Online Film Critics Society Awards 1998

Saving Private Ryan

• Life Is Beautiful
• The Truman Show

Steven Spielberg — Saving Private Ryan

• Peter Weir — The Truman Show
• Terrence Malick — The Thin Red Line

Ian McKellen — Gods and Monsters as James Whale

• Edward Norton — American History X as Derek Vinyard
• Tom Hanks — Saving Private Ryan as Captain John Miller

Cate Blanchett — Elizabeth as Elizabeth I

• Emily Watson — Hilary and Jackie as Jacqueline du Pré
• Gwyneth Paltrow — Shakespeare in Love as Viola de Lesseps

Billy Bob Thornton — A Simple Plan as Jacob Mitchell

• Ed Harris — The Truman Show as Christof
• Jason Patric — Your Friends & Neighbors as Cary

Joan Allen — Pleasantville as Betty Parker

• Kathy Bates — Primary Colors as Libby Holden
• Lisa Kudrow — The Opposite of Sex as Lucia De Lury

The Truman Show — Andrew Niccol

• Happiness — Todd Solondz
• Shakespeare in Love — Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard

Out of Sight — Scott Frank

• Primary Colors — Elaine May
• A Simple Plan — Scott Smith

Life Is Beautiful • Italy — Roberto Benigni

• Festen • Denmark — Thomas Vinterberg
• Central Station • Brazil — Walter Salles

The Big One — Michael Moore

• The Cruise — Bennett Miller
• Wild Man Blues — Barbara Kopple

Saving Private Ryan — Janusz Kamiński

• Pleasantville — John Lindley
• The Thin Red Line — John Toll

Saving Private Ryan — Michael Kahn

• Out of Sight — Anne V. Coates
• Pleasantville — William Goldenberg
• The Truman Show — Lee Smith and William M. Anderson

Pleasantville — Randy Newman

• The Prince of Egypt — Hans Zimmer
• Saving Private Ryan — John Williams

Saving Private Ryan

• Happiness
• Your Friends & Neighbors