Best Actor

Russell Crowe, “The Insider”

Richard Farnsworth, “The Straight Story”

Sean Penn, “Sweet and Lowdown”

Kevin Spacey, “American Beauty”

Denzel Washington, “The Hurricane”

Best Actress

Annette Bening, “American Beauty”

Janet McTeer, “Tumbleweeds”

Julianne Moore, “The End of the Affair”

Meryl Streep, “Music of the Heart”

Hilary Swank, “Boys Don’t Cry”

Best Director

Sam Mendes, “American Beauty”

Spike Jonze, “Being John Malkovich”

Lasse Hallstrom, “The Cider House Rules”

Michael Mann, “The Insider”

M. Night Shyamalan, “The Sixth Sense”

Best Supporting Actor

Michael Caine, “The Cider House Rules”

Tom Cruise, “Magnolia”

Michael Clarke Duncan, “The Green Mile”

Jude Law, “The Talented Mr. Ripley”

Haley Joel Osment, “The Sixth Sense”

Best Supporting Actress

Toni Collette, “The Sixth Sense”

Angelina Jolie, “Girl, Interrupted”

Catherine Keener, “Being John Malkovich”

Samantha Morton, “Sweet and Lowdown”

Chloe Sevigny, “Boys Don’t Cry”

Best Screenplay

Alan Ball, “American Beauty”

Charlie Kaufman, “Being John Malkovich”

Paul Thomas Anderson, “Magnolia”

M. Night Shyamalan, “The Sixth Sense”

Mike Leigh, “Topsy-Turvy”

Best Adapted Screenplay

John Irving, “The Cider House Rules”

Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, “Election”

Frank Darabont, “The Green Mile”

Eric Roth & Michael Mann, “The Insider”

Anthony Minghella, “The Talented Mr. Ripley”

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Analysis: A1

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Other Nominees: F11

Award Night: March 26, 5:30 p.m., on ABC