The Year in Film: 1998

Best Picture

#1: The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick)
#2: Rushmore (Wes Anderson)
#3: Histoire(s) du Cinéma (Jean-Luc Godard)
#4: The Celebration (Thomas Vinterberg)
#5: The Truman Show (Peter Weir)
#6: Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon)
#7: Elizabeth (Shekhar Kapur)
#8: Happiness (Todd Solondz)
#9: Buffalo ’66 (Vincent Gallo)
#10: Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh)

Honorable mentions: There’s Something About Mary (Peter and Bobby Farrelly), The General (John Boorman), Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer), The Red Violin (François Girard), Confession (Aleksandr Sokurov), Affliction (Paul Schrader), Khrustalyov, My Car! (Aleksei German), The Dreamlife of Angels (Erick Zonca), He Got Game (Spike Lee), The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen), Dark City (Alex Proyas), Black Cat, White Cat (Emir Kusturica), Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg), Pleasantville (Gary Ross), Babe: Pig in the City (George Miller), The Last Days (James Moll), Primary Colors (Mike Nichols), A Simple Plan (Sam Raimi), Croupier (Mike Hodges), Show Me Love (Lukas Moodysson), Following (Christopher Nolan), Pi (Darren Aronofsky), Your Friends & Neighbors (Neil LaBute), Kurt & Courtney (Nick Broomfield), Bulworth (Warren Beatty), and Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (Lawrence Jordan).

[Other categories forthcoming.]
Best Director
#1: Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line)
#2: Thomas Winterberg (The Celebration)
#3: Steven Soderbergh (Out of Sight)
#4: Steven Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan)
#5: Peter Weir (The Truman Show)
Best Actor
#1: Ian McKellen (Gods and Monsters)
#2: Nick Nolte (Affliction)
#3: Javier Bardem (Live Flesh)
#4: Jim Carrey (The Truman Show)
#5: Sean Penn (Hurlyburly)
Best Actress
#1: Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth)
#2: Christina Ricci (Buffalo ’66)
#3: Olivia Williams (Rushmore)
#4: Jennifer Lopez (Out of Sight)
#5: Reese Witherspoon (Pleasantville)
Best Supporting Actor
#1: Dylan Baker (Happiness)
#2: James Coburn (Affliction)
#3: Bill Murray (Rushmore)
#4: Kevin Spacey (Hurlyburly)
#5: Nick Nolte (The Thin Red Line)
Best Supporting Actress
#1: Joan Allen (Pleasantville)
#2: Lynn Redgrave (Gods and Monsters)
#3: Kimberly Elise (Beloved)
#4: Sissy Spacek (Affliction)
#5: Kathy Bates (Primary Colors)
Best Original Screenplay
#1: Happiness (Todd Solondz)
#2: The Truman Show (Andrew Niccol)
#3: The Spanish Prisoner (David Mamet)
#4: Shakespeare in Love (Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard)
#5: The Celebration (Thomas Vinterberg and Mogens Rukov)
Best Adapted Screenplay
#1: Affliction (Paul Schrader)
#2: The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick)
#3: Out of Sight (Scott Frank)
#4: Hurlyburly (David Rabe)
#5: Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon)
Best Cinematography
#1: John Toll (The Thin Red Line)
#2: Janusz Kaminski (Saving Private Ryan)
#3: Anthony Dod Mantle (The Celebration)
#4: Dariusz Wolshi (Dark City)
#5: Robert Richardson (The Horse Whisperer)
Best Film Editing
#1: Out of Sight

#2: The Thin Red Line
#3: Saving Private Ryan
#4: Dark City
#5: The Truman Show
Best Original Score
#1: Life is Beautiful (Nicola Piovani)
#2: The Thin Red Line (Hans Zimmer)
#3: Elizabeth (David Hirschfelder)
#4: Saving Private Ryan (John Williams)
#5: Dark City (Trevor Jones)
Best Original Song
#1: “Happiness” (Happiness)
#2: “Uninvited” (City of Angels)
#3: “When You Believe” (Prince of Egypt)
#4: “That’ll Do” (Babe: Pig in the City)
#5: “Reflection” (Mulan)
Best Production Design
#1: Dark City
#2: Elizabeth
#3: Saving Private Ryan
#4: The Truman Show
#5: Babe: Pig in the City
Best Costume Design
#1: Elizabeth
#2: Shakespeare in Love
#3: Pleasantville
#4: Dark City
#5: The General
Best Makeup
#1: Elizabeth
#2: Saving Private Ryan
#3: Pleasantville
#4: Dark City
#5: The Thin Red Line
Best Sound
#1: Saving Private Ryan
#2: The Thin Red Line
#3: Dark City
#4: Ronin
#5: Out of Sight
Best Visual Effects
#1: Pleasantville
#2: Saving Private Ryan
#3: Babe: Pig in the City
#4: The Thin Red Line
#5: What Dreams May Come

 

–The Honorary Awards–

Best Breakthrough Performance – Male
Dylan Baker (Happiness)
Best Breakthrough Performance – Female
Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth)
Best First Feature
Vincent Gallo (Buffalo ’66)
Worst Film of the Year
Psycho (dir: Gus van Sant)