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The year 1998 in film involved many significant films including; Shakespeare in Love (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Saving Private Ryan, American History X, The Truman Show, Primary Colors, Rushmore, Rush Hour, There's Something About Mary, The Big Lebowski, and Terrence Malick's directorial return in The Thin Red Line. Animated releases included Antz, A Bug's Life, Mulan, The Prince of Egypt and The Rugrats Movie.
Warner Bros. Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1998.
Contents
1 Highest-grossing films
2 Awards events
3 Awards
4 1998 films
4.1 January–March
4.2 April–June
4.3 July–September
4.4 October–December
5 Notable films released in 1998
5.1 A–D
5.2 E–K
5.3 L–Q
5.4 R–Z
6 Births
7 Notable deaths
8 Film debuts
9 References
Highest-grossing films
The top ten films released in 1998 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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1. | Armageddon | Disney | $553,709,788 |
2. | Saving Private Ryan | DreamWorks | $481,840,909 |
3. | Godzilla | TriStar | $379,014,294 |
4. | There's Something About Mary | 20th Century Fox | $369,884,651 |
5. | A Bug's Life | Disney | $363,398,565 |
6. | Deep Impact | Paramount | $349,464,664 |
7. | Mulan | Disney | $304,320,254 |
8. | Dr. Dolittle | 20th Century Fox | $294,456,605 |
9. | Shakespeare in Love | Miramax | $289,317,794 |
10. | Lethal Weapon 4 | Warner Bros. | $285,444,603 |
Awards events
- 3rd Empire Awards
- 56th Golden Globe Awards
- 71st Academy Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Eternity and a Day (Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα, Mia aioniotita kai mia mera), directed by Theo Angelopoulos, Greece / France / Italy
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
The Way We Laughed (Così ridevano), directed by Gianni Amelio, Italy
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Central do Brasil (Central Station), directed by Walter Salles, Brazil / France
Awards
Category/Organization | 56th Golden Globe Awards January 24, 1999 | 4th Critics Choice Awards January 1999 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 71st Academy Awards March 21, 1999 | 52nd BAFTA Awards April 11, 1999 | |
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Drama | Musical or Comedy | |||||
Best Film | Saving Private Ryan | Shakespeare in Love | Saving Private Ryan | Shakespeare in Love | ||
Best Director | Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan | Peter Weir The Truman Show | ||||
Best Actor | Jim Carrey The Truman Show | Michael Caine Little Voice | Ian McKellen Gods and Monsters Apt Pupil | Roberto Benigni Life Is Beautiful | ||
Best Actress | Cate Blanchett Elizabeth | Gwyneth Paltrow Shakespeare in Love | Cate Blanchett Elizabeth | Gwyneth Paltrow Shakespeare in Love | Cate Blanchett Elizabeth | |
Best Supporting Actor | Ed Harris The Truman Show | Billy Bob Thornton A Simple Plan | Robert Duvall A Civil Action | James Coburn Affliction | Geoffrey Rush Elizabeth | |
Best Supporting Actress | Lynn Redgrave Gods and Monsters | Kathy Bates Primary Colors Joan Allen Pleasantville | Kathy Bates Primary Colors | Judi Dench Shakespeare in Love | ||
Best Screenplay, Adapted | Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Shakespeare in Love | Scott B. Smith A Simple Plan | Scott Frank Out of Sight | Bill Condon Gods and Monsters | Elaine May Primary Colors | |
Best Screenplay, Original | Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Shakespeare in Love | Andrew Niccol The Truman Show | ||||
Best Original Score | The Truman Show Burkhard Dallwitz and Philip Glass | Saving Private Ryan John Williams | N/A | Life Is Beautiful Nicola Piovani | Elizabeth David Hirschfelder | |
Best Original Song | "The Prayer" Quest for Camelot | "When You Believe" The Prince of Egypt | N/A | "When You Believe" The Prince of Egypt | N/A | |
Best Foreign Language Film | Central Station | Life Is Beautiful | N/A | Life Is Beautiful | Central Station |
1998 films
January–March
Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
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J A N U A R Y | 9 | Firestorm | 20th Century Fox | Dean Semler (director); Chris Soth (screenplay); Howie Long, Scott Glenn, William Forsythe, Suzy Amis, Garwin Sanford, Sebastian Spence, Michael Greyeyes, Barry Pepper | Action, Thriller | Live action |
16 | Fallen | Warner Bros. Pictures / Turner Entertainment / Atlas Entertainment | Gregory Hoblit (director); Nicholas Kazan (screenplay); Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz, James Gandolfini, Elias Koteas | Thriller | Live action | |
Half Baked | Universal Pictures | Tamra Davis (director); Dave Chappelle, Neal Brennan (screenplay); Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Díaz, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams, Clarence Williams III, Rachel True | Comedy | Live action | ||
Hard Rain | Paramount Pictures / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment / Mutual Film Company | Mikael Salomon (director); Graham Yost (screenplay); Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, Edward Asner, Michael Goorjian, Dann Florek | Action, Thriller | Live action | ||
23 | Phantoms | Miramax Films / Dimension Films | Joe Chappelle (director); Dean Koontz (screenplay); Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan, Joanna Going, Liev Schreiber, Ben Affleck, Nicky Katt, Clifton Powell | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action | |
Slappy and the Stinkers | TriStar Pictures / The Bubble Factory | Barnet Kellman (director); Robert Wolterstorff, Mike Scott; B. D. Wong, Bronson Pinchot, Jennifer Coolidge, Joseph Ashton (actor), Gary LeRoi Gray, Carl Michael Lindner, Scarlett Pomers, Travis Tedford | Comedy, Family | Live action | ||
Spice World | Columbia Pictures / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment / Icon Productions | Bob Spiers (director); Kim Fuller, Jamie Curtis (screenplay); Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell, Richard E. Grant, Claire Rushbrook, Roger Moore | Comedy, Musical | Live action | ||
30 | Deep Rising | Hollywood Pictures / Cinergi Pictures | Stephen Sommers (director/screenplay); Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Anthony Heald, Wes Studi, Derrick O'Connor, Cliff Curtis, Una Damon, Djimon Hounsou, Jason Flemyng, Clifton Powell, Trevor Goddard | Action, Horror | Live action | |
Desperate Measures | TriStar Pictures / Mandalay Entertainment | Barbet Schroeder (director); Michael Keaton, Andy García, Brian Cox, Marcia Gay Harden, Erik King, Efrain Figueroa, Joseph Cross | Action, Thriller | Live action | ||
Great Expectations | 20th Century Fox | Alfonso Cuarón (director/screenplay); David Mamet, Mitch Glazer (screenplay); Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Cooper, Hank Azaria, Anne Bancroft, Robert De Niro | Romance, Drama | Live action | ||
Zero Effect | Columbia Pictures / Castle Rock Entertainment | Jake Kasdan (director); Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Kim Dickens, Angela Featherstone, Ryan O'Neal | Mystery, Comedy | Live Action | ||
F E B R U A R Y | 6 | Blues Brothers 2000 | Universal Pictures | John Landis (director/screenplay); Dan Aykroyd (screenplay); Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King | Comedy, Musical | Live action |
The Replacement Killers | Columbia Pictures | Antoine Fuqua (director); Ken Sanzel (screenplay); Chow Yun-fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker, Kenneth Tsang, Jürgen Prochnow, Til Schweiger, Danny Trejo, Clifton Gonzalez-Gonzalez | Action | Live action | ||
13 | The Borrowers | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment / Working Title Films / Universal Pictures | Peter Hewitt (director); Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Rachel Talalay (screenplay); John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Tom Felton, Flora Newbigin, Bradley Pierce, Mark Williams, Raymond Pickard, Hugh Laurie | Comedy, Fantasy | Live action | |
Sphere | Warner Bros. Pictures / Baltimore Pictures | Barry Levinson (director); Kurt Wimmer, Stephen Hauser, Paul Attanasio (screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Liev Schreiber, Peter Coyote, Queen Latifah | Sci-Fi, Thriller | Live action | ||
The Wedding Singer | New Line Cinema / Brillstein-Grey Entertainment | Frank Coraci (director); Tim Herlihy (screenplay); Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor, Allen Covert, Angela Featherstone, Matthew Glave, Ellen Albertini Dow | Comedy, Romance | Live action | ||
20 | Palmetto | Columbia Pictures / Castle Rock Entertainment | Volker Schlöndorff (director); E. Max Frye (screenplay); Woody Harrelson, Elisabeth Shue, Gina Gershon, Rolf Hoppe, Michael Rapaport, Chloë Sevigny | Neo-noir | Live action | |
Senseless | Miramax Films / Dimension Films / Mandeville Films | Penelope Spheeris (director); Greg Erb, Craig Mazin (screenplay); Marlon Wayans, David Spade, Matthew Lillard, Brad Dourif, Tamara Taylor, Rip Torn | Comedy | Live action | ||
27 | Caught Up | Live Entertainment | Darin Scott (director/screenplay); Bokeem Woodbine, Cynda Williams, Jeffrey Combs, Michael Clarke Duncan, Joseph Lindsey, LL Cool J, Jeris Poindexter, Clifton Powell, Snoop Dogg, Tony Todd | Crime, Drama | Live action | |
Dark City | New Line Cinema | Alex Proyas (director/screenplay); Lem Dobbs, David S. Goyer (screenplay); Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien, Ian Richardson, William Hurt, Bruce Spence, Colin Friels | Neo-noir, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Live action | ||
Kissing a Fool | Universal Pictures / Largo Entertainment | Doug Ellin (director/screenplay); James Frey (screenplay); David Schwimmer, Jason Lee, Mili Avital, Bonnie Hunt, Kari Wuhrer, Vanessa Angel, Bitty Schram, Judy Greer | Romance, Comedy | Live action | ||
Krippendorf's Tribe | Touchstone Pictures | Todd Holland (director); Charlie Peters (screenplay); Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman, Natasha Lyonne, Lily Tomlin, Barbara Williams, Gregory Smith | Comedy | Live action | ||
M A R C H | 6 | The Big Lebowski | Gramercy Pictures / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment / Working Title Films | Joel and Ethan Coen (directors/screenplay); Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, John Turturro, Tara Reid, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Elliott | Comedy, Crime | Live action |
Hush | TriStar Pictures | Jonathan Darby (director/screenplay); Jane Rusconi (screenplay); Jessica Lange, Gwyneth Paltrow, Johnathon Schaech, Nina Foch | Thriller | Live action | ||
Twilight | Paramount Pictures | Robert Benton (director/screenplay); Richard Russo (screenplay); Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman, Reese Witherspoon, Stockard Channing, James Garner, Giancarlo Esposito, Liev Schreiber | Thriller, Drama, Mystery | Live action | ||
U.S. Marshals | Warner Bros. Pictures | Stuart Baird (director); Roy Huggins, John Pogue (screenplay); Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr., Joe Pantoliano, Kate Nelligan, Irène Jacob, Daniel Roebuck, Tom Wood | Action, Thriller | Live action | ||
13 | Chairman of the Board | Trimark Pictures | Alex Zamm (director/screenplay); Al Septien, Turi Meyer (screenplay); Carrot Top, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Larry Miller, Raquel Welch, Mystro Clark, Jack Plotnick, Jack Warden, Estelle Harris | Comedy | Live action | |
The Man in the Iron Mask | United Artists | Randall Wallace (director/screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne, Hugh Laurie | Adventure, Drama | Live action | ||
20 | Primary Colors | Universal Pictures / Mutual Film Company | Mike Nichols (director); Elaine May (screenplay); John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Adrian Lester, Maura Tierney, Larry Hagman | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
Wild Things | Columbia Pictures / Mandalay Entertainment | John McNaughton (director); Stephen Peters (screenplay); Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Robert Wagner, Bill Murray, Theresa Russell, Daphne Rubin-Vega | Thriller | Live action | ||
