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1998 : Movies Must See

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  • Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in You've Got Mail (1998)

    1. You've Got Mail

    19981h 59mPG58Metascore
    6.7 (238K)
    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.
    DirectorNora EphronStarsTom HanksMeg RyanGreg Kinnear
  • Matt Damon, Gretchen Mol, and Edward Norton in Rounders (1998)

    2. Rounders

    19982h 1mR53Metascore
    7.3 (165K)
    A law student and his pal gamble for high stakes.
    DirectorJohn DahlStarsMatt DamonEdward NortonGretchen Mol
  • Elijah Wood and Leelee Sobieski in Deep Impact (1998)

    3. Deep Impact

    19982hPG-1340Metascore
    6.3 (198K)
    A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.
    DirectorMimi LederStarsRobert DuvallTéa LeoniElijah Wood
  • Meet Joe Black (1998)

    4. Meet Joe Black

    19982h 58mPG-1343Metascore
    7.2 (284K)
    Death, who takes the form of a young man killed in an accident, asks a media mogul to act as his guide to teach him about life on Earth and, in the process, he falls in love with the mogul's daughter.
    DirectorMartin BrestStarsBrad PittAnthony HopkinsClaire Forlani
  • Alicia Witt, Scott Caan, Andy Dick, Brittany Murphy, Luke Wilson, and Jack Black in Bongwater (1998)

    5. Bongwater

    19981h 37mR
    5.1 (4.5K)
    An indolent artist in Portland, Oregon becomes addicted to marijuana, prompting his girlfriend to flee to New York City with a heroin addict.
    DirectorRichard SearsStarsLuke WilsonAlicia WittAmy Locane
  • Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey in The Negotiator (1998)

    6. The Negotiator

    19982h 20mR62Metascore
    7.3 (160K)
    A police negotiator confronts a framed counterpart.
    DirectorF. Gary GrayStarsSamuel L. JacksonKevin SpaceyDavid Morse
  • Joseph Fiennes and Monica Potter in The Very Thought of You (1998)

    7. The Very Thought of You

    19981h 28mPG-1343Metascore
    6.4 (4.8K)
    Three childhood friends separately fall for cute American Martha, and within three days of her arrival at a London airport, their friendship is at risk.
    DirectorNick HammStarsJoseph FiennesMonica PotterRufus Sewell
  • Dogboys (1998)

    8. Dogboys

    19981h 32mTV Movie
    4.8 (503)
    Corrupt officers track men for sport with dogs.
    DirectorKen RussellStarsBryan BrownDean CainTia Carrere
  • Bridget Fonda and Kiefer Sutherland in Break Up (1998)

    9. Break Up

    19981h 40mR
    5.0 (2.2K)
    Jimmy is married to the abusive Frank, but she's building a nest egg so she can leave. For a year, she's been deaf as a result of one of his beatings. One night, he pushes her over the stairwell, and she ends up in the hospital. When a charred body in her husband's car is pulled from a pond, the cops want to talk to her, but she bolts for her sister's, loses her savings pass-book, and then learns someone has emptied her bank account. She's goes on the run, with the same cops on her trail, and eventually realizes Frank may not be dead. Getting back her money, facing Frank, satisfying the police, and finding her freedom may be more than she can handle.
    DirectorPaul MarcusStarsKiefer SutherlandBridget FondaHart Bochner
  • His Bodyguard (1998)

    10. His Bodyguard

    19981h 30mPG-13TV Movie
    5.4 (157)
    A deaf man working at his father's high tech chemical engineering firm witnesses criminals fleeing from the firm's headquarters just after they've stolen an ultra-valuable experimental migraine cure. A female security officer is assigned to protect him, and as she does, the two fall for each other.
    DirectorArtie MandelbergStarsMitzi KaptureAnthony NataleMichael Copeman
  • The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998)

    11. The Adventures of Sebastian Cole

    19981h 39mR
    6.6 (2K)
    In June 1983, in Dutchess County, New York, Sebastian Cole joins his mother, stepfather, and sister for dinner. Hank, Sebastian's step-father, drops a bomb: he announces he's changing sexes. Sebastian's sister splits immediately for California, and his mother takes him back to Britain. Jump ahead eight months, Sebastian is back in New York, knocking on Hank's door. Hank (now Henrietta, although all of the surgeries aren't complete) takes Sebastian in and is his rock over the next few months of high school. Sebastian's adventures, however, are mostly self-destructive.
    DirectorTod WilliamsStarsAdrian GrenierClark GreggAleksa Palladino
  • Harrison Ford and Anne Heche in Six Days Seven Nights (1998)

