1998
Top 10 of the year
The ten highest-voted films and series that premiered in 1998, via TMDB discover rankings.
Movies
- 1
Film
The Truman Show
- “In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running real-time reality TV show.”
- “In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire…”
- “On the air. Unaware.”
★ 8.2 · 20,227 votes
- 2
Film
Saving Private Ryan
- “Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.”
- “The mission is a man.”
- “troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines.”
★ 8.2 · 17,242 votes
- 3
Film
American History X
- “[Charges at and grabs the supermarket owner by pinning him to a wall] Don't you know it's against the law to hire fucking border jumpers, you nip bastard?!”
- “Look at the statistics, for Christ's sake! One in every three black males is in some phase of the correctional system. Is that a coincidence or do these people have, you know, like a racial commitment to crime?”
- “We're so hung up on this notion that we have some obligation to help the struggling black man, you know. Cut him some slack until he can overcome these historical injustices. It's crap. I mean, Christ, W:emancipation proclamation , like, what? 130 years ago. How long does it take to get your act together?”
★ 8.3 · 12,575 votes
- 4
Film
The Big Lebowski
- “I’m the Dude, so that’s what you call me. That or, uh His Dudeness, or uh Duder, or El Duderino, if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.”
- “Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and…”
- “That rug really tied the room together, did it not?”
★ 7.8 · 12,181 votes
- 5
Film
Mulan
- “A single grain of rice can tip the scale. One man may be the difference between victory and defeat.”
- “No matter how the wind howls, the mountain cannot bow to it.”
- “The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.”
★ 7.9 · 10,422 votes
- 6
Film
A Bug's Life
- “Here I go. For the colony, and for the oppressed ants everywhere!”
- “I Know It's A Rock, Don't You Think I Know A Rock When I See A Rock I've Spent A Lot Of Time Around Rocks!”
- “Your Highness, don't you see? We could send someone to get help!”
★ 7.0 · 9,726 votes
- 7
Film
Armageddon
- “[After Freedom's Armadillo is destroyed] Get a hold of Truman, and prepare the world for bad news.”
- “[After informing his crew on the current situation] The United States government just asked us to save the world... Anybody want to say 'no'?”
- “[last words as he activates the manual detonator] We win, Gracie!”
★ 6.8 · 8,577 votes
- 8
Film
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- “A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match.”
- “A Disgrace to Criminals Everywhere.”
- “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.”
★ 8.1 · 7,206 votes
- 9
Film
Blade
- “Against an army of Immortals, one warrior must draw first blood.”
- “I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.”
- “The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.”
★ 6.8 · 6,703 votes
- 10
Film
Meet Joe Black
- “Bill Parrish has it all - success, wealth and power.”
- “Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black, who soon reveals himself as Death.”
- “Sooner or later everyone does.”
★ 7.4 · 5,761 votes
TV shows
- 1
TV
Charmed
- “Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.”
- “Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks.”
- “Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the…”
★ 8.2 · 2,510 votes
- 2
TV
Sex and the City
- “Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.”
- “Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the…”
- “The next best thing to being there.”
★ 7.4 · 2,152 votes
- 3
TV
Cowboy Bebop
- “Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police (ISSP) set up a legalized contract system, in which registered bounty hunters, also referred to as "Cowboys", chase criminals and bring them in alive in return for a reward.”
- “In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System.”
- “See you space cowboy...”
★ 8.5 · 1,933 votes
- 4
TV
That '70s Show
- “Be groovy... be very groovy!”
- “Crank up the 8-track and flash back to a time when platform shoes and puka shells were all the rage in this hilarious retro-sitcom.”
- “For Eric, Kelso, Jackie, Hyde, Donna and Fez, a group of high school teens who spend most of their time hanging out in Eric’s basement, life in the ‘70s isn’t always so groovy.”
★ 7.9 · 1,587 votes
- 5
TV
The Powerpuff Girls
- “Saving the world before bedtime.”
- “The girls are frequently called upon by the town's childlike and naive mayor to help fight nearby criminals using their powers.”
- “The Powerpuff Girls is a animated television series about Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, three kindergarten-aged girls with superpowers, as well as their "father", the brainy scientist Professor Utonium, who all live in the fictional city of Townsville, USA.”
★ 7.5 · 999 votes
- 6
TV
Cardcaptor Sakura
- “Sakura Kinomoto, an elementary school student who discovers that she possesses magical powers after accidentally freeing a set of magical cards from the book they had been sealed in for years.”
- “Sakura Kinomoto, an elementary school student who discovers that she possesses magical powers after…”
- “She is then tasked with retrieving those cards in order to avoid an unknown catastrophe from befalling the world.”
★ 8.6 · 792 votes
- 7
TV
The King of Queens
- “Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.”
- “Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie.”
- “Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in…”
★ 7.1 · 719 votes
- 8
TV
Serial Experiments Lain
- “Close the world. txen eht nepO.”
- “Lain - driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate - logs on to the Wired and promptly loses herself in a twisted mass of hallucinations, memories, and interconnected-psyches.”
- “Lain - driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate - logs on to the Wired and promptly…”
★ 8.2 · 631 votes
- 9
TV
Dawson's Creek
- “Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama that portrays the fictional lives of a close-knit group of teenagers through high school and college.”
- “Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama that portrays the fictional lives of a…”
- “It's the end of something simple. And the beginning of everything else.”
★ 7.3 · 609 votes
- 10
TV
Will & Grace
- “Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dating, sex, relationships and their careers, butting heads at times but ultimately supporting one another while exchanging plenty of witty banter along the way.”
- “Where there's a Will there's a Grace.”
- “Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will.”
★ 6.9 · 563 votes