Best of 1999

[jimmyjdmb]

I keep finding myself reminded of how great a movie year 1999 was, especially since 2006 has sucked so far.

I gotta go with Fight Club.

[Lazy Boy]

Magnolia

1999 = Best. Year. Ever.

[ilovemovies]

I know a lot of people think 1999 was the best year and I definately agree that it was a great year. But, for me, it has competition from 1995 and 2000, both of which I thought were also awesome years.


And My top 10 of 1999:

1. American Beauty
2. The Cider House Rules
3. The Sixth Sense
4. Magnolia
5. The Insider
6. The Green Mile
7. Fight Club
8. Bringing Out the Dead
9. Arlington Road
10. Girl, Interrupted

Runners-ups: Dogma, The Hurricane, Toy Story 2, Three Kings, The Muse, Dick, The Blair Witch Project, Man on the Moon, The Matrix, 10 Things I Hate About You, October Sky, 8mm, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Eyes Wide Shut, Snow Falling on Cedars, Forces of Nature, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, The Talented Mr. Ripley.


Wow. What a great year. Still don't know though if I love this year more than 95 and 2000. But, damn that was a great year!

[Monotreme]

Ah shit, you're making me choose between American Beauty and Magnolia... the agony!! Yeah, 1999 was probably one of the best years for cinema ever, even rivaling 1939, which is quite hard to beat. My top 10 of the decade:

1. Magnolia
2. American Beauty
3. Fight Club
4. Being John Malkovich
5. The Green Mile
6. The Matrix
7. The Insider
8. The Sixth Sense
9. The Cider House Rules
10. The Iron Giant (one of my favourite and most underrated animated movies ever)

Runners up: The Talented Mr. Ripley, The End of the Affair, Toy Story 2, Man on the Moon, The Straight Story, Sleepy Hollow, Dogma, Office Space, Princess Mononoke, Boys Don't Cry, Election.

God DAMN, what an amazing year.

[zeppelin]

I may be the only one, but I don't think 1999 was THAT great a year for movies. It was above average, to be sure, but I personally don't think it was spectacular. In fact, it's one of the very few recent years where I've had to resort to including a *** movie in my top 10 (it's usually all *** 1/2 and **** movies). For the 90's, I think 1991 was probably the best year, with 1993 close behind.

Anyway, my top 10 for 1999:
1. Sweet and Lowdown
2. Being John Malkovich
3. Toy Story 2
4. Eyes Wide Shut
5. Man on the Moon
6. The Talented Mr. Ripley
7. Three Kings
8. Magnolia
9. American Beauty
10. The Iron Giant

[drago25]

Fight Club.

[bigred760]

Going with The Matrix.

[ThirdOuting]

It really was a great year. Eyes Wide Shut was the best film released for me. The list would go like this,

01. Eyes Wide Shut
02. The Straight Story
03. Ratcatcher
04. American Beauty
05. The War Zone
06. Being John Malkovich
07. Pleasantville
08. The Iron Giant
09. Pi
10. Best Laid Plans

[Brando @$$ Fat]

1. The Straight Story
2. Bringing Out the Dead
3. American Beauty
4. Boys Don't Cry
5. The Insider

[dalomini]

Had to go with Magnolia, although its a very very very slim victory over BJM

[chinton]

This was 1999. Seriously. Wow this year rocked. Why cant we have another 1999 now.


It wont come to anyones surprise that my choice is Magnolia

[jimmyjdmb]

Sorry, forgot to put Eyes Wide Shut in the poll.

[TylerDurden182]

Fight Club

[dman476]

1999 was a tremendous year and one of my absolute favorites.
Magnolia was the best in my opinion.

1. Magnolia
2. American Beauty
3. Fight Club
4. Eyes Wide Shut
5. The Iron Giant
6. Being John Malkovich
7.The Green Mile
8. Toy Story 2
9. Dogma
10. Pleasantville

I haven't seen Cider House Rules and the War Zone, but some other '99 ones I like: Man on the Moon, The Straight Story, Sleepy Hollow, Office Space, Princess Mononoke, the Matrix, Election, Pi, Three KIngs, Sweet and Lowdown, Arlington Road, the Insider.

[Hannibal21]

Originally posted by zeppelin
I don't think 1999 was THAT great a year for movies. It was above average, to be sure, but I personally don't think it was spectacular.

