| Best Picture Nominees (winner will be announced January 25, 1999): |
A Simple Plan |
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Elizabeth |
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Gods and Monsters |
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Life Is Beautiful |
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Out of Sight |
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Pleasantville |
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Saving Private Ryan |
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Shakespeare in Love |
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The Thin Red Line |
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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 |
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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 |
