# 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.
| Best Film Titanic Good Will Hunting Saving Private Ryan The Big Lebowski The Truman Show | Best British Film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Elizabeth My Name Is Joe Sliding Doors Twenty Four Seven |
| Best Director Steven Spielberg — Saving Private Ryan Ang Lee — The Ice Storm James Cameron — Titanic Peter Weir — The Truman Show Steven Soderbergh — Out of Sight | Best British Director 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 |
| Best Actor 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 | Best British Actor Peter Mullan — My Name Is Joe Bob Hoskins — Twenty Four Seven Ewan McGregor — Velvet Goldmine Gary Oldman — Lost in Space Joseph Fiennes — Elizabeth |
| Best Actress Cate Blanchett — Elizabeth Gwyneth Paltrow — Sliding Doors Helen Hunt — As Good as It Gets Jennifer Lopez — Out of Sight Pam Grier — Jackie Brown | Best British Actress Kate Winslet — Titanic Anna Friel — The Land Girls Catherine Zeta-Jones — The Mask of Zorro Emily Watson — The Boxer Minnie Driver — Good Will Hunting |
| Best Debut 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 | Honorary Awards 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:
| Awards | Film |
| 2 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels |
| 2 | Saving Private Ryan |
| 2 | Titanic |

### Multiple nominations

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