2nd Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Date: 20 January 1997

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Top Films

• Big Night (1996)
• Evita (1996)
• Fargo (1996)
• Hamlet (1996)
• Jerry Maguire (1996)
• Lone Star (1996)
• Shine (1996)
• The Crucible (1996)
• The English Patient (1996)
• The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)

Best Actor

• Geoffrey Rush (Shine)

Best Actress

• Frances McDormand (Fargo)

Best Director

• Anthony Minghella (The English Patient)

Best Film

• Fargo (1996)

Best Foreign Language Film

• Ridicule (France)

Best Screenplay

• Anthony Minghella (The English Patient)

Best Supporting Actor

• Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Jerry Maguire)

Best Supporting Actress

• Joan Allen (The Crucible)

Best Young Performance

• Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maguire)

Breakout Artist of the Year

• Renée Zellweger (Jerry Maguire)

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Lauren Bacall