1998 Foreign Language Films
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1. Tango (1998)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Musical
Mario Suarez is a forty-something tango artist, whose wife Laura has left him. He leaves his apartment and starts preparing a film about tango.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Miguel Ángel Solá, Cecilia Narova, Mía Maestro, Juan Carlos Copes
Votes: 3,071 | Gross: $1.69M
Argentina
2. The Inheritors (1998)
R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery
Austria, a little farming valley. Beginning of the century. When one of the farmers is found murdered one day, his labourers know of nothing, but are relieved, as the tyranny has ended. ... See full summary »
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Simon Schwarz, Sophie Rois, Lars Rudolph, Tilo Prückner
Votes: 1,187 | Gross: $0.20M
Austria
3. Rosie (1998)
97 min | Drama
In a juvenile lockup, a new ward answers questions: she's Rosie, 13, no parents, a sister Irene, a brother Michel. In flashbacks we find out what happened. She lives with Irene, who's 27, ... See full summary »
Director: Patrice Toye | Stars: Aranka Coppens, Sara de Roo, Dirk Roofthooft, Joost Wynant
Votes: 574 | Gross: $0.01M
Belgium
4. Central Station (1998)
R | 110 min | Drama
The emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, Marília Pêra, Soia Lira
Votes: 42,305 | Gross: $5.60M
Brazil
5. August 32nd on Earth (1998)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Romance
After surviving a car wreck virtually unscathed, a young model compels her best friend to impregnate her at the salt flats in Utah.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Pascale Bussières, Alexis Martin, Serge Thériault, Ivan Smith
Votes: 3,549
Canada
6. Yi dai tian jiao Cheng Ji Si Han (1998)
113 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
About 850 years ago a man was born to change history in a way like nobody else before or after him. He was the most successful and feared commander of all times, he created to biggest ... See full summary »
Directors: Mailisi, Saifu | Stars: Liya Ai, Tumen, Baasanjav Mijid, Bayaertu
Votes: 115
China
7. The Rose Seller (1998)
116 min | Drama
13-year-old Monica leads a street life, making her living by selling flowers to couples in local nightspots, she is joined by 10-year-old Andrea who runs out of her house after her mother ... See full summary »
Director: Víctor Gaviria | Stars: Leidy María 'Lady' Tabares, Marta Correa, Mileider Gil, Diana Murillo
Votes: 2,130
Colombia
8. Transatlantik (1998)
107 min | Crime, Thriller
A young man flees to the United States searching for the American dream.
Director: Mladen Juran | Stars: Melita Jurisic, Filip Sovagovic, Alen Liveric, Boris Dvornik
Votes: 95
Croatia
9. Sekal Has to Die (1998)
109 min | Drama
Baran, a protestant blacksmith arrives in the little village of Lakotice to kill Sekal, a cruel Nazi collaborator.
Director: Vladimír Michálek | Stars: Olaf Lubaszenko, Boguslaw Linda, Jirí Bartoska, Agnieszka Sitek
Votes: 1,032
Czech Republic
10. The Celebration (1998)
R | 105 min | Drama
At Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen
Votes: 93,842 | Gross: $1.65M
Denmark
11. A Summer by the River (1998)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
Topi's mother, who is also Tenho's wife dies and Tenho and Topi have to move out from the town because they don't have enough money to pay their rent. Tenho gets a job as a lumberjack (... See full summary »
Director: Markku Pölönen | Stars: Pertti Koivula, Simo Kontio, Esko Nikkari, Anu Palevaara
Votes: 714
Finland
12. The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)
R | 113 min | Drama
The lives of two dissimilar girls turned out in different ways.
Director: Erick Zonca | Stars: Élodie Bouchez, Natacha Régnier, Grégoire Colin, Patrick Mercado
Votes: 7,767 | Gross: $1.73M
France
13. Run Lola Run (1998)
R | 80 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Votes: 206,953 | Gross: $7.27M
Germany
14. Eternity and a Day (1998)
Unrated | 137 min | Drama
Famous writer Alexander is very ill and has little time left to live. He meets a little boy on the street, who is an illegal immigrant from Albania, and goes on a journey with him to take the boy home.
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Isabelle Renauld, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Ahilleas Skevis
Votes: 14,424 | Gross: $0.11M
Greece
15. Made in Hong Kong (1997)
109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Autumn Moon (Sam Lee), a low-rent triad living in Hong Kong, struggles to find meaning in his hopelessly violent existence.
Director: Fruit Chan | Stars: Sam Lee, Neiky Hui-Chi Yim, Wenders Li, Ka-Chuen Tam
Votes: 3,004
Hong Kong
16. Gypsy Lore (1997)
93 min | Drama
"Once upon a time there was an old gypsy. He had never left the hill where he lived. He never went to the inn, nor read the newspaper or watched Dallas. He was a proud man who liked to tell... See full summary »
Director: Bence Gyöngyössy | Stars: Djoko Rosic, Mihály Szabados, Silvia Pincu, Diliana Dimitrova
Votes: 75
Hungary
17. Count Me Out (1997)
78 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A little girl "kidnaps" her half-sister in order to get the attention of her father who left her mother years ago for another woman (who gave birth to her half-sister).
