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 (for artistic excellence while illuminating issues of great social and political importance): John Travolta
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