1998 Directorial Debut Movies

139 movies found (page 1/5):

Mulan(1998)

| 1h 28min | Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure

4.0/5 (with 4,888 votes)

To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.

Directed by Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook

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The Parent Trap(1998)

| 2h 7min | Comedy, Kids & Family

3.6/5 (with 1,836 votes)

Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins separated at a young age because of their parents' divorce. Unknowingly to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp where they meet, discover the truth about themselves, and then plot with each other to switch places.

Directed by Nancy Meyers - With Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Elaine Hendrix, Lisa Ann Walter, Simon Kunz, ...

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Antz(1998)

| 1h 23min | Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family

3.1/5 (with 1,987 votes)

A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's actually been enlisted to fight against a termite army.

Directed by Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson

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The Prince of Egypt(1998)

| 1h 39min | Adventure, Animation, Drama, Kids & Family

3.6/5 (with 1,742 votes)

This is the extraordinary tale of two brothers named Moses and Ramses, one born of royal blood, and one an orphan with a secret past. Growing up the best of friends, they share a strong bond of free-spirited youth and good-natured rivalry. But the truth will ultimately set them at odds, as one becomes the ruler of the most powerful empire on earth, and the other the chosen leader of his people! Their final confrontation will forever change their lives and the world.

Directed by Simon Wells, Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner - With Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum, Danny Glover, ...

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Jack Frost(1998)

| 1h 41min | Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama, Fantasy

3.0/5 (with 489 votes)

A father, who can't keep his promises, dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has the final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.

Directed by Troy Miller - With Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Joseph Cross, Mark Addy, Henry Rollins, Andrew Lawrence, ...

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American History X(1998)

| 1h 59min | Drama

4.2/5 (with 5,831 votes)

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.

Directed by Tony Kaye - With Fairuza Balk, Stacy Keach, Elliott Gould, Avery Brooks, Beverly D'Angelo, Edward Norton, ...

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Urban Legend(1998)

| 1h 40min | Horror, Thriller

2.8/5 (with 551 votes)

A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.

Directed by Jamie Blanks - With Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Michael Rosenbaum, Tara Reid, Loretta Devine, ...

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Buffalo '66(1998)

| 1h 50min | Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy

3.6/5 (with 469 votes)

Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.

Directed by Vincent Gallo - With Christina Ricci, Anjelica Huston, Ben Gazzara, Vincent Gallo, Mickey Rourke, Rosanna Arquette, ...

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The Man in the Iron Mask(1998)

PG-13

| 2h 12min | Adventure, Action, Drama

3.3/5 (with 1,716 votes)

Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.

Directed by Randall Wallace - With Leonardo DiCaprio, Gabriel Byrne, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Anne Parillaud, ...

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Pi(1998)

| 1h 24min | Mystery, Drama, Thriller

3.6/5 (with 986 votes)

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

Directed by Darren Aronofsky - With Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Samia Shoaib, Ajay Naidu, Stephen Pearlman, ...

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Pleasantville(1998)

PG-13

| 2h 4min | Fantasy, Comedy, Drama

3.6/5 (with 730 votes)

Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.

Directed by Gary Ross - With Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J. T. Walsh, Reese Witherspoon, ...

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Sliding Doors(1998)

PG-13

| 1h 39min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance / Love

3.3/5 (with 562 votes)

London publicist Helen, effortlessly slides between parallel storylines that show what happens when she does or does not catch a train back to her apartment. Love. Romantic entanglements. Deception. Trust. Friendship. Comedy. All come into focus as the two stories shift back and forth, overlap and surprisingly converge.

Directed by Peter Howitt - With Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Virginia Anne McKenna, Kevin McNally, ...

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The Rugrats Movie(1998)

| 1h 19min | Kids & Family, Animation, Comedy, Adventure

3.1/5 (with 247 votes)

Annoyed by the responsibility of being an older brother to Dil, Tommy sets out with Chuckie, Phil, and Lil to return his baby brother to the hospital. However, they inadvertently get lost in the woods during their trip.

Directed by Igor Kovalyov, Norton Virgien

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Kuch Kuch Hota Hai(1998)

3h 5min | Romance / Love, Drama, Comedy

3.7/5 (with 192 votes)

Per her mother's last wish, an 8 year old girl sets out to reunite her father with his college best friend who was in love with him.

Directed by Karan Johar - With Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukerji, Salman Khan, Farida Jalal, Anupam Kher, ...

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The Replacement Killers(1998)

| 1h 27min | Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery

3.1/5 (with 209 votes)

Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.

Directed by Antoine Fuqua - With Chow Yun-fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker, Kenneth Tsang, Jürgen Prochnow, Til Schweiger, ...

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Thursday(1998)

| 1h 24min | Thriller

3.5/5 (with 128 votes)

A former Los Angeles drug dealer moves far away to Texas, making a new life for himself as a married architect in the suburbs. His old crime partner unexpectedly shows up with heroin and gangster business, attracting a slew of violent unsavory characters.

Directed by Skip Woods - With Thomas Jane, Aaron Eckhart, Paulina Porizkova, James LeGros, Paula Marshall, Michael Jeter, ...

Quest for Camelot(1998)

| 1h 26min | Fantasy, Animation, Drama, Romance / Love, Kids & Family

3.4/5 (with 403 votes)

During the times of King Arthur, Kayley is a brave girl who dreams of following her late father as a Knight of the Round Table. The evil Ruber wants to invade Camelot and take the throne of King Arthur, and Kayley has to stop him.

Directed by Frederik Du Chau

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Following(1999)

| 1h 8min | Drama, Thriller

3.6/5 (with 647 votes)

Bill, an idle, unemployed aspiring writer, walks the crowded streets of London following randomly chosen strangers, a seemingly innocent entertainment that becomes dangerous when he crosses paths with a mysterious character.

