Best of 1999
by OscarWinnerInWaiting | created - 13 Feb 2012 | updated - 6 days ago | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Green Mile (1999)
R | 189 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A tale set on death row, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the lead guard, Paul Edgecombe, recognizes John's gift, he tries to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt
Votes: 1,408,206 | Gross: $136.80M
BEST PICTURE
The Green Mile
Fight Club
American Beauty
The Sixth Sense
Toy Story 2
Being John Malkovich
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Eyes Wide Shut
The Matrix
All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)
2. American Beauty (1999)
R | 122 min | Drama
A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley
Votes: 1,211,360 | Gross: $130.10M
BEST DIRECTOR
Sam Mendes - American Beauty
David Fincher - Fight Club
Spike Jonze - Being John Malkovich
Frank Darabont - The Green Mile
M. Night Shyamalan - The Sixth Sense
Stanley Kubrick - Eyes Wide Shut
Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski - The Matrix
3. American Beauty (1999)
R | 122 min | Drama
A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley
Votes: 1,211,360 | Gross: $130.10M
BEST ACTOR
Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
Edward Norton - Fight Club
John Cusack - Being John Malkovich
Matt Damon - The Talented Mr. Ripley
Bruce Willis - The Sixth Sense
Tom Hanks - The Green Mile
Tom Cruise - Eyes Wide Shut
4. Boys Don't Cry (1999)
R | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.
Director: Kimberly Peirce | Stars: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III
Votes: 103,314 | Gross: $11.53M
BEST ACTRESS
Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry
Cecilia Roth - All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)
Julianne Moore - The End of the Affair
Rachel Weisz - The Mummy
Winona Ryder - Girl, Interrupted
Nicole Kidman - Eyes Wide Shut
Ashley Judd - Double Jeopardy
5. The Green Mile (1999)
R | 189 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A tale set on death row, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the lead guard, Paul Edgecombe, recognizes John's gift, he tries to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt
Votes: 1,408,206 | Gross: $136.80M
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Clarke Duncan - The Green Mile
John Malkovich - Being John Malkovich
Brad Pitt - Fight Club
Haley Joel Osment - The Sixth Sense
Jude Law - The Talented Mr. Ripley
Michael Caine - The Cider House Rules
Chris Cooper - American Beauty
6. The Sixth Sense (1999)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Malcolm Crowe, a child psychologist, starts treating a young boy, Cole, who encounters dead people and convinces him to help them. In turn, Cole helps Malcolm reconcile with his estranged wife.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams
Votes: 1,051,781 | Gross: $293.51M
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Toni Collette - The Sixth Sense
Annette Bening - American Beauty
Angelina Jolie - Girl, Interrupted
Cameron Diaz - Being John Malkovich
Catherine Keener - Being John Malkovich
Chloë Sevigny - Boys Don't Cry
Erykah Badu - The Cider House Rules
7. American Beauty (1999)
R | 122 min | Drama
A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley
Votes: 1,211,360 | Gross: $130.10M
BEST CASTING
American Beauty
Being John Malkovich
The Talented Mr Ripley
All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)