I agree. Hell, I think it was slightly below average, but that probably has something to do with the fact that three of my all time most hated movies were produced that year. :D

Magnolia was the best film of 1999, a close runner-up would be 'Eyes Wide Shut'.

[dman476]

Originally posted by Hannibal21
but that probably has something to do with the fact that three of my all time most hated movies were produced that year. :D
Which? :D

[cuckoo2]

I voted for magnolia even though I also love american beauty and BJM, but I don't understand why nobody has voted for BJM and fight club is in first?

[Tayzlor]

Originally posted by Hannibal21
..but that probably has something to do with the fact that three of my all time most hated movies were produced that year. :D


Hmmm...

The Blair Witch Project
Bicentennial Man?
...Fight Club?

Here's my ten:

All About My Mother
Beau Travail
Being John Malkovich
Bowfinger
Boys Don't Cry
Eyes Wide Shut
Magnolia
My Voyage to Italy
The Straight Story
The Wind Will Carry Us

[Hannibal21]

Originally posted by dman476
Which? :D

Tayzlor got it right with one of them (The Blair Witch Project), the other two being Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and Drive Me Crazy (shitass teen flick with Melissa Joan Hart.....ugh!).

[Hucksta G]

My Top 10 of 1999

1. Fight Club (10/10)
2. American Beauty (10/10)
3. Magnolia (9/10)
4. The Green Mile (9/10)
5. October Sky (9/10)
6. The Insider (8/10)
7. Bringing Out the Dead (8/10)
8. The Sixth Sense (8/10)
9. Dogma (8/10)
10. The Matrix (8/10)

So I'd go with Fight Club

[chinton]

It was below average with all those films. WHAT!!!! Hey I hated Drive Me Crazy and Episode 1 too but come on the rest of those films are NOT below average.

[dman476]

Originally posted by Hannibal21
Tayzlor got it right with one of them (The Blair Witch Project), the other two being Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and Drive Me Crazy (shitass teen flick with Melissa Joan Hart.....ugh!).
I agree. I hate those films too, but you can't penalize a year that much for three really shitty films. :)
I forgot to give props to a few excellent other films:
Bowfinger (very funny), October Sky, and my Voyage to Italy.
I didn't know the last film came out in '99. It only came out on dvd a few years ago, like '03 I think, and that's when I saw it. Great film.

[Lazy Boy]

http://www.comedy-zone.net/images/people/comedians/dangerfield-rodney.jpg

Man, the Blair Witch Project just gets no respect!

[ChemicalRomance]

Nah, it does Lazy Boy, just don't let Hannibal see that post. You'll live to regret it! ;)

[chinton]

I remember seeing Bowfinger at a advance screening and I was practically crying I was laughing so hard. Imaigne my surprise when nobodoy went to see it.

[TylerDurden182]

Originally posted by cuckoo2
fight club is in first?

Because Fight Club is the greatest film ever made. End of Story.

[Puck Bond]

I agree 1999 was a great year...was the first year I started going to the movies on a regular weekly basis!
1. Being John Malkovich-10/10
2. The Sixth Sense-10/10
3. American Beauty-10/10
4. Three Kings-10/10
5. Fight Club-10/10
6. The Green Mile-10/10
7. The Insider-9/10
8. Magnolia-9/10
9. The Talented Mr. Ripley-9/10
10. Eyes Wide Shut-9/10

[Hannibal21]

Originally posted by dman476
I agree. I hate those films too, but you can't penalize a year that much for three really shitty films. :)
I forgot to give props to a few excellent other films:
Bowfinger (very funny), October Sky, and my Voyage to Italy.
I didn't know the last film came out in '99. It only came out on dvd a few years ago, like '03 I think, and that's when I saw it. Great film.

Ok, looking back, I may have been a little harsh with the 'below average' comment. 1999 wasn't a *bad* year, seeing as how it did produce certain pictures that were worthy enough, but I didn't find the year to be anything THAT special either. Overall, it was merely "okay" IMO and in all honesty I thought that several of the acclaimed films (from both critics and audiences) from that year weren't nearly as good as they were made out to be (e.g. - American Beauty, Three Kings, The Sixth Sense, The Matrix, etc.). Personally, I consider 1994 to be by far the best year of the 90's.

