List of American films of 1998
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A list of American films released in 1998.
Shakespeare in Love won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Highest-grossing films[]
1998 Rank |
Title | Studio | Box Office Gross | |||
Total Int.l | U.S./Canada | |||||
1. | Armageddon | Touchstone | $553,709,788 | $201,578,182 | ||
2. | Saving Private Ryan | DreamWorks/Paramount | $481,840,909 | $216,540,909 | ||
3. | Godzilla | TriStar | $379,014,294 | $136,314,294 | ||
4. | There's Something About Mary | 20th Century Fox | $369,884,651 | $176,484,651 | ||
5. | A Bug's Life | Disney/Pixar | $363,398,565 | $162,798,565 | ||
6. | Deep Impact | Paramount Pictures/DreamWorks | $349,464,664 | $140,464,664 | ||
7. | Mulan | Buena Vista | $304,320,254 | $120,620,254 | ||
8. | Dr. Dolittle | 20th Century Fox | $294,456,605 | $144,156,605 | ||
9. | Shakespeare in Love | Miramax/Universal | $289,317,794 | $100,317,794 | ||
10. | Lethal Weapon 4 | Warner Bros. | $285,444,603 | $130,444,603 |
A-Z[]
Title | Director | Cast (Subject of documentary) | Genre | Notes |
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20 Dates | Myles Berkowitz | Myles Berkowitz, Elisabeth Wagner, Tia Carrere | Mockumentary | |
54 | Mark Christopher | Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Mike Myers, Neve Campbell | Drama | Miramax Films |
Addams Family Reunion | Dave Payne | Tim Curry, Daryl Hannah | Comedy | The Addams Family sequel; straight-to-video |
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole | Tod Williams | Adrian Grenier, Margaret Colin, Clark Gregg, John Shea | Comedy | Paramount Classics |
Almost Heroes | Christopher Guest | Chris Farley, Matthew Perry, Bokeem Woodbine, Eugene Levy | Comedy | Farley's final film |
Ambushed | Ernest Dickerson | Courtney B. Vance, , Virginia Madsen | Thriller | |
American History X | Tony Kaye | Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Elliott Gould, Stacy Keach, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Lien, Avery Brooks | Drama | Oscar nomination for Norton |
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn | Arthur Hiller | Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Eric Idle | Comedy | Winner of 5 Razzie awards |
Another Day in Paradise | Larry Clark | James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Peter Sarsgaard | Crime drama | Trimark Pictures |
Antz | Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson | Voices of Woody Allen, Gene Hackman, Jennifer Lopez, Danny Glover, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone | Animated | DreamWorks Animation |
Apt Pupil | Bryan Singer | Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro, Joshua Jackson | Thriller | |
Armageddon | Michael Bay | Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Billy Bob Thornton, Will Patton, Steve Buscemi, Michael Clarke Duncan | Drama | 1998 top-grossing film; 7 Razzie nominations |
Arrival II | Kevin S. Tenney | Patrick Muldoon, Jane Sibbett, Michael Sarrazin | Sci-fi | direct-to-video |
The Avengers | Jeremiah S. Chechik | Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, Jim Broadbent, Fiona Shaw, Eddie Izzard | Action | based on the TV series; 9 Razzie nominations |
B. Monkey | Michael Radford | Jared Harris, Asia Argento, Rupert Everett | Drama | U.K. |
Babe: Pig in the City | George Miller | E. G. Daily, James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Mickey Rooney | Family | Babe sequel |
BASEketball | David Zucker | Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Yasmine Bleeth, Jenny McCarthy, Robert Vaughn, Ernest Borgnine, Bob Costas, Al Michaels | Comedy | Universal Pictures |
Belly | Hype Williams | Nas, Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Method Man | Drama | |
Beloved | Jonathan Demme | Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton | Drama | from Toni Morrison novel |
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning | Phillip Rhee | Phillip Rhee, Ernie Hudson | Action | |
The Big Hit | Kirk Wong | Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Bokeem Woodbine, Antonio Sabàto, Jr. | Action | |
