18th BSFC Awards December 14, 1997 Best Film: L.A. Confidential The 18th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards honored the best films of 1997. The awards were given on 14 December 1997. Winners Best Film 1. L.A. Confidential 2. The Sweet Hereafter 3. Donnie Brasco Best Actor Al Pacino – Donnie Brasco Best Actress 1. Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove 2. Katrin Cartlidge – Career Girls 3. Tilda Swinton – Female Perversions Best Supporting Actor 1. Kevin Spacey – L.A. Confidential 2. Burt Reynolds – Boogie Nights 3. Robert Downey Jr. – One Night Stand Best Supporting Actress 1. Sarah Polley – The Sweet Hereafter 2. Joan Cusack – In & Out 3. Alison Elliott – The Wings of the Dove Best Director 1. Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential 2. Atom Egoyan – The Sweet Hereafter 3. Mike Newell – Donnie Brasco Best Screenplay 1. Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland – L.A. Confidential 2. Kevin Smith – Chasing Amy 3. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck – Good Will Hunting Best Cinematography 1. Roger Deakins – Kundun 2. Eduardo Serra – The Wings of the Dove 3. Paul Sarossy – The Sweet Hereafter Best Documentary 1. Fast, Cheap & Out of Control 2. Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist 3. Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival Best Foreign-Language Film 1. Underground • France/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Germany/Bulgaria/Hungary 2. Shall We Dance? (Shall we dansu?) • Japan 3. Irma Vep • France Best New Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson – Hard Eight and Boogie Nights External links Past Winners References Boston film critics extend streak of `L.A. Confidential' The Boston Globe Noir thriller is big Boston crix winner The Variety 1997 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Internet Movie Database 1997 1997 film awards 1997 awards in the United States 1997 in Boston December 1997 events in the United States