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Best Movies of 1998

The highest-rated films released in 1998, ranked by TMDB user score among titles with at least 500 votes.

📊 A century of movies in numbers 123 titlesavg ★ 6.73 avg 109 min Drama Comedy Action Thriller

Most watched in 1998

The Truman Show1998 · ★ 8.2 · 1h 43m

Saving Private Ryan1998 · ★ 8.2 · 2h 49m

American History X1998 · ★ 8.3 · 1h 59m

The Big Lebowski1998 · ★ 7.8 · 1h 57m

Mulan1998 · ★ 7.9 · 1h 28m

A Bug's Life1998 · ★ 7.0 · 1h 35m

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#1 American History X (1998) · ★ 8.3 · 12,943 votes · 1h 59m · drama
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to priso…
#2 Perfect Blue (1998) · ★ 8.3 · 3,376 votes · 1h 21m · thriller, animation
Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up…
#3 The Truman Show (1998) · ★ 8.2 · 20,730 votes · 1h 43m · comedy, drama
In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running…
#4 Saving Private Ryan (1998) · ★ 8.2 · 17,802 votes · 2h 49m · drama, history, war
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 tas…
#5 The Legend of 1900 (1998) · ★ 8.2 · 2,503 votes · 2h 50m · drama, music
Musician Max Tooney goes to sell his prized Conn trumpet to a music shop, where he plays the instrument one last time. The shopkeeper recognises the song as one on a record matrix…
#6 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) · ★ 8.1 · 7,418 votes · 1h 45m · comedy, crime
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 w…
#7 Central Station (1998) · ★ 8.1 · 1,083 votes · 1h 51m · drama
An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.…
#8 Mulan (1998) · ★ 7.9 · 10,701 votes · 1h 28m · adventure, animation, family
When Imperial China calls one man from every family to defend the empire from invading Huns, a young woman disguises herself as a soldier to take her ailing father’s place. Facing…
#9 The Big Lebowski (1998) · ★ 7.8 · 12,489 votes · 1h 57m · comedy, crime
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 fi…
#10 The Dinner Game (1998) · ★ 7.8 · 2,063 votes · 1h 20m · comedy
For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the…
#11 The Celebration (1998) · ★ 7.7 · 1,322 votes · 1h 41m · drama
The family of a wealthy businessman gather to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the course of the party, his eldest son presents a speech that reveals a devastating secret that t…
#12 Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) · ★ 7.7 · 861 votes · 1h 17m · horror, animation, family
After going their separate ways, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne, and Fred reunite to investigate the ghost of Moonscar the pirate on a haunted bayou island, but it turns out the…
#13 Black Cat, White Cat (1998) · ★ 7.6 · 845 votes · 2h 7m · comedy, romance, crime
A small-time hustler makes a deal with a notorious gangster to whom he owes money: marry his teenage son to the latter's daughter. However, the young lovers are not as agreeable.…
#14 Lucky and Zorba (1998) · ★ 7.6 · 648 votes · 1h 16m · animation, family
A seagull is caught by the black tide of a sinking petrol ship. She manages to fly inland and falls down in a garden by a cat. Moribund, she asks the cat to fulfill three promises:…
#15 EverAfter (1998) · ★ 7.5 · 1,628 votes · 2h 1m · comedy, romance, drama
Danielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother, Rodmilla, is a heartless woman who forces…
#16 That's Life (1998) · ★ 7.5 · 1,400 votes · 1h 48m · comedy
While on the run from the police, an unlikely companionship blossoms between a funny con man who just broke out of jail, the bumbling cop whose car he seized at gunpoint, and a nit…
#17 Meet Joe Black (1998) · ★ 7.4 · 5,957 votes · 2h 58m · fantasy, romance, drama
Bill Parrish has it all - success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black, who soon reveals himself as Death. In…
#18 The Thin Red Line (1998) · ★ 7.4 · 3,425 votes · 2h 51m · drama, history, war
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…
#19 Rushmore (1998) · ★ 7.4 · 2,821 votes · 1h 33m · comedy, drama
When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to…
#20 Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998) · ★ 7.4 · 1,192 votes · 1h 11m · fantasy, adventure, animation
Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.…
#21 Happiness (1998) · ★ 7.4 · 987 votes · 2h 20m · comedy, drama
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate se…
#22 The Prince of Egypt (1998) · ★ 7.3 · 4,445 votes · 1h 39m · adventure, drama, animation
The strong bond between two Royal Egyptian brothers is challenged when their chosen responsibilities set them at odds, with extraordinary consequences.…
#23 Patch Adams (1998) · ★ 7.3 · 3,534 votes · 1h 55m · comedy, drama
The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant…
#24 Dark City (1998) · ★ 7.3 · 3,362 votes · 1h 41m · science-fiction, mystery
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of h…
#25 Run Lola Run (1998) · ★ 7.3 · 2,677 votes · 1h 20m · action, thriller, drama
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. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Ot…
#26 What Dreams May Come (1998) · ★ 7.3 · 2,615 votes · 1h 53m · fantasy, romance, drama
After Chris Nielsen dies in a car accident, he is guided through the afterlife by his spirit guide, Albert. His new world is beautiful and can be whatever Chris imagines. Even his…
#27 Pleasantville (1998) · ★ 7.3 · 1,968 votes · 2h 4m · comedy, fantasy, drama
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything…
#28 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) · ★ 7.2 · 5,203 votes · 1h 58m · comedy, adventure, drama
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption o…
#29 The Parent Trap (1998) · ★ 7.2 · 4,661 votes · 2h 8m · comedy, romance, family
Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summ…
#30 Stepmom (1998) · ★ 7.2 · 1,581 votes · 2h 5m · comedy, romance, drama
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 Jac…
#31 Elizabeth (1998) · ★ 7.2 · 1,535 votes · 2h 3m · drama, history
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her…
#32 A Simple Plan (1998) · ★ 7.2 · 1,094 votes · 2h 1m · thriller, drama, crime
Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at th…
#33 Who Am I? (1998) · ★ 7.2 · 1,043 votes · 2h 0m · action, comedy, adventure
A group of covert CIA operatives trailing a potential new energy source are double-crossed by corrupt agent Morgan, who causes a helicopter crash in remote South Africa. The sole s…
#34 Les Misérables (1998) · ★ 7.2 · 713 votes · 2h 14m · romance, drama, history
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean fi…
#35 Rush Hour (1998) · ★ 7.1 · 5,929 votes · 1h 37m · action, comedy, crime
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…
#36 Enemy of the State (1998) · ★ 7.1 · 4,439 votes · 2h 12m · action, thriller, drama
When the videotape of the murder of a congressman unknowingly ends up in the hands of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert Clayton Dean, he is framed for the murder. With t…
#37 Pi (1998) · ★ 7.1 · 2,603 votes · 1h 24m · thriller, drama, mystery
A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.…
#38 The Negotiator (1998) · ★ 7.1 · 2,483 votes · 2h 20m · action, thriller, drama
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking ther…
#39 Ring (1998) · ★ 7.1 · 1,740 votes · 1h 36m · thriller, horror
A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her…
#40 Buffalo '66 (1998) · ★ 7.1 · 1,093 votes · 1h 50m · comedy, romance, drama
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will s…