Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1998

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

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