The 4th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 1998 and took place in 1999 at the Park Lane Hotel in London, England. During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in nine categories as well as three honorary awards. The honorary Movie Masterpiece award was first introduced this year. The awards were sponsored by Stella Artois for the second consecutive year.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Titanic and Saving Private Ryan were tied for most awards won with two awards apiece. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels won the award for Best British Film, while Titanic won the award for Best Film. Other winners included Elizabeth, My Name Is Joe and Sliding Doors with one award apiece. Spike Lee received the Empire Inspiration Award, Freddie Francis received the Lifetime Achievement Award and William Friedkin received the Movie Masterpiece Award for The Exorcist.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Titanic Good Will Hunting Saving Private Ryan The Big Lebowski The Truman Show Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Elizabeth My Name Is Joe Sliding Doors Twenty Four Seven Steven Spielberg — Saving Private Ryan Ang Lee — The Ice Storm James Cameron — Titanic Peter Weir — The Truman Show Steven Soderbergh — Out of Sight Peter Howitt — Sliding Doors Guy Ritchie — Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Ken Loach — My Name Is Joe Nick Hamm — Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence Shane Meadows — Twenty Four Seven Tom Hanks — Saving Private Ryan Jeff Bridges — The Big Lebowski Jim Carrey — The Truman Show Matt Damon — Good Will Hunting Samuel L. Jackson — Jackie Brown Peter Mullan — My Name Is Joe Bob Hoskins — Twenty Four Seven Ewan McGregor — Velvet Goldmine Gary Oldman — Lost in Space Joseph Fiennes — Elizabeth Cate Blanchett — Elizabeth Gwyneth Paltrow — Sliding Doors Helen Hunt — As Good as It Gets Jennifer Lopez — Out of Sight Pam Grier — Jackie Brown Kate Winslet — Titanic Anna Friel — The Land Girls Catherine Zeta-Jones — The Mask of Zorro Emily Watson — The Boxer Minnie Driver — Good Will Hunting Vinnie Jones — Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Cate Blanchett — Elizabeth Charlize Theron — The Devil's Advocate Denise Richards — Starship Troopers Shane Meadows — Twenty Four Seven Empire Inspiration Award: Spike Lee Lifetime Achievement Award: Bob Hoskins Movie Masterpiece Award: William Friedkin — The Exorcist
Multiple awards The following three films received multiple awards:
Awards Film 2 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Saving Private Ryan Titanic
Multiple nominations The following 12 films received multiple nominations:
Nominations Film 4 Elizabeth Twenty Four Seven 3 Good Will Hunting Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels My Name Is Joe Saving Private Ryan Sliding Doors The Truman Show Titanic 2 Jackie Brown Out of Sight The Big Lebowski
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