The Big Lebowski | Joel Coen | Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, John Turturro, Tara Reid, Ben Gazzara | Comedy | Gramercy Pictures |
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss | Tommy O'Haver | Sean Hayes, Brad Rowe, Paul Bartel | Comedy | |
Black Dog | Kevin Hooks | Patrick Swayze, Charles S. Dutton, Randy Travis, Gabriel Casseus, Meat Loaf | Action | Universal/Disney |
Blade | Stephen Norrington | Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson | Horror | Marvel Comics character |
Blues Brothers 2000 | John Landis | Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, J. Evan Bonifant, Nia Peeples | Comedy | Blues Brothers sequel |
Break Up | Paul Marcus | Bridget Fonda, Hart Bochner, Kiefer Sutherland | Thriller | |
Bride of Chucky | Ronny Yu | Jennifer Tilly, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile, John Ritter | Horror | Child's Play sequel |
Broken Vessels | Scott Ziehl | Todd Field, Jason London, Roxana Zal | Drama | |
Brown's Requiem | Jason Freeland | Michael Rooker, Selma Blair, Will Sasso | Crime | |
Buffalo '66 | Vincent Gallo | Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Anjelica Huston, Ben Gazzara, Rosanna Arquette, Jan-Michael Vincent, Mickey Rourke | Drama | |
A Bug's Life | John Lasseter | Voices of Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Comedy | |
Bulworth | Warren Beatty | Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Oliver Platt, Don Cheadle, Paul Sorvino, Isaiah Washington | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
Can't Hardly Wait | Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont | Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli, Seth Green | Comedy | |
Casper Meets Wendy | Sean McNamara | Hilary Duff, Cathy Moriarty-Gentile, Shelley Duvall, Teri Garr | Comedy | direct-to-video |
Caught Up | Darin Scott | Bokeem Woodbine, Cynda Williams, Snoop Dogg | Crime drama | |
Celebrity | Woody Allen | Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Bebe Neuwirth, Charlize Theron, Leonardo DiCaprio | Comedy | Miramax |
Chairman of the Board | Alex Zamm | Carrot Top, Courtney Thorne-Smith | Comedy | |
City of Angels | Brad Silberling | Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Andre Braugher, Dennis Franz | Fantasy | Wings of Desire remake |
A Civil Action | Steven Zaillian | John Travolta, Robert Duvall, William H. Macy, Tony Shalhoub, Kathleen Quinlan, John Lithgow, Dan Hedaya, Sydney Pollack, James Gandolfini | Drama | from Jonathan Harr book |
Clay Pigeons | David Doblin | Joaquin Phoenix, Janeane Garofalo, Georgina Cates, Vince Vaughn | Drama | Gramercy Pictures |
Cousin Bette | Des McAnuff | Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Hugh Laurie, Bob Hoskins | Period drama | |
Curse of the Puppet Master | David DeCoteau | George Peck, Emily Harrison, Josh Green | Horror | |
The Curve | Dan Rosen | Matthew Lillard, Michael Vartan, Randall Batinkoff, Keri Russell | Thriller | |
Dance with Me | Randa Haines | Vanessa L. Williams, Chayanne, Kris Kristofferson, Joan Plowright, Jane Krakowski | Romance | |
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 | Tim McCanlies | Ethan Embry, Patricia Wettig, Ashley Johnson | Comedy | |
Dancing at Lughnasa | Pat O'Connor | Meryl Streep, Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke | Comedy | from Brian Friel play |
Dangerous Beauty | Marshall Herskovitz | Catherine McCormack, Oliver Platt, Fred Ward, Moira Kelly | Drama | from The Honest Courtesan |
Dark City | Alex Proyas | Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland | Science fiction | Roger Ebert's #1 film of '98 |
Dead Man on Campus | Alan Cohn | Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tom Everett Scott | Comedy | |
Deep Impact | Mimi Leder | Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Morgan Freeman, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, Leelee Sobieski | Disaster | Paramount/DreamWorks |
Deep Rising | Stephen Sommers | Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Wes Studi, Kevin J. O'Connor, Anthony Heald, Jason Flemyng, Djimon Hounsou, Clifton Powell, Derrick O'Connor | Horror | |
