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This is a list of lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender or queer -related filmsreleased in 1998. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.
| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2by4 | Jimmy Smallhorne | United States | Drama | Jimmy Smallhorne, Chris O'Neill, Bradley Fitts, Holyoke Joe, Terry McGoff, Michael Liebman, Ronan Carr, Leo Hamill, Seamus McDonagh and Kimberly Topper | |
| 54 | Mark Christopher | United States | Drama | Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, Mike Myers, Sela Ward, Breckin Meyer and Sherry Stringfield | Mainly set in the New York City discotheque Studio 54 |
| 2 Seconds (2 secondes) | Manon Briand | Canada | Comedy, drama, romance | Charlotte Laurier, Dino Tavarone, Jonathan Bolduc, Suzanne Clément, Yves Pelletier and Louise Forestier | |
| The Adventures of Sebastian Cole | Tod Williams | United States | Comedy, drama | Adrian Grenier, Clark Gregg, Aleksa Palladino, Margaret Colin, John Shea, Marni Lustig, Joan Copeland, Tom Lacy, Gabriel Macht, Russel Harper, Rory Cochrane, Famke Janssen, Nicole Ari Parker, Marisol Padilla Sánchez and Levon Helm | |
| Bedrooms and Hallways | Rose Troche | United Kingdom | Romance, comedy | Kevin McKidd, James Purefoy, Tom Hollander, Julie Graham, Simon Callow, Con O'Neill, Harriet Walter, Christopher Fulford, Jennifer Ehle, Tom Hollander, Paul Higgins and Hugo Weaving | |
| Beefcake | Thom Fitzgerald | Canada United Kingdom France | Docu-drama/Drama | Daniel MacIvor, Joshua Peace, Jack Griffin Mazeika, Carroll Godsman, Jonathan Torrens, Thomas Cawood, Jaime Robertson, Dick Sircom, Thom Fitzgerald, Orest Ulan, Glen Deveau, Andrew Miller, Marla McLean, Daniel McLaren, Bernard Robichaud, Marc St. Onge, Steve MacLaughlin, Andy Smith, James Mac Swain, Michael Weir, Marc Le Blanc, Timothy Phillips, Jonathan Langlois-Sadubin, Lucy Decoutere and Sarah Dunsworth | |
| Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss | Tommy O'Haver | United States | Romance, comedy | Sean P. Hayes, Brad Rowe, Richard Ganoung, Meredith Scott Lynn, Matthew Ashford, Armando Valdes-Kennedy, Paul Bartel, Holly Woodlawn, Christopher Bradley, Robbie Cain, Carmine D. Giovinazzo. Les Borsay and Jason-Shane Scott | |
| Bishonen | Yonfan | Hong Kong | Romance, drama | Stephen Fung, Daniel Wu, Shu Qi, Terence Yin, Jason Tsang, Kenneth Tsang, Lisa Chiao Chiao, Cheung Tat-ming, James Wong, Joe Junior, Paul Fonoroff, Michael Lam, Yim Chim-lam, Ma Man-ming, Wu Kai-kwong, Sherwin Ming and Brigitte Lin | |
| Bombay Boys | Kaizad Gustad | India | Comedy, drama | Naveen Andrews, Rahul Bose, Alexander Gifford, Naseeruddin Shah, Tara Deshpande, Roshan Seth, Tarun Shahani, Luke Kenny, Vinay Pathak, Kushal Punjabi, Javed Jaffrey and Nagesh Bhosle | |
| The Brandon Teena Story | Susan Muska, Greta Olafsdottir | United States | Documentary | Follows the 1993 murder of Brandon Teena | At Berlin Film Festival, won Teddy Award for Best Documentary [1] |
| Caresses | Ventura Pons | Spain | Drama | David Selvas, Laura Conejero, Julieta Serrano, Montserrat Salvador, Agustín González, Naim Thomas (billed as Naïm Thomàs), Sergi López, Mercè Pons, Jordi Dauder, Roger Coma, Rosa Maria Sardà, Jordi Cercós, Sandra Pascual and Guillermo Pardevila | a.k.a. Carícies |
| Dear Jesse | Tim Kirkman | United States | Documentary | interviews with Lee Smith, Allan Gurganus and people in the street, including Matthew Shepard | |
