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- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsBruce WillisAlan RickmanBonnie BedeliaA New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.Favourite Film of the Year
Runner ups:
Grave of the Fireflies
Rain Man
The Vanishing
Child's Play
Cinema Paradiso
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Beetlejuice
David Bowie: Glass Spider
Who Framed Roger Rabbit - DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsBruce WillisAlan RickmanBonnie BedeliaA New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.Best Film of the Year
Runner ups:
Rain Man
Grave of the Fireflies
The Vanishing
Cinema Paradiso
A Story of Women
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Beetlejuice
Child's Play
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! - DirectorGeorge SluizerStarsBernard-Pierre DonnadieuGene BervoetsJohanna ter SteegeRex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.Best Lead Actor: Gene Bervoets
Runner ups:
Willem Dafoe in The Last Temptation of Christ
Jeremy Irons in Dead Ringers
Bruce Willis in Die Hard
Tom Cruise in Rain Man
Paul Reubens in Big Top Pee-Wee
Tom Hanks in Big
Robert De Niro in Midnight Run
Eddie Murphy in Coming to America
Isabelle Huppert in A Story of Women - DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanTom CruiseValeria GolinoAfter a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.Best Supporting Actor: Dustin Hoffman
Runner ups:
Philippe Noiret in Cinema Paradiso
Alan Rickman in Die Hard
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu in The Vanishing
Christopher Lloyd in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Johanna ter Steege in The Vanishing
Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice
Chris Sarandon in Child's Play
Valeria Golina in Rain Man
Harvey Keitel in The Last Temptation of Christ - DirectorGeorge SluizerStarsBernard-Pierre DonnadieuGene BervoetsJohanna ter SteegeRex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.Best Direction
Runner ups:
Die Hard
Beetlejuice
Cinema Paradiso
Who Framed Roger Rabbit - DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanTom CruiseValeria GolinoAfter a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.Best Original Screenplay
Runner ups:
Cinema Paradiso
Beetlejuice
Child's Play
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! - DirectorGeorge SluizerStarsBernard-Pierre DonnadieuGene BervoetsJohanna ter SteegeRex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.Best Adapted Screenplay
Runner ups:
Die Hard
Grave of the Fireflies
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Last Temptation of Christ - DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsPhilippe NoiretEnzo CannavaleAntonella AttiliA filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.Best Cinematography
Runner ups:
Beetlejuice
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Vanishing - DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsBruce WillisAlan RickmanBonnie BedeliaA New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.Best Editing
Runner ups:
Child's Play
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Rain Man
Beetlejuice - DirectorTony RandelStarsDoug BradleyAshley LaurenceClare HigginsKirsty is brought to an institution after the horrible events of Hellraiser (1987), where the occult-obsessive head doctor resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites and their demonic underworld.Best Art-Direction
Runner ups:
Beetlejuice
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Willow - DirectorTim BurtonStarsAlec BaldwinGeena DavisMichael KeatonThe spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.Best Costume Design
Runner ups:
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Willow
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Coming to America - DirectorTony RandelStarsDoug BradleyAshley LaurenceClare HigginsKirsty is brought to an institution after the horrible events of Hellraiser (1987), where the occult-obsessive head doctor resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites and their demonic underworld.Best Make-up
Runners up:
The Last Temptation of Christ
Return of the Living Dead II
Beetlejuice
They Live! - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsBob HoskinsChristopher LloydJoanna CassidyWhen a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, he enlists the help of a burnt out private investigator to prove his innocence.Best Visual Effects
Runner ups:
Die Hard
Willow
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Child's Play - DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanTom CruiseValeria GolinoAfter a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.Best Original Score
Runner ups:
Beetlejuice
The Last Temptation of Christ
Midnight Run
Who Framed Roger Rabbit - DirectorGeorge ScribnerStarsJoey LawrenceBilly JoelCheech MarinA lost and alone kitten joins a gang of dogs engaged in petty larceny in New York City.Best Original Song: "Why Should I Worry?"
