Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1998

19th BSFC Awards

December 13, 1998


Best Film:
Out of Sight

The 19th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards honored the best films of 1998. The awards were given on 13 December 1998.

Winners edit

Best Film edit

1. Out of Sight
2. The General
3. Saving Private Ryan

Best Actor edit

1. Brendan GleesonThe General and I Went Down
2. George ClooneyOut of Sight
3. John HurtLove and Death on Long Island

Best Actress edit

1. Samantha MortonUnder the Skin
2. Ally SheedyHigh Art
3. Cate BlanchettElizabeth
3. Jane HorrocksLittle Voice

Best Supporting Actor (tie) edit

1. William H. MacyPleasantville, A Civil Action and Psycho
1. Billy Bob ThorntonA Simple Plan
3. Robert De NiroGreat Expectations
3. Stephen ReaThe Butcher Boy

Best Supporting Actress edit

1. Joan AllenPleasantville
2. Patricia ClarksonHigh Art
3. Bridget FondaA Simple Plan

Best Director edit

1. John BoormanThe General
2. Steven SoderberghOut of Sight
3. Roberto BenigniLife Is Beautiful

Best Screenplay edit

1. Scott FrankOut of Sight
2. Marc Norman and Tom StoppardShakespeare in Love
3. Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Peter Farrelly and Bobby FarrellyThere's Something About Mary

Best Cinematography edit

Best Documentary edit

1. The Big One
2. Dear Jesse
3. Theme: Murder [1]

Best Foreign-Language Film edit

1. Taste of Cherry (Ta'm e guilass) • Iran/France
2. The Celebration (Festen) • Denmark
3. Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) • Italy

Best New Filmmaker edit

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