27 | Meet the Deedles | Walt Disney Pictures / DIC Entertainment | Steve Boyum (director); Jim Herzfeld (screenplay); Paul Walker, Steve Van Wormer, A. J. Langer, John Ashton, Robert Englund, Dennis Hopper | Comedy | Live action | |
The Newton Boys | 20th Century Fox | Richard Linklater (director/screenplay); Clara Lee Walker (screenplay); Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dwight Yoakam, Gail Cronauer | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
Ride | Dimension Films | Millicent Shelton (director/screenplay); Malik Yoba, Melissa De Sousa, John Witherspoon, Fredro Starr, Cedric the Entertainer, Kellie Shanygne Williams, Sticky Fingaz, Idalis DeLeón, Guy Torry, The Lady of Rage | Comedy | Live action |
April–June
Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
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A P R I L | 3 | Barney's Great Adventure | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment / Lyons Partnership / Lyrick Studios | Steve Gomer (director); Stephen White (screenplay); David Joyner, Bob West, Trevor Morgan, Diana Rice, Kyla Pratt, Jeff Ayers, Julie Johnson, Jeff Brooks, Patty Wirtz, George Hearn, Shirley Douglas | Musical, Adventure, Family | Live action |
Lost in Space | New Line Cinema | Stephen Hopkins (director); Akiva Goldsman (screenplay); William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, Heather Graham, Lacey Chabert, Jack Johnson, Jared Harris, Matt LeBlanc, Gary Oldman | Sci-Fi, Adventure | Live action | ||
Mercury Rising | Universal Pictures / Imagine Entertainment | Harold Becker (director); Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal (screenplay); Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Chi McBride, Kim Dickens, John Carroll Lynch, Kelley Hazen, L.L. Ginter, Robert Stanton | Action, Thriller | Live action | ||
10 | 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain | TriStar Pictures | Sean McNamara (director/screenplay); Jeff Philips (screenplay); Hulk Hogan, Loni Anderson, Jim Varney, Mathew Botuchis, Michael O'Laskey II, James Paul Roeske II, Brian Carl, Victor Wong, Alan McRae | Comedy, Martial Arts | Live action | |
City of Angels | Warner Bros. Pictures / Regency Enterprises / Atlas Entertainment | Brad Silberling (director); Dana Stevens (screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Andre Braugher, Dennis Franz, Colm Feore, Robin Bartlett, Joanna Merlin | Drama, Romance, Fantasy | Live action | ||
My Giant | Columbia Pictures / Castle Rock Entertainment | Michael Lehmann (director); Billy Crystal, David Seltzer (screenplay); Billy Crystal, Gheorghe Mureșan, Kathleen Quinlan, Joanna Pacuła, Dan Castellaneta | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
The Odd Couple II | Paramount Pictures | Howard Deutch (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Richard Riehle, Jonathan Silverman, Lisa Waltz, Mary Beth Peil, Christine Baranski, Jean Smart, Rex Linn | Comedy | Live action | ||
Species II | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Peter Medak (director); Chris Brancato (screenplay); Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Marg Helgenberger, James Cromwell, Mykelti Williamson, George Dzundza, Justin Lazard | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action | ||
17 | Major League: Back to the Minors | Warner Bros. Pictures / Morgan Creek Productions | John Warren (director/screenplay); David S. Ward (screenplay); Scott Bakula, Corbin Bernsen, Ted McGinley, Dennis Haysbert, Bob Uecker, Kenny Johnson, Thom Barry, Eric Bruskotter, Takaaki Ishibashi | Comedy, Sports | Live action | |
Nightwatch | Dimension Films | Ole Bornedal (director/screenplay); Steven Soderbergh (screenplay); Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin, Lauren Graham, Nick Nolte | Horror, Thriller | Live action | ||
The Object of My Affection | 20th Century Fox | Nicholas Hytner (director); Wendy Wasserstein (screenplay); Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, John Pankow, Allison Janney, Alan Alda, Tim Daly, Joan Copeland, Steve Zahn, Nigel Hawthorne | Comedy, Romance | Live action | ||
Paulie | DreamWorks / Mutual Film Company | John Roberts (director); Laurie Craig (screenplay); Jay Mohr, Tony Shalhoub, Gena Rowlands, Hallie Eisenberg, Cheech Marin, Bruce Davison, Trini Alvarado, Buddy Hackett | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | Live action | ||
Sour Grapes | Columbia Pictures / Castle Rock Entertainment | Larry David (director); Steven Weber, Craig Bierko, Matt Keeslar, Karen Sillas, Viola Harris, Robyn Peterman | Comedy | Live Action | ||
24 | The Big Hit | TriStar Pictures | Che-Kirk Wong (director); Ben Ramsey (screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Bokeem Woodbine, Antonio Sabàto Jr., Avery Brooks, China Chow, Elliott Gould, Lainie Kazan, Lela Rochon | Action, Comedy | Live action | |
Sliding Doors | Paramount Pictures / Miramax Films / Mirage Enterprises | Peter Howitt (director/screenplay); Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Virginia McKenna, Zara Turner, Paul Brightwell, Nina Young, Kevin McNally, Christopher Villiers | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
Tarzan and the Lost City | Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures | Carl Schenkel (director); Bayard Johnson, J. Anderson Black (screenplay); Casper Van Dien, Jane March, Steven Waddington, Winston Ntshona, Rapulana Seiphemo, Ian Roberts, Sean Taylor, Gys De Villiers | Action, Adventure | Live action | ||
M A Y | 1 | Black Dog | Universal Pictures / Mutual Film Company | Kevin Hooks (director); William Mickelberry, Dan Vining (screenplay); Patrick Swayze, Randy Travis, Meat Loaf, Graham Beckel, Brenda Strong, Charles S. Dutton, Lorraine Toussaint, Stephen Tobolowsky | Action | Live action |
He Got Game | Touchstone Pictures / 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks | Spike Lee (director/screenplay); Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich, John Turturro, Rosario Dawson, Jim Brown, Hill Harper, Zelda Harris, Ned Beatty | Sports, Drama | Live action | ||
Les Misérables | Columbia Pictures / Mandalay Entertainment | Bille August (director); Rafael Yglesias (screenplay); Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman, Claire Danes, Hans Matheson, John McGlynn, Kelly Hunter, Lennie James, Peter Vaughan | Drama | Live action | ||
8 | Deep Impact | Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks | Mimi Leder (director); Bruce Joel Rubin, Michael Tolkin (screenplay); Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, Leelee Sobieski, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Kurtwood Smith, Ron Eldard, Jon Favreau, Dougray Scott, Mary McCormack, Denise Crosby, Blair Underwood | Sci-Fi, Drama, Disaster | Live action | |
15 | Bulworth | 20th Century Fox | Warren Beatty (director/screenplay); Jeremy Pikser (screenplay); Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Oliver Platt, Don Cheadle, Paul Sorvino, Jack Warden, Isaiah Washington, Christine Baranski, Amiri Baraka | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
The Horse Whisperer | Touchstone Pictures | Robert Redford (director); Eric Roth, Richard LaGravenese (screenplay); Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Dianne Wiest, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Cooper, Cherry Jones, Ty Hillman, Kate Bosworth | Drama | Live action | ||
Quest for Camelot | Warner Bros. Pictures / Warner Bros. Feature Animation | Frederik Du Chau (director); Kirk DeMicco, William Schifrin, Jacqueline Feather, David Seidler (screenplay); Jessalyn Gilsig, Cary Elwes, Jane Seymour, Pierce Brosnan, Gary Oldman, Eric Idle, Don Rickles, Bronson Pinchot, Jaleel White, Gabriel Byrne, John Gielgud | Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Family | Animation | ||
20 | Godzilla | TriStar Pictures / Centropolis Entertainment | Roland Emmerich (director/screenplay); Dean Devlin (screenplay); Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Michael Lerner, Harry Shearer, Arabella Field, Vicki Lewis | Action, Sci-Fi | Live action | |
22 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Universal Pictures / Rhino Entertainment / Summit Entertainment | Terry Gilliam (director/screenplay); Tony Grisoni, Alex Cox, Tod Davies (screenplay); Johnny Depp, Benicio del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey, Christina Ricci, Mark Harmon, Cameron Diaz, Katherine Helmond, Michael Jeter, Penn Jillette | Comedy | Live action | |
The Opposite of Sex | Sony Pictures Classics | Don Roos (director/screenplay); Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow, Lyle Lovett, Johnny Galecki, Ivan Sergei, William Lee Scott, Colin Ferguson | Comedy | Live action | ||
27 | I Got the Hook-Up | Miramax Films / Dimension Films | Michael Martin (director); Carrie Mungo, Leroy Douglas, Master P (screenplay); Master P, A.J. Johnson, Gretchen Palmer, Ice Cube, C-Murder, John Witherspoon, Snoop Dogg, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr. | Comedy, Crime | Live action | |
29 | Almost Heroes | Warner Bros. Pictures / Turner Pictures | Christopher Guest (director); Mark Nutter, Tom Wolfe, Boyd Hale (screenplay); Chris Farley, Matthew Perry, Bokeem Woodbine, Franklin Cover, Eugene Levy, Lisa Barbuscia, Christian Clemenson, Harry Shearer | Adventure, Comedy | Live action | |
Hope Floats | 20th Century Fox | Forest Whitaker (director); Steven Rogers (screenplay); Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Gena Rowlands, Mae Whitman, Michael Paré, Cameron Finley, Kathy Najimy, Connie Ray | Romance, Drama | Live action | ||
Insomnia | First Run Features | Erik Skjoldbjærg (director/screenplay); Nikolaj Frobenius (screenplay); Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Bjørn Floberg, Gisken Armand, Maria Bonnevie | Thriller | Live action | ||
J U N E | 5 | A Perfect Murder | Warner Bros. Pictures | Andrew Davis (director); Patrick Smith Kelly (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet, Sarita Choudhury, Michael P. Moran, Novella Nelson, Constance Towers, David Eigenberg | Crime, Thriller | Live action |
Beyond Silence | Miramax Films | Caroline Link (director/screenplay); Beth Serlin (screenplay); Sylvie Testud, Howie Seago, Emmanuelle Laborit, Sibylle Canonica, Matthias Habich, Alexandra Bolz, Birge Schade | Drama | Live action | ||
Mr. Jealousy | Lions Gate Films | Noah Baumbach (director/screenplay); Eric Stoltz, Annabella Sciorra, Chris Eigeman, Carlos Jacott, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Brian Kerwin, John Lehr, Peter Bogdanovich | Romance, Comedy | Live action | ||
The Truman Show | Paramount Pictures | Peter Weir (director); Andrew Niccol (screenplay); Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylor, Ed Harris, Brian Delate, Paul Giamatti | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
12 | Can't Hardly Wait | Columbia Pictures | Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont (directors/screenplay); Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli, Seth Green, Robert Jayne, Joel Michaely, Jay Paulson | Comedy | Live action | |
Cousin Bette | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Des McAnuff (director); Lynne Siefert, Susan Tarr (screenplay); Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Hugh Laurie, Bob Hoskins, Geraldine Chaplin, Kelly Macdonald, Aden Young, Toby Jones, Laura Fraser | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
Dirty Work | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Bob Saget (director); Frank Sebastiano, Norm Macdonald, Fred Wolf (screenplay); Norm Macdonald, Artie Lange, Jack Warden, Traylor Howard, Don Rickles, Christopher McDonald, Chevy Chase | Comedy | Live action | ||
High Art | October Films / Antidote Films | Lisa Cholodenko (director/screenplay); Ally Sheedy, Radha Mitchell, Gabriel Mann, Charis Michelsen, David Thornton, Anh Duong, Patricia Clarkson | Drama, Romance | Live action | ||
The Land Girls | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment / Intermedia Films / Channel Four Films / Canal+ | David Leland (director/screenplay); Keith Dewhurst (screenplay); Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz, Anna Friel, Steven Mackintosh, Tom Georgeson, Maureen O'Brien, Lucy Akhurst, Paul Bettany | Drama, Romance | Live action | ||