Runner ups:
"Good Company" from Oliver & Company
"Perfect Isn't Easy" from Oliver & Company
"Streets of Gold" from Oliver & Company
"Why Should I Worry? (Reprise)" from Oliver & Company - DirectorIsao TakahataStarsTsutomu TatsumiAyano ShiraishiAkemi YamaguchiA young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.Best Animated Film
Runner ups:
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Land Before Time
Oliver & Company
Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsBob HoskinsChristopher LloydJoanna CassidyWhen a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, he enlists the help of a burnt out private investigator to prove his innocence.Best Animation
Runner ups:
Oliver & Company
The Land Before Time
Akira
Grave of the Fireflies - DirectorGeorge ScribnerStarsJoey LawrenceBilly JoelCheech MarinA lost and alone kitten joins a gang of dogs engaged in petty larceny in New York City.Best Voice-Over Performance: Cheech Marin
Runner ups:
Billy Joel in Oliver & Company
Joseph Lawrence in Oliver & Company
Dom DeLuise in Oliver & Company
roger in Who Framed Roger Rabbit - DirectorIsao TakahataStarsTsutomu TatsumiAyano ShiraishiAkemi YamaguchiA young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.Best Foreign-Language Film
Runner ups:
The Vanishing
Cinema Paradiso
A Story of Women
My Neighbour Totoro - DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJohn NevilleEric IdleSarah PolleyAn account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences across late 18th-century Europe with his band of misfits.Best British Film
Runners up:
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
A Fish Called Wanda
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n/a - DirectorDavid MalletStarsDavid BowieCarlos AlomarAlan ChildsDavid Bowie's Glass Spider Tour show, held in November 1987 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, Australia.Best Documentary
Runner ups:
Stage by Stage: Les Miserables
n/a - DirectorDavid ZuckerStarsLeslie NielsenPriscilla PresleyO.J. SimpsonIncompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.Funniest Film
Runner ups:
Return of the Living Dead Part II
Beetlejuice
Coming to America
Midnight Run - DirectorTim BurtonStarsAlec BaldwinGeena DavisMichael KeatonThe spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.Best Comedic Performance: Michael Keaton
Runner ups:
Robert De Niro in Midnight Run
Eddie Murphy in Coming to America
Alec Baldwin in Working Girl
Danny DeVito in Twins - DirectorGeorge SluizerStarsBernard-Pierre DonnadieuGene BervoetsJohanna ter SteegeRex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.Scariest Film
Runner ups:
Child's Play
Return of the Living Dead Part II
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Monkey Shines - DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsBruce WillisAlan RickmanBonnie BedeliaA New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.Best Action Movie
Runner ups:
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Willow
Return of the Living Dead Part II - DirectorGeorge ScribnerStarsJoey LawrenceBilly JoelCheech MarinA lost and alone kitten joins a gang of dogs engaged in petty larceny in New York City.Best Musical
Runners up:
Earth Girls Are Easy
n/a - DirectorIsao TakahataStarsTsutomu TatsumiAyano ShiraishiAkemi YamaguchiA young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.Most Emotional Film
Runner ups:
Rain Man
Cinema Paradiso
The Vanishing
Beetlejuice - DirectorKen WiederhornStarsJames KarenThom MathewsMichael KenworthyCurious kids unearth the barrels that previously helped revive the dead, which proves the second time's an undead charm.Best Zombie and/or Vampire Film
Runner ups:
Vampire's Kiss
The Serpent and the Rainbow - DirectorDavid WintersNeal SundstromStarsReb BrownJohn Phillip LawJames RyanA pilot is the only hope to stop the mutiny of a spacecraft by its security crew, who plot to sell the crew of the ship into slavery.Turd of the Year
Runners up:
Akira
Rambo III
Ariel
Ernest Saves Christmas - DirectorMandie FletcherStarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonStephen FrySir Edmund Blackadder must protect, and later rescue, King Charles I from the Roundheads.Best Short Film
Runner ups:
The Simpsons: Family Portrait
Tin Toy
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n/a - CreatorRod SerlingStarsRobin WardCharles AidmanRichard MulliganA collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but often have a wicked sense of humor and an unexpected twist.Best TV Drama (for season 3)
