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.

111. Brother ( Brat )

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Aleksei Balabanov
Actors: Sergei Bodrov Jr., Viktor Sukhorukov, Svetlana Pismichenko, Mariya Zhukova, Yuri Kuznetsov, Vyacheslav Butusov

112. Moby Dick

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Franc Roddam
Actors: Henry Thomas, Patrick Stewart, Dominic Purcell, Bruce Spence, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Robin Cuming

113. The Brandon Teena Story

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Susan Muska, Gréta Olafsdóttir
Actors: JoAnne Brandon, Brandon Teena, John Lotter, Kate Bornstein, Tom Nissen, Lana Tisdel
Plot: Family and friends discuss the life and tragic death of Teena Brandon, a girl who always felt she was really boy, thus Brandon Teena. She moved to a new town, and attempted to live and love as she chose.

114. Cats - The Musical

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David Mallet
Actors: Elaine Paige, John Mills, Ken Page, Rosemarie Ford, Michael Gruber, Jacob Brent

115. A Civil Action

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Zaillian
Actors: John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy, John Lithgow, Kathleen Quinlan
Plot: Jan Schlichtmann is a successful lawyer who likes to make lots of money. He was named one of the top bachelors in Boston. He has a nice expensive car, a nice house, and a good paying job. Jan is also the founder of a law firm that he runs with his partners, all in a case's settlement. Jan is considered an “ambulance chaser” or someone who goes after people who were in accidents. In the opening scene he settled for a lot of money for his client. Jan is more interested in making money over helping his client. However, when a women calls to see weather or not he got her case he would never know it would change his life. The woman lives in a suburb outside of Boston. There, some families are concerned and upset after some of their children died to what they believe was due to the drinking water. Immediately Jan does not think they have a case, after they say they just want an apology from whoever caused the death of their children. Driving back to his office Jan finds a major factory for major companies including Beatrice and Grace. Together they make over 634 million dollars, and Jan finds that this case would make him richer, especially after he sees them dumping into a stream. Both Grace and Beatrice deny the fact that they were dumping chemicals into the stream. However Beatrice said that money would never compensate for the deaths and also blamed Grace for the dumping and therefore was let go. Grace offered 8 million dollars and Jan settled. Each of the families received 375 thousand dollars, but they were still upset because no one apologized, which is what they wanted. Having no more money after spending it all on the case for research Jan could no longer pay to appeal the case. Also there is too much off a risk when only 5 out of 50 cases will win in appeals court. Jan sends all the information that he was able to gather and forwarded the case to the EPA. Then in 1990 the two companies were back in court but this time they lost without settlement and were forced to clean up the area were they did the dumping which ran them a bill of over 69 million dollars. The large sum that had to be paid forced them to shut down the plants.

116. Lethal Weapon 4

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Donner
Actors: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock, Jet Li
Plot: Riggs and Murtaugh square off against Asian mobster Wah Sing Ku, who's up to his neck in slave trading and counterfeit currency.

117. Lolita

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Adrian Lyne
Actors: Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, Dominique Swain, Suzanne Shepherd, Keith Reddin
Plot: A film version of Vladimir Nabokov's classic controversial novel. Hubert Humbert falls irrevocably in love with nymphet Delores Haze.

118. Return to Paradise

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joseph Ruben
Actors: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Joaquin Phoenix, David Conrad, Vera Farmiga, Jada Pinkett Smith

119. Wild Things

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John McNaughton
Actors: Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Theresa Russell, Bill Murray
Plot: A popular teacher is accused of rape by a rich girl and another from the wrong side of the tracks. As details emerge, the web of greed and betrayal unravel until the truth is revealed.

120. The Man in the Iron Mask

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Randall Wallace
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne, Anne Parillaud
Plot: The cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother who he keeps imprisoned.

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