The Films of 1999

This is a chart of U.S. theatrical releases in 1998. For optimum printing, reduce the left and right margins in your browser's "Page Setup" to zero.

The AboutFilm.Com critics rating the movies of 1999 are: AT = Alison Tweedie-Perry; CC = Carlo Cavagna; DK = Dana Knowles; JV = Jeff Vorndam; JW = Jen Walker; KC = Kris Campbell.

Film	Genre	Director	Cast	AT	CC	DK	JV	JW	KC	Avg
The Acid House	drama	Paul McGuigan	Ewen Bremner, Gary McCormack, Jemma Redgrave
The Adventues of Elmo in Groucholand	family	Gary Halvorson	Kevin Clash, Frank Oz, Mandy Patinkin
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole	comedy	Tod Williams	Adrian Grenier, Clark Gregg, Aleksa Palladino			B				B
After Life (Japan)	drama/ fantasy	Horokazu Kore-eda	Arata, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima, Takashi Naito	B+	B+	A	A			A-
Agnes Browne	comedy	Anjelica Huston	Anjelica Huston, Marion O'Dwyer, Niall O'Shea
All About My Mother (Spain)	drama	Pedro Almodóvar	Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penelope Cruz	A-	A-	A-	A-		C	B+
All the Little Animals	drama	Jeremy Thomas	Christian Bale, Daniel Benzali, John Hurt
American Beauty	satire	Sam Mendes	Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Wes Bentley	A	A-	A	A-	A	B+	A-
American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	docum.	Chris Smith	Mark Borchardt, Tom Schimmels	B+		B+	B			B+
American Pie	comedy	Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz	Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Mena Suvari, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan	B	B-	B-	B	B+	D	B-
Among Giants	romance	Sam Miller	Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Griffiths, James Thornton
Analyze This	comedy	Harold Ramis	Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow	B-	D+	C	C	C+	D	C
Angela's Ashes	drama	Alan Parker	Robert Carlyle, Emily Watson, Shane Murray-Corcoran				C+			C+
Anna and the King	drama	Andy Tennant	Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat, Bai Ling		B	B-	B-			B-
Any Given Sunday	drama	Oliver Stone	Al Pacino, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz	B-	C+	C-	C-		B-	C+
Anywhere but Here	drama	Wayne Wang	Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman	B	B	B-				B
Arlington Road	thriller	Mark Pellington	Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack		C+	C-	D+	C-	D	C-
The Astronaut's Wife	SF thriller	Rand Ravich	Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron, Nick Cassavetes				D-	D		D
At First Sight	drama	Irwin Winkler	Val Kilmer, Mira Sorvino, Kelly McGillis		C					C
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	comedy	Jay Roach	Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Seth Green		C	D+	C-	C-	C	C-
Autumn Tale (France)	drama	Eric Rohmer	Marie Rivière, Béatrice Romand, Alain Libolt		B+	A-	B+		B+	B+
B. Monkey	thriller	Michael Radford	Asia Argento, Jared Harris, Rupert Everett
Baby Geniuses	family	Bob Clark	Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Kim Cattrall					F		F
The Bachelor	comedy	Gary Sinyor	Chris O'Donnell, Renée Zellweger, Brooke Shields
Bandits (Germany)	comedy	Katja von Garnier	Katja Reimann, Jasmin Tabatabai, Nicolette Krebitz	B			C	B		C+
Bats	horror	Louis Morneau	Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer
Bedrooms and Hallways	comedy	Rose Troche	Kevin McKidd, Hugo Weaving, Jennifer Ehle
Beefcake	docum.	Thom Fitzgerald	Daniel MacIvor, Joshua Peace, Carroll Godsman
Being John Malkovich	satire	Spike Jonze	John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener	A-	B	A-	A-	A-	B+	B+
Besieged	drama	Bernardo Bertolucci	David Thewlis, Thandie Newton, Claudio Santamaria			B+	B+		B	B+
Best Laid Plans	thriller	Mike Barker	Alessandro Nivola, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin		C+				C+	C+
The Best Man	drama	Malcolm D. Lee	Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut				B			B
