People's Choice

Cinema

1. The Full Monty

2. Men in Black

3. The Lost World

4. Bean

5. Ransom

6. Sleepers

7. 101 Dalmatians

8. Liar Liar

9. Jerry Maguire

10. My Best Friend's Wedding

(compiled from a survey of Irish film distributors and exhibitors)

People's Choice - Video

1. Michael Collins

2. Fargo

3. The Rock

4. Mission Impossible

5. Jerry Maguire

6. Independence Day

7. The Van

8. Some Mother's Son

9. The Long Kiss Goodnight

10. Striptease

(supplied by Xtra-Vision)

Critic's Choice - Cinema

1. L.A. Confidential

2. William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

3. Evita

4. Donnie Brasco

5. Face/Off

6. A Self Made Hero

7. Hamlet

8. The Sweet Hereafter

9. The Crucible

10. Flirting With Disaster

(selected by Michael Dwyer)

Critic's Choice: The Year's Best And Worst

Best film: Curtis Hanson for L.A. Confidential

Best foreign-language film: Jacques Audiard for A Self Made Hero (Un Heros Tres Discret)

Best Irish feature film: Paddy Breathnach for I Went Down

Best Irish short film: Kevin Liddy for A Soldier's Song

Worst film: (tie) Joel Schumacher for Batman & Robin and Simon Moore for Up On The Roof

Most over-rated film: Brian Gilbert for Wilde

Most disappointing film: Jane Campion for The Portrait of a Lady

Most underrated film: Nicholas Hytner for The Crucible

Best actor: (tie) Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe for L.A. Confidential

Best actress: Madonna for Evita

Best supporting actress: Joan Allen for The Crucible

Best supporting actor: Rupert Everett for My Best Friend's Wedding

Best new actor: Jude Law for Wilde

Best new actress: (tie) Sarah Polley for The Sweet Hereafter and Samantha Morton for Under the Skin

Worst actress: Jennifer Jason Leigh for Kansas City

Worst actor: Arnold Schwarzwenegger for Batman & Robin

Best director: Curtis Hanson for L.A. Confidential

Best new director: (tie) Gilles Mimouni for L'Appartement and Gary Oldman for Nil By Mouth

Best original screenplay: Stanley Tucci and Tony Shalhoub for Big Night

Best adapted screenplay: Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland for LA Confidential

Best original music score: Mychael Danna for The Sweet Hereafter

Best original song score: Grace Of My Heart

Best non-original song score: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

Best cinematography: Darius Khondji for Evita

Best costume design: Penny Rose for Evita

Best art direction: Catherine Martin for William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

Best film editing: Gerry Hambling for Evita

Best special effects: Face/Off

Best documentary: Leon Gast for When We Were Kings

Best television film: Malcolm Bourne for Swan Lake

Best television drama series: Amy Jenkins and Tony Garnett for This Life

Best pop promo: Daft Punk for Da Funk

(selected by Michael Dwyer)