1998 in film

The year 1998 in film involved many significant films including; Shakespeare in Love (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Saving Private Ryan, American History X, The Truman Show, Primary Colors, Rushmore, Rush Hour, There's Something About Mary, The Big Lebowski, and Terrence Malick's directorial return in The Thin Red Line. Animated films included A Bug's Life, Antz, Mulan and The Prince of Egypt.

Warner Bros. Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1998.

Highest-grossing films

The top ten films released in 1998 by worldwide gross are as follows:

Awards events

• 3rd Empire Awards
• 56th Golden Globe Awards
• 71st Academy Awards

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Eternity and a Day (Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα, Mia aioniotita kai mia mera), directed by Theo Angelopoulos, Greece / France / Italy

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

The Way We Laughed (Così ridevano), directed by Gianni Amelio, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Central do Brasil (Central Station), directed by Walter Salles, Brazil / France

Awards

Notable films released in 1998

U.S.A. unless stated

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• 54, starring Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, Breckin Meyer and Mike Myers
• 1732 Høtten - (Norway)

A-D

• A, documentary about the Aum Shinrikyo cult - (Japan)
• The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, starring Adrian Grenier
• An Affair (Jeongsa) - (South Korea)
• After Life (Wandâfuru raifu), starring Arata - (Japan)
• Alice and Martin, directed by André Téchiné, starring Juliette Binoche - (France)
• Almost Heroes, directed by Christopher Guest, starring Chris Farley, Matthew Perry and Eugene Levy
• American History X, directed by Tony Kaye, starring Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Elliott Gould and Stacy Keach
• An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island, direct-to-video sequel to the 1986 animated fantasy, voices of Thomas Dekker and Lacey Chabert
• An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, starring Ryan O'Neal, Eric Idle, Coolio, Chuck D and Richard Jeni
• Another Day in Paradise, starring James Woods and Melanie Griffith
• Antz, animated film with voices of Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone, Jennifer Lopez and Dan Aykroyd
• Anxiety (Inquietude) - (Portugal)
• The Apple (Sib) - (Iran)
• April Story (Shigatsu monogatari) - short film starring Takako Matsu - (Japan)
• Apt Pupil, directed by Bryan Singer, starring Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro and David Schwimmer
• Armageddon, directed by Michael Bay, starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck and Steve Buscemi
• Art Museum by the Zoo (Misulgwan yup dongmulwon), starring Shim Eun-ha - (South Korea)
• August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) - (Canada)
• The Avengers, starring Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery

B

• B. Monkey, starring Asia Argento, Rupert Everett and Jared Harris - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Babe: Pig in the City, directed by George Miller, starring James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski and Mickey Rooney with the voices of Elizabeth Daily and Hugo Weaving - (Australia/U.S.A.)
• The Barber of Siberia (Sibirskiy tsiryulnik) - (Russia)
• BASEketball, directed by David Zucker, starring Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Yasmine Bleeth, Jenny McCarthy and Robert Vaughn
• Basil, directed by Radha Bharadwaj, starring Jared Leto, Claire Forlani and Christian Slater - (U.K.)
• Be There or Be Square (Bu jian bu san) - (China)
• Beast Cops (Yeshou xingjing), directed by Gordon Chan - (Hong Kong)
• Bedrooms and Hallways, starring Kevin McKidd, Hugo Weaving and James Purefoy - (U.K.)
• Begging for Love (Ai o kou hito) - (Japan)
• Belly, directed by Hype Williams, starring DMX
• Beloved, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover and Thandie Newton
• Beshkempir (a.k.a. Beshkempir the Adopted Son) - (Kyrgyzstan)
• Besieged (L'assedio), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Thandie Newton and David Thewlis - (Italy/U.K.)
• The Big Hit, starring Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate and Elliott Gould
• The Big Lebowski, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, Peter Stormare and John Turturro
• Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, starring Sean Hayes
• The Bird People in China (Chûgoku no chôjin), directed by Takashi Miike - (Japan)
• Birdcage Inn (Paran daemun) - (South Korea)
• Black Cat, White Cat (Crna mačka, beli mačor) - (Yugoslavia)
• Black Dog, starring Patrick Swayze and Meat Loaf
• Blade, directed by Stephen Norrington, starring Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff and Kris Kristofferson
• Blues Brothers 2000, directed by John Landis, starring Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, James Brown and Aretha Franklin
• Blues Harp, directed by Takashi Miike - (Japan)
• Bombay Boys, starring Naveen Andrews - (India)
• The Boys, starring David Wenham and Toni Collette - (Australia)
• Break Up, starring Bridget Fonda, Hart Bochner and Kiefer Sutherland
• Bride of Chucky, starring Jennifer Tilly, Katherine Heigl and Nick Stabile
• Broken Vessels
• Brown's Requiem, starring Michael Rooker and Selma Blair
• Buffalo '66, directed by and starring Vincent Gallo, with Christina Ricci, Mickey Rourke, Rosanna Arquette, Ben Gazzara, and Anjelica Huston
• A Bug's Life, animated film directed by John Lasseter, with the voices of Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Hyde Pierce, Denis Leary and Bonnie Hunt
• Bulworth, directed by and starring Warren Beatty, with Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Oliver Platt and Paul Sorvino