Better than Chocolate	comedy	Anne Wheeler	Christina Cox, Karyn Dwyer, Wendy Crewson		C+					C+
Bicentennial Man	fantasy	Chris Columbus	Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz
Big Daddy	comedy	Denis Dugan	Adam Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart					D-	D	D
Black Cat, White Cat (Yugoslavia)	comedy	Emir Kusturica	Bajram Severdzan, Florijan Ajdini, Branka Katic
Black Mask (Hong Kong)	action	Daniel Lee	Jet Li, Patrick Lung Kang, Lau Ching-Wan
The Blair Witch Project	horror	Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez	Heather Donahue, Michael Williams, Joshua Leonard	B+	D+	A-	B+	A-	A-	B
Blast from the Past	comedy	Hugh Wilson	Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken	C				C+	B-	C
Blood Guts Bullets & Octane	action	Joe Carnahan	Joe Carnahan, Dan Leis, Hugh McCord
Blue Streak	comedy	Les Mayfield	Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, David Chappelle					C+		C+
Body Shots	drama	Michael Cristofer	Tara Reid, Brad Rowe, Jerry O'Connell
The Bone Collector	thriller	Phillip Noyce	Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah		B-	B-		C+		B-
Bowfinger	comedy	Frank Oz	Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham		C-		C	B	C	C
The Boys	drama	Rowan Woods	Devid Wenham, Toni Collette, Lynette Curran
Boys Don't Cry	drama	Kimberly Peirce	Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard	A-	A	B	B+			B+
Breakfast of Champions	satire	Alan Rudolph	Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte, Albert Finney			F				F
Bringing Out the Dead	drama	Martin Scorsese	Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman	B-	B	C-	B+		B+	B
Brokedown Palace	drama	Jonathan Kaplan	Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman						C	C
Broken Vessels	drama	Scott Ziehl	Todd Field, Jason London, Roxana Zal
Buena Vista Social Club	docum.	Wim Wenders	Luis Barzaga, Ry Cooder, Ruben Gonzalez			B+	B+		B	B+
Film	Genre	Director	Cast	AT	CC	DK	JV	JW	KC	Avg
Cabaret Balkan (Yugoslavia)	drama	Goran Paskaljevic	Sergej Trifunovic, Mirjana Jokovic
The Castle	comedy	Rob Sitch	Michael Caton, Eric Bana, Stephen Curry						B+	B+
Children of Heaven (Iran)	drama	Majid Majidi	Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Fereshte Sarabandi
Chill Factor	thriller	Hugh Johnson	Cuba Gooding Jr, Skeet Ulrich, David Paymer		D					D
The Cider House Rules	drama	Lasse Hallström	Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine		B	B	B		B	B
The City (aka La Ciudad)	drama	David Riker	Fernando Reyes, Marcos Martinez Garcia
Cookie's Fortune	drama	Robert Altman	Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler	B		C+	B	C+	B	B-
A Cool Dry Place	drama	John N. Smith	Vince Vaughn, Monica Potter, Joey Lauren Adams						B-	B-
The Corruptor	drama	James Foley	Chow Yun-Fat, Mark Wahlberg, Ric Young		C		D+	D+		C-
Cradle Will Rock	drama	Tim Robbins	Susan Sarandon, Emily Watson, John Cusack	A-	C-	D-	D+			C
Crazy in Alabama	comedy	Antonio Banderas	Melanie Griffith, Lucas Black, David Morse
Cruel Intentions	drama	Roger Kumble	Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon	D+	B-	B-	C+	D+		C
Deep Blue Sea	action	Renny Harlin	Samuel Jackson, Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane		C+	C+			C+	C+
The Deep End of the Ocean	drama	Ulu Grosbard	Michelle Pfeiffer, Treat Williams, Whoopi Goldberg		C-			D+		C-
Desert Blue	comedy	Morgan J. Freeman	Brendan Sexton Jr, Kate Hudson, Christina Ricci	B						B
Detroit Rock City	comedy	Adam Rifkin	Edward Furlong, Natasha Lyonne, Sam Huntington					F		F
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	comedy	Mike Mitchell	Rob Schneider, Oded Fehr, Amy Poehler
Dick	comedy	Andrew Fleming	Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, Dan Hedaya	C+	B-	B				B-
The Dinner Game (France)	comedy	Francis Veber	Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster						B	B
