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  • Kevin Spacey, Thora Birch, Mena Suvari, and Wes Bentley in American Beauty (1999)

    1. American Beauty

    19992h 2mR84Metascore
    8.3 (1.3M)
    A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
    DirectorSam MendesStarsKevin SpaceyAnnette BeningThora Birch
    Best Picture, Best Director, Best Lead Actor, Best Original Screenplay & Best Cinematography. Also nominated for lead actress, score & editing.
  • Charlize Theron and Tobey Maguire in The Cider House Rules (1999)

    2. The Cider House Rules

    19992h 6mPG-1375Metascore
    7.4 (108K)
    During World War II, an orphan grows up under the tutelage of a doctor who runs an orphanage. However, he yearns for freedom and soon decides to leave in order to make a life for himself.
    DirectorLasse HallströmStarsTobey MaguireCharlize TheronMichael Caine
    Best Picture nominee, Best Supporting Actor & Best Adapted Screenplay. Also nominated for direction, score, art direction & editing.
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    3. The Green Mile

    19993h 9mR61Metascore
    8.6 (1.5M)
    A death row guard learns that a gentle giant in his charge possesses a mysterious gift.
    DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTom HanksMichael Clarke DuncanDavid Morse
    Best Picture nominee. Also nominated for supporting actor, adapted screenplay & sound
  • Russell Crowe and Al Pacino in The Insider (1999)

    4. The Insider

    19992h 37mR85Metascore
    7.8 (188K)
    A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
    DirectorMichael MannStarsRussell CroweAl PacinoChristopher Plummer
    Best Picture nominee. Also nominated for direction, lead actor, adapted screenplay, sound, cinematography & editing
  • Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense (1999)

    5. The Sixth Sense

    19991h 47mPG-1364Metascore
    8.2 (1.1M)
    After being shot by a resentful former patient whom he failed to help, a Philadelphia child psychologist seeks redemption by treating a young boy with a disturbing secret.
    DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisHaley Joel OsmentToni Collette
    Best Picture nominee. Also nominated for direction, supporting actor, supporting actress, original screenplay & editing
  • John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener in Being John Malkovich (1999)

    6. Being John Malkovich

    19991h 53mR90Metascore
    7.7 (364K)
    A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.
    DirectorSpike JonzeStarsJohn CusackCameron DiazCatherine Keener
    nominated for direction, supporting actress & original screenplay
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Philip Baker Hall, Jason Robards, and Jeremy Blackman in Magnolia (1999)

    7. Magnolia

    19993h 8mR78Metascore
    8.0 (340K)
    An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
    DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsTom CruiseJason RobardsJulianne Moore
    nominated for supporting actor, original screenplay & original song
  • Jim Broadbent and Allan Corduner in Topsy-Turvy (1999)

    8. Topsy-Turvy

    19992h 40mR90Metascore
    7.3 (14K)
    Set in the 1880s, chronicles how during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado.
    DirectorMike LeighStarsJim BroadbentAllan CordunerDexter Fletcher
    Best Makeup & Best Costume Design. Also nominated for original screenplay & art direction
  • Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)

    9. Election

    19991h 43mR83Metascore
    7.2 (109K)
    A high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.
    DirectorAlexander PayneStarsMatthew BroderickReese WitherspoonLoren Nelson
    nominated for adapted screenplay.
  • Jude Law, Matt Damon, and Gwyneth Paltrow in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

    10. The Talented Mr. Ripley

    19992h 19mR76Metascore
    7.4 (263K)
    In late 1950s New York, a young underachiever named Tom Ripley is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.
    DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsMatt DamonGwyneth PaltrowJude Law
    nominated for supporting actor, adapted screenplay, score, art direction & costume design
  • Richard Farnsworth in The Straight Story (1999)

    11. The Straight Story

    19991h 52mG86Metascore
    8.0 (105K)
    Alvin Straight, a 73-year-old, learns that his estranged brother, Lyle is critically ill. Unable to drive, Alvin embarks on a journey from Iowa to Mt. Zion, by riding a lawn mower. Will he succeed?
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsRichard FarnsworthSissy SpacekJane Galloway Heitz
    nominated for lead actor
  • Sean Penn in Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

    12. Sweet and Lowdown

    19991h 35mPG-1370Metascore
    7.2 (38K)
    In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
    DirectorWoody AllenStarsSean PennSamantha MortonWoody Allen
    nominated for lead actor & supporting actress.
  • Denzel Washington in The Hurricane (1999)

