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Happiness (1998 film)
Happiness (1998) is Todd Solondz's black comedy about three New Jersey sisters and a pedophile psychiatrist, starring Jane Adams, Dylan Baker, and Philip Seymour Hoffman; it won Cannes' FIPRESCI Prize, was dropped by Universal's October Films, and earned an NC-17 rating.
Hideous Kinky
Hideous Kinky: 1998 Gillies MacKinnon drama starring Kate Winslet, adapted from Esther Freud's 1992 semi-autobiographical novel about a mother and her two daughters in 1970s Marrakech.
High Art
High Art (1998) is Lisa Cholodenko's debut feature, an independent queer drama starring Ally Sheedy, Radha Mitchell, and Patricia Clarkson; it won Sundance's Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award and was restored in 4K by Criterion.
Hilary and Jackie
Hilary and Jackie (1998) is Anand Tucker's British biographical drama about cellist Jacqueline du Pré and sister Hilary, based on A Genius in the Family; Oscar-nominated for Emily Watson and Rachel Griffiths, controversial for its affair storyline.
Hold You Tight (愈快乐愈堕落)
Hold You Tight (愈快樂愈墮落) is Stanley Kwan's 1998 Hong Kong drama, released 14 February 1998, starring Chingmy Yau in dual roles, Sunny Chan, Eric Tsang, and Lawrence Ko; it won Best Feature Film at the 48th Berlinale and is a key post-handover queer Hong Kong film. Not to be confused with the 1998 action film Cheap Killers (愈墮落愈英雄).
I Am Your Child
I Am Your Child is a 1997 ABC television documentary special directed by Rob Reiner, hosted by Tom Hanks, blending celebrity skits with Hampton, Virginia family stories about early childhood development.
La Buena Estrella
La buena estrella (Lucky Star), 1997 Spanish drama by Ricardo Franco: castrated butcher Rafael shelters pregnant Marina; five Goyas including Best Film, Cannes Un Certain Regard, Franco's last completed film.
Leila (لیلا) (1997 film)
Leila (لیلا) is Dariush Mehrjui's 1997 Iranian drama starring Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, and Jamileh Sheikhi, about an infertile wife pressured into accepting a second wife for her husband; it won two honors at the 15th Fajr Film Festival.
Love Is the Devil
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, 1998 John Maybury biographical drama with Derek Jacobi as Francis Bacon and Daniel Craig as George Dyer, BFI-produced, Cannes Un Certain Regard, no real Bacon paintings shown.
Maborosi (幻の光)
Maborosi (幻の光, Maboroshi no hikari) is Hirokazu Kore-eda's 1995 debut fiction feature, adapted from Teru Miyamoto's novel, about a widow rebuilding her life after her husband's unexplained suicide; it won the Venice Golden Osella for cinematography.
Marble Ass
Marble Ass (Dupe od mramora) is Želimir Žilnik's 1995 Serbian feature about trans sex workers Merlin and Sanela in wartime Belgrade; it premiered at the Berlinale, won the Teddy Award for best feature, and starred the real Merlinka, Vjeran Miladinović.
Martín
Martín, released as Martín (Hache), is a 1997 Spain-Argentina drama by Adolfo Aristarain about an Argentine film director in Madrid and his son Hache, who comes to live with him after a drug overdose. It won Havana's top prizes and acting awards for Luppi, Roth, and Poncela.
My Name Is Joe
My Name Is Joe (1998) is a Ken Loach drama, written by Paul Laverty, starring Peter Mullan as a recovering alcoholic in Glasgow; Mullan won Cannes Best Actor and the film took three British Independent Film Awards.
Nothing Personal (1995 film)
Nothing Personal (1995), originally titled Fanatic Heart, is a Thaddeus O'Sullivan drama set in Belfast during the 1975 IRA ceasefire, the first feature centered on Loyalist paramilitaries, adapted from Daniel Mornin's novel All Our Fault, starring James Frain, Ian Hart, and John Lynch.
Paradise Lost (실락원) (1997 film)
Paradise Lost (失楽園, Shitsurakuen; 실락원) is Yoshimitsu Morita's 1997 Japanese film adapting Junichi Watanabe's bestseller, starring Koji Yakusho and Hitomi Kuroki as adulterous lovers; it earned 4.5 billion yen, ranked second among 1997 Japanese films, and made "shitsurakuen" a buzzword of the year.
