question: What 1998 black comedy film was directed by Peter Berg?
answer: Very Bad Things
context: Title: Free Money (film)
  Passage: Free Money is a 1998 black comedy film directed by Yves Simoneau, produced by Nicolas Clermont and written by Anthony Peck and Joseph Brutsman, and starring Marlon Brando in his penultimate film (his final screen appearance was in 2001's "The Score").
  Title: Peter Berg
  Passage: Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964) is an American director, actor, producer, and writer of film, television, and music videos.  His directorial film works include the black comedy "Very Bad Things" (1998), the action comedy "The Rundown" (2003), the sports drama "Friday Night Lights" (2004), the action thriller "The Kingdom" (2007), the superhero comedy-drama "Hancock" (2008), the military science fiction war film "Battleship" (2012), the war film "Lone Survivor" (2013), the disaster drama "Deepwater Horizon" (2016), and the Boston Marathon bombing drama "Patriots Day" (2016), the latter three all starring Mark Wahlberg.  In addition to cameo appearances in the last six of these titles, he has had prominent acting roles in films including "Cop Land" (1997), "Corky Romano" (2001), "Collateral" (2004), "Smokin' Aces" (2006) and "Lions for Lambs" (2007).
  Title: Your Friends &amp; Neighbors
  Passage: Your Friends & Neighbors is a 1998 black comedy film written and directed by Neil LaBute and starring Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Catherine Keener, Nastassja Kinski, Jason Patric, and Ben Stiller in an ensemble cast.  This film was the first to be reviewed on the website Rotten Tomatoes.  The film's credit sequences feature music by Apocalyptica.
  Title: Susan's Plan
  Passage: Susan's Plan (also released as "Dying to Get Rich" on video) is a 1998 black comedy film directed by John Landis and starring Nastassja Kinski, Dan Aykroyd, Billy Zane, Rob Schneider, Lara Flynn Boyle and Michael Biehn.  The plot revolves around Susan's (played by Kinski) plan to kill her former husband (with the help of a group of misfits) and collect his life insurance.
  Title: Dead Man on Campus
  Passage: Dead Man on Campus is a 1998 black comedy film starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Tom Everett Scott.  It centers on the urban legend that a student gets straight As if their roommate commits suicide ("see" pass by catastrophe).  Two failing friends attempt to find a depressed roommate to push him over the edge and receive As.
  Title: Patriots Day (film)
  Passage: Patriots Day is a 2016 American action-drama film about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the subsequent terrorist manhunt.  Directed by Peter Berg and written by Berg, Matt Cook and Joshua Zetumer, the film is based on the book "Boston Strong" by Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge.  It stars Mark Wahlberg, J. K. Simmons, John Goodman, Kevin Bacon and Michelle Monaghan.
  Title: Corky Romano
  Passage: Corky Romano is a 2001 American mafia comedy film starring former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Chris Kattan.  Also starring are Fred Ward, Vinessa Shaw, Chris Penn, and Peter Berg.  The movie was produced by Robert Simond, directed by Rob Pritts, and was written by David Garrett and Jason Ward.  In the movie, Kattan plays the title character, a veterinarian who is forced by his mobster family to infiltrate the local FBI facility to steal evidence incriminating his father, Mafia boss Francis A. "Pops" Romano (Peter Falk), of racketeering charges.  It first opened in theaters on October 12, 2001.
  Title: Modern Vampires
  Passage: Modern Vampires (also billed as Revenant) is a 1998 black horror/comedy film that was released Oct 19, 1999 straight to video, written by Matthew Bright and directed by Richard Elfman.
  Title: Very Bad Things
  Passage: Very Bad Things is a 1998 American black comedy film directed by Peter Berg.  It stars Cameron Diaz, Jon Favreau, Daniel Stern, Jeremy Piven, Christian Slater, Leland Orser and Jeanne Tripplehorn.
  Title: The Rundown
  Passage: The Rundown (also known as Welcome to the Jungle) is a 2003 American action comedy film starring Dwayne Johnson as a bounty hunter who must head for Brazil to retrieve his employer's renegade son (Seann William Scott).  It was directed by Peter Berg.  The film received positive reviews but failed at the box office.
citations: Very Bad Things Peter Berg