51st British Academy Film Awards

{{Short description|1998 film awards ceremony}}

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{{Infobox film awards

| number = 51

| award = British Academy Film Awards

| date = 19 April 1998

| site = Grosvenor House Hotel

| host = Rory Bremner

| producer =

| director =

| best_film = The Full Monty

| best_british = Nil by Mouth

| best_actor = Robert Carlyle

| best_actor_film = The Full Monty

| best_actress = Judi Dench

| best_actress_film = Mrs Brown

| most_wins = Romeo + Juliet (4)

| most_nominations = L.A. Confidential (12)

| channel =

| duration =

| ratings =

| last = 50th

| next = 52nd

}}

The 51st British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 19 April 1998 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1997. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1997.

Peter Cattaneo's The Full Monty won the award for Best Film, while Nil by Mouth, from writer/director Gary Oldman, was voted Outstanding British Film.{{cite web |url=https://www.salon.com/media/1998/04/30media.html |title=No glitz please – we're British |last=Brownrigg |first=Sylvia |author-link=Sylvia Brownrigg |website=Salon.com |date=30 April 1998 |access-date=15 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217080246/https://www.salon.com/media/1998/04/30media.html |archive-date=17 February 2011 |url-status=dead |language=en}}{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/80541.stm |title=Winners of the 1998 Bafta film awards |publisher=BBC News |date=19 April 1998 |access-date=15 June 2022}}{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/80525.stm |title=Full Monty pulls it off at Baftas |publisher=BBC News |date=19 April 1998 |access-date=15 June 2022}}

The nominations were announced on 9 March 1998.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/64107.stm |title=Full Monty tops Bafta list |publisher=BBC News |date=10 March 1998 |access-date=15 June 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/confidential-leads-bafta-noms-1117468565/ |title='Confidential' leads BAFTA noms |last=Boehm |first=Erich |work=Variety |date=9 March 1998 |access-date=15 June 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/monty-s-bafta-glory-leaves-rowan-without-a-bean-1149338.html |title=Monty's Bafta glory leaves Rowan without a bean |last=Watson-Smyth |first=Kate |work=The Independent |date=10 March 1998 |access-date=15 June 2022}} The ceremony was hosted by Rory Bremner.