1999: Best Movie Year Ever?

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 10/5/05 at 11:50pm

Anyone else agree? I mean...it was pretty ridiculous how great the movies were:

Office Space
Election
Magnolia
Being John Malkovich
South Park
Man on the Moon
Toy Story 2
Three Kings
American Beauty
Fight Club
Eyes Wide Shut

It was RIDICULOUS!

[justme2]

Posted: 10/5/05 at 11:54pm

No....1939 is the year you want to investigate for a year that was crowded with the best movies. Way too many to list here.

[zzannahk]

Posted: 10/5/05 at 11:56pm

toy story 2 as a best movie??

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 12:01am

1939 had to be THE greatest year ever:

Gone with the Wind
The Wizard of Oz
The Women
The Lady Vanishes
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Stagecoach
Ninotchka
Rules of the Game
Wuthering Heights
Goodbye Mr. Chips
Of Mice and Men
Dark Victory
Babes in Arms
Love Affair
Juarez
Gunga Din
Only Angels Have Wings
Beau Geste
Intermezzo
Four Feathers
Alexander Nevsky
Destry Rides Again
Drums Along the Mohawk


and I know I'm leaving off a bunch

Updated On: 10/6/05 at 12:01 AM

[justme2]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 12:03am

Thanks for the listing of the movies...I was getting tired of trying to find one spot to link to!

1999? NO.


And let's not forget...this was a time when actors and actresses were making 5-7 movies A YEAR. Not in a career span...in a year.

Updated On: 10/6/05 at 12:03 AM

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 12:11am

I only like 2 films on the list, so I would have to say no to 1999. Although I did really like THE SIXTH SENSE and THE MUMMY, which were both in 1999.

[zepka102]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 12:11am

wow... they need to figure out how to make another golden age of cinema... movies need to be made like they used to be!

Posted: 10/6/05 at 12:13am

1939 is pretty much accepted as the pinnacle - by almost everyone.

[justme2]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 12:16am

Although I accept it as the pinnacle, as I stated above...my personal preference still lies in the Pre-code era (1928-1934). Morals? What morals? Who needs em?

Now those movies were great!

Updated On: 10/6/05 at 12:16 AM

[broadway86]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 10:49am

No one's gonna care, but for kicks, here are my choices from 1999:

Best Picture (Drama)
American Beauty*
Eyes Wide Shut
The Insider
The Sixth Sense
The Talented Mr. Ripley

Best Picture (Musical/Comedy)
Being John Malkovich
Dick
Election*
Man on the Moon
Three Kings

Best Director
David Fincher, Fight Club
Michael Mann, The Insider
Sam Mendes, American Beauty*
Anthony Minghella, The Talented Mr. Ripley
M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense

Best Actor (Drama)
Russell Crowe, The Insider*
Matt Damon, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Richard Farnsworth, The Straight Story
Kevin Spacey, American Beauty
Terence Stamp, The Limey
Denzel Washington, The Hurricane

Best Actor (Musical/Comedy)
Jim Carrey, Man on the Moon*
Robert DeNiro, Analyze This
Johnny Depp, Sleepy Hollow
Hugh Grant, Notting Hill
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Flawless
Sean Penn, Sweet and Lowdown

Best Actress (Drama)
Annette Bening, American Beauty
Elaine Cassidy, Felicia's Journey
Diane Lane, A Walk on the Moon
Julianne Moore, The End of the Affair
Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry*
Sigourney Weaver, A Map of the World

Best Actress (Musical/Comedy)
Drew Barrymore, Never Been Kissed
Rachel Griffiths, Me Myself I
Janet McTeer, Tumbleweeds*
Frances O'Connor, Mansfield Park
Sharon Stone, The Muse
Reese Witherspoon, Election

Best Supporting Actor (Drama)
Michael Caine, The Cider House Rules
Chris Cooper, American Beauty
Tom Cruise, Magnolia
Michael Clarke Duncan, The Green Mile
Jude Law, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense*