C

• Can't Hardly Wait, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ethan Embry
• Caresses (Caricias) - (Spain)
• Caught Up, starring Bokeem Woodbine
• The Celebration (Festen), directed by Thomas Vinterberg - (Denmark)
• Celebrity, directed by Woody Allen, starring Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Melanie Griffith, Famke Janssen, Hank Azaria, Winona Ryder and Charlize Theron
• Central Station Central do Brasil - (Brazil/France) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Golden Bear award
• Chachi 420 (The Trickster Aunt), starring Kamal Haasan, Amrish Puri and Om Puri - (India)
• Christmas in August (Palwolui Christmas) - (South Korea)
• City of Angels, directed by Brad Silberling, starring Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan and Andre Braugher
• A Civil Action, directed by Steven Zaillian, starring John Travolta, Robert Duvall, William H. Macy, Tony Shalhoub, Kathleen Quinlan, James Gandolfini and John Lithgow
• Clay Pigeons, directed by David Dobkin, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Vince Vaughn and Janeane Garofalo - (U.S.A./Germany)
• Come Sweet Death (Komm, süßer Tod) - (Austria)
• Cousin Bette, starring Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Hugh Laurie - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Croupier, directed by Mike Hodges, starring Clive Owen, Alex Kingston and Gina McKee - (U.K.)
• The Curve, starring Matthew Lillard and Keri Russell

D

• Dance Me to My Song - (Australia)
• Dance with Me, directed by Randa Haines, starring Vanessa L. Williams, Kris Kristofferson and Jane Krakowski
• Dancer, Texas Pop. 81, starring Breckin Meyer
• Dangerous Beauty, starring Catherine McCormack, Naomi Watts, Rufus Sewell
• Dark City, directed by Alex Proyas, starring Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly and William Hurt - (Australia/U.S.A.)
• The Day Silence Died (El día que murió el silencio) - (Bolivia)
• Dead Man on Campus, starring Tom Everett Scott
• Deep Impact, starring Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman, Vanessa Redgrave and Maximilian Schell
• Deep Rising, directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Wes Studi and Anthony Heald
• Desert Blue, directed by Morgan J. Freeman
• Desperate Measures, starring Michael Keaton, Andy García, Marcia Gay Harden and Brian Cox
• Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target (aka Case Closed: the Fourteenth Target) - (Japan)
• Digging to China, starring Evan Rachel Wood and Kevin Bacon
• Le Dîner de Cons (Dinner for Cretins), directed by Francis Veber - (France)
• Dirty Work, starring Norm Macdonald, Artie Lange, Jack Warden, Chevy Chase and Chris Farley
• Disturbing Behavior, starring James Marsden, Katie Holmes and Nick Stahl - (Australia/U.S.A.)
• Divorcing Jack, starring David Thewlis - (U.K.)
• Down in the Delta, directed by Maya Angelou, starring Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman, Jr., Esther Rolle, Loretta Devine, and Wesley Snipes
• Dr. Akagi (Kanzō-sensei), directed by Shohei Imamura - (Japan)
• Dr. Dolittle, starring Eddie Murphy, voices of Norm Macdonald, Albert Brooks, Chris Rock, Garry Shandling and Ellen DeGeneres
• The Dreamlife of Angels (La Vie rêvée des anges) - (France)

E-K

• Earth (अर्थ), directed by Deepa Mehta - (India)
• Elizabeth, directed by Shekhar Kapur, starring Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Sir John Gielgud, Daniel Craig, Fanny Ardant, Kathy Burke and Richard Attenborough - (U.K.)
• Enemy of the State, directed by Tony Scott, starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Barry Pepper, Lisa Bonet and Regina King
• Eternity and a Day (Mia aioniotita kai mia mera), starring Bruno Ganz - (Greece) - Palme d'Or award
• Ever After, starring Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston and Dougray Scott
• Everest, a documentary narrated by Liam Neeson

