3rd Critics' Choice Awards

3rd BFCA Awards

January 20, 1998

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Best Film:
L.A. Confidential

The 3rd Critics' Choice Awards given by the Broadcast Film Critics Association on 20 January 1998 honored the finest achievements in 1997 filmmaking.

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Jack Nicholson - As Good As It Gets
• Best Actress:
  • Helena Bonham Carter - The Wings of the Dove
• Best Director:
  • James Cameron - Titanic
• Best Family Film:
  • Anastasia
• Best Film:
  • L.A. Confidential
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Shall we dansu? (Shall We Dance?), Japan
• Best Screenplay - Adaptation:
  • L.A. Confidential - Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
• Best Screenplay - Original:
  • Good Will Hunting - Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Anthony Hopkins - Amistad
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Joan Cusack - In & Out
• Best Young Performance:
  • Jurnee Smollett - Eve's Bayou
• Breakout Artist of the Year:
  • Matt Damon - Good Will Hunting
• Lifetime Achievement Award:
  • Robert Wise