Oscar Nominations and Winners (1998)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Roberto Benigni (Life is Beautiful)
• Tom Hanks (Saving Private Ryan)
• Ian McKellen (Gods and Monsters)
• Nick Nolte (Affliction)
• Edward Norton (American History X)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• James Coburn (Affliction)
• Robert Duvall (A Civil Action)
• Ed Harris (The Truman Show)
• Geoffrey Rush (Shakespeare in Love)
• Billy Bob Thornton (A Simple Plan)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth)
• Fernanda Montenegro (Central Station)
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love)
• Meryl Streep (One True Thing)
• Emily Watson (Hilary and Jackie)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Kathy Bates (Primary Colors)
• Brenda Blethyn (Little Voice)
• Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love)
• Rachel Griffiths (Hilary and Jackie)
• Lynn Redgrave (Gods and Monsters)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon)
• Out of Sight (Scott Frank)
• Primary Colors (Elaine May)
• A Simple Plan (Scott B. Smith)
• The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick)

Best Original Screenplay

• Bulworth (Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser)
• Life is Beautiful (Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni)
• Saving Private Ryan (Robert Rodat)
• Shakespeare in Love (Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard)
• The Truman Show (Andrew Niccol)

Best Foreign Language Film

• Central Station - Brazil
• Children of Heaven - Iran
• The Grandfather - Spain
• Life is Beautiful - Italy
• Tango - Argentina

Art Direction

• Elizabeth
• Pleasantville
• Saving Private Ryan
• Shakespeare in Love
• What Dreams May Come

Cinematography

• A Civil Action
• Elizabeth
• Saving Private Ryan
• Shakespeare in Love
• The Thin Red Line

Costume Design

• Beloved
• Elizabeth
• Pleasantville
• Shakespeare in Love
• Velvet Goldmine

Documentary Feature

• Dancemaker
• The Farm: Angola, U.S.A.
• The Last Days
• Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
• Regret to Inform

Documentary Short Subject

• The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years
• A Place in the Land
• Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square

Film Editing

• Life is Beautiful
• Out of Sight
• Saving Private Ryan
• Shakespeare in Love
• The Thin Red Line

Makeup

• Elizabeth
• Saving Private Ryan
• Shakespeare in Love

Original Score For Musical or Comedy

• A Bug's Life (Randy Newman)
• Mulan (Matthew Wilder, David Zippel and Jerry Goldsmith)
• Patch Adams (Marc Shaiman)
• Prince of Egypt (Stephen Schwartz and Hans Zimmer)
• Shakespeare in Love - Stephen Warbeck

Original Score For Drama

• Elizabeth (David Hirschfelder)
• Life is Beautiful (Nicola Piovani)
• Pleasantville (Randy Newman)
• Saving Private Ryan (John Williams)
• The Thin Red Line (Hans Zimmer)

Original Song

• "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Armageddon)
• "The Prayer" (Quest for Camelot)
• "A Soft Place to Fall" (The Horse Whisperer)
• "That'll Do" (Babe: Pig in the City)
• "When You Believe" (Prince of Egypt)

Animated Short Film

• Bunny
• The Canterbury Tales
• Jolly Roger
• More
• When Life Departs

Live Action Short Film

• Culture
• Election Night (Valgaften)
• Holiday Romance
• La Carte Postale (The Postcard)
• Victor

Sound

• Armageddon
• The Mask of Zorro
• Saving Private Ryan
• Shakespeare in Love
• The Thin Red Line

Sound Editing

• Armageddon
• The Mask of Zorro
• Saving Private Ryan

Visual Effects

• Armageddon
• Mighty Joe Young
• What Dreams May Come