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[adidas12185]

top 10 overall films of '98 (in no particular order):

Blade- Norrington
U.S. Marshals- Baird
Saving Private Ryan- Spielberg
Cube- Natali
Halloween: H20- Miner
Enemy of the State- T. Scott
the Negotiator- Gary Gray
the Siege- Zwick
A Simple Plan- Raimi
Desperate Measures- Schroeder

[ColinM]

There are many from that year I still want to see, but some of my favorites are Saving Private Ryan (my fav), Shakespeare in Love, Life is Beautiful, The Truman Show, Snake Eyes and The Opposite of Sex.

[notchreturns]

1998
1. Out of Sight
2. Dark City
3. The Truman Show
4. Rushmore
5. A Simple Plan
6. The Thin Red Line
7. Saving Private Ryan
8. He Got Game
9. The General & The Big Lebowski
10. American History X

[QUENTIN]

1.) Dark City & Rushmore (tie)
2.) Your Friends & Neighbors
3.) He Got Game
4.) American History X
5.) The Thin Red Line
6.) Out of Sight
7.) Happiness
8.) Saving Private Ryan
9.) A Simple Plan
10.) Zero Effect & The Big Lebowski (tie)

[Cyclonus]

Not a comprehensive list, but some 1998 films I liked:

Dark City
Saving Private Ryan
The Truman Show
The X-Files
Cube
Happiness
He Got Game
American History X
Primary Colors
Les Miserables
The Horse Whisperer
Pi

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[Fergus]

1. Saving Private Ryan *****
2. Dark City *****
3. The Truman Show *****
4. Life is Beautiful **** ½
5. American History X **** ½
6. Rushmore **** ½
7. Simple Plan, A**** ½
8. Gods and Monsters **** ½
9. Shakespeare in Love **** ½
10. The Horse Whisperer **** ½

Runners Up:
Insomnia ****
Taste of Cherry ****
Out of Sight ****
Bulworth ****
Pleasantville ****
Payback ****
Primary Colors ****
Civil Action, A ****
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ****
Les Miserables ****

[Nate6]

Top 10 Films of 1998
1. Affliction
2. A Simple Plan
3. Primary Colors
4. Pleasantville
5. Out of Sight
6. Saving Private Ryan
7. Your Friends and Neighbors
8. The Truman Show
9. American History X
10. Les Misérables

[Philip Marlowe]

TOP 10 in no particular order:

OUT OF SIGHT [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
AMERICAN HISTORY X [TONY KAYE]
THE BIG LEBOWSKI [COEN BROTHERS]
DARK CITY [ALEX PROYAS]
HURLYBURLY [ANTHONY DRAZAN]
LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRLES [GUY RITCHIE]
PI [DARREN ARONOFSKY]
RUSHMORE [WES ANDERSON]
WHEN TRUMPETS FADE [JOHN IRVIN]
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
RONIN [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER]

(I know, I know there's 11 in their but hey what can I say.)

Runner ups:

CROUPIER [MIKE HODGES]
AMERICAN PIMP [THE HUGHES BROTHERS]
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS [TERRY GILLAIM]
RED VIOLIN [FRANCOIS GIRARD]
RUN LOLA RUN [TOM TYKWER]
BULWORTH [WARREN BEATTY]

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(No Real Order)

Saving Private Ryan
Pi
A Simple Plan
The Truman Show
Armegadon
The Mask of Zorro
Les Miserables
Life is Beautiful
Pleasentville

(Yet to see: Dark City,American History X,He got Game,Rushmore,Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)

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[Michael Corleone]

01. The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick)
02. Shakespeare In Love (John Madden)
03. Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon)
04. Rushmore (Wes Anderson)
05. Affliction (Paul Schrader)
06. Flowers of Shanghai (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
07. Life is Beautiful (Roberto Benigni)
08. Pi (Darren Aronofsky)
09. Velvet Goldmine (Todd Haynes)
10. Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh)

[Puck Bond]

Top 10 films of 1998...

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Life Is Beautiful
3. Dark City
4. The Thin Red Line
5. The Truman Show
6. American History X
7. The Negotiator
8. Out of Sight
9. Shakespeare in Love
10. There's Something About Mary

[EBastard]

1.The Big Lebowski(A+)
2.Saving Private Ryan(A+)
3.Bulworth(A)
4.Rushmore(A)
5.The Negotiator(A)
6.Wild Things(A)
7.Lock,Stock,& Two Smoking Barrels(A-)
8.Enemy Of The State(A-)
9.The Truman Show(A+)
10.American History X(A)

Runners Up:
A Simple Plan(A)
Ronin(A-)
The Mask Of Zorro(A)
Blade(B)

[urbanlegend23]

1998
Movies rated out of 5

1. American History X (*****)
2. The Truman Show (*****)
3. Pleasantville (*****)
4. Elizabeth (*****)
5. The Thin Red Line (*****)
6. Run Lola Run (*****)
7. Shakespeare in Love (*****)
8. Little Voice (*****)
9. There's Something About Mary (*****)
10. The Horse Whisperer (****)