National Society of Film Critics Awards 1990

25th NSFC Awards

January 6, 1991

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Best Film:
Goodfellas

The 25th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 6 January 1991, honored the best filmmaking of 1990.

Winners

Best Picture:

1. Goodfellas
2. The Grifters
3. Reversal of Fortune
4. Sweetie

Best Director:

1. Martin Scorsese – Goodfellas
2. Stephen Frears – The Grifters
3. Jane Campion – Sweetie

Best Actor:

1. Jeremy Irons – Reversal of Fortune
2. Danny Glover – To Sleep with Anger
3. Robert De Niro – Goodfellas and Awakenings

Best Actress:

1. Anjelica Huston – The Grifters and The Witches
2. Joanne Woodward – Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
3. Jessica Lange – Men Don't Leave
3. Debra Winger – The Sheltering Sky and Everybody Wins

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Bruce Davison – Longtime Companion
2. Joe Pesci – Goodfellas
3. Al Pacino – Dick Tracy
3. John Turturro – Miller's Crossing

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Annette Bening – The Grifters
2. Uma Thurman – Henry & June and Where the Heart Is
3. Dianne Wiest – Edward Scissorhands

Best Screenplay:

1. Charles Burnett – To Sleep with Anger
2. Tom Stoppard – The Russia House
3. Donald E. Westlake – The Grifters

Best Cinematography:

1. Peter Suschitzky – Where the Heart Is
2. Ian Baker – The Russia House
3. Philippe Rousselot – Henry & June

Best Foreign Language Film:

1. Ariel
2. Life and Nothing But (La vie et rien d'autre)
3. May Fools (Milou en mai)

Best Documentary:

1. Berkeley in the Sixties
2. For All Mankind
3. The Big Bang [1]

Special Citation:

• Renée Furst [2]
• Jean-Luc Godard

External links

• Past Awards

References

• National Critics Laud Scorsese, 'GoodFellas' Los Angeles Times
• `GoodFellas'is national critics' choice The Boston Globe