List of films released in 1998 in USA
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- DirectorTony BancroftBarry CookStarsMing-Na WenEddie MurphyBD WongTo save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.USA: 5 June 1998 (premiere)
USA: 19 June 1998 - DirectorJohn LasseterAndrew StantonStarsKevin SpaceyDavid FoleyJulia Louis-DreyfusA misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe.USA: 14 November 1998 (premiere)
USA: 20 November 1998 (limited)
USA: 25 November 1998 - DirectorFrederik Du ChauStarsJessalyn GilsigCary ElwesAndrea CorrAn adventurous girl, a young blind hermit, and a goofy two-headed dragon race to find the lost sword Excalibur to save King Arthur and Camelot from disaster.USA: 15 May 1998
- DirectorStephen NorringtonStarsWesley SnipesStephen DorffKris KristoffersonA half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires.USA: 19 August 1998 (New York City, New York) (premiere)
USA: 21 August 1998 - DirectorBuzz PotamkinStarsPhil HartmanMarie OsmondTom ArnoldA whimsical animated tale that tells the story of how the beloved holiday hymn Silent Night was created. Join our heroes, Buster and Chauncey, two musical mice who accidentally create a holiday miracle and make musical history.USA: 13 October 1998
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsLeslie CheungTony Leung Chiu-waiChang ChenA couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions.USA: 10 April 1998 (Arizona International Film Festival)
USA: 10 October 1998 (Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival) - DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsLeon LaiMichelle ReisTakeshi KaneshiroThis Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner.USA: 30 January 1998
- DirectorPeter HewittStarsJohn GoodmanJim BroadbentMark WilliamsA secret family of four-inch people living inside the walls of a house must save their home from an evil real estate developer.USA: 13 February 1998
- DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.USA: 6 November 1998 (re-mastered version)
- DirectorCharles GrosvenorStarsThomas DekkerKenneth MarsAnndi McAfeeGrandpa tells Littlefoot about their mythical hero called the Lone Dinosaur. Sarah gets two little lively cousins to take care of. Later, the kids accidentally chip the lucky Saurus Rock, and need to fix it before the bad luck hits.USA: 1 December 1998
- DirectorJoseph RubenStarsVince VaughnAnne HecheJoaquin PhoenixTwo friends must choose whether to help a third friend who was arrested in Malaysia for drug possession.USA: 10 August 1998 (premiere)
USA: 14 August 1998 - DirectorRichard MartinStarsKevin ZegersCynthia StevensonTim ConwayStory of a golden retriever who can play football.USA: 14 August 1998
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenJudy DavisJulia Louis-DreyfusSuffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, come back to haunt him.USA: 2 January 1998
- DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsTim RothPruitt Taylor VinceMélanie ThierryA baby boy discovered on an ocean liner in 1900 grows into a musical prodigy, never setting foot on land.USA: 25 December 1998 (Los Angeles, California)
- DirectorLeslie WoodheadBud GreenspanStarsHaile GebrselassieShawananness GebrselassieYonas ZergawThe gold medal for the men's 10,000-metre race in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics is won by Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie.USA: 4 September 1998 (Telluride Film Festival)
- DirectorRobert C. RamirezPatrick A. VenturaStarsThurl RavenscroftDeanna OliverEric LloydThomas M. Disch's sequel, based on the book sequel, has our heroes zooming off to, of all places, Mars.USA: 18 May 1998
- DirectorUdayan PrasadStarsOm PuriRachel GriffithsAkbar KurthaPakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local town.USA: 11 October 1998 (Chicago International Film Festival)
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsJames SpaderPolly WalkerMichael CaineA man buys a house on Manhattan, uninhabited for decades - except the ghosts of the previous owner and his wife. They meddle in his love life.USA: 5 December 1998 (TV premiere)
- DirectorRobert Meyer BurnettStarsRafer WeigelEric McCormackWilliam ShatnerTwo less than successful film producers, approaching mid-life crisis and clinging to their nerdy sci-fi obsessions, suddenly meet their idol: William Shatner.USA: 23 October 1998 (AFI Fest)
- DirectorJames TobackStarsRobert Downey Jr.Heather GrahamNatasha Gregson WagnerTwo girls wait outside a young actor's door and find out he's had them both as "only" girlfriend the last ten months. They wait inside after breaking in. When Blake comes home he just can't stop lying but they stay.USA: 24 April 1998 (limited)
- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsRena KomineTadanobu AsanoKotomi KyônoBus conductor Tomiko falls in love with driver Niitaka, even though she also suspects him of being a serial killer who killed his female conductors after tiring of them.
