1995 FILM BALLOT

the point of this exercise isn't merely to stand in contrast to industry awards shows but to shine light on other works/achievements/performances that might've not gotten enough consideration during their initial releases 

Another one of my old "Best in Film" ballots. 

Other year-end ballots posted at The Wandering Image:   1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991,1992,
 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Also, if you wish to view my favorite 30 films of 1995, go here

Note: "Animated Short" and "Animated Feature" categories have been merged into one Animation category, regardless of runtime length. Also "Sound Editing" and "Sound Mixing" have been combined into one "Sound Design" category. Focusing on both overall mix and sound creation.

1995

*SAFE
HEAT

BEFORE SUNRISE
NIXON
CASINO
THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH
THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES 

TOY STORY

WHISPER OF THE HEART

LA HAINE

THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
THE NEON BIBLE
THE UNDERNEATH

WILD REEDS

SPIRITUAL VOICES

UP DOWN FRAGILE

MABOROSI

U.S. GO HOME

CITY OF LOST CHILDREN

HYENAS 

actual best picture oscar nominated:
APOLLO 13
BABE
BRAVEHEART  (won)
IL POSTINO
SENSE & SENSIBILITY

actual foreign language oscar nominees:
ALL THINGS FAIR
ANTONIA'S LINE (won)
DUST OF LIFE
O QUATRILHO
THE STAR MAKER

1995

*Todd Haynes for SAFE
Richard Linklater for BEFORE SUNRISE
Michael Mann for HEAT
Abbas Kiarostami for THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES
Steven Soderbergh for THE UNDERNEATH

actual oscar nominees:
Chris Noonan for BABE
Mel Gibson for BRAVEHEART  (won)
Tim Robbins for DEAD MAN WALKING
Mike Figgis for LEAVING LAS VEGAS
Michael Radford for IL POSTINO

1995

*Meryl Streep in THE 

   BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY

Julianne Moore in SAFE
Nicole Kidman in TO DIE FOR
Elisabeth Shue in LEAVING LAS VEGAS
Julie Delpy in BEFORE SUNRISE

actual oscar nominees:
Susan Sarandon in DEAD MAN WALKING  (won)
Elisabeth Shue in LEAVING LAS VEGAS
Sharon Stone in CASINO
Meryl Streep in THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
Emma Thompson in SENSE & SENSIBILITY

1995

*Sean Penn in DEAD MAN WALKING

Vincent Cassel in LA HAINE
Anthony Hopkins in NIXON
Nicolas Cage in LEAVING LAS VEGAS

Ethan Hawke in BEFORE SUNRISE

actual oscar nominees:
Nicolas Cage in LEAVING LAS VEGAS  (won)
Richard Dreyfuss in MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS
Anthony Hopkins in NIXON
Sean Penn in DEAD MAN WALKING
Massimo Troisi in IL POSTINO

1995

*Sharon Stone in CASINO
Gina Gershon in SHOWGIRLS

Joan Allen in NIXON
Mira Sorvino in MIGHTY APHRODITE
Vanessa Redgrave in LITTLE ODESSA
Chloë Sevigny in KIDS

actual oscar nominees:
Joan Allen in NIXON
Kathleen Quinlan in APOLLO 13
Mira Sorvino in MIGHTY APHRODITE (won)
Mare Winningham in GEORGIA
Kate Winslet in SENSE & SENSIBILITY

1995

*Don Cheadle 

        in DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS
James Cromwell in BABE
Benicio del Toro in THE USUAL SUSPECTS
Clarence Williams III in TALES FROM THE HOOD

Harold Perrineau in SMOKE
Brad Pitt in 12 MONKEYS

actual oscar nominees:
James Cromwell in BABE
Ed Harris in APOLLO 13
Brad Pitt in 12 MONKEYS
Tim Roth in ROB ROY
Kevin Spacey in THE USUAL SUSPECTS  (won)

1995

*NIXON 

   - Oliver Stone; Stephen J. Rivele
FRIDAY - Ice Cube, DJ Pooh

BEFORE SUNRISE - Ethan Hawke, Kim Krizan
TOY STORY - Stanton, Whedon, Sokolow, Cohen
LIVING IN OBLIVION - Tom DiCillo

actual oscar nominees:
BRAVEHEART
MIGHTY APHRODITE
NIXON
TOY STORY
THE USUAL SUSPECTS  (won)

