A newspaper article from the associated press listed the favorite movies of 1998 of a number of critics. Using my own method of scoring, I determined a consensus of what they recommended. Every movie on this list either made the top 3 of one critic's list, or was mentioned by more than one critic in their top ten list.
Saving Private Ryan
Shakespeare In Love
The Truman Show
Happiness
A Simple Plan
The Butcher Boy
Bulworth
The Thin Red Line
The Celebration
There's Something About Mary
Pleasantville
The General
Dark City
Out of Sight
Rushmore
Taste of Cherry
Without Limits
The Opposite of Sex
A five-way tie for the following;
Affliction
Beloved
A Bug's Life
Decalogue
Life Is Beautiful
These are movies that only made the list of one critic, but not in their top 3:
The Chambermaid
Henry Fool
He Got Game
Pretty Village, Pretty Fire
Celebrity
Elizabeth (Surely, this movie deserves to be higher on the list, but the time of release of the movie may have confused the issue of which year it belonged in. The same can be said for some other movies on this list)