I do like Bowfiner and October Sky a lot though. :)

[dman476]

Originally posted by Hannibal21
Personally, I consider 1994 to be by far the best year of the 90's.
I think 1994 is the best year for films ever for one sole reason.
But I could argue that '94 is the best year of the '90s for film.
Look it:
Clerks
Pulp Fiction
Ed Wood
Leon
Forrest Gump (well, some could argue this is the worst film of '94 :/)
Chunking Express
Hoop Dreams
Once We Were Warriors
A Pure Formality
Heavenly Creatures
IL Postino
Quiz Show
Bullets Over Broadway
The Madness of King George
Legends of the Fall
True Lies
Burnt By the Sun
The Lion King (maybe?)

[jaw2929]

Fight Club with American Beauty a VERY close 2nd...

[mikemuncer]

American Beauty - One of the best movies EVER.

Fight Club

Eyes Wide Shut

Bowfinger

The Blair Witch Project (I don't care what people say, it was original and fuckin scary)

Happiness. One of my most disturbing movie experiences.

[chinton]

Are those all the great films from 94. Pretty good but I dont see whats that great. I also despise Forrest Gump

[Mikey2Dope]

Of those listed:

Magnolia - 10/10
Being John Malkovich - 10/10
American Beauty - 9/10
The Matrix - 9/10
Fight Club - 4/10

[SIREN30]

Toy Story 2
Iron Giant
Arlington Road

My three favorites

[Katsumoto]

1. Magnolia
2. Fight Club
3. The Virgin Suicides
4. Eyes Wide Shut
5. Being John Malkovich
6. Three Kings
7. Election
8. American Beauty
9. The Sixth Sense
10. The Insider

[Jerk Shapiro]

Gotta go with Fight Club... slightly beating out Magnolia.

[Squid Vicious]

1) Fight Club (10/10)
2) The War Zone (10/10)
3) Being John Malkovich (10/10)
4) American Beauty (9/10)
5) The Sixth Sense (9/10)
6) Three Kings (9/10)
7) The Insider (9/10)
8) The Green Mile (9/10)
9) Election (9/10)
10) The Matrix (9/10)

Fuck Magnolia.

[Deadite914]

Originally posted by ThirdOuting
09. Pi


A great movie but pi came out in 1998

[jeo4]

The Matrix

[Tagia_Romero]

Hard choice between Matrix and Fight Club. Both amazed me psychologically.

[gorysnoopy]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
http://www.comedy-zone.net/images/people/comedians/dangerfield-rodney.jpg

Man, the Blair Witch Project just gets no respect!

True dat!!

For me, American Beauty.

[QUENTIN]

1. Magnolia
2. Fight Club
3. Eyes Wide Shut
4. Three Kings
5. American Beauty
6. Being John Malkovich
7. Dogma
8. Bringing Out The Dead
9. The Talented Mr. Ripley
10. Man on The Moon

Runners up: Princess Mononoke, Boys Don't Cry, The Straight Story, The Insider, Cookie's Fortune, Bowfinger, Office Space, Summer of Sam, The Green Mile, South Park: Bigger, Loncer, & Uncut, Titus, The Blair Witch Project

And I also enjoyed:
The Muse, October Sky, American Movie, My Best Fiend, Sleepy Hollow, Topsy-Turvy, Go, Cruel Intentions, Payback, The Thomas Crown Affair, Deep Blue Sea, Existenz, The Hurricane, Stir of Echoes, Blast From The Past, Pushing Tin, The Limey, Ravenous, Sweet and Lowdown, The Matrix

Need to see:
The War Zone, Ratcatcher, An Autumn Tale

[Slim_JGE]

The Matrix... it changed the landscape of cinema, it was ground breaking. For me, it would be:

1. Matrix
2. Fight Club
3. American Beauty

[Gian-Sergio]

1.Magnolia
2.Eyes Wide Shut
3.My Voyage To Italy
4.Being John Malkovich
5.Election
6.Man On The Moon
7.Fight Club
8.The Corruptor
9.The Straight Story
10.The Matrix

[go2]

south park,bigger,longer,and uncut

[Sigur509]

Magnolia
Fight Club
Being John Malkovich
Eyes Wide Shut
The Matrix
American Beauty
Sleepy Hollow
Dogma
Office Space

[Terror Australis]

1999 was a great year for films! Here are the ones I liked....

