Films set in 1998

1998 film directed by Steven Spielberg

The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical dark comedy crime film co-produced and directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Terence Winter, and based on Jordan Belfort's 2007 memoir. It loosely recounts Belfort's career as a stockbroker in New York City and how his firm, Stratton Oakmont, engaged in rampant corruption and fraud on Wall Street, leading to his downfall. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Belfort; Jonah Hill as his business partner and friend Donnie Azoff; Margot Robbie as his second wife, Naomi Lapaglia; Matthew McConaughey as his mentor and former boss Mark Hanna; and Kyle Chandler as FBI special agent Patrick Denham portraying Gregory Coleman. It is DiCaprio's fifth collaboration with Scorsese.

1999 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

1998 film directed by Tony Kaye

2014 film directed by Clint Eastwood

2010 film directed by David O. Russell

2019 film by Tim Miller

1998 film directed by Roland Emmerich

1997 film directed by Jim Gillespie

1998 film directed by Nancy Meyers

2009 film directed by Lasse Hallström

1998 film directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly

1998 film directed by Mimi Leder

2021 film directed by Malcolm D. Lee

2015 film directed by Danny Boyle

1999 film by Kevin Smith

2015 film directed by Ryan Coogler

2017 film directed by James Franco

1998 horror film directed by Danny Cannon

1998 film directed by Gary Ross

1998 film directed by Steve Miner

2008 film directed by Adam Brooks

2022 film directed by Jordan Peele

1991 film by Jack Bender

1998 film by Wes Anderson

2011 film directed by Lone Scherfig

2002 film by Rick Rosenthal

2021 film directed by Johannes Roberts

2008 film directed by Paul Weiland

1998 film by Ronny Yu

2019 film by Marielle Heller

1998 film directed by John Roberts

2004 film by James L. Brooks

1998 film directed by Gus Van Sant

1998 film by Rob Bowman

2015 film directed by Simon Curtis

2003 film by Billy Ray

2019 film directed by Todd Haynes

1989 film directed by Rob Hedden

1998 film directed by Ron Underwood

2020 film directed by Ron Howard

2009 film directed by Patrick Lussier

1998 film by Peter Medak

2000 film by Joe Berlingeri

V/H/S is a 2012 American found footage horror anthology film and the first installment in the V/H/S franchise created by Brad Miska and Bloody Disgusting, and produced by Miska and Roxanne Benjamin. It features a series of six found footage shorts written and directed by Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, and the filmmaking collective Radio Silence.

1999 film by Khyentse Norbu

Caught Stealing is a 2025 American black comedy crime thriller film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Austin Butler as a former star baseball player-turned-bartender who unwittingly runs afoul of New York City's criminal underbelly while pet sitting for his neighbor. Regina King, Zoë Kravitz, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D'Onofrio, Benito Martínez Ocasio, Griffin Dunne, and Carol Kane appear in supporting roles. The film is based on a 2004 novel of the same name by Charlie Huston, who adapted it for the screenplay. The film's score was written by Rob Simonsen and recorded by the British post-punk band Idles.

2013 film directed by Sherry Hormann

1999 film by Wim Wenders

2022 film directed by Kasi Lemmons

Roofman is a 2025 American crime comedy film directed by Derek Cianfrance. It is based on the life of Jeffrey Manchester, played by Channing Tatum, who robbed McDonald's locations by drilling through their roofs and hid out in a toy store after escaping prison. The film also stars Kirsten Dunst, LaKeith Stanfield, Juno Temple, and Peter Dinklage, Ben Mendelsohn, Uzo Aduba, and Jimmy O. Yang appearing in supporting roles.

2024 film directed by Jane Schoenbrun

1999 film directed by Kang Je-gyu

2009 film by Kyle Newman

W.E. (stylised W./E.) is a 2011 historical romantic drama film written and directed by Madonna and starring Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, Oscar Isaac, Richard Coyle, and James D'Arcy. The screenplay was co-written by Alek Keshishian, who previously worked with Madonna on her 1991 documentary Truth or Dare and two of her music videos. Although the film was panned by critics and was a box office bomb, it received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design. This marked Isaac's and Cornish's second film together after Sucker Punch.

2004 film directed by Brad Turner

2008 film by Jeff Betancourt

2009 film directed by Seth Grossman

2023 film by Eiichirō Hasumi

2006 television film directed by Randa Haines