This is how the nominees line up in the principal sections. There are separate awards for best picture, actor and actress in the categories of drama and musical or comedy. The awards will be presented in Hollywood on January 23rd.

Best picture (drama): American Beauty, The End of the Affair, The Hurricane, The Insider, The Talented Mr Ripley.

Best actor (drama): Russell Crowe (The Insider), Matt Damon (The Talented Mr Ripley), Richard Farnsworth (The Straight Story), Kevin Spacey (American Beauty), Denzel Washington (The Hurricane).

Best actress (drama): Annette Bening (American Beauty), Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry), Julianne Moore (The End of the Affair), Meryl Streep (Music of the Heart), Sigourney Weaver (A Map of the World)

Best picture (comedy): Being John Malkovich, Man On the Moon, Notting Hill, Analyze This, Toy Story 2.

Best actor (musical or comedy): Jim Carrey (Man On the Moon), Robert De Niro (Analyze This), Rupert Everett (An Ideal Husband), Hugh Grant (Notting Hill), Sean Penn (Sweet and Lowdown).

Best actress (musical or comedy): Janet McTeer (Tumbleweeds), Julianne Moore (An Ideal Husband), Julia Roberts (Notting Hill), Sharon Stone (The Muse), Reese Witherspoon (Election).

Best director: Norman Jewison (The Hurricane), Neil Jordan (The End of the Affair), Michael Mann (The Insider), Sam Mendes (American Beauty), Anthony Minghella (The Talented Mr Ripley).

Best foreign-language film: Aimee & Jaguar, All About My Mother, East-West, The Girl On the Bridge, The Red Violin.

Best supporting actress: Cameron Diaz (Being John Malkovich), Angelina Jolie (Girl, Interrupted), Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich), Samantha Morton (Sweet and Low- down), Natalie Portman (Anywhere But Here), Chloe Sevigny (Boys Don't Cry).

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 screenplay: Alan Ball (American Beauty), John Irving (The Cider House Rules), Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich), Eric Roth and Michael Mann (The Insider), M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense).

Best original score: Angelo Badalamenti, (The Straight Story), George Fenton (Anna and the King), Lisa Gerraro and Pieter Bourke (The Insider), Ennio Morricone (The Legend of 1900), Thomas Newman (American Beauty), Michael Nyman (The End of the Affair), Jocelyn Pook (Eyes Wide Shut), John Williams (Angela's Ashes), Gabriel Yared (The Talented Mr Ripley).