Passion in the Desert | Fine Line Features | Lavinia Currier (director/screenplay); Ben Daniels, Michel Piccoli, Paul Meston, Nadia Odeh | Adventure, Drama | Live action | ||
Six Days, Seven Nights | Touchstone Pictures / Caravan Pictures / Northern Lights Entertainment / Roger Birnbaum Productions | Ivan Reitman (director); Michael Browning (screenplay); Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, David Schwimmer, Jacqueline Obradors, Temuera Morrison, Allison Janney, Cliff Curtis, Danny Trejo, Ben Bodé | Adventure, Comedy | Live action | ||
19 | Dream for an Insomniac | Avalanche Releasing | Tiffanie DeBartolo (director/screenplay); Ione Skye, Jennifer Aniston, Mackenzie Astin, Michael Landes, Seymour Cassel, Robert Kelker-Kelly | Romance, Comedy | Live action | |
Hav Plenty | Miramax Films | Christopher Scott Cherot (director/screenplay); Christopher Scott Cherot, Chenoa Maxwell, Reginald James, Robinne Lee, Tammie Katherine Jones, Hill Harper, Betty Vaughn, Chuck Baron, Kim Harris, Margie St. Juste, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds | Comedy | Live action | ||
Henry Fool | Sony Pictures Classics | Hal Hartley (director/screenplay); Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Parker Posey, Liam Aiken, Maria Porter, James Saito, Kevin Corrigan | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
Mulan | Walt Disney Pictures | Barry Cook, Tony Bancroft (directors); Philip LaZebnik, Chris Sanders, Rita Hsiao, Eugenia Bostwick-Singer, Raymond Singer (screenplay); Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, B. D. Wong, Miguel Ferrer, Harvey Fierstein, Gedde Watanabe, Jerry Tondo, June Foray, James Hong, George Takei, Pat Morita | Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Family | Animation | ||
The X-Files | 20th Century Fox | Rob Bowman (director); Chris Carter (screenplay); David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, Blythe Danner, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis, John Neville, Dean Haglund, Bruce Harwood, Tom Braidwood | Sci-Fi | Live action | ||
24 | I Went Down | BBC Films | Paddy Breathnach (director); Conor McPherson (screenplay); Peter McDonald, Brendan Gleeson, Tony Doyle, Peter Caffrey, Antoine Byrne, David Wilmot, Carly Baker, Michael McElhatton, Joe Gallagher | Comedy | Live action | |
26 | Buffalo '66 | Lions Gate Films / Cinepix Film Properties | Vincent Gallo (director/screenplay); Alison Bagnall (screenplay); Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Ben Gazzara, Mickey Rourke, Rosanna Arquette, Jan-Michael Vincent, Anjelica Huston, Kevin Corrigan | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
Dr. Dolittle | 20th Century Fox / Davis Entertainment | Betty Thomas (director); Hugh Lofting, Nat Mauldin, Larry Levin (screenplay); Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Peter Boyle, Kristen Wilson, Norm Macdonald, Kyla Pratt, Raven-Symoné, Richard Schiff, Jeffrey Tambor | Comedy, Family | Live action | ||
Out of Sight | Universal Pictures | Steven Soderbergh (director); Scott Frank (screenplay); George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Steve Zahn, Albert Brooks, Dennis Farina, Luis Guzmán, Isaiah Washington, Nancy Allen | Comedy, Crime | Live action | ||
Smoke Signals | Miramax Films / ShadowCatcher Entertainment | Chris Eyre (director); Sherman Alexie (screenplay); Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer, Tantoo Cardinal | Comedy, Drama | Live action |
July–September
Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
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J U L Y | 1 | Armageddon | Touchstone Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films / Valhalla Motion Pictures | Michael Bay (director); Tony Gilroy, Shane Salerno, Jonathan Hensleigh, J. J. Abrams (screenplay); Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, Keith David, Owen Wilson, Michael Clarke Duncan, William Fichtner, Steve Buscemi | Action, Sci-Fi, Disaster | Live action |
Nights of Cabiria (re-release) | Lopert Pictures Corporation | Federico Fellini (director/screenplay); Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Pier Paolo Pasolini (screenplay); Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Amedeo Nazzari, Franca Marzi, Dorian Gray, Franco Fabrizi, Aldo Silvani, Ennio Girolami | Drama | Live action | ||
10 | Hands on a Hard Body: The Documentary | Ideal Enterprises / Providence Entertainment | S.R. Bindler (director) | Documentary | Live action | |
Lethal Weapon 4 | Warner Bros. Pictures / Silver Pictures | Richard Donner (director); Channing Gibson (screenplay); Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock, Jet Li, Steve Kahan, Kim Chan, Calvin Jung | Action, Comedy | Live action | ||
When I Close My Eyes | Fine Line Features | Shunji Iwai (director/screenplay); Miho Nakayama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Bunjaku Han, Miki Sakai, Takashi Kashiwabara, Ranran Suzuki | Drama, Romance | Live action | ||
Madeline | TriStar Pictures | Daisy von Scherler Mayer (director); Mark Levin, Jennifer Flackett (screenplay); Hatty Jones, Frances McDormand, Nigel Hawthorne, Stéphane Audran, Chantal Neuwirth, Ben Daniels | Comedy, Family | Live action | ||
Pi | Artisan Entertainment / Protozoa Pictures | Darren Aronofsky (director/screenplay); Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Samia Shoaib, Ajay Naidu, Pamela Hart, Stephen Pearlman | Thriller | Live action | ||
Small Soldiers | DreamWorks / Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment | Joe Dante (director); Gavin Scott, Adam Rifkin, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio (screenplay); Gregory Smith, Kirsten Dunst, Jay Mohr, Phil Hartman, Kevin Dunn, Denis Leary, Frank Langella, Tommy Lee Jones, George Kennedy, Jim Brown, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Shearer | Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comedy | Live action | ||
15 | There's Something About Mary | 20th Century Fox | Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly (directors/screenplay); Ed Decter, John J. Strauss (screenplay); Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller, Chris Elliott, Lee Evans, Lin Shaye, W. Earl Brown, Jeffrey Tambor, Markie Post, Keith David | Comedy | Live action | |
17 | The Mask of Zorro | TriStar Pictures / Amblin Entertainment | Martin Campbell (director); John Eskow, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio (screenplay); Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stuart Wilson, Matt Letscher, Tony Amendola, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Victor Rivers | Action, Adventure | Live action | |
Polish Wedding | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Theresa Connelly (director/screenplay); Claire Danes, Jon Bradford, Lena Olin, Ramsey Krull, Gabriel Byrne, Daniel Lapaine | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
The Thief | Stratosphere Entertainment / Canal+ | Pavel Chukhray (director/screenplay); Vladimir Mashkov, Yekaterina Rednikova, Misha Philipchuk, Lidiya Savchenko | Drama | Live action | ||
22 | Lolita | The Samuel Goldwyn Company / Pathé | Adrian Lyne (director); Stephen Schiff (screenplay); Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Dominique Swain, Frank Langella, Suzanne Shepherd, Keith Reddin, Erin J. Dean, Ed Grady | Drama | Live action | |
The Saltmen of Tibet | Zeitgeist Films | Ulrike Koch (director/screenplay) | Documentary | Live action | ||
24 | Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss | Trimark Pictures | Tommy O'Haver (director/screenplay); Sean P. Hayes, Brad Rowe, Richard Ganoung, Meredith Scott Lynn, Matthew Ashford, Paul Bartel, Holly Woodlawn, Jason-Shane Scott | Romance, Comedy | Live action | |
Disturbing Behavior | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Village Roadshow Pictures / Beacon Pictures | David Nutter (director); Scott Rosenberg (screenplay); James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl, Bruce Greenwood, William Sadler, Steve Railsback, Chad E. Donella, Tobias Mehler, Katharine Isabelle, Ethan Embry | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action | ||
East Palace, West Palace | Fortissimo Films | Zhang Yuan (director/screenplay); Wang Xiaobo (screenplay); Si Han, Hu Jun, Zhao Wei, Jing Ye | Drama | Live action | ||
Mafia! | Touchstone Pictures | Jim Abrahams (director/screenplay); Greg Norberg, Michael McManus (screenplay); Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges, Olympia Dukakis, Christina Applegate, Billy Burke, Pamela Gidley, Joe Viterelli, Tony Lo Bianco | Comedy | Live action | ||
Saving Private Ryan | DreamWorks / Paramount Pictures / Amblin Entertainment / Mutual Film Company | Steven Spielberg (director); Robert Rodat (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Vin Diesel, Giovanni Ribisi, Jeremy Davies, Harrison Young, Kathleen Byron, Ted Danson, Paul Giamatti, Dennis Farina, Harve Presnell, Leland Orser, Bryan Cranston, Nathan Fillion, Max Martini | Drama, War | Live action | ||
Western | New Yorker Films | Manuel Poirier (director/screenplay); Sergi López i Ayats, Sacha Bourdo, Élisabeth Vitali, Marie Matheron, Daphné Gaudefroy | Road | Live action | ||
29 | The Negotiator | Warner Bros. Pictures / Regency Enterprises / Mandeville Films | F. Gary Gray (director); James DeMonaco, Kevin Fox (screenplay); Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin, John Spencer, J. T. Walsh, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Paul Giamatti, Regina Taylor | Action, Thriller | Live action | |
The Parent Trap | Walt Disney Pictures | Nancy Meyers (director/screenplay); David Swift, Charles Shyer (screenplay); Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Elaine Hendrix, Lisa Ann Walter, Simon Kunz, Polly Holliday, Maggie Wheeler | Comedy, Romance, Family | Live action | ||
31 | BASEketball | Universal Pictures | David Zucker (director/screenplay); Robert LoCash, Lewis Friedman, Jeff Wright (screenplay); Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Dian Bachar, Yasmine Bleeth, Jenny McCarthy, Robert Vaughn, Ernest Borgnine, Trevor Einhorn, Francis X. McCarthy | Comedy, Sports | Live action | |
Ever After | 20th Century Fox / Flower Films | Andy Tennant (director/screenplay); Susannah Grant, Tracey Trench (screenplay); Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Megan Dodds, Melanie Lynskey, Patrick Godfrey, Timothy West, Judy Parfitt, Richard O'Brien | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
Full Tilt Boogie | Miramax Films | Sarah Kelly (director); Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Lawrence Bender, George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis, Salma Hayek, Fred Williamson | Documentary | Live action | ||
The Governess | Sony Pictures Classics | Sandra Goldbacher (director/screenplay); Minnie Driver, Tom Wilkinson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Harriet Walter, Florence Hoath | Drama | Live action | ||
Seventh Heaven | Zeitgeist Films | Benoît Jacquot (director/screenplay); Sandrine Kiberlain, Vincent Lindon, François Berléand, Francine Bergé, Pierre Cassignard, Philippe Magnan, Florence Loiret | Drama | Live action | ||
A U G U S T | 5 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | Miramax Films / Dimension Films | Steve Miner (director); Robert Zappia, Matt Greenberg (screenplay); Jamie Lee Curtis, Adam Arkin, Michelle Williams, Adam Hann-Byrd, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Janet Leigh, Josh Hartnett, LL Cool J, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Chris Durand | Horror | Live action |
7 | Snake Eyes | Paramount Pictures / Touchstone Pictures | Brian De Palma (director); David Koepp (screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino, John Heard, Joel Fabiani, Luis Guzmán, Stan Shaw, Kevin Dunn, Michael Rispoli, David Anthony Higgins, Mike Starr | Thriller | Live action | |
14 | Air Bud: Golden Receiver | Dimension Films / Keystone Entertainment | Richard Martin (director); Paul Tamasy, Aaron Mendelsohn (screenplay); Kevin Zegers, Gregory Harrison, Robert Costanzo, Tim Conway, Dick Martin, Cynthia Stevenson, Nora Dunn | Comedy, Sports, Family | Live action | |
The Avengers | Warner Bros. Pictures | Jeremiah S. Chechik (director); Don Macpherson (screenplay); Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, Jim Broadbent, Fiona Shaw, Eddie Izzard, Eileen Atkins, Carmen Ejogo, John Wood | Action, Spy | Live action | ||