Best Supporting Actor (Musical/Comedy)
Dan Hedaya, Dick
Rhys Ifans, Notting Hill
Chris Klein, Election
Eugene Levy, American Pie
Alan Rickman, Dogma
Steve Zahn, Happy, Texas*

Best Supporting Actress (Drama)
Toni Collette, The Sixth Sense
Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted
Nicole Kidman, Eyes Wide Shut
Jessica Lange, Titus
Gwyneth Paltrow, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Chloe Sevigny, Boys Don't Cry*

Best Supporting Actress (Musical/Comedy)
Kirstie Alley, Drop Dead Gorgeous
Patricia Arquette, Bringing Out the Dead
Julianne Moore, An Ideal Husband
Samantha Morton, Sweet and Lowdown
Sarah Polley, Go*
Tori Spelling, Trick

Best Original Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, Magnolia
Alan Ball, American Beauty*
Charlie Kaufman, Being John Malkovich
David O. Russell & John Ridley, Three Kings
M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense

Best Adapted Screenplay
Frank Darabont, The Green Mile
Peter Hedges & Polly Platt, A Map of the World
John Irving, The Cider House Rules
Anthony Minghella, The Talented Mr. Ripley*
Eric Roth & Michael Mann, The Insider
Updated On: 10/6/05 at 10:49 AM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 11:33am

Thank you Margo and JM2.

Poor little movie student CruelSandwich. I remember when they used to be film students.

[robbiej]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 12:22pm

When I saw the title, I thought 'Subtract 60 and you're right!'

[yodamarie78]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 12:30pm

justme2, I love precode movies! I had a class in college where we watched Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) and Tarzan and His Mate (1934) and then one of the later ones (I can't remember which) just so we could compare how they changed. It was hilarious how all of a sudden Jane had clothes on.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 12:42pm

I'll agree with:

Election
South Park
Magnolia
American Beauty

I didn't care for the others on your initial list.

But I did like:

The Insider
The Sixth Sense
Boys Don't Cry
The Green Mile
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Sweet and Lowdown
The Cider House Rules
American Pie
Never Been Kissed

Magnolia was my pick for Best Picture that year.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 2:12pm

I HATED "Fight Club" - that doesn't belong on ANYONE's best list!!!

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 2:20pm

How you feel about FIGHT CLUB, I feel about AMERICAN BEAUTY. Although, I hated FIGHT CLUB, as well, just not as much.

[broadway86]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 2:22pm

that doesn't belong on ANYONE's best list!!!

Why, because you didn't like it?

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 3:52pm

Don't take me so seriously, broadway.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 3:58pm

I hated Fight Club, too, except for the perfectly cast Helena Bonham Carter.

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 5:14pm

Fight Club and American Beauty were the two best movies released that year hands down. And anyone who just sees Fight Club for the surface has NO idea what the movie is or stands for AT ALL. I get so sick of the Fight Club bashing. The real piece of sh!t surface movie that people should complain about is Double Jeopardy. It came out that year and the acting sucks and the story is so base and anti-men it's rediculous.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 5:24pm

Carl, I think we might be having our first fight. FIGHT CLUB is the only other extremely overrated movie (next to DONNIE DARKO) that I detest. So many people seem to love it, but I hated them both. FIGHT CLUB might have had some visually interesting moments, but the entire movie just blew. Sorry baby, but I disagree with you.

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 5:34pm

I agree with Carl...Fight Club and American Beauty were, as far as I can remember the best movies of that year.

munk...You only found some moments in Fight Club "visually interesting"? Hmph.

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 5:55pm

Oh darling, don't make us fight over Donnie Darko too!


Ok OK I can see how people don't like either movie. But Fight Club is not a movie that can just be written off.........oh man if I had the time and the energy and the willingness to threadjack I'd leave a dissertation. But yeah I'm lazy. So Fight Club RULES! and you stink!! :p

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 5:58pm

You're sleeping on the couch tonight, mister.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 5:59pm

IMO, The South Park Movie was better than Fight Club, American Beauty or anything else that year.