page_title: 1st Critics' Choice Awards
section_title: Winners
hierarchical_section_title: 1st Critics' Choice Awards / Winners
caption_attribution_description: English: Kevin Bacon speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "The Following", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
context_page_description: The 1st Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 22, 1996, honoring the finest achievements of 1995 filmmaking.
context_section_description: Best Actor:
  Kevin Bacon – Murder in the First
  Best Actress:
  Nicole Kidman – To Die For
  Best Director:
  Mel Gibson – Braveheart
  Best Family Film:
  Babe
  Best Foreign Language Film:
  Il Postino: The Postman (Il postino) • Italy
  Best Picture:
  Sense and Sensibility
  Best Screenplay:
  Sense and Sensibility – Emma Thompson
  Best Supporting Actor (TIE):
  Ed Harris – Apollo 13, Just Cause, and Nixon
  Kevin Spacey – Outbreak, Se7en, Swimming with Sharks, and The Usual Suspects
  Best Supporting Actress:
  Mira Sorvino – Mighty Aphrodite
caption: Kevin Bacon, Best Actor winner
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