68th Academy Awards

Oscars 1996

March 25, 1996 · Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles · Host: Whoopi Goldberg

5

Braveheart wins

10

Braveheart nominations

Best Picture: Braveheart

Best Picture & Directing

Best Picture

Winner

Braveheart

IMDb

Mel Gibson, dir.

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Apollo 13 IMDb

Babe IMDb

Il Postino IMDb

Sense and Sensibility IMDb

Best Director

Winner

Mel Gibson

IMDb

Braveheart

IMDb

Chris Noonan IMDb — Babe

Ron Howard IMDb — Apollo 13

Mike Leigh IMDb — Secrets & Lies

Tim Robbins IMDb — Dead Man Walking

Acting

Best Actor

Winner

Nicolas Cage

IMDb

Leaving Las Vegas

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Richard Dreyfuss IMDb — Mr. Holland's Opus

Anthony Hopkins IMDb — Nixon

Massimo Troisi IMDb — Il Postino

Woody Harrelson IMDb — The People vs. Larry Flynt

Best Actress

Winner

Susan Sarandon

IMDb

Dead Man Walking

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Elisabeth Shue IMDb — Leaving Las Vegas

Sharon Stone IMDb — Casino

Meryl Streep IMDb — The Bridges of Madison County

Emma Thompson IMDb — Sense and Sensibility

Best Supporting Actor

Winner

Kevin Spacey

IMDb

The Usual Suspects

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James Cromwell IMDb — Babe

Ed Harris IMDb — Apollo 13

Brad Pitt IMDb — 12 Monkeys

Tim Roth IMDb — Rob Roy

Best Supporting Actress

Winner

Mira Sorvino

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Mighty Aphrodite

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Joan Allen IMDb — Nixon

Kathleen Quinlan IMDb — Apollo 13

Mare Winningham IMDb — Georgia

Kate Winslet IMDb — Sense and Sensibility

Writing

Best Original Screenplay

Winner

The Usual Suspects

IMDb

Christopher McQuarrie

IMDb

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner

Sense and Sensibility

IMDb

Emma Thompson

IMDb

Technical Awards

Best Foreign Language Film

Winner

Antonia's Line

IMDb

Netherlands — Marleen Gorris, dir.

IMDb

Best Original Score

Winner

Il Postino

IMDb

Luis Enríquez Bacalov

IMDb

Best Original Song

Winner

"Colors of the Wind"

IMDb

Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz — Pocahontas

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Best Cinematography

Winner

Braveheart

IMDb

John Toll

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Best Film Editing

Winner

Apollo 13

IMDb

Mike Hill, Dan Hanley

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Best Visual Effects

Winner

Babe

IMDb

Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, John Cox

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