London Film Critics Circle Awards 1998

Winners and nominees

Film of the Year

• Boogie Nights
• The Ice Storm
• Titanic
• The Truman Show

  British Film of the Year

• The Butcher Boy
• Elizabeth
• The General
• My Name Is Joe

  Foreign Language Film of the Year

• Funny Games • Austria

  Director of the Year

• James Cameron - Titanic
• Michael Haneke - Funny Games
• Ang Lee - The Ice Storm
• Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan

  British Director of the Year

• Ken Loach - My Name Is Joe

  Screenwriter of the Year

• Joel and Ethan Coen - The Big Lebowski
• Matt Damon and Ben Affleck - Good Will Hunting
• James Schamus - The Ice Storm
• Neil LaBute - In the Company of Men

  British Screenwriter of the Year

• Neil Jordan and Patrick McCabe - The Butcher Boy
• John Boorman - The General
• Paul Laverty - My Name Is Joe
• Hossein Amini - The Wings of the Dove

  Actor of the Year

• Matt Damon - Good Will Hunting, The Rainmaker and Saving Private Ryan
• Robert Duvall - The Apostle
• Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan
• Kevin Kline - The Ice Storm and In & Out

  Actress of the Year

• Joan Allen - The Ice Storm
• Pam Grier - Jackie Brown
• Helen Hunt - As Good as It Gets
• Gwyneth Paltrow - Sliding Doors, Great Expectations and A Perfect Murder

  British Actor of the Year

• John Hurt - Love and Death on Long Island
• Derek Jacobi -
• Peter Mullan - My Name Is Joe
• Bill Nighy - Still Crazy

  British Actress of the Year

• Julie Christie - Afterglow
• Minnie Driver - The Governess
• Louise Goodall - My Name Is Joe
• Kristin Scott Thomas - The Horse Whisperer
• Kate Winslet - Titanic
• Catherine Zeta-Jones - The Mask of Zorro

  British Supporting Actor of the Year

• Daniel Craig -
• Christopher Eccleston - Elizabeth
• Joseph Fiennes - Elizabeth
• Anthony Hopkins - The Mask of Zorro, Amistad and The Edge
• Vinnie Jones - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
• Adrian Lester - Primary Colors
• Rufus Sewell - Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence

  British Supporting Actress of the Year

• Kathy Burke - Dancing at Lughnasa and Elizabeth
• Natascha McElhone - The Truman Show, Mrs. Dalloway and Ronin

  British Newcomer of the Year

• Peter Howitt - Sliding Doors
• Eamonn Owens - The Butcher Boy and The General
• Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - Velvet Goldmine, The Disappearance of Finbar and The Governess
• Guy Ritchie - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

  British Producer of the Year

Dilys Powell Award

• Albert Finney
• John Hurt

  Lifetime Achievement Award

• John Box
• John Boorman