Favoritest Movies of 1998

My father and I used to go to a movie every weekend.  I remember, having just seen Shakespeare in Love at the AMC in Crestwood Mall (The mall is defunct, but the movie theater is still there, and pretty much unchanged since the year I'm writing about) and we were walking to The Pasta House to have dinner, debating which movie would be more deserving of an Oscar win, Saving Private Ryan or Love. But, I find out, my father really couldn't care all that much about William Shakespeare.  However, on January 17th, 1980, my father gave me...

Now, I only know the date because he wrote it inside the book, with no other words except "For Paul" and "From Dad".  This book comes up in our post movie conversation since, he gave me such a volume when I'm only four yours old.  He replies that it seemed like the type of thing I would like. 

I read every word.

Only in hindsight is it apparent that my father, for all of our problems did occasionally pay attention.  Heck, by the time I was six, I was fairly regularly afforded copies of Starlog magazine.  As I do these lists, I can't hide my affection for genre films, they're to me, the reason for movies.  I'd rather see feats of, and playgrounds for the imagination than an engaging portrayal of typical peoples doing typical things, but I don't think anyone likes boring movies.

1. TIE: Shakespeare in Love
2. TIE: Mulan
3. Armageddon
4. The Man in the Iron Mask
5. Meet Joe Black
6. Saving Private Ryan
7. The Prince of Egypt
8. Star Trek: Insurrection
9. Dark City
10. Soldier
11. Lethal Weapon 4
12. The Big Lebowski
13. Lost in Space
14. Rush Hour
15. The Mask of Zorro
16. Dangerous Beauty
17. The Truman Show
18. Great Expectations
19. City of Angels
20. The Avengers
21. What Dreams May Come
22. Mighty Joe Young
23. There's Something About Mary
24. Godzilla
25. Wild Things
26. Deep Impact
27. Vampires
28. Sliding Doors
29. The Big Hit
30. Blade
31. The X-Files
32. Six Days Seven Nights
33. Elizabeth
34. Bulworth
35. Small Soldiers
36. Fallen
37. Everest
38. The Faculty
39. The Rugrats Movie
40. A Bug's Life
41. Antz
42. Primary Colors
43. Les Miserables
44. Deep Rising
45. Phantoms
46. Tarzan and the Lost City
47. A Civil Action
48. Pleasantville
49. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
50. Ring (Ringu)
51. The Negotiator
52. Rounders
53. A Perfect Murder
54. Enemy of the State
55. Can't Hardly Wait
56. The Newton Boys
57. Sphere
58. Out of Sight
59. You've Got Mail
60. Species II
61. Urban Legend
62. The Wedding Singer
63. Practical Magic
64. Dr. Dolittle
65. Ronin
66. The Object of My Affection
67. Psycho
68. Babe: Pig in the City
69. Ever After
70. Krippendorf's Tribe
71. Hard Rain
72. The Horse Whisperer
73. Stepmom
74. Knock Off
75. The Waterboy
76. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
77. Blues Brothers 2000
78. The Siege
79. The Last Days of Disco
80. BASEketball
81. Madeline
82. Snake Eyes
83. Major League: Back to the Minors
84. Mercury Rising
85. Gods and Monsters
86. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
87. A Night at the Roxbury
88. The Replacement Killers
89. Bride of Chucky
90. 54
91. Jack Frost
92. Apt Pupil
93. U.S. Marshals
94. Rushmore
95. My Giant
96. Pi

Looking back, I remember thinking 1999 was such a good year for movies. After doing 1999's list, I was wondering why I felt that way at the time. Looking over 1998, it could have been a lot better of a year. Next back, 1997...

Or

Titanic vs Contact vs Starship Troopers!

and 91 other movies... 

 

Wow, that reads cheesy.

Legend: Onto the next Round! In the middle. I do NOT enjoy.