# List of Spanish films of 1998

A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 1998. The domestic theatrical release date is favoured.

## Films

| Release | Release | Title(Domestic title) | Cast & Crew |
| JANUARY | 16 | Things I Left in Havana(Cosas que dejé en La Habana) | Director: Manuel Gutiérrez AragónCast: Jorge Perugorría, Violeta Rodríguez, Kiti Mánver, Broselianda Hernández [es], Isabel Santos, Daisy Granados, Luis Alberto García, Pepón Nieto |
| JANUARY | 23 | Tangos Are for Two(Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andando) | Director: Jaime ChávarriCast: Darío Grandinetti, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Juan Echanove |
| FEBRUARY | 6 | Caresses(Carícies) | Director: Ventura PonsCast: Rosa Maria Sardà, Sergi López, Julieta Serrano |
| FEBRUARY | 13 | Sleepless in Madrid(Insomnio) | Director: Chus GutiérrezCast: Cristina Marcos, Candela Peña, Ernesto Alterio, María Pujalte, Ginés García Millán |
| FEBRUARY | 20 | The Naked Eye(La mirada del otro) | Director: Vicente ArandaCast: Laura Morante, José Coronado, Miguel Ángel García, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Sancho Gracia, Ana Obregón, Miguel Bosé |
| MARCH | 13 | Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law(Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley) | Director: Santiago SeguraCast: Santiago Segura, Javier Cámara, Neus Asensi, Chus Lampreave, Manuel Manquiña, Espartaco Santoni, Julio Sanjuán, Carlos Bardem, Darío Paso, Carlos Perea |
| APRIL | 24 | Shoot Out(El grito en el cielo) | Director: Félix Sabroso, Dunia AyasoCast: María Conchita Alonso, Loles León, María Pujalte, Ana Torrent, Daniel Guzmán, Pepón Nieto, María Adánez, Carmen Balagué |
| APRIL | 30 | Mensaka(Mensaka, páginas de una historia) | Director: Salvador García Ruiz [es]Cast: Gustavo Salmerón, Tristán Ulloa, Adrià Collado, Laia Marull, María Esteve, Lola Dueñas, Guillermo Toledo |
| MAY | 8 | Hitting Bottom(En la puta calle) | Director: Enrique Gabriel [es]Cast: Ramón Barea, Luis Alberto García [es] |
| JUNE | 12 | A Perfect Couple(Una pareja perfecta) | Director: Francesc BetriuCast: Antonio Resines, José Sazatornil "Saza", Kiti Mánver, Chus Lampreave, Ramón Barea, Antonio Canal [es], Luis Ciges, Pedro Mari Sánchez [es] |
| JUNE | 19 | The First Night of My Life(El primer día de mi vida) | Director: Miguel AlbaladejoCast: Carlos Fuentes [es], Leonor Watling, Mariola Fuentes, Juanjo Martínez, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba |
| JULY | 10 | Cha-cha-chá | Director: Antonio del RealCast: Eduardo Noriega, Ana Álvarez, María Adánez, Jorge Sanz, Gabino Diego, Marta Belaustegui [es] |
| AUGUST | 28 | Lovers of the Arctic Circle(Los amantes del círculo polar) | Director: Julio MédemCast: Najwa Nimri, Fele Martínez, Nancho Novo |
| SEPTEMBER | 4 | Un buen novio | Director: Jesús DelgadoCast: Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Natalia Verbeke, Adolfo Fernández |
| SEPTEMBER | 11 | The Stolen Years(Los años bárbaros) | Director: Fernando ColomoCast: Jordi Mollà, Ernesto Alterio, Juan Echanove |
| SEPTEMBER | 25 | Tango | Director: Carlos SauraCast : Miguel Ángel Solá, Mía Maestro |
| SEPTEMBER | 25 | Atilano for President(Atilano, presidente) | Director: La Cuadrilla [es]Cast: Manuel Manquiña, Ramón Barea, Laura Conejero [es], Fernando Vivanco, Carlos Lucas, Luis Tosar, Luis Prendes, Saturnino García [es] |
| OCTOBER | 2 | Barrio | Director: Fernando León de AranoaCast: Críspulo Cabezas [es], Tomás Benito, Eloi Yebra, Marieta Orozco, Alicia Sánchez, Enrique Villén, Francisco Algora, Chete Lera, Claude Pascadel |
| OCTOBER | 9 | Southern Border(Frontera sur) | Director: Gerardo HerreroCast: José Coronado, Maribel Verdú, Federico Luppi |
| OCTOBER | 23 | Nothing in the Fridge(Nada en la nevera) | Director: Álvaro Fernández ArmeroCast: María Esteve, Coque Malla |
| OCTOBER | 30 | The Grandfather(El abuelo) | Director: José Luis GarciCast: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Antonio Valero, Rafael Alonso |
| OCTOBER | 30 | Mararía | Director: Antonio José Betancor [es]Cast: Goya Toledo, Carmelo Gómez, Iain Glen, Mirtha Ibarra [es], José Manuel Cervino |
| NOVEMBER | 13 | The Girl of Your Dreams(La niña de tus ojos) | Director: Fernando TruebaCast: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Jorge Sanz, Loles León, Santiago Segura, Rosa Maria Sardà, Neus Asensi, Jesús Bonilla, Miroslav Taborsky, Johannes Silberschneider, Hanna Schygulla, Karel Dobry, Götz Otto, Juan Luis Galiardo, María Barranco |
| DECEMBER | 18 | The Miracle of P. Tinto(El milagro de P. Tinto) | Director: Javier FesserCast: Luis Ciges |
| DECEMBER | 18 | A Time for Defiance(La hora de los valientes) | Director: Antonio MerceroCast: Gabino Diego, Leonor Watling, Luis Cuenca, Adriana Ozores, Juan José Otegui, Txema Blasco, Ramón Aguirre [es] Josep Maria Pou, Aten Soria |

## Box office

The ten highest-grossing Spanish films in 1998, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1998 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Admissions | Domestic gross (€) |
| 1 | Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law (Torrente, El brazo tonto de la ley) | Columbia TriStar | 2,840,925 | 10,254,169 |
| 2 | Open Your Eyes (Abre los ojos) ‡ | Sogepaq | 1,297,686 | 4,576,930 |
| 3 | The Girl of Your Dreams (La niña de tus ojos) | Lolafilms | 1,234,242 | 4,772,270 |
| 4 | Cha-cha-chá | Warner Sogefilms | 778,048 | 2,769,332 |
| 5 | Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Los amantes del círculo polar) | Alta Films | 640,553 | 2,393,175 |
| 6 | Barrio | Warner Sogefilms | 533,690 | 2,007,276 |
| 7 | The Stolen Years (Los años bárbaros) | Warner Sogefilms | 468,573 | 1,734,353 |
| 8 | The Grandfather (El abuelo) | Columbia TriStar | 459,713 | 1,775,715 |
| 9 | Secrets of the Heart (Secretos del corazón) ‡ | Alta Films | 367,782 | 1,288,875 |
| 10 | Things I Left in Havana (Cosas que dejé en La Habana) | Alta Films | 359,548 | 1,337,581 |
| ‡: 1997 theatrical opening |||||