Best Movies of 1998
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Best Movies of 1998
TOP Movies: Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Truman Show (1998), Practical Magic (1998), The Mighty (1998), The Faculty (1998), The Big Lebowski (1998), The Thin Red Line (1998), A Bug's Life (1998), There's Something About Mary (1998), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Out of Sight (1998), Stepmom (1998), Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), Deep Impact (1998), Rounders (1998), The Waterboy (1998), Patch Adams (1998), The Mask of Zorro (1998), A Perfect Murder (1998), Antz (1998).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style:
breathtaking, realistic, captivating, tense, inspirational ...
Audience:
manly, date night, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
war, world war two, military, courage, battles, self sacrifice, sniper, friendship, nazi, combat, army, machine gun ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, year 2013 ...
Place:
normandy, france, germany, poland, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show", a 24-hour-a-day "reality" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for ...
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, psychological, surreal, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
self discovery, simulated reality, video surveillance, alternate reality, fictional reality show, dystopia, freedom, hidden camera, utopia, paranoia, consciousness, loneliness ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s, future
Place:
florida, persia, america, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With ...
Style:
sweet, feel good, sincere, sexy, offbeat ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
witch, curses spells and rituals, magic, supernatural, sisters, supernatural ability, witchcraft, curse, love, halloween, aunt niece relationship, small town ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998
Place:
seattle, usa, arizona, massachusetts
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This tells the story of a strong friendship between a young boy with Morquio's syndrome and an older boy who is always bullied because of his size. Adapted from the novel, Freak the Mighty, the film explores a building of trust and friendship. ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, inspirational, serious, tear jerker ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
coming of age, misfit, friendship, disability, boy, bully, loneliness, youth, social misfits, illness, school bully, hot dog ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, ohio, cincinnati ohio, columbus ohio
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146K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet! As mind-controlling parasites rapidly begin ...
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, teen horror, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, parasite, teenager, youth, alien possession, space and aliens, evil alien, alien encounter, first contact, high school, high school life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, ohio
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Style:
humorous, clever, dark comedy, witty, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, heist, dark humor, gangster, crime gone awry, disorder, organized crime, nothing goes right, scheme, friends, violent, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
london, britain, united kingdom, england, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink white Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events ...
Style:
black comedy, absurd, funny, neo noir, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
bowling, dialogue, mistaken identity, slacker, hippie, weed, marijuana, great dialogue, laziness, dream, twists and turns, heart attack ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998, year 1991
Place:
los angeles, iraq, america, arizona, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Based on the graphic novel by James Jones, The Thin Red Line tells the story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II ...
Style:
philosophical, visually stunning, visually appealing, visual, epic ...
Plot:
war, world war two, sergeant, jungle, infantry, soldier, pacific war, anti war, u.s. army, pacific island, survival, existentialism ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 90s, year 1998, year 1940 ...
Place:
asia, japan, america, germany, pacific ocean ...
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335K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
Style:
computer animated, humorous, touching, 3d animation, witty ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot:
circus, ant, flea, villain, grasshopper, friendship, ladybug, butterfly, food, kids and family, toys, deception ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998
Place:
texas
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Having never fully recovered from a prom date that became a total disaster, a man finally gets a chance to reunite with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.
Style:
funny, humorous, sex comedy, rom com, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night, boys' night ...
Plot:
true love, dream girl, dumb, private detective, nothing goes right, ejaculation, sexual humor, wooing, hidden identity, high school, road trip, irreverent ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1998, year 1985
Place:
miami, rhode island, florida, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, inspirational, period piece, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
forbidden love, cross dressing, love and romance, shakespeare, lovers, gender disguise, couples, writer's life, tudors, literary, passionate love, monarchy ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, middle ages, medieval times, 90s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, britain
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105K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, entertaining, neo noir, witty ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night
Plot:
heist, prison, bank robbery, hot and sexy, robbery, fbi, runaway, love story, making love, hotel, crime gone awry, opposites attract ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
usa, miami, michigan, florida, detroit
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80K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, sad, tear jerker ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, kids ...
Plot:
terminal illness, divorce, women, cancer, autumn, custody, remarry, step parent, friendship, parents and children, adoption, happy ending ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the combustible action franchise's final installment, maverick detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh square off against Asian mobster Wah Sing Ku, who's up to his neck in slave trading and counterfeit currency. With help from ...
Style:
entertaining, saga, detective, hilarious, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
buddy cop, car chase, chinese mafia, vigilante, gangster, ship, buddies, martial arts, shootout, police officer, brutality, betrayal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, china, california, usa, hong kong
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204K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian ...
