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Theme: Films of 1998

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Progeny (1998)

25 October 201829 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Alien Abduction and Impregnation

Director: Brian Yuzna
Actors: Arnold Vosloo, Jillian McWhirter, Brad Dourif, Lindsay Crouse, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Prophecy II (1998)

16 November 200018 September 2024

Rating: ★★½

War Between Angels

Director: Greg Spence
Actors: Christopher Walken, Jennifer Beals, Russell Wong, Brittany Murphy, …
Category: Horror

Psycho (1998)

1 May 199918 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Psycho Remake

Director: Gus Van Sant
Actors: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, William H. Macy, Julianne Moore, …
Category: Horror

Quest for Camelot (1998)

7 January 200610 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Arthurian Fantasy

Director: Frederik Du Chau
Actors: Jessalyn Gilsig, Cary Elwes, Gary Oldman, Eric Idle, …
Category: Fantasy

Razor Blade Smile (1998)

26 April 200122 December 2023

Rating: ★★

Chic Modern Vampires

Director: Jake West
Actors: Eileen Daly, Jonathan Coote, Christopher Adamson, David Warbeck
Category: Horror

Reaper (1998)

2 July 200521 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Psycho-Thriller

Director: John Bradshaw
Actors: Chris Sarandon, Catherine Mary Stewart, Vlasta Vrana, Joanna Noyes, …
Category: Horror

The Red Violin (1998)

19 July 20006 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Stories of a Cursed Violin

Director: Francois Girard
Actors: Jason Flemyng, Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Greta Scacchi, …
Category: Fantasy

Resurrection Man (1998)

8 November 200422 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Irish Killing Gang

Director: Marc Evans
Actors: Stuart Townsend, Brenda Fricker, James Nesbitt, Sean McGinley, …
Category: Horror

Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish (1998)

16 September 20055 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Rich Kid/Alternate Timeline

Director: John Murlowski
Actors: Eugene Levy, Lesley Ann Warren, David Gallagher, Jake Richardson, …
Category: Fantasy

Ring (1998)

31 August 199921 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Cursed Video Broadcast/Japanese Ghost Story

Director: Hideo Nakata
Actors: Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rihikya Otaka
Category: Horror

Rub Love (1998)

6 May 19996 July 2021

Rating: ★★½

Korean Near Future Thriller/Amnesia Drug

Director: Lee Suh-Goon
Category: Science Fiction

The Rugrats Movie (1998)

22 November 200822 August 2024

Rating: ★

Animation/Talking Babies

Director: Igor Kovalyov, Norton Virgien
Actors: E.G. Daily, Christine Cavanaugh, Cheryl Chase, Kath Soucie, …
Category: Fantasy

Run Lola Run (1998)

30 July 19998 July 2025

Rating: ★★½

Alternate Timelines

Director: Tom Tykwer
Actors: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Category: Fantasy

Saving Grace (1998)

18 February 19996 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Contemporary Jesus

Director: Costa Botes
Actors: Jim Moriarty, Kirsty Hamilton
Category: Fantasy

The Second Arrival (1998)

20 November 200019 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Alien Infiltration and Takeover

Director: Kevin S. Tenney
Actors: Patrick Muldoon, Michael Sarrazin, Jane Sibbett, Larry Day
Category: Science Fiction

Senseless (1998)

5 July 200426 July 2022

Rating: ★

Sense-Heightening Drug Comedy

Director: Penelope Spheeris
Actors: Marlon Wayans, David Spade, Matthew Lillard, Tamara Taylor, …
Category: Science Fiction

Six-String Samurai (1998)

1 June 19993 June 2023

Rating: ★★½

Post-Holocaust Rock’n’Roll Samurai

Director: Lance Mungia
Actors: Jeffrey Falcon, Justin McGuire, Lex Lang, John Sakisian
Category: Science Fiction

Sliding Doors (1998)

31 May 20101 June 2022

Rating: ★★

Alternate Life Pathways

Director: Peter Howitt
Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Lynch, John Hannah, Jeanne Tripplehorn, …
Category: Fantasy

