A list of films produced in Russia in 1998 (see 1998 in film).
| Title | Russian title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classic | Классик | Georgy Shengeliya | Sergey Nikonenko | Crime | |
| Composition for Victory Day | Сочинение ко Дню Победы | Sergei Ursuliak | Oleg Yefremov | Drama | |
| Contract with Death | Контракт со смертью | Dmitry Astrakhan | Andrey Myagkov | Drama | |
| Crossroads | Перекрёсток | Dmitry Astrakhan | Leonid Yarmolnik | Romantic comedy | |
| Happy Birthday | С днём рождения! | Larisa Sadilova | Patrick Baehr | Drama | |
| I Want to Go to Prison | Хочу в тюрьму | Alla Surikova | Vladimir Ilyin | Comedy | |
| Khrustalyov, My Car! | Хрусталёв, машину! | Aleksei German | Yuri Tsurilo | Drama | |
| Mama Don't Cry | Мама не горюй | Maksim Pezhemsky | Gosha Kutsenko | Comedy | |
| Marigolds in Flower | Цветы календулы | Sergey Snezhkin | Era Ziganshina | Drama | |
| Of Freaks and Men | Про уродов и людей | Aleksei Balabanov | Sergei Makovetsky | Drama | |
| Peculiarities of the National Fishing | Особенности национальной рыбалки | Alexander Rogozhkin, Inna Gorlova | Aleksei Buldakov | Comedy | |
| Retro Threesome | Ретро втроём | Pyotr Todorovsky | Elena Yakovleva | Drama | |
| Silver Heads | Серебряные головы | Yevgeny Yufit | Tatiana Verkhovskaya | Comedy | |
| Tests for Real Men | Тесты для настоящих мужчин | Andrey Razenkov | Elvira Bolgova | Drama | |
| The Barber of Siberia | Сибирский цирюльник | Nikita Mikhalkov | Julia Ormond | Drama | |
| The Outskirts | Окраина | Pyotr Lutsik | Yuri Dubrovin | Drama | |
| Who If Not Us | Кто, если не мы | Valeriy Priyomykhov | Yevgeny Krainov | Drama | |
| Why Wouldn't We Send a Messenger? | Не послать ли нам… гонца? | Valeri Chikov | Mikhail Evdokimov | Comedy | |
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