How Stella Got Her Groove Back | 20th Century Fox | Kevin Rodney Sullivan (director); Terry McMillan, Ronald Bass (screenplay); Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Whoopi Goldberg, Regina King, Suzzanne Douglas, Michael J. Pagan, Sicily, Richard Lawson, Barry Shabaka Henley, Lee Weaver, Glynn Turman | Romance, Comedy | Live action | ||
Return to Paradise | Universal Pictures / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | Joseph Ruben (director); Wesley Strick, Bruce Robinson (screenplay); Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Joaquin Phoenix, David Conrad, Vera Farmiga, Jada Pinkett Smith | Drama, Thriller | Live action | ||
21 | Blade | New Line Cinema / Marvel Entertainment | Stephen Norrington (director); David S. Goyer (screenplay); Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright, Donal Logue, Udo Kier, Sanaa Lathan, Arly Jover, Kevin Patrick Walls, Tim Guinee, Traci Lords | Action, Superhero, Fantasy | Live action | |
Dance with Me | Columbia Pictures / Mandalay Entertainment | Randa Haines (director); Darryl Matthews (screenplay); Vanessa L. Williams, Chayanne, Kris Kristofferson, Joan Plowright, Jane Krakowski, Beth Grant, Harry Groener | Drama | Live action | ||
Dead Man on Campus | Paramount Pictures / MTV Films / Pacific Western Productions | Alan Cohn (director); Michael Traeger, Mike White (screenplay); Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tom Everett Scott, Poppy Montgomery, Lochlyn Munro, Corey Page, Alyson Hannigan, Shelley Malil, Mari Morrow, Dave Ruby | Comedy | Live action | ||
Wrongfully Accused | Warner Bros. Pictures / Morgan Creek Productions | Pat Proft (director/screenplay); Leslie Nielsen, Richard Crenna, Kelly Le Brock, Melinda McGraw, Michael York, Sandra Bernhard | Comedy | Live action | ||
28 | 54 | Miramax Films | Mark Christopher (director/screenplay); Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, Mike Myers, Sela Ward, Breckin Meyer, Sherry Stringfield, Cameron Mathison, Heather Matarazzo | Drama | Live action | |
Why Do Fools Fall in Love | Warner Bros. Pictures | Gregory Nava (director); Tina Andrews (screenplay); Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, Lela Rochon, Larenz Tate, Paul Mazursky, Pamela Reed, Alexis Cruz, Jon Huertas | Romance, Drama | Live action | ||
S E P T E M B E R | 4 | Knock Off | TriStar Pictures / Film Workshop | Tsui Hark (director); Steven E. de Souza (screenplay); Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rob Schneider, Lela Rochon, Michael Wong, Carman Lee, Paul Sorvino, Wyman Wong | Action | Live action |
11 | Rounders | Miramax Films | John Dahl (director); David Levien, Brian Koppelman (screenplay); Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Famke Janssen, Gretchen Mol, John Malkovich, Martin Landau | Drama | Live action | |
Simon Birch | Hollywood Pictures / Caravan Pictures | Mark Steven Johnson (director/screenplay); Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Jim Carrey, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt, David Strathairn, Dana Ivey, Beatrice Winde, Jan Hooks | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
18 | One True Thing | Universal Pictures | Carl Franklin (director); Karen Croner (screenplay); Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott, Lauren Graham, Nicky Katt | Drama | Live action | |
Rush Hour | New Line Cinema | Brett Ratner (director); Jim Kouf, Ross LaManna (screenplay); Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson, Chris Penn, Elizabeth Peña, Philip Baker Hall, Tzi Ma, Ken Leung, Mark Rolston, Rex Linn | Action, Comedy | Live action | ||
25 | Clay Pigeons | Gramercy Pictures / Scott Free Productions | David Dobkin (director); Matt Healy (screenplay); Joaquin Phoenix, Vince Vaughn, Janeane Garofalo, Georgina Cates, Gregory Sporleder, Phil Morris, Scott Wilson | Comedy, Crime | Live action | |
Ronin | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / United Artists | John Frankenheimer (director); J.D. Zeik, David Mamet (screenplay); Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård, Sean Bean, Jonathan Pryce, Skipp Sudduth, Michael Lonsdale, Jan Tříska | Gangster, Action | Live action | ||
Urban Legend | TriStar Pictures / Original Film / Phoenix Pictures | Jamie Blanks (director); Silvio Horta (screenplay); Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Joshua Jackson, Loretta Devine, Tara Reid, Michael Rosenbaum, Robert Englund | Horror | Live action |
October–December
Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
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O C T O B E R | 2 | Antz | DreamWorks / Pacific Data Images | Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson (directors); Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz, Todd Alcott (screenplay); Woody Allen, Gene Hackman, Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone, Jennifer Lopez, Christopher Walken, Anne Bancroft, Dan Aykroyd, Danny Glover, John Mahoney, Jane Curtin, Grant Shaud | Comedy, Adventure, Family | Animation |
A Night at the Roxbury | Paramount Pictures / SNL Studios | John Fortenberry (director); Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Steve Koren (screenplay); Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Loni Anderson, Dan Hedaya, Molly Shannon, Dwayne Hickman, Maree Cheatham, Lochlyn Munro, Jennifer Coolidge | Comedy | Live action | ||
What Dreams May Come | Universal Pictures / Interscope Communications | Vincent Ward (director); Ronald Bass (screenplay); Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Max von Sydow, Jessica Brooks Grant, Josh Paddock, Rosalind Chao, Lucinda Jenney | Fantasy, Drama | Live action | ||
9 | Holy Man | Touchstone Pictures / Caravan Pictures | Stephen Herek (director); Tom Schulman (screenplay); Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Preston, Eric McCormack, Robert Loggia, Jon Cryer | Comedy | Live action | |
Rushmore | Touchstone Pictures | Wes Anderson (director/screenplay); Owen Wilson (screenplay); Jason Schwartzman, Olivia Williams, Bill Murray, Seymour Cassel, Brian Cox | Comedy | Live action | ||
16 | Beloved | Touchstone Pictures / Harpo Productions | Jonathan Demme (director); Akosua Busia, Richard LaGravenese, Adam Brooks (screenplay); Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Kimberly Elise, Hill Harper, Beah Richards, Jason Robards, Irma P. Hall, Dorothy Love Coates | Horror, Drama | Live action | |
Bride of Chucky | Universal Pictures | Ronny Yu (director); Dan Mancini (screenplay); Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile, John Ritter, Alexis Arquette, Gordon Michael Woolvett, Lawrence Dane, Michael Louis Johnson, James Gallanders, Janet Kidder, Vince Corazza | Horror, Comedy | Live action | ||
Practical Magic | Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures | Griffin Dunne (director); Robin Swicord, Akiva Goldsman, Adam Brooks (screenplay); Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Goran Višnjić, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest, Aidan Quinn, Caprice Benedetti, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Feuerstein | Romance, Comedy | Live action | ||
23 | Apt Pupil | TriStar Pictures / Phoenix Pictures | Bryan Singer (director); Brandon Boyce (screenplay); Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro, Bruce Davison, Ann Dowd, James Karen, Elias Koteas, Joe Morton | Thriller | Live action | |
Life Is Beautiful | Miramax Films | Roberto Benigni (director/screenplay); Vincenzo Cerami (screenplay); Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Horst Buchholz, Marisa Paredes | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
Pleasantville | New Line Cinema | Gary Ross (director/screenplay); Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, Paul Walker, J. T. Walsh, Reese Witherspoon, Marley Shelton, Giuseppe Andrews | Fantasy, Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
Soldier | Warner Bros. Pictures / Morgan Creek Productions | Paul W. S. Anderson (director); David Webb Peoples (screenplay); Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Connie Nielsen, Michael Chiklis, Gary Busey, Jason Isaacs, Sean Pertwee | Sci-Fi, Action | Live action | ||
30 | American History X | New Line Cinema | Tony Kaye (director/screenplay); David McKenna (screenplay); Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Fairuza Balk, Stacy Keach, Elliott Gould, Avery Brooks, Ethan Suplee, Beverly D'Angelo | Crime, Drama | Live action | |
Vampires | Columbia Pictures / Largo Entertainment | John Carpenter (director); Don Jakoby (screenplay); James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Maximilian Schell, Tim Guinee, Mark Boone Junior, Gregory Sierra, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Thomas Rosales Jr. | Western, Horror | Live action | ||
N O V E M B E R | 4 | Belly | Artisan Entertainment | Hype Williams (director/screenplay); Nas, DMX, Taral Hicks, Tionne Watkins, Method Man, Tyrin Turner, Hassan Johnson, Oliver "Power" Grant, Louie Rankin | Crime, Drama | Live action |
6 | A Cool, Dry Place | 20th Century Fox | John N. Smith (director); Matthew McDuffie (screenplay); Vince Vaughn, Monica Potter, Joey Lauren Adams | Drama | Live action | |
Elizabeth | Gramercy Pictures / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment / Working Title Films / Film4 Productions | Shekhar Kapur (director); Michael Hirst (screenplay); Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, John Gielgud, Richard Attenborough, Kenny Doughty, Kathy Burke, Fanny Ardant, Vincent Cassel, Emily Mortimer, Daniel Craig | Biography, Drama | Live action | ||
Gods and Monsters | Lions Gate Films / Regent Entertainment / BBC Films | Bill Condon (director/screenplay); Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Matt McKenzie, Arthur Dignam, Lolita Davidovich, Jack Plotnick, David Dukes | Drama | Live action | ||
The Siege | 20th Century Fox | Edward Zwick (director/screenplay); Lawrence Wright, Menno Meyjes (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub, David Proval, Bruce Willis, Aasif Mandvi, Sami Bouajila | Thriller | Live action | ||
The Waterboy | Touchstone Pictures | Frank Coraci (director); Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler (screenplay); Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Fairuza Balk, Henry Winkler, Jerry Reed, Larry Gilliard Jr., Blake Clark, Peter Dante, Jonathan Loughran, Paul "The Big Show" Wight | Comedy, Sports | Live action | ||
13 | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Columbia Pictures / Mandalay Entertainment | Danny Cannon (director); Trey Callaway (screenplay); Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Brandy Norwood, Mekhi Phifer, Matthew Settle, Muse Watson, Jennifer Esposito, Bill Cobbs, Jeffrey Combs | Horror | Live action | |
I'll Be Home for Christmas | Walt Disney Pictures / Mandeville Films | Arlene Sanford (director); Michael Allin, Tom Nursall, Harris Goldberg (screenplay); Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jessica Biel, Adam LaVorgna, Gary Cole, Eve Gordon, Sean O'Bryan, Andrew Lauer, Lauren Maltby | Comedy, Family | Live action | ||
Meet Joe Black | Universal Pictures | Martin Brest (director); Bo Goldman, Kevin Wade, Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno (screenplay); Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey Tambor, June Squibb | Fantasy, Romance, Drama | Live action | ||
20 | A Bug's Life | Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios | John Lasseter (director); Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery, Bob Shaw (screenplay); Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere, Phyllis Diller, Richard Kind, David Hyde Pierce, Denis Leary, Joe Ranft, Jonathan Harris, Madeline Kahn, Bonnie Hunt, Brad Garrett, Mike McShane, John Ratzenberger | Adventure, Comedy, Family | Animation | |
Enemy of the State | Touchstone Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films / Scott Free Productions | Tony Scott (director); David Marconi (screenplay); Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Jack Black, Barry Pepper, Regina King, Ian Hart, Lisa Bonet, Jascha Washington, Jamie Kennedy, Jason Lee | Action, Thriller | Live action | ||
