Director: George Miller Producers: George Miller, Doug Miller, P.J. Voeten Screenplay: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris Photography: John Seale Music: Junkie XL Cast: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Josh Helman Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 97%/Audience: 86%
Director: John Crowley Producers: Finola Dwyer, Pierre Even, Susan Mullen, Amanda Posey, Marie-Claude Poulin Screenplay: Nick Hornby Photography: Yves Belanger Music: Michael Brook Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 97%/Audience: 87%
Director: Steven Spielberg Producers: Christoph Fisser, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Hanning Molfenter, Marc Platt, Steven Spielberg, Charlie Woebcken Screenplay: Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Photography: Janusz Kaminski Music: Thomas Newman Cast: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 91%/Audience: 87%
Director: Adam McKay Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Arnon Milchan, Brad Pitt, Robyn Wholey Screenplay: Charles Randolph, Adam McKay Photography: Barry Ackroyd Music: Nicholas Britell Cast: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, John Magaro, Finn Wittrock, Ryan Gosling Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 89%/Audience: 88%
Director: Ang Lee Producers: Dong Ping, Hsu Li Kong, Bill Kong, Ang Lee, Zheng Quan Gang Screenplay: Wang Hui Ling, James Schamus, Tsai Kuo Jung, Wang Du Lu Photography: Peter Pau Music: Dun Tan Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chang Chen, Sihung Lung Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 97%/Audience: 86%
Director: Lasse Hallstrom Producers: David Brown, Mark Cooper, Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran Screenplay: Robert Nelson Jacobs Photography: Roger Pratt Music: Rachel Portman Cast: Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Victoire Thivisol, Lena Olin Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 62%/Audience: 83%
Director: Roman Polanski Producers: Robert Benmussa, Gene Gutowski, Roman Polanski, Alain Sarde Screenplay: Ronald Harwood Photography: Pawel Edelman Music: Wojciech Kilar Cast: Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox, Michal Zebrowski, Ed Stoppard, Maureen Lipman Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 95%/Audience: 96%
Director: Peter Jackson Producers: Peter Jackson, Eric Monette, Barrie M. Osborne, Rick Porras, Jamie Selkirk, Fran Walsh Screenplay: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, Peter Jackson Photography: Andrew Lesnie Music: Howard Shore Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Astin Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 95%/Audience: 95%
Director: Stephen Daldry Producers: Robert Fox, Scott Rudin Screenplay: David Hare Photography: Seamus McGarvey Music: Philip Glass Cast: Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Stephen Dilane, John C. Reilly Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 79%/Audience: 84%
Director: Martin Scorsese Producers: Laura Fattori, Alberto Grimaldi, Joseph P. Reidy, Harvey Weinstein Screenplay: Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan Photography: Michael Ballhaus Music: Howard Shore Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 73%/Audience: 81%
Director: Rob Marshall Producers: Don Carmody, Martin Richards Screenplay: Bill Condon Photography: Dion Beebe Music: Danny Elfman, John Kander Cast: Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, John C. Reilly, Queen Latifah Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 86%/Audience: 83%
Eric and Sean rank and discuss the five nominees for Best Picture of 1998 and bring up some other contenders for the prize that weren't nominated. Once again, the nominees are: A Clockwork Orange, Fiddler on the Roof, The French Connection, The Last Picture Show, and Nicholas and Alexandra.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner Producers: Sam Spiegel Screenplay: James Goldman Photography: Freddie Young Music: Richard Rodney Bennett Cast: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble, Ania Marson, Lynne Frederick Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 67%/Audience: 78%
Director: Peter Bogdanovich Producers: Stephen J. Friedman, Bob Rafelson Screenplay: Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich Photography: Robert Surtees Music: N/A Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 100%/Audience: 90%
Director: William Friedkin Producer: Philip D'Antoni Screenplay: Ernest Tidyman Photography: Owen Roizman Music: Don Ellis Cast: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 98%/Audience: 87%
Director: Norman Jewison Producer: Norman Jewison Screenplay: Joseph Stein Photography: Oswald Morris Music: Jerry Bock Cast: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 83%/Audience: 92%
Director: Stanley Kubrick Producers: Stanley Kubrick Screenplay: Stanley Kubrick Photography: John Alcott Music: N/A Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Warren Clarke, Carl Duering, Anthony Sharp, Madge Ryan Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 86%/Audience: 93%
Eric and Sean rank and discuss the five nominees for Best Picture of 1998 and bring up some other contenders for the prize that weren't nominated. Once again, the nominees are: Elizabeth, Life is Beautiful, Saving Private Ryan, Shakespeare in Love, and The Thin Red Line.
Director: Terence Malick Producers: Robert Michael Geisler, Grant Hill, John Roberdeau Screenplay: Terence Malick Photography: John Toll Music: Hans Zimmer Cast: Sean Penn, Kirk Acevedo, Jim Caviezel, Nick Nolte, George Clooney Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 80%/Audience: 80%
Director: John Madden Producers: Donna Gigliotti, Marc Norman, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick Screenplay: Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard Photography: Richard Greatrex Music: Stephen Warbeck Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 92%/Audience: 80%