Small Soldiers (1998)

5 November 199926 May 2020

Rating: ★★

War Between Toys

Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Tommy Lee Jones, Gregory Smith, …
Category: Science Fiction

Soldier (1998)

29 April 199919 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Programmed Soldier Becomes Self-Aware

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Actors: Kurt Russell, Sean Pertwee, Jason Isaacs, Connie Nielsen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Species II (1998)

2 June 20016 September 2019

Rating: ★

Alien Sex Fiend

Director: Peter Medak
Actors: Michael Madsen, Marg Helgenberger, Natasha Henstridge, Justin Lazard, …
Category: Science Fiction

Sphere (1998)

16 December 199924 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Crashed UFO Underwater/Michael Crichton Adaptation

Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Coyote, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Spiral (1998)

26 March 200824 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Ring Sequel

Director: Joji Iida
Actors: Koichi Sato, Miki Nakatani, Hinako Saeki, Shingo Surumi, …
Category: Horror

Spriggan (1998)

14 October 20011 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Alien Artefact/Psychic Kid Amok

Director: Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Category: Science Fiction

The Stalker’s Apprentice (1998)

28 May 201024 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Psycho Film

Director: Marcus D.F. White
Actors: Gideon Turner, Peter Davison, James Bolam, Liz Mary Brice
Category: Horror

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

16 November 19998 February 2025

Rating: ★★½

Intergalactic Adventures

Director: Jonathan Frakes
Actors: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Donna Murphy, F. Murray Abraham, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Storm Riders (1998)

24 September 199915 March 2023

Rating: ★★★

Flying Swordsmen Fantasy

Director: Andrew Lau
Actors: Sonny Chiba, Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, Shu Qi, …
Category: Fantasy

Strangeland (1998)

19 April 20048 February 2021

Rating: ★★

Psycho Sadist

Director: John Pieplow
Actors: Dee Snider, Robert Englund, Linda Cardellini, Kevin Gage, …
Category: Horror

Talos the Mummy (1998)

2 January 20014 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Revived Mummy

Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Jason Scott Lee, Sean Pertwee, Lysette Anthony, Michael Lerner, …
Category: Horror

Target Earth (1998)

1 September 200710 December 2020

Rating: ★

Alien Invasion

Director: Peter Markle
Actors: Christopher Meloni, John C. McGinley, Marcia Cross, Dabney Coleman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)

28 November 200423 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Jungle Hero

Director: Carl Schenkel
Actors: Casper Van Dien, Jane March, Steve Waddington, Winston Ntshona, …
Category: Fantasy

Temmink: The Ultimate Fight (1998)

29 May 199926 August 2024

Rating: ★★½

Future Gladiatorial Combat

Director: Boris Paval Conen
Actors: Jack Wouterse
Category: Science Fiction

The Tempest (1998)

22 March 202310 June 2024

Rating: ★★½

Shakespeare Adaptation Updated to the US Civil War

Director: Jack Bender
Actors: Peter Fonda, Katherine Heigl, John Glover, Harold Perrineau Jr, …
Category: Fantasy

There’s Something About Mary (1998)

19 September 200011 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Stalker Black Comedy

Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Actors: Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Lee Evans, …
Category: Horror

Thirst (1998)

4 April 20097 August 2024

Rating: ★

Plague Outbreak

Director: B.W.L. Norton
Actors: Adam Arkin, Joely Fisher, Giancarlo Esposito, Ken Jenkins, …
Category: Science Fiction

Three Businessmen (1998)

18 December 200215 April 2025

Rating: ★

Surreal Journey

Director: Alex Cox
Actors: Miguel Sandoval, Alex Cox, Robert Wisdom
Category: Fantasy

Too Tired to Die (1998)

24 February 20015 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

Personified Death/Indie Comedy

Director: Wonsuk Chin
Actors: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Mira Sorvino, Michael Imperioli, Ben Gazzara, …
Category: Fantasy