The Rugrats Movie | Paramount Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies / Klasky Csupo | Igor Kovalyov, Norton Virgien (directors); David N. Weiss, J. David Stern (screenplay); Elizabeth Daily, Christine Cavanaugh, Kath Soucie, Cheryl Chase, Tara Strong, Jack Riley, Melanie Chartoff, Joe Alaskey, Cree Summer, Busta Rhymes, David Spade, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Bell, Tress MacNeille, Phil Proctor, Andrea Martin, Tim Curry, Roger Clinton, Jr., Margaret Cho, Edie McClurg, Charlie Adler, Gregg Berger, Tony Jay, Lenny Kravitz, Iggy Pop, Lisa Loeb, Gordon Gano, B-Real, Fred Schneider, Patti Smith, Kate Pierson, Jakob Dylan, Phife Dawg, Beck, Lou Rawls, Dawn Robinson, Laurie Anderson, Cindy Wilson | Adventure, Comedy, Family | Animation | ||
Waking Ned | Fox Searchlight Pictures / Canal+ | Kirk Jones (director/screenplay); Ian Bannen, David Kelly, Fionnula Flanagan, Susan Lynch, James Nesbitt, Fintan McKeown | Comedy | Live action | ||
25 | Babe: Pig in the City | Universal Pictures / Kennedy Miller Productions | George Miller (director/screenplay); Judy Morris, Mark Lamprell (screenplay); Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell, Mary Stein, Elizabeth Daily, Danny Mann, Steven Wright, Mickey Rooney, Paul Livingston, Glenne Headly, James Cosmo | Comedy, Drama, Family | Live action | |
Home Fries | Warner Bros. Pictures | Dean Parisot (director); Vince Gilligan (screenplay); Drew Barrymore, Luke Wilson, Catherine O'Hara, Shelley Duvall, Jake Busey, Daryl Mitchell, Lanny Flaherty, Chris Ellis | Comedy, Romance, Drama | Live action | ||
Ringmaster | Artisan Entertainment / The Kushner-Locke Company | Neil Abramson (director); Jon Bernstein (screenplay); Jerry Springer, Jamie Pressly, William McNamara, Molly Hagan, John Capodice, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Ashley Holbrook, Tangie Ambrose, Nicki Micheaux, Krista Tesreau, Dawn Maxey, Maximilliana, Michael Jai White, Michael Dudikoff | Comedy | Live action | ||
Very Bad Things | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment / Interscope Communications | Peter Berg (director/screenplay); Cameron Diaz, Jon Favreau, Daniel Stern, Jeremy Piven, Christian Slater, Leland Orser, Jeanne Tripplehorn | Comedy | Live action | ||
D E C E M B E R | 4 | Little Voice | Miramax Films | Mark Herman (director/screenplay); Jane Horrocks, Brenda Blethyn, Michael Caine, Ewan McGregor, Jim Broadbent, Philip Jackson, Annette Badland | Musical | Live action |
Psycho | Universal Pictures / Imagine Entertainment | Gus Van Sant (director); Joseph Stefano (screenplay); Vince Vaughn, Julianne Moore, Anne Heche, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy, Robert Forster, Philip Baker Hall, Anne Haney, Rance Howard, Chad Everett, James Remar | Horror | Live action | ||
11 | Jack Frost | Warner Bros. Pictures | Troy Miller (director); Mark Steven Johnson, Jonathan Roberts, Steve Bloom, Jeff Cesario (screenplay); Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Joseph Cross, Mark Addy, Henry Rollins, Mika Boorem, Andrew Lawrence, Taylor Handley, Dweezil Zappa | Comedy, Fantasy, Family | Live action | |
Shakespeare in Love | Miramax Films / Universal Pictures | John Madden (director); Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard (screenplay); Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Ben Affleck, Judi Dench, Simon Callow, Jim Carter, Martin Clunes, Antony Sher, Tom Wilkinson, Patrick Barlow, Rupert Everett | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
A Simple Plan | Paramount Pictures / Mutual Film Company / Savoy Pictures | Sam Raimi (director); Scott B. Smith (screenplay); Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, Brent Briscoe, Gary Cole, Chelcie Ross, Becky Ann Baker | Crime, Thriller | Live action | ||
Star Trek: Insurrection | Paramount Pictures | Jonathan Frakes (director); Michael Piller (screenplay); Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, F. Murray Abraham, Donna Murphy, Anthony Zerbe | Sci-Fi, Action | Live action | ||
18 | Playing by Heart | Miramax Films / Hyperion Pictures | Willard Carroll (director/screenplay); Gillian Anderson, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Connery, Anthony Edwards, Angelina Jolie, Jay Mohr, Ryan Phillippe, Dennis Quaid, Gena Rowlands, Jon Stewart, Madeleine Stowe | Comedy, Drama | Live action | |
The Prince of Egypt | DreamWorks | Simon Wells, Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner (directors); Philip LaZebnik, Nicholas Meyer (screenplay); Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum, Patrick Stewart, Helen Mirren, Danny Glover, Steve Martin, Martin Short | Musical, Drama, Family | Animation | ||
You've Got Mail | Warner Bros. Pictures | Nora Ephron (director/screenplay); Delia Ephron (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Jean Stapleton, Dave Chappelle, Steve Zahn, Greg Kinnear, Heather Burns, Dabney Coleman, John Randolph, Deborah Rush | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
23 | The Thin Red Line | Fox 2000 Pictures / Phoenix Pictures | Terrence Malick (director/screenplay); Sean Penn, Jim Caviezel, Nick Nolte, Elias Koteas, Ben Chaplin, Adrien Brody, George Clooney, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Jared Leto, John C. Reilly, John Travolta | War, Drama | Live action | |
25 | A Civil Action | Touchstone Pictures / Paramount Pictures | Steve Zaillian (director/screenplay); John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy, James Gandolfini, John Lithgow, Kathleen Quinlan, Željko Ivanek, Stephen Fry, Dan Hedaya, Sydney Pollack, Kathy Bates, Mary Mara, Bruce Norris, Peter Jacobson, Howie Carr | Drama | Live action | |
The Faculty | Miramax Films / Dimension Films / Los Hooligans Productions | Robert Rodriguez (director); Kevin Williamson (screenplay); Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood, Shawn Hatosy, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Robert Patrick, Bebe Neuwirth, Piper Laurie, Famke Janssen, Usher, Salma Hayek, Jon Stewart | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live action | ||
Mighty Joe Young | Walt Disney Pictures / RKO Pictures | Ron Underwood (director); Merian C. Cooper, Ruth Rose, Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner (screenplay); Bill Paxton, Charlize Theron, Rade Šerbedžija, Peter Firth, Regina King, David Paymer, Naveen Andrews, Robert Wisdom | Adventure, Family | Live action | ||
Patch Adams | Universal Pictures | Tom Shadyac (director); Steve Oedekerk (screenplay); Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Daniel London, Peter Coyote, Frances Lee McCain, Irma P. Hall, Josef Sommer, Harold Gould, Harve Presnell, Michael Jeter | Biography, Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
Stepmom | Columbia Pictures / 1492 Pictures | Chris Columbus (director); Gigi Levangie Grazer, Jessie Nelson, Steven Rogers, Ronald Bass, Karen Leigh Hopkins (screenplay); Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Liam Aiken, Lynn Whitfield, Darrell Larson, Mary Louise Wilson | Comedy, Drama | Live action | ||
30 | Affliction | Lions Gate Films | Paul Schrader (director/screenplay); Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe | Drama, Mystery | Live action | |
Another Day in Paradise | Trimark Pictures | Larry Clark (director); Stephen Chin, Christopher B. Landon (screenplay); James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner, James Otis, Brent Briscoe, Peter Sarsgaard, Lou Diamond Phillips | Drama | Live action | ||
Hilary and Jackie | October Films | Anand Tucker (director); Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths, James Frain, David Morrissey, Charles Dance, Celia Imrie | Drama, Biography | Live action | ||
The Hi-Lo Country | Gramercy Pictures / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment / Working Title Films | Stephen Frears (director); Walon Green (screenplay); Billy Crudup, Penélope Cruz, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Arquette, Cole Hauser, Sam Elliott, James Gammon, Enrique Castillo, Katy Jurado, Darren E. Burrows, Jacob Vargas | Western, Drama | Live action |
Notable films released in 1998
USA unless stated
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1732 Høtten – (Norway)
42 Up – (UK)
54, starring Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, Breckin Meyer and Mike Myers
A–D
A, documentary about the Aum Shinrikyo cult – (Japan)- Addams Family Reunion
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, starring Adrian Grenier
An Affair (Jeongsa) – (South Korea)
After Life (Wandâfuru raifu), starring Arata – (Japan)
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, starring Ryan O'Neal, Eric Idle, Coolio, Chuck D and Richard Jeni
Alice and Martin, directed by André Téchiné, starring Juliette Binoche – (France)
Almost Heroes, directed by Christopher Guest, starring Chris Farley, Matthew Perry and Eugene Levy
American History X, directed by Tony Kaye, starring Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Elliott Gould and Stacy Keach
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island, direct-to-video sequel to the 1986 animated fantasy, voices of Thomas Dekker and Lacey Chabert
Another Day in Paradise, starring James Woods and Melanie Griffith
Antz, animated film with voices of Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone, Jennifer Lopez and Dan Aykroyd
Anxiety (Inquietude) – (Portugal)
The Apple (Sib) – (Iran)
April Story (Shigatsu monogatari) – short film starring Takako Matsu – (Japan)
Apt Pupil, directed by Bryan Singer, starring Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro and David Schwimmer
Armageddon, directed by Michael Bay, starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck and Steve Buscemi
Art Museum by the Zoo (Misulgwan yup dongmulwon), starring Shim Eun-ha – (South Korea)
August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) – (Canada)
The Avengers, starring Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery
B
B. Monkey, starring Asia Argento, Rupert Everett and Jared Harris – (UK/USA)
Babe: Pig in the City, directed by George Miller, starring James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski and Mickey Rooney with the voices of Elizabeth Daily and Hugo Weaving – (Australia/USA)
The Barber of Siberia (Sibirskiy tsiryulnik) – (Russia)
BASEketball, directed by David Zucker, starring Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Yasmine Bleeth, Jenny McCarthy and Robert Vaughn
Basil, directed by Radha Bharadwaj, starring Jared Leto, Claire Forlani and Christian Slater – (UK)
Be There or Be Square (Bu jian bu san) – (China)
Beast Cops (Yeshou xingjing), directed by Gordon Chan – (Hong Kong)
Bedrooms and Hallways, starring Kevin McKidd, Hugo Weaving and James Purefoy – (UK)
Begging for Love (Ai o kou hito) – (Japan)
Belly, directed by Hype Williams, starring DMX
Beloved, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover and Thandie Newton
Beshkempir (a.k.a. Beshkempir the Adopted Son) – (Kyrgyzstan)
Besieged (L'assedio), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Thandie Newton and David Thewlis – (Italy/UK)
The Big Hit, starring Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate and Elliott Gould
The Big Lebowski, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, Peter Stormare and John Turturro
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, starring Sean Hayes
The Bird People in China (Chûgoku no chôjin), directed by Takashi Miike – (Japan)
Birdcage Inn (Paran daemun) – (South Korea)
Black Cat, White Cat (Crna mačka, beli mačor) – (Yugoslavia)
Black Dog, starring Patrick Swayze and Meat Loaf
Blade, directed by Stephen Norrington, starring Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff and Kris Kristofferson
Blues Brothers 2000, directed by John Landis, starring Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, James Brown and Aretha Franklin
Blues Harp, directed by Takashi Miike – (Japan)
Bombay Boys, starring Naveen Andrews – (India)
The Boys, starring David Wenham and Toni Collette – (Australia)
Break Up, starring Bridget Fonda, Hart Bochner and Kiefer Sutherland
Bride of Chucky, starring Jennifer Tilly, Katherine Heigl and Nick Stabile
- Broken Vessels
Brown's Requiem, starring Michael Rooker and Selma Blair
