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 [1]

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^{[ permanent dead link]} The Boston Globe
• 1998 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Internet Movie Database