4th Critics' Choice Awards

The 4th Critics' Choice Movie Awards were presented on January 25, 1999, honoring the finest achievements of 1998 filmmaking.

Top 10 films

(in alphabetical order)

• Elizabeth
• Gods and Monsters
• Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella)
• Out of Sight
• Pleasantville
• Saving Private Ryan
• Shakespeare in Love
• A Simple Plan
• The Thin Red Line
• The Truman Show

Winners

• Best Actor:
• Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters and Apt Pupil
• Best Actress:
• Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth
• Best Animated Feature:
• A Bug's Life / The Prince of Egypt (TIE)
• Best Child Performer:
• Ian Michael Smith – Simon Birch
• Best Director:
• Steven Spielberg – Saving Private Ryan
• Best Family Film:
• A Bug's Life
• Best Feature Documentary:
• Wild Man Blues
• Best Foreign Language Film:
• Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) • Italy
• Best Picture:
• Saving Private Ryan
• Best Picture Made for Television:
• From the Earth to the Moon
• Best Score:
• John Williams – Saving Private Ryan
• Best Screenplay – Adaptation:
• A Simple Plan – Scott B. Smith
• Best Screenplay – Original:
• Shakespeare in Love – Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman
• Best Song:
• "When You Believe" – The Prince of Egypt
• Best Supporting Actor:
• Billy Bob Thornton – A Simple Plan
• Best Supporting Actress:
• Joan Allen – Pleasantville / Kathy Bates – Primary Colors (TIE)
• Breakthrough Performer:
• Joseph Fiennes – Elizabeth and Shakespeare in Love
• Alan J. Pakula Award <small>(for artistic excellence while illuminating issues of great social and political importance):</small>
• John Travolta

References