1993: Year in Review
Fritz Golden Superlatives

1. The Age of Innocence (dir: Martin Scorsese)

2. Carlito's Way (dir: Brian De Palma)

3. Dazed and Confused (dir: Richard Linklater)

4. Orlando (dir: Sally Potter; US Release Date)

5. Hard Boiled (dir: John Woo; US Release Date)

6. Short Cuts (dir: Robert Altman)

7. Blue (dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski)

8. Schindler's List (dir: Steven Spielberg)

9. Jurassic Park (dir: Steven Spielberg)

10. Six Degrees of Separation (dir: Fred Schepisi)

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order): Center Stage (dir: Stanley Kwan; US Release Date), Farewell My Concubine (dir: Kaige Chen), The Fugitive (dir: Andrew Davis), Groundhog Day (dir: Harold Ramis), Hard Target (dir: John Woo), In the Line of Fire (dir: Wolfgang Peterson), In the Name of the Father (dir: Jim Sheridan), King of the Hill (dir: Steven Soderbergh), Matinee (dir: Joe Dante), My Favorite Season (dir: Andre Techine), Naked (dir: Mike Leigh), The Nightmare Before Christmas (dir: Henry Selnick), A Perfect World (dir: Clint Eastwood), The Piano (dir: Jane Campion), Remains of the Day (dir: James Ivory), The Secret Garden (dir: Agnieszka Holland), and Sonatine (dir: Takeshi Kitano)

Best Film of the Year: The Age of Innocence
Director: Martin Scorsese Producers: Barbara De Fina
US Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Best Director:
Martin Scorsese, The Age of Innocence
2. Brian De Palma, Carlito's Way
3. Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List AND Jurassic Park
4. Sally Potter, Orlando
5. John Woo, Hard Boiled AND Hard Target

Best Actor:
Al Pacino, Carlito's Way
2. David Thewlis, Naked
3. Daniel Day-Lewis, In the Name of the Father AND The Age of Innocence
4. Bill Murray, Groundhog Day
5. Kevin Costner, A Perfect World

Best Actress:
Maggie Cheung, Center Stage
2. Holly Hunter, The Piano
3. Tilda Swinton, Orlando
4. Angela Bassett, What's Love Got to Do with It?
5. Juliette Binoche, Blue

Best Supporting Actor:
Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive
2. Ralph Fiennes, Schindler's List
3. Powers Boothe, Tombstone
4. Sean Penn, Carlito's Way
5. Larenz Tate, Menace II Society

Best Supporting Actress:
Madeleine Stowe, Short Cuts
2. Winona Ryder, The Age of Innocence
3. Lily Tomlin, Short Cuts
4. Anna Paquin, The Piano
5. Penelope Ann Miller, Carlito's Way

Best Original Screenplay:
Dazed and Confused – Richard Linklater
2. Naked — Mike Leigh
3. Groundhog Dog – Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis
4. The Piano – Jane Campion
5. Matinee — Charlie Haas

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Orlando — Sally Potter
2. The Age of Innocence — Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese
3. Six Degrees of Separation — John Guare
4. Schindler's List – Steve Zaillian
5. Short Cuts – Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt

Best Cinematography:
The Age of Innocence — Michael Ballhaus
2. Schindler’s List – Janusz Kaminski
3. Blue – Slawomir Idziak
4. Carlito's Way — Stephen H. Burum
5. Naked – Dick Pope

Best Original Score:
Jurassic Park — John Williams
2. The Nightmare Before Christmas – Danny Elfman
3. The Secret Garden – Zbigniew Preisner
4. Blue – Zbigniew Preisner
5. Center Stage — Huang Jin Chen and Thio Hugo-Panduputra

Best Film Editing:
Carlito's Way — Bill Pankow and Kristina Boden
2. Hard Boiled — Jack Ah, John Woo, David Wu, Kai Kit-Wai
3. Dazed and Confused – Sandra Adair
4. The Age of Innocence — Thelma Schoonmaker
5. Hard Target — Bob Murawski

Best Production Design:
Schindler's List – Allan Starski and Ewa Braun
2. The Age of Innocence — Dante Ferretti, Amy Marshall and Robert J. Franco
3. Jurassic Park – Rick Carter and Jackie Carr
4. Orlando — Jan Roelfs and Ben van Os
5. Tombstone – Catherine Hardwicke and Gene Serdena

Best Costume Design:
Orlando — Sandy Powell and Dien van Straalen
2. Farewell My Concubine — Changmin Chen
3. The Piano — Janet Patterson
4. The Age of Innocence — Gabriella Pescucci
5. What's Love Got to Do with It? — Ruth E. Carter

Best Visual Effects
Jurassic Park
2. The Nightmare Before Christmas
3. Cliffhanger

Best Sound
Jurassic Park
2. The Fugitive
3. In the Line of Fire

Best Makeup
Farewell My Concubine
2. Mrs. Doubtfire
3. Philadelphia

Best Documentary Feature:
Tony Gatlif, Latcho Drom

Best Animated Feature:
Henry Selick, The Nightmare Before Christmas

Best Ensemble Cast: 
Six Degrees of Separation

Orson Welles' Best First Feature:
Allan Hughes and Albert Hughes, Menace II Society

Best Ensemble Cast (dir: Fred Schepisi; in alphabetical order): JJ Abrams, Stockard Channing (pictured), Bruce Davison, Heather Graham, Anthony Michael Hall, Mary Beth Hurt, Ian McKellan, Richard Masur, Osgood Perkins, Anthony Rapp, Will Smith, Donald Sutherland, and Eric Thal

Best First Feature: Tyrin Turner and Larenz Tate (pictured) in Allan Hughes and Albert Hughes' Menace II Society

RECAP

W I N S :

The Age of Innocence — 3, Jurassic Park — 3,
Carlito’s Way — 2, Orlando — 2, Center Stage — 1, Dazed and Confused — 1, Farewell My Concubine — 1, The Fugitive — 1, Latcho Drom — 1, Menace II Society — 1, Nightmare Before Christmas — 1, Schindler’s List— 1, Short Cuts — 1, Six Degrees of Separation — 1

M U L T I P L E
N O M I N A T I O N S :

The Age of Innocence — 9,
Carlito’s Way — 7, Jurassic Park — 6, Orlando — 6, Schindler’s List — 5, Short Cuts — 5, Blue — 4, Dazed & Confused — 3, Nightmare Before Christmas — 3, The Piano — 4, Hard Boiled — 3, Six Degrees of Separation — 3, Center Stage — 2, Farewell My Concubine — 2, The Fugitive — 2, Groundhog Day — 2, Hard Target— 2, Menace II Society — 2, Naked — 2, Tombstone — 2, What’s Love Got to Do with It? — 2

the year-end project:
2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1940 - 1949, 1930 - 1939, 1920 - 1929 + Superlatives Index

Best of the Decade:
2010s, 2000s, 1990s, 1980s