Private Parts (1997 film)
Private Parts (1997) is a biographical comedy film directed by Betty Thomas in which Howard Stern plays himself, adapting his 1993 bestselling autobiography; released by Paramount on March 7, 1997, it grossed $41.2 million.
Restoration (1995 film)
Restoration (1995) is Michael Hoffman's period drama based on Rose Tremain's novel, starring Robert Downey Jr. as physician Robert Merivel at the court of King Charles II (Sam Neill); it won 1996 Oscars for art direction and costume design.
Return to Paradise (1998 film)
Return to Paradise is a 1998 American drama-thriller directed by Joseph Ruben, starring Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Joaquin Phoenix, and David Conrad; a remake of the French film Force majeure about two men deciding whether to serve prison time to save a friend from execution.
Schlafes Bruder
Schlafes Bruder (Brother of Sleep) is a 1995 German-Austrian drama by Joseph Vilsmaier based on Robert Schneider's novel, about musical genius Elias Alder who stops sleeping and dies at 22; it won German Film Awards and a Golden Globe nomination.
Selena (film)
Selena is a 1997 American biographical drama directed by Gregory Nava, starring Jennifer Lopez as the Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez and grossing $35 million for Warner Bros.
Some Mother's Son
Some Mother's Son is a 1996 drama, Terry George's directorial debut co-written with Jim Sheridan, about two mothers (Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan) of fictional 1981 Maze hunger strikers led by Bobby Sands.
Stella Does Tricks
Stella Does Tricks, also known simply as Stella Does Tricks, is a 1996 British drama directed by Coky Giedroyc, written by A.L. Kennedy, starring Kelly Macdonald as a Glaswegian teenage prostitute in London; released in UK cinemas in 1998.
Temptress Moon (风月)
Temptress Moon (风月, Feng yue) is Chen Kaige's 1996 drama starring Leslie Cheung and Gong Li, adapted from Ye Zhaoyan's novel Hua Ying, shot by Christopher Doyle, nominated for the 1996 Palme d'Or, and banned in China.
The Apostle
The Apostle is Robert Duvall's 1997 independent drama about Pentecostal preacher Sonny Dewey, who flees Texas as Apostle E.F. after a crime of passion. Duvall wrote, directed, starred, and self-financed it with $5 million; it earned an Oscar nomination and $34 million gross.
The Apple (سیب) (1998 film)
The Apple (سیب, Sib) is Samira Makhmalbaf's 1998 feature debut, a docudrama in which the real Naderi family re-enacts the confinement of twin daughters in Tehran; shown in Un Certain Regard at Cannes 1998.
The Barber of Siberia (Сибирский цирюльник)
The Barber of Siberia (Сибирский цирюльник) is Nikita Mikhalkov's 1998 Russian-French-Italian-Czech historical melodrama about cadet Andrei Tolstoy, American Jane, and a steam sawmill, the costliest post-Soviet film of its era.
The Boxer (1997 film)
The Boxer is a 1997 drama directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Daniel Day-Lewis as a former IRA boxer who reopens his Belfast boxing club after 14 years in prison.
The Celebration
The Celebration (Festen) is Thomas Vinterberg's 1998 Danish drama, the first certified Dogme 95 film, in which son Christian accuses patriarch Helge of abuse during a 60th-birthday toast; it won the 1998 Cannes Jury Prize.
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (돼지가 우물에 빠진 날)
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (돼지가 우물에 빠진 날, Dwaejiga Umule Pajinnal) is Hong Sang-soo's 1996 feature debut, adapted from Gu Hyo-seo's Strange Summer; four intertwined Seoul and Jeonju lives, Rotterdam Tiger Award winner.
The Eel (うなぎ)
The Eel (うなぎ, Unagi) is Shohei Imamura's 1997 Japanese drama starring Koji Yakusho as a paroled murderer who confides in a pet eel; it shared the 1997 Cannes Palme d'Or with Taste of Cherry, Imamura's second Palme after The Ballad of Narayama.