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again | Justin Cooper, Don Rickles, Betty White, George Kennedy, Brian Doyle-Murray, Scott 'Carrot Top' Thompson | Family | Warner Bros. | |
The Dentist 2 | Brian Yuzna | Corbin Bernsen, Jillian McWhirter | Horror | |
Desert Blue | Morgan J. Freeman | Brendan Sexton III, Kate Hudson, Casey Affleck, Christina Ricci | Comedy drama | |
Desperate Measures | Barbet Schroeder | Michael Keaton, Andy García, Marcia Gay Harden, Brian Cox | Drama | TriStar Pictures |
Digging to China | Timothy Hutton | Evan Rachel Wood, Kevin Bacon, Mary Stuart Masterson | Drama | |
Dirty Work | Bob Saget | Norm Macdonald, Artie Lange, Jack Warden, Don Rickles, Chevy Chase, Chris Farley | Comedy | MGM |
Disturbing Behavior | David Nutter | James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl, Bruce Greenwood, William Sadler | Thriller | |
Dr. Dolittle | Betty Thomas | Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Richard Schiff | Comedy | remake of 1967 film |
Down in the Delta | Maya Angelou | Alfre Woodard, Loretta Devine, Esther Rolle | Drama | |
Drive | Steve Wang | Mark Dacascos, Tracey Walter, Brittany Murphy | Action | direct-to-video |
Edge of Seventeen | David Moreton | Chris Stafford, Lea DeLaria, Tina Holmes | Comedy | |
The Eighteenth Angel | William Bindley | Rachael Leigh Cook, Christopher McDonald, Stanley Tucci | Thriller | |
Enemy of the State | Tony Scott | Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Barry Pepper, Regina King, Lisa Bonet | Action | Touchstone Pictures |
Ever After | Andy Tennant | Drew Barrymore, Dougray Scott, Anjelica Huston | Fantasy | based on Cinderella |
The Faculty | Robert Rodriguez | Elijah Wood, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy, Salma Hayek, Usher Raymond, Famke Janssen, Piper Laurie | Horror | Dimension Films |
Fallen | Gregory Hoblit | Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Embeth Davidtz, James Gandolfini | Thriller | Warner Bros./Turner |
The Farm: Angola, USA | Liz Garbus | Narrated by Bernard Addison | Documentary | |
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Terry Gilliam | Johnny Depp, Benicio del Toro | Comedy | based on Hunter S. Thompson |
Finding Graceland | David Winkler | Harvey Keitel, Johnathon Schaech, Bridget Fonda, Gretchen Mol | Drama | |
Firestorm | Dean Semler | Howie Long, Scott Glenn, William Forsythe, Suzy Amis | Action | |
The Gingerbread Man | Robert Altman | Kenneth Branagh, Robert Downey, Jr., Embeth Davidtz, Robert Duvall, Daryl Hannah, Tom Berenger | Drama | from John Grisham novel |
Julia Sweeney | Julia Sweeney | Comedy | ||
Gods and Monsters | Bill Condon | Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich | Biography | story of James Whale |
The Godson | Bob Hoge | Rodney Dangerfield, Kevin McDonald, Dom DeLuise | Comedy | direct-to-video |
Godzilla | Roland Emmerich | Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Vicki Lewis, Kevin Dunn, Harry Shearer | Science fiction | remake; 5 Razzie nominations |
Goodbye Lover | Roland Joffé | Patricia Arquette, Dermot Mulroney, Mary-Louise Parker, Ellen DeGeneres | Comedy | |
Great Expectations | Alfonso Cuarón | Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft, Robert De Niro, Chris Cooper, Hank Azaria | Period drama | |
The Hairy Bird | Sarah Kernochan | Kirsten Dunst, Gaby Hoffmann, Lynn Redgrave | Comedy | |
Half Baked | Tamra Davis | Dave Chappelle, Jim Breuer, Guillermo Diaz, Harland Williams, Clarence Williams III | Comedy | |
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | Steve Miner | Jamie Lee Curtis, Adam Arkin, Michelle Williams, Josh Hartnett, LL Cool J, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe | Horror | Halloween sequel |
Happiness | Todd Solondz | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker, Ben Gazzara, Camryn Manheim, Jane Adams | Drama | |
Hard Rain | Mikael Salomon | Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver | Action | aka The Flood |
He Got Game | Spike Lee | Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich, John Turturro | Sports drama | |
