1988 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

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The 54th New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1988. The winners were announced on 15 December 1988 and the awards were given on 15 January 1989.

Winners

Best Actor:

Jeremy Irons - Dead Ringers

Runners-up: Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man, Tom Hanks - Big and Gene Hackman - Mississippi Burning

Best Actress:

Meryl Streep - A Cry in the Dark

Runners-up: Jodie Foster - The Accused, Melanie Griffith - Working Girl and Carmen Maura - Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios)

Best Cinematography:

Henri Alekan - Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin)

Runners-up: Sven Nykvist - The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Jörgen Persson - Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren)

Best Director:

Chris Menges - A World Apart

Runners-up: Clint Eastwood - Bird, Wim Wenders - Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) and Lawrence Kasdan - The Accidental Tourist

Best Documentary:

The Thin Blue Line

Best Film:

The Accidental Tourist

Runners-up: A World Apart and Dead Ringers

Best Foreign Language Film:

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) • Spain

Runner-up: Au Revoir Les Enfants • France/West Germany/Italy

Best Screenplay:

Ron Shelton - Bull Durham

Runners-up: Shawn Slovo - A World Apart and Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan - The Accidental Tourist

Best Supporting Actor:

Dean Stockwell - Married to the Mob and Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Runners-up: Alec Guinness - Little Dorrit, Martin Landau - Tucker: The Man and His Dream and Tim Robbins - Bull Durham

Best Supporting Actress:

Diane Venora - Bird

Runner-up: Jodhi May - A World Apart

References

1988 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Wikipedia

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