1999 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1999. Top 30 & many honorables. Also a "Best in Film" ballot for select categories of 1999. Here's the countdown:






30.          JUDY BERLIN

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29.           FIGHT CLUB

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28.          RATCATCHER

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27.         OFFICE SPACE

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26.          THE MATRIX

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25.   ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER

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24.
 MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS

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23.              ROSETTA

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22.           TOPSY-TURVY

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21.  THE END OF THE AFFAIR

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20.                 LIMBO

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19.  BRINGING OUT THE DEAD

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18.         RUN LOLA RUN

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17.             ELECTION

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16.         PERFECT BLUE

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15.  A MOMENT OF INNOCENCE

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14.   BEING JOHN MALKOVICH

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13.       FELICIA'S JOURNEY

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12.              MAGNOLIA

11.           GALAXY QUEST

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10.            AFTER LIFE

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9.         AMERICAN MOVIE

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8.         SLEEPY HOLLOW

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7.              RAVENOUS

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6.              THE LIMEY

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5.            THE INSIDER

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4.     PRINCESS MONONOKE

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3.     THE STRAIGHT STORY

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2.           THE IRON GIANT

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1.           EYES WIDE SHUT

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(other titles from 1999 I loved that could've placed)

FUCKING ÅMÅL

[SHOW ME LOVE]

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BOWFINGER

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ANY GIVEN SUNDAY [Director's cut]

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BLUR: COFFEE & T.V.

TWIN DRAGONS

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THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA

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TITUS

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COOKIE'S FORTUNE

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EXISTENZ

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ONE HUNDRED AND ONE 

NIGHTS OF SIMON CINÉMA

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BEYOND THE CLOUDS

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ETERNITY AND A DAY

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THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT

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GO

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LAST NIGHT

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THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS

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LATE AUGUST, 

EARLY SEPTEMBER

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BESIEGED

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MR. DEATH: THE RISE AND FALL OF FRED A. LEUCHTER, JR.

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THE APPLE

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THE SILENCE

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MYSTERY MEN

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BLAST FROM THE PAST

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A ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS

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THE SIXTH SENSE

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THE SOURCE: THE STORY 

OF THE BEATS & THE BEAT GENERATION

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THREE KINGS

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WHEN THE DAY BREAKS

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CHARISMA

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ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER

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NEW ROSE HOTEL

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SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS

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THE WAR ZONE

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AN AUTUMN TALE

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THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY

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10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU

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TOY STORY 2

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HOLY SMOKE

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ROMANCE

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FANTASIA 2000

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OPEN YOUR EYES

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THOSE WHO 

LOVE ME CAN TAKE THE TRAIN

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BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB

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FOLLOWING

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ENDURANCE

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OCTOBER SKY

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SWEET & LOWDOWN

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THE RAGE: CARRIE 2

THE FIX

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THE KING OF MASKS

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I STAND ALONE

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JULIEN DONKEY-BOY [DOGME #6]

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THEIS & NICO

 

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SOUTH PARK: 

BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT

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THE EMPEROR 

AND THE ASSASSIN

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KING GIMP

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1999 recap

TOP 30

1. EYES WIDE SHUT (Kubrick)
2. IRON GIANT (Brad Bird)
3. STRAIGHT STORY (Lynch)
4. PRINCESS MONONOKE (Miyazaki)
5. THE INSIDER (Mann)
6. THE LIMEY (Soderbergh)
7. RAVENOUS (Antonia Bird)
8. SLEEPY HOLLOW (Burton)
9. AMERICAN MOVIE (Chris Smith)
10. AFTER LIFE (Koreeda)
11. GALAXY QUEST (Parisot)
12. MAGNOLIA (P.T. Anderson)
13. FELICIA'S JOURNEY (Egoyan)
14. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (Spike Jonze)
15. MOMENT OF INNOCENCE (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
16. PERFECT BLUE (Satoshi Kon)
17. ELECTION (Payne)
18. RUN LOLA RUN (Tykwer)
19. BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (Scorsese)
20. LIMBO (Sayles)
21. END OF THE AFFAIR (Jordan)
22. TOPSY-TURVY (Leigh)
23. ROSETTA (Dardenne bros)
24. MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS (Isao Takahata)
25. ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (Almodóvar)
26. THE MATRIX (Wachowskis)
27. OFFICE SPACE (Judge)
28. RATCATCHER (Lynne Ramsay)
29. FIGHT CLUB (Fincher)
30. JUDY BERLIN (Mendelsohn)

RUNNER-UP:

SHOW ME LOVE (Moodysson), ANY GIVEN SUNDAY (Stone), BOWFINGER (Oz), BLUR COFFEE & TV (Hammer/Tongs), TWIN DRAGONS (Ringo Lam), OLD MAN & THE SEA (Petrov), TITUS (Julie Taymor), COOKIE'S FORTUNE (Altman), EXISTENZ (Cronenberg), 101 NIGHTS OF SIMON CINEMA (Varda), BEYOND THE CLOUDS (Antonioni/Wenders), ETERNITY & A DAY (Angelopoulos), BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (Sánchez/Myrick), GO (Liman), LAST NIGHT (McKellar), DREAM LIFE OF ANGELS (Zonca), LATE AUGUST EARLY SEPTEMBER (Assayas), BESIEGED (Bertolucci), MR. DEATH (Morris), THE APPLE (Samira Makhmalbaf), THE SILENCE (M.Makhmalbaf), MYSTERY MEN (Kinka Usher), BLAST FROM THE PAST (Wilson), ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS (Meadows), SIXTH SENSE (Shyamalan), THE SOURCE (Workman), THREE KINGS (O. Russell), WHEN THE DAY BREAKS (Wendy Tilby), CHARISMA (Kiyoshi Kurosawa), ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER (Kevin Macdonald), NEW ROSE HOTEL (Ferrara), SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS (Hicks), WAR ZONE (T.Roth), AN AUTUMN TALE (Rohmer), TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Minghella), 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (Gil Junger), TOY STORY 2 (Lasseter), HOLY SMOKE (Campion), ROMANCE (Breillat), FANTASIA 2000 (Algar), OPEN YOUR EYES (Amenábar), THOSE WHO LOVE ME CAN TAKE THE TRAIN (Chéreau), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (Wenders), FOLLOWING (Nolan), ENDURANCE (Greenspan), OCTOBER SKY (Johnston), SWEET & LOWDOWN (Allen), THE RAGE: CARRIE 2 (Shea), THE FIX (Greengrass), KING OF MASKS (Tian-Ming Wu), I STAND ALONE (Noe), JULIEN DONKEY-BOY (Korine), THEIS & NICO (H.Ruben Genz), SOUTH PARK BIGGER LONGER UNCUT (Parker), EMPEROR & THE ASSASSIN (Kaige), KING GIMP (Susan Hadary)