Hell's Kitchen | Tony Cinciripini | Angelina Jolie, Mekhi Phifer, Rosanna Arquette | Drama | |
The Hi-Lo Country | Stephen Frears | Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Arquette, Penélope Cruz, Sam Elliott | Western | from Max Evans novel |
High Art | Lisa Cholodenko | Radha Mitchell, Ally Sheedy, Patricia Clarkson | Drama | October Films |
Holy Man | Stephen Herek | Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Preston, Robert Loggia, Jon Cryer, Morgan Fairchild | Comedy | Touchstone Pictures |
Home Fries | Dean Parisot | Drew Barrymore, Luke Wilson, Catherine O'Hara, Jake Busey | Comedy | |
Homegrown | Stephen Gyllenhaal | John Lithgow, Billy Bob Thornton, Hank Azaria, Kelly Lynch | Comedy | |
Hope Floats | Forest Whitaker | Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick, Jr., Gena Rowlands | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
The Horse Whisperer | Robert Redford | Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Chris Cooper, Dianne Wiest, Scarlett Johansson | Drama | from Nicholas Evans novel |
How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Whoopi Goldberg, Regina King | Drama | from Terry McMillan novel |
How to Make the Cruelest Month | Kip Koenig | Clea DuVall, Gabriel Mann, J. D. Souther | Comedy | |
Hurlyburly | Anthony Drazan | Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Garry Shandling, Meg Ryan | Drama | from David Rabe play |
Hush | Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Lange, Johnathon Schaech | Thriller | ||
I Got the Hook Up | Michael Martin | Master P, Anthony Johnson, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister | Comedy | |
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Danny Cannon | Jennifer Love Hewitt, Brandy Norwood, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Mekhi Phifer, Matthew Settle | Horror | I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel |
I'll Be Home For Christmas | Arlene Sanford | Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Gary Cole, Jessica Biel | Family | |
Illuminata | John Turturro | John Turturro, Katherine Borowitz, Christopher Walken, Susan Sarandon | Rom com | |
The Impostors | Stanley Tucci | Oliver Platt, Stanley Tucci, Alfred Molina, Billy Connolly, Tony Shalhoub, Hope Davis | Comedy | |
Jack Frost | Troy Miller | Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Joseph Cross, Mark Addy, Henry Rollins | Fantasy | |
Jane Austen's Mafia! | Jim Abrahams | Jay Mohr, Christina Applegate, Olympia Dukakis, Lloyd Bridges | Parody | also released as Mafia! |
Judas Kiss | Sebastian Gutierrez | Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Roscoe Lee Browne, Carla Gugino | Crime | |
Killer Flick | Mark Weidman | Tod Thawley, Christian Leffler, Emmett Grennan, Creighton Howard, Fred Dennis, Kathleen Macdonald | Comedy | |
Kissing a Fool | Doug Ellin | David Schwimmer, Jason Lee, Mili Avital | Comedy | |
Knock Off | Tsui Hark | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rob Schneider, Lela Rochon | Action | |
Krippendorf's Tribe | Todd Holland | Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman, Lily Tomlin, Natasha Lyonne | Comedy | from Frank Parkin novel |
Kurt & Courtney | Nick Broomfield | Footage of Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love | Documentary | |
The Last Days of Disco | Whit Stillman | Chloë Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale, Chris Eigeman | Comedy | |
The Last Days | James Moll | Interviews with Holocaust survivors | Documentary | |
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth | Robert B. Weide | Archive footage of Lenny Bruce, narrated by Robert De Niro | Documentary | |
Les Misérables | Bille August | Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman, Claire Danes | Period drama | |
Let's Talk About Sex | Troy Beyer | Paget Brewster, James Hyde, Tina Nguyen | Drama | |
Lethal Weapon 4 | Richard Donner | Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock, Jet Li | Action | 3rd Lethal Weapon sequel |
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg | Aviva Kempner | Walter Matthau, Carl Levin | Documentary | story of the former Major League Baseball star |
