Best Picture Nominees (winner will be announced January 25, 1999): | A Simple Plan |
| Elizabeth |
| Gods and Monsters |
| Life Is Beautiful |
| Out of Sight |
| Pleasantville |
| Saving Private Ryan |
| Shakespeare in Love |
| The Thin Red Line |
| The Truman Show |
Best Actor: | Ian McKellen, Gods and Monsters and Apt Pupil |
Best Actress: | Cate Blanchett , Elizabeth |
Best Supporting Actor: | Billy Bob Thornton, A Simple Plan and Primary Colors |
Best Supporting Actress (tie): | Joan Allen, Pleasantville |
| Kathy Bates, Primary Colors |
Best Director: | Steven Spielberg , Saving Private Ryan |
Best Original Screenplay: | Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, Shakespeare in Love |
Best Adapted Screenplay: | Scott A. Smith, A Simple Plan |
Best Song: | When You Believe, The Prince of Egypt |
Best Score: | John Williams, Saving Private Ryan |
Best Foreign Language Film | Life Is Beautiful |
Best Documentary: | Wild Man Blues |
Best Animated Feature (tie): | A Bug's Life and The Prince of Egypt |
Best Family Film: | A Bug's Life |
Best Made-for-TV Picture: | From the Earth to the Moon (HBO) |
Best Child Performance: | Ian Michael Smith, Simon Birch |
Breakthrough Performer: | Joseph Fiennes, Elizabeth and Shakespeare in Love |