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There are many significant films in 1998 .

Events

• February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.
• Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.

Top grossing films

These are the top grossing films that were first released in 1998; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year. The top ten films of 1998 as of January 26, 2006 (U.S. and Canada), January 26, 2006 (UK), and January 26, 2006 (Australia) are as follows:

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1998 Rank	Title	Studio	Director(s)	Worldwide Gross	U.S/Canada Gross	U.K. Gross	Australia Gross	Budget
1.	Armageddon	Touchstone	Michael Bay	$553,709,788	$201,578,182	£16,401,954	$14,316,211	$140 million
2.	Saving Private Ryan	DreamWorks/Paramount	Steven Spielberg	$481,840,909	$216,540,909	£18,740,016	$24,172,708	$70 million
3.	Godzilla	TriStar	Roland Emmerich	$379,014,294	$136,314,294	£15,920,578	$13,496,649	$130 million
4.	There's Something About Mary	Fox	Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly	$369,884,651	$176,484,651	£15,665,386	$20,007,019	$23 million
5.	A Bug's Life	Disney/Pixar	John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton	$363,398,565	$162,798,565	£28,824,239	$20,131,422	$120 million
6.	Deep Impact	DreamWorks/Paramount	Mimi Leder	$349,464,664	$140,464,664	£10,157,326	$16,929,903	$75 million
7.	Mulan	Disney	Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft	$304,320,254	$120,620,254	£9,454,609	$4,776,349	$70 million
8.	Dr. Dolittle	Fox	Betty Thomas	$294,456,605	$144,156,605	£19,671,348	$16,617,575	$71.5 million
9.	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax/Universal	John Madden	$289,317,794	$100,317,794	'£20,080,703	$12,009,367	$25 million
10.	Lethal Weapon 4	Warner Bros.	Richard Donner	$285,444,603	$130,444,603	£7,006,948	$10,998,583	$140 million

As of December 9, 2008, 38 films released in 1998 have grossed more than $100 million. Two films have grossed more than $400 million.

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For a complete list of 1998's top-grossing films, follow these links:

• Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1998&p=.htm

• • U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1998&p=.htm

• • United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/

• • Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com.au/

Awards events

Academy Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Eternity and a Day (Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα, Mia aioniotita kai mia mera), directed by Theodoros 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

Category/Organization	56th Golden Globe Awards January 24, 1999		4th Critics Choice Awards January 1999	5th Screen Actors Guild Awards March 7, 1999	71st Academy Awards March 21, 1999	51st BAFTA Awards April 11, 1999
	Drama	Musical or Comedy
Best Film	Saving Private Ryan	Shakespeare In Love	Shakespeare in Love	'Shakespeare in Love' (cast)	Shakespeare in Love	Shakespeare in Love
Best Director	Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan		Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan	—	Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan	Peter Weir The Truman Show
Best Actor	Jim Carrey The Truman Show	Michael Caine Little Voice	Ian McKellen Gods and Monsters and Apt Pupil	Roberto Benigni Life is Beautiful	Roberto Benigni Life is Beautiful	Roberto Benigni Life is Beautiful
Best Actress	Cate Blanchett Elizabeth	Gwyneth Paltrow Shakespeare in Love	Cate Blanchett Elizabeth	Gwyneth Paltrow Shakespeare in Love	Gwyneth Paltrow Shakespeare in Love	Cate Blanchett Elizabeth
Best Supporting Actor	Ed Harris The Truman Show		Billy Bob Thornton A Simple Plan	Robert Duvall A Civil Action	James Coburn Affliction	Geoffrey Rush Elizabeth
Best Supporting Actress	Lynn Redgrave Gods and Monsters		Kathy Bates Primary Colors	Kathy Bates Primary Colors	Judi Dench Shakespeare in Love	Judi Dench Shakespeare in Love
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Shakespeare in Love Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard		A Simple Plan	—	Gods and Monsters Bill Condon	Primary Colors Elaine May
Best Screenplay, Original			Shakespeare in Love Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard	—	Shakespeare in Love Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard	The Truman Show Andrew Niccol
Best Foreign Language Film	Central Station (Central do Brasil)		Life is Beautiful (La vita è bella)	—	Life is Beautiful (La vita è bella)	Central Station (Central do Brasil)

Notable films released in 1998

U.S.A. unless stated

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• 54, starring Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, Mike Myers, Breckin Meyer

• 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, starring Chris Farley and Matthew Perry

• American History X, starring Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Elliott Gould, 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

• 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, Dan Aykroyd

• Anxiety (Inquietude) - (Portugal)

• The Apple (Sib) - (Iran)

• April Story (Shigatsu monogatari) - short film starring Takako Matsu - (Japan)

• Apt Pupil, starring Ian McKellen and Brad Renfro

• Armageddon, starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck

• 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, Jared Harris - (U.K./U.S.A.)

