3rd Critics' Choice Awards

(in alphabetical order)

• Amistad
• As Good as It Gets
• Boogie Nights
• Donnie Brasco
• The Full Monty
• Good Will Hunting
• L.A. Confidential
• Titanic
• Wag the Dog
• The Wings of the Dove

James Cameron, Best Director winner

Jack Nicholson, Best Actor winner

Helena Bonham Carter, Best Actress winner

Anthony Hopkins, Best Supporting Actor winner

Joan Cusack, Best Supporting Actress winner

Jurnee Smollett, Best Child Performance winner

Curtis Hanson, Best Screenplay Adaptation co-winner

Ben Affleck, Best Original Screenplay co-winner

Matt Damon, Best Original Screenplay co-winner and Breakthrough Performer winner

Robert Wise, Lifetime Achievement Award winner

• Best Actor:
  • Jack Nicholson – As Good as It Gets
• Best Actress:
  • Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove
• Best Child Performance:
  • Jurnee Smollett – Eve's Bayou
• Best Director:
  • James Cameron – Titanic
• Best Documentary:
  • 4 Little Girls
• Best Family Film:
  • Anastasia
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Shall We Dance? (Shall we dansu?) • Japan
• Best Original Screenplay:
  • Good Will Hunting – Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
• Best Picture:
  • L.A. Confidential
• Best Picture Made for Television:
  • Don King: Only in America
• Best Screenplay Adaptation:
  • L.A. Confidential – Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Anthony Hopkins – Amistad
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Joan Cusack – In & Out
• Breakthrough Performer:
  • Matt Damon – Good Will Hunting
• Lifetime Achievement Award:
  • Robert Wise