After Zane Ziminski is found dead five people received envelopes with details of an alien invasion. This group of five includes 3 scientists, Zane's brother Jack, and a reporter. Quickly, the group is down to three and then Jack and Bridget, the reporter. With a small piece of alien technology, they must escape from the aliens, who take human form, and try to convince others that aliens exist.

9413

1998

Cn

5.7

♡ 4

Francis Chun-Yu Ng Director

Raymond Yue as Cha

Wai-Keung Wong as Gentleman

Kai Tung Ho as Officer Chow

Bill Lui as Officer Lam

Smash Head, an emotionally bankrupt cop who began his downward spiral when he accidentally killed a hostage during a shootout.

The Stalker's Apprentice

1998

English

5.5

♡ 3

96%

Marcus D.F. White Director

Paula Wilcox as Marcus's Mother

Gideon Turner as Marcus Walwyn

Eileen McCallum as Mrs. Kranze

Vanessa Hadaway as Sharon Hayes

When an absorbing new manuscript finds its way across his desk, Marcus Walwyn (Gideon Turner), an impressionable young publisher, befriends the book's author (Peter Davison) and suddenly has trouble leaving his work at the office. Intrigued by the volume's step-by-step instructions on how to stalk and murder an unsuspecting victim, Marcus grows obsessed with becoming an expert. This made-for-television drama is based on the book by M.S. Power.

Velvet Goldmine

1998

English

6.9

♡ 21

64%

Todd Haynes Director

Christian Bale as Arthur Stuart

Ewan McGregor as Curt Wild

Janet McTeer as Female Narrator

Toni Collette as Mandy Slade

Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former idol.

Besieged

1998

Italian

6.8

♡ 1

75%

Bernardo Bertolucci Director

Claudio Santamaria as Agostino

David Thewlis as Jason Kinsky

Cyril Nri as Priest

Thandie Newton as Shandurai

While in exile in Italy, an African woman finds herself trying to get back home and free her imprisoned husband. But the only man that can help her do so is in love with her.

Shadow Builder

1998

English

4.8

♡ 7

24%

Jamie Dixon Director

Michael Rooker as Father Vassey

Leslie Hope as Jenny Hatcher

Gordon Michael Woolvett as Larry Eggers

Steve Blum as Shadowbuilder

A demon is summoned to take the soul of a young boy who has the potential to become a saint. By doing this he will open a doorway to hell and destroy the world.

Down in the Delta

1998

English

6.9

♡ 5

76%

Maya Angelou Director

Eugene Clark as Citizen 1

Philip Akin as Manager

Anne-Marie Johnson as Monica

Wesley Snipes as Will

A single mother plagued by alcohol and drug addictions is sent with her children from Chicago to her ancestral home in the Mississippi Delta, to live with her uncle and aunt for the summer.

Half a Chance

1998

French

5.8

♡ 5

33%

Patrice Leconte Director

Vanessa Paradis as Alice Tomaso

Philippe Magnan as Juge prison

Alain Delon as Julien Vignal

Jean-Paul Belmondo as Léo Brassac

Alice Tomaso gets out of jail, and goes looking for Léo and Julien, one of whom, it appears, is her father. On the way, she steals the wrong car - one belonging to the Russian mafia, and arrives at her destination with a gang of thugs out looking for her and the car.

Backgammon

1998

English

6.1

♡ 3

Action

Drama

Ramin Bahrani Director

Manou Marzban as Grandfather

Sheema Regimand as Sheema

Backgammon tells the tale of a young Iranian American girl who desperately wants to play backgammon with her stubborn grandfather who has recently arrived from Iran. Within the circle of a family gathering, the film brings together a subtle yet compelling story of generational conflicts and cultural identity.

Shadrach

1998

English

6.4

♡ 5

50%

Susanna Styron Director

Darrell Larson as Father

Martin Sheen as Narrator

Andie MacDowell as Trixie

Harvey Keitel as Vernon

In 1935, 99-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried on the soil where he was born to slavery, and that land is owned by the large Dabney family, consisting of Vernon, Trixie and their seven children, and to bury a black man on that land is a violation of strict Virginia law.

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

1998

English

5.7

♡ 9

51%

Kevin Rodney Sullivan Director

Barry Shabaka Henley as Buddy

Whoopi Goldberg as Delilah Abraham

Richard Lawson as Jack

Angela Bassett as Stella Payne

Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, ends as an exhilarating voyage of self discovery as Stella learns to open her heart and find love – even if it's with a man 20 years her junior.

