1984 National Society of Film Critics Awards
# 1984 National Society of Film Critics Awards

19th NSFC Awards

January 3, 1985

Best Film:

Stranger Than Paradise

The 19th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 1985, honored the best filmmaking of 1984.

## Winners

### Best Picture

* Stranger Than Paradise
* Runner-up: A Sunday in the Country (Un dimanche à la campagne)

### Best Director

* Robert Bresson – L'Argent
* Runner-up: Bertrand Tavernier – A Sunday in the Country (Un dimanche à la campagne)

### Best Actor

* Steve Martin – All of Me
* Runner-up: Albert Finney – Under the Volcano

### Best Actress

* Vanessa Redgrave – The Bostonians
* Runner-up: Kathleen Turner – Romancing the Stone

### Best Supporting Actor

* John Malkovich – Places in the Heart and The Killing Fields
* Runner-up: Ralph Richardson – Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

### Best Supporting Actress

* Melanie Griffith – Body Double
* Runner-up: Peggy Ashcroft – A Passage to India

### Best Screenplay

* Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel and Bruce Jay Friedman – Splash
* Runner-up: Bertrand Tavernier and Colo Tavernier – A Sunday in the Country (Un dimanche à la campagne)

### Best Cinematography

* Chris Menges – Comfort and Joy and The Killing Fields

### Best Documentary

* Stop Making Sense
