1998

This is a list of film-related events in 1998.

Events

 * February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein
 * Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.

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
 * Can't Hardly Wait
 * Celebrity
 * Chairman of the Board
 * Dark City
 * Dead Man on Campus
 * Elizabeth
 * Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
 * Gods and Monsters
 * Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
 * Head On
 * 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
 * Stepmom
 * Still Crazy
 * The Thin Red Line
 * U.S. Marshals
 * Urban Legend
 * Very Bad Things
 * The Waterboy
 * The Wedding Singer