Style:
suspense, touching, serious, suspenseful, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, end of the world, catastrophe, apocalypse, nasa, survival, tsunami, astronomer, self sacrifice, spacecraft, president ...
Time:
90s, future, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
tucson arizona, washington d.c., new york, north america, atlanta georgia ...
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168K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
Style:
neo noir, clever, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gambling, poker, mafia, addiction, friendship, casino, voice over narration, underdog, card playing, buddies, destructive relationship, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, atlantic city, usa, atlantic city new jersey, las vegas ...
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191K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, hilarious, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, teens
Plot:
bullying, college, social outcast, football, underdog, american football, cheerleader, sarcasm, foul language, dumb, water, coach ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
louisiana, usa, new orleans, southern usa, new jersey
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129K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Meet Patch Adams, a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like any doctor you've met before. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh - even if it means risking his own ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, uplifting, feel good, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
medical school, hospital, human spirit, doctors and patients, life philosophy, compassion, medical profession, friendship, dealing with death, doctor, happy ending, stereotypes ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 90s, year 1998, 60s ...
Place:
usa, virginia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Mexico, Germany
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans ...
Style:
period piece, romantic, exciting, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, adult
Plot:
zorro, revenge, superhero, swashbuckler, lone hero, love and romance, sword fight, heroic mission, secret identity, vigilante, one against many, vengeance ...
Time:
19th century, middle ages, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s ...
Place:
california, mexico, los angeles, usa, egypt ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But ...
Style:
suspense, sexy, clever, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder, infidelity, betrayal, blackmail, twists and turns, jealousy, love affair, perfect crime, love triangle, adultery, greed, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
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171K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In this animated hit, a neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's ...
Style:
computer animated, feel good, 3d animation, humorous, light ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
fighting the system, ant, rebellion, worker, stereotypes, culture clash, soldier, misfit, childhood, underground, individuality, heroism ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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476K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous ...
Style:
suspense, apocalyptic, sentimental, entertaining, tear jerker ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, end of the world, apocalypse, space travel, catastrophe, astronaut, race against time, self sacrifice, asteroid, nasa, save the world ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, future, 20th century
Place:
new york, washington d.c., paris france, usa, taj mahal ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When guardian angel Seth -- who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles -- becomes captivated by Maggie, a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, sincere, inspirational, tear jerker ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
angel, afterlife, life & death, love, love and romance, love story, fall in love, heaven and hell, supernatural romance, death, medical, destiny ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the ...
Style:
humorous, funny, buddy comedy, hilarious, action comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, police, reluctant partners, kung fu, buddy cop, fight scenes, two man army, african american, buddy, chase, cop, triad ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1997
Place:
los angeles, china, california, hong kong, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Based on the novel by the same name from Nicholas Evans, the talented Robert Redford presents this meditative family drama set in the country side. Redford not only directs but also stars in the roll of a cowboy with a magical talent for healing.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
horse, cowboy, ranch, animal, stallion, horse riding, riding accident, travel, rider horse relationship, true love, therapy, parent child relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
montana, new york, usa, london
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120K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, exciting, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
manhunt, on the run, cia, agent, conspiracy, escaped prisoner, escape, frame up, traitor, swamp, airplane accident, car chase ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
new york, chicago, kentucky, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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327K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When Blade's mother was bitten by a vampire during pregnancy, she did not know that she gave her son a special gift while dying: All the good vampire attributes in combination with the best human skills. Blade and his mentor Whistler battle an ...
Style:
satanic, saga, intense, suspense, gothic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, martial arts, supernatural, vampire hunter, dark hero, sword fight, good versus evil, superhero, avenger, one against many, master warrior, violence ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1998, 60s, year 1967
Is relevant?
82K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York that lead to the declaration of martial law.
Style:
suspense, political, thought provoking, intense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
terrorism, cia, martial law, siege, fbi, conspiracy theory, lone hero, military, espionage, president, conspiracy, race against time ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, usa, israel ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
When the grim reaper comes to collect the soul of megamogul Bill Parrish, he arrives with a proposition: Host him for a "vacation" among the living in trade for a few more days of existence. Parrish agrees, and using the pseudonym Joe ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, philosophical, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, family outing
Plot:
love, afterlife, dealing with death, love and romance, life & death, love at first sight, lifestyle change, impossible love, life philosophy, supernatural, supernatural romance, mysterious character ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
new york, rhode island, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, ...
Style:
period piece, gothic, atmospheric, costume drama, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
musketeer, swashbuckler, sword fight, conspiracy, throne, twin brother, brother brother relationship, lookalikes, palace, prison, royal family, twins ...
Time:
17th century, middle ages, ancient times, 90s, 19th century ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe, egypt
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