# List of Italian films of 1998

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 Grandi | drama | |
| 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 | |