The Commitments – Roger Randall-Cutler, Lynda Myles and Alan Parker

• Dances with Wolves – Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson
• The Silence of the Lambs – Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman and Jonathan Demme
• Thelma & Louise – Mimi Polk Gitlin, Ridley Scott

Alan Parker – The Commitments

• Jonathan Demme – The Silence of the Lambs
• Kevin Costner – Dances with Wolves
• Ridley Scott – Thelma & Louise

Anthony Hopkins – The Silence of the Lambs as Hannibal Lecter

• Alan Rickman – Truly, Madly, Deeply as Jamie
• Gérard Depardieu – Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano de Bergerac
• Kevin Costner – Dances with Wolves as John Dunbar

Jodie Foster – The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling

• Geena Davis – Thelma & Louise as Thelma Yvonne Dickinson
• Juliet Stevenson – Truly, Madly, Deeply as Nina
• Susan Sarandon – Thelma & Louise as Louise Elizabeth Sawyer

Alan Rickman – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as Sheriff of Nottingham

• Alan Bates – Hamlet as King Claudius
• Andrew Strong – The Commitments as Deco Cuffe
• Derek Jacobi – Dead Again as Franklyn Madson

Kate Nelligan – Frankie and Johnny as Cora

• Amanda Plummer – The Fisher King as Lydia Sinclair
• Annette Bening – The Grifters as Myra Langtry
• Julie Walters – Stepping Out as Vera

Truly, Madly, Deeply – Anthony Minghella

• The Fisher King – Richard LaGravenese
• Green Card – Peter Weir
• Thelma & Louise – Callie Khouri

The Commitments – Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Roddy Doyle

• Cyrano de Bergerac – Jean-Paul Rappeneau and Jean-Claude Carrière
• Dances with Wolves – Michael Blake
• The Silence of the Lambs – Ted Tally

Cyrano de Bergerac – Pierre Lhomme

• Dances with Wolves – Dean Semler
• The Silence of the Lambs – Tak Fujimoto
• Thelma & Louise – Adrian Biddle

Cyrano de Bergerac – Franca Squarciapino

• Edward Scissorhands – Colleen Atwood
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves – John Bloomfield
• Valmont – Theodor Pištěk

The Commitments – Gerry Hambling

• Dances with Wolves – Neil Travis
• The Silence of the Lambs – Craig McKay
• Thelma & Louise – Thom Noble

Cyrano de Bergerac – Jean-Pierre Eychenne and Michèle Burke

• The Addams Family – Fern Buchner, Katherine James and Kevin Haney
• Dances with Wolves – Frank Carrisosa
• Edward Scissorhands – Ve Neill

Cyrano de Bergerac – Jean-Claude Petit

• Dances with Wolves – John Barry
• The Silence of the Lambs – Howard Shore
• Thelma & Louise – Hans Zimmer

Edward Scissorhands – Bo Welch

• The Addams Family – Richard MacDonald
• Cyrano de Bergerac – Ezio Frigerio
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Joseph Nemec III

Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Lee Orloff, Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom and Gary Summers

• The Commitments – Clive Winter, Eddy Joseph, Andy Nelson, Tom Perry and Steve Pederson
• Dances with Wolves – Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins and Russell Williams II
• The Silence of the Lambs – Skip Lievsay, Chris Newman and Tom Fleischman

Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Stan Winston, Dennis Muren, Gene Warren Jr. and Robert Skotak

• Backdraft – Allen Hall, Scott Farrar, Clay Pinney and Mikael Salomon
• Edward Scissorhands – Stan Winston
• Prospero's Books – Frans Wamelink, Eve Ramboz and Masao Yamaguchi

The Harmfulness of Tobacco – Barry Palin and Nick Hamm

• Breath of Life – Navin Thapar
• Man Descending – Neil Grieve and Ray Lorenz
• Trauma – Gerhard Johannes Rekel

Balloon – Ken Lidster

• Adam – Chris Moll and Peter Lord
• Anamorphosis – Keith Griffiths, Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay
• Touch – Debra Smith

The Nasty Girl – Michael Verhoeven

• Cyrano de Bergerac – Rene Cleitman, Michel Seydoux and Jean-Paul Rappeneau
• The Hairdresser's Husband – Thierry de Ganay and Patrice Leconte
• Toto the Hero – Pierre Drouot, Dany Geys and Jaco Van Dormael