1998

The Negotiator 1998

In a desperate attempt to prove his innocence, a skilled police negotiator accused of corruption and murder takes hostages in a government office to gain the time he needs to find the truth.

Category: Action, Crime, Drama

Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse

7.3 IMDB Rating 7,677 Views
Soldier 1998

In a futuristic society, some people are selected at birth to become soldiers, and trained in such a manner that they become inhuman killing machines. One of the most succesfull and older of these soldiers (Russell) is pitted against a new breed of soldiers, and after the confrontation is believed to be dead. His body is left behind in a semi-abandoned colonial planet, where everything is peaceful, and he is taught about the other aspects of life. But eventually he has to fight the new breed of soldiers again, this time to defend his new home...

Category: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Stars: Kurt Russell,Jason Scott Lee,Jason Isaacs,Connie Nielsen

6.0 IMDB Rating 6,212 Views
The Big Lebowski 1998

When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude.

Category: Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Stars: Jeff Bridges,John Goodman,Julianne Moore,Steve Buscemi

8.2 IMDB Rating 9,326 Views
Ronin 1998

A freelancing former U.S. Intelligence Agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by the Irish and the Russians.

Category: Action, Adventure, Crime

Stars: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone

7.2 IMDB Rating 7,042 Views
Dangerous Beauty 1998

A Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic

Stars: Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, Oliver Platt

7.2 IMDB Rating 5,747 Views
The Gingerbread Man 1998

A lawyer uses his power to help his lover put her father behind bars, but when he escapes, they are all in danger.

Category: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr.

5.7 IMDB Rating 3,634 Views
Practical Magic 1998

Two witch sisters, raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town, face closed-minded prejudice and a curse which threatens to prevent them ever finding lasting love.

Category: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Stars: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing

6.2 IMDB Rating 6,909 Views
The Thin Red Line 1998

U.S. Army Private Witt (AWOL) is found and imprisoned on a troop carrier by his company First Sergeant, Welsh.The men of C Company,1st Battalion,27th Infantry Regiment,25th Infantry Division have been brought to Guadalcanal as reinforcements in the campaign to secure Henderson Field and seize the island from the Japanese. They arrive near Hill 210, a key Japanese position. Their task is to capture the hill at all cost. What happens next is a story developing about redemption and the meaningless of war. Regardless the outcome.

Category: Drama, War

Stars: Nick Nolte,Jim Caviezel,Sean Penn,Elias Koteas

7.6 IMDB Rating 9,637 Views
Velvet Goldmine 1998

1971: Glamrock explodes all over the world and challenges the seriousness within the flower power generation by means of glitter and brutal music. Brian Slade, a young rock star, inspires numerous teenage boys and girls to paint their nails and explore their own sexuality. In the end Slade destroys himself. Unable to escape the character role of "Maxwell Demon" that he created, he plots his own murder. When fans discover the murder is not real, his star falls abruptly and he is quickly forgotten about. 1984: Arthur, a journalist working for a New York newspaper, gets assigned the tenth anniversary story about the fake murder of Brian Slade. When Arthur was young and growing up in Manchester, he was more than a fan of Slade. Reluctantly he accepts the assignment and starts to investigate what happened to his old glamrock hero.

Category: Drama, Music

Stars: Ewan McGregor,Jonathan Rhys Meyers,Christian Bale,Toni Collette

7.0 IMDB Rating 3,654 Views
What Dreams May Come 1998

Chris Nielsen dies in an accident, and enters Heaven. But when he discovers that his beloved wife Annie has killed herself out of grief over the loss, he embarks on an afterlife adventure to reunite with her.

Category: Drama, Fantasy, Romantic

Stars: Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra

6.9 IMDB Rating 855 Views
Simon Birch 1998

A young boy with stunted growth is convinced that God has a great purpose for him.

Category: Comedy, Drama, Family, Kids

Stars: Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd

6.9 IMDB Rating 4,238 Views
Pecker 1998

A Baltimore sandwich shop employee becomes an overnight sensation when a photographer's photos he's taken of his weird family become the latest rage in the art world.

Category: Comedy, Drama

Stars: Edward Furlong,Christina Ricci,Bess Armstrong,Mark Joy

6.4 IMDB Rating 2,958 Views
You’ve Got Mail 1998

Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.

