| 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 |
|