F

• The Faculty, directed by Robert Rodriguez, starring Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood, Clea DuVall, Robert Patrick, Famke Janssen, Usher Raymond, Salma Hayek, and Jon Stewart
• Fallen, starring Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Embeth Davidtz and Donald Sutherland
• The Farm: Angola, USA
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp,Benicio del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Ellen Barkin, Christina Ricci and Cameron Diaz
• Fibra óptica (Fibre Optic) - (Mexico)
• Finding Graceland, starring Harvey Keitel and Bridget Fonda
• Firestorm, starring Howie Long and Scott Glenn
• Flowers of Shanghai (hÇŽi shàng huā) - (Taiwan)
• Foolish Heart (Corazón iluminado), directed by Héctor Babenco - (Argentina/Brazil)
• For Sale (À vendre) - (France)
• Forever Love, starring Reba McEntire and Tim Matheson
• From the Edge of the City (Apo tin akri tis polis) - (Greece)

G

• The General, directed by John Boorman, starring Brendan Gleeson and Jon Voight - (Ireland)
• Genghis Khan - (China)
• Georgica - (Estonia)
• Get Real - (U.K.)
• Ghulam (Slave), starring Aamir Khan - (India)
• The Gingerbread Man, directed by Robert Altman, starring Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey, Jr., Tom Berenger, Daryl Hannah, Famke Janssen, and Robert Duvall
• The Girl of Your Dreams (La niña de tus ojos), starring Penélope Cruz - (Spain)
• Girls' Night, starring Julie Walters, Brenda Blethyn and Kris Kristofferson - (U.K.)
• God said "Ha!", starring Julia Sweeney - Golden Space Needle Award
• Gods and Monsters, directed by Bill Condon starring Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser and Lynn Redgrave - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Godzilla, directed by Roland Emmerich, starring Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Kevin Dunn and Hank Azaria
• Goodbye, 20th Century! (Zbogum na dvaesettiot vek!) - (Macedonia)
• Goodbye Lover, starring Patricia Arquette and Dermot Mulroney
• The Grandfather (El abuelo) - (Spain)
• Great Expectations, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft, Chris Cooper and Robert De Niro
• Gunshy, starring Diane Lane and William Petersen
• Gunslinger's Revenge, starring Leonardo Pieraccioni, Harvey Keitel and David Bowie

H

• The Hairy Bird, starring Kirsten Dunst, Gaby Hoffmann, Heather Matarazzo and Lynn Redgrave - (U.S.A./Canada)
• Half Baked, starring Dave Chappelle, Jim Breuer and Guillermo Diaz
• Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Adam Arkin, Michelle Williams, LL Cool J, Josh Hartnett and Janet Leigh
• Happiness, directed by Todd Solondz, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jane Adams, Dylan Baker, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ben Gazzara, Louise Lasser and Jon Lovitz
• Happy Birthday (S dnyom rozhdeniya) - (Russia)
• Hard Rain, starring Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Minnie Driver and Randy Quaid
• Head On - (Australia)
• He Got Game, directed by Spike Lee, starring Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Rosario Dawson, Milla Jovovich, and John Turturro
• The Hi-Lo Country, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Woody Harrelson, Penélope Cruz Billy Crudup and Patricia Arquette
• Hideous Kinky, starring Kate Winslet and Saïd Taghmaoui - (U.K./France)
• High Art, directed by Lisa Cholodenko, starring Ally Sheedy and Radha Mitchell
• Hilary and Jackie, directed by Anand Tucker, starring Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths, David Morrissey and Charles Dance - (U.K.)
• Hold You Tight (愈快樂愈墮落), directed by Stanley Kwan - (Hong Kong)
• The Hole (Dong) - (Taiwan)
• Holy Man, starring Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum and Kelly Preston
• Home Fries, starring Drew Barrymore and Luke Wilson
• Homegrown, starring Billy Bob Thornton, John Lithgow, Ryan Phillippe, Hank Azaria, Kelly Lynch and Jon Bon Jovi
• Hope Floats, directed by Forest Whitaker, starring Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick, Jr. and Gena Rowlands
• The Horse Whisperer, directed by and starring Robert Redford, with Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Scarlett Johansson
• How Stella Got Her Groove Back, starring Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs and Whoopi Goldberg
• How to Make the Cruelest Month, starring Clea DuVall
• Human Remains
• Hurlyburly, starring Sean Penn, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Garry Shandling, Meg Ryan and Anna Paquin
• Hush, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Lange and Johnathon Schaech
• Hyderabad Blues - (India)