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | Darrell Rooney | Matthew Broderick, Neve Campbell, Jason Marsden, Nathan Lane | Animated | direct to video |
Living Out Loud | Richard LaGravenese | Holly Hunter, Queen Latifah, Danny DeVito | Drama | |
Lost in Space | Stephen Hopkins | William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, Gary Oldman, Heather Graham, Matt LeBlanc, Lacey Chabert | Science fiction | based on the TV series |
Lulu on the Bridge | Paul Auster | Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, Vanessa Redgrave | Drama | |
Madeline | Daisy von Scherler Mayer | Frances McDormand, Nigel Hawthorne, Hatty Jones | Family | |
Magdalen | Andrew Repasky McElhinney | Alix D. Smith, David Semonin, Moria Rankin | Drama | |
Major League: Back to the Minors | John Warren | Corbin Bernsen, Dennis Haysbert, Scott Bakula, Bob Uecker | Comedy | 2nd Major League sequel |
The Man in the Iron Mask | Randall Wallace | Leonardo DiCaprio, John Malkovich, Gabriel Byrne, Gérard Depardieu, Jeremy Irons | Drama | from Alexandre Dumas story |
The Mask of Zorro | Martin Campbell | Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones | Action | from Johnston McCulley story |
Meet Joe Black | Martin Brest | Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Jeffrey Tambor, Marcia Gay Harden | Fantasy | from Death Takes a Holiday |
Meet the Deedles | Steve Boyum | Steve Van Wormer, Paul Walker, A. J. Langer | Comedy | |
Melting Pot | Tom Musca | Paul Rodriguez, CCH Pounder, Cliff Robertson | Animated | |
Mercury Rising | Harold Becker | Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Chi McBride, Kim Dickens | Drama | |
Mighty Joe Young | Ron Underwood | Bill Paxton, Charlize Theron, David Paymer, Peter Firth, Regina King, Rade Serbedzija | Action | remake of 1949 film |
The Mighty | Peter Chelsom | Kieran Culkin, Sharon Stone, Elden Henson, Harry Dean Stanton, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson, James Gandolfini | Drama | from Rodman Philbrick book |
The Mighty Kong | Art Scott | Dudley Moore, Jodi Benson, William Sage | Animated | |
Montana | Jennifer Leitzes | Kyra Sedgwick, Stanley Tucci, Robin Tunney, Robbie Coltrane | Crime | |
Monument Ave. | Ted Demme | Denis Leary, Colm Meaney, Famke Janssen, Martin Sheen | Crime | |
Mr. Nice Guy | Sammo Hung | Jackie Chan, Richard Norton, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick | Action | |
Mulan | Tony Bancroft | Voices of Ming-Na, Eddie Murphy, Lea Salonga, Miguel Ferrer | Animated | Walt Disney |
Music from Another Room | Charlie Peters | Jude Law, Jennifer Tilly, Gretchen Mol, Martha Plimpton | Rom com | |
My Giant | Michael Lehmann | Billy Crystal, Gheorghe Mureșan, Kathleen Quinlan, Joanna Pacula | Comedy | |
The Naked Man | J. Todd Anderson | Michael Rapaport, Michael Jeter, Rachael Leigh Cook, Arija Bareikis | Comedy | |
The Negotiator | F. Gary Gray | Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, John Spencer, David Morse | Thriller | |
New Rose Hotel | Abel Ferrara | Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Asia Argento, Annabella Sciorra | Thriller | |
The Newton Boys | Richard Linklater | Matthew McConaughey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ethan Hawke, Skeet Ulrich | Crime | story of Newton Gang |
Next Stop Wonderland | Brad Anderson | Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Callie Thorne | Comedy | |
A Night at the Roxbury | John Fortenberry | Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Dan Hedaya, Loni Anderson | Comedy | based on Saturday Night Live skit |
No Looking Back | Edward Burns | Lauren Holly, Jon Bon Jovi, Edward Burns | Drama | |
The Object of My Affection | Nicholas Hytner | Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Steve Zahn, Allison Janney, Alan Alda | Comedy | from Stephen McAuley book |
October 22 | Richard Schenkman | Amanda Plummer, Colm Meaney, Paul Perri, Michael Paré | Drama | |
The Odd Couple II | Howard Deutch | Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Christine Baranski, Jean Smart, Jonathan Silverman | Comedy | The Odd Couple sequel |