Category: Comedy, Drama, Romantic

Stars: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear

6.7 IMDB Rating 6,908 Views
Patch Adams 1998

The true story of a heroic man, Hunter "Patch" Adams, determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people. He ventured where no doctor had ventured before, using humour and pathos.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama

Stars: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter

6.8 IMDB Rating 4,965 Views
Run Lola Run 1998

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. Lola has 20 min to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.

Category: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Franka Potente,Moritz Bleibtreu,Herbert Knaup,Nina Petri

7.8 IMDB Rating 3,244 Views
Disturbing Behavior 1998

After the suicide of the teenager Allen Clark, his family decides to move from Chicago to the quiet Cradle Bay Island seeking a peaceful life for the siblings Steve and Lindsay Clark. When Steve joins the local high-school, the outcast Gavin Strick befriends Steve and introduces his also rejected friend Rachel Wagner to the newcomer. Gavin exposes to Steve in the refectory the punks, the nerds and the different tribes of the school and he defends the weird theory that a sinister force changes the behavior of the annoyingly perfect "Blue Ribbons", a group of good students that wear identical jackets and gather in the Yogurt Shoppe. Further he tells that he had witnessed the blue ribbon Andy Efkin killing their schoolmate Mary Jo that is missing and the local Officer Cox covering the murder. Steve does not believe on Gavin words, but when his friend is submitted to the treatment of Dr. Edgar Caldicott and immediately changes his behavior, joining the Blue Ribbons, Steve and Rachel decides to investigate the mystery discovering the dark secret of the perfect behavior.

Category: Mystery, Sci-Fi

Stars: James Marsden,Katie Holmes,Tobias Mehler,Nick Stahl

5.5 IMDB Rating 3,916 Views
I Stand Alone 1998

The Butcher (known from Noe's short film Carne) has done some time in jail after beating up the guy who tried to seduce his teenage mentally-handicapped daughter. Now he wants to start a new life. He leaves his daughter in an institution and moves to Lille suburbs with his mistress. She promised him a new butcher shop. She lied. The butcher decides to go back to Paris and find his daughter.

Category: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Philippe Nahon,Blandine Lenoir,Frankie Pain,Martine Audrain

7.5 IMDB Rating 3,639 Views
Halloweentown 1998

Marnie, Dylan, and Sophie Piper have their first out of many adventures! On Halloween, while Marnie is arguing with her mother Gwen, the kids' grandmother Aggie comes to visit. Aggie wants to start Marnie's witch training before her 13th birthday or Marnie will lose her powers forever. But there is another reason for Aggie's visit. Something dark & evil is growing in Halloweentown & Aggie wants help to defeat it. While Aggie & Gwen are arguing, Aggie uses magic which Marnie observes. After Aggie leaves to return to Halloweentown, Marnie, Dylan and, unknown to Marnie and Dylan, Sophie follow her onto the return bus. Soon afterwards, Gwen follows the children to Halloweentown. While there, Aggie & Gwen are attacked by the dark force in a movie theater. Marnie, Dylan & Sophie race to get the ingredients to activate Merlin's Wand to stop the evil.

Category: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Kids

Stars: Debbie Reynolds,Kimberly J. Brown,Judith Hoag,Joey Zimmerman

6.8 IMDB Rating 4,937 Views
Ringu 1998

Reiko Asakawa is researching into a 'Cursed Video' interviewing teenagers about it. When her niece Tomoko dies of 'sudden heart failure' with an unnaturally horrified expression on her face, Reiko investigates. She finds out that some of Tomoko's friends, who had been on a holiday with Tomoko the week before, had died on exactly the same night at the exact same time in the exact same way. Reiko goes to the cabin where the teens had stayed and finds an 'unlabeled' video tape. Reiko watched the tape to discover to her horror it is in fact the 'cursed videotape'. Ex-Husband Ryuji helps Reiko solve the mystery, Reiko makes him a copy for further investigation. Things become more tense when their son Yoichi watches the tape saying Tomoko had told him to. Their discovery takes them to a volcanic island where they discover that the video has a connection to a psychic who died 30 years ago, and her child Sadako...

Category: Mystery

Stars: Nanako Matsushima,Miki Nakatani,Yûko Takeuchi,Hitomi Satô

7.3 IMDB Rating 4,166 Views
Apt Pupil 1998

A boy blackmails his neighbor after suspecting him to be a Nazi war criminal.

Category: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro, Joshua Jackson

6.7 IMDB Rating 3,824 Views