| 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 |
