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Best Movies of 1998, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
108 films from 1998 are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is Saving Private Ryan ('1998), at 8.6 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.4. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Patch Adams, 6.9 on IMDb against 26 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saving Private Ryan '1998 | War / Drama | 8.6 | 94% | 91 | 8.2 | Steven Spielberg |
| 2 | American History X '1998 | Drama | 8.5 | 84% | 62 | 8.3 | Tony Kaye |
| 3 | The Truman Show '1998 | Comedy / Drama | 8.2 | 94% | 90 | 8.2 | Peter Weir |
| 4 | The Big Lebowski '1998 | Comedy / Crime | 8.1 | 79% | 71 | 7.8 | Joel Coen |
| 5 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels '1998 | Comedy / Crime | 8.1 | 75% | 67 | 8.1 | Guy Ritchie |
| 6 | Mulan '1998 | Animation | 7.7 | 92% | 72 | 7.9 | Tony Bancroft |
| 7 | Perfect Blue '1998 | Animation / Thriller | 8.0 | 85% | 67 | 8.3 | Satoshi Kon |
| 8 | The Celebration '1998 | Drama | 8.0 | 91% | 82 | 7.7 | Thomas Vinterberg |
| 9 | Run Lola Run '1998 | Action / Drama / Thriller | 7.6 | 93% | 79 | 7.3 | Tom Tykwer |
| 10 | The Thin Red Line '1998 | Drama / War | 7.6 | 80% | 78 | 7.4 | Terrence Malick |
| 11 | Rushmore '1998 | Comedy / Drama | 7.6 | 90% | 87 | 7.4 | Wes Anderson |
| 12 | The Legend of 1900 '1998 | Drama / Musical | 8.0 | 58% | 58 | 8.2 | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 13 | Dark City '1998 | Mystery / Sci-Fi | 7.5 | - | 66 | 7.3 | Alex Proyas |
| 14 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas '1998 | Drama / Comedy | 7.4 | 50% | 41 | 7.2 | Terry Gilliam |
| 15 | Black Cat, White Cat '1998 | Comedy / Romance / Crime | 8.0 | 82% | 73 | 7.6 | Emir Kusturica |
| 16 | Pleasantville '1998 | Fantasy / Comedy / Drama | 7.5 | 85% | 71 | 7.3 | Gary Ross |
| 17 | Central Station '1998 | Drama | 8.0 | 94% | 80 | 8.1 | Walter Salles |
| 18 | Happiness '1998 | Comedy / Drama | 7.7 | 84% | 81 | 7.4 | Todd Solondz |
| 19 | Enemy of the State '1998 | Action / Drama / Thriller | 7.3 | 71% | 67 | 7.1 | Tony Scott |
| 20 | Pi '1998 | Mystery / Drama / Thriller | 7.3 | 88% | 72 | 7.1 | Darren Aronofsky |
| 21 | Rounders '1998 | Drama / Crime | 7.3 | 63% | 53 | 7.0 | John Dahl |
| 22 | A Bug's Life '1998 | Animation / Comedy | 7.2 | 92% | 78 | 7.0 | John Lasseter |
| 23 | The Negotiator '1998 | Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.3 | - | 62 | 7.1 | F. Gary Gray |
| 24 | A Simple Plan '1998 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.5 | 91% | 81 | 7.2 | Sam Raimi |
| 25 | The Prince of Egypt '1998 | Animation / Drama | 7.3 | 79% | 64 | 7.3 | Simon Wells |
| 26 | Elizabeth '1998 | Drama | 7.4 | 83% | 75 | 7.2 | Shekhar Kapur |
| 27 | Meet Joe Black '1998 | Fantasy / Drama / Romance | 7.2 | 48% | 43 | 7.4 | Martin Brest |
| 28 | Ronin '1998 | Action / Thriller / Crime | 7.2 | 70% | 67 | 7.0 | John Frankenheimer |
| 29 | There's Something About Mary '1998 | Romance / Comedy | 7.1 | 84% | 69 | 6.6 | Peter Farrelly |
| 30 | The Dinner Game '1998 | Comedy | 7.6 | 73% | 73 | 7.8 | Francis Veber |
| 31 | Blade '1998 | Horror / Action | 7.1 | 59% | 47 | 6.9 | Stephen Norrington |
| 32 | Rush Hour '1998 | Action / Comedy / Crime | 7.1 | 62% | 61 | 7.1 | Brett Ratner |
| 33 | Buffalo '66 '1998 | Drama / Romance / Comedy | 7.4 | 77% | 69 | 7.1 | Vincent Gallo |
| 34 | Cube '1998 | Thriller / Sci-Fi / Mystery | 7.1 | 61% | 61 | 6.8 | Vincenzo Natali |
| 35 | Shakespeare in Love '1998 | Romance / Comedy / Drama | 7.1 | 93% | 87 | 6.8 | John Madden |
| 36 | Ring '1998 | Horror / Thriller | 7.2 | 98% | - | 7.1 | Hideo Nakata |
| 37 | Les Misérables '1998 | Crime / Drama / Romance | 7.4 | 77% | 65 | 7.2 | Bille August |
| 38 | EverAfter '1998 | Drama / Romance / Comedy | 7.1 | 91% | 66 | 7.5 | Andy Tennant |
| 39 | What Dreams May Come '1998 | Drama / Fantasy / Romance | 7.0 | 51% | 44 | 7.3 | Vincent Ward |
| 40 | The X-Files '1998 | Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 7.0 | 66% | 60 | 6.9 | Rob Bowman |
| 41 | Out of Sight '1998 | Romance / Comedy / Crime | 7.0 | 94% | 84 | 6.7 | Steven Soderbergh |
| 42 | Fallen '1998 | Crime / Drama / Thriller / Fantasy | 7.0 | 43% | 52 | 6.8 | Gregory Hoblit |
| 43 | Taxi '1998 | Action / Comedy / Crime | 7.0 | - | - | 6.7 | Gérard Pirès |
| 44 | Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island '1998 | Animation / Mystery / Horror | 7.8 | 89% | - | 7.7 | Jim Stenstrum |
| 45 | The Wedding Singer '1998 | Romance / Comedy | 6.9 | 72% | 60 | 6.8 | Frank Coraci |
| 46 | Patch Adams '1998 | Comedy / Drama | 6.9 | 22% | 26 | 7.3 | Tom Shadyac |
| 47 | Kirikou and the Sorceress '1998 | Fantasy / Animation | 7.5 | 96% | 77 | 7.4 | Michel Ocelot |
| 48 | Gia '1998 | Romance / Drama | 6.9 | 88% | - | 7.1 | Michael Cristofer |
| 49 | He Got Game '1998 | Drama | 6.9 | 82% | 64 | 6.8 | Spike Lee |
| 50 | You've Got Mail '1998 | Comedy / Romance | 6.8 | 69% | 58 | 6.7 | Nora Ephron |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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