Let's discuss the year 1999 in film!

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I was creating a list that contains a film for each year of my life (1976-2015) and when I came to 1999 I realized that my task was near impossible. I ended up going with Magnolia but it could have been one of several films in the top spot (Magnolia, American Beauty, The Hurricane, Fight Club, The Matrix, The Road Home, The Insider).

There were so many great films in 1999 and others that were either the launch of prequel (Star Wars) or the start of new filming techniques that would be copied for years (The Matrix). There were new directors making their debut film and old respected directors making their last. So many respected filmmakers released a film in 1999.

I thought I would put together a list of all of my top films in 1999 along with a list of others films that either received good critical response, viewer response, or have become cult classics.

Lets discuss 1999 in film! A year that I consider the best year ever for cinema.


My favorites of 1999 (in no particular order)

Magnolia
Fight Club
American Beauty
The Hurricane
The Matrix
The Sixth Sense
Shower
The Insider
Office Space
The Story of Us
Being John Malkovich
Notting Hill
The Road Home
EDtv
Eyes Wide Shut
Runaway Bride
Brokedown Palace
The Iron Giant
Wonderland
The Cider House Rules
Run Lola Run (1999 U.S. release)
Toy Story 2
Bicentennial Man
Stuart Little


Other films to consider (in no particular order)
Films I enjoyed in bold:


Girl, Interrupted
Cookie's Fortune
The Muse
Bowfinger
The Legend of 1900
Any Given Sunday
The Best Man
Go
October Sky
Bringing Out the Dead
The Big Kahuna
The Boondock Saints
Eye of the Beholder
The Mod Squad
eXistenZ
Boys Don't Cry
The Winslow Boy
Buena Vista Social Club
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Limey
The Straight Story
Memento Mori
Stir of Echoes
For Love of the Game
Ride with the Devil
Sunshine
Life
Twin Falls Idaho
Stigmata
Dogma
Jakob the Liar
Galaxy Quest
Holy Smoke!
In Dreams
The Green Mile
Double Jeopardy
Flawless
Liberty Heights
Sleepy Hollow
The World Is Not Enough
End of Days
Mansfield Park
Analyze This
Anna and the King
Love Stinks
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Music of the Heart
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
The General's Daughter
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Random Hearts
The Bone Collector
True Crime
The Out-of-Towners
Mystery, Alaska
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Three Kings
Arlington Road
Instinct
The King and I
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Pushing Tin
American Pie
Summer of Sam
The Thirteenth Floor
Tarzan
200 Cigarettes
The Other Sister
Dick
Big Daddy
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Angela's Ashes
Drop Dead Gorgeous
The Blair Witch Project
10 Things I Hate About You
The 13th Warrior
Fantasia 2000
Election
A Walk on the Moon
Payback
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
The Mummy
Entrapment
Man on the Moon
8mm
All About My Mother
Mystery Men
Jawbreaker
Gloria
Never Been Kissed

Highest-grossing films of 1999


1. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
2. The Sixth Sense
3. Toy Story 2
4. The Matrix
5. Tarzan
6. The Mummy
7. Notting Hill
8. The World Is Not Enough
9. American Beauty
10. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me