National Board of Review Awards 1998



70th National Board of Review Awards December 8, 1998

Best Picture:  Gods and Monsters  The 70th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 1998, were announced on 8 December 1998 and given on 8 February 1999.

Top 10 films

 * 1) Gods and Monsters
 * 2) Saving Private Ryan
 * 3) Elizabeth
 * 4) Happiness
 * 5) Shakespeare in Love
 * 6) The Butcher Boy
 * 7) Lolita
 * 8) The Thin Red Line
 * 9) A Simple Plan
 * 10) Dancing at Lughnasa

Top Foreign Films

 * 1) Central Station
 * 2) Life Is Beautiful
 * 3) The Thief
 * 4) Beyond Silence
 * 5) Men with Guns

Winners

 * Best Picture:
 * Gods and Monsters
 * Best Foreign Film:
 * Central Station
 * Best Actor:
 * Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters
 * Best Actress:
 * Fernanda Montenegro - Central Station
 * Best Supporting Actor:
 * Ed Harris - The Truman Show
 * Best Supporting Actress:
 * Christina Ricci - The Opposite of Sex
 * Best Acting by an Ensemble:
 * Happiness
 * Breakthrough Performance - Male:
 * Billy Crudup - The Hi-Lo Country
 * Breakthrough Performance - Female:
 * Angelina Jolie - Playing by Heart
 * Best Director:
 * Shekhar Kapur - Elizabeth
 * Best Screenplay:
 * Scott B. Smith - A Simple Plan
 * Best Documentary:
 * Wild Man Blues
 * Best Achievement in Filmmaking:
 * Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful
 * Career Achievement Award:
 * Michael Caine
 * Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing:
 * Martin Scorsese
 * William K. Everson Award for Film History:
 * John Willis
 * International Freedom Award:
 * Volker Schlöndorff
 * Freedom of Expression:
 * Bernardo Bertolucci
 * Special Citation:
 * Warren Beatty, Alan J. Pakula Memorial Award
 * Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking:
 * Buffalo '66
 * Dark City
 * Love and Death on Long Island
 * Next Stop Wonderland
 * The Opposite of Sex
 * Passion in the Desert
 * Pi
 * Smoke Signals
 * Waking Ned Devine
 * Your Friends & Neighbors