1998 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1998. Top 30 & many honorables. Also a "Best in Film" ballot for select categories of 1998. Here's the countdown:








                   FEAR AND 
30.  LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS

29.
   MASSIVE ATTACK: TEARDROP

28.  FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI

27.    THE PRINCE OF EGYPT

26.         A SIMPLE PLAN

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25.                 SADA

24.   THE CRAZY STRANGER

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23.           SEE THE SEA

22.              THE HOLE

21.            A BUG'S LIFE

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20.             INSOMNIA

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19.           THE MIRROR

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18.     THE TRUMAN SHOW

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17.                BLADE

16.       SMALL SOLDIERS

          THE CELEBRATION
15.           [DOGME #1]

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14.             BELOVED

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13.          OUT OF SIGHT

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12.                TANGO

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       HISTOIRE(S) DU CINEMA

11.        parts 1 - 4

.

           

10.

PRETTY VILLAGE PRETTY FLAME

9.         THE BIG LEBOWSKI

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                   HANA-BI 
8.       はなび  [FIREWORKS]

7.              RUSHMORE

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6.     DARK CITY [director's cut]

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5.                BUFFALO '66

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4.          MOTHER AND SON

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3.       BABE: PIG IN THE CITY

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2.             FALLEN ANGELS

1.           THE THIN RED LINE

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(other titles of 1998 I loved that could've placed)

DRYLONGSO

LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY

SHADRACH

.

SONG OF AVIGNON

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN

.

LAURYN HILL:

DOO WOP (THAT THING)

GENESIS

.

YOURS

.

FATBOY SLIM: 

WEAPON OF CHOICE

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MEGACITIES

.

RONIN

.

SITCOM

.

THE DAY OF THE BEAST

.

CENTRAL STATION

.

SONATINE

.

BILLY'S BALLOON

.

THE QUIET FAMILY

.

THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO

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MORE

.

DIL SE..

.

DEEP RISING

.

MARY JANE'S
NOT A VIRGIN ANYMORE

.

VELVET GOLDMINE

.

BELLY

SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS

THE BUTCHER BOY

.

CHILDREN OF HEAVEN

.

THE CRUISE

.

LENNY BRUCE: 
SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH

.

HAPPINESS

.

TOKYO FIST

.

THE GENERAL

.

AUGUST 32ND ON EARTH

.

THERE'S
SOMETHING ABOUT MARY

.

DRIFTING CLOUDS

.

GASMAN

.



THE WONDERFUL

ICE CREAM SUIT

.

A SOLDIER'S
DAUGHTER NEVER CRIES

.

PLEASANTVILLE

.

CUBE

.

HALF BAKED

.

COUSIN

.

I WENT DOWN

.

FUNNY GAMES

.

SAMURAI FICTION

.

REGRET TO INFORM

.

MULAN

.

LAWN DOGS

.

MEN WITH GUNS

.

RINGU

.

42 UP

.

THE EEL

.

PSYCHO

.

GODS AND MONSTERS

.

SUNRISE
OVER TIANANMEN SQUARE

.

ENEMY OF THE STATE

.

NIGHTWATCH

.

BASEKETBALL

..

SOMBRE

.

THE IMPOSTORS

.

HENRY FOOL

.

THE MASK OF ZORRO

.

SNAKE EYES

SIX-STRING SAMURAI

.

BULWORTH

SAFE MEN

,

ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE

****

1998 recap

TOP 30

1. THE THIN RED LINE (Malick)
2. FALLEN ANGELS (Wong kar-wai)
3. BABE: PIG IN THE CITY (G.Miller)
4. MOTHER AND SON (Sukurov)
5. BUFFALO '66 (Gallo)
6. DARK CITY (Proyas)
7. RUSHMORE (Wes Anderson)
8. HANA-BI (Kitano)
9. THE BIG LEBOWSKI (Coen bros)
10. PRETTY VILLAGE PRETTY FLAME (Dragoievic)
11. HISTOIRE(S) DU CINEMA [PARTS 1 - 4] (Godard)
12. TANGO (Saura)
13. OUT OF SIGHT (Soderbergh)
14. BELOVED (Demme)
15. FESTEN (Vinterberg)
16. SMALL SOLDIERS (Dante)
17. BLADE (Norrington)
18. THE TRUMAN SHOW (Weir)
19. A BUG'S LIFE (Stanton/Lasseter)
20. THE MIRROR (Panahi)
21. INSOMNIA (Skjoldbjærg)
22. THE HOLE (Ming-liang Tsai)
23. SEE THE SEA (Ozon)
24. GADJO DILO (Gatlif)
25. SADA (Ôbayashi)
26. A SIMPLE PLAN (Raimi)
27. PRINCE OF EGYPT (Barbara Chapman)
28. FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (Hsiao-hsien)
29. TEARDROP (Walter Stern)
30. FEAR & LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (Gilliam)

RUNNER-UP:

DRYLONGSO (Cauleen Smith), LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY (Herzog), SHADRACH (Styron), SONG OF AVIGNON (Mekas), SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (Spielberg), DOO WOP THAT THING (Whitebloom/Delaney), GENESIS (N.Cerda), YOURS (J.Noyes Scher), WEAPON OF CHOICE (Jonze), MEGACITIES (Glawogger), RONIN (Frankenheimer), SITCOM (Ozon), DAY OF THE BEAST (de la Iglesia), CENTRAL STATION (Salles), SONATINE (Kitano), BILLY'S BALLOON (Hertzfeldt), PI (Aronofsky), THE QUIET FAMILY (jee-woon), LAST DAYS OF DISCO (Stillman), MORE (Osborne), DIL SE.. (Ratnam), DEEP RISING (Sommers), MARY JANE'S NOT A VIRGIN ANYMORE (Sarah Jacobsen), VELVET GOLDMINE (Haynes), BELLY (Hype Williams), SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS (Jenkins), THE BUTCHER BOY (Jordan), CHILDREN OF HEAVEN (Majidi), THE CRUISE (Miller), LENNY BRUCE: SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH (Weide), HAPPINESS (Solondz), TOKYO FIST (Tsukamoto), THE GENERAL (Boorman), AUGUST 32ND ON EARTH (Villeneuve), THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY (Farrelly Bros), DRIFTING CLOUDS (Kaurismäki), GASMAN (Ramsay), THE WONDERFUL ICE CREAM SUIT (Stuart Gordon), SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER NEVER CRIES (Ivory), PLEASANTVILLE (Ross), CUBE (NatalI), HALF BAKED (Tamra Davis), COUSIN (Elliot), I WENT DOWN (Breathnach), FUNNY GAMES (Haneke), SAMURAI FICTION (Hiroyuki Nakano), REGRET TO INFORM (Sonneborn), MULAN (Bancroft/Cook), LAWN DOGS (John Duigan), MEN WITH GUNS (Sayles), RINGU (Nakata), 42 UP (Apted), THE EEL (Imamura), PSYCHO (Van Sant), GODS & MONSTERS (Condon), SUNRISE OVER TIANANMEN SQUARE (Shui-bo Wang), ENEMY OF THE STATE (Tony Scott), NIGHTWATCH (Ole Bornedal), BASEKETBALL (Zucker Bros), SOMBRE (Grandrieux), THE IMPOSTORS (Tucci), HENRY FOOL (Hartley), MASK OF ZORRO (Campbell), SNAKE EYES (De Palma), SIX-STRING SAMURAI (Mungia), BULWORTH (Beatty), SAFE MEN (John Hamburg), ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE (Larry Clark)

*WONDERFUL ICE CREAM SUIT - SEEN & PLACED 3/5/2014