1989 National Society of Film Critics Awards 1989 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 24th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 8 January 1990, honored the best filmmaking of 1989. 1. Drugstore Cowboy<br> 2. "Enemies, a Love Story"<br> 3. "Casualties of War" 1. Gus Van Sant – "Drugstore Cowboy"<br> 2. Paul Mazursky – "Enemies, a Love Story"<br> 3. Spike Lee – "Do the Right Thing" 1. Daniel Day-Lewis – "My Left Foot"<br> 2. Morgan Freeman – "Driving Miss Daisy"<br> 3. Tom Cruise – "Born on the Fourth of July" 1. Michelle Pfeiffer – "The Fabulous Baker Boys"<br> 2. Jessica Tandy – "Driving Miss Daisy"<br>
5th Academy Awards Best Picture without a Best Director nomination until "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989), and the third of seven to win without a screenwriting nomination. This was the first of three Oscars in which "two" films not nominated for Best Picture received more nominations than the winner ("Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "The Guardsman"). This happened again at the 25th and 79th Academy Awards. This year also introduced short films to the Oscars, with "Flowers and Trees" being the first color winner and first animated short winner. This was the first and, to date, only ceremony in which there was a