Best Drama movies of 1998

Actors : Tom Sizemore, Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

Actors : Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Jim Carrey,
Directors : Peter Weir,

An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a television show.

Actors : Tom Wilkinson, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Directors : John Madden,

A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.

Actors : Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Seymour Cassel, Olivia Williams,
Directors : Wes Anderson,

The extracurricular king of Rushmore preparatory school is put on academic probation.

Actors : Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen,
Directors : Gary Ross,

Two 1990s teenage siblings find themselves in a 1950s sitcom where their influence begins to profoundly change that complacent world.

Actors : Brent Briscoe, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Sam Raimi,

When three blue collar acquaintances come across millions of dollars in lost cash they make a plan to keep their find from the authorities but find complications and mistrust weaving its way into their plan.

Actors : Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien,
Directors : Tony Kaye,

A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.

Actors : Ben Shenkman, Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Pamela Hart,
Directors : Darren Aronofsky,

A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.

Actors : Parker Posey, Greg Kinnear, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan,
Directors : Nora Ephron,

Two business rivals who despise each other in real life unwittingly fall in love over the Internet.

Actors : Ed Harris, Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Jena Malone,
Directors : Chris Columbus,

A terminally ill woman has to settle on her former husband's new lover, who will be their children's stepmother.

Actors : David Morse, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, Ron Rifkin,
Directors : F. Gary Gray,

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.

Actors : Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Ian McKellen, Lolita Davidovich,
Directors : Bill Condon,

The last days of Frankenstein (1931) Director James Whale are explored.

Actors : Halle Berry, Warren Beatty, Kimberly Deauna Adams, Vinny Argiro,
Directors : Warren Beatty,

A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.

Actors : Kathy Bates, Larry Hagman, Emma Thompson, John Travolta,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

A man joins the political campaign of a smooth-operator candidate for president of the USA.

Actors : Lindsay Lohan, Natasha Richardson, Dennis Quaid, Elaine Hendrix,
Directors : Nancy Meyers,

Identical twins Annie and Hallie, separated at birth and each raised by one of their biological parents, later discover each other for the first time at summer camp and make a plan to bring their wayward parents back together.

Actors : Mickey Rourke, Christina Ricci, Ben Gazzara, Vincent Gallo,
Directors : Vincent Gallo,

After being released from prison, Billy is set to visit his parents with his wife, whom he does not actually have. This provokes Billy to act out, as he kidnaps a girl and forces her to act as his wife for the visit.

Actors : Tony Shalhoub, Kathleen Quinlan, Robert Duvall, John Travolta,
Directors : Steven Zaillian,

The families of children who died sue two companies for dumping toxic waste: a tort so expensive to prove, the case could bankrupt their lawyers.

Actors : Stockard Channing, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, Sandra Bullock,
Directors : Griffin Dunne,

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.

Actors : Dennis Franz, Nicolas Cage, Andre Braugher, Meg Ryan,
Directors : Brad Silberling,

Inspired by the modern classic, Wings of Desire, City involves an angel (Cage) who is spotted by a doctor in an operating room. Franz plays Cage's buddy who somehow knows a lot about angels.

Actors : Ray Allen, Rosario Dawson, Milla Jovovich, Denzel Washington,
Directors : Spike Lee,

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.