A list of films produced in Italy in 1998 (see 1998 in film):
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1998 Aprile Nanni Moretti Nanni Moretti, Silvio Orlando, Silvia Nono, Moretti's sons Comedy David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor (Orlando), screened at Cannes The Ballad of the Windshield Washers Peter Del Monte Olek Mincer, Kim Rossi Stuart, Agata Buzek Drama Besieged Bernardo Bertolucci Thandiwe Newton, David Thewlis Drama The Best Man (Il testimone dello sposo) Pupi Avati Diego Abatantuono, Inés Sastre comedy Golden Globe nominee, entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival La cena Ettore Scola Antonio Catania, Fanny Ardant, Riccardo Garrone, Vittorio Gassman, Giancarlo Giannini, Adalberto Maria Merli, Eros Pagni commedia all'italiana Children of Hannibal Davide Ferrario Diego Abatantuono, Silvio Orlando, Valentina Cervi comedy The Dust of Naples Antonio Capuano Silvio Orlando, Lola Pagnani, Teresa Saponangelo comedy Ecco fatto Gabriele Muccino Giorgio Pasotti, Claudio Santamaria, Barbora Bobulova comedy The Garden of Eden Alessandro D'Alatri Kim Rossi Stuart, Saïd Taghmaoui, Massimo Ghini drama Entered the 59th Venice International Film Festival Gunslinger's Revenge Giovanni Veronesi Leonardo Pieraccioni, Harvey Keitel, David Bowie western-comedy The Legend of 1900 (La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano) Giuseppe Tornatore Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mélanie Thierry, Bill Nunn, Clarence Williams III Cutten outside Italy. 6 David di Donatello. 6 Nastro d'Argento. Based on Alessandro Baricco's theatre monologue. Spoken in English. Ennio Morricone won the Golden Globe for its score Marriages Cristina Comencini Diego Abatantuono, Francesca Neri, Stefania Sandrelli, Claude Brasseur romantic comedy Monella Tinto Brass Anna Ammirati, Serena Grandi erotic comedy My Best Friend's Wife Vincenzo Salemme Vincenzo Salemme, Eva Herzigová comedy Notes of Love Mimmo Calopresti Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Mimmo Calopresti, Gérard Depardieu drama Of Lost Love Michele Placido Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Rocco Papaleo drama Screened at the 59th Venice Film Festival The Phantom of the Opera Dario Argento Julian Sands, Asia Argento horror I piccoli maestri Daniele Luchetti Stefano Accorsi, Giorgio Pasotti, Marco Paolini drama Entered the 59th Venice International Film Festival Radiofreccia Luciano Ligabue Stefano Accorsi, Francesco Guccini, Serena Grandidrama Rehearsals for War Mario Martone Andrea Renzi, Iaia Forte, Toni Servillo drama Screened at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival The Room of the Scirocco Maurizio Sciarra Giancarlo Giannini, Tiziana Lodato romance The Scent of the Night (L'odore della notte) Pupi Avati Valerio Mastandrea, Marco Giallini, Giorgio Tirabassi, Little Tony crime-drama Screened at the 59th Venice International Film Festival Shooting the Moon Francesca Archibugi Valeria Golino, Sergio Rubini, Stefano Dionisi drama Entered the 59th Venice International Film Festival Mr. Fifteen Balls (Il signor Quindicipalle) Francesco Nuti Francesco Nuti, Sabrina Ferilli comedy L'ultimo Capodanno Marco Risi Monica Bellucci, Marco Giallini, Claudio Santamaria comedy drama Viola bacia tutti Giovanni Veronesi Asia Argento, Rocco Papaleo, Valerio Mastandrea comedy The Way We Laughed (Così ridevano) Gianni Amelio Enrico Lo Verso, Francesco Giuffrida Drama Golden Lion winner We'll Really Hurt You Pino Quartullo Pino Quartullo, Ricky Memphis, Stefania Sandrelli, Anna Valle comedy You Laugh (Tu ridi) Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Antonio Albanese, Sabrina Ferilli, Turi Ferro, Lello Arena Drama Best Director Award at Mar del Plata Film Festival Viol@ Donatella Maiorca Stefania Rocca, Ennio Fantastichini Erotic drama
External links Italian films of 1998 at the Internet Movie Database