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. 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 External links Past Awards 1984 National Society of Film Critics Awards National Society of Film Critics Awards National Society of Film Critics Awards