The Green Mile
The Sixth Sense
The Cider House Rules
8. Being John Malkovich (1999)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.
Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich
Votes: 353,447 | Gross: $22.86M
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Being John Malkovich
American Beauty
The Sixth Sense
All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)
The Matrix
Topsy-Turvy
Double Jeopardy
9. The Green Mile (1999)
R | 189 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A tale set on death row, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the lead guard, Paul Edgecombe, recognizes John's gift, he tries to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt
Votes: 1,408,206 | Gross: $136.80M
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Green Mile
Fight Club
Toy Story 2
The Cider House Rules
The Talented Mr Ripley
Eyes Wide Shut
The Mummy
10. Fight Club (1999)
R | 139 min | Drama
An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier
Votes: 2,325,443 | Gross: $37.03M
BEST TITLES/CREDITS DESIGN
Fight Club
The Mummy
The World Is Not Enough
Inspector Gadget
The Matrix
Tarzan
All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)
11. Fight Club (1999)
R | 139 min | Drama
An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier
Votes: 2,325,443 | Gross: $37.03M
BEST EDITING
Fight Club
The Matrix
American Beauty
The Sixth Sense
The Green Mile
Being John Malkovich
The Cider House Rules
12. American Beauty (1999)
R | 122 min | Drama
A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley
Votes: 1,211,360 | Gross: $130.10M
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
American Beauty
Sleepy Hollow
Eyes Wide Shut
Fight Club
The End of the Affair
The Green Mile
The Sixth Sense
13. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
R | 105 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon
Votes: 384,035 | Gross: $101.07M
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Sleepy Hollow
Topsy-Turvy
The Mummy
Eyes Wide Shut
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
The Talented Mr Ripley
Being John Malkovich
14. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
R | 105 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon
Votes: 384,035 | Gross: $101.07M
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Sleepy Hollow
Topsy-Turvy
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
The Mummy
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Cider House Rules
Eyes Wide Shut
15. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
PG | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Two Jedi escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long dormant Sith resurface to claim their original glory.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd
Votes: 856,902 | Gross: $474.54M
BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Sleepy Hollow
Topsy-Turvy
The Mummy
Fight Club
The Green Mile
Being John Malkovich
16. The Matrix (1999)
R | 136 min | Action, Sci-Fi
When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 2,054,396 | Gross: $171.48M
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Matrix
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
The Mummy
Stuart Little
The World Is Not Enough
Sleepy Hollow
Fight Club
17. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
R | 105 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon
Votes: 384,035 | Gross: $101.07M
BEST SCORE
Sleepy Hollow
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
American Beauty
The Mummy
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The End of the Affair
The Cider House Rules
18. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
R | 159 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A Manhattan doctor embarks on a bizarre, night-long odyssey after his wife's admission of unfulfilled longing.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Todd Field, Sydney Pollack
Votes: 375,347 | Gross: $55.69M
BEST SOUNDTRACK/ADAPTED SCORE
Eyes Wide Shut
Topsy-Turvy
Boys Don't Cry
19. Tarzan (1999)
G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A man raised by gorillas must decide where he really belongs when he discovers he is a human.
Directors: Chris Buck, Kevin Lima | Stars: Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Brian Blessed, Glenn Close
Votes: 247,367 | Gross: $171.09M
BEST SONG
Tarzan - "You'll Be In My Heart"
Toy Story 2 - "When She Loved Me"
Tarzan - "Two Worlds"
Stuart Little - "You're Where I Belong"
The World Is Not Enough - "The World Is Not Enough"
20. The Matrix (1999)
R | 136 min | Action, Sci-Fi
When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 2,054,396 | Gross: $171.48M
BEST SOUND
The Matrix
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
The Mummy
Fight Club
Toy Story 2
The Green Mile
Tarzan
21. The Mummy (1999)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.
Director: Stephen Sommers | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo
Votes: 461,366 | Gross: $155.25M
BEST SOUND EDITING
The Mummy
The Matrix
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Fight Club
The World Is Not Enough
Toy Story 2
The Iron Giant
22. The Matrix (1999)
R | 136 min | Action, Sci-Fi
When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 2,054,396 | Gross: $171.48M
BEST STUNTS
The Matrix
The World Is Not Enough
The Mummy
Fight Club
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Sleepy Hollow
23. Toy Story 2 (1999)
G | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends set out on a rescue mission to save Woody before he becomes a museum toy property with his roundup gang Jessie, Prospector, and Bullseye.
Directors: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer
Votes: 619,972 | Gross: $245.85M
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Toy Story 2
Tarzan
The Iron Giant
24. All About My Mother (1999)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan
Votes: 102,921 | Gross: $8.26M
BEST FOREIGN FILM
All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)
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