1998 in film

See also: 1997 in film, other events of 1998, 1999 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Events

• February 14 – Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein

Top grossing films

1. Saving Private Ryan, starring Tom Hanks
2. Armageddon
3. There's Something About Mary, starring Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz
4. A Bug's Life
5. The Waterboy, starring Adam Sandler
6. Doctor Dolittle, starring Eddie Murphy
7. Rush Hour
8. Deep Impact
9. Godzilla
10. Patch Adams, starring Robin Williams

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Shakespeare in Love – Bedford Falls Productions, Miramax Films, Universal Pictures
• Best Actor: Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful
• Best Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love

Deaths

• January 4 – Mae Questel, actress, voice of animated character Betty Boop
• January 5 – Sonny Bono, singer, actor, United States Representative
• February 27 – J. T. Walsh, actor
• March 10 – Lloyd Bridges, actor
• March 25 – Daniel Massey, actor
• May 9 – Alice Faye, actress
• May 14 – Frank Sinatra, singer, actor
• June 23 – Maureen O'Sullivan, actress
• July 6 – Roy Rogers, singer, actor
• July 21 – Robert Young, actor
• July 27 – Binnie Barnes, actress
• August 24 – E. G. Marshall, actor
• September 6 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director
• September 11 – Dane Clark, actor
• October 2 – Gene Autry, actor
• October 3 – Roddy McDowall, actor
• October 17 – Joan Hickson, actress
• October 23 – Christopher Gable, dancer, actor
• November 13 – Edwige Feuillère, actress
• November 13 – Valerie Hobson, actress
• November 19 – Alan J. Pakula, producer, director, writer
• December 14 – Lew Grade, producer
• December 23 – David Manners, actor

Other movies released

• Antz
• The Big Lebowski
• Blade
• Celebrity (1998 movie)
• Chairman of the Board
• Dark City
• Elizabeth
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
• Human Remains
• Hurlyburly
• Lost in Space
• The Mask of Zorro
• The Negotiator
• Pi
• Pleasantville
• The Prince of Egypt
• Rushmore
• Shakespeare in Love
• Six Days Seven Nights
• Small Soldiers
• The Thin Red Line
• Very Bad Things
• The Waterboy
• The Wedding Singer