• Babe: Pig in the City, directed by George Miller, starring James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Mickey Rooney - (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, Robert Vaughn

• Basil, directed by Radha Bharadwaj, starring Jared Leto, Claire Forlani, 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, 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, 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

• The Big Lebowski, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore

• 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, starring Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson

• Blues Brothers 2000, directed by John Landis, starring Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton

• 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, 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, starring Vincent Gallo and Christina Ricci

• A Bug's Life, animated film directed by John Lasseter

• Bulworth, directed by and starring Warren Beatty, with Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Oliver Platt

C

• Can't Hardly Wait, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ethan Embry

• Caresses (Caricias) - (Spain)

• Caught Up, starring Bokeem Woodbine

• The Celebration (Festen) - (Denmark)

• Celebrity, directed by Woody Allen, starring Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Melanie Griffith, Famke Janssen, Winona Ryder, 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 Hassan, Amrish Puri, Om Puri - (India)

• Christmas in August (Palwolui Christmas) - (South Korea)

• City of Angels, directed by Brad Silberling, starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan

• A Civil Action, starring John Travolta, Robert Duvall, William H. Macy, Tony Shalhoub, Kathleen Quinlan, James Gandolfini

• Clay Pigeons, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Vince Vaughn - (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, starring Clive Owen - (U.K.)

• The Curve

D

• Dance Me to My Song - (Australia)

• Dance with Me, directed by Randa Haines, starring Vanessa L. Williams, Kris Kristofferson, Jane Krakowski

• Dancer, Texas Pop. 81, starring Breckin Meyer

• Dangerous Beauty, starring Catherine McCormack, Naomi Watts, Rufus Sewell

• Dark City, starring Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, 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, Maximilian Schell

• Deep Rising, directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Treat Williams and Famke Janssen

• Desert Blue, directed by Morgan J. Freeman

• Desperate Measures, starring Michael Keaton, Andy García, Marcia Gay Harden, 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) - (France)

• Dirty Work, starring Norm Macdonald

• 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

• Dr. Akagi (Kanzō-sensei), directed by Shōhei Imamura - (Japan)

• Dr. Dolittle, starring Eddie Murphy, voices of Norm Macdonald, Albert Brooks, Chris Rock, Garry Shandling, 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 - (U.K.)

• Enemy of the State, starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman

• Eternity and a Day (Mia aioniotita kai mia mera), starring Bruno Ganz - (Greece) - Palme d'Or award

• Ever After, starring Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott

• Everest, a documentary narrated by Liam Neeson

F

• The Faculty, starring Elijah Wood, Jordana Brewster, Josh Hartnett, Clea DuVall, Robert Patrick, Famke Janssen

• Fallen, starring Denzel Washington and John Goodman

• The Farm: Angola, USA

• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro

• Fibra óptica (Fibre Optic) - (Mexico)

• Finding Graceland, starring Harvey Keitel and Bridget Fonda

• Firestorm, starring Howie Long and Scott Glenn

• Flowers of Shanghai (hǎi 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 and Robert Downey, Jr.

• The Girl of Your Dreams (La niña de tus ojos), starring Penélope Cruz - (Spain)

• Girls' Night, starring Julie Walters, Brenda Blethyn, Kris Kristofferson - (U.K.)

• God said "Ha!", starring Julia Sweeney - Golden Space Needle Award

• Gods and Monsters, starring Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave - (U.K./U.S.A.)

• Godzilla, starring Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo

• Goodbye, 20th Century! (Zbogum na dvaesettiot vek!) - (Macedonia)

• Goodbye Lover, starring Patricia Arquette and Dermot Mulroney

• The Grandfather (El abuelo) - (Spain)

• Great Expectations, starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft, Robert De Niro

• Gunshy, starring Diane Lane and William Petersen

• Gunslinger's Revenge, starring Leonardo Pieraccioni, Harvey Keitel, David Bowie

H

• The Hairy Bird, starring Kirsten Dunst - (U.S.A./Canada)

• Half Baked, starring Dave Chappelle and Guillermo Diaz

• Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Josh Hartnett

• Happiness, directed by Todd Solondz, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jane Adams, Dylan Baker, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ben Gazzara, Louise Lasser

• Happy Birthday (S dnyom rozhdeniya) - (Russia)

• Hard Rain, starring Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Minnie Driver, Randy Quaid

• Head On - (Australia)

• He Got Game, directed by Spike Lee, starring Denzel Washington and Ray Allen

• The Hi-Lo Country, starring Woody Harrelson, Billy Crudup, Patricia Arquette

• Hideous Kinky, starring Kate Winslet - (U.K./France)

• High Art, starring Ally Sheedy and Radha Mitchell

• Hilary and Jackie, starring Emily Watson and Rachel Griffiths - (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, Kelly Preston

• Home Fries, starring Drew Barrymore and Luke Wilson

• Homegrown, starring Billy Bob Thornton

• Hope Floats, directed by Forest Whitaker, starring Sandra Bullock and Harry Connick, Jr.