Buffalo '66, directed by and starring Vincent Gallo, with Christina Ricci, Mickey Rourke, Rosanna Arquette, Ben Gazzara, and Anjelica Huston
A Bug's Life, animated film directed by John Lasseter, with the voices of Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Hyde Pierce, Denis Leary and Bonnie Hunt
Bulworth, directed by and starring Warren Beatty, with Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Oliver Platt and Paul Sorvino
C
Can't Hardly Wait, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ethan Embry
Caresses (Caricias) – (Spain)
Caught Up, starring Bokeem Woodbine
The Celebration (Festen), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – (Denmark)
Celebrity, directed by Woody Allen, starring Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Melanie Griffith, Famke Janssen, Hank Azaria, Winona Ryder and Charlize Theron
Central Station Central do Brasil – (Brazil/France) – Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Golden Bear award
Chachi 420 (The Trickster Aunt), starring Kamal Haasan, Amrish Puri and Om Puri – (India)
Christmas in August (Palwolui Christmas) – (South Korea)
City of Angels, directed by Brad Silberling, starring Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan and Andre Braugher
A Civil Action, directed by Steven Zaillian, starring John Travolta, Robert Duvall, William H. Macy, Tony Shalhoub, Kathleen Quinlan, James Gandolfini and John Lithgow
Clay Pigeons, directed by David Dobkin, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Vince Vaughn and Janeane Garofalo – (USA/Germany)
Come Sweet Death (Komm, süßer Tod) – (Austria)
Cousin Bette, starring Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Hugh Laurie – (UK/USA)
Croupier, directed by Mike Hodges, starring Clive Owen, Alex Kingston and Gina McKee – (UK)
The Curve, starring Matthew Lillard and Keri Russell
D
Dance Me to My Song – (Australia)
Dance with Me, directed by Randa Haines, starring Vanessa L. Williams, Kris Kristofferson and Jane Krakowski
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81, starring Breckin Meyer
Dangerous Beauty, starring Catherine McCormack, Naomi Watts, Rufus Sewell, Fred Ward
Dark City, directed by Alex Proyas, starring Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly and William Hurt – (Australia/USA)
Dead Man on Campus, starring Tom Everett Scott
Deep Impact, starring Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman, Vanessa Redgrave and Maximilian Schell
Deep Rising, directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Wes Studi and Anthony Heald
Desert Blue, directed by Morgan J. Freeman
Desperate Measures, starring Michael Keaton, Andy García, Marcia Gay Harden and Brian Cox
Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target (aka Case Closed: the Fourteenth Target) – (Japan)
Digging to China, starring Evan Rachel Wood and Kevin Bacon
The Day Silence Died (El día que murió el silencio) – (Bolivia)
Le Dîner de Cons (Dinner for Cretins), directed by Francis Veber – (France)
Dirty Work, starring Norm Macdonald, Artie Lange, Jack Warden, Chevy Chase and Chris Farley
Disturbing Behavior, starring James Marsden, Katie Holmes and Nick Stahl – (Australia/USA)
Divorcing Jack, starring David Thewlis – (UK)
Down in the Delta, directed by Maya Angelou, starring Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman Jr., Esther Rolle, Loretta Devine, and Wesley Snipes
Dr. Akagi (Kanzō-sensei), directed by Shohei Imamura – (Japan)
Dr. Dolittle, starring Eddie Murphy, voices of Norm Macdonald, Albert Brooks, Chris Rock, Garry Shandling and Ellen DeGeneres
The Dreamlife of Angels (La Vie rêvée des anges) – (France)
E–K
Earth (अर्थ), directed by Deepa Mehta – (India)
Elizabeth, directed by Shekhar Kapur, starring Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Sir John Gielgud, Daniel Craig, Fanny Ardant, Kathy Burke and Richard Attenborough – (UK)
Enemy of the State, directed by Tony Scott, starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Barry Pepper, Lisa Bonet and Regina King
Eternity and a Day (Mia aioniotita kai mia mera), starring Bruno Ganz – (Greece) – Palme d'Or award
Ever After, starring Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston and Dougray Scott
Everest, a documentary narrated by Liam Neeson
F
The Faculty, directed by Robert Rodriguez, starring Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood, Clea DuVall, Robert Patrick, Famke Janssen, Usher Raymond, Salma Hayek, and Jon Stewart
Fallen, starring Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Embeth Davidtz and Donald Sutherland
- The Farm: Angola, USA
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp, Benicio del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Ellen Barkin, Christina Ricci and Cameron Diaz
Fibra óptica (Fibre Optic) – (Mexico)
Finding Graceland, starring Harvey Keitel and Bridget Fonda
Firestorm, starring Howie Long and Scott Glenn
Flowers of Shanghai (hǎi shàng huā) – (Taiwan)
Foolish Heart (Corazón iluminado), directed by Héctor Babenco – (Argentina/Brazil)
For Sale (À vendre) – (France)
Forever Love, starring Reba McEntire and Tim Matheson
From the Edge of the City (Apo tin akri tis polis) – (Greece)
G
The General, directed by John Boorman, starring Brendan Gleeson and Jon Voight – (Ireland)
Genghis Khan – (China)
Georgica – (Estonia)
Get Real – (UK)
Ghulam (Slave), starring Aamir Khan – (India)
The Gingerbread Man, directed by Robert Altman, starring Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Berenger, Daryl Hannah, Famke Janssen, and Robert Duvall
The Girl of Your Dreams (La niña de tus ojos), starring Penélope Cruz – (Spain)
Girls' Night, starring Julie Walters, Brenda Blethyn and Kris Kristofferson – (UK)
God said "Ha!", starring Julia Sweeney – Golden Space Needle Award
Gods and Monsters, directed by Bill Condon starring Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser and Lynn Redgrave – (UK/USA)
Godzilla, directed by Roland Emmerich, starring Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Kevin Dunn and Hank Azaria
Goodbye, 20th Century! (Zbogum na dvaesettiot vek!) – (Macedonia)
Goodbye Lover, starring Patricia Arquette and Dermot Mulroney
The Grandfather (El abuelo) – (Spain)
Great Expectations, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft, Chris Cooper and Robert De Niro
Gunshy, starring Diane Lane and William Petersen
Gunslinger's Revenge, starring Leonardo Pieraccioni, Harvey Keitel and David Bowie
H
The Hairy Bird, starring Kirsten Dunst, Gaby Hoffmann, Heather Matarazzo and Lynn Redgrave – (USA/Canada)
Half Baked, starring Dave Chappelle, Jim Breuer and Guillermo Diaz
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Adam Arkin, Michelle Williams, LL Cool J, Josh Hartnett and Janet Leigh
Happiness, directed by Todd Solondz, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jane Adams, Dylan Baker, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ben Gazzara, Louise Lasser and Jon Lovitz
Happy Birthday (S dnyom rozhdeniya) – (Russia)
Hard Rain, starring Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Minnie Driver and Randy Quaid
He Got Game, directed by Spike Lee, starring Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Rosario Dawson, Milla Jovovich, and John Turturro
Head On – (Australia)
The Hi-Lo Country, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Woody Harrelson, Penélope Cruz Billy Crudup and Patricia Arquette
Hideous Kinky, starring Kate Winslet and Saïd Taghmaoui – (UK/France)
High Art, directed by Lisa Cholodenko, starring Ally Sheedy and Radha Mitchell
Hilary and Jackie, directed by Anand Tucker, starring Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths, David Morrissey and Charles Dance – (UK)
Hold You Tight (愈快樂愈墮落), directed by Stanley Kwan – (Hong Kong)
The Hole (Dong) – (Taiwan)
Holy Man, starring Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum and Kelly Preston
Home Fries, starring Drew Barrymore and Luke Wilson
Homegrown, starring Billy Bob Thornton, John Lithgow, Ryan Phillippe, Hank Azaria, Kelly Lynch and Jon Bon Jovi
Hope Floats, directed by Forest Whitaker, starring Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr. and Gena Rowlands
The Horse Whisperer, directed by and starring Robert Redford, with Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Scarlett Johansson
How Stella Got Her Groove Back, starring Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs and Whoopi Goldberg
How to Make the Cruelest Month, starring Clea DuVall
- Human Remains
Hurlyburly, starring Sean Penn, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Garry Shandling, Meg Ryan and Anna Paquin
Hush, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Lange and Johnathon Schaech
Hyderabad Blues – (India)
I
I Stand Alone (Seul contre tous) – (France)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Brandy and Mekhi Phifer
I Want You, directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Rachel Weisz and Alessandro Nivola – (UK)
I Went Down, starring Brendan Gleeson – (Ireland)
Identity Pieces (Pièces d'identités) – (Belgium/France/D.R. Congo)
The Idiots (Idioterne), directed by Lars von Trier – (Denmark)
If the Sun Rises in the West (Haega seojjog-eseo tteundamyeon) – (South Korea)
Illuminata, directed by and starring John Turturro, with Beverly D'Angelo, Susan Sarandon and Christopher Walken
The Impostors, directed by and starring Stanley Tucci, with Oliver Platt, Alfred Molina, Lili Taylor, Hope Davis, Tony Shalhoub, Billy Connolly and Steve Buscemi
- In God's Hands
- In the Flesh
- Incognito
The Inheritors (Die Siebtelbauern) – (Austria)
The Interview, starring Hugo Weaving – (Australia)
It's a Long Road (Ola einai dromos) – (Greece)
J
Jack Frost, starring Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Joseph Cross and Mark Addy
Jane Austen's Mafia!, directed by Jim Abrahams starring Jay Mohr, Olympia Dukakis, Christina Applegate and Lloyd Bridges
Jinnah, starring Christopher Lee, Shashi Kapoor and James Fox – (Pakistan/UK)
Judas Kiss, starring Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson and Carla Gugino
K
Khrustalyov, My Car! (Khrustalyov, mashinu!) – (Russia)
Killer (Tueur à gages) – (Kazakhstan/France)
Kirikou and the Sorceress (Kirikou et la Sorcière) – (France/Belgium/Luxembourg)
Kissing a Fool, starring David Schwimmer, Mili Avital and Jason Lee
Knock Off, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Rob Schneider
Krippendorf's Tribe, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman and Lily Tomlin
Kurt & Courtney, directed by Nick Broomfield – (UK)
L–Q
The Land Girls, directed by David Leland, starring Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz and Anna Friel – (UK)- The Last Days
The Last Days of Disco, directed by Whit Stillman starring Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Chris Eigeman and Robert Sean Leonard
Last Night, directed by and starring Don McKellar, with Sandra Oh, Sarah Polley and David Cronenberg – (Canada)
Leaf on a Pillow (Daun di Atas Bantal) – (Indonesia)
Left Luggage (2 koffers vol), directed by Jeroen Krabbé, starring Isabella Rossellini – (Netherlands)
The Legend of 1900 (La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano), directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, starring Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mélanie Thierry and Bill Nunn – (Italy/USA)
Lethal Weapon 4, directed by Richard Donner, starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock and Jet Li
Life is to Whistle (La Vida es Silbar) – (Cuba)
The Lighthouse (El Faro) – (Argentina/Spain)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride with the voices of Matthew Broderick, Moira Kelly, Neve Campbell, Ernie Sabella and Nathan Lane
Little Thieves, Big Thieves (100 años de perdón) – (Venezuela)
Little Tony – (Netherlands)
Little Voice, directed by Mark Herman, starring Brenda Blethyn, Jane Horrocks, Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent and Ewan McGregor – (UK)
Living Out Loud, starring Holly Hunter, Danny DeVito and Queen Latifah
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, directed by Guy Ritchie, starring Jason Flemyng, Jason Statham, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Vinnie Jones and Sting – (UK)
The Longest Nite (aka Dark Flowers), starring Tony Leung – (Hong Kong)