The Sixth Sense
The Matrix
American Beauty
The Blair Witch Project
Fight Club
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Magnolia
Dogma
Sleepy Hollow
Three Kings

[Moviefan1234]

FIGHT CLUB

[KillerKlown]

The Matrix

[powersauce]

Before I start, I'd just like to say that my senior year (1999) of high school was one kick ass year for movies.:cool:

on that poll: American Beauty
not on that poll: Office Space

others I love still to this day:

Matrix
Phantom Menace
South Park
Sixth Sense
Bowfinger
Mystery Men
End Of The Affair
TS2
Big Daddy - still my favorite Adam Sandler movie
Being John Malkovich
Fight Club
American Pie
Election
10 Things I Hate About You
Notting Hill - the best of Julia's romcom's IMO
Cider House Rules
Man On The Moon
Talented Mr. Ripley
Analyze This
Cruel Intentions - big guilty pleasure
Mystery Men - one of the most underappreciated movies ever
The Insider

[Cronos]

Fight Club

[Scarfather]

Fuckin' Kikujiro, one of the most underappreciated movies of the past 20 years.

The Straight Story and Three Kings are next. Then American Beauty and Fight Club.

I like Magnolia, but it tried too hard to be heartbreaking, it just doesn't stack up to similar films.

[Shockwave]

Fight Club, with American Beauty not far behind.:cool:

[Sh8dy Milkman]

Originally posted by TylerDurden182
Fight Club

[Rocco84]

01. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick)
02. Magnolia (P.T. Anderson)
03. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze)
04. All About My Mother (Pedro Almodovar)
06. The Straight Story (David Lynch)
05. Bringing Out The Dead (Martin Scorsese)
07. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola)
08. The Iron Giant (Brad Bird)
09. Three Kings (David O. Russell)
10. Fight Club (David Fincher)

[bucket]

Matrix, Dogma, South Park, Phantom Menace

[JackassFan]

American Beauty

Then Fight Club.

[damien22]

Many days I would say Fight Club, but I chose American Beauty. It just depends on my mood. 10/10 for both of them, and also for The Matrix. For me that means good year considering last time I checked I give 17 movies 10/10.

[Agent of God !]

Hummm…

Until that thread I hadn’t realized how good 99 had been for movies. With the titles you all have on your lists, indeed it was a Goodyear. I managed to see my favorite 99 film 6 times that summer. Back to back, twice on the first day. I was blown away by its commercial alone and must have rewinded it at least 20 times, I also remember waking up my ex-girlfriend so she could check it out. This flick really brought the science fiction genre into another level of quality and respect from filmgoers like critics. Like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, Alien (and Aliens), Star Wars and the Terminator (and T2) before it, it changed the Sci-fi action genre landscape forever, with a deep, solid story to support breathtaking action scenes, a top notch cast and a revolutionary visual signature and style. By now I know you know I am talking about the MATRIX.

http://ca.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/9/A70-4904
I never understood why they didn't use that awesome poster in North America

[FilmKing2000]

1. Magnolia
2. The Green Mile
3. American Beauty
4. The Cider House Rules
5. The Matrix
6. Fight Club
7. Office Space
8. The Sixth Sense
9. Man on the Moon
10. The Insider

[Le_Big_Mac]

I'd have to go with The Matrix. I wasn't that fond of Fight Club and American Beauty is one of the worst pieces of shlock I've ever seen.

I'd argue that 1999 is one of the most overrated years in film history. IMO, 1994 and 1977 are the best years in movies.

[DarkKnight81]

1. Fight Club 10/10
2. American Beauty 10/10
3. The Matrix 8/10

Never seen Magnolia but by the looks of this thread I should check it out.

[blankpage]

1. The Insider
2. Magnolia
3. Three Kings
4. Toy Story 2
5. American Beauty
6. The Straight Story
7. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
8. Being John Malkovich
9. Bringing Out the Dead
10. The Green Mile

[Derek237]

I guess I'll have to vote OTHER.

