- Shakespeare in Love – David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman, producers
- * Elizabeth – Alison Owen, Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, producers
- * Life Is Beautiful – Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi, producers
- * Saving Private Ryan – Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon and Gary Levinsohn, producers
- * The Thin Red Line – Robert Michael Geisler, Grant Hill and John Roberdeau, producers
| Steven Spielberg – Saving Private Ryan* Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful* John Madden – Shakespeare in Love* Terrence Malick – The Thin Red Line* Peter Weir – The Truman Show |
| Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful as Guido Orefice* Tom Hanks – Saving Private Ryan as Captain John Miller* Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters as James Whale* Nick Nolte – Affliction as Wade Whitehouse* Edward Norton – American History X as Derek Vinyard | Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love as Viola de Lesseps* Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth as Queen Elizabeth I of England* Fernanda Montenegro – Central Station as Isadora "Dora" Teixeira* Meryl Streep – One True Thing as Kate Gulden* Emily Watson – Hilary and Jackie as Jacqueline du Pré |
| James Coburn – Affliction as Glen Whitehouse* Robert Duvall – A Civil Action as Jerome Facher* Ed Harris – The Truman Show as Christof* Geoffrey Rush – Shakespeare in Love as Philip Henslowe* Billy Bob Thornton – A Simple Plan as Jacob Mitchell | Judi Dench – Shakespeare in Love as Queen Elizabeth I of England* Kathy Bates – Primary Colors as Libby Holden* Brenda Blethyn – Little Voice as Mari Hoff* Rachel Griffiths – Hilary and Jackie as Hilary du Pré* Lynn Redgrave – Gods and Monsters as Hanna |
| Shakespeare in Love – Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard* Bulworth – Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser* Life Is Beautiful – Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni* Saving Private Ryan – Robert Rodat* The Truman Show – Andrew Niccol | Gods and Monsters – Bill Condon based on the novel Father of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram* Out of Sight – Scott Frank from the novel by Elmore Leonard* Primary Colors – Elaine May adapted from the novel by Joe Klein* A Simple Plan – Scott B. Smith based on his novel* The Thin Red Line – Terrence Malick adapted from the novel by James Jones |
| Life Is Beautiful in Italian – Roberto Benigni* Central Station in Portuguese – Walter Salles* Children of Heaven in Persian – Majid Majidi* The Grandfather in Spanish – José Luis Garci* Tango in Spanish – Carlos Saura | The Last Days – James Moll and Ken Lipper* Dancemaker – Matthew Diamond and Jerry Kupfer* The Farm: Angola, USA – Jonathan Stack and Liz Garbus* Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth – Robert B. Weide* Regret to Inform – Barbara Sonneborn and Janet Cole |
| The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years – Keiko Ibi* A Place in the Land – Charles Guggenheim* Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square – Shui-Bo Wang and Donald McWilliams | Election Night – Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen* Culture – Will Speck and Josh Gordon* Holiday Romance – Alexander Jovy and JJ Keith* La Carte Postale – Vivian Goffette* Victor – Simon Sandquist and Joel Bergvall |
| Bunny – Chris Wedge* The Canterbury Tales – Christopher Grace and Jonathan Myerson* Jolly Roger – Mark Baker* More – Mark Osborne and Steve Kalafer* When Life Departs – Karsten Kiilerich and Stefan Fjeldmark | Life Is Beautiful – Nicola Piovani* Elizabeth – David Hirschfelder* Pleasantville – Randy Newman* Saving Private Ryan – John Williams* The Thin Red Line – Hans Zimmer |
| Shakespeare in Love – Stephen Warbeck* A Bug's Life – Randy Newman* Mulan – Music by Matthew Wilder; Lyrics by David Zippel; Orchestral Score by Jerry Goldsmith* Patch Adams – Marc Shaiman* The Prince of Egypt – Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Hans Zimmer | "When You Believe" from The Prince of Egypt – Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz* "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" from Armageddon – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren* "That'll Do" from Babe: Pig in the City – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman* "A Soft Place to Fall" from The Horse Whisperer – Music and Lyrics by Allison Moorer and Gwil Owen* "The Prayer" from Quest for Camelot – Music by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster; Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis and Alberto Testa |
| Saving Private Ryan – Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns* Armageddon – George Watters II* The Mask of Zorro – David McMoyler | Saving Private Ryan – Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Ron Judkins* Armageddon – Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester* The Mask of Zorro – Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Pud Cusack* Shakespeare in Love – Robin O'Donoghue, Dominic Lester and Peter Glossop* The Thin Red Line – Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Paul Brincat |
| Shakespeare in Love – Art Direction: Martin Childs; Set Decoration: Jill Quertier* Elizabeth – Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Peter Howitt* Pleasantville – Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Jay Hart* Saving Private Ryan – Art Direction: Tom Sanders; Set Decoration: Lisa Dean Kavanaugh* What Dreams May Come – Art Direction: Eugenio Zanetti; Set Decoration: Cindy Carr | Saving Private Ryan – Janusz Kamiński* A Civil Action – Conrad Hall* Elizabeth – Remi Adefarasin* Shakespeare in Love – Richard Greatrex* The Thin Red Line – John Toll |
| Elizabeth – Jenny Shircore* Saving Private Ryan – Lois Burwell, Conor O'Sullivan and Daniel C. Striepeke* Shakespeare in Love – Lisa Westcott and Veronica Brebner | Shakespeare in Love – Sandy Powell* Beloved – Colleen Atwood* Elizabeth – Alexandra Byrne* Pleasantville – Judianna Makovsky* Velvet Goldmine – Sandy Powell |
| Saving Private Ryan – Michael Kahn* Life Is Beautiful – Simona Paggi* Out of Sight – Anne V. Coates* Shakespeare in Love – David Gamble* The Thin Red Line – Billy Weber, Leslie Jones and Saar Klein | What Dreams May Come – Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson and Kevin Mack* Armageddon – Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung and John Frazier* Mighty Joe Young – Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall and Jim Mitchell |