1984 National Society of Film Critics Awards explained

19th NSFC 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.^{[1] [2]}

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  -

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

External links

• Past Awards

Notes and References

1. News: Maslin. Janet. 'Stranger Than Paradise' wins award. 3 January 2018. The New York Times. 3 January 1985.
2. News: Carr. Jay. Low-budget comedy picked as best picture by Film Critics Society. 3 January 2018. The Boston Globe. 3 January 1985. 7 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307082914/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/doc/294261485.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=&author=&pub=&edition=&startpage=&desc=. live.