- DirectorRichard WenkStarsAndy GarciaAndie MacDowellRichard BradfordA ticket scalper wants to make one last big deal on the pope's visit to finally do something worthwhile about his relationship.
- DirectorRoger YoungStarsWilliam PetersenGary ColeSheryl LeeTwo professionals, Jeff and Marty, take a business trip to the Philippines. Their deep dissatisfaction with their lives leads them to forsake their friends and families for a return to the alcohol and drug-induced wanderings of their youth.
- DirectorMike NawrockiStarsDan AndersonMegan Moore BurnsShelby MorimotoLet your kids spend a little time with Madame Blueberry and the rest of the Veggies and they'll learn that "being greedy makes you grumpy -- but a thankful heart is a happy heart!
- DirectorJoan Micklin SilverStarsJerry StillerAnne MearaMark RuffaloAn exasperated son and daughter plays mediator and matchmaker for her elderly, eccentric parents, who just cannot stop annoying each other.
- DirectorJohn MayburyStarsDerek JacobiDaniel CraigTilda SwintonBiography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.
- DirectorWilliam R. Kowalchuk Jr.StarsLong John BaldryKathleen BarrGarry ChalkThe legend of Guinevere and Lancelot, retold as a loopy, animated musical.
- DirectorDiane Paloma EskenaziStarsGarry ChalkVenture back through the mists of time to the glorious lost age of King Arthur, the sorcerer Merlin and the valiant Knights of the Round Table. Enter into the magical and timeless realm of Camelot.
- DirectorJimmy T. Murakami
- A collection of award-winning computer-animated short films.
- DirectorPhil RobinsonDavid MarshallStarsJames S. BakerMatt K. MillerErik BergmannThe fairies of FernGully must venture outside the rain forest to rescue several young animals who were captured by poachers.
- DirectorJimmy SmallhorneStarsJimmy SmallhorneChris O'NeillBradley FittsJohnnie feels a lot of pressure lately. He's the foreman on his uncle's construction crew, and money seems to be going astray. His girlfriend begins pressuring him for more of a commitment and so does his new boyfriend. To top it off, he's started sleepwalking, and he doesn't know why.
- DirectorSean McNamaraStarsCathy MoriartyShelley DuvallTeri GarrCasper, a ghost, teams up with Wendy, a witch, against an evil warlock.
- DirectorScott ZiehlStarsTodd FieldJason LondonRoxana ZalThis shocking and unnerving drama chronicles the lives of two emergency medical technicians (EMTs) whose thrill in life saving is surpassed only by their destructive and all-too-frequent thirst for another kind of rush, heroin.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsÉvelyne DandryFrançois MarthouretMarina de VanThe adventures of an upper-class suburban family abruptly confronted with the younger brother's discovery of his homosexuality, the elder sister's suicide attempt and how much do you want-masochist tendencies, and the intrusion of a very free-spirited maid and her husband it all starts with the arrival of an innocent-looking rat.
- DirectorJohn N. SmithStarsVince VaughnMonica PotterJoey Lauren AdamsRussell, single father balances his work as a lawyer with the care of his five-year-old son, after his wife abandoned them. When she reappears creating turmoil, he must deal with his new love interest and a job opportunity of a lifetime.
- DirectorGuy FerlandStarsRon EldardDavid StricklandLeslie StefansonCollege droupout Will Sherman works as a pizza delivery boy. One night he delivers a pizza at the house where the guy who ordered pizza was just killed. The murderer, Reed, soon realizes that Will is a witness and begins to follow him.
- DirectorIan BarryStarsJamie CroftRebecca GibneyAlex McKenna12-year-old Billy McGregor's friendship with a playful baby kangaroo leads him on the ultimate adventure in this fun-filled story for all ages. Featuring amazing animals, beautiful scenery and a positive message about friendship and love.
- DirectorRon UnderwoodStarsBill PaxtonCharlize TheronRade SerbedzijaA legendary fifteen-foot tall mountain gorilla named Joe is taken to an animal sanctuary in California by zoologist Gregg O'Hara (Bill Paxton) and Jill Young (Charlize Theron), with whom he grew up. Poacher Strasser (Rade Serbedzija) returns from the past to seek vengeance on Joe.