Under the Sun

1998

Swedish

6.8

♡ 3

73%

Colin Nutley Director

Helena Bergström as Ellen Lind

Johan Widerberg as Erik Jonsson

Linda Ulvaeus as Lena

Rolf Lassgård as Olof

Olof lives alone on his family's farm after the death of his mother. Unable to read and write, he is dependent on his younger friend, Erik, who helps him in the afternoons. Once a sailor, Erik brags of having known hundreds of women. Out of the blue, Olof advertises in the local paper for a young lady housekeeper, and Ellen, a middle-class city woman, arrives to take over the house and, as the summer goes on, Olof's heart and Erik's desire as well.

Your Place or Mine

1998

Cn

6.4

♡ 2

46%

James Yuen Director

Brenda Chan as

Zuki Lee as (as Zuki Lee Si-Pooi)

Tony Chiu Wai Leung as Wai

Vivian Hsu as Yu

Your Place or Mine! explores the difficulties of finding true love in the modern Hong Kong setting via the encounters of two advertising executives, Wai and Patrick. Wai is a faithful guy who often falls for the girl that he grooms. However he is often dumped by them once they found fame and someone better than him. Just when he was about to give up on finding true love, he met an innocent fish ball seller and a tough boss who both falls for him and left him even more undecided in love. Patrick on the other hand is a playboy who keeps a girlfriend at home while frequently has one night stands outside. Can a colleague who has crush on him since school days change his cheating ways?

Woo

1998

English

4.2

♡ 8

10%

manhattan, new york city

Romance

woman director

Daisy von Scherler Mayer Director

Paula Jai Parker as Claudette

Russell Hornsby as Guy

Jsu Garcia as Maitre d'

Philip Akin as Roger Smith

Woo is a woman in control of her world. She is smart, self-confident, sophisticated and snarky. And she doesn't have any trouble attracting members of the opposite sex. But for some reason no one ever sticks around. Woo meets Tim, a paralegal who is her complete opposite. They shouldn't click. However, Woo and Tim begin to bond when a series of weird and stressful calamities hits them while they are on their first date.

Orphans

1998

English

6.9

♡ 8

50%

double barreled shotgun

Peter Mullan Director

Tam White as Alistair

Alex Norton as Hanson

Douglas Henshall as Michael

Gary Lewis as Thomas

A group of four siblings reunite in Glasgow on the eve of their mother's funeral, and the children mourn their mother's passing in a variety of ways—sometimes heartfelt, sometimes bizarre. As a potential thunderstorm threatens to damage the city, the situation compounds itself.

In God's Hands

1998

English

5.4

♡ 3

Zalman King Director

Amy Hathaway as Girl on Train

Darren Foy as Hugh

Vincent Klyn as Madagascar Prince

Shane Dorian as Shane

Three pro surfers - gifted Shane, once-great Mickey and rising young star Keoni travel to Madagascar, Bali and Hawaii in search for the ultimate wave.

Ride

1998

English

4.5

♡ 3

72%

Millicent Shelton Director

Fredro Starr as Geronimo

Guy Torry as Indigo

Snoop Dogg as Mente

Malik Yoba as Poppa

A group of young people leave Harlem for a bus trip down to Miami. The voyage starts off with problems, but it ends up becoming a learning experience, as they end up finding things out about each other they had not previously known.

Storefront Hitchcock

1998

English

6.8

♡ 1

88%

Jonathan Demme Director

Robyn Hitchcock as Self

Deni Bonet as Self

Tim Keegan as Self

Live performance by Robyn Hitchcock, in... well, a storefront.

On the Border

1998

English

4.8

♡ 7

10%

Bob Misiorowski Director

Bryan Brown as Barry Montana

Pedro Armendáriz Jr. as Herman

Casper Van Dien as Jake Barnes

John Bishop as Phil

A dumb as rocks security guard in a Texas border town gets involved in a planned bank heist thanks to the charms of two different femmes fatales.

Blues Harp

1998

Japanese

7.0

♡ 3

Takashi Miike Director

Tatsuo Yamada as

Mickey Curtis as

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Chûji Yonashiro

Daisuke Iijima as Yûkichi Hanamura

Ambitious yakuza Kenji befriends harmonica-playing bartender Chuji, who moonlights as a part-time drug-dealer for the opposing gang. Their friendship is threatened by Kenji's plans for advancement, as well as by his bodyguards growing jealousy of Chuji.

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Your Place or Mine

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In God's Hands

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Storefront Hitchcock

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