1. Bringing out the Dead
2. American Beauty
3. The Virgin Suicides
4. Magnolia
5. Man on the Moon
6. Fight Club
7. The Insider
8. The Matrix
9. The Straight Story
10. Eyes Wide Shut

[Sad man]

TOP 10

01. EYES WIDE SHUT
02. Magnolia
03. Being John Malkovich
04. Bringing Out the Dead
05. Boys Don't Cry
06. Sleepy Hollow
07. The Talented Mr. Ripley
08. The Straight Story
09. Election
10. The Blair Witch Project

[McClane996]

how did sixth sense not make the poll?? it could quite easily be the biggest film of the year that was considered amazing?


i voted for fight club

[echo_bravo]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
1999 = Best. Year. Ever.

Hell yeah!:D

1. Fight Club
2. Being John Malkovich
3. The Talented Mr. Ripley
4. American Beauty
5. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
6. Office Space
7. Eyes Wide Shut
8. Three Kings
9. Election
10. The Insider

Man, what a great year. I could name 10 other great films on top of those.

[athf1980]

1. The Matrix
2. South Park: Bigger, longer,& uncut
3. American Beauty
4. Toy Story 2
5. The Green Mile
6. Fight Club
7. Varsity Blues
8. American Pie
9. Dogma
10. Sleepy Hollow


here is my list for the top's 1999

[fmj123]

tough choices but i'm gonna have to go with american beauty

[fever55]

Toy Story 2.

The rest are good though, except Fight Club (I hate that movie). But Toy Story 2 reigns supreme in my book.

[Serenity]

God that was a good year for cinema, but anyone who has made a top list of 1999 and not include The Matrix is insane, beacause it's fricken amazingly amazing, it has an original story's, which is a very smart story. Great acting, and Great directing. It's just looks amazing when you watch it. And a very spiritual film with loads of meaning behind it.

1.The Matrix

[Silverload]

Pretty Solid Year, or as I like to call "The Year of 8/10s”"

Best of 1999 for me (10-7/10s)

10/10s:
Fight Club
Green Mile

8/10s:
Sleepy Hallow
Dogma
Being John Malkovich
Payback
American Beauty
The Sixth Sense
The Ninth Gate
Three Kings
Boys Don't Cry
Galaxy Quest
South Park
Arlington Road
Stir of Echoes
Bowfinger
The Insider
Analyze This
Man on the Moon
Detroit Rock City
Office space
Bringing Out the Dead
The Iron Giant
Toy Story 2
The Messenger
The Mummy

7/10s:
The Matrix
Ghost Dog
Idle Hands
The Phantom Menace
The 13th Warrior
The Thomas Crown Affair


Sadly, the year did produce the most douchebaggy film of all:
The Blair Witch Project

[Orson-Cockart]

I'm not sure which is my favourite of the year. Eyes Wide Shut was an interesting look into the Jewish network of seedy orgies.

[NathanRomano]

I voted Fight Club. But I think 94 was the best year for film. Clerks, Pulp Fiction, Shawshank

[Sonny Corleone]

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut and Payback come to mind.

[Le_Big_Mac]

Ignore my previous post.

1. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
2. Eyes Wide Shut
3. Fight Club
4. The Sixth Sense
5. Magnolia
6. The Green Mile
7. Being John Malkovich
8. The Matrix
9. Analyze This
10. American Pie

[Kevin Smith fan]

1.Fight Club
2.American Beauty
3.Bringing Out the Dead
4.The Matrix
5.Magnolia
6.South Park:The Movie
7.Office Space
8.The Blair Witch Project
9.Detroit Rock City
10.Man on the Moon
11.End of Days
12.Idle Hands
13.Sixth Sense
14.American Pie
15.Boondock Saints

[Orson-Cockart]

Ignore my previous post.

1. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
2. Eyes Wide Shut
3. Fight Club
4. The Sixth Sense
5. Magnolia
6. The Green Mile
7. Being John Malkovich
8. The Matrix
9. Analyze This
10. American Pie

Ghost Dog was great, i'll go with that as my favourite.

[franky4fingerz]

Happiness. One of my most disturbing movie experiences.

very nice choice. I can't decide. Magnolia, eyes wide shut, fight club, American pie, office space, matrix, being jm, man on the moon, and blair witch are all perfect films for their genre. A year like 99 will never happen again.

Wheres the love for wild,wild,west?

[darknite125]

Fight Club but I would have voted for Iron Giant if it were on the list.

[MsPink]

It's hard to chose between Fight Club and American Beauty.