The 3rd Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, given on 12 January 1999, honored the best in film for 1998.

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Ian McKellen - Apt Pupil and Gods and Monsters
• Best Actress:
  • Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love and Sliding Doors
• Best Cinematography:
  • Saving Private Ryan - Janusz Kamiński
• Best Director:
  • Peter Weir The Truman Show
• Best Film:
  • Shakespeare in Love
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Life is Beautiful (La vita è bella) • Italy
• Best Newcomer (tie):
  • Darren Aronofsky - Pi
  • Chris Eyre and Sherman Alexie - Smoke Signals
• Best Screenplay:
  • Shakespeare in Love - Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Robert Duvall - A Civil Action
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Christina Ricci - Buffalo '66, The Opposite of Sex, and Pecker
• Special Notice to 1998 animation features:
  • Antz, A Bug's Life, Mulan, and The Prince of Egypt