| Don't Tell Anyone | Francisco J. Lombardi | Spain Peru | Comedy, drama | Santiago Magill, Christian Meier, Lucía Jiménez, Giovanni Ciccia, Vanessa Robbiano, Carlos Fuentes, Gianfranco Brero, Carlos Tuccio, Anibal Zamora, Emilram Cossío, Jorge Lopez Cano, Alonso Alegría, Gerardo Ruiz, Johnny Mendoza, Javier Echevarría, Michael Scally, Gilberto Torres, Gisella Vega, Coco Castillo, Rasec Barragan, Tono Espinoza, Bernye Paz and Greta Frick | a.k.a. No se lo digas a nadie |
| Edge of Seventeen | David Moreton | United States | Romance, comedy, drama | Chris Stafford, Tina Holmes, Andersen Gabrych, Stephanie McVay, Lea DeLaria, Tony Maietta, Barbie Marie, John Eby and Jeff Fryer | |
| Everything Will Be Fine (Alles wird gut) | Angelina Maccarone | Germany | Romantic comedy | ||
| Finding North | Tanya Wexler | United States | Romance, comedy, drama | Wendy Makkena, John Benjamin Hickey, Jonathan Walker, Anne Bobby, Rebecca Creskoff, Angela Pietropinto, Freddie Roman, Molly McClure, Jay Michaelson, Yusef Bulos, Garrett Moran, Steven Jones, Lynn Metrik, Phyllis Cicero, Spiro Malas, Amy Zimmerman, Jonah Marsh, Bo Barron, Cherami Leigh, Matt Whitton, Jody Napolotano, Gail Cronauer, R. Bruce Elliott, Kermit Key, Richard Rogers, Russ Marker, T.J. Morehouse, Mary Sheldon, Westin Self and Norman Bennett | |
| Forever Fever | Glen Goei | Singapore | Comedy, drama | Adrian Pang, Medaline Tan, Anna Belle Francis, Pierre Png, Caleb Goh and Dominic Pace | |
| From the Edge of the City | Constantinos Giannaris | Greece | Crime, drama | Stathis Papadopoulos, Theodora Tzimou, Costas Kotsianisis and Panagiotis Hartomatzidis | a.k.a. Apo tin akri tis polis |
| Get Real | Simon Shore | United Kingdom | Romance, drama | Ben Silverstone, Brad Gorton, Charlotte Brittain, Jacquetta May, David Lumsden, Richard Hawley, Martin Milman, Stacy Hart, Kate McEnery, Patrick Nielsen, Tim Harris, James D. White, James Perkins, Nicholas Hunter, Steven Mason, Morgan Jones, Ian Brimble, Judy Buxton, David Elliot, Charlotte Hanson, Louise J. Taylor, Steven Elder, Leonie Thomas, David Paul West and Andy Rashleigh | Screenplay by Patrick Wilde, based on his play What's Wrong with Angry? |
| Gia | Michael Cristofer | United States | Drama | Angelina Jolie, Faye Dunaway, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mercedes Ruehl, Scott Cohen, Edmund Genest, Alexander Enberg, Louis Giambalvo, Eric Michael Cole, Kylie Travis, John Considine, James Haven, Rick Batalla, Brian Donovan, Tricia O'Neil, Sam Pancake, Adina Porter, Michael E. Rodgers, Nick Spano and Jason Stuart | Based on the life of Gia Carangi |
| Gods and Monsters | Bill Condon | United Kingdom United States | Drama | Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich, Jack Plotnick, Matt McKenzie, David Dukes, Rosalind Ayres, Jack Betts, Martin Ferrero, Marlon Braccia, Amir Aboulela, Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy, Jesse James and Arthur Dignam | |
| Goodbye Emma Jo | Cheryl Newbrough | United States | Short | Cheryl Newbrough, Emma-Jane Mezher and Katherine Woodman | 40 min long |
| The Grace of God | Gerald L'Ecuyer | Canada | Docudrama | Michael Riley, Steve Cumyn, David Cronenberg | |
| Hard | John Huckert | United States | Crime, drama | Noel Palomaria, Malcolm Moorman, Charles Lanyer, Michael Waite, Paula Kay Perry, Alex Depedro, Bob Hollander, Steve Andrews, K.D. Jones (billed as KD Jones), Ken Narasaki, Steve Gonzales, Cynthia Downey, Chas Gray, Brandi Garay and M. Tiffany Reed | |
