Sphere (1998)

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Summary: Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.

Release Date: March 06, 1998

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Sport

Directors: Joel Coen

, Ethan Coen

Writers: Ethan Coen

, Joel Coen

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: R

Production: Polygram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films

Distributor: Image Entertainment, NBC Universal Television Distribution, Peacock, PolyGram Video, USA Network, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 19,301,403

International: $ 28,765,540

Doctor Dolittle (1998)

Summary: A doctor discovers that he can communicate with animals.

Release Date: June 26, 1998

Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Director: Betty Thomas

Writers: Hugh Lofting

, Nat Mauldin

, Larry Levin

Runtime: 1 h 25 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Davis Entertainment, Joseph M. Singer Entertainment

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Fox Network, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), The WB Television Network, Disney Channel, Disney+, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 71,500,000

Domestic: $ 144,156,605

International: $ 150,300,000

54 (1998)

Summary: The famous 1970s New York City nightclub seen and told through the eyes of a young employee.

Release Date: August 28, 1998

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: Mark Christopher

Writer: Mark Christopher

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: Dollface, FilmColony, Miramax

Distributor: Buena Vista Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 13,000,000

Domestic: $ 16,757,163

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

Summary: When the crew of the Enterprise learn of a Federation conspiracy against the inhabitants of a unique planet, Captain Picard begins an open rebellion.

Release Date: December 11, 1998

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Jonathan Frakes

Writers: Gene Roddenberry

, Rick Berman

, Michael Piller

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Paramount Pictures, Digital Image Associates

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Television, Trifecta Entertainment and Media

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 58,000,000

Domestic: $ 70,187,658

International: $ 42,400,000

Dark City (1998)

Summary: A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.

Release Date: February 27, 1998

Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Director: Alex Proyas

Writers: Alex Proyas

, Lem Dobbs

, David S. Goyer

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: R

Production: Mystery Clock Cinema, New Line Cinema

Distributor: Image Entertainment, New Line Home Video, United Paramount Network (UPN), Warner Home Video

Countries: Australia, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 27,000,000

Domestic: $ 14,378,331

International: $ 12,823,004

Rush Hour (1998)

Summary: A loyal and dedicated Hong Kong Inspector teams up with a reckless and loudmouthed L.A.P.D. detective to rescue the Chinese Consul's kidnapped daughter, while trying to arrest a dangerous crime lord along the way.

Release Date: September 18, 1998

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Brett Ratner

Writers: Ross LaManna

, Jim Kouf

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: G

Production: New Line Cinema, Roger Birnbaum Productions

Distributor: New Line Cinema, Fox Network, HBO Max, MGM Worldwide Television, New Line Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Rush Hour

Movie budget: $ 33,000,000

Domestic: $ 141,186,864

International: $ 103,534,200

The Wedding Singer (1998)

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

Release Date: February 13, 1998

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Music

Director: Frank Coraci

Writer: Tim Herlihy

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Juno Pix, New Line Cinema, Robert Simonds Productions

Distributor: Fox Network, Fuse, HBO Max, Image Entertainment, MGM Worldwide Television, New Line Home Video, Starz, TBS Superstation, TNT

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 18,000,000

Domestic: $ 80,245,725

International: $ 43,061,960

The Truman Show (1998)

Summary: An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.

Release Date: June 05, 1998

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Peter Weir

Writer: Andrew Niccol

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions

Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 60,000,000

Domestic: $ 125,618,201

International: $ 138,500,511

Happiness (1998)

Summary: 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 search for human connection.

Release Date: October 23, 1998

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Todd Solondz

Writer: Todd Solondz

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: R

Production: Good Machine, Killer Films

Distributor: Trimark Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,200,000

Domestic: $ 2,982,011

International: $ 310

Dirty Work (1998)

Summary: A loser finds success in the revenge-for-hire business.

Release Date: June 12, 1998

Genre: Comedy

Director: Bob Saget

Writers: Frank Sebastiano

, Norm MacDonald

, Fred Wolf

Runtime: 1 h 22 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Robert Simonds Productions, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment

Distributor: Olive Films, Warner Home Video

Countries: Canada, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 13,000,000

Domestic: $ 10,023,282

City of Angels (1998)

Summary: An angel on Earth, a doctor unable to believe, a patient with a secret, a love story made in Heaven.

Release Date: April 10, 1998

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Brad Silberling

Writers: Wim Wenders

, Peter Handke

, Richard Reitinger

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Atlas Entertainment, Monarchy Enterprises B.V., New Regency Productions

Distributor: CBS, HBO Max, Warner Home Video

Countries: Germany, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 55,000,000

Domestic: $ 78,685,114

International: $ 120,000,000

Armageddon (1998)

Summary: After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.

Release Date: July 01, 1998

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Michael Bay

Writers: Jonathan Hensleigh

, J.J. Abrams

, Tony Gilroy

Runtime: 2 h 31 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Valhalla Motion Pictures, Digital Image Associates

Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Starz, The Criterion Collection, Touchstone Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Walt Disney Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 140,000,000

Domestic: $ 201,578,182

International: $ 352,134,591

Among Giants (1998)

Summary: A woman drifter finds her soul-mate while working with an all-male crew painting giant electrical-generator towers.

Release Date: June 11, 1999

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: Sam Miller

Writer: Simon Beaufoy

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: Arts Council of England, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), British Screen Productions, Capitol Films, Kudos Productions Ltd., Yorkshire Media Production Agency (YMPA)

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,500,000

Domestic: $ 65,748

Rounders (1998)

Summary: A young, reformed gambler must return to playing high stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks, while balancing his relationship with his girlfriend and his commitments to law school.

Release Date: September 11, 1998

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: John Dahl

Writers: David Levien

, Brian Koppelman

Runtime: 2 h 01 min

MPAA: R

Production: Miramax, Spanky Pictures

Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Video, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 22,912,409

Safe Men (1998)

Summary: Two bad singers are mistaken for top safe-crackers at a bar; a gangster boss orders them to break into three safes or else.

Release Date: August 07, 1998

Genres: Comedy, Crime

Director: John Hamburg

Writer: John Hamburg

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: R

Production: Andell Entertainment, Blue Guitar Films

Distributor: October Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,000,000

Domestic: $ 45,724

Divine Trash (1998)

Summary: The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters. Intercut with a 1972 interview of Waters are clips from his first films and recent interviews with his parents, his brother, Divine's mom, actors ...

Release Date: January 18, 1998

Genre: Documentary

Director: Steve Yeager

Writers: Kevin Heffernan

, Steve Yeager

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Divine Trash, Stratosphere, Stratosphere

Distributor: Fox Lorber, WinStar Cinema

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 39,842

Freeriders (1998)

Summary: Join the best freeriders on the planet like Candide Thovex, JP Auclair, and Suzanne Sawyer as they take you on a ski trip from Mexico to Greece and even to the top of a volcano.

Release Date: October 22, 1998

Genres: Documentary, Sport

Director: Brian Sisselman

Writers: Warren Miller

, Brian Douglas

, Bo Ganz

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Warren Miller Entertainment

Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Warren Miller Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 2,750,064