Director: Ari Kristinsson | Stars: Bergþóra Aradóttir, Freydís Kristófersdóttir, Edda Heidrún Backman, Halldóra Björnsdóttir
Votes: 216
Iceland
18. Jeans (1998)
Not Rated | 175 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The father of twin brothers wants to get them married to only twin sisters. But one of the brothers falls in love with a woman does not have a twin sister.
Director: S. Shankar | Stars: Prashanth, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Nassar, Senthil
Votes: 3,965
India
19. Leaf on a Pillow (1998)
83 min | Crime, Drama
The Indonesian society is seen through a middle-aged lady's eyes in her daily encounters with the street children who work and live off the harsh and sleazy world of adults.
Director: Garin Nugroho | Stars: Sarah Azhari, Deni Christantra, Christine Hakim, Heru
Votes: 569
Indonesia
20. Children of Heaven (1997)
PG | 89 min | Drama, Family, Sport
After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.
Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Mohammad Amir Naji, Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi, Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi
Votes: 80,679 | Gross: $0.93M
Iran
21. Circus Palestina (1998)
83 min | Drama
When a small, run-down circus comes to a Palestinian town, it changes the lives of the West Bank villagers.
Director: Eyal Halfon | Stars: Evgenia Dodina, Yoram Hattab, Amos Lavi, Bassam Zo'amat
Votes: 90
Israel
22. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
Director: Roberto Benigni | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano
Votes: 742,977 | Gross: $57.60M
Italy
23. Begging for Love (1998)
135 min | Drama
A woman with an abusive childhood travels back to taiwan from japan with her daughter in order to find her father's missing ashes, confronting her past along the way, discovering many secrets that were hidden from her throughout her life.
Director: Hideyuki Hirayama | Stars: Mieko Harada, Maho Nonami, Fumiyo Kohinata, Mami Kumagai
Votes: 157
Japan
24. The Adopted Son (1998)
81 min | Drama
In a Kyrgyz village, five older women adopt an infant foundling. Jump ahead about 12 years: the boy, Beshkempir, is entering puberty, the age, his granny says, when life goes berserk. He ... See full summary »
Director: Aktan Arym Kubat | Stars: Mirlan Abdykalykov, Adir Abilkassimov, Mirlan Cinkozoev, Bakit Dzhylkychiev
Votes: 632
Kyrgyzstan
25. West Beirut (1998)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In April, 1975, civil war breaks out; Beirut is partitioned along a Moslem-Christian line. Tarek is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar. At first the war is a lark: ... See full summary »
Director: Ziad Doueiri | Stars: Rami Doueiri, Naamar Sahli, Mohamad Chamas, Rola Al Amin
Votes: 4,859 | Gross: $0.34M
Lebanon
26. Back in Trouble (1997)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Action, Crime
Unsuccessful Luxembourg bank robber Johnny Chicago is released from prison, and immediately and incompetently he attempts to resume his life of crime. In a few days he manages to get his ... See full summary »
Director: Andy Bausch | Stars: Thierry van Werveke, Ender Frings, Oscar Ortega Sánchez, Nicole Max
Votes: 85
Luxembourg
27. Goodbye, 20th Century (1998)
83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
In the year 2019, after global destruction and descent into savagery, the immortal Kuzman discovers his destiny. As he enters the whirling circles of time, he discovers the blasphemy of our century, and how it is to close its circle.
Directors: Darko Mitrevski, Aleksandar Popovski | Stars: Lazar Ristovski, Nikola Ristanovski, Vlado Jovanovski, Dejan Acimovic
Votes: 752
Macedonia
28. Un embrujo (1998)
130 min | Drama, Romance
In 1930s Mexico, a young boy falls in love with his elementary-school teacher.
Director: Carlos Carrera | Stars: Blanca Guerra, Mario Zaragoza, Daniel Acuña, Luis Fernando Peña
Votes: 283
Mexico
29. Mektoub (1997)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young woman attending a conference in Tangier with her husband is kidnapped and raped, but rebuilds her relationship with her husband on a trip to the south of Morocco.
Director: Nabil Ayouch | Stars: Rachid El Ouali, Faouzi Bensaïdi, Amal Chabli, Mohammed Miftah
Votes: 123
Morocco
30. The Polish Bride (1998)
89 min | Drama, Romance
Polish deceived woman hides from pimps on a Dutch farm, and shares an intriguing romance with the farmer.
Director: Karim Traïdia | Stars: Jaap Spijkers, Monic Hendrickx, Rudi Falkenhagen, Roef Ragas
Votes: 1,423
Netherlands
31. Only Clouds Move the Stars (1998)
98 min | Drama, Family
"Only Clouds..." is a film about eleven year old Maria, who has lost her little brother. Her mother disappears into her own sorrow, then Maria meets Jacob.