One Tough Cop | Bruno Barreto | Stephen Baldwin, Chris Penn, Gina Gershon | Action | |
One True Thing | Carl Franklin | Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott | Drama | from Anna Quindlen novel |
The Opposite of Sex | Don Roos | Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow, Lyle Lovett | Drama | |
Out of Sight | Steven Soderbergh | George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Don Cheadle, Ving Rhames, Dennis Farina, Albert Brooks, Steve Zahn, Isaiah Washington, Catherine Keener | Crime | based on a novel by Elmore Leonard |
Outside Ozona | J. S. Cardone | Robert Forster, Kevin Pollak, Sherilyn Fenn, Penelope Ann Miller | Comedy | |
Overnight Delivery | Jason Bloom | Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Silverman, Paul Rudd | Comedy | direct-to-video |
Palmetto | Volker Schlöndorff | Woody Harrelson, Elisabeth Shue, Gina Gershon | Thriller | |
The Parent Trap | Nancy Meyers | Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Elaine Hendrix | Family | Remake of 1961 film |
Patch Adams | Tom Shadyac | Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman | Biography | story of Dr. Hunter Adams |
Paulie | John Roberts | Jay Mohr, Tony Shalhoub, Gena Rowlands | Family | |
Pecker | John Waters | Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Bess Armstrong, Mary Kay Place, Lili Taylor, Martha Plimpton | Comedy | New Line Cinema |
The Pentagon Wars | Richard Benjamin | Kelsey Grammer, Cary Elwes, Richard Schiff, Viola Davis | Biography | made for TV |
A Perfect Murder | Andrew Davis | Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet | Thriller | from Dial M for Murder |
Permanent Midnight | David Veloz | Ben Stiller, Maria Bello, Elizabeth Hurley | Biography | story of Jerry Stahl |
Phantasm IV: Oblivion | Don Coscarelli | A. Michael Baldwin, Reggie Bannister, Bill Thornbury | Horror | |
Phantoms | Joe Chappelle | Ben Affleck, Rose McGowan, Peter O'Toole, Joanna Going, Liev Schreiber | Horror | |
Phoenix | Danny Cannon | Ray Liotta, Anjelica Huston, Anthony LaPaglia, Daniel Baldwin | Crime | |
Pi | Darren Aronofsky | Mark Margolis, Pamela Hart, Sean Gullette | Science fiction | Aronofsky's first film |
The Players Club | Ice Cube | Bernie Mac, Ice Cube, LisaRaye | Comedy | |
Playing by Heart | Will Carroll | Angelina Jolie, Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson, Dennis Quaid, Ryan Phillippe | Comedy | Hyperion Pictures |
Pleasantville | Gary Ross | Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J. T. Walsh, Don Knotts | Fantasy | 3 Oscar nominations |
Polish Wedding | Theresa Connelly | Gabriel Byrne, Claire Danes, Mili Avital | Comedy | |
Poodle Springs | Bob Rafelson | James Caan, David Keith, Dina Meyer, Joe Don Baker, Brian Cox | Mystery | from Raymond Chandler story |
Practical Magic | Griffin Dunne | Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest, Aidan Quinn | Comedy | from Alice Hoffman book |
A Price Above Rubies | Boaz Yakin | Renée Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Julianna Margulies | Drama | |
Primary Colors | Mike Nichols | John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates, Adrian Lester, Billy Bob Thornton | Drama | from Anonymous novel |
The Prince of Egypt | Brenda Chapman | Voices of Michelle Pfeiffer, Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Steve Martin, Sandra Bullock | Animated | |
Psycho | Gus Van Sant | Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy, Julianne Moore | Thriller | remake of 1960 film |
Quest for Camelot | Fred Du Chau | Voices of Gary Oldman, Don Rickles, Pierce Brosnan, Eric Idle, Jane Seymour, Gabriel Byrne, Cary Elwes, Bronson Pinchot, John Gielgud | Animated | |
The Rat Pack | Rob Cohen | Ray Liotta, Joe Mantegna, Don Cheadle, Angus Macfadyen, Dan O'Herlihy, William L. Petersen, Željko Ivanek, Deborah Kara Unger | Biography | story of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, JFK HBO |
Reach the Rock | William Ryan | William Sadler, Alessandro Nivola | Drama | |
Regret to Inform | Barbara Sonneborn | Barbara Sonneborn, Xuan Ngoc Nguyen | Documentary | |
