Schindler's List – Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen and Branko Lustig
The Piano – Jan Chapman and Jane Campion* The Remains of the Day – Ismail Merchant, Mike Nichols, John Calley and James Ivory* Shadowlands – Richard Attenborough and Brian Eastman | Steven Spielberg – Schindler's List* James Ivory – The Remains of the Day* Jane Campion – The Piano* Richard Attenborough – Shadowlands |
| Anthony Hopkins – The Remains of the Day as James Stevens* Anthony Hopkins – Shadowlands as C. S. Lewis* Daniel Day-Lewis – In the Name of the Father as Gerry Conlon* Liam Neeson – Schindler's List as Oskar Schindler | Holly Hunter – The Piano as Ada McGrath* Debra Winger – Shadowlands as Joy Davidman* Emma Thompson – The Remains of the Day as Sarah Kenton* Miranda Richardson – Tom & Viv as Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot |
| Ralph Fiennes – Schindler's List as Amon Göth* Ben Kingsley – Schindler's List as Itzhak Stern* John Malkovich – In the Line of Fire as Mitch Leary* Tommy Lee Jones – The Fugitive as Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard | Miriam Margolyes – The Age of Innocence as Mrs. Mingott* Holly Hunter – The Firm as Tamara Hemphill* Maggie Smith – The Secret Garden as Medlock* Winona Ryder – The Age of Innocence as May Welland |
| Groundhog Day – Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis* In the Line of Fire – Jeff Maguire* The Piano – Jane Campion* Sleepless in Seattle – Nora Ephron, David S. Ward and Jeff Arch | Schindler's List – Steven Zaillian* In the Name of the Father – Terry George and Jim Sheridan* The Remains of the Day – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala* Scent of a Woman – Bo Goldman* Shadowlands – William Nicholson |
| Schindler's List – Janusz Kamiński* The Age of Innocence – Michael Ballhaus* The Piano – Stuart Dryburgh* The Remains of the Day – Tony Pierce-Roberts | The Piano – Janet Patterson* Bram Stoker's Dracula – Eiko Ishioka* Much Ado About Nothing – Phyllis Dalton* Orlando – Sandy Powell* Schindler's List – Anna B. Sheppard |
| Schindler's List – Michael Kahn* The Fugitive – Dennis Virkler, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Don Brochu, Richard Nord and Dov Hoenig* In the Line of Fire – Anne V. Coates* The Piano – Veronika Jenet | Orlando – Morag Ross* Addams Family Values – Kevin Haney, Katherine James, Fred C. Blau Jr. and Fern Buchner* Bram Stoker's Dracula – Greg Cannom, Michèle Burke and Matthew W. Mungle* Schindler's List – Christina Smith, Matthew W. Mungle, Waldemar Pokromski and Pauline Heys |
| Schindler's List – John Williams* Aladdin – Alan Menken* The Piano – Michael Nyman* Sleepless in Seattle – Marc Shaiman | The Piano – Andrew McAlpine* The Age of Innocence – Dante Ferretti* Bram Stoker's Dracula – Thomas E. Sanders* Schindler's List – Allan Starski |
| The Fugitive – John Leveque, Bruce Stambler, Becky Sullivan, Scott D. Smith, Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick and Frank A. Montaño* Jurassic Park – Richard Hymns, Ron Judkins, Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom and Shawn Murphy* The Piano – Lee Smith, Tony Johnson and Gethin Creagh* Schindler's List – Charles L. Campbell, Louis Edemann, Robert Jackson, Ron Judkins, Andy Nelson, Steve Pederson and Scott Millan | Jurassic Park – Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri* Aladdin – Don Paul and Steve Goldberg* Bram Stoker's Dracula – Roman Coppola, Gary Gutierrez, Michael Lantieri and Gene Warren Jr.* The Fugitive – William Mesa and Roy Arbogast |
| Shadowlands – Richard Attenborough and Brian Eastman* Naked – Mike Leigh and Simon Channing Williams* Raining Stones – Sally Hibbin and Ken Loach* Tom & Viv – Marc Samuelson, Harvey Kass, Peter Samuelson and Brian Gilbert | Farewell My Concubine – Hsu Feng and Chen Kaige* A Heart in Winter – Jean-Louis Livi, Philippe Carcassonne and Claude Sautet* Indochine – Eric Heumann and Régis Wargnier* Like Water for Chocolate – Alfonso Arau |
| The Wrong Trousers – Chris Moll and Nick Park* Bob's Birthday – David Fine and Alison Snowden* Britannia – David Parker and Joanna Quinn* The Village – Pam Dennis and Mark Baker | Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life – Ruth Kenley-Letts and Peter Capaldi* One Night Stand – Georgia Masters and Bill Britten* A Small Deposit – Paul Holmes and Eleanor Yule* Syrup – Anita Overland and Paul Unwin |