1995

*APOLLO 13 

      - William Broyles Jr., Al Reinert
BABE - George Miller, Chris Noonan
THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH - John Sayles
SENSE & SENSIBILTY - Emma Thompson
HEAT - Michael Mann

A LITTLE PRINCESS - R.LaGravenese, Elizabeth Chandler

actual oscar nominees:
APOLLO 13
BABE
LEAVING LAS VEGAS
THE POSTMAN
SENSE & SENSIBILITY  (won)

1995

*CRUMB
THEREMIN: AN ELECTRONIC ODYSSEY
A PERSONAL JOURNEY WITH MARTIN SCORSESE THROUGH AMERICAN MOVIES
JLG/JLG: SELF-PORTRAIT IN DECEMBER
SALAAM CINEMA

actual oscar nominees:
ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED  (won)
THE BATTLE OVER CITIZEN KANE
FIDDLEFEST: ROBERTA TZAVARAS & HER EAST HARLEM VIOLIN PROGRAM
HANK AARON: CHASING THE DREAM
TROUBLESOME CREEK: A MIDWESTERN

1995

*TOY STORY
WHISPER OF THE HEART
FAUST
WALLACE & GROMIT: A CLOSE SHAVE
CANNON FODDER [MEMORIES segment]
JOY STREET

RUNAWAY BRAIN

THE ROLLING STONES: LIKE A ROLLING STONE

JESUS VS. SANTA by Trey Parker & Matt Stone

actual oscar nominees animated short:
THE CHICKEN FROM OUTER SPACE
WALLACE & GROMIT: A CLOSE SHAVE  (won)
THE END
GAGARIN
RUNAWAY BRAIN

1995

*NIXON - John Williams >
TOY STORY - Randy Newman >
IL POSTINO - Luis Enrique Bacalov >
CITY OF LOST CHILDREN - Angelo Badalamenti >
BRAVEHEART - James Horner >

actual oscar nominees dramatic score:
APOLLO 13
BRAVEHEART
NIXON
IL POSTINO  (won)
SENSE & SENSIBILITY

actual oscar nominees comedy score:
TOY STORY
POCAHONTAS  (won)
SABRINA
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT
UNSTRUNG HEROES

1995

*WAX: CALIFORNIA
BJORK: IT'S OH SO QUIET
WEEZER: BUDDY HOLLY

THE SHADOW OF HATE
HOLE: VIOLET

MADONNA ft. MASSIVE ATTACK: I WANT YOU
BLUR: THE UNIVERSAL
ONE SURVIVOR REMEMBERS
THE PHARCYDE: DROP
BJORK: ARMY OF ME
BJORK: ISOBEL

TUESDAY MORNING RIDE

MASSIVE ATTACK: KARMACOMA

actual oscar nominees documentary short:
JIM DINE: SELF-PORTRAIT ON THE WALLS
THE LIVING SEA [IMAX]
NEVER GIVE UP: THE 20TH CCENTURY ODYSSEY OF HERBERT ZIPPER
ONE SURVIVOR REMEMBERS  (won)
THE SHADOW OF HATE

actual oscar nominees live action short:
BROOMS
DUKE OF GROOVE
LIBERMAN IN LOVE  (won)
LITTLE SURPRISES
TUESDAY MORNING RIDE

categories below this point are

↓for you technical craft lovers↓

1995

*A LITTLE PRINCESS 

      - Emmanuel Lubezki, AMC, ASC

SHANGHAI TRIAD - Lü Yue, 娄月 
SE7EN - Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC
THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH - Haskell Wexler, ASC
BATMAN FOREVER - Stephen Goldblatt

BRAVEHEART - John Toll, ASC

actual oscar nominees:
BATMAN FOREVER
BRAVEHEART  (won)
A LITTLE PRINCESS
SENSE & SENSIBILITY
SHANGHAI TRIAD

1995

*SE7EN - Richard Francis-Bruce
NIXON - Brian Berdan, Hank Corwin
CASINO - Thelma Schoonmaker
BABE - Marcus D'Arcy, Jay Friedkin