I

• I Stand Alone (Seul contre tous) - (France)
• I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Brandy and Mekhi Phifer
• I Want You, directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Rachel Weisz and Alessandro Nivola - (U.K.)
• I Went Down, starring Brendan Gleeson - (Ireland)
• Identity Pieces (Pièces d'identités) - (Belgium/France/D.R. Congo)
• The Idiots (Idioterne), directed by Lars von Trier - (Denmark)
• If the Sun Rises in the West (Haega seojjog-eseo tteundamyeon) - (South Korea)
• Illuminata, directed by and starring John Turturro, with Beverly D'Angelo, Susan Sarandon and Christopher Walken
• The Impostors, directed by and starring Stanley Tucci, with Oliver Platt, Alfred Molina, Lili Taylor, Hope Davis, Tony Shalhoub, Billy Connolly and Steve Buscemi
• In God's Hands
• In the Flesh
• The Inheritors (Die Siebtelbauern) - (Austria)
• The Interview, starring Hugo Weaving - (Australia)
• It's a Long Road (Ola einai dromos) - (Greece)

J

• Jack Frost, starring Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Joseph Cross and Mark Addy
• Jane Austen's Mafia!, directed by Jim Abrahams starring Jay Mohr, Olympia Dukakis, Christina Applegate and Lloyd Bridges
• Jinnah, starring Christopher Lee, Shashi Kapoor and James Fox - (Pakistan/U.K.)
• Judas Kiss, starring Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson and Carla Gugino

K

• Khrustalyov, My Car! (Khrustalyov, mashinu!) - (Russia)
• Killer (Tueur à gages) - (Kazakhstan/France)
• Kirikou and the Sorceress (Kirikou et la Sorcière) - (France/Belgium/Luxembourg)
• Kissing a Fool, starring David Schwimmer, Mili Avital and Jason Lee
• Knock Off, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Rob Schneider
• Krippendorf's Tribe, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman and Lily Tomlin
• Kurt & Courtney, directed by Nick Broomfield - (U.K.)

L-Q

• The Land Girls, directed by David Leland, starring Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz and Anna Friel - (U.K.)
• The Last Days
• The Last Days of Disco, directed by Whit Stillman starring Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Chris Eigeman and Robert Sean Leonard
• Last Night, directed by and starring Don McKellar, with Sandra Oh, Sarah Polley and David Cronenberg - (Canada)
• Leaf on a Pillow (Daun di Atas Bantal) - (Indonesia)
• Left Luggage (2 koffers vol), directed by Jeroen Krabbé, starring Isabella Rossellini - (Netherlands)
• The Legend of 1900 (La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano), directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, starring Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mélanie Thierry and Bill Nunn - (Italy/U.S.A.)
• Les Misérables, directed by Bille August, starring Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman and Claire Danes - (Germany/U.K./U.S.A.)
• Lethal Weapon 4, directed by Richard Donner, starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock and Jet Li
• Life is to Whistle (La Vida es Silbar) - (Cuba)
• The Lighthouse (El Faro) - (Argentina/Spain)
• The Lion King II: Simba's Pride with the voices of Matthew Broderick, Moira Kelly, Neve Campbell, Ernie Sabella and Nathan Lane
• Little Thieves, Big Thieves (100 años de perdón) - (Venezuela)
• Little Tony - (Netherlands)
• Little Voice, directed by Mark Herman, starring Brenda Blethyn, Jane Horrocks, Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent and Ewan McGregor - (U.K.)
• Living Out Loud, starring Holly Hunter, Danny DeVito and Queen Latifah
• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, directed by Guy Ritchie, starring Jason Flemyng, Jason Statham, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Vinnie Jones and Sting - (U.K.)
• The Longest Nite (aka Dark Flowers), starring Tony Leung - (Hong Kong)
• Lost in Space, directed by Stephen Hopkins, starring William Hurt, Gary Oldman, Mimi Rogers, Matt LeBlanc, Heather Graham and Lacey Chabert
• Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, directed by John Maybury, starring Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig and Tilda Swinton - (U.K.)
• Love & Pop (ラブ&ポップ) - (Japan)
• Love from Ground Zero
• Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Los amantes del círculo polar) - (Spain)
• Lulu on the Bridge, starring Harvey Keitel and Mira Sorvino

M

• Madame Blueberry
• Madeline, starring Frances McDormand and Nigel Hawthorne - (U.S.A./France)
• Mala Época (Bad Times) - (Argentina)
• Mama Don't Cry (Mama Ne Goryuj) - (Russia)
• The Man in the Iron Mask, directed by Randall Wallace, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• The Man with Rain in His Shoes, starring Lena Headey and Penélope Cruz - (Sp/Fr/U.K./U.S./Ger)
• The Mask of Zorro, directed by Martin Campbell, starring Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Stuart Wilson
• Meet Joe Black, directed by Martin Brest, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Jeffrey Tambor, Marcia Gay Harden
• Meeting People Is Easy, featuring Radiohead - (U.K.)
• Melting Pot
• Mercury Rising, directed by Harold Becker, starring Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes and Kim Dickens
• The Mighty, starring Kieran Culkin, Sharon Stone, Elden Henson, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson
• Mighty Joe Young, directed by Ron Underwood, starring Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton and Rade Å erbedžija
• The Mighty Kong
• Montana, starring Kyra Sedgwick and Stanley Tucci
• Monument Ave., starring Denis Leary and Famke Janssen
• Mr. Zhao (Zhào XiānshÄ"ng) - (China)
• Mulan, with the voices of Ming-Na Wen and Eddie Murphy
• Music from Another Room, starring Jude Law and Jennifer Tilly
• The Mutants (Os mutantes) - (Portugal)
• My Giant, starring Billy Crystal
• My Name is Joe, directed by Ken Loach, starring Peter Mullan - (U.K.)

