Best Dramatic Presentation, 1998
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Robert Zemeckis; Screenplay by James V. Hart and Michael Goldenberg; based on the story by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan; based on the novel by Carl Sagan
Also on the ballot
- Men in Black (1997)Barry Sonnenfeld; Screenplay by Ed Solomon; Screen Story by Ed Solomon; based on the comic by Lowell Cunningham
- Gattaca (1997)Andrew Niccol; Written by Andrew Niccol
- The Fifth Element (1997)Luc Besson; Screenplay by Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen; Story by Luc Besson
- Starship Troopers (1997)Paul Verhoeven; Screenplay by Edward Neumeier; based on the novel by Robert A. Heinlein