Critic's Choice: The Year's Best And Worst

Best film: Peter Weir for The Truman Show

Best film: Peter Weir for The Truman Show

Best foreign-language film: Takeshi Kitano for Hana-Bi (Fireworks)

Best Irish feature film: Neil Jordan for The Butcher Boy

Best Irish short film: Martin Mahon for Happy Birthday To Me

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Worst film: Jeremiah Chechik for The Avengers

Most over-rated film: James L. Brooks for As Good As It Gets

Most disappointing film: Todd Haynes for Velvet Godmine

Most under-rated film: Andrew Niccol for Gattaca

Best actor: (shared) Jeremy Irons for Lolita and Robert Duvall for The Apostle

Best actress: the ensemble of Meryl Streep, Brid Brennan, Kathy Burke, Catherine McCormick and Sophie Thompson for Dancing At Lughnasa

Best supporting actress: Julianne Moore for Boogie Nights

Best supporting actor: (shared) Ed Harris for The Truman Show and Daniel Craig for Love Is The Devil

Best new actor: Aaron Eckhart for In The Company Of Men

Best new actress: Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth

Worst actress: Uma Thurman for The Avengers

Worst actor: David Schwimmer for Kissing a Fool

Best director: Peter Weir for The Truman Show

Best new director: Andrew Niccol for Gattaca

Best original screenplay: Andrew Niccol for The Truman Show

Best adapted screenplay: Neil Jordan and Patrick McCabe for The Butcher Boy

Best original music score: James Horner for Titanic

Best non-original song score: The Last Days of Disco

Best cinematography: Janusz Kaminski for Saving Private Ryan

Best costume design: Deborah L Scott for Titanic

Best art direction: Jan Roelfs for Gattaca

Best film editing: Michael Kahn for Saving Private Ryan

Best special effects: What Dreams May Come

Best documentary: Pat Comer for A Year 'Til Sunday

Best television film: John Carney and Tom Hall for Just In Time

Best television drama series: Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson for Oz

Best television comedy series: David Kelley for Ally McBeal