20th NSFC Awards January 3, 1986 Best Film: Ran The 20th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 1986, honored the best filmmaking of 1985. Winners Best Picture 1. Ran 2. Prizzi's Honor 2. The Purple Rose of Cairo Best Director 1. John Huston – Prizzi's Honor 2. Akira Kurosawa – Ran Best Actor 1. Jack Nicholson – Prizzi's Honor 2. William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman Best Actress 1. Vanessa Redgrave – Wetherby 2. Jessica Lange – Sweet Dreams 3. Norma Aleandro – The Official Story (La historia oficial) Best Supporting Actor 1. John Gielgud – Plenty and The Shooting Party 2. William Hickey – Prizzi's Honor 3. Ian Holm – Wetherby, Brazil and Dance with a Stranger 4. Klaus Maria Brandauer – Out of Africa Best Supporting Actress 1. Anjelica Huston – Prizzi's Honor 2. Mieko Harada – Ran Best Screenplay 1. Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson – Lost in America 2. Woody Allen – The Purple Rose of Cairo 3. Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard and Charles McKeown – Brazil 3. Richard Condon and Janet Roach – Prizzi's Honor Best Cinematography 1. Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda and Asakazu Nakai – Ran 2. Kiyoshi Hasegawa – The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki) 3. Michael Ballhaus – After Hours Best Documentary 1. Shoah 2. 28 Up 3. Streetwise References External links Past Awards 1985 National Society of Film Critics Awards National Society of Film Critics Awards National Society of Film Critics Awards