- DirectorNate ThomasStarsJude HerreraTim RussRoxanne CoyneA teenage Salvadoran refugee living in the U.S. struggles to survive the abuses of home, the inner city, and an overburdened social system in a Los Angeles most of us never see.
- DirectorStefan SchwartzStarsDan FuttermanStuart TownsendKate BeckinsaleTwo con artists' plan to steal enough for a house are twisted when a pretty girl enters the picture.
- DirectorMarty CallnerStarsJerry SeinfeldMichael BarryteGrace BustosLive from New York City, Jerry Seinfeld, aided and abetted by a host of friends and fellow comedians, performs his 1998 Emmy-nominated performance on Broadway.
- DirectorLane JangerStarsGuillermo DiazJennifer EspositoJoelle CarterA man wants his girlfriend to have a sexual relationship with another girl, just one time.
- DirectorLarry DavidStarsSteven WeberCraig BierkoJack BurnsEvan and Ritchie see their friendship go sour after one wins a slots jackpot with two quarters bummed from the other.
- DirectorTamara HernandezStarsSteven NelsonHoney LaurenJeri RyanA young man wants to be a female impersonator, but gets mocked in his very first performance by a fierce older woman. He finds out where she lives and goes to her house expecting an apology. Instead, she locks him in her shed and rapes him. It makes him fall for her. But soon her even darker side reveals itself when she believes he is attracted to her more beautiful visiting cousin.
- DirectorBarbara SchockStarsHelen StenborgPatricia DunnockScott SowersA widowed Midwestern housewife travels to Manhattan for the first time to visit her daughter. Once there, she becomes obsessed with the Hell's Angels-ish bikers' club across the street from her daughter's East Village apartment.
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsMario Van PeeblesHolly Robinson PeeteMichael J. PaganBank robbers on the run from the police invade a mansion and take the owners hostage.
- DirectorPeter JonesStarsPatrick MalahideRichard Dreyfuss18th century British clock maker and carpenter John Harrison invents a marine chronometer that allows ships to calculate longitude while at sea, preventing numerous shipwrecks, some of them involving the British Navy.
- DirectorDaisuke NishioStarsMasako NozawaToshio FurukawaMayumi TanakaThe Z-Fighters must stop a mad scientist out to take over the world.
- DirectorDaisuke NishioStarsMasako NozawaMayumi TanakaTôru FuruyaA group of aliens visit Earth to plant the Tree of Might, a plant that grants cosmic power by draining the Earth's life force.
- DirectorClaude LelouchStarsAlessandra MartinesPierre ArditiMarc HollogneOnce a successful dancer, Miriam has abandoned her career to bring up her son, Serge, after her boyfriend walked out of her.
- DirectorMyles BerkowitzStarsMyles BerkowitzElisabeth WagnerRichard ArlookA documentary type film about the dates Myles has gone on as he tries to find out how to find love in the future.
- DirectorSalvador CarrascoStarsDamián DelgadoJosé Carlos RodríguezElpidia CarrilloIt is May 1520 in the vast Aztec Empire one year after the Spanish Conqueror Hernán Cortés' arrival in Mexico. "The Other Conquest" opens with the infamous massacre of the Aztecs at the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan [what is now called Mexico City]. The sacred grounds are covered with the countless bodies of priests and nobility slaughtered by the Spanish Armies under Cortés' command. The lone Aztec survivor of the massacre is a young Indian scribe named Topiltzin [Damián Delgado]. Topiltzin, who is the illegitimate son of the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma, survives the onslaught by burying himself under a stack of bodies. As if awakening from a dream, the young man rises from among the dead to find his mother murdered, the Spanish in power and the dawn of a new era in his native land. A New World with new leaders, language, customs... and God. Representing the New Order is the Spanish Friar Diego [José Carlos Rodríguez]. His mission is to convert the "savage" natives into civilised Christians; to replace their human sacrifices and feathered deities with public Christenings and fealty to the Blessed Virgin Mary. With Topiltzin, Friar Diego faces his most difficult spiritual and personal challenge, for when Topiltzin is captured by Spanish troops and presented to Cortés [Iñaki Aierra], the Spanish Conqueror places Topiltzin's conversion under Friar Diego's care. Old world confronts the New as Topiltzin struggles to preserve his own beliefs, whilst Friar Diego attempts to impose his own. All the while, the question remains: who is converting who?
