Best movies of 1998

Actors : Ed Harris, Susan Sarandon, Julia Roberts, 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 : Liv Tyler, Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck,
Directors : Michael Bay,

After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, N.A.S.A. recruits a misfit team of deep core drillers to save the planet.

Actors : Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, Wesley Snipes, N'Bushe Wright,
Directors : Stephen Norrington,

A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires.

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

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

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 : 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 : 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 : Allen Covert, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor, Adam Sandler,
Directors : Frank Coraci,

Robbie, a singer, and Julia, a waitress, are both engaged, but to the wrong people. Fortune intervenes to help them discover each other.

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 : Clea DuVall, Josh Hartnett, Jordana Brewster, Laura Harris,
Directors : Robert Rodriguez,

Students suspect that their teachers are aliens after bizarre occurrences.

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 : 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 : 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 : Ray Allen, Rosario Dawson, Denzel Washington, Milla Jovovich,
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.

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 : Magda Szubanski, Elizabeth Daily, Mickey Rooney, James Cromwell,
Directors : George Miller,

Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.

Actors : Gary Sinise, John Heard, Carla Gugino, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A shady police detective finds himself in the middle of a murder conspiracy at an important boxing match in an Atlantic City casino.

Actors : Clive Owen, Alexander Morton, Nick Reding, Nicholas Ball,
Directors : Mike Hodges,

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.

Actors : Kristin Scott Thomas, Robert Redford, Sam Neill, Dianne Wiest,
Directors : Robert Redford,

The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.

Actors : Jeanne Tripplehorn, John Hannah, John Lynch, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Directors : Peter Howitt,

A London woman's love life and career both hinge, unknown to her, on whether or not she catches a train. We see it both ways, in parallel.