1998 in film

Highest-grossing films

Awards events

• 3rd Empire Awards
• 56th Golden Globe Awards
• 71st Academy Awards

Awards

1998 films

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Notable films released in 1998

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• 1732 Høtten –
• 42 Up –
• 54, starring Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, Breckin Meyer and Mike Myers

  A

• A, documentary about the Aum Shinrikyo cult –
• Addams Family Reunion
• The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, starring Adrian Grenier
• An Affair –
• After Life, starring Arata –
• ', starring Ryan O'Neal, Eric Idle, Coolio, Chuck D and Richard Jeni
• Alice and Martin, directed by André Téchiné, starring Juliette Binoche –
• 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
• ', 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 –
• The Apple –
• April Story – short film starring Takako Matsu –
• 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, starring Shim Eun-ha –
• August 32nd on Earth –
• The Avengers, starring Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery

  B

• B. Monkey, starring Asia Argento, Rupert Everett and Jared Harris –
• , directed by George Miller, starring James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski and Mickey Rooney with the voices of Elizabeth Daily and Hugo Weaving –
• The Barber of Siberia –
• 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 –
• Be There or Be Square –
• Beast Cops, directed by Gordon Chan –
• Bedrooms and Hallways, starring Kevin McKidd, Hugo Weaving and James Purefoy –
• Begging for Love –
• Belly, directed by Hype Williams, starring DMX
• Beloved, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover and Thandie Newton
• Beshkempir –
• Besieged, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Thandie Newton and David Thewlis –
• 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, directed by Takashi Miike –
• Birdcage Inn –
• Black Cat, White Cat –
• 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 –
• Bombay Boys, starring Naveen Andrews –
• The Boys, starring David Wenham and Toni Collette –
• 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 –
• Caught Up, starring Bokeem Woodbine
• The Celebration, directed by Thomas Vinterberg –
• 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 – – Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Golden Bear award
• Chachi 420, starring Kamal Haasan, Amrish Puri and Om Puri –
• Christmas in August –
• 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 –
• Come Sweet Death –
• Cousin Bette, starring Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Hugh Laurie –
• Croupier, directed by Mike Hodges, starring Clive Owen, Alex Kingston and Gina McKee –
• The Curve, starring Matthew Lillard and Keri Russell

  D

• Dance Me to My Song –
• 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 –
• 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
• –
• Digging to China, starring Evan Rachel Wood and Kevin Bacon
• The Day Silence Died –
• Le Dîner de Cons, directed by Francis Veber –
• Dirty Work, starring Norm Macdonald, Artie Lange, Jack Warden, Chevy Chase and Chris Farley
• Disturbing Behavior, starring James Marsden, Katie Holmes and Nick Stahl –
• Divorcing Jack, starring David Thewlis –
• Down in the Delta, directed by Maya Angelou, starring Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman Jr., Esther Rolle, Loretta Devine, and Wesley Snipes
• Dr. Akagi, directed by Shohei Imamura –
• Dr. Dolittle, starring Eddie Murphy, voices of Norm Macdonald, Albert Brooks, Chris Rock, Garry Shandling and Ellen DeGeneres
• The Dreamlife of Angels –

  E

• Earth, directed by Deepa Mehta –
• Elizabeth, directed by Shekhar Kapur, starring Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Sir John Gielgud, Daniel Craig, Fanny Ardant, Kathy Burke and Richard Attenborough –
• 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, starring Bruno Ganz – – 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
• 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 –
• Finding Graceland, starring Harvey Keitel and Bridget Fonda
• Firestorm, starring Howie Long and Scott Glenn
• Flowers of Shanghai –
• Foolish Heart, directed by Héctor Babenco –
• For Sale –
• Forever Love, starring Reba McEntire and Tim Matheson
• From the Edge of the City –

  G

• The General, directed by John Boorman, starring Brendan Gleeson and Jon Voight –
• Genghis Khan –
• Georgica –
• Get Real –
• Ghulam, starring Aamir Khan –
• 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, starring Penélope Cruz –
• Girls' Night, starring Julie Walters, Brenda Blethyn and Kris Kristofferson –
• 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 –
• Godzilla, directed by Roland Emmerich, starring Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Kevin Dunn and Hank Azaria
• Goodbye, 20th Century! –
• Goodbye Lover, starring Patricia Arquette and Dermot Mulroney
• The Grandfather –
• 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 –
• Half Baked, starring Dave Chappelle, Jim Breuer and Guillermo Diaz
• ', 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 –
• 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 –
• '
• 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 –
• 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 –
• Hold You Tight, directed by Stanley Kwan –
• The Hole –
• 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 –

  I

• I Stand Alone –
• 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 –
• I Went Down, starring Brendan Gleeson –
• Identity Pieces –
• The Idiots, directed by Lars von Trier –
• If the Sun Rises in the West –
• 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 –
• The Interview, starring Hugo Weaving –
• It's a Long Road –

  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 –
• Judas Kiss, starring Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson and Carla Gugino

  K

• Khrustalyov, My Car! –
• Killer –
• Kirikou and the Sorceress –
• 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 –

