Golden Space Needle History 1990–1999

1990

Best Film: Pump Up The Volume (dir. Allan Moyle, USA)
Best Director: Denys Arcand (Jesus of Montreal, Canada)
Best Actress: Rebecca Jenkins (Bye Bye Blues, Canada)
Best Actor: Michael Rooker (Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer, USA)
Best Short: Knickknack (dir. John Lasseter, USA) 

Tribute: Stanley Donen

1991

Best Film: My Mother's Castle (dir. Yves Robert, France)
Best Director: Peter Greenaway (Drowning by Numbers, UK)
Best Actress: Lily Tomlin (Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, USA)
Best Actor: Alan Rickman (Close My Eyes/Truly,Madly, Deeply, UK)
Best Short: The Potato Hunter (dir. Timothy Hittle, USA)
Best Documentary: Paris Is Burning (dir. Jennie Livingston, USA)

Tribute: David Lean

1992

Best Film: IP5: L'île aux pachydermes (dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix, France)
Best Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix (IP5: L'île aux pachydermes, France)
Best Actress: Marianne Sagebrecht (Martha and I, Germany/France)
Best Actor: Dermot Mulroney (Where the Day Takes You, USA)
Best Short: Anima Mundi (dir. Godfrey Reggio, USA)
Best Documentary: A Brief History of Time (dir. Errol Morris, USA)

Tribute: Robert Wise

1993

Best Film: The Wedding Banquet (dir. Ang Lee, Taiwan/USA)
Best Actress: Tilda Swinton (Orlando, UK/Russia/Italy/France/Netherlands)
Best Actor: Russell Crowe (Romper Stomper/Hammers over the Anvil, Australia)
Best Short: The Fairy Who Didn't Want To be a Fairy Anymore (dir. Laurie Lynd, Canada)
Best Documentary: Road Scholar (dir. Roger Weisberg, USA)

Tribute: John Schlesinger

1994

Best Film: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (dir. Stephan Elliott, Australia)
Best Director: Rolf de Heer (Bad Boy Bubby, Australia)
Best Actress: Mimi Rogers (Reflection on a Crime, USA)
Best Actor: Terence Stamp (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Australia)
Best Short: The Wrong Trousers (dir. Nick Park, UK)
Best Documentary: The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (dir. Ray Müller, Germany)

Tribute: Bernardo Bertolucci

1995

Best Film: The Kingdom (dir. Lars von Trier, Denmark)
Best Director: Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, USA)
Best Actress: Nicole Kidman (To Die For, USA)
Best Actor: Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects, USA)
Best Short: Surprise (dir. Veit Helmer, Germany)
Best Documentary: Crumb (dir. Terry Zwigoff, USA)

1996

Best Film: Trainspotting (dir. Danny Boyle, UK)
Best Director: Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, UK)
Best Actress: Lili Taylor (Girls Town, USA)
Best Actor: Vincent D'Onofrio (The Whole Wide World, USA)
Best Short: That Night (dir. John Keister, USA)
Best Documentary: Hype! (dir. Doug Pray, USA)

1997

Best Film: Comrades: Almost a Love Story (dir. Peter Chan, Hong Kong)
Best Director: Peter Greenaway (The Pillow Book, UK)
Best Actress: Robin Wright-Penn (Loved, USA)
Best Actor: Brendan Fraser (Still Breathing, USA)
Best Short: Ballad of the Skeletons (dir. Gus van Sant, USA)
Best Documentary: Licensed to Kill (dir. Arthur Dong, USA)

Tribute: Bertrand Tavernier

1998

Best Film: God Said Ha! (dir. Julia Sweeney, USA)
Best Director: Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters, USA)
Best Actress: Christina Ricci (Buffalo 66/The Opposite of Sex, USA)
Best Actor: Stephen Fry (Wilde, UK)
Best Short: Sin Sostén (dir. Rene Castinello/Antonio Urrutia, Belgium)
Best Documentary: Frank Lloyd Wright (dir. Ken Burns/Lynn Novick, USA)

1999

Best Film: Run Lola Run (dir. Tom Tykwer, Germany)
Best Director: John Sayles (Lone Star, USA)
Best Actress: Piper Laurie (The Mao Game, USA)
Best Actor: Rupert Everett (An Ideal Husband, UK)
Best Short: 12 Stops of the Road to Nowhere (dir. Jay Lowi, USA)
Best Documentary: Buena Vista Social Club (dir. Wim Wenders, USA)

Tribute: John Sayles
Emerging Masters: Tom Tykwer, François Ozon, Michael Winterbottom, Dorota Kedzierzawska