4th Empire Awards


The 4th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 1998 and took place in 1999 at the Park Lane Hotel in London, England. During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in nine categories as well as three honorary awards. The honorary Movie Masterpiece award was first introduced this year. The awards were sponsored by Stella Artois for the second consecutive year.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Titanic and Saving Private Ryan were tied for most awards won with two awards apiece. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels won the award for Best British Film, while Titanic won the award for Best Film. Other winners included Elizabeth, My Name Is Joe and Sliding Doors with one award apiece. Spike Lee received the Empire Inspiration Award, Freddie Francis received the Lifetime Achievement Award and William Friedkin received the Movie Masterpiece Award for The Exorcist.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
  • * Elizabeth
  • * My Name Is Joe
  • * Sliding Doors
  • * Twenty Four Seven
  • Steven Spielberg — Saving Private Ryan
  • * Ang Lee — The Ice Storm
  • * James Cameron — Titanic
  • * Peter Weir — The Truman Show
  • * Steven Soderbergh — Out of Sight
  • Peter Howitt — Sliding Doors
  • * Guy Ritchie — Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
  • * Ken Loach — My Name Is Joe
  • * Nick Hamm — Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence
  • * Shane Meadows — Twenty Four Seven
  • Tom Hanks — Saving Private Ryan
  • * Jeff Bridges — The Big Lebowski
  • * Jim Carrey — The Truman Show
  • * Matt Damon — Good Will Hunting
  • * Samuel L. Jackson — Jackie Brown
  • Peter Mullan — My Name Is Joe
  • * Bob Hoskins — Twenty Four Seven
  • * Ewan McGregor — Velvet Goldmine
  • * Gary Oldman — Lost in Space
  • * Joseph Fiennes — Elizabeth
  • Cate Blanchett — Elizabeth
  • * Gwyneth Paltrow — Sliding Doors
  • * Helen Hunt — As Good as It Gets
  • * Jennifer Lopez — Out of Sight
  • * Pam Grier — Jackie Brown
  • Kate Winslet — Titanic
  • * Anna Friel — The Land Girls
  • * Catherine Zeta-Jones — The Mask of Zorro
  • * Emily Watson — The Boxer
  • * Minnie Driver — Good Will Hunting
  • Vinnie Jones — Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
  • * Cate Blanchett — Elizabeth
  • * Charlize Theron — The Devil's Advocate
  • * Denise Richards — Starship Troopers
  • * Shane Meadows — Twenty Four Seven
  • Empire Inspiration Award: Spike Lee
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Bob Hoskins
  • Movie Masterpiece Award: William Friedkin — The Exorcist

    • Multiple awards

    The following three films received multiple awards:
    AwardsFilm
    2Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
    2Saving Private Ryan
    2Titanic

    Multiple nominations

    The following 12 films received multiple nominations:
    NominationsFilm
    4Elizabeth
    4Twenty Four Seven
    3Good Will Hunting
    3Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
    3My Name Is Joe
    3Saving Private Ryan
    3Sliding Doors
    3The Truman Show
    3Titanic
    2Jackie Brown
    2Out of Sight
    2The Big Lebowski