1998 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Winners

• Best Actor:
• *Nick Nolte - Affliction
• *Runners-up: Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters and Brendan Gleeson - The General
• Best Actress:
• *Cameron Diaz - There's Something About Mary
• *Runners-up: Fernanda Montenegro - Central Station and Renée Zellweger - One True Thing and A Price Above Rubies
• Best Cinematography:
• *John Toll - The Thin Red Line
• Best Director:
• *Terrence Malick - The Thin Red Line
• *Runners-up: Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan and Paul Schrader - Affliction
• Best Film:
• *Saving Private Ryan
• *Runners-up: Affliction and Happiness
• Best First Film:
• *Richard Kwietniowski - Love and Death on Long Island
• *Runners-up: Don Roos - The Opposite of Sex and Vincent Gallo - Buffalo '66
• Best Foreign Language Film:
• *The Celebration • Denmark/Sweden
• *Runners-up: Central Station • Brazil/France and Taste of Cherry • Iran
• Best Non-Fiction Film:
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• *Runner-up: The Cruise
• Best Screenplay:
• *Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard - Shakespeare in Love
• *Runners-up: Todd Solondz - Happiness and Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson - Rushmore
• Best Supporting Actor:
• *Bill Murray - Rushmore
• *Runner-up: Dylan Baker - Happiness
• Best Supporting Actress:
• *Lisa Kudrow - The Opposite of Sex
• *Runner-up: Judi Dench - Shakespeare in Love
• Special Award:'
• *Rick Schmidlin - Touch of Evil''