The Replacement Killers | Antoine Fuqua | Chow Yun-fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker, Jurgen Prochnow | Action | Chow Yun-Fat's U.S. debut |
Restaurant | Eric Bross | Adrien Brody, Elise Neal, Lauryn Hill | Drama | |
Return to Paradise | Joseph Ruben | Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Joaquin Phoenix, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vera Farmiga | Drama | |
Riddler's Moon | Don McBrearty | Corbin Bernsen, Kate Mulgrew, Daniel Newman | Drama | made-for-TV |
Ride | Millicent Shelton | Malik Yoba, Melissa De Sousa, John Witherspoon | Comedy | |
Ringmaster | Neil Abramson | Jerry Springer, William McNamara, Molly Hagan, Jaime Pressly | Comedy | based on Jerry Springer Show |
Ronin | John Frankenheimer | Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, Sean Bean, Katarina Witt | Action | |
Rounders | John Dahl | Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Gretchen Mol, John Turturro, Famke Janssen, Martin Landau, John Malkovich | Drama | Miramax |
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | William R. Kowalchuk | John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Eric Idle, Whoopi Goldberg | Animated | |
The Rugrats Movie | Igor Kovalyov | E. G. Daily, Christine Cavanaugh, Kath Soucie | Animated | |
Rush Hour | Brett Ratner | Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson | Action | |
Rushmore | Wes Anderson | Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams, Brian Cox | Comedy | Touchstone Pictures |
Safe Men | John Hamburg | Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Michael Lerner, Paul Giamatti | Comedy | |
Saving Private Ryan | Steven Spielberg | Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Dennis Farina, Ted Danson, Paul Giamatti, Bryan Cranston, Harve Presnell, Vin Diesel | Drama, War | 11 Oscar nominations; won for Best Director |
Savior | Predrag Antonijević | Dennis Quaid, Nastassja Kinski, Stellan Skarsgård | Drama | |
Senseless | Penelope Spheeris | Marlon Wayans, David Spade, Matthew Lillard, Brad Dourif | Comedy | |
Shadrach | Susanna Styron | Harvey Keitel, Andie MacDowell, John Franklin Sawyer | Drama | |
Shakespeare in Love | John Madden | Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Ben Affleck, Judi Dench | Drama | won 7 Oscars |
The Siege | Edward Zwick | Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub, Bruce Willis | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
Simon Birch | Mark Steven Johnson | Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt | Comedy | |
A Simple Plan | Sam Raimi | Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, Bill Paxton, Gary Cole | Drama | from Scott Smith novel |
Since You've Been Gone | David Schwimmer | David Schwimmer, Lara Flynn Boyle, Teri Hatcher | Rom com | |
Six Days, Seven Nights | Ivan Reitman | Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, Allison Janney, David Schwimmer | Adventure | |
Six-String Samurai | Lance Mungia | Jeffrey Falcon, Clifford Hugo, Lora Witty | Action | |
Slam | Marc Levin | Saul Williams, Bönz Malone, Sonja Sohn | Drama | |
Slappy and the Stinkers | Barnet Kellman | B. D. Wong, Bronson Pinchot, Jennifer Coolidge | Comedy | |
Slums of Beverly Hills | Tamara Jenkins | Natasha Lyonne, Alan Arkin, Marisa Tomei | Comedy | Fox Searchlight |
Small Soldiers | Joe Dante | Gregory Smith, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Tommy Lee Jones | Science fiction | |
Smoke Signals | Chris Eyre | Adam Beach, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer | Comedy | |
Snake Eyes | Brian De Palma | Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino, John Heard, Stan Shaw | Thriller | Paramount |
Soldier | Paul W. S. Anderson | Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Connie Nielsen, Gary Busey | Science fiction | from Outer Limits episode |
Somewhere in the City | Ramin Niami | Sandra Bernhard, Ornella Muti, Robert John Burke, Peter Stormare, Bai Ling | Comedy-drama | |
Sour Grapes | Larry David | Steven Weber, Craig Bierko, Jennifer Leigh Warren | Comedy | |
Species II | Peter Medak | Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Marg Helgenberger, James Cromwell, Mykelti Williamson, George Dzundza | Science fiction | Species sequel |
