Best Movies of 1999
Most watched in 1999
Fight Club1999 · ★ 8.4 · 2h 19m
The Matrix1999 · ★ 8.3 · 2h 16m
The Green Mile1999 · ★ 8.5 · 3h 9m
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace1999 · ★ 6.6 · 2h 16m
Toy Story 21999 · ★ 7.6 · 1h 32m
American Beauty1999 · ★ 8.0 · 2h 2m
#1 The Green Mile (1999) · ★ 8.5 · 19,872 votes · 3h 9m · fantasy, drama, crimeA supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard…
#2 Fight Club (1999) · ★ 8.4 · 32,949 votes · 2h 19m · thriller, dramaA ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clu…
#3 The Matrix (1999) · ★ 8.3 · 28,776 votes · 2h 16m · action, science-fictionSet in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth…
#4 American Beauty (1999) · ★ 8.0 · 13,406 votes · 2h 2m · dramaLester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.…
#5 The Sixth Sense (1999) · ★ 8.0 · 13,363 votes · 1h 47m · thriller, drama, mysteryFollowing an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.…
#6 The Iron Giant (1999) · ★ 8.0 · 6,397 votes · 1h 26m · adventure, drama, science-fictionIn the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their…
#7 Magnolia (1999) · ★ 7.7 · 4,165 votes · 3h 9m · dramaOn one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game sh…
#8 The Straight Story (1999) · ★ 7.7 · 1,887 votes · 1h 52m · adventure, drama, historyRetired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his estranged brother Lyle has suffered a severe stroke. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he s…
#9 October Sky (1999) · ★ 7.7 · 1,504 votes · 1h 47m · drama, family, historyThe true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.…
#10 Toy Story 2 (1999) · ★ 7.6 · 15,393 votes · 1h 32m · comedy, animation, familyAndy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps…
#11 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) · ★ 7.6 · 8,988 votes · 1h 37m · comedy, romance, dramaOn the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered…
#12 Girl, Interrupted (1999) · ★ 7.6 · 4,275 votes · 2h 7m · dramaSet in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wond…
#13 All About My Mother (1999) · ★ 7.6 · 2,116 votes · 1h 41m · comedy, dramaFollowing the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an…
#14 Eyes Wide Shut (1999) · ★ 7.5 · 7,104 votes · 2h 39m · thriller, drama, mysteryAfter Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexua…
#15 The Insider (1999) · ★ 7.5 · 2,160 votes · 2h 38m · thriller, dramaA research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.…
#16 Kikujiro (1999) · ★ 7.5 · 619 votes · 2h 1m · comedy, drama, familyBrash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined to see the mother he has never met. The two begin a series of adventures which…
#17 Tarzan (1999) · ★ 7.4 · 7,515 votes · 1h 28m · adventure, drama, animationTarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He…
#18 Being John Malkovich (1999) · ★ 7.4 · 4,983 votes · 1h 53m · comedy, fantasy, dramaOne day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling…
#19 Office Space (1999) · ★ 7.4 · 3,544 votes · 1h 30m · comedyA depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a…
#20 The Hurricane (1999) · ★ 7.4 · 1,578 votes · 2h 26m · dramaThe story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.…
#21 Boys Don't Cry (1999) · ★ 7.4 · 1,510 votes · 1h 58m · drama, crimeA young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.…
#22 I Stand Alone (1999) · ★ 7.4 · 609 votes · 1h 29m · thriller, dramaAfter completing jail time for beating up a man who tried to seduce his mentally-handicapped teenage daughter, the Butcher wants to start life anew. He institutionalizes his daught…
#23 Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999) · ★ 7.4 · 596 votes · 1h 42m · thriller, romance, dramaA member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to undergo retraining. However, unbe…
#24 Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (1999) · ★ 7.4 · 509 votes · 1h 10m · comedy, fantasy, animationScooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang visit Oakhaven, Massachusetts to seek strange goings on involving a famous horror novelist and his ancestor who is rumored to have been a witch.…
#25 Notting Hill (1999) · ★ 7.3 · 6,887 votes · 2h 4m · comedy, romanceLondon bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly d…
#26 Bicentennial Man (1999) · ★ 7.3 · 4,059 votes · 2h 11m · romance, drama, science-fictionRichard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a ro…
#27 South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) · ★ 7.3 · 3,052 votes · 1h 21m · comedy, animationIn this feature film based on the hit animated series, the third graders of South Park sneak into an R-rated film by ultra-vulgar Canadian television personalities Terrance and Phi…
#28 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) · ★ 7.3 · 1,459 votes · 1h 57m · drama, crimeA Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.…
#29 Sleepy Hollow (1999) · ★ 7.2 · 7,617 votes · 1h 45m · fantasy, thriller, dramaSkeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders…
#30 The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) · ★ 7.2 · 4,195 votes · 2h 20m · thriller, drama, crimeTom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom…
#31 The Boondock Saints (1999) · ★ 7.2 · 2,810 votes · 1h 48m · action, thriller, crimeTired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner and Murphy are inspired by their faith to cleanse their hometown of evil with their own br…
#32 Man on the Moon (1999) · ★ 7.2 · 2,051 votes · 1h 58m · comedy, drama, historyThe story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.…
#33 Galaxy Quest (1999) · ★ 7.1 · 2,653 votes · 1h 42m · comedy, adventure, science-fictionFor four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector — Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, Lieutenant Tawny Madison, and Doctor Lazarus — set off on a thrilling and often dangero…
#34 Following (1999) · ★ 7.1 · 1,975 votes · 1h 9m · thriller, dramaBill, an idle, unemployed aspiring writer, walks the crowded streets of London following randomly chosen strangers, a seemingly innocent entertainment that becomes dangerous when h…
#35 The Thirteenth Floor (1999) · ★ 7.1 · 1,628 votes · 1h 40m · thriller, science-fiction, mysteryIn Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his…
#36 The Cider House Rules (1999) · ★ 7.1 · 1,334 votes · 2h 6m · dramaHomer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albei…
#37 Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999) · ★ 7.1 · 734 votes · 1h 6m · comedy, animation, familyMickey, Minnie, and their famous friends Goofy, Donald, Daisy and Pluto gather together to reminisce about the love, magic and surprises in three wonder-filled stories of Christmas…
#38 The Mummy (1999) · ★ 7.0 · 10,436 votes · 2h 4m · action, fantasy, adventureDashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand yea…
#39 Arlington Road (1999) · ★ 7.0 · 1,307 votes · 1h 57m · thriller, drama, crimeBedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed — and increasingly paranoid — since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. When a seemingly all-America…
#40 Go (1999) · ★ 7.0 · 852 votes · 1h 42m · comedy, thriller, crimeA supermarket clerk decides to step in for an absent drug dealer, setting off an explosive, comedic chain of events.…