    12. Six Days Seven Nights

    19981h 42mPG-1351Metascore
    5.9 (86K)
    Robin Monroe, a New York magazine editor, and the gruff pilot Quinn Harris must put aside their mutual dislike if they are to survive after crash landing on a deserted South Seas island.
    DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsHarrison FordAnne HecheDavid Schwimmer
  • Robin Williams in What Dreams May Come (1998)

    13. What Dreams May Come

    19981h 53mPG-1344Metascore
    7.0 (118K)
    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.
    DirectorVincent WardStarsRobin WilliamsCuba Gooding Jr.Annabella Sciorra
  • Master P and Anthony Johnson in I Got the Hook Up (1998)

    14. I Got the Hook Up

    19981h 33mR
    4.1 (2.5K)
    Two small-time scam artists, Black and Blue, sell boomboxes and broken TVs from their van in a parking lot. When a shipment of cellular phones comes to them by mistake, they soon find themselves targeted by the FBI and gangsters.
    DirectorMichael MartinStarsMaster PAnthony JohnsonGretchen Palmer
  • Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon in Stepmom (1998)

    15. Stepmom

    19982h 5mPG-1358Metascore
    6.8 (78K)
    A terminally ill woman must deal with her ex-husband's new lover, who will be their children's stepmother.
    DirectorChris ColumbusStarsJulia RobertsSusan SarandonEd Harris
  • Vampires (1998)

    16. Vampires

    19981h 48mR42Metascore
    6.1 (66K)
    Recovering from an ambush that killed his entire team, a vengeful vampire slayer must retrieve an ancient Catholic relic that, should it be acquired by vampires, will allow them to walk in sunlight.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsJames WoodsDaniel BaldwinSheryl Lee
  • Anne Archer, Kevin Zegers, and Neige in Nico the Unicorn (1998)

    17. Nico the Unicorn

    19981h 30mNot Rated
    5.6 (596)
    As an 11-year-old boy struggles to cope with a disability, he finds a pony who gives birth to a unicorn which he takes care of.
    DirectorGraeme CampbellStarsKevin ZegersNeigePierre Chagnon
  • Soldier (1998)

    18. Soldier

    19981h 39mR
    6.0 (61K)
    A soldier trained from birth is deemed obsolete and dumped on a waste planet where he is reluctantly taken in by a community of defenseless, stranded wayfarers.
    DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsKurt RussellJason Scott LeeJason Isaacs
  • Always Outnumbered (1998)

    19. Always Outnumbered

    19981h 44mRTV Movie
    7.1 (2.2K)
    A former prisoner tries to save a neighbor youth from following him down the wrong path.
    DirectorMichael AptedStarsLaurence FishburneDaniel WilliamsBill Cobbs
  • Renée Zellweger, William Hurt, Meryl Streep, and Tom Everett Scott in One True Thing (1998)

    20. One True Thing

    19982h 7mR63Metascore
    6.9 (13K)
    A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
    DirectorCarl FranklinStarsMeryl StreepRenée ZellwegerWilliam Hurt
  • Denzel Washington in Fallen (1998)

    21. Fallen

    19982h 4mR52Metascore
    7.0 (98K)
    Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution, the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
    DirectorGregory HoblitStarsDenzel WashingtonJohn GoodmanDonald Sutherland
  • Clive Owen in Croupier (1998)

    22. Croupier

    19981h 34mNot Rated75Metascore
    7.0 (24K)
    An aspiring writer is hired as a croupier at a casino, where he realizes that his life as a croupier would make a great novel.
    DirectorMike HodgesStarsClive OwenNick RedingNicholas Ball
  • Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L. Jackson, and Sharon Stone in Sphere (1998)

    23. Sphere

    19982h 14mPG-1335Metascore
    6.1 (116K)
    A spaceship is discovered under three hundred years' worth of coral growth at the bottom of the ocean.
    DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanSharon StoneSamuel L. Jackson
  • Deep Rising (1998)

    24. Deep Rising

    19981h 46mR
    6.1 (43K)
    A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who had already invaded the ship.
    DirectorStephen SommersStarsTreat WilliamsFamke JanssenAnthony Heald
  • Eddie Murphy in Holy Man (1998)

    25. Holy Man

    19981h 54mPG42Metascore
    5.0 (21K)
    An over-the-top television evangelist finds a way to turn television home shopping into a religious experience, and takes America by storm.
    DirectorStephen HerekStarsEddie MurphyJeff GoldblumKelly Preston

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