| Head On | Ana Kokkinos | Australia | Drama | Alex Dimitriades. Paul Capsis, Julian Garner, Tony Nikolakopoulos, Elena Mandalis, Damien Fotiou, Eugenia Fragos, María Mercedes, Alex Papps, Dora Kaskanis, Vassili Zappa and Andrea Mandalis | Based on the novel Loaded by Christos Tsiolkas |
| High Art | Lisa Cholodenko | Canada United States | Romance, drama | Ally Sheedy, Radha Mitchell, Gabriel Mann, Charis Michelsen, David Thornton, Anh Duong, Patricia Clarkson, Helen Mendes, Bill Sage, Tammy Grimes, Cindra Feuer, Anthony Ruivivar, Elaine Tse, Rudolf Martin and Laura Ekstrand | |
| In the Flesh | Ben Taylor | United States | Mystery | Dane Ritter, Ed Corbin | |
| Julie and Me (Revoir Julie) | Jeanne Crépeau | Canada | Comedy, drama | Dominique Leduc and Stephanie Morgenstern | |
| Like It Is | Paul Oremland | United Kingdom | Drama | Steve Bell, Ian Rose, Roger Daltrey and Dani Behr | |
| Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | John Maybury | United Kingdom France Japan | Drama | Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton, Adrian Scarborough, Karl Johnson, Annabel Brooks, Richard Newbould (billed as Richard Newbold), Ariel de Ravenel, Tallulah, Andy Linden, David Kennedy, Gary Hume, Damian Dibben, Antony Cotton, Hamish Bowles and Martin Meister | |
| The Man Who Drove with Mandela | Greta Schiller | United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, Neterlands, Belgium | Documentary | Portrait of theatre director and anti-apartheid activist Cecil Williams | |
| Mob Queen | Jon Carnoy | United States | Romance, comedy | David Proval, Dan Moran, Candis Cayne, Tony Sirico and Marlene Forte | |
| The Object of My Affection | Nicholas Hytner | United States | Romance, comedy, drama | Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Allison Janney, Alan Alda, Tim Daly, Joan Copeland, Steve Zahn, Amo Gulinello, Nigel Hawthorne, Kali Rocha, Gabriel Macht, Sarah Hyland, Hayden Panettiere, Liam Aiken, Bruce Altman, Daniel Cosgrove, Samia Shoaib, Audra McDonald, Lauren Pratt, Paz de la Huerta, Salem Ludwig, Antonia Rey, John Roland, Rosanna Scotto, Kevin Carroll and Kia Goodwin | Based on the novel of the same name by Stephen McCauley |
| The Opposite of Sex | Don Roos | United States | Romance, comedy, drama | Christina Ricci, Ivan Sergei, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow, Lyle Lovett, William Lee Scott, Johnny Galecki and Colin Ferguson | |
| Out of the Past | Jeff Dupre | United States | Documentary | Narrator Linda Hunt and uses voices of; Stephen Spinella, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cherry Jones, Edward Norton and Leland Gantt | Won the audience award for Best Documentary at Sundance Film Festival [2] |
| Party Monster: The Shockumentary | Fenton Bailey , Randy Barbato | United States | Documentary | Michael Alig, Gitsie, James St. James, Keoki and Eric Bernat | Details the rise of party promoter and Club Kids ringleader Michael Alig and his murder of Andre "Angel" Melendez |
| Psycho | Gus Van Zant | United States | Horror | Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore | Remake of the original by Alfred Hitchcock |
| Relax...It's Just Sex | P. J. Castellaneta | United States | Romantic comedy | Mitchell Anderson, Seymour Cassel, Eddie Garcia | |
| Scènes de lit | François Ozon | France | Short | Valérie Druguet, François Delaive and Camille Japy | |
