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Critics' Choice 1996 Winners & Nominees

The 1st Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1996) took place on January 22, 1996. Sense and Sensibility won Best Picture and one more award. Every winner and nominee in all 6 categories is below.

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Best Picture
Sense and Sensibility
Headline winners

Critics' Choice 1996: The Winners

Sense and Sensibility won Best Picture. Mel Gibson (Best Director) and Nicole Kidman (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Sense and Sensibility (1995) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

Sense and Sensibility

1995 · Drama, Romance · $135M worldwide

2 wins from 2 nominations at the 1st Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1996)

  • Best Screenplay

Following the death of their father, the Dashwood sisters— Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret— find themselves facing financial hardship and social uncertainty. With their inheritance lost, they must leave their comfortable home and adjust to a more modest lifestyle. As they navigate love and loss, Elinor embodies reason and restraint, while Marianne embraces passion and emotion. The sisters' journeys explore themes of love, social class, and the importance of family in 19th-century England, ultimately demonstrating the power of resilience and self-discovery.

About Sense and Sensibility
Scoreboard

Critics' Choice 1996: Which Films Won the Most

Sense and Sensibility won 2 awards from 2 nominations. 5 films won at least once. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Sense and Sensibility (1995) movie poster
    Sense and Sensibility 2 / 2
    1995 · Drama, Romance · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  2. Babe: Pig in the City (1998) movie poster
    Babe: Pig in the City 1 / 1
    1998 · Adventure, Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
  3. To Die For (1995) movie poster
    To Die For 1 / 1
    1995 · Thriller, Comedy · 1 win from 1 nomination
  4. Braveheart (1995) movie poster
    Braveheart 1 / 1
    1995 · Action, Biography · 1 win from 1 nomination
  5. Crumb (1995) movie poster
    Crumb 1 / 1
    1995 · Biography, Documentary · 1 win from 1 nomination
Full results

All 6 Critics' Choice 1996 Categories: Winners & Nominees

6 categories and 6 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

6 categories · 6 nominations

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Critics' Choice 1996 Best Documentary

1 nominee
By genre

The Genres Behind the Critics' Choice 1996 Winners

Drama led with 4 nominations across 3 films and won 4. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 4 wins · 4 nominations · 100%
  2. Comedy 2 wins · 2 nominations · 100%
  3. Biography 2 wins · 2 nominations · 100%
  4. Romance 2 wins · 2 nominations · 100%
  5. Thriller 1 win · 1 nomination · 100%
  6. Crime 1 win · 1 nomination · 100%
  7. Action 1 win · 1 nomination · 100%
  8. History 1 win · 1 nomination · 100%
  9. War 1 win · 1 nomination · 100%
  10. Documentary 1 win · 1 nomination · 100%
1996 season

How the Rest of the 1996 Awards Season Voted

The other 9 ceremonies of 1996, with the winner of each top prize. Sense and Sensibility also won the top prize at 2 of them. Apollo 13 took as many.

All 1996 awards

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Critics' Choice 1996: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 1st Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1996), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 1st Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1996)?

Sense and Sensibility (1995) won Best Picture.

About Sense and Sensibility

Which film won the most awards at the 1st Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1996)?

Sense and Sensibility (1995) won the most: 2 awards from 2 nominations.

Which film had the most nominations at the 1st Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1996)?

Sense and Sensibility (1995) led with 2 nominations and won 2 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 1st Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1996)?

Best Director: Mel Gibson for Braveheart. Best Actress: Nicole Kidman for To Die For.

When was the 1st Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1996)?

The 1st Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1996) took place on January 22, 1996. The database has 6 categories and 6 nominations for it.