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