Theatrical releases
Feature films
- January 23 -
- January 30
- February 6 - The Replacement Killers
- February 20 - Palmetto
- March 6 - Hush
- March 20 - Wild Things
- April 3 - The Spanish Prisoner
- April 10
- April 17 - Sour Grapes
- April 24 - The Big Hit
- May 1 - Les Misérables
- May 20 - Godzilla
- May 22 - The Opposite of Sex
- June 12 - Can't Hardly Wait
- June 19 - Henry Fool
- July 10 - Madeline
- July 17 - The Mask of Zorro
- July 31 - The Governess
- August 21 - Dance with Me
- September 4 - Knock Off
- September 25 - Urban Legend
- October 23 - Apt Pupil
- October 30 - Vampires
- November 13
- Dancing at Lughnasa
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
- December 18 - The General
- December 25 - Stepmom
Television
Home video
- January 6
- January 20
- February 3 - Excess Baggage
- February 10 - Air Force One
- February 24
- March 17 - The Assignment
- March 24 - I Know What You Did Last Summer
- March 31
- April 7 - Seven Years in Tibet
- May 5 - Gattaca
- May 12 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Collector's Edition
- May 19 - As Good as It Gets
- May 26 - My Girl
- June 2
- June 16
- June 30 - The Replacement Killers
- July 14 - Swept from the Sea
- August 11 - Oliver!: 30th Anniversary
- September 1 - 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain
- September 8 - Wild Things
- September 15 - Hush
- October 6 - The Spanish Prisoner
- October 13
- October 20 - The Big Hit
- November 3
- November 17
- December 1 - The Mask of Zorro
- December 15
- December 22 - Can't Hardly Wait
- December 29 - Knock Off
Direct-to-Video
People
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