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The Grandfather
The Grandfather (El abuelo) is José Luis Garci's 1998 Spanish drama adapted from Benito Pérez Galdós's 1897 novel, starring Fernando Fernán Gómez as an aristocrat seeking his true granddaughter; Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.
The Hanging Garden
The Hanging Garden is Thom Fitzgerald's 1997 Canadian debut feature, a surreal drama in which gay Sweet William returns to rural Nova Scotia after ten years, winning TIFF's People's Choice Award and four Genie Awards.
The Horse Whisperer (film)
The Horse Whisperer (1998) is Robert Redford's drama, as director, producer, and star, adapted from Nicholas Evans's 1995 novel about a Montana trainer healing a traumatized girl and her horse, released May 15, 1998 by Touchstone.
The Ice Storm (film)
The Ice Storm is Ang Lee's 1997 drama, adapted by James Schamus from Rick Moody's 1994 novel, about two New Canaan, Connecticut families during Thanksgiving 1973; it won Cannes Best Screenplay and a BAFTA for Joan Allen.
The Life of Jesus
The Life of Jesus (La vie de Jésus) is Bruno Dumont's 1997 French debut feature, a 96-minute drama set in Bailleul, northern France, about epileptic unemployed youth Freddy, girlfriend Marie, and Kader; Prix Jean Vigo and Caméra d'Or Special Mention winner.
The Lighthouse (1998 film)
The Lighthouse (Spanish: El faro) is a 1998 drama film directed by Eduardo Mignogna about two Argentine sisters orphaned by a car accident, starring Ingrid Rubio and Ricardo Darín.
The Longest Summer
The Longest Summer (去年煙花特別多) is Fruit Chan's 1998 Hong Kong drama, second of his handover trilogy, following Chinese ex-soldiers of the disbanded British Army who rob a bank after the 1997 handover; 128 minutes, starring Tony Ho and Sam Lee.
The Neon Bible (1995 film)
The Neon Bible (1995) is Terence Davies's third feature and first literary adaptation, from John Kennedy Toole's novel written at 16, starring Gena Rowlands as Aunt Mae in 1940s rural Georgia; poorly received on release, later reassessed.
The Power of Kangwon Province (강원도의 힘)
The Power of Kangwon Province (강원도의 힘) is Hong Sang-soo's 1998 second feature, a 108-minute drama in which former lovers Jisook and Sangkwon travel separately to Kangwon without meeting; it won a Cannes Un Certain Regard Special Mention and Blue Dragon Best Director and Screenplay awards.
The Red Violin
The Red Violin (Le violon rouge), 1998 drama by François Girard and Don McKellar: a blood-varnished violin travels from 1681 Cremona through Vienna, Oxford, and Shanghai to a Montreal auction; John Corigliano's Oscar-winning score, eight Genies, Samuel L. Jackson as appraiser Morritz.
The River (1997 film)
The River (河流, He liu) is Tsai Ming-liang's 1997 Taiwanese drama, his third feature, about Hsiao-Kang's incurable neck pain after floating in the polluted Tanshui River; it won the Berlin Silver Bear Jury Award.
The Road Home (我的父亲母亲)
The Road Home (我的父亲母亲) is Zhang Yimou's 1999 Chinese romance film, adapted from Bao Shi's novel Remembrance, starring Zhang Ziyi; it won the Berlin Silver Bear and uses black-and-white present, color memory.
The Soong Sisters (宋家皇朝)
The Soong Sisters (宋家皇朝, Song jia huang chao) is a 1997 Hong Kong historical epic by Mabel Cheung about Soong Ai-ling, Ching-ling, and May-ling, wives of H.H. Kung, Sun Yat-sen, and Chiang Kai-shek, starring Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, and Vivian Wu.
The Story of Ah Kam
The Story of Ah Kam (阿金, The Stunt Woman) is Ann Hui's 1996 Hong Kong action-drama starring Michelle Yeoh as a mainland-born stuntwoman and Sammo Hung as her stunt-team chief, released 10 October 1996 by Golden Harvest.
The Straight Story
The Straight Story (1999) is David Lynch's G-rated Disney biographical road drama, based on Alvin Straight's 1994 lawnmower journey from Laurens, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin; it competed at Cannes and earned Richard Farnsworth a Best Actor Oscar nomination.
The Thief (Вор)
The Thief (Вор) is a 1997 Russian-French drama by Pavel Chukhrai starring Vladimir Mashkov, Ekaterina Rednikova, and Misha Philipchuk; Venice prize winner, Oscar and Golden Globe nominee, six Nika Awards.
Titanic Town
Titanic Town (1998) is a Roger Michell drama starring Julie Walters as Belfast peace campaigner Bernie McPhelimy, adapted by Anne Devlin from Mary Costello's semi-autobiographical novel, set in Andersonstown in 1972 during the Troubles.
Ulysses' Gaze
Ulysses' Gaze (To Vlemma tou Odyssea) is Theo Angelopoulos's 1995 Greek-French drama starring Harvey Keitel as filmmaker A, who crosses the post-Cold War Balkans seeking three lost Manakis brothers reels; it won the 1995 Cannes Grand Prize.
Unagi (1997 film)
Unagi (うなぎ, The Eel) is Shohei Imamura's 1997 Japanese drama starring Koji Yakusho, adapted from Akira Yoshimura's novel Yami ni Hirameku; it shared the 1997 Cannes Palme d'Or with Taste of Cherry, Imamura's second after The Ballad of Narayama.
Under the Skin (1997 film)
Under the Skin is a 1997 British drama directed by Carine Adler and starring Samantha Morton as a young woman whose behavior unravels after her mother's sudden death.
Varsity Blues (film)
Varsity Blues is a 1999 American sports drama directed by Brian Robbins, starring James Van Der Beek as a backup high school quarterback thrust into the starting role in small-town Texas.
Weekend Lover (周末情人)
Weekend Lover (周末情人, Zhoumo Qingren) is Lou Ye's 1995 debut feature drama, starring Ma Xiaoqing, Jia Hongsheng, and Wang Zhiwen; shot in 1993 Shanghai, censored for two years, released in weekend midnight screenings, and winner of the 1996 Mannheim-Heidelberg Fassbinder Best Director award.
Why Do Fools Fall in Love (film)
Why Do Fools Fall in Love is a 1998 Gregory Nava biographical drama, also known as the Frankie Lymon story, about three women claiming to be the singer's widow; Warner Bros., $12.5M gross, 54% Tomatometer.
Wilde (film)
Wilde (1997) is a British biographical drama directed by Brian Gilbert, starring Stephen Fry as Oscar Wilde and Jude Law as Lord Alfred Douglas, based on Richard Ellmann's 1987 biography, released in the US May 1, 1998.
Wonderland (1999 film)
Wonderland (1999) is a British drama by Michael Winterbottom, written by Laurence Coriat, starring Shirley Henderson, Gina McKee, and Molly Parker as three sisters in London over Bonfire Night; it competed at Cannes 1999 and won Best British Film at the British Independent Film Awards.
Xiao Wu (小武)
Xiao Wu (小武, Pickpocket) is Jia Zhangke's 1997 debut feature, an underground 16mm film about a Fenyang pickpocket left behind by China's market reforms, starring Wang Hongwei and awarded at Berlin, Busan, Nantes, and Vancouver.