Sphere | Barry Levinson | Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Liev Schreiber, Peter Coyote | Science fiction | from Michael Crichton novel |
Spice World | Bob Spiers | Spice Girls, Richard E. Grant, Alan Cumming, George Wendt, Roger Moore | Musical, Comedy | 7 Razzie nominations |
Star Trek: Insurrection | Jonathan Frakes | Patrick Stewart, F. Murray Abraham, Donna Murphy | Science fiction | Star Trek sequel |
Stepmom | Chris Columbus | Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Liam Aiken, Lynn Whitfield | Drama | Columbia Pictures |
Strangeland | John Pieplow | Kevin Gage, Robert Englund, Amy Smart | Horror | |
, Mark Lenard, , , | Action | Mark Lenard's final film, dedicated to Mark Lenard | ||
Tarzan and the Lost City | Carl Schenkel | Casper Van Dien, Jane March, Ian Roberts | Adventure | |
There's Something About Mary | Farrelly brothers | Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Keith David, Markie Post | Comedy | |
Thick as Thieves | Scott Sanders | Alec Baldwin, Andre Braugher, Rebecca De Mornay | Crime drama | |
The Thin Red Line | Terrence Malick | Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, Jim Caviezel, Ben Chaplin, George Clooney, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Jared Leto, Nick Nolte, John C. Reilly, John Travolta | Drama, War | based on the novel by James Jones; nominated for 7 Oscars |
The Truman Show | Peter Weir | Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone | Fantasy | 3 Oscar nominations including Best Director |
Twilight | Robert Benton | Paul Newman, Gene Hackman, Susan Sarandon, James Garner, Reese Witherspoon, Stockard Channing, Liev Schreiber | Neo-noir | |
U.S. Marshals | Stuart Baird | Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey, Jr., Joe Pantoliano, Irène Jacob | Action | sequel to The Fugitive |
Urban Legend | Jamie Blanks | Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Joshua Jackson, Loretta Devine, Michael Rosenbaum, Tara Reid, Robert Englund | Horror | |
Vampires | John Carpenter | James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Maximilian Schell | Horror | |
Very Bad Things | Peter Berg | Christian Slater, Cameron Diaz, Jon Favreau, Daniel Stern, Jeremy Piven, Jeanne Tripplehorn | Comedy | PolyGram Entertainment |
The Waterboy | Frank Coraci | Adam Sandler, Henry Winkler, Kathy Bates, Fairuza Balk | Comedy | |
The Wedding Singer | Frank Coraci | Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor, Steve Buscemi, Alexis Arquette | Comedy | New Line Cinema |
What Dreams May Come | Vincent Ward | Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Annabella Sciorra | Drama | |
Why Do Fools Fall in Love | Gregory Nava | Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, Lela Rochon, Larenz Tate | Romance | |
Wide Awake | M. Night Shyamalan | Joseph Cross, Timothy Reifsnyder, Dana Delany, Denis Leary, Robert Loggia, Rosie O'Donnell | Comedy drama | |
Wild Things | John McNaughton | Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Bill Murray | Thriller | |
Without Limits | Robert Towne | Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, Monica Potter | Biography | |
Woo | Daisy Mayer | Jada Pinkett, Tommy Davidson, LL Cool J | Comedy | New Line Cinema |
Wrongfully Accused | Pat Proft | Leslie Nielsen, Richard Crenna, Melinda McGraw, Kelly Le Brock | Comedy | parody of The Fugitive |
The X-Files | Rob Bowman | Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, Martin Landau | Science fiction | based on the TV series |
Your Friends & Neighbors | Neil LaBute | Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Nastassja Kinski, Jason Patric, Catherine Keener, Ben Stiller | Drama | Gramercy Pictures |
You've Got Mail | Nora Ephron | Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey, Jean Stapleton, Steve Zahn, Dave Chappelle, Dabney Coleman | Rom com | |
Zero Effect | Jake Kasdan | Bill Pullman, Ryan O'Neal, Ben Stiller | Drama | Columbia |
See also[]
- 1998 in American television
- 1998 in the United States
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