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Critics' Choice 1997 Winners & Nominees

The 2nd Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1997) took place on January 20, 1997. Fargo won Best Picture and one more award. Jerry Maguire won the most, all 3 of its nominations. Every winner and nominee in all 10 categories is below.

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Best Picture
Fargo
Headline winners

Critics' Choice 1997: The Winners

Fargo won Best Picture. Anthony Minghella (Best Director), Geoffrey Rush (Best Actor) and Frances McDormand (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Fargo (1996) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

Fargo

1996 · Drama, Thriller, Crime · $60.6M worldwide

2 wins from 2 nominations at the 2nd Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1997)

  • Best Actress

In 1987 Minnesota, a struggling car salesman, desperate for money, devises a plan to kidnap his wife and demand a ransom from her wealthy father. His scheme quickly unravels when the kidnapping goes horribly wrong, and a confrontation with two inept criminals leads to the death of a state trooper. The situation escalates, drawing the attention of a determined local police officer who must unravel the truth behind the increasingly violent events unfolding in the winter landscape.

About Fargo
Scoreboard

Critics' Choice 1997: Which Films Won the Most

Jerry Maguire won 3 awards from 3 nominations. 6 films won at least once. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Jerry Maguire (1996) movie poster
    Jerry Maguire 3 / 3
    1996 · Drama, Sport · 3 wins from 3 nominations
  2. Fargo (1996) movie poster
    Fargo 2 / 2
    1996 · Drama, Thriller · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  3. The English Patient (1996) movie poster
    The English Patient 2 / 2
    1996 · Drama, Romance · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  4. Shine (1996) movie poster
    Shine 1 / 1
    1996 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
  5. When We Were Kings (1996) movie poster
    When We Were Kings 1 / 1
    1996 · History, Sport · 1 win from 1 nomination
  6. Fly Away Home (1996) movie poster
    Fly Away Home 1 / 1
    1996 · Adventure, Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
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All 10 Critics' Choice 1997 Categories: Winners & Nominees

10 categories and 10 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.

10 categories · 10 nominations

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Critics' Choice 1997 Best Picture

1 nominee

Critics' Choice 1997 Best Family Film

1 nominee
By genre

The Genres Behind the Critics' Choice 1997 Winners

Drama led with 9 nominations across 5 films and won 9. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 9 wins · 9 nominations · 100%
  2. Romance 6 wins · 6 nominations · 100%
  3. Sport 4 wins · 4 nominations · 100%
  4. Comedy 3 wins · 3 nominations · 100%
  5. Thriller 2 wins · 2 nominations · 100%
  6. Crime 2 wins · 2 nominations · 100%
  7. War 2 wins · 2 nominations · 100%
  8. Biography 1 win · 1 nomination · 100%
  9. Music 1 win · 1 nomination · 100%
  10. History 1 win · 1 nomination · 100%
1997 season

How the Rest of the 1997 Awards Season Voted

The other 9 ceremonies of 1997, with the winner of each top prize. Fargo also won the top prize at one of them. The English Patient won the most of them: 4.

All 1997 awards
Earlier years

Previous Critics' Choice Ceremonies

The ceremony before this one, with the winner of its top prize. The Critics' Choice page has every year back to 1996.

Every Critics' Choice ceremony

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Critics' Choice 1997: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 2nd Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1997), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 2nd Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1997)?

Fargo (1996) won Best Picture.

About Fargo

Which film won the most awards at the 2nd Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1997)?

Jerry Maguire (1996) won the most: 3 awards from 3 nominations. Fargo and The English Patient followed with 2 wins each.

Which film had the most nominations at the 2nd Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1997)?

Jerry Maguire (1996) led with 3 nominations and won 3 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 2nd Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1997)?

Best Director: Anthony Minghella for The English Patient. Best Actor: Geoffrey Rush for Shine. Best Actress: Frances McDormand for Fargo. Best Child Performance: Jonathan Lipnicki for Jerry Maguire. Best Supporting Actor: Cuba Gooding Jr. for Jerry Maguire.

When was the 2nd Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1997)?

The 2nd Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1997) took place on January 20, 1997. The database has 10 categories and 10 nominations for it.