National Board of Review Awards 1998
The 70th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 1998, were announced on 8 December 1998 and given on 8 February 1999.
Top 10 films
- Gods and Monsters
- Saving Private Ryan
- Elizabeth
- Happiness
- Shakespeare in Love
- The Butcher Boy
- Lolita
- The Thin Red Line
- A Simple Plan
- ''Dancing at Lughnasa''
Top Foreign Films
Winners
- Best Picture:
- *Gods and Monsters
- Best Foreign Film:
- *Central Station
- Best Actor:
- *Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters
- Best Actress:
- *Fernanda Montenegro - Central Station
- Best Supporting Actor:
- *Ed Harris - The Truman Show
- Best Supporting Actress:
- *Christina Ricci - The Opposite of Sex
- Best Acting by an Ensemble:
- *Happiness
- Breakthrough Performance - Male:
- *Billy Crudup - The Hi-Lo Country
- Breakthrough Performance - Female:
- *Angelina Jolie - Playing by Heart
- Best Director:
- *Shekhar Kapur - Elizabeth
- Best Screenplay:
- *Scott B. Smith - A Simple Plan
- Best Documentary:
- *Wild Man Blues
- Best Achievement in Filmmaking:
- *Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful
- Career Achievement Award:
- *Michael Caine
- Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing:
- *Martin Scorsese
- William K. Everson Award for Film History:
- *John Willis
- International Freedom Award:
- *Volker Schlöndorff
- Freedom of Expression:
- *Bernardo Bertolucci
- Special Citation:
- *Warren Beatty, Alan J. Pakula Memorial Award
- Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking:
- *Buffalo '66
- *Dark City
- *Love and Death on Long Island
- *Next Stop Wonderland
- *The Opposite of Sex
- *Passion in the Desert
- *Pi
- *Smoke Signals
- *Waking Ned Devine
- *''Your Friends & Neighbors''