- DirectorShuki LevyStarsHal HolbrookRue McClanahanLaraine NewmanThis film is about two orphans named Jory and Tess. Their cousins, Bart and Bertha, try to take them away from their grandparents because they have trust funds from their dead parents. When Bart and Bertha kidnap their newborn puppies, Rusty the dog decides to save them.
- DirectorDaisy von Scherler MayerStarsFrances McDormandNigel HawthorneHatty JonesHorrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl uses her wit and craftiness to attempt to save it, making an unlikely new friend in the process.
- DirectorEric DarnellTim JohnsonLawrence GutermanStarsWoody AllenSharon StoneGene HackmanA rather neurotic ant tries to break from his totalitarian society while trying to win the affection of the princess he loves.
- DirectorBurt ReynoldsStarsBurt ReynoldsCharles DurningRobert LoggiaLogan McQueen (Burt Reynolds) is a no non-sense detective who sometimes bends the rules to get his man. When a suspect is killed, Logan is implicated in the mess. He must now find the real killer all the while staving off a murder charge from the District Attorney's office and the wrath a vengeful mobster who's money was lost in the very same bust that went bad.
- DirectorFreida Lee MockTerry SandersStarsEverett Alvarez Jr.Ron BlissFred CherryThe story of U.S. fighter pilots shot down over North Vietnam who became POWs for up to 8 and a half years.
- DirectorMichael F. HuseStarsJosef OstendorfBeverly D'AngeloLauren HuttonMonty is a young cute rat in a rat world living beneath the streeets of Manhattan. When exterminator Dollart gets a new lethal spray to kill all the rodents, Monty, his friend Isabella and Jean-Paul Canalligator have to travel to magic land to make things right.
- DirectorBrett RatnerStarsJackie ChanChris TuckerKen LeungA loyal and dedicated Hong Kong Inspector teams up with a reckless and loudmouthed L.A.P.D. detective to rescue the Chinese Consul's kidnapped daughter, while trying to arrest a dangerous crime lord along the way.
- 1997–20231h 36mTV-G5.4 (463)TV EpisodeDirectorJames FrawleyStarsHarland WilliamsShawna WaldronDuane MartinTucker recently got out of prison, but is soon sought after by other bad men. So to escape them, he disguises himself as the new Headmistress of an all-girl school.
- 1997–20231h 36mTV-G6.0 (415)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert KingStarsKevin NealonZachery Ty BryanJessica SteenA rowdy high school senior risks losing a $10,000 gift his parents promise him for graduation if he can complete the year without getting in trouble by getting caught by the principal in a prank. However, when an accident befalls the current principal, the senior goes and finds a drifter to show up at the school as the new principal to get his records erased.
- 1997–20231h 36mTV-PG7.1 (1.2K)TV EpisodeDirectorEuzhan PalcyStarsPenelope Ann MillerKevin PollakMichael BeachWhen six-year-old Ruby is chosen to be the first African-American to integrate her local elementary school, she is subjected to the true ugliness of racism for the first time.
- DirectorKari SkoglandStarsChad WillettTed AthertonFalconer AbrahamIn this romantic comedy set in the rugged wilderness of Northern British Columbia in 1940, three very spirited, very different young adults struggle to carve out their independence and the world's largest cattle ranch.
- 1997–20231h 18mTV-G5.1 (938)TV EpisodeDirectorTim KelleherStarsTony DanzaJessica TuckArt LaFleurA Philadelphia garbageman who develops his leg muscles from kicking the hydraulic lever on his truck is discovered by the Philadelphia Eagles and signed by them to become a kicker.
- 1997–20231h 30mTV-G6.3 (4.5K)TV EpisodeDirectorAlex ZammStarsDabney ColemanWill FriedleElisabeth HarnoisA teenager unwittingly falls for the American President's daughter, and the pair soon find themselves off on a wild adventure.
- DirectorSavage Steve HollandStarsBug HallLainie KazanCurtis ArmstrongAll Scout Bozell wants is to be on his school's Safety Patrol. The only problem: his extraordinary and obliviously clumsy nature. When Scout transfers to a new school, his new friends warn him their Safety Patrol, led by the principal's son, are bullies and reign over the place. What Scout and his friends don't know is two staff members are professional thieves and using the 'Safeties' to assist in their crime ring. When the principal learns a member of the Patrol is involved in the thefts plaguing the school, the 'Safeties' name Scout one of them with a devious plan to set him up!
