4th Critics' Choice Awards

The 4th Critics' Choice Awards given by the Broadcast Film Critics Association in 1999 honored the finest achievements in 1998 filmmaking.

Top 10 films

(in alphabetical order)

1. A Simple Plan
2. Elizabeth
3. Gods and Monsters
4. La vita è bella
5. Out of Sight
6. Pleasantville
7. Saving Private Ryan
8. Shakespeare in Love
9. The Thin Red Line
10. The Truman Show

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters and Apt Pupil
• Best Actress:
  • Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth
• Best Animated Feature (tie):
  • A Bug's Life
  • The Prince of Egypt
• Best Child Performance:
  • Ian Michael Smith - Simon Birch
• Best Director:
  • Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan
• Best Family Film:
  • A Bug's Life
• Best Film:
  • Saving Private Ryan
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • La vita è bella (Life Is Beautiful), Italy
• Best Screenplay - Adaptated:
  • A Simple Plan - Scott Smith
• Best Screenplay - Original:
  • Shakespeare in Love - Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Billy Bob Thornton - A Simple Plan
• Best Supporting Actress (tie):
  • Joan Allen - Pleasantville
  • Kathy Bates - Primary Colors