Runner ups:
Star Trek: The Next Generation (seasons 1/2)
The Raccoons (season 3)
The Real Ghostbusters (season 2)
The Smurfs (series 8) - CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsPatrick StewartBrent SpinerJonathan FrakesSet almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before.Best Performance (TV Drama): Patrick Stewart (for seasons 1/2)
Runner ups:
Brent Spiner in Star Trek: The Next Generation (seasons 1/2)
Jonathan Frakes in Star Trek: The Next Generation (seasons 1/2)
Michael Dorn in Star Trek: The Next Generation (seasons 1/2)
LeVar Burton in Star Trek: The Next Generation (seasons 1/2)
Diana Muldaur in Star Trek: The Next Generation (seasons 1/2)
Marina Sirtis in Star Trek: The Next Generation (seasons 1/2)
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n/a - CreatorRob GrantDoug NaylorStarsChris BarrieCraig CharlesDanny John-JulesThe adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.Best TV Comedy (for series 1/2)
Runner ups:
Cheers (seasons 6/7)
Pingu (series 1)
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (season 1)
Ducktales (seasons 1/2)
ChuckleVision (series 2)
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (season 1)
Alvin and the Chipmunks (season 6)
It's Garry Shandling's Show (seasons 2/3)
Married with Children (seasons 2/3) - CreatorRob GrantDoug NaylorStarsChris BarrieCraig CharlesDanny John-JulesThe adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.Best Performance (TV Comedy): Chris Barrie (for series 1)
Runners up:
Craig Charles in Red Dwarf (series 1)
John Ratzenberger in Cheers (seasons 6/7)
Woody Harrelson in Cheers (seasons 6/7)
Katey Segal in Married with Children (seasons 2/3)
Paul Chuckle in ChuckleVision (series 2)
Garry Shandling in It's Garry Shandling's Show (seasons 2/3)
Danny John-Jules in Red Dwarf (series 1)
Barry Chuckle in ChuckleVision (series 2)
Ed O'Neill in Married with Children (seasons 2/3) - CreatorRob GrantDoug NaylorStarsChris BarrieCraig CharlesDanny John-JulesThe adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.Best Newcomer TV Comedy
Runner ups:
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Mystery Science Theatre 3000 - CreatorErika BrueggemannOtmar GutmannStarsCarlo BonomiDavid SantMarcello Magni"Pingu finds himself in tricky and comical situations, but he always learns a lesson. Pingu spends his days with his parents and baby sister, Pinga. Everyone in his town speaks ""Penguinese."" Laugh along and find out what happens.Best Animated TV Series (for series 1)
Runners up:
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (season 1)
Ducktales (seasons 1/2)
The Real Ghostbusters (season 2)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (season 2) - DirectorRichard BodenStarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonMiranda RichardsonAfter a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.Best Direction in an Individual Episode
Runner ups:
Red Dwarf: "Future Echoes"
The Twilight Zone: "The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon"
Red Dwarf: "Better than Life"
Red Dwarf: "Thanks for the Memory" - DirectorRichard BodenStarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonMiranda RichardsonAfter a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.Best Writing in an Individual Episode
Runner ups:
Red Dwarf: "Future Echoes"
Red Dwarf: "Me2"
Red Dwarf: "Thanks for the Memory"
Red Dwarf: "Better than Life" - DirectorRichard BodenStarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonMiranda RichardsonAfter a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.Best TV Special
Runner ups:
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse - DirectorBruce GowersRocco UrbisciStarsGeorge CarlinRobert N. AltmanLloyd Lindsay YoungGeorge Carlin changes his act by bringing politics into the act, but also talks about the People he can do without, Keeping People Alert, and Cars and Driving part 2.Best Feature Stand-up Comedy Recording
Runner ups:
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage (even though it's *beep*
n/a - DirectorKensuke TanabeMario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad enter a mysterious door to save the people of Sub-Con from the evil frog Wart and his minions.Best Video Game
Runner ups:
Blaster Master
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
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