Lost in Space, directed by Stephen Hopkins, starring William Hurt, Gary Oldman, Mimi Rogers, Matt LeBlanc, Heather Graham and Lacey Chabert
Love & Pop (ラブ&ポップ) – (Japan)- Love from Ground Zero
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, directed by John Maybury, starring Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig and Tilda Swinton – (UK)
Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Los amantes del círculo polar) – (Spain)
Lulu on the Bridge, starring Harvey Keitel and Mira Sorvino
M
- Madame Blueberry
Madeline, starring Frances McDormand and Nigel Hawthorne – (USA/France)
Mala Época (Bad Times) – (Argentina)
Mama Don't Cry (Mama Ne Goryuj) – (Russia)
The Man in the Iron Mask, directed by Randall Wallace, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne – (UK/USA)
The Man with Rain in His Shoes, starring Lena Headey and Penélope Cruz – (Sp/Fr/UK/U.S./Ger)
The Mask of Zorro, directed by Martin Campbell, starring Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Stuart Wilson
Meet Joe Black, directed by Martin Brest, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Jeffrey Tambor, Marcia Gay Harden
Meeting People Is Easy, featuring Radiohead – (UK)- Melting Pot
Mercury Rising, directed by Harold Becker, starring Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes and Kim Dickens
The Mighty, starring Kieran Culkin, Sharon Stone, Elden Henson, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson
Mighty Joe Young, directed by Ron Underwood, starring Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton and Rade Šerbedžija
- The Mighty Kong
Les Misérables, directed by Bille August, starring Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman and Claire Danes – (Germany/UK/USA)
Montana, starring Kyra Sedgwick and Stanley Tucci
Monument Ave., starring Denis Leary and Famke Janssen
Mr. Zhao (Zhào Xiānshēng) – (China)
Mulan, with the voices of Ming-Na Wen and Eddie Murphy
Music from Another Room, starring Jude Law and Jennifer Tilly
The Mutants (Os mutantes) – (Portugal)
My Giant, starring Billy Crystal
My Name is Joe, directed by Ken Loach, starring Peter Mullan – (UK)
N
The Naked Man, starring Michael Rapaport
The Negotiator, directed by F. Gary Gray, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse and J. T. Walsh
New Rose Hotel, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Asia Argento and Annabella Sciorra
The Newton Boys, directed by Richard Linklater, starring Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Skeet Ulrich and Vincent D'Onofrio
Next Stop Wonderland, starring Hope Davis
A Night at the Roxbury, starring Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan
Nô – (Canada)
No Looking Back, starring Lauren Holly and Jon Bon Jovi
O
The Object of My Affection, starring Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd
- October 22
The Odd Couple II, starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon
Of Freaks and Men (Pro urodov i lyudey) – (Russia)
Okraina (Outskirts) – (Russia)
One Evening After the War (Un soir apres la guerre) – (Cambodia/France)
One True Thing, starring Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt and Tom Everett Scott
Only Clouds Move the Stars (Bare skyer beveger stjernene) – (Norway)
The Opposite of Sex, starring Christina Ricci and Lisa Kudrow
The Other Conquest (La Otra Conquista) – (Mexico)
Out of Sight, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Don Cheadle, Ving Rhames, Dennis Farina and Albert Brooks
Outside Ozona, starring Robert Forster, Kevin Pollak and Sherilyn Fenn
Overnight Delivery, starring Paul Rudd and Reese Witherspoon
P–Q
Paljas – (South Africa)
Palmetto, directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring Woody Harrelson and Elisabeth Shue
The Parent Trap, starring Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson and Lindsay Lohan
Passion (Szenvedély) – (Hungary)
Patch Adams, directed by Tom Shadyac, starring Robin Williams, Monica Potter and Philip Seymour Hoffman
Paulie, starring Tony Shalhoub, Gena Rowlands, Cheech Marin, Jay Mohr and Buddy Hackett
Pecker, directed by John Waters, starring Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Lili Taylor, Martha Plimpton, Mary Kay Place and Bess Armstrong
Peculiarities of the National Fishing (Osobennosti natsionalnoy rybalki) – (Russia)
A Perfect Murder, directed by Andrew Davis, starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen and David Suchet
Permanent Midnight, starring Ben Stiller, Maria Bello, Elizabeth Hurley, Janeane Garofalo and Owen Wilson
The Personals (Zheng hun qi shi) – (Taiwan)
Phantom Beirut (ashbah bayroot) – (Lebanon)
Phantoms, starring Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan, Liev Schreiber and Ben Affleck
Phoenix, starring Ray Liotta and Anjelica Huston
Pi, directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Sean Gullette and Mark Margolis
The Pianist (El pianista) – (Spain)
A Place Called Chiapas – (Canada)
Places in Cities (Plätze in Städten) – (Germany)
Playing by Heart, starring Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Jon Stewart
Pleasantville, directed by Gary Ross, starring Tobey Maguire, Joan Allen, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy, Don Knotts, J. T. Walsh and Jeff Daniels
- Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
The Polish Bride (De Poolse bruid) – (Netherlands)
Poodle Springs (film), starring James Caan, Dina Meyer, David Keith, Brian Cox and Joe Don Baker
The Power of Kangwon Province (Gangwon-do ui him) – (South Korea)
Practical Magic, starring Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing and Aidan Quinn
A Price Above Rubies, starring Renée Zellweger
Primary Colors, directed by Mike Nichols, starring John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Adrian Lester and Kathy Bates
The Prince of Egypt, directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner and Simon Wells, starring Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Sandra Bullock, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Goldblum, Patrick Stewart, Helen Mirren
Prometheus, directed by Tony Harrison, starring Walter Sparrow (UK)
Psycho, directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy and Robert Forster
- Quest for Camelot
The Quiet Family (Joyonghan Gajok) – (South Korea)
R–Z
Radiofreccia – (Italy)
The Rat Pack, directed by Rob Cohen, starring Ray Liotta, Joe Mantegna, Don Cheadle, Angus Macfadyen and Bobby Slayton
Reach the Rock, starring William Sadler
The Real Blonde, starring Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, Daryl Hannah, Maxwell Caulfield, Kathleen Turner and Marlo Thomas
The Red Violin (Le Violon rouge) – (Canada/Italy/UK)
The Replacement Killers, directed by Antoine Fuqua, starring Chow Yun-fat, Mira Sorvino and Michael Rooker
Restaurant, starring Adrien Brody and Lauryn Hill
- The Return of El Coyote
Return to Paradise, starring Vince Vaughn, Joaquin Phoenix and Anne Heche
- Riddler's Moon
Ring (Ringu), directed by Hideo Nakata – (Japan)
Ringmaster, starring Jerry Springer, Jaime Pressly and Molly Hagan
Ronin, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Stellan Skarsgård, Jonathan Pryce, Natascha McElhone, Katarina Witt and Sean Bean
The Rose Seller (La vendedora de rosas) – (Colombia)
Rounders, directed by John Dahl, starring Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Gretchen Mol, Martin Landau and John Malkovich
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie, with the voices of John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Eric Idle and Whoopi Goldberg
- The Rugrats Movie
Run Lola Run (Lola rennt), directed by Tom Tykwer, starring Franka Potente and Moritz Bleibtreu – (Germany) – Golden Space Needle Award (for 1999)
Rush Hour, directed by Brett Ratner, starring Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker and Tom Wilkinson
Rushmore, directed by Wes Anderson, starring Jason Schwartzman, Olivia Williams, Bill Murray, Mason Gamble and Seymour Cassel
S
Safe Men, starring Sam Rockwell and Steve Zahn
Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Edward Burns, Dennis Farina, Vin Diesel, Paul Giamatti, Giovanni Ribisi and Ted Danson – Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
Savior, starring Dennis Quaid and Stellan Skarsgård
The School of Flesh (L'École de la chair), starring Isabelle Huppert – (France)
Scratches in the Table (Madelief, krassen in het tafelblad) – (Netherlands)
Sekal Has to Die (Je třeba zabít Sekala) – (Czech Republic)
Senseless, starring Marlon Wayans and David Spade
Shadrach, starring Harvey Keitel and Andie MacDowell
Shakespeare in Love, directed by John Madden, starring Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck, Colin Firth and Judi Dench – (UK/USA) – Academy and Golden Globe (Mus./Com.) Awards for Best Picture
The Shoe (Kurpe) – (Latvia)
Show Me Love (Fucking Åmål) – (Sweden)
Die Siebtelbauern (The Inheritors) – (Austria)
The Siege, directed by Edward Zwick, starring Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis and Tony Shalhoub
Simon Birch, starring Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd and Oliver Platt
A Simple Plan, directed by Sam Raimi, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda and Gary Cole
- Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
Since You've Been Gone, directed by and starring David Schwimmer, with Teri Hatcher, Jon Stewart, Rachel Griffiths, and Lara Flynn Boyle
Six Days, Seven Nights, directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Harrison Ford, Anne Heche and David Schwimmer
- Slam
Sliding Doors, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch and Jeanne Tripplehorn – (UK/USA)
Small Soldiers, directed by Joe Dante, starring Gregory Smith, Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Kevin Dunn, Ann Magnuson and Denis Leary with the voices of Tommy Lee Jones and Frank Langella
Smoke Signals – (USA/Canada)
Snake Eyes, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino, John Heard and Luis Guzman
So Close to Paradise (Biandan guniang) – (China)
Soldier, starring Kurt Russell
Sour Grapes, directed by Larry David, starring Steven Weber and Craig Bierko
Species II, starring Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Marg Helgenberger
Sphere, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Liev Schreiber and Queen Latifah
Spring in My Hometown (Areumdaoon shijeol) – (South Korea)- Star Kid
Star Trek: Insurrection, directed by Jonathan Frakes, starring Patrick Stewart, LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, Donna Murphy, Gregg Henry and F. Murray Abraham
State of Dogs (Nokhoin Oron) – (Mongolia)
Stepmom, directed by Chris Columbus, starring Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon and Ed Harris
Still Crazy, starring Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Bill Nighy, Jimmy Nail and Timothy Spall – (UK)
Susan's Plan, directed by John Landis, starring Nastassja Kinski, Billy Zane, Rob Schneider, Lara Flynn Boyle and Dan Aykroyd
- The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom
T
Tango, directed by Carlos Saura – (Argentina)
Taxi – (France)
The Teenage Textbook Movie – (Singapore)
Tell Me I'm Dreaming (Dis-moi que je rêve) – (France)
There's Something About Mary, directed by the Farrelly brothers, starring Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Lee Evans and Chris Elliott
Thick as Thieves, starring Alec Baldwin
The Thin Red Line, directed by Terrence Malick, starring Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jim Caviezel, Adrien Brody, Elias Koteas, Ben Chaplin, Woody Harrelson, John Cusack, John Travolta and George Clooney — Golden Bear Award for 1999
The Three Men of Melita Žganjer (Tri muškarca Melite Žganjer) – (Croatia)
Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley (Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law) – (Spain)
Train of Life (Train de Vie) (Fr/Bel/Neth/Is/Rom)
Train to Pakistan – (India)
Trance, starring Alison Elliott, Christopher Walken and Jared Harris
The Truman Show, directed by Peter Weir, starring Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Natascha McElhone and Ed Harris
Twilight, directed by Robert Benton, starring Paul Newman, Gene Hackman, Susan Sarandon, James Garner, Liev Schreiber, Stockard Channing and Reese Witherspoon
U–V
U.S. Marshals, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes and Robert Downey, Jr.
Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light – (Japan)
Up 'n' Under – (UK)
Urban Legend, starring Alicia Witt, Tara Reid and Jared Leto
Vampires, directed by John Carpenter, starring James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith and Maximilian Schell
Velvet Goldmine, directed by Todd Haynes, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christian Bale, Ewan McGregor, Toni Collette and Eddie Izzard – (UK)
Very Bad Things, directed by Peter Berg, starring Jon Favreau, Christian Slater, Jeremy Piven, Daniel Stern and Cameron Diaz
The Very Thought of You, aka Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence, starring Monica Potter, Joseph Fiennes and Rufus Sewell – (UK)
La Vie Sur Terre (Life on Earth) – (Mali/Mauritania)
The Vivero Letter, starring Fred Ward, Robert Patrick
W
Waking Ned, aka Waking Ned Devine, starring Ian Bannen, James Nesbitt and Fionnula Flanagan – (UK/France)
The Waterboy, starring Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler and Fairuza Balk
The Way We Laughed (Così ridevano) – (Italy)
The Wedding Singer, starring Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore and Christine Taylor
- Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
West Beirut (Beyrout al gharbiyya) – (Lebanon)
What Dreams May Come, directed by Vincent Ward, starring Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Annabella Sciorra and Max von Sydow
When the Dead Start Singing (Kad mrtvi zapjevaju) – (Croatia)
Whispering Corridors (Yeogogoedam) – (South Korea)
Who Am I? (Wǒ Shì Shéi), starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong)
Why Do Fools Fall In Love, starring Halle Berry and Vivica A. Fox
Wide Awake, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, starring Rosie O'Donnell, Dana Delany and Denis Leary
Wild Things, directed by John McNaughton, starring Denise Richards, Neve Campbell, Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon and Bill Murray
Without Limits, directed by Robert Towne, starring Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, Monica Potter, Judith Ivey and Matthew Lillard
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, starring Joe Mantegna and Esai Morales
Woubi Chéri (Darling Woubi) – (Côte d'Ivoire/France)
Wrongfully Accused, starring Leslie Nielsen, Richard Crenna, Melinda McGraw and Kelly Le Brock
XYZ
The X-Files, directed by Rob Bowman, starring David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau and Blythe Danner
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (Tiān Yù), directed by Joan Chen – (China)
Your Friends & Neighbors, directed by Neil LaBute, starring Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Catherine Keener, Nastassja Kinski, Jason Patric and Ben Stiller
You've Got Mail, directed by Nora Ephron, starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Steve Zahn and Greg Kinnear
Zero Effect, directed by Jake Kasdan, starring Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Kim Dickens and Ryan O'Neal
Births
- January 4 – Coco Jones, American actress/singer
- January 5 – Marie Iitoyo, Japanese model and actress
- January 12 – Nathan Gamble, American actor
- January 23 – Rachel Crow, American actress/singer and comedian
- January 28 – Ariel Winter, American actress
- February 15 – Zachary Gordon, American actor
- March 22 – Paola Andino, Puerto Rican-American actress
- April 6 – Peyton List, American actress
- April 9 – Elle Fanning, American actress
- April 24 – Ryan Newman, American actress
- May 29 – Shealeigh, American singer
- June 19
Suzu Hirose, Japanese actress
Atticus Shaffer, American actor
- July 7 – Dylan Sprayberry, American actor
- July 8 – Jaden Smith, American actor
- July 22 – Madison Pettis, American actress
- July 24 – Bindi Irwin, Australia actress
- July 28 – Sasha Meneghel, Brazilian actress
- July 31 – Rico Rodriguez, American actor
- August 6 – Forrest Goodluck, American actor
- August 25 – China Anne McClain, American actress and singer
- October 1 – Danika Yarosh, American actress
- October 23 – Amandla Stenberg, American actress
- October 28 – Nolan Gould, American actor
- November 13 – Gattlin Griffith, American actor
- November 23 – Bradley Steven Perry, American actor
- December 2 – Amber Montana, American actress
- December 23 – G Hannelius, American actress and singer
- December 29 – Paris Berelc, American actress
Notable deaths
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
January | 4 | Mae Questel | 89 | USA | Actress, Voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl |
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5 | Sonny Bono | 62 | USA | Singer, Actor |
| |
6 | Walter Barnes | 79 | USA | Actor |
| |
6 | Murray Salem | 47 | USA | Actor, Screenwriter |
| |
7 | Jacqueline DeWit | 85 | USA | Actress |
| |
7 | Dorothy Wilson | 88 | USA | Actress |
| |
24 | Jack Lord | 77 | USA | Actor |
| |
28 | Jim Bohan | 52 | USA | Actor |
| |
30 | Ferdy Mayne | 81 | UK | Actor |
| |
February | 1 | Jack T. Collis | 75 | USA | Art Director |
|
2 | Davy Kaye | 81 | Bahamas | Actor |
| |
2 | Duilio Del Prete | 59 | Italy | Actor |
| |
5 | Douglas Gamley | 73 | Australia | Composer, Conductor |
| |
17 | Sheila Raynor | 91 | UK | Actor |
| |
18 | James Villiers | 67 | UK | Actor |
| |
23 | Chuck Hayward | 89 | UK | Actor |
| |
24 | Henny Youngman | 91 | UK | Comedian, Actor |
| |
26 | James Algar | 75 | American | Director, Producer |
| |
27 | J. T. Walsh | 54 | USA | Actor |
| |
March | 5 | Donald Woods | 91 | Canada | Actor |
|
10 | Lloyd Bridges | 85 | USA | Actor |
| |
17 | Helen Westcott | 70 | USA | Actress |
| |
25 | Daniel Massey | 64 | UK | Actor |
| |
30 | Ramsay Ames | 79 | USA | Actress |
| |
April | 1 | Gene Evans | 75 | USA | Actor |
|
1 | Lucille Norman | 76 | USA | Singer, Actress |
| |
3 | Charles Lang | 96 | USA | Cinematographer |
| |
4 | Kay Hughes | 84 | USA | Actress |
| |
11 | Rodney Harvey | 30 | USA | Actor |
| |
21 | Peter Lind Hayes | 82 | USA | Actor |
| |
24 | Leslie Stevens | 74 | USA | Screenwriter, Director |
| |
28 | Jerome Bixby | 75 | USA | Screenwriter |
| |
28 | Dorothy Lovett | 83 | USA | Actress |
| |
May | 2 | Maidie Norman | 85 | USA | Actress |
|
3 | Gene Raymond | 89 | USA | Actor |
| |
9 | Alice Faye | 83 | USA | Actress, Singer |
| |
10 | Robert Jewell | 78 | Australia | Actor |
| |
11 | Gene Fowler, Jr. | 80 | USA | Film Editor |
| |
14 | Frank Sinatra | 82 | USA | Singer, Actor |
| |
15 | Linwood G. Dunn | 93 | USA | Visual Effects Artist |
| |
20 | Wolf Mankowitz | 73 | UK | Screenwriter |
| |
21 | Douglas Fowley | 86 | USA | Actor |
| |
22 | John Derek | 71 | USA | Actor, Director |
| |
28 | Phil Hartman | 49 | USA | Actor, Comedian |
| |
June | 1 | Darwin Joston | 60 | USA | Actor |
|
2 | Dorothy Stickney | 101 | USA | Actress |
| |
4 | Josephine Hutchinson | 94 | USA | Actress |
| |
5 | Jeanette Nolan | 85 | USA | Actress |
| |
12 | Theresa Merritt | 73 | USA | Actress |
| |
18 | Charles Korvin | 90 | Slovakia | Actor |
| |
23 | Kurt Kren | 69 | Austria | Director |
| |
23 | Maureen O'Sullivan | 87 | USA | Actress |
| |
July | 1 | Claire Kelly | 64 | USA | Actress |
|
4 | Gregg Burge | 40 | USA | Actor |
| |
6 | Roy Rogers | 86 | USA | Actor |
| |
10 | William Preston | 76 | USA | Actor |
| |
16 | Leigh Brown | 59 | USA | Screenwriter |
| |
17 | Joseph Maher | 64 | Ireland | Actor |
| |
19 | Betty Marsden | 79 | UK | Actress |
| |
21 | Kenneth Watson | 66 | UK | Actor | Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. | |
21 | Robert Young | 91 | USA | Actor |
| |
22 | Don Dunphy | 90 | USA | Announcer, Actor |
| |
27 | Binnie Barnes | 95 | UK | Actress |
| |
28 | Lenny McLean | 49 | UK | Actor |
| |
29 | Jerome Robbins | 79 | USA | Director, Choreographer | West Side Story | |
29 | O. Z. Whitehead | 87 | USA | Actor |
| |
August | 1 | Eva Bartok | 71 | Hungary | Actress |
|
11 | Derek Newark | 65 | UK | Actor |
| |
16 | Phil Leeds | 82 | USA | Actor |
| |
18 | Persis Khambatta | 49 | India | Actress |
| |
24 | E. G. Marshall | 84 | USA | Actor |
| |
24 | Gene Page | 58 | USA | Composer |
| |
26 | Penny Edwards | 70 | USA | Actress |
| |
September | 2 | Fernando Carrere | 87 | Mexico | Art Director |
|
6 | Akira Kurosawa | 88 | Japan | Director, Screenwriter |
| |
6 | Elaine Shepard | 85 | USA | Actress |
| |
8 | Leonid Kinskey | 95 | Russia | Actor |
| |
11 | Dane Clark | 86 | USA | Actor |
| |
19 | Patricia Hayes | 88 | UK | Actress |
| |
21 | Clara Calamai | 89 | Italy | Actress |
| |
22 | John Garrie | 75 | UK | Actor |
| |
24 | Dennis Ayling | 81 | UK | Cinematographer | Alien | |
30 | Marius Goring | 86 | UK | Actor |
| |
October | 2 | Eric Ambler | 89 | UK | Screenwriter |
|
2 | Gene Autry | 91 | USA | Actor, Singer |
| |
3 | Roddy McDowall | 70 | USA | Actor |
| |
8 | Gigi Reder | 70 | Italy | Actor |
| |
11 | Richard Denning | 84 | USA | Actor |
| |
17 | Joan Hickson | 92 | UK | Actress |
| |
22 | Eric Ambler | 89 | UK | Screenwriter |
| |
23 | Christopher Gable | 58 | UK | Actor |
| |
27 | Rosamund John | 85 | UK | Actress |
| |
28 | James Goldman | 71 | USA | Screenwriter |
| |
November | 2 | Tommy Duggan | 89 | UK | Actor |
|
3 | Martha O'Driscoll | 76 | USA | Actress |
| |
4 | Vincent Winter | 50 | UK | Production Manager |
| |
8 | Jean Marais | 84 | France | Actor, Director |
| |
9 | Ursula Reit | 84 | Germany | Actress | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | |
13 | Valerie Hobson | 81 | UK | Actress |
| |
17 | Dick O'Neill | 70 | USA | Actor |
| |
17 | Esther Rolle | 78 | USA | Actress |
| |
19 | Alan J. Pakula | 70 | USA | Director, Producer |
| |
22 | Nicky Blair | 72 | USA | Actor |
| |
25 | Enrico Sabbatini | 66 | Italy | Costume Designer |
| |
25 | Flip Wilson | 64 | USA | Comedian, Actor |
| |
30 | Ruth Clifford | 98 | USA | Actress |
| |
December | ||||||
1 | Freddie Young | 96 | UK | Cinematographer |
| |
7 | John Addison | 78 | USA | Composer |
| |
13 | Lew Grade | 91 | UK | Producer |
| |
13 | Ariadna Welter | 68 | Mexico | Actress |
| |
14 | Norman Fell | 74 | USA | Actor |
| |
20 | Irene Hervey | 89 | USA | Actress |
| |
21 | Roger Avon | 84 | UK | Actor |
| |
23 | David Manners | 97 | USA | Actor |
| |
25 | Richard Paul | 58 | USA | Actor |
| |
26 | Hurd Hatfield | 81 | USA | Actor |
| |
28 | William Frankfather | 54 | USA | Actor |
| |
29 | Don Taylor | 81 | USA | Actor, Director |
|
Film debuts
Elizabeth Banks – Surrender Dorothy
Kristen Bell – Polish Wedding
Kate Bosworth – The Horse Whisperer
Jordana Brewster – The Faculty
Taye Diggs – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Snoop Dogg – Half Baked
Cedric the Entertainer – Ride
Vera Farmiga – Return to Paradise
Judy Greer – Kissing a Fool
Josh Hartnett – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Taraji P. Henson – Streetwise
Kate Hudson – Desert Blue
Oscar Isaac – Illtown
Chris Kattan – A Night at the Roxbury
Shia LaBeouf – The Christmas Path
Lindsay Lohan – The Parent Trap
Eva Mendes – A Night at the Roxbury
Cillian Murphy – The Tale of Sweety Barrett
Christopher Nolan (director) – Following
Amy Poehler – Tomorrow Night
Rebecca Romijn – Dirty Work
Jason Schwartzman – Rushmore
Jason Segel – Can't Hardly Wait
Dax Shepard – Hairshirt
Jason Statham – Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
References
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