19th BSFC Awards December 13, 1998 Best Film: Out of Sight The 19th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards honored the best films of 1998. The awards were given on 13 December 1998. Winners Best Film 1. Out of Sight 2. The General 3. Saving Private Ryan Best Actor 1. Brendan Gleeson – The General and I Went Down 2. George Clooney – Out of Sight 3. John Hurt – Love and Death on Long Island Best Actress 1. Samantha Morton – Under the Skin 2. Ally Sheedy – High Art 3. Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth 3. Jane Horrocks – Little Voice Best Supporting Actor (tie) 1. William H. Macy – Pleasantville, A Civil Action and Psycho 1. Billy Bob Thornton – A Simple Plan 3. Robert De Niro – Great Expectations 3. Stephen Rea – The Butcher Boy Best Supporting Actress 1. Joan Allen – Pleasantville 2. Patricia Clarkson – High Art 3. Bridget Fonda – A Simple Plan Best Director 1. John Boorman – The General 2. Steven Soderbergh – Out of Sight 3. Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful Best Screenplay 1. Scott Frank – Out of Sight 2. Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard – Shakespeare in Love 3. Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly – There's Something About Mary Best Cinematography Janusz Kamiński – Saving Private Ryan Best Documentary 1. The Big One 2. Dear Jesse 3. Theme: Murder Best Foreign-Language Film 1. Taste of Cherry (Ta'm e guilass) • Iran/France 2. The Celebration (Festen) • Denmark 3. Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) • Italy Best New Filmmaker Carine Adler – Under the Skin External links Past Winners References Boston critics cite ‘Sight,’ ‘General’ Variety Little-sighted `Out of Sight' wins with Boston critics The Boston Globe 1998 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Internet Movie Database 1998 1998 film awards 1998 awards in the United States 1998 in Boston December 1998 events in the United States