Best Picture
The Fugitive	In the Name of the Father	The Piano	The Remains of the Day	Schindler's List

Best Actor
In the Name of the Father	Philadelphia	The Remains of the Day	Schindler's List	What's Love Got to Do With It
Daniel Day-Lewis	Tom Hanks	Anthony Hopkins	Liam Neeson	Laurence Fishburne

Best Actress
The Piano	The Remains of the Day	Shadowlands	6 Degrees of Separation	What's Love Got to Do With It
Holly Hunter	Emma Thompson	Debra Winger	Stockard Channing	Angela Bassett

Best Supporting Actor
The Fugitive	In the Line of Fire	In the Name of the Father	Schindler's List	What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Tommy Lee Jones	John Malkovich	Pete Postlethwaite	Ralph Fiennes	Leonardo DiCaprio

Best Supporting Actress
The Age of Innocence	Fearless	The Firm	In the Name of the Father	The Piano
Winona Ryder	Rosie Perez	Holly Hunter	Emma Thompson	Anna Paquin

Best Director
In the Name of the Father	The Piano	The Remains of the Day	Schindler's List	Short Cuts
Jim Sheridan	Jane Campion	James Ivory	Steven Spielberg	Robert Altman

Best Original Screenplay
Dave	In the Line of Fire	Philadelphia	The Piano	Sleepless in Seattle
Gary Ross	Jeff Maguire	Ron Nyswaner	Jane Campion	Nora Ephron, David S. Ward, Jeff Arch

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Age of Innocence	In the Name of the Father	The Remains of the Day	Schindler's List	Shadowlands
Jay Cocks, Martin Scorsese	Terry George, Jim Sheridan	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala	Steven Zaillian	William Nicholson

Best Cinematography
Farewell My Concubine	The Fugitive	The Piano	Schindler's List	Searching for Bobby Fischer
Changwei Gu	Michael Chapman	Stuart Dryburgh	Janusz Kaminski	Conrad L. Hall

Best Art Direction
Addams Family Values	The Age of Innocence	Orlando	The Remains of the Day	Schindler's List
Ken Adam, Marvin March	Dante Ferretti, Robert J. Franco	Ben van Os, Jan Roelfs	Luciana Arrighi, Ian Whittaker	Allan Starski, Ewa Braun

Best Costume Design
The Age of Innocence	Orlando	The Piano	The Remains of the Day	Schindler's List
Gabriella Pescucci	Sandy Powell	Janet Patterson	Jenny Beavan, John Bright	Anna B. Sheppard

Best Sound
Cliffhanger	The Fugitive	Geronimo: An American legend	Jurassic Park	Schindler's List
Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Tim Cooney	Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño, Scott D. Smith	Chris Carpenter, Doug Hemphill, Bill W. Benton, Lee Orloff	Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy, Ron Judkins	Andy Nelson, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, Ron Judkins

Best Editing
The Fugitive	In the Line of Fire	In the Name of the Father	The Piano	Schindler's List
Dennis Virkler, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Don Brochu, Richard Nord, Dov Hoenig	Anne V. Coates	Gerry Hambling	Veronika Jenet	Michael Kahn

Best Sound Editing
Cliffhanger	The Fugitive	Jurassic Park
Wylie Stateman, Gregg Baxter	John Leveque, Bruce Stambler	Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns

Best Visual Effects
Cliffhanger	Jurassic Park	A Nightmare Before Christmas
Neil Krepela, John Richardson, John Bruno, Pamela Easley	Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, Michael Lantieri	Pete Kozachik, Eric Leighton, Ariel Velasco-Shaw, Gordon Baker

Best Makeup
Mrs. Doubtfire	Philadelphia	Schindler's List
Greg Cannom, Ve Neill, Yolanda Toussieng	Carl Fullerton, Alan D'Angerio	Christina Smith, Matthew W. Mungle, Judith A. Cory

Best Original Song
Beethoven's 2nd	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Poetic Justice	Sleepless in Seattle
The Day I Fall in Love	Philadelphia	Streets of Philadelphia	Again	A Wink and a Smile

Best Original Score
The Age of Innocence	The Firm	The Fugitive	The Remains of the Day	Schindler's List
Elmer Bernstein	Dave Grusin	James Newton Howard	Richard Robbins	John Williams