• 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, Whoopi Goldberg

• How to Make the Cruelest Month, starring Clea DuVall

• Human Remains

• Hurlyburly, starring Sean Penn, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Spacey, Garry Shandling, Meg Ryan

• Hush, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Lange, 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, Mekhi Phifer

• I Want You, starring Rachel Weisz - (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

• The Impostors, directed by and starring Stanley Tucci, with Oliver Platt, Tony Shalhoub, Billy Connolly

• 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

• Jane Austen's Mafia!, starring Jay Mohr and Lloyd Bridges

• Jinnah, starring Christopher Lee, Shashi Kapoor, James Fox - (Pakistan/U.K.)

• Judas Kiss, starring Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson

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, Jason Lee

• Knock Off, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Rob Schneider

• Krippendorf's Tribe, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman, Lily Tomlin

• Kurt & Courtney - (U.K.)

L-Q

• The Land Girls, starring Rachel Weisz and Anna Friel - (U.K.)

• The Last Days

• The Last Days of Disco, starring Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny

• Last Night, directed by and starring Don McKellar, with Sandra Oh, Sarah Polley - (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), starring Tim Roth - (Italy/U.S.A.)

• Les Misérables, directed by Bille August, starring Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman, 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, Jet Li

• Life is to Whistle (La Vida es Silbar) - (Cuba)

• The Lighthouse (El Faro) - (Argentina/Spain)

• The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

• Little Thieves, Big Thieves (100 años de perdón) - (Venezuela)

• Little Tony - (Netherlands)

• Little Voice, starring Brenda Blethyn, Jane Horrocks, Michael Caine - (U.K.)

• Living Out Loud, starring Holly Hunter, Danny DeVito, Queen Latifah

• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, directed by Guy Ritchie, starring Jason Flemyng and Jason Statham - (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, Lacey Chabert

• Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, starring Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, 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, 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, starring Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones

• 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

• The Mighty, starring Kieran Culkin, Sharon Stone, Elden Henson, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson

• Mighty Joe Young, starring Charlize Theron and Bill Paxton

• The Mighty Kong

• Montana, starring Kyra Sedgwick and Stanley Tucci

• Monument Ave., starring Denis Leary and Famke Janssen

• Mr. Zhao (Zhào Xiānshēng) - (China)

• Mulan, with the voices of Ming-Na 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, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey

• New Rose Hotel, starring Christopher Walken and Willem Dafoe

• The Newton Boys, starring Matthew McConaughey and Ethan Hawke

• 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, 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, Albert Brooks

• Outside Ozona, starring Robert Forster, Kevin Pollak, 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

• Paulie, starring Tony Shalhoub, Gena Rowlands, Cheech Marin, Buddy Hackett

• Pecker, starring Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Lili Taylor, Martha Plimpton, Mary Kay Place, 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, David Suchet

• Permanent Midnight, starring Ben Stiller, Maria Bello, Elizabeth Hurley

• The Personals (Zheng hun qi shi) - (Taiwan)

• Phantom Beirut (ashbah bayroot) - (Lebanon)

• Phantoms, starring Peter O'Toole and Ben Affleck

• Phoenix, starring Ray Liotta and Anjelica Huston

• Pi, directed by Darren Aronofsky

• 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

• Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World

• The Polish Bride (De Poolse bruid) - (Netherlands)

• Poodle Springs, starring James Caan, Dina Meyer, David Keith, Brian Cox, 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, Aidan Quinn

• A Price Above Rubies, starring Renée Zellweger

• Primary Colors, directed by Mike Nichols, starring John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, 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

• Quest for Camelot

• The Quiet Family (Joyonghan Gajok) - (South Korea)

R-Z

• Radiofreccia - (Italy)

• The Rat Pack, starring Ray Liotta, Joe Mantegna, Don Cheadle, Angus Macfadyen, Bobby Slayton

• Reach the Rock, starring William Sadler

• The Real Blonde, starring Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, Daryl Hannah, Maxwell Caulfield, Kathleen Turner, Marlo Thomas

• The Red Violin (Le Violon rouge) - (Canada/Italy/U.K.)

