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.

51. Velvet Goldmine

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Todd Haynes
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christian Bale, Toni Collette, Eddie Izzard, Emily Woof
Plot: After increasing bouts of paranoia about being murdered on stage, one day glam-rock icon Brian Slade disappears and gradually fades from memory. Years later British journalist Arthur Stuart attempts to track down the elusive artist to find out what really happened and maybe learn a thing or two about himself along the way.

52. Ever After: A Cinderella Story

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Andy Tennant
Actors: Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Patrick Godfrey, Megan Dodds, Melanie Lynskey
Plot: A new take on the "real" Cinderella. Still dealing with a nasty step-mother and sisters, this time Cinderella takes matters into her own hands, with a little help from Leonardo da Vinci.

53. Following

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Lucy Russell, Alex Haw, Jeremy Theobald , John Nolan
Plot: A man spends his days following strangers around London. But soon his is caught by Cobb, a thief who takes him under his wing. They burble a woman's apartment - and he becomes obsessed with her, but Cobb has his own agenda.

54. The Wedding Singer

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Frank Coraci
Actors: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor, Allen Covert, Angela Featherstone, Matthew Glave
Plot: Dumped at his own wedding, a popular wedding singer falls for a waitress who is already engaged.

55. Out of Sight

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Actors: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Dennis Farina, Don Cheadle, Catherine Keener, Ving Rhames
Plot: A career bank robber breaks out of prison for one, last big score and manages to romance the U.S. Marshal assigned to his case along the way.

56. Something is Happening ( Kuch Kuch Hota Hai )

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Comedy/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Karan Johar
Actors: Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Farida Jalal, Reema Lagoo, Archana Puran Singh

57. Insomnia

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg
Actors: Maria Mathiesen, Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Gisken Armand, Kristian Figenschow, Bjørn Floberg
Plot: A killer is loose in a Norwegian city currently going through a 24-hour daylight cycles. When a Swedish special investigator is brought in to help catch the elusive man, he has trouble adjusting to the light, and sleep deprivation leads to a critical error - on the killer sees and leads to a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

58. Suicide Kings

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter O'Fallon
Actors: Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Nina Siemaszko, Sean Patrick Flanery, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto
Plot: A group of desperate young men kidnap a mob boss when one of their sisters his held for a $2 million ransom.

59. A Simple Plan

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Raimi
Actors: Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda, Billy Bob Thornton, Brent Briscoe, Jack Walsh, Gary Cole
Plot: Two brothers and their friend find $4.4 million in a downed plane and claim it before the wreckage is discovered by authorities. All they have to do is sit on the money until the whole thing blows over, but debts, a cunning wife and the FBI make a simple plan anything but.

60. Your Friends & Neighbors

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Neil LaBute
Actors: Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Catherine Keener, Nastassja Kinski, Jason Patric, Ben Stiller
Plot: An affair between a theater instructor and student starts a chain of events between couples that sees various people hopping from bed to bed as the web of relationships grow.

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