Films of 1998

I followed a rule for years that movies either had to have limited/wide releases in the U.S. or played at film festivals in Cannes, Sundance, Toronto or Telluride for inclusion on yearly lists. Documentaries were eligible regardless of release method. T.V. movies and direct-to-video releases were not eligible for the list. Non-U.S. releases could be eligible depending on critical or popular acclaim in their home country. I try to be consistent when applying this rule, but my application may occasionally drift.

★★★★

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Saving Private Ryan He Got Game Dark City Return to Paradise The Truman Show Pleasantville Happiness A Simple Plan Zero Effect Bulworth Ever After Meet Joe Black The Opposite of Sex Shakespeare in Love

★★★½

American History X Antz Buffalo '66 A Bug's Life Central Station Enemy of the State The Faculty Funny Games Hilary and Jackie Lolita The Mighty Mr. Nice Guy Mulan The Prince of Egypt Ronin Species 2 Two Girls and a Guy Wild Things Your Friends and Neighbors

★★★

Babe: Pig in the City The Big Lebowski Can't Hardly Wait Clay Pigeons Cube Deep Impact Elizabeth Firestorm Hard Rain Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows Krippendorf's Tribe Lethal Weapon 4 Mask of Zorro, The Mighty Joe Young Out of Sight The Replacement Killers Ringu Rush Hour Six Days, Seven Nights Soldier Star Trek: Insurrection There’s Something About Mary The Thin Red Line Vampires The Wedding Singer What Dreams May Come The X-Files

★★½

Apt Pupil Armageddon BASEketball Blade Disturbing Behavior Dr. Dolittle Fallen Halloween H20: 20 Years Later High Art Home Fries The Newton Boys Ringmaster The Siege Sphere Very Bad Things

★★

City of Angels Fireworks Godzilla Jeanne and the Perfect Guy Lost in Space Mafia! Orgazmo Patch Adams Psycho Quest for Camelot Rushmore Small Soldiers The Story of X Thursday Urban Legend Whatever

★½

The Waterboy

★

Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, An I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

½ star

zero stars

The Avengers

1998 movies not listed here: Direct-to-video movies like Phantasm IV: Oblivion, T.V. movies like Babylon 5: In the Beginning and Full Moon productions like Subspecies 4 : Bloodstorm.