1984 National Society of Film Critics Awards

January 3, 1985

Best Film:

** Stranger Than Paradise ** The 19th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 1985, honored the best filmmaking of 1984.

Winners

Best Picture

• Stranger Than Paradise
• Runner-up: A Sunday in the Country (Un dimanche à la campagne)

Best Director

• Robert Bresson – L'Argent
• Runner-up: Bertrand Tavernier – A Sunday in the Country (Un dimanche à la campagne)

Best Actor

• Steve Martin – All of Me
• Runner-up: Albert Finney – Under the Volcano

Best Actress

• Vanessa Redgrave – The Bostonians
• Runner-up: Kathleen Turner – Romancing the Stone

Best Supporting Actor

• John Malkovich – Places in the Heart and The Killing Fields
• Runner-up: Ralph Richardson – Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Best Supporting Actress

• Melanie Griffith – Body Double
• Runner-up: Peggy Ashcroft – A Passage to India

Best Screenplay

• Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel and Bruce Jay Friedman – Splash
• Runner-up: Bertrand Tavernier and Colo Tavernier – A Sunday in the Country (Un dimanche à la campagne)

Best Cinematography

• Chris Menges – Comfort and Joy and The Killing Fields

Best Documentary

• Stop Making Sense

References

References

1. (3 January 1985). "'Stranger Than Paradise' wins award". The New York Times.
2. (3 January 1985). "Low-budget comedy picked as best picture by Film Critics Society". The Boston Globe.