Directed by Christopher Nolan - With Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw, John Nolan, Lucy Russell, David Julyan, Dick Bradsell, ...

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Dirty Work(1998)

PG-13

| 1h 22min | Comedy

3.1/5 (with 101 votes)

Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam's father needs to get a heart transplant.

Directed by Bob Saget - With Norm Macdonald, Artie Lange, Jack Warden, Traylor Howard, Don Rickles, Christopher McDonald, ...

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Show Me Love(1998)

1h 26min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama

3.5/5 (with 212 votes)

Åmål is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she has never done it. Another girl in her school, Agnes, is in love with her but is too shy to do anything about it. For different reasons, Elin ends up at Agnes' birthday party as the only guest. They have a girl's night out together but after that Elin desperately avoids Agnes, refusing to even consider her own homosexuality.

Directed by Lukas Moodysson - With Rebecka Liljeberg, Alexandra Dahlström, Erica Carlson, Mathias Rust, Ralph Carlsson, Maria Hedborg, ...

Very Bad Things(1998)

| 1h 40min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

3.1/5 (with 265 votes)

Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold night in the desert with shovels when the stripper goes all the way into a body bag after dying in their bathroom. And that's just the first of the bodies to pile up before Kyle can walk down the aisle...

Directed by Peter Berg - With Jon Favreau, Cameron Diaz, Christian Slater, Jeremy Piven, Daniel Stern, Leland Orser, ...

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Hush(1998)

PG-13

| 1h 35min | Drama, Thriller

2.9/5 (with 115 votes)

Jackson and Helen are in love and about to have their first child when they move in with Jackson's mother, Martha, in order to take care of the family estate. But all is not well in this household. Martha is jealous of her son's affection for Helen, and, despite her Southern smile, she's starting to act strangely. As Helen tries to create a happy home life, Martha attempts to divide the family so that Jackson will become hers alone.

Directed by Jonathan Darby - With Jessica Lange, Gwyneth Paltrow, Johnathon Schaech, Nina Foch, Debi Mazar, David Thornton, ...

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Wrongfully Accused(1998)

PG-13

| 1h 27min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

2.9/5 (with 173 votes)

Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren Goodhue's husband with her. Mr. Goodhue is found murdered and Ryan suddenly finds himself being the main suspect. After being sentenced to death he manages to flee while being transferred to his execution site. Now, all the world is after him as he stumbles from one unfortunate incident to the next in order to prove himself innocent - by finding a mysterious one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged man...

Directed by Pat Proft - With Leslie Nielsen, Richard Crenna, Kelly Le Brock, Melinda McGraw, Michael York, Sandra Bernhard, ...

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels(1998)

| 1h 45min | Comedy, Crime

4.1/5 (with 2,902 votes)

A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.

Directed by Guy Ritchie - With Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh, Vinnie Jones, ...

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Belly(1998)

| 1h 36min | Crime, Drama

3.0/5 (with 57 votes)

Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign last?

Directed by Hype Williams - With Nas, DMX, Taral Hicks, Tionne Watkins, Method Man, Hassan Johnson, ...

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Can't Hardly Wait(1998)

PG-13

| 1h 40min | Comedy, Romance / Love

3.2/5 (with 224 votes)

It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance.

Directed by Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont - With Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli, Seth Green, ...

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54(1998)

| 1h 46min | Drama, Music

2.9/5 (with 204 votes)

Shane, a Jersey boy with big dreams, crosses the river in hopes of finding a more exciting life at Studio 54. When Steve Rubell, the mastermind behind the infamous disco, plucks Shane from the sea of faces clamoring to get inside his club, Shane not only gets his foot in the door, but lands a coveted job behind the bar – and a front-row seat at the most legendary party on the planet.

Directed by Mark Christopher - With Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Camdela, Mike Myers, Breckin Meyer, Heather Matarazzo, ...

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Kite(1998)

50min | Animation, Crime, Action, Thriller

3.4/5 (with 46 votes)

Sawa may seem innocent and naive, but don’t be fooled. She is a cold-blooded killer, and if you’re on the wrong side of the law, you may be her next target. Not content to just watch as the imperfect justice system lets more and more criminals go loose every day, a detective decides to train the young Sawa to be his instrument of justice.

Directed by Yasuomi Umetsu

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High Art(1998)

| 1h 41min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.2/5 (with 53 votes)

A young female intern at a small magazine company becomes involved with a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both of whom seek to exploit each other for their respective careers, while slowly falling in love with each other.

Directed by Lisa Cholodenko - With Radha Mitchell, Gabriel Mann, Ally Sheedy, Patricia Clarkson, Bill Sage, David Thornton, ...

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Kirikou and the Sorceress(1998)

1h 10min | Fantasy, Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family

3.7/5 (with 490 votes)

Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.

Directed by Michel Ocelot

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1998 Directorial Debut Movies

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Mulan(1998)

The Parent Trap(1998)

Antz(1998)

The Prince of Egypt(1998)

Jack Frost(1998)

American History X(1998)

Urban Legend(1998)

Buffalo '66(1998)

The Man in the Iron Mask(1998)

Pi(1998)

Pleasantville(1998)

Sliding Doors(1998)

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The Rugrats Movie(1998)

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai(1998)

The Replacement Killers(1998)

Thursday(1998)

Quest for Camelot(1998)

Following(1999)

Dirty Work(1998)

Show Me Love(1998)

Very Bad Things(1998)

Hush(1998)

Wrongfully Accused(1998)

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels(1998)

Belly(1998)

Can't Hardly Wait(1998)

54(1998)

Kite(1998)

High Art(1998)

Kirikou and the Sorceress(1998)

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