Arch Campbell (WRC)

Best Picture: Titanic
Best Director: James Cameron (for Titanic)
Best Actor: Jack Nicholson (for As Good as It Gets)
Best Actress: Helen Hunt (for As Good as It Gets)
Best Supporting Actor: Robin Williams (for Good Will Hunting)
Best Supporting Actress: Gloria Stewart (for Titanic)
Best Foreign Language Film: Shall We Dance?

Susan Wloszcznyna (USA Today)

Best Picture: L. A. Confidential
Best Director: Curtis Hanson (for L. A. Confidential)
Best Actor: Peter Fonda (for Ulee's Gold)
Best Actress: Helena Bonham Carter (for The Wings of the Dove)
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Forster (for Jackie Brown)
Best Supporting Actress: Joan Cusack (for In & Out)
Best Foreign Language Film: No Choice

Gary Arnold (The Washington Times)

Best Picture: Ulee's Gold
Best Director: Victor Nunez (for Ulee's Gold)
Best Actor: Samuel L. Jackson (for 187)
Best Actress: Judy Davis (for Children of the Revolution)
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Forster (for Jackie Brown)
Best Supporting Actress: Judy Davis (for Deconstructing Harry)
Best Foreign Language Film: Four Days in September

Eddie Cockrell (Freelance)

Best Picture: Boogie Nights
Best Director: James Cameron (for Titanic)
Best Actor: Robert Duvall (for The Apostle)
Best Actress: Julie Christie (for Afterglow)
Best Supporting Actor: Burt Reynolds (for Boogie Nights)
Best Supporting Actress: Julianne Moore (for Boogie Nights)
Best Foreign Language Film: Beyond Silence

Bill Henry (Freelance)

Best Picture: The Sweet Hereafter
Best Director: Atom Egoyan (for The Sweet Hereafter)
Best Actor: Ian Holm (for The Sweet Hereafter)
Best Actress: Helena Bonham Carter (for The Wings of the Dove)
Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Spacey (for L. A. Confidential)
Best Supporting Actress: Minnie Driver (for Good Will Hunting)
Best Foreign Language Film: Shall We Dance?

Adam Spector (Washington Film Society)

Best Picture: As Good as It Gets
Best Director: James L. Brooks (for As Good as It Gets)
Best Actor: Jack Nicholson (for As Good as It Gets)
Best Actress: Helen Hunt (for As Good as It Gets)
Best Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou (for Amistad)
Best Supporting Actress: Julianne Moore (for Boogie Nights)
Best Foreign Language Film: When the Cat's Away

Randy Berry (Washington Film Society)

Best Picture: The Sweet Hereafter
Best Director: No Choice
Best Actor: Matt Damon (for Good Will Hunting)
Best Actress: Helen Hunt (for As Good as It Gets)
Best Supporting Actor: Robin Williams (for Good Will Hunting)
Best Supporting Actress: Stacy Edwards (for In the Company of Men)
Best Foreign Language Film: No Choice

Wendell Wagner (Washington Film Society)

Best Picture: L. A. Confidential
Best Director: Woody Allen (for Deconstructing Harry)
Best Actor: Robert Duvall (for The Apostle)
Best Actress: Sigourney Weaver (for Alien Resurrection)
Best Supporting Actor: James Cromwell (for L. A. Confidential)
Best Supporting Actress: Sarah Polley (for The Sweet Hereafter)
Best Foreign Language Film: Shall We Dance?

Mark Jenkins (The Washington City Paper)

Best Film: The Sweet Hereafter
Best Director: Atom Egoyan (for The Sweet Hereafter)
Best Actor: Al Pacino (for Donnie Brasco)
Best Actress: Julie Christie (for Afterglow)
Best Supporting Actor: Samuel L. Jackson (for Eve's Bayou)
Best Supporting Actress: Julianne Moore (for Boogie Nights)
Best Foreign Language Film: Irma Vep

Consensus Picks

Best Picture: The Sweet Hereafter
Best Director: James Cameron (for Titanic) and Atom Egoyan (for The Sweet Hereafter)
Best Actor: Robert Duvall (for The Apostle) and Jack Nicholson (for As Good as It Gets)
Best Actress: Helen Hunt (for As Good as It Gets)
Best Supporting Actor: Robin Williams (for Good Will Hunting) and Robert Forster (for Jackie Brown)
Best Supporting Actress: Julianne Moore (for Boogie Nights)
Best Foreign Language Film: Shall We Dance?