Winner 
69th Academy Awards
The 1996 file: winners first, ballot trails on demand, and the films that shaped the ceremony.
Ceremony at a glance
Best Picture went to The English Patient. The winning leader is The English Patient with 9 wins. The most nominated title is The English Patient with 12 nominations. 42 winners named across 31 categories.
Most awarded titles
- The English Patient 9 wins12 nominations
- Fargo 2 wins7 nominations
- Shine 1 win7 nominations
- Evita 1 win5 nominations
- Jerry Maguire 1 win5 nominations
Best Picture Nominees
The major races
The 1996 ceremony centers on The English Patient. Picture, Director, Actor and Actress: 4 of 4 decided, 20 nominees in all.
- Fargo Ethan Coen
- Jerry Maguire James L. Brooks | Laurence Mark | Richard Sakai | Cameron Crowe
- Secrets & Lies Simon Channing-Williams
- Shine Jane Scott
Complete Ceremony Ledger
The winner in every category. Open the full ballot to see every nominee.
24 categories131 records42 winners
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
The English Patient
Credit: Saul Zaentz
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The English Patient
Credit: Anthony Minghella
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Fargo
Credit: Ethan CoenJoel Coen
1 winner5 records
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Sling Blade
Credit: Billy Bob Thornton
1 winner5 records
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Kolya
Credit: Czech Republic
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The English Patient
Credit: Gabriel Yared
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The English Patient
Credit: Ann Roth
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The English Patient
Credit: John Seale
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The English Patient
Credit: Walter Murch
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Emma
Credit: Rachel Portman
1 winner4 records
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Dear Diary
Credit: David FrankelBarry Jossen
1 winner3 records
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Ceremony Highlights
Winner When We Were Kings
Winner Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
Winner Kolya
Winner The Nutty Professor
Winner Emma
Winner Evita
Winner Quest
Winner Dear Diary
Winner The Ghost and the Darkness
Winner Independence Day
Winner Sling Blade
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Ghosts of Mississippi
Primal Fear
Categories in this ceremony
Winner Circle
The English Patient
Anthony Minghella
Frances McDormand
Geoffrey Rush
Juliette Binoche
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Fargo
Sling Blade
Kolya
The English Patient
You Must Love Me
Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson
Ann Roth
John Seale
Walter Murch
Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, Joseph Viskocil
Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Joe Lombardi
Leon Gast, David Sonenberg
Jessica Yu
Michael Kidd
Saul Zaentz
Burton "Bud" Stone
Volker W. Bahnemann
Rachel Portman
Imax Corporation
Jim Hourihan
John Schlag, Brian Knep, Zoran Kacic-Alesic and Thomas Williams
Jonathan Erland and Kay Beving Erland
William Reeves
Brian Knep, Craig Hayes, Rick Sayre and Thomas Williams
Grant Loucks
James Kajiya and Timothy Kay
Jeffery Yost, Christian Rouet, David Benson and Florian Kainz
Ken Perlin
NESTOR BURTNYK and MARCELI WEIN
Perry Kivolowitz and Dr. Garth A. Dickie
Richard A. Prey and William N. Masten
Tyron Montgomery, Thomas Stellmach
David Frankel, Barry Jossen
Bruce Stambler
Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, Chris Newman
Sortable ledger
Every nomination from this ceremony as a sortable table, for research that needs the raw record beside the posters and winners above.