N

• The Naked Man, starring Michael Rapaport
• The Negotiator, directed by F. Gary Gray, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse and J. T. Walsh
• New Rose Hotel, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Asia Argento and Annabella Sciorra
• The Newton Boys, directed by Richard Linklater, starring Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Skeet Ulrich and Vincent D'Onofrio
• Next Stop Wonderland, starring Hope Davis
• A Night at the Roxbury, starring Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan
• Nô - (Canada)
• No Looking Back, starring Lauren Holly and Jon Bon Jovi

O

• The Object of My Affection, starring Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd
• October 22
• The Odd Couple II, starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon
• Of Freaks and Men (Pro urodov i lyudey) - (Russia)
• Okraina (Outskirts) - (Russia)
• One Evening After the War (Un soir apres la guerre) - (Cambodia/France)
• One True Thing, starring Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt and Tom Everett Scott
• Only Clouds Move the Stars (Bare skyer beveger stjernene) - (Norway)
• The Opposite of Sex, starring Christina Ricci and Lisa Kudrow
• The Other Conquest (La Otra Conquista) - (Mexico)
• Out of Sight, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Don Cheadle, Ving Rhames, Dennis Farina and Albert Brooks
• Outside Ozona, starring Robert Forster, Kevin Pollak and Sherilyn Fenn
• Overnight Delivery, starring Paul Rudd and Reese Witherspoon

P-Q

• Paljas - (South Africa)
• Palmetto, directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring Woody Harrelson and Elisabeth Shue
• The Parent Trap, starring Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson and Lindsay Lohan
• Passion (Szenvedély) - (Hungary)
• Patch Adams, directed by Tom Shadyac, starring Robin Williams, Monica Potter and Philip Seymour Hoffman
• Paulie, starring Tony Shalhoub, Gena Rowlands, Cheech Marin, Jay Mohr and Buddy Hackett
• Pecker, directed by John Waters, starring Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Lili Taylor, Martha Plimpton, Mary Kay Place and Bess Armstrong
• Peculiarities of the National Fishing (Osobennosti natsionalnoy rybalki) - (Russia)
• A Perfect Murder, directed by Andrew Davis, starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen and David Suchet
• Permanent Midnight, starring Ben Stiller, Maria Bello, Elizabeth Hurley, Janeane Garofalo and Owen Wilson
• The Personals (Zheng hun qi shi) - (Taiwan)
• Phantom Beirut (ashbah bayroot) - (Lebanon)
• Phantoms, starring Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan, Liev Schreiber and Ben Affleck
• Phoenix, starring Ray Liotta and Anjelica Huston
• Pi, directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Sean Gullette and Mark Margolis
• The Pianist (El pianista) - (Spain)
• A Place Called Chiapas - (Canada)
• Places in Cities (Plätze in Städten) - (Germany)
• Playing by Heart, starring Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Jon Stewart
• Pleasantville, directed by Gary Ross, starring Tobey Maguire, Joan Allen, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy, Don Knotts, J. T. Walsh and Jeff Daniels
• Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
• The Polish Bride (De Poolse bruid) - (Netherlands)
• Poodle Springs (film), starring James Caan, Dina Meyer, David Keith, Brian Cox and Joe Don Baker
• The Power of Kangwon Province (Gangwon-do ui him) - (South Korea)
• Practical Magic, starring Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing and Aidan Quinn
• A Price Above Rubies, starring Renée Zellweger
• Primary Colors, directed by Mike Nichols, starring John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Adrian Lester and Kathy Bates
• The Prince of Egypt, directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner and Simon Wells, starring Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Sandra Bullock, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Goldblum, Patrick Stewart, Helen Mirren
• Prometheus, directed by Tony Harrison, starring Walter Sparrow (U.K.)
• Psycho, directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy and Robert Forster
• Quest for Camelot
• The Quiet Family (Joyonghan Gajok) - (South Korea)