A Town Has Turned to Dust (1998)

9 October 20036 May 2025

Rating: ★★½

Post-Holocaust Racism

Director: Rob Nilsson
Actors: Stephen Lang, Ron Perlman, Zahn McClarnon
Category: Science Fiction

The Truman Show (1998)

1 April 199910 May 2024

Rating: ★★★★★

Man’s Life as a TV Show

Director: Peter Weir
Actors: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, …
Category: Science Fiction

Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998)

28 October 199928 November 2023

Rating: ★★★

The Past Revisited/Romance

Director: Maria Ripoll
Actors: Douglas Henshall, Lena Headey, Penelope Cruz, Mark Strong, …
Category: Fantasy

Twist of Fate (1998)

12 May 200422 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Psycho-Thriller

Director: Max Fischer
Actors: Mädchen Amick, Chris Mulkey, Bruce Dinsmore, Cas Anvar, …
Category: Horror

Ultraviolet (1998)

2 September 199910 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

Vampire Hunters

Director: Joe Ahearne
Actors: Jack Davenport, Susannah Harker, Idris Elba, Philip Quast, …
Category: Horror

Universal Horror (1998)

12 February 200516 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

Classic Horror Documentary

Director: Kevin Brownlow
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Forrest J. Ackerman, Turhan Bey, Ray Bradbury, …
Category: Horror

Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms (1998)

14 August 20045 April 2023

Rating: ★

Undead Super-Soldiers/Action

Director: Jeff Woolnough
Actors: Matt Battaglia, Gary Busey, Chandra West, Jeff Wincott, …
Category: Science Fiction

Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business (1998)

5 September 20045 April 2023

Rating: ★½

Undead Super-Soldiers/Action

Director: Jeff Woolnough
Actors: Matt Battaglia, Burt Reynolds, Chandra West, Richard McMillan, …
Category: Science Fiction

Urban Ghost Story (1998)

6 July 199914 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Haunted Apartment

Director: Genevieve Jolliffe
Actors: Stephanie Buttle, Jason Connery, Billy Boyd, Nicola Stapleton, …
Category: Horror

Urban Legend (1998)

9 May 19997 June 2020

Rating: ★★½

Slasher Film

Director: Jamie Blanks
Actors: Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Jared Leto, Loretta Devine, …
Category: Horror

Vampires (1998)

19 June 199928 May 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Vampire Hunter

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Tim Guinee, …
Category: Horror

Virtual Girl (1998)

19 October 20003 June 2025

Rating: ★

Virtual Sex Program Amok

Director: Richard Gabai
Actors: Max Dixon, Charlie Curtis, Richard Gabai
Category: Science Fiction

The Wall (1998)

14 November 19995 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Belgian Dystopia/Magical Realism

Director: Alain Berliner
Category: Fantasy

What Dreams May Come (1998)

16 May 199916 September 2019

Rating: ★★★★

The Afterlife

Director: Vincent Ward
Actors: Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr, Annabella Sciorra, Max Von Sydow, …
Category: Fantasy

The Wisdom of Crocodiles (1998)

31 October 200830 June 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Vampire Film

Director: Po Chih Leong
Actors: Jude Law, Elina Löwensohn, Timothy Spall, Kerry Fox, …
Category: Horror

The Wolves of Kromer (1998)

24 October 200016 June 2023

Rating: ★★★

Gay Werewolves

Director: Will Gould
Actors: Lee Williams, Rita Davies, Angharad Rees
Category: Horror

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998)

25 April 201716 June 2025

Rating: ★

Ray Bradbury Adaptation/Magical Suit

Director: Stuart Gordon
Actors: Joe Mantegna, Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez, Esai Morales, Gregory Sierra, …
Category: Fantasy

The X Files (1998)

29 March 199913 June 2025

Rating: ★★

The X Files Film Spinoff/Alien Invasion Conspiracy

Director: Rob Bowman
Actors: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, John Neville, …
Category: Science Fiction

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