1997 Best Picture: Chasing Amy Other nominees: Jackie Brown In The Company of Men Good Will Hunting Boogie Nights Best Director Paul Thomas Anderson -Boogie Nights and Quentin Tarantino -Jackie Brown (tie) Other Nominees Curtis Hanson -L.A. Confidential Ang Lee -The Ice Storm David Fincher -The Game Kevin Smith -Chasing Amy Best Actor Aaron Eckhart -In The Company of Men and Phillip Baker Hall -Hard Eight (tie) Other Nominees Matt Damon -Good Will Hunting Ben Affleck -Chasing Amy Michael Doglas -The Game Samuel L. Jackson -Jackie Brown Best Actress Pam Grier -Jackie Brown Other nominees Joey Lauren Adams -Chasing Amy Jurnee Smollett -Eve's Bayou Sarah Polley -The Sweet Hereafter Stacey Edwards -In The Company of Men Best Supporting Actor Jason Lee -Chasing Amy Other nominees Robin Williams -Good Will Hunting Al Pacino -Donnie Brasco Robert Forster -Jackie Brown Steve Zahn -Suburbia Best Supportin Actress Julianne Moore -Boogie Nights Other nominees Minnie Driver -Good Will Hunting Bridget Fonda -Jackie Brown Gwyneth Paltrow -Hard Eight Christina Ricci -The Ice Storm Best Original Screenplay Good Will Hunting -Matt Damon & Ben Affleck Other nominees Boogie Nights -Paul Thmoas Anderson In The Company of Men -Neil Labute Chasing Amy -Kevin Smith The Game -John Brancato and Michael Ferris Best Adapted Screenplay Jackie Brown -Quentin Tarantino Other nominees L.A. Confidential -Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland The Ice Storm -James Schamus The Sweet Hereafter -Ataom Egoyan Contact -Carl Sagan Best Documentary Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control Best Animated Film Beavis and Butt-head Do America Best Foreign Film Crash (Canada) (I couldn't think of a single foreign film I'd seen in 1997 so I had to go with this one) Best Cinematography L.A. Confidential -Dante Spinotti Other nominees The Game -Harris Savides The Sweet Here After -Paul Sarossy Eve's Bayou -Amy Vincent Donnie Brasco -Peter Sova Best Song Across 110th Street -Bobby Womack from Jackie Brown Best Score L.A. Confidential Best Soundtrack: Jackie Borwn Breakthrough Performance Male Matt Damon -Good Will Hunting Breakthrough Performance Female Jurnee Smollett -Eve's Bayou Read 1999's Film Awards Read 1998's Film Awards Read 1996's Film Awards Read 1995's Film Awards