| Sex/Life in L.A. | Jochen Hick | Germany United States | Documentary, adult | Ron Athey, (porn actor) Matt Bradshaw, Rick Castro (porn actor), Kevin Kramer (porn actor), Cole Tucker and Tony Ward | Shown at Melbourne International Film Festival [3] [4] |
| Sitcom | François Ozon | France | Drama, thriller, comedy | François Marthouret, Évelyne Dandry, Adrien de Van, Marina de Van, Stéphane Rideau, Lucia Sanchez, Jules-Emmanuel Eyoum Deido, Jean Douchet, Sébastien Charles, Vincent Vizioz, Kiwani Cojo, Gilles Frilay and Antoine Fischer | |
| Show Me Love | Lukas Moodysson | Sweden Denmark | Romance, drama | Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson, Mathias Rust, Stefan Hörberg, Josefine Nyberg, Ralph Carlsson, Maria Hedborg, Axel Widegren and Jill Ung | aka Fucking Åmål |
| Some Prefer Cake | Heidi Arnesen | United States | Comedy, drama, romance | Kathleen Fontaine, Tara Howley and Desi del Valle | |
| Soft Hearts (Pusong Mamon) | Joel Lamangan | Philippines | Comedy | Lorna Tolentino, Eric Quizon Albert Martinez, Eugene Domingo, Caridad Sanchez and Jake Roxas | |
| Stiff Upper Lips | Gary Sinyor | United Kingdom India | Comedy | Sean Pertwee, Georgina Cates, Robert Portal, Samuel West, Prunella Scales and Peter Ustinov | Parody of British period films, especially the Merchant-Ivory movies of the 1980s and early 1990s |
| The Thin Pink Line | Joe Dietl Michael Irpino | United States | Comedy | Jennifer Aniston, Alexis Arquette, Andrea Bendewald and Megan Cavanagh | |
| Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train) | Patrice Chéreau | France | Drama | Pascal Greggory, Vincent Perez, Charles Berling and Dominique Blanc | |
| Two Girls and a Baby | Kelli Simpson | Australia | Short, comedy | Claudia Karvan, Nicki Wendt, Pippa Grandison and Greg Stone | |
| Velvet Goldmine | Todd Haynes | United Kingdom United States | Drama | Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Toni Collette and Christian Bale | |
| The Versace Murder | Menahem Golan | United States | Biography, Crime | Franco Nero, Steven Bauer, Shane Perdue | |
| We're Funny That Way! | David Adkin | Canada | Comedy, documentary | Documentary on the We're Funny That Way! comedy festival, featuring Scott Capurro, Maggie Cassella, Kate Clinton, Lea DeLaria, Elvira Kurt, Bob Smith | |
| When Love Comes Along | Garth Maxwell | New Zealand | Romance, drama | Rena Owen, Dean O'Gorman, Simon Prast, Nancy Brunning, Sophia Hawthorne and Simon Westaway | |
| Wild Things | John McNaughton | United States | Thriller, crime, erotic | Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Denise Richards, Neve Campbell, Theresa Russell, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Carrie Snodgress, Jeff Perry, Robert Wagner, Bill Murray | |
| The Wolves of Kromer | Will Gould | United Kingdom | Romance, comedy, fantasy, horror | Boy George (narrator), James Layton, Lee Williams and Margaret Towner | Co-written by Charles Lambert, based on his play of the same name |
| Woubi Chéri | Laurent Bocahut , Philip Brooks | France Ivory Coast | Documentary | Won Best Documentary awards at the New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival, the Turin International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, and the Transgender Festival in London. [5] | |
| Your Friends & Neighbors | Neil LaBute | United States | Comedy, drama | Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Catherine Keener, Nastassja Kinski, Jason Patric and Ben Stiller | First film to be reviewed on Rotten Tomatoes |
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