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Critics' Choice 1999 Winners & Nominees

The 4th Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1999) took place on January 25, 1999. Saving Private Ryan won Best Picture and 2 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 12 categories is below.

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Best Picture
Saving Private Ryan
Headline winners

Critics' Choice 1999: The Winners

Saving Private Ryan won Best Picture. Steven Spielberg (Best Director), Cate Blanchett (Best Actress) and Billy Bob Thornton (Best Supporting Actor) took the main individual prizes.

Saving Private Ryan (1998) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

Saving Private Ryan

1998 · Action, Drama, War · $482M worldwide

3 wins from 3 nominations at the 4th Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1999)

  • Best Director
  • Best Score

During the frantic Normandy campaign, Captain John Miller and his squad are given a dangerous, secret mission. Their objective is to find Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have all been killed in action. The team must journey deep into enemy territory, facing intense combat and risking their own lives to locate and protect one soldier, questioning the cost of war and the value of a single life amidst widespread loss.

About Saving Private Ryan
Scoreboard

Critics' Choice 1999: Which Films Won the Most

Saving Private Ryan won 3 awards from 3 nominations. 9 films won at least once. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Saving Private Ryan (1998) movie poster
    Saving Private Ryan 3 / 3
    1998 · Action, Drama · 3 wins from 3 nominations
  2. A Bug's Life (1998) movie poster
    A Bug's Life 2 / 2
    1998 · Adventure, Comedy · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  3. The Prince of Egypt (1998) movie poster
    The Prince of Egypt 2 / 2
    1998 · Adventure, Drama · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  4. A Simple Plan (1998) movie poster
    A Simple Plan 2 / 2
    1998 · Drama, Thriller · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  5. Elizabeth (1998) movie poster
    Elizabeth 1 / 1
    1998 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
  6. Simon Birch (1998) movie poster
    Simon Birch 1 / 1
    1998 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 1 nomination
  7. Shakespeare in Love (1998) movie poster
    Shakespeare in Love 1 / 1
    1998 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 1 nomination
  8. Pleasantville (1998) movie poster
    Pleasantville 1 / 1
    1998 · Drama, Fantasy · 1 win from 1 nomination
  9. Primary Colors (1998) movie poster
    Primary Colors 1 / 1
    1998 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 1 nomination
Full results

All 12 Critics' Choice 1999 Categories: Winners & Nominees

12 categories and 14 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

12 categories · 14 nominations

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Critics' Choice 1999 Best Screenplay – Adaptation

1 nominee

Critics' Choice 1999 Best Family Film

1 nominee
By genre

The Genres Behind the Critics' Choice 1999 Winners

Drama led with 12 nominations across 8 films and won 12. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 12 wins · 12 nominations · 100%
  2. Comedy 6 wins · 6 nominations · 100%
  3. Adventure 4 wins · 4 nominations · 100%
  4. Animation 4 wins · 4 nominations · 100%
  5. Family 4 wins · 4 nominations · 100%
  6. Action 3 wins · 3 nominations · 100%
  7. War 3 wins · 3 nominations · 100%
  8. Romance 2 wins · 2 nominations · 100%
  9. Musical 2 wins · 2 nominations · 100%
  10. Thriller 2 wins · 2 nominations · 100%
1999 season

How the Rest of the 1999 Awards Season Voted

The other 9 ceremonies of 1999, with the winner of each top prize. Saving Private Ryan also won the top prize at 2 of them. Shakespeare in Love took as many.

All 1999 awards
Earlier years

Previous Critics' Choice Ceremonies

The 3 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Critics' Choice page has every year back to 1996.

Every Critics' Choice ceremony

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Critics' Choice 1999: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 4th Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1999), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 4th Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1999)?

Saving Private Ryan (1998) won Best Picture.

About Saving Private Ryan

Which film won the most awards at the 4th Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1999)?

Saving Private Ryan (1998) won the most: 3 awards from 3 nominations. A Bug's Life, The Prince of Egypt and A Simple Plan followed with 2 wins each.

Which film had the most nominations at the 4th Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1999)?

Saving Private Ryan (1998) led with 3 nominations and won 3 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 4th Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1999)?

Best Director: Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan. Best Actress: Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth. Best Supporting Actor: Billy Bob Thornton for A Simple Plan. Best Supporting Actress: Joan Allen for Pleasantville.

When was the 4th Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1999)?

The 4th Critics' Choice Movie Awards (1999) took place on January 25, 1999. The database has 12 categories and 14 nominations for it.