Wayback Wednesday: My Favorite Films and Performances of 1998

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Have you all been visiting Awards Circuit recently? If you didn’t know that I was back writing for them…well now you do. There’s a lot of awesome stuff going on over there like ACCA 1998, where the readers are voting on their favorites from 1998. I felt like I should do the same here at my blog.

When I thought back to 1998, there wasn’t much in the way of stand out cinema. Sure there are some good movies and great elements in ok films, but as a whole it wasn’t as good of a year as the ones it is sandwiched in between. In the end, my choices for favorite films came down to two films that couldn’t be more opposite. Wild Things is a sudsy, B-movie thriller that manages to be nothing more than that yet in that finds wonderful performances and a great spirit. It was just edged out of the top spot by Best Picture winning Shakespeare in Love, which is phenomenal romantic comedy drama film with an amazing script and an all time performance by Gwyneth Paltrow.

Anyways, here’s my faves of the year!

Best Films of 1998

1. Shakespeare in Love
2. Wild Things
3. Pleasantville
4. Mulan
5. The Parent Trap
6. Enemy of the State
7. The Prince of Egypt
8. Blues Brothers 2000
9. The Truman Show
10. Gods and Monsters

Director

1. John McNaughton, Wild Things
2. John Madden, Shakespeare in Love
3. Gary Ross, Pleasantville
4. Tony Scott, Enemy of the State
5. Peter Weir, The Truman Show

Actor

1. Edward Norton, American History X
2. Jim Carey, The Truman Show
3. Ian McKellan, Gods and Monsters
4. Joseph Fiennes, Shakespeare in Love
5. Nick Nolte, The Thin Red Line

Actress

1. Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love
2. Lindsay Lohan, The Parent Trap
3. Jennifer Lopez, Out of Sight
4. Neve Campbell, Wild Things
5. Meg Ryan, City of Angels

Supporting Actor

1. Brendan Fraiser, Gods and Monsters
2. Kevin Bacon, Wild Things
3. Elias Koteas, The Thin Red Line
4. Ben Affleck, Shakespeare in Love
5. Jeff Daniels, Pleasantville

Supporting Actress

1. Joan Allen, Pleasantville
2. Denise Richards, Wild Things
3. Regina King, Enemy of the State
4. Lynn Redgrave, Gods and Monsters
5. Beverly D’Angelo, American X

Original Screenplay

1. Wild Things
2. Rush Hour
3. Shakespeare in Love
4. Pleasantville
5. Mulan

Adapted Screenplay

1. The Parent Trap
2. Gods and Monsters
3. The Prince of Egypt
4. Out of Sight
5. City of Angels

Cinematography

1. The Thin Red Line
2. Pleasantville
3. Shakespeare in Love
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. Ever After

Production Design

1. Shakespeare in Love
2. Pleasantville
3. Blues Bros 200
4. The Truman Show
5. Ever After

Costume Design

1. Shakespeare in Love
2. Pleasantville
3. Gods and Monsters
4. Ever After
5. Blues Bros 2000

Film Editing

1. Pleasantville
2. The Parent Trap
3. Enemy of the State
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. The Thin Red Line

Make Up

1. Shakespeare in Love
2. Pleasantville
3. Ever After

Sound Design

1. The Thin Red Line
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. Enemy of the State
4. Blues Bros 2000
5. Mulan

Visual Effects

1. Pleasantville
2. The X-Files
3. Godzilla
4. The Faculty
5. Armageddon

Original Score

1. Mulan
2. The Thin Red Line
3. Pleasantville
4. The Prince of Egypt
5. Saving Private Ryan

Original Song

1. Be a Man, Mulan
2. Through Heaven’s Eyes, The Prince of Egypt
3. Honor Us All, Mulan
4. Angels, City of Angels
5. Don’t Want to Miss a Thing, Armagedon

Animated Feature

1. Mulan
2. The Prince of Egypt
3. The Rugrats Movie
4. A Bug’s Life

Best Ensemble

1. Pleasantville
2. Wild Things
3. Shakespeare In Love
4. Blues Bros 200
5. The Truman Show

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