4th Critics' Choice Awards

(in alphabetical order)

• Elizabeth
• Gods and Monsters
• Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella)
• Out of Sight
• Pleasantville
• Saving Private Ryan
• Shakespeare in Love
• A Simple Plan
• The Thin Red Line
• The Truman Show

• Best Actor:
  • Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters and Apt Pupil
• Best Actress:
  • Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth
• Best Animated Feature:
  • A Bug's Life / The Prince of Egypt (TIE)
• Best Child Performer:
  • Ian Michael Smith – Simon Birch
• Best Director:
  • Steven Spielberg – Saving Private Ryan
• Best Family Film:
  • A Bug's Life
• Best Feature Documentary:
  • Wild Man Blues
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) • Italy
• Best Picture:
  • Saving Private Ryan
• Best Picture Made for Television:
  • From the Earth to the Moon
• Best Score:
  • John Williams – Saving Private Ryan
• Best Screenplay – Adaptation:
  • A Simple Plan – Scott B. Smith
• Best Screenplay – Original:
  • Shakespeare in Love – Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman
• Best Song:
  • "When You Believe" – The Prince of Egypt
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Billy Bob Thornton – A Simple Plan
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Joan Allen – Pleasantville / Kathy Bates – Primary Colors (TIE)
• Breakthrough Performer:
  • Joseph Fiennes – Elizabeth and Shakespeare in Love
• Alan J. Pakula Award (for artistic excellence while illuminating issues of great social and political importance):
  • John Travolta^[3]