1985 National Society of Film Critics Awards
# 1985 National Society of Film Critics Awards

20th NSFC Awards

January 3, 1986

Best Film:

Ran

The 20th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 1986, honored the best filmmaking of 1985.

## Winners

### Best Picture

1. Ran 2. Prizzi's Honor 2. The Purple Rose of Cairo

### Best Director

1. John Huston – Prizzi's Honor 2. Akira Kurosawa – Ran

### Best Actor

1. Jack Nicholson – Prizzi's Honor 2. William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman

### Best Actress

1. Vanessa Redgrave – Wetherby 2. Jessica Lange – Sweet Dreams 3. Norma Aleandro – The Official Story (La historia oficial)

### Best Supporting Actor

1. John Gielgud – Plenty and The Shooting Party 2. William Hickey – Prizzi's Honor 3. Ian Holm – Wetherby, Brazil and Dance with a Stranger 4. Klaus Maria Brandauer – Out of Africa

### Best Supporting Actress

1. Anjelica Huston – Prizzi's Honor 2. Mieko Harada – Ran

### Best Screenplay

1. Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson – Lost in America 2. Woody Allen – The Purple Rose of Cairo 3. Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard and Charles McKeown – Brazil 3. Richard Condon and Janet Roach – Prizzi's Honor

### Best Cinematography

1. Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda and Asakazu Nakai – Ran 2. Kiyoshi Hasegawa – The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki) 3. Michael Ballhaus – After Hours

### Best Documentary

1. Shoah 2. 28 Up 3. Streetwise

