Top Movies of 1998


The top movies of 1998 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

61. Half Baked

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tamra Davis
Actors: Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Díaz, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams, Rachel True, Tommy Chong
Plot: A trio of potheads come together when their fourth friend is thrown in jail for killing a diabetic cop's horse and given $1 million bail. After procuring some pharmaceutical-grade marijuana, a plot is hatched to raise the money.

62. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson
Actors: Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Billy Wilder, Brian De Palma, Clint Eastwood

63. The Spanish Prisoner

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David Mamet
Actors: Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ben Gazzara, Ricky Jay, Felicity Huffman

64. The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Darrell Rooney
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Neve Campbell, Moira Kelly, Liz Callaway, Suzanne Pleshette, Andy Dick
Plot: Following his return as king of the Pridelands, Simba and Nala's daughter Kiara finds herself on her own journey when she runs into another lion cub, Kovu. However, Kovu is the son of Scar, and his mother is raising him to overthrow Simba - Kiara holds the key to saving the Pridelands from a conflict with this outcast pride.

65. What Dreams May Come

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Vincent Ward
Actors: Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Max von Sydow, Jessica Brooks Grant, Josh Paddock
Plot: Doctor Chris Nielson has a perfect life with his wife and two children, until tragedy intervenes and leaves the couple with only each other. Four years later, Chris has an accident and discovers a wondrous heaven, with the help of a guide, and finds his children, but when he learns his wife took her own life and now resides in her own personal hell, he risks everything to get her back.

66. Meet Joe Black

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Martin Brest
Actors: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey Tambor
Plot: Just about to celebrate his 65th birthday, media mogul Bill Parrish meets death - literally in the form of a young man named Joe Black. Yet something happens as Black, at first only interested in taking Bill with him, instead finds himself entranced by his daughter, Susan, and life itself.

67. Affliction

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Schrader
Actors: Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe, Sean McCann, Tim Post

68. Gods and Monsters

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bill Condon
Actors: Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich, David Dukes, Kevin J. O'Connor

69. Sliding Doors

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Howitt
Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Zara Turner, Douglas McFerran
Plot: When Helen Quilley is fired from her PR job she wants nothing more than to go home - but she just misses her train... or does she? The film follows two very different parallel lives based on this one minor detail.

70. I Stand Alone ( Seul contre tous )

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gaspar Noé
Actors: Philippe Nahon, Olivier Doran, Blandine Lenoir, Jean-François Rauger, Gil Bertharion Jr.
Plot: A convicted butcher leaves his daughter in a mental institution only to live with his pregnant mistress which he is unhappy about. But, she promises a new horse meat butcher shop but will everything work out or will he become more depressed?

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