 The English Patient –Saul Zaentz | Anthony Minghella –The English Patient |
| Geoffrey Rush –Shine comoDavid Helfgott | Frances McDormand –Fargo comoMarge Gunderson |
| Cuba Gooding Jr. –Jerry Maguire comoRod Tidwell | Juliette Binoche –The English Patient comoHana |
| Fargo –Joel Coen eEthan Coen | Sling Blade –Billy Bob Thornton; baseado em seucurta-metragemSome Folks Call It a Sling Blade |
Kolya – Chéquia | When We Were Kings –Leon Gast eDavid Sonenberg- The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story – Susan W. Dryfoos
- Mandela – Jo Menell e Angus Gibson
- Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse – Anne Belle e Deborah Dickson
- Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press – Rick Goldsmith
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Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien –Jessica Yu- Cosmic Voyage – Jeffrey Marvin e Bayley Silleck
- An Essay on Matisse – Perry Wolff
- Special Effects: Anything Can Happen – Susanne Simpson eBen Burtt
- The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage – Paul Seydor e Nick Redman
| Dear Diary –David Frankel eBarry Jossen |
Quest –Tyron Montgomery eThomas Stellmach- Canhead – Timothy Hittle e Chris Peterson
- La Salla – Richard Condie
- Wat's Pig –Peter Lord
| The English Patient –Gabriel Yared |
| Emma –Rachel Portman | You Must Love Me porEvita –Andrew Lloyd Webber eTim Rice |
| The Ghost and the Darkness –Bruce Stambler | The English Patient –Walter Murch,Mark Berger,David Parker eChris Newman |
| The English Patient –Diretor de arte:Stuart Craig;Decorador:Stephenie McMillan | The English Patient –John Seale |
| The Nutty Professor –Rick Baker eDavid LeRoy Anderson | The English Patient –Ann Roth |
| The English Patient –Walter Murch | Independence Day –Volker Engel,Douglas Smith,Clay Pinney eJoseph Viskocil |
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