APOLLO 13 - Mike Hill, Dan Hanley

CRIMSON TIDE - Chris Lebenzon

actual oscar nominees:
APOLLO 13  (won)
BABE
BRAVEHEART
CRIMSON TIDE
SE7EN

1995 - PRODUCTION DESIGN + SET DECOR

*A LITTLE PRINCESS 

             - Bo Welch, Cheryl Carasik
CITY OF LOST CHILDREN - Marc Caro, Jean Rabasse
RESTORATION - Eugenio Zanetti
BATMAN FOREVER - Barbara Ling
CUTTHROAT ISLAND - Norman Garwood, Maggie Gray

APOLLO 13 - Michael Corenblith; Merideth Boswell

TANK GIRL - Catherine Hardwicke, Cindy Carr

RICHARD III - Tony Burrough

actual oscar nominees:
APOLLO 13
BABE
A LITTLE PRINCESS
RESTORATION  (won)
RICHARD III

1995

*12 MONKEYS - Julie Weiss
RESTORATION - James Acheson
SENSE & SENSIBILITY - Jenny Beavan, John Bright
TANK GIRL - Arianne Phillips
BRAVEHEART - Charles Knode

CITY OF LOST CHILDREN - Jean-Paul Gaultier

actual oscar nominees:
BRAVEHEART
RESTORATION  (won)
RICHARD III
SENSE & SENSIBILITY
12 MONKEYS

1995

*SE7EN - Rob Bottin 
BRAVEHEART - Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison, Lois Burwell
CITY OF LOST CHILDREN - Stéphanie Selva, Benoît Lestang
TANK GIRL - David Hoehn, Rolf John Keppler
SPECIES - Steve Johnson, Kenny Myers
TALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEMON KNIGHT 

                                    - Todd Masters company

CASINO - Ken Diaz, Jo-Anne Smith-Ojeil, Paul Le Blanc
ROOMMATES- Greg Cannom, Bob Laden, Colleen Callaghan

JUDGE DREDD - Chris Cunningham; Melissa Lackersteen

FIST OF THE NORTH STAR - Mark Villalobos

actual oscar nominees:
MY FAMILY
ROOMMATES
BRAVEHEART  (won)

1995

*APOLLO 13
BRAVEHEART
CRIMSON TIDE
HEAT
STRANGE DAYS

actual oscar nominees sound edit:
BATMAN FOREVER
BRAVEHEART  (won)
CRIMSON TIDE

actual oscar nominees sound mix:
APOLLO 13  (won)
BATMAN FOREVER
BRAVEHEART
CRIMSON TIDE
WATERWORLD

1995

*APOLLO 13
JUDGE DREDD
CITY OF LOST CHILDREN
BABE
CONGO
SPECIES

TALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEMON KNIGHT

A CHINESE ODYSSEY part 1 & 2

GODZILLA VS. DESTOROYAH

actual oscar nominees:
APOLLO 13
BABE  (won)

↓The following categories are inspired by The Muriel Awards

1995

*1) Climactic R.C. chase to catch Andy's moving truck - TOY STORY
2) The big bank heist action centrepiece - HEAT
-tie- Ginger strung-out. "House of the Rising Sun" sequence 

-------------------------------------------------- CASINO 
3) Saying goodbye with a kiss at the train station 

------------------------------------------- BEFORE SUNRISE
4) The seals chase little boy back to his family 

------------------------------------------------ SECRET OF ROAN INISH
5) Crime captured in V.R. tech. (1st person foot pursuit) 

-------------------------------------------- STRANGE DAYS
6) the perm scene - SAFE
7) Gromit's side-car plane & it's porridge machine gun 

-------------------------------------------- A CLOSE SHAVE
8) Subway derailment - DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE
9) Full airport shooting revealed. **End twist sequence** 

--------------------------------------------- 12 MONKEYS
10) 007 driving a T-55 tank on the streets of Moscow 

---------------------------------------------- GOLDENEYE
11) The staggering mummified figure in the background of the psychotherapy retreat ------------------------- SAFE
12) Re-entering Earth’s atmosphere - APOLLO 13

-tie- military finally stops a rampaging Gojira - GODZILLA VS DESTOROYAH 
13) Port Royal horse carriage escape - CUTTHROAT ISLAND
14) Waiting in the rain for Francesca 

------------------------------------ BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
15) Black on black crime & lynching montage

------------------------------------------ TALES FROM THE HOOD

also this:

1995

*CASINO
NIXON
HEAT
CLOCKERS
APOLLO 13

Other year-end ballots posted at The Wandering Image:   1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991,1992,
 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014