Films: 1999

Our 40 Favorite Films of 1999

1. Fight Club (David Fincher) - 10/10

2. Magnolia (P.T. Anderson) - 10/10

3. The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick) - 10/10

4. American Movie (Chris Smith) - 10/10

5. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick) - 9/10

6. The Insider (Michael Mann) - 9/10

7. Ghost Dog (Jim Jarmusch) - 10/10

8. Summer of Sam (Spike Lee) - 10/10

9. The Talented Mr. Ripley (Anthony Minghella) - 10/10

10. Three Kings (David O. Russell) - 9.75/10

11. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze) - 9.5/10

12. Election (Alexander Payne) - 9/10

13. The Green Mile (Frank Darabont) - 9/10

14. Sweet and Lowdown (Woody Allen) - 9/10

15. Man On the Moon (Milos Foreman) - 9/10

16. Bringing Out the Dead (Martin Scorsese) - 8.75/10

17. Girl, Interrupted (James Mangold) - 8.5/10

18. American Beauty (Sam Mendes) - 8.5/10

19. Liberty Heights (Barry Levinson) - 8.25/10

20. October Sky (Joe Johnston) - 8/10

21. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Copolla) - 8/10

22. Office Space (Mike Judge) - 8/10

23. Sleepy Hollow (Tim Burton) - 8/10

24. Snow Falling on Cedars (Scott Hicks) - 7.75/10

25. The Hurricane (Norman Jewison) - 7.75/10

26. For Love of the Game (Sam Raimi) - 7.5/10

27. Black and White (James Toback) - 7.5/10

28. All About My Mother (Pedro Almodovar) - 7.5/10

29. The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan) - 7.5/10

30. American Pie (Chris Weitz) - 7.25/10

31. Boys Don’t Cry (Kimberly Peirce) - 7.25/10

32. The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick  Eduardo Sanchez) - 7/10

33. eXistenZ (David Cronenberg) - 7/10

34. Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer) - 7/10

35. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels () - 7/10

36. Notting Hill (Roger Michell) - 7/10

37. Detroit Rock City (Adam Rifkin) - 7/10

38. Joe the King (Frank Whaley) - 7/10

39. The Cider House Rules (Lasse Hallstrom) - 7/10

40. 200 Cigarettes (Risa Bramon Garcia) - 7/10

 

BEST ACTOR: Sean Penn in Sweet and Lowdown

BEST DIRECTOR: Terrence Malick for The Thin Red Line

BEST SCREENPLAY: Charlie Kaufman for Being John Malkovich

BEST MALE ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE:

1. Sean Penn in Sweet and Lowdown

2. Matt Damon in The Talented Mr. Ripley

3. Russell Crowe in The Insider

4. Tom Hanks in The Green Mile

5. Ed Norton in Fight Club

6. Nic Cage in Bringing Out the Dead

7. Kevin Spacey in American Beauty

8. Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon

 

BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE:

1. Winona Ryder in Girl, Interrupted

2. Julianne Moore in The End of an Affair

3. Annette Benning in American Beauty

4. Hilary Swank in Boys Don’t Cry

 

BEST MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

1. Jude Law in The Talented Mr. Ripley

2. Al Pacino in The Insider

3. Michael Caine in The Cider House Rules

4. Tom Cruise in Magnolia

5. Wes Bentley in American Beauty

 

BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

1. Samantha Morton in Sweet and Lowdown

2. Catherine Keener in Being John Malkovich

3. Cate Blanchett in The Talented Mr. Ripley

4. Julianne Moore in Magnolia

 

BEST DIRECTOR:

1. Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line)

2. David Fincher (Fight Club)

3. Chris Smith (American Movie)

4. Jim Jarmusch’s (Ghost Dog)

5. David O. Russell (Three Kings)

6. Sam Mendes (American Beauty)

 

BEST SCREENPLAY:

1. Being John Malkovich

2. Fight Club

3. The Talented Mr. Ripley

4. Sweet and Lowdown

5. Summer of Sam

6. American Beauty