  L

• The Land Girls, directed by David Leland, starring Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz and Anna Friel –
• 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 –
• Leaf on a Pillow –
• Left Luggage, directed by Jeroen Krabbé, starring Isabella Rossellini –
• The Legend of 1900, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, starring Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mélanie Thierry and Bill Nunn –
• 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 –
• The Lighthouse –
• ' with the voices of Matthew Broderick, Moira Kelly, Neve Campbell, Ernie Sabella and Nathan Lane
• Little Thieves, Big Thieves –
• Little Tony –
• Little Voice, directed by Mark Herman, starring Brenda Blethyn, Jane Horrocks, Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent and Ewan McGregor –
• 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 –
• The Longest Nite, starring Tony Leung –
• Lost in Space, directed by Stephen Hopkins, starring William Hurt, Gary Oldman, Mimi Rogers, Matt LeBlanc, Heather Graham and Lacey Chabert
• Love & Pop –
• Love from Ground Zero
• ', directed by John Maybury, starring Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig and Tilda Swinton –
• Lovers of the Arctic Circle –
• Lulu on the Bridge, starring Harvey Keitel and Mira Sorvino
• Lucky and Zorba, directed by Enzo D'Alò –

  M

• Madame Blueberry
• Madeline, starring Frances McDormand and Nigel Hawthorne –
• Mala Época –
• Mama Don't Cry –
• The Man in the Iron Mask, directed by Randall Wallace, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne –
• The Man with Rain in His Shoes, starring Lena Headey and Penélope Cruz –
• 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 –
• 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 –
• Montana, starring Kyra Sedgwick and Stanley Tucci
• Monument Ave., starring Denis Leary and Famke Janssen
• Mr. Zhao –
• Mulan, with the voices of Ming-Na Wen and Eddie Murphy
• Music from Another Room, starring Jude Law and Jennifer Tilly
• The Mutants –
• My Giant, starring Billy Crystal
• My Name is Joe, directed by Ken Loach, starring Peter Mullan –

  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 –
• 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 –
• Okraina –
• One Evening After the War –
• One True Thing, starring Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt and Tom Everett Scott
• Only Clouds Move the Stars –
• The Opposite of Sex, starring Christina Ricci and Lisa Kudrow
• The Other Conquest –
• 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 –
• Palmetto, directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring Woody Harrelson and Elisabeth Shue
• The Parent Trap, starring Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson and Lindsay Lohan
• Passion –
• 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 –
• 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 –
• Phantom Beirut –
• 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 –
• A Place Called Chiapas –
• Places in Cities –
• 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
• '
• The Polish Bride –
• '
• Poodle Springs , starring James Caan, Dina Meyer, David Keith, Brian Cox and Joe Don Baker
• The Power of Kangwon Province –
• 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
• 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 –

  R

• Radiofreccia –
• 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 –
• 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, directed by Hideo Nakata –
• 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 –
• Rounders, directed by John Dahl, starring Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Gretchen Mol, Martin Landau and John Malkovich
• , with the voices of John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Eric Idle and Whoopi Goldberg
• The Rugrats Movie
• Run Lola Run, directed by Tom Tykwer, starring Franka Potente and Moritz Bleibtreu – – Golden Space Needle Award
• 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
• Savior, starring Dennis Quaid and Stellan Skarsgård
• The School of Flesh, starring Isabelle Huppert –
• Scratches in the Table –
• Sekal Has to Die –
• 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 – – Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture
• The Shoe –
• Show Me Love –
• Die Siebtelbauern –
• 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 –
• 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 –
• Snake Eyes, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino, John Heard and Luis Guzman
• So Close to Paradise –
• 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 –
• Star Kid
• ', directed by Jonathan Frakes, starring Patrick Stewart, LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, Donna Murphy, Gregg Henry and F. Murray Abraham
• State of Dogs –
• 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 –
• Susan's Plan, directed by John Landis, starring Nastassja Kinski, Billy Zane, Rob Schneider, Lara Flynn Boyle and Dan Aykroyd
• '

  T

• Tango, directed by Carlos Saura –
• Taxi –
• The Teenage Textbook Movie –
• Tell Me I'm Dreaming –
• 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 –
• Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley –
• Train of Life
• Train to Pakistan –
• 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.
• –
• Up 'n' Under –
• 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 –
• 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 –
• La Vie Sur Terre –
• The Vivero Letter, starring Fred Ward, Robert Patrick

  W

• Waking Ned, aka Waking Ned Devine, starring Ian Bannen, James Nesbitt and Fionnula Flanagan –
• The Waterboy, starring Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler and Fairuza Balk
• The Way We Laughed –
• 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 –
• 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 –
• Whispering Corridors –
• Who Am I?, starring Jackie Chan –
• 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 –
• Wrongfully Accused, starring Leslie Nielsen, Richard Crenna, Melinda McGraw and Kelly LeBrock

  XYZ

• The X-Files, directed by Rob Bowman, starring David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau and Blythe Danner
• , directed by Joan Chen –
• 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
• February 17 – Fernanda Urdapilleta, Mexican actress
• 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

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 –
• 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 – 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