    13. The Hurricane

    19992h 26mR74Metascore
    7.6 (106K)
    The story of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
    DirectorNorman JewisonStarsDenzel WashingtonVicellous ShannonDeborah Kara Unger
    nominated for lead actor
  • Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry (1999)

    14. Boys Don't Cry

    19991h 58mR86Metascore
    7.5 (106K)
    A young transgender man named Brandon navigates love, life, and trying to pass as a boy in rural Nebraska.
    DirectorKimberly PeirceStarsHilary SwankChloë SevignyPeter Sarsgaard
    Best Lead Actress. Also nominated for supporting actress.
  • Tumbleweeds (1999)

    15. Tumbleweeds

    19991h 42mPG-1375Metascore
    6.7 (3.8K)
    A woman and her daughter have been constantly moving from town to town for years, but their newest home might be different from all the others.
    DirectorGavin O'ConnorStarsJanet McTeerKimberly J. BrownJay O. Sanders
    nominated for lead actress
  • Ralph Fiennes and Julianne Moore in The End of the Affair (1999)

    16. The End of the Affair

    19991h 42mR65Metascore
    7.0 (25K)
    A desperate man tries to find out why his beloved left him years ago.
    DirectorNeil JordanStarsRalph FiennesJulianne MooreStephen Rea
    nominated for lead actress & cinematography
  • Angela Bassett, Meryl Streep, and Gloria Estefan in Music of the Heart (1999)

    17. Music of the Heart

    19992h 4mPG54Metascore
    6.7 (14K)
    After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.
    DirectorWes CravenStarsMeryl StreepCloris LeachmanHenry Dinhofer
    nominated for lead actress & original song
  • Winona Ryder in Girl, Interrupted (1999)

    18. Girl, Interrupted

    19992h 7mR51Metascore
    7.3 (227K)
    Directionless teenager Susanna is rushed to Claymoore, a mental institution, after a supposed suicide attempt. There she befriends a group of troubled women who deeply influence her life.
    DirectorJames MangoldStarsWinona RyderAngelina JolieClea DuVall
    Best Supporting Actress
  • Christopher Walken in Sleepy Hollow (1999)

    19. Sleepy Hollow

    19991h 45mR65Metascore
    7.3 (402K)
    Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.
    DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppChristina RicciMiranda Richardson
    Best Art Direction. Also nominated for cinematography & costume design
  • Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat in Anna and the King (1999)

    20. Anna and the King

    19992h 28mPG-1356Metascore
    6.7 (40K)
    The story of the romance between the King of Siam and widowed British schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens, during the 1860s.
    DirectorAndy TennantStarsJodie FosterChow Yun-FatBai Ling
    nominated for art direction & costume design
  • Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)

    21. Snow Falling on Cedars

    19992h 7mPG-1344Metascore
    6.7 (15K)
    A Japanese-American fisherman is accused of killing his neighbor at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.
    DirectorScott HicksStarsEthan HawkeMax von SydowYûki Kudô
    nominated for cinematography
  • Mike Myers and Heather Graham in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

    22. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

    19991h 35mPG-1359Metascore
    6.7 (258K)
    Dr. Evil is back and has invented a new time machine that allows him to go back to the 1960s and steal Austin Powers' mojo, inadvertently leaving him "shagless".
    DirectorJay RoachStarsMike MyersHeather GrahamMichael York
    nominated for makeup
  • Robin Williams in Bicentennial Man (1999)

    23. Bicentennial Man

    19992h 12mPG42Metascore
    6.9 (129K)
    The life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.
    DirectorChris ColumbusStarsRobin WilliamsEmbeth DavidtzSam Neill
    nominated for makeup
  • Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Bernie Mac, and Michael Taliferro in Life (1999)

    24. Life

    19991h 48mR63Metascore
    6.8 (59K)
    In 1932, two strangers are wrongfully convicted and develop a strong friendship in prison that lasts them through the 20th century.
    DirectorTed DemmeStarsEddie MurphyMartin LawrenceObba Babatundé
    nominated for makeup
  • Anthony Hopkins in Titus (1999)

    25. Titus

    19992h 42mR57Metascore
    7.0 (22K)
    Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.
    DirectorJulie TaymorStarsAnthony HopkinsJessica LangeOsheen Jones
    nominated for costume design

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