R-Z

• Radiofreccia - (Italy)
• The Rat Pack, directed by Rob Cohen, starring Ray Liotta, Joe Mantegna, Don Cheadle, Angus Macfadyen and Bobby Slayton
• Reach the Rock, starring William Sadler
• The Real Blonde, starring Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, Daryl Hannah, Maxwell Caulfield, Kathleen Turner and Marlo Thomas
• The Red Violin (Le Violon rouge) - (Canada/Italy/U.K.)
• The Replacement Killers, directed by Antoine Fuqua, starring Chow Yun-fat, Mira Sorvino and Michael Rooker
• Restaurant, starring Adrien Brody and Lauryn Hill
• Return to Paradise, starring Vince Vaughn, Joaquin Phoenix and Anne Heche
• Riddler's Moon
• Ring (Ringu), directed by Hideo Nakata - (Japan)
• Ringmaster, starring Jerry Springer, Jaime Pressly and Molly Hagan
• Ronin, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd, Jonathan Pryce, Natascha McElhone, Katarina Witt and Sean Bean
• The Rose Seller (La vendedora de rosas) - (Colombia)
• Rounders, directed by John Dahl, starring Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Gretchen Mol, Martin Landau and John Malkovich
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie, with the voices of John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Eric Idle and Whoopi Goldberg
• The Rugrats Movie
• Run Lola Run (Lola rennt), directed by Tom Tykwer, starring Franka Potente and Moritz Bleibtreu - (Germany) - Golden Space Needle Award (for 1999)
• Rush Hour, directed by Brett Ratner, starring Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker and Tom Wilkinson
• Rushmore, directed by Wes Anderson, starring Jason Schwartzman, Olivia Williams, Bill Murray, Mason Gamble and Seymour Cassel

S

• Safe Men, starring Sam Rockwell and Steve Zahn
• Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Edward Burns, Dennis Farina, Vin Diesel, Paul Giamatti, Giovanni Ribisi and Ted Danson - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
• Savior, starring Dennis Quaid and Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd
• The School of Flesh (L'École de la chair), starring Isabelle Huppert - (France)
• Scratches in the Table (Madelief, krassen in het tafelblad) - (Netherlands)
• Sekal Has to Die (Je tÅ™eba zabít Sekala) - (Czech Republic)
• Senseless, starring Marlon Wayans and David Spade
• Shadrach, starring Harvey Keitel and Andie MacDowell
• Shakespeare in Love, directed by John Madden, starring Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck, Colin Firth and Judi Dench - (U.K./U.S.A.) - Academy and Golden Globe (Mus./Com.) Awards for Best Picture
• The Shoe (Kurpe) - (Latvia)
• Show Me Love (Fucking Ã…mÃ¥l) - (Sweden)
• Die Siebtelbauern (The Inheritors) - (Austria)
• The Siege, directed by Edward Zwick, starring Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis and Tony Shalhoub
• Simon Birch, starring Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd and Oliver Platt
• A Simple Plan, directed by Sam Raimi, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda and Gary Cole
• Since You've Been Gone, directed by and starring David Schwimmer, with Teri Hatcher, Jon Stewart, Rachel Griffiths, and Lara Flynn Boyle
• Six Days Seven Nights, directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Harrison Ford, Anne Heche and David Schwimmer
• Slam
• Sliding Doors, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch and Jeanne Tripplehorn - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Small Soldiers, directed by Joe Dante, starring Gregory Smith, Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Kevin Dunn, Ann Magnuson and Denis Leary with the voices of Tommy Lee Jones and Frank Langella
• Smoke Signals - (U.S.A./Canada)
• Snake Eyes, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino, John Heard and Luis Guzman
• So Close to Paradise (Biandan guniang) - (China)
• Soldier, starring Kurt Russell
• Sour Grapes, directed by Larry David, starring Steven Weber and Craig Bierko
• Species II, starring Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Marg Helgenberger
• Sphere, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Liev Schreiber and Queen Latifah
• Spring in My Hometown (Areumdaoon shijeol) - (South Korea)
• Star Kid
• Star Trek: Insurrection, directed by Jonathan Frakes, starring Patrick Stewart, LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, Donna Murphy, Gregg Henry and F. Murray Abraham
• State of Dogs (Nokhoin Oron) - (Mongolia)
• Stepmom, directed by Chris Columbus, starring Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon and Ed Harris
• Still Crazy, starring Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Bill Nighy, Jimmy Nail and Timothy Spall - (U.K.)
• Susan's Plan, directed by John Landis, starring Nastassja Kinski, Billy Zane, Rob Schneider, Lara Flynn Boyle and Dan Aykroyd
• The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom

T

• Tango, directed by Carlos Saura - (Argentina)
• Taxi - (France)
• The Teenage Textbook Movie - (Singapore)
• Tell Me I'm Dreaming (Dis-moi que je rêve) - (France)
• There's Something About Mary, directed by the Farrelly brothers, starring Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Lee Evans and Chris Elliott
• Thick as Thieves, starring Alec Baldwin
• The Thin Red Line, directed by Terrence Malick, starring Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jim Caviezel, Adrien Brody, Elias Koteas, Ben Chaplin, Woody Harrelson, John Cusack, John Travolta and George Clooney â€" Golden Bear Award for 1999
• The Three Men of Melita Žganjer (Tri muÅ¡karca Melite Žganjer) - (Croatia)
• Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley (Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law) - (Spain)
• Train of Life (Train de Vie) (Fr/Bel/Neth/Is/Rom)
• Train to Pakistan - (India)
• Trance, starring Alison Elliott, Christopher Walken and Jared Harris
• The Truman Show, directed by Peter Weir, starring Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Natascha McElhone and Ed Harris
• Twilight, directed by Robert Benton, starring Paul Newman, Gene Hackman, Susan Sarandon, James Garner, Liev Schreiber, Stockard Channing and Reese Witherspoon

U-V

• U.S. Marshals, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes and Robert Downey, Jr.
• Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light - (Japan)
• 42 Up - (U.K.)
• Up 'n' Under - (U.K.)
• Urban Legend, starring Alicia Witt, Tara Reid and Jared Leto
• Vampires, directed by John Carpenter, starring James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith and Maximilian Schell
• Velvet Goldmine, directed by Todd Haynes, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christian Bale, Ewan McGregor, Toni Collette and Eddie Izzard - (U.K.)
• Very Bad Things, directed by Peter Berg, starring Jon Favreau, Christian Slater, Jeremy Piven, Daniel Stern and Cameron Diaz
• The Very Thought of You, aka Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence, starring Monica Potter, Joseph Fiennes and Rufus Sewell - (U.K.)
• La Vie Sur Terre (Life on Earth) - (Mali/Mauritania)
• The Vivero Letter, starring Fred Ward

W

• Waking Ned, aka Waking Ned Devine, starring Ian Bannen, James Nesbitt and Fionnula Flanagan - (U.K./France)
• The Waterboy, starring Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler and Fairuza Balk
• The Way We Laughed (Così ridevano) - (Italy)
• The Wedding Singer, starring Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore and Christine Taylor
• Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
• West Beirut (Beyrout al gharbiyya) - (Lebanon)
• What Dreams May Come, directed by Vincent Ward, starring Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Annabella Sciorra and Max von Sydow
• When the Dead Start Singing (Kad mrtvi zapjevaju) - (Croatia)
• Whispering Corridors (Yeogogoedam) - (South Korea)
• Who Am I? (WÇ' Shì Shéi), starring Jackie Chan - (Hong Kong)
• Why Do Fools Fall In Love, starring Halle Berry and Vivica A. Fox
• Wide Awake, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, starring Rosie O'Donnell, Dana Delany and Denis Leary
• Wild Things, directed by John McNaughton, starring Denise Richards, Neve Campbell, Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon and Bill Murray
• Without Limits, directed by Robert Towne, starring Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, Monica Potter, Judith Ivey and Matthew Lillard
• The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, starring Joe Mantegna and Esai Morales
• Woubi Chéri (Darling Woubi) - (Côte d'Ivoire/France)
• Wrongfully Accused, starring Leslie Nielsen, Richard Crenna, Melinda McGraw and Kelly LeBrock

XYZ

• The X-Files, directed by Rob Bowman, starring David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau and Blythe Danner
• Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (Tiān Yù), directed by Joan Chen - (China)
• Your Friends & Neighbors, directed by Neil LaBute, starring Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Catherine Keener, Nastassja Kinski, Jason Patric and Ben Stiller
• You've Got Mail, directed by Nora Ephron, starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Steve Zahn and Greg Kinnear
• Zero Effect, directed by Jake Kasdan, starring Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Kim Dickens and Ryan O'Neal

Wide-release films

Januaryâ€"March

January 1998

• January 9 - Firestorm, Wag the Dog
• January 16 - Fallen, Half Baked, Hard Rain
• January 23 - Spice World, Phantoms, Slappy and the Stinkers
• January 30 - Desperate Measures, Deep Rising, Great Expectations

February 1998

• February 6 - Blues Brothers 2000, The Replacement Killers
• February 13 - Sphere, The Wedding Singer
• February 20 - Senseless, Palmetto
• February 27 - Caught Up, Dark City, Krippendorf's Tribe, Kissing a Fool

March 1998

• March 6 - Twilight, The Big Lebowski, Hush, U.S. Marshals
• March 13 - The Man in the Iron Mask, Chairman of the Board
• March 20 - Primary Colors, Wild Things
• March 27 - The Newton Boys, Ride, Meet the Deedles

