1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1998th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 998th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1990s decade.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 16 - Half Baked
- January 23 - The Gingerbread Man (PolyGram Filmed Entertainment)
- February 6 - Blues Brothers 2000
- February 13 - The Borrowers (PolyGram Filmed Entertainment)
- February 27 - Kissing A Fool
- March 6 - The Big Lebowski (Gramercy Pictures)
- March 20 - Primary Colors
- March 27
- No Looking Back (Gramercy Pictures)
- The Proposition (PolyGram Filmed Entertainment)
- April 3
- Barney's Great Adventure (PolyGram Filmed Entertainment)
- 'Mercury Rising
- April 17 - Paulie (DreamWorks Pictures)
- May 1 - Black Dog
- May 8 - Deep Impact (DreamWorks Pictures International Distribution)
- May 19 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- May 29 - The Last Days of Disco (Gramercy Pictures)
- June 12 - The Land Girls (Gramercy Pictures)
- June 26 - Out of Sight
- July 10 - Small Soldiers (DreamWorks Pictures)
- July 24 - Saving Private Ryan (DreamWorks Pictures International Distribution)
- July 31 - BASEketball
- August 14 - Return to Paradise
- August 21 - Your Friends & Neighbors (Gramercy Pictures)
- September 18 - One True Thing
- September 25 - Clay Pigeons
- October 2 - What Dreams May Come (PolyGram Filmed Entertainamt)
- October 13 - Elizabeth (Gramercy Pictures)
- October 16
- Bride of Chucky
- Reach the Rock (Gramercy Pictures)
- November 2 - Meet Joe Black
- November 13 - Thursday (PolyGram Filmed Entertainment)
- November 25
- Babe: Pig in the City
- Very Bad Things (PolyGram Filmed Entertainment)
- December 4 - Psycho
- December 11 - Shakespeare in Love
- December 18 - The Prince of Egypt (DreamWorks Pictures)
- December 25 - Patch Adams
Television[]
Home video releases[]
VHS & laserdisc releases[]
- January 6 - Antz (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- January 20 - Leave It to Beaver
- January 27 - Kull the Conqueror
- February 17 - The Game (PolyGram Video)
- March 10 - The Peacemaker (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- March 17 - The Chipmunk Adventure
- March 31 - Bean (PolyGram Video)
- April 28 - The Jackal
- May 5
- For Richer or Poorer
- Mouse Hunt (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- June 30
- Amistad (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- Half Baked
- July 21 - Kissing A Fool
- August 4 - Blues Brothers 2000
- August 18
- The Big Lebowski (PolyGram Video)
- The Borrowers (PolyGram Video)
- September 1 - Barney's Great Adventure (PolyGram Video)
- September 8 - Primary Colors
- September 15 - Mercury Rising
- September 29 - Paulie (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- October 20 - Black Dog
- November 10 - Small Soldiers (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- November 17
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- The Land Girls (PolyGram Video)
- December 29 - BASEketball
Direct-to-video releases[]
Character debuts[]
- February 27 - Max Abbitt, Jay Murphy, Samantha Andrews, Linda Streicher, Dara, Natasha, Vicki Pelam, Andrea or 'Dre', Cliff Randal
- March 6 - The Dude
- September 23 - Abbie Carmichael
- September 25 - Rene Sheppard, Mike Giardello
- October 2 - Z, Princess Bala, Mandible
- December 18 - Moses, Rameses ll
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