- DirectorRichard BenjaminStarsYvonne CampeauWally DaltonGarry DaveyA middle aged father fed up with his dead end job and wanting to seek adventure sets out on an RV trip with his family, based on an old Civil War diary, to follow in the footsteps of his great grandfather.
- 1997–2023TV-G7.7 (16)TV Episode
- 1997–20231h 30mTV-PG6.7 (639)TV EpisodeDirectorKen CameronStarsSam WaterstonMia FarrowJustin WhalinA Danish family tries to help their Jewish neighbours escape from the Nazis.
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsJohn TurturroRade SerbedzijaMassimo GhiniBased on Primo Levi's autobiographical "The Reawakening".
- DirectorCarl SchenkelStarsCasper Van DienJane MarchSteven WaddingtonTarzan returns to his homeland of Africa to save his home from destruction.
- DirectorJim AbrahamsStarsJay MohrChristina ApplegateLloyd BridgesTakeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father
- DirectorVictor FlemingGeorge CukorSam WoodStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas MitchellA sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
- DirectorPilar TávoraStarsAitana Sánchez-GijónJuan DiegoIrene PapasYerma wants a child but with her dispassionate husband have failed to conceive. On the other hand , Victor courts her but the sense of caste and honor prevent from surrendering to him.
- DirectorDean SemlerStarsHowie LongScott GlennWilliam ForsytheFirefighter Jesse Graves has to save ornithologist Jennifer and other people caught in a forest fire, which was set up by the lawyer of convicted killer Earl Shaye, who escaped from the prison with several of his inmates posing as firefighters to recover thirty-seven million dollars in stashed loot.
- DirectorGregory HoblitStarsDenzel WashingtonJohn GoodmanDonald SutherlandHomicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution, the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
- DirectorTamra DavisStarsDave ChappelleGuillermo DiazJim BreuerThe story of three not so bright men who come up with a series of crazy schemes to get a friend out of jail.
- DirectorMikael SalomonStarsMorgan FreemanChristian SlaterRandy QuaidThe partner and nephew of an armored-truck driver tries to prevent three million dollars from being taken by a gang during a catastrophic flooding caused by a severe storm.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsKenneth BranaghEmbeth DavidtzRobert Downey Jr.A lawyer uses his power to help his lover put her father behind bars, but when he escapes, they are all in danger.
- DirectorJoe ChappelleStarsPeter O'TooleRose McGowanJoanna GoingIn the peaceful town of Snowfield, Colorado something evil has wiped out the community. And now, its up to a group of people to stop it, or at least get out of Snowfield alive.
- DirectorBob SpiersStarsMel BEmma BuntonMelanie CWorld-famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double-decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their fans.
- DirectorManny CotoStarsJoseph MazzelloJoey SimmrinAlex DanielsSpencer Griffith's life changes when a meteor falls into a local junkyard, and he finds a Cybersuit, an exoskeleton with AI from another galaxy. When Spencer puts on the Cybersuit he becomes a different kind of person.
- DirectorBeeban KidronStarsRachel WeiszVincent PerezIan McKellenThe story of Russian emigrant Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of nineteenth century. When Yanko enters a farm, sick and hungry after a shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy.
- DirectorStephen SommersStarsTreat WilliamsFamke JanssenAnthony HealdA group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who had already invaded the ship.
- DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsMichael KeatonAndy GarciaBrian CoxFrank Conner is an honest police officer who desperately needs to save his son's life. However, after losing all hope, he finds out that a criminal Peter McCabe in jail is his only savior.
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsEthan HawkeGwyneth PaltrowHank AzariaModernization of Charles Dickens' classic story finds the hapless Finn as a painter in New York City pursuing his unrequited and haughty childhood love.
- DirectorJake KasdanStarsBill PullmanBen StillerRyan O'NealThe world's greatest detective Daryl Zero aided by his associate Steve Arlo investigates a complex and mysterious case of blackmail and missing keys for shady tycoon Gregory Stark who is less than forthcoming about what is really happening!
- DirectorMichael CristoferStarsAngelina JolieFaye DunawayElizabeth MitchellThe story of the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s, from her meteoric rise to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her untimely death.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsDan AykroydJohn GoodmanWalter LevineElwood must reunite the old band, with a few new members, and go on another "Mission from God."
- DirectorRobert L. LevyStarsThomas Ian NicholasRhona MitraNicholas IronsA teenager goes back in time to help the legendary Ali Baba save Aladdin and his kingdom from an evil villain.