• The Replacement Killers, starring Chow Yun-fat and Mira Sorvino

• Restaurant, starring Adrien Brody and Lauryn Hill

• Return to Paradise, starring Vince Vaughn and Anne Heche

• Riddler's Moon

• Ring (Ringu), directed by Hideo Nakata - (Japan)

• Ringmaster, starring Jerry Springer, Jaime Pressly, Molly Hagan

• Ronin, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Stellan Skarsgård, Jonathan Pryce, Natascha McElhone, Sean Bean, Katarina Witt

• The Rose Seller (La vendedora de rosas) - (Colombia)

• Rounders, directed by John Dahl, starring Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Gretchen Mol, Martin Landau, John Malkovich

• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie, with the voices of John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Eric Idle, Whoopi Goldberg

• The Rugrats Movie

• Run Lola Run (Lola rennt), starring Franka Potente - (Germany) - Golden Space Needle Award (for 1999)

• Rush Hour, directed by Brett Ratner, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker

• Rushmore, directed by Wes Anderson, starring Jason Schwartzman, Olivia Williams, Bill Murray

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, Ted Danson, Vin Diesel, Paul Giamatti, Giovanni Ribisi - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)

• Savior, starring Dennis Quaid and Stellan Skarsgård

• 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 třeba 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, 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 Åmål) - (Sweden)

• Die Siebtelbauern (The Inheritors) - (Austria)

• The Siege, directed by Edward Zwick, starring Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub

• Simon Birch, starring Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt

• A Simple Plan, directed by Sam Raimi, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda, Gary Cole

• Since You've Been Gone, directed by and starring David Schwimmer

• Six Days Seven Nights, directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, David Schwimmer

• Slam

• Sliding Doors, starring Gwyneth Paltrow - (U.K./U.S.A.)

• Small Soldiers, starring Gregory Smith, Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Kevin Dunn, Ann Magnuson, Denis Leary

• Smoke Signals - (U.S.A./Canada)

• Snake Eyes, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino

• 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, 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

• State of Dogs (Nokhoin Oron) - (Mongolia)

• Stepmom, starring Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris

• Still Crazy, starring Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Bill Nighy - (U.K.)

• Susan's Plan, directed by John Landis, starring Nastassja Kinski, Billy Zane, 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

• Thick as Thieves, starring Alec Baldwin

• The Thin Red Line, directed by Terrence Malick, starring Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jim Caviezel, Adrien Brody, Woody Harrelson, John Cusack, John Travolta, George Clooney—Golden Bear Award for 1999

• The Three Men of Melita Žganjer (Tri muškarca 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, Jared Harris

• The Truman Show, directed by Peter Weir, starring Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris

• Twilight, directed by Robert Benton, starring Paul Newman, Gene Hackman, Susan Sarandon, James Garner, Liev Schreiber, Stockard Channing, Reese Witherspoon

U-V

• U.S. Marshals, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, 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, Jared Leto

• Vampires, directed by John Carpenter, starring James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Maximilian Schell

• Velvet Goldmine, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christian Bale and Ewan McGregor - (U.K.)

• Very Bad Things, starring Jon Favreau, Christian Slater, Jeremy Piven, Daniel Stern, Cameron Diaz

• The Very Thought of You, aka Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence, starring Monica Potter, Joseph Fiennes, 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 and Fionnula Flanagan - (U.K./France)

• The Waterboy, starring Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler, Fairuza Balk

• The Way We Laughed (Così ridevano) - (Italy)

• The Wedding Singer, starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore

• Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five

• West Beirut (Beyrout al gharbiyya) - (Lebanon)

• What Dreams May Come, starring Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Annabella Sciorra

• When the Dead Start Singing (Kad mrtvi zapjevaju) - (Croatia)

• Whispering Corridors (Yeogogoedam) - (South Korea)

• Who Am I? (Wǒ 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, Denis Leary

• Wild Things, starring Denise Richards, Neve Campbell, Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon

• Without Limits, directed by Robert Towne, starring Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, Monica Potter, Judith Ivey

• 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, Kelly LeBrock

XYZ

• The X-Files, starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson

• Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (Tiān Yù), directed by Joan Chen - (China)

• Your Friends & Neighbors, starring Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Catherine Keener, Nastassja Kinski, Jason Patric

• You've Got Mail, directed by Nora Ephron, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan

• Zero Effect, starring Bill Pullman and Ben Stiller

Wide-release films

January–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

April–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 26 - Dr. Dolittle, Out of Sight

July–September

July 1998

• July 3 - Armageddon

• July 10 - Lethal Weapon 4, Small Soldiers, Madeline, The Wedding Singer

• 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, 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

October–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 25 - Enemy of the State, The Rugrats Movie, Waking Ned Devine, A Bug's Life

• November 27 - Very Bad Things, Home Fries, Babe: Pig in the City, 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

Births

• January 4- Coco Jones actress/singer. United States

• January 28 - Ariel Winter actress. 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.

Film debuts

• Josh Hartnett
• Lindsay Lohan
• Taye Diggs
• Eva Mendes
• Jason Statham
• Jason Segel
• Jordana Brewster
• Sanaa Lathan
• Rebecca Romijn
• Kate Bosworth
• Jason Schwartzman
• Cedric the Entertainer
• Piper Perabo
• Cillian Murphy

References

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