Director: Torun Lian | Stars: Thea Sofie Rusten, Jan Tore Kristoffersen, Anneke von der Lippe, Anders T. Andersen
Votes: 715
Norway
32. In the Navel of the Sea (1998)
116 min | Drama, Romance
Pepito, growing up in a remote fishing village in the Philippines is destined to become the successor of his mother: the only midwife in the whole district, a job given from generation to ... See full summary »
Director: Marilou Diaz-Abaya | Stars: Jomari Yllana, Elizabeth Oropesa, Chin Chin Gutierrez, Pen Medina
Votes: 55
Philippines
33. Anxiety (1998)
110 min | Drama
They are famous, weighed down by honour, celebrated, highly esteemed - aged and ancient. The father, in an attempt to save his son from becoming decrepit tries to drive his son to suicide. ... See full summary »
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Luís Miguel Cintra, José Pinto, Isabel Ruth, Leonor Silveira
Votes: 399
Portugal
34. Héroes de otra patria (1996)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, War
Deals with the lives of two soldiers from Puerto Rico enlisted to fight during the Vietnam conflict, relating the young soldiers' ambiguity about the war and the tragic consequences their plight holds for them, as well as their families.
Director: Iván Dariel Ortiz | Stars: Jimmy Navarro, Jorge Castillo, Alba Raquel Barros, Adamari López
Votes: 81
Puerto Rico
35. Next Stop Paradise (1998)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The Bucharest's suburb, a torrid summer day. Norica, a waitress and Mitu, a swineherd, meet and tease each other and starts a beverage competition. Their relationship is not just a ... See full summary »
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Costel Cascaval, Dorina Chiriac, Gheorghe Visu, Victor Rebengiuc
Votes: 2,404
Romania
36. The Barber of Siberia (1998)
180 min | Comedy, Drama, History
At the turn of the century, a young Russian cadet falls in love with an American beauty, endangering his career and even their lives.
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Julia Ormond, Oleg Menshikov, Aleksey Petrenko, Richard Harris
Votes: 12,802
Russia
37. Rivers of Babylon (1998)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
This tragicomic parable is about the increasing power of an un-educated, ill-mannered and dishonest stoker working at a hotel in Bratislava. Making advantage of the confused political and ... See full summary »
Director: Vlado Balco | Stars: Andrej Hryc, Vladimír Hajdu, Diana Mórová, Barbora Kodetová
Votes: 98
Slovakia
38. The Grandfather (1998)
PG | 151 min | Drama
After his son dies, an elderly man comes back to Spain from the US and hopes to find out which of his granddaughters is true and which one is bastard.
Director: José Luis Garci | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Rafael Alonso, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Agustín González
Votes: 2,085 | Gross: $0.05M
Spain
39. Show Me Love (1998)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
Director: Lukas Moodysson | Stars: Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson, Mathias Rust
Votes: 55,394 | Gross: $0.17M
Sweden
40. War in the Highlands (1998)
105 min | Drama, Romance, War
In the winter of 1797-98, the troops of Napoleon and their revolutionary allies in the Pays de Vaud occupy the latter and begin preparations for a military offensive which will hasten the ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Reusser | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Yann Trégouët, François Marthouret, Antoine Basler
Votes: 109
Switzerland
41. Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
Unrated | 113 min | Drama
In the "flower houses" (upscale brothels) of Shanghai, various interweaving stories of love, loyalty, and deceit play out subtly.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Michiko Hada, Michelle Reis, Carina Lau
Votes: 4,076
Taiwan
42. Who Is Running? (1997)
105 min | Thriller
Everything seems to be going well for Jiab and Wan, a young couple looking forward to their impending marriage. All that changes, however, when Wan is struck by a car and is brought to the ... See full summary »
Director: Oxide Chun Pang | Stars: Sanya Kunakorn, Nattarika Thumpridanun, Suchao Pongwilai, Vichitra Triyakul
Votes: 103
Thailand
43. Cameleon (1997)
90 min | Drama
1942. Delme Davies, a wayward idealistic young man, joins the army in a quest for excitement and adventure. One night he returns home unexpectedly to his widowed mother, Iwanna and brother,... See full summary »
Director: Ceri Sherlock | Stars: Daniel Evans, Simon Fisher, Aneirin Hughes, Phylip Hughes
Votes: 15
United Kingdom
44. Loop (I) (1997)
95 min | Romance
Rachel discovers she is pregnant. When she is about to break the news to her boyfriend Bill, he dumps her. Heartbroken and angry, Rachel takes his car, clears out their joint bank account and heads off.
Director: Allan Niblo | Stars: Jayne Ashbourne, Alisa Bosschaert, Moya Brady, Heather Craney
Votes: 84
Venezuela
45. Cabaret Balkan (1998)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
Random Belgrade citizens interact with each other in a night full of crime, frustration, betrayal and revenge.
Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Aleksandar Bercek, Vojislav 'Voja' Brajovic, Bogdan Diklic, Nebojsa Glogovac
Votes: 5,634 | Gross: $0.11M
Yugoslavia
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