Aprilâ€"June

April 1998

• April 3 - Lost in Space, Mercury Rising, Barney's Great Adventure
• April 10 - City of Angels, My Giant, The Odd Couple II, Species II, 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain
• April 17 - Major League: Back to the Minors, The Object of My Affection, Paulie, Nightwatch
• April 24 - The Big Hit, Tarzan and the Lost City, Sliding Doors

May 1998

• May 1 - Black Dog, He Got Game, Les Misérables
• May 8 - Deep Impact
• May 15 - Bulworth, The Horse Whisperer, Quest for Camelot
• May 22 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Godzilla
• May 26 - Curse of the Puppet Master
• May 29 - Almost Heroes, Hope Floats

June 1998

• June 5 - A Perfect Murder, The Truman Show
• June 12 - Can't Hardly Wait, Cousin Bette, Dirty Work, Six Days Seven Nights
• June 19 - Mulan, The X-Files
• June 21/23 - Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
• June 26 - Dr. Dolittle, Out of Sight, Smoke Signals

Julyâ€"September

July 1998

• July 3 - Armageddon
• July 10 - Lethal Weapon 4, Small Soldiers, Madeline
• July 17 - The Mask of Zorro, There's Something About Mary
• July 24 - Disturbing Behavior, Mafia!, Saving Private Ryan
• July 31 - BASEketball, Ever After, The Negotiator, The Parent Trap

August 1998

• August 7 - Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, Snake Eyes
• August 14 - Air Bud: Golden Receiver, The Avengers, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Return to Paradise
• August 21 - Blade, Dance with Me, Dead Man on Campus, Wrongfully Accused
• August 28 - 54, Why Do Fools Fall in Love

September 1998

• September 4 - Knock Off
• September 11 - Rounders, Simon Birch
• September 18 - One True Thing, Rush Hour
• September 25 - Urban Legend, Ronin, Clay Pigeons

Octoberâ€"December

October 1998

• October 2 - Antz, A Night at the Roxbury, What Dreams May Come
• October 9 - Holy Man
• October 16 - Beloved, Bride of Chucky, Practical Magic
• October 19 - I Got the Hook Up
• October 23 - Apt Pupil, Life is Beautiful, Pleasantville, Soldier
• October 30 - American History X, Vampires

November 1998

• November 6 - Elizabeth, Gods and Monsters, The Siege, The Waterboy
• November 13 - I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, I'll Be Home for Christmas, Meet Joe Black
• November 14 - Belly
• November 20 - Enemy of the State, The Rugrats Movie, Waking Ned Devine,
• November 25 - A Bug's Life, Babe: Pig in the City
• November 27 - Very Bad Things, Home Fries, Ringmaster

December 1998

• December 4 - Psycho, Little Voice
• December 11 - Jack Frost, Star Trek: Insurrection, Shakespeare in Love, A Simple Plan
• December 18 - Gunslinger's Revenge, Playing by Heart, The Prince of Egypt, You've Got Mail
• December 25 - Patch Adams, Mighty Joe Young, Stepmom, The Faculty, A Civil Action, The Thin Red Line, Affliction
• December 30 - The Hi-Lo Country, Another Day in Paradise

Births

• January 4 - Coco Jones, actress/singer. United States
• January 28 - Ariel Winter, actress. United States
• February 15 - Zachary Gordon , actor. United States
• April 6 - Peyton List, actress. United States.
• April 9 - Elle Fanning, actress. United States.
• April 24 - Ryan Newman, actress. United States.
• May 29 - Shealeigh, singer. United States
• July 8 - Jaden Smith, actor. United States.
• June 19 - Atticus Shaffer, actor. United States.
• July 22 - Madison Pettis, actress. United States.
• July 24 - Bindi Irwin, actress. Australia.
• July 28 - Sasha Meneghel, actress. Brazil.
• July 31 - Rico Rodriguez II, actor. United States.
• August 25 - China Anne McClain, actress/singer. United States
• October 23 - Amandla Stenberg, actress. United States
• October 28 - Nolan Gould, American actor
• November 23 - Bradley Steven Perry, actor. United States.

Notable deaths

Film debuts

• Josh Hartnett - Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
• Lindsay Lohan - The Parent Trap
• Taye Diggs - How Stella Got Her Groove Back
• Eva Mendes - A Night at the Roxbury
• Jason Statham - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
• Jason Segel - Can't Hardly Wait
• Jordana Brewster - The Faculty
• Rebecca Romijn - Dirty Work
• Kate Bosworth - The Horse Whisperer
• Jason Schwartzman - Rushmore
• Cedric the Entertainer - Ride
• Cillian Murphy - The Tale of Sweety Barrett

References

• 1998 IN REVIEW / Box-Office Cheers and Jeers / Movie year was crawling with ants, asteroids and Woody Allen