole Kidman – To Die For
• Best Director:
  • Mel Gibson – Braveheart
• Best Documentary:
  • Crumb
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Il Postino: The Postman (Il postino) • Belgium / France / Italy
• Best Picture:
  • Sense and Sensibility
• Best Screenplay:
  • Sense and Sensibility – Emma Thompson
• Best Special Family Film Award:
  • Babe
• 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