A Dog of Flanders	family	Kevin Brodie	Jesse James, Jack Warden, Jon Voigt
Dog Park	comedy	Bruce McCulloch	Luke Wilson, Natasha Henstridge, Janeane Garofalo				C-		C+	C
Dogma	comedy	Kevin Smith	Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino	B-	D+	B-	B-	C+	D+	C
Double Jeopardy	thriller	Bruce Beresford	Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Greenwood		C	C+		C-	C	C
Doug's 1st Movie	anim./family	Maurice Joyce	Thomas McHugh, Fred Newman, Constance Shulman					C+		C+
Dreaming of Joseph Lees	drama	Eric Styles	Rupert Graves, Samantha Morton, Lee Ross						C	C
The Dreamlife of Angels (France)	drama	Erick Zonca	Élodie Bouchez, Natacha Régnier, Grégorie Colin		B-	B+	B+		A-	B+
Drive Me Crazy	comedy	John Schultz	Melissa Joan Hart, Adrian Grenier, Keram Malicki-Sanchez
Drop Dead Gorgeous	satire	Michael Patrick Jann	Kirsten Dunst, Kirstie Alley, Denise Richards		C+	C+		F		D+
Dudley-Do-Right	family	Hugh Wilson	Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alfred Molina					C-		C-
Film	Genre	Director	Cast	AT	CC	DK	JV	JW	KC	Avg
Earth (India)	drama	Deepa Mehta	Maia Sethna, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna
Edge of Seventeen	drama	David Moreton	Chris Stafford, Tina Holmes, Andersen Gabrych
EDtv	satire	Ron Howard	Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Woody Harrelson			D+		B	C	C
8MM	thriller	Joel Schumacher	Nicholas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, Catherine Keener		D	D-		D-		D-
Election	comedy	Alexander Payne	Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein	A-	A-	A-	A-	A	A	A-
The Emperor and the Assassin (China)	drama	Kaige Chen	Gong Li, Fengyi Zhang, Xuejian Li				B		B-	B-
Encounter in the Third Dimension	docum.	Ben Stassin	Stuart Pankin, Cassandra Peterson, Harry Shearer
End of Days	horror	Peter Hyams	Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney	C+	C+	D		D+	C-	C-
The End of the Affair	drama	Neil Jordan	Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore, Stephen Rea		A	A-	B+		A-	A-
Endurance	docum.	Leslie Woodhead	Haile Gebrselassie, Yonas Zergaw
Entrapment	thriller	Jon Amiel	Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ving Rhames	C	C+			C	B-	C+
Eternity and a Day (Greece)	drama	Theo Angelopoulos	Bruno Ganz, Isabelle Renauld, Achileas Skevis
eXistenZ	SF	David Cronenberg	Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm	B	D	B-	B			C+
Eyes Wide Shut	drama	Stanley Kubrick	Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sidney Pollack		A-	A-	B+	A-	B	B+
Felicia's Journey	drama	Atom Egoyan	Elaine Cassidy, Bob Hoskins, Peter McDonald			B+	B			B
Fever Pitch	comedy	David Evans	Colin Firth, Ruth Gemmell, Luke Aikman		C+				B-	C+
Fight Club	satire	David Fincher	Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter	A	A	B+	A	A	A	A
Finding North	comedy	Tanya Wexler	Wendy Makkena, John Benjamin Hickey
Flawless	drama	Joel Schumacher	Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Daphne Rubin-Vega
Floating	drama	William Roth	Norman Reedus, Will Lyman, Chad Lowe
Following	thriller	Christopher Nolan	John Nolan, Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw				B			B
Foolish	drama	Dave Meyers	Eddie Griffin, Master P, Amy Petersen
For Love of the Game	drama	Sam Raimi	Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly	B	B-				B-	B-
Forces of Nature	comedy	Bronwen Hughes	Sandra Bullock, Ben Affleck, Maura Tierney	C	C			C-	D	C-
42 Up	docum.	Michael Apted	Bruce Balden, Jacqueline Bassett				B			B
Free Enterprise	comedy	Robert Meyer Burnett	Eric McCormack, Rafer Weigel, William Shatner		C		C			C
Frogs for Snakes	comedy	Amos Poe	Barbara Hershey, Robbie Coltrane, Harry Hamlin
Film	Genre	Director	Cast	AT	CC	DK	JV	JW	KC	Avg
Galaxy Quest	comedy	Dean Parisot	Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman	B	B-			A-	B	B
The Gambler	bio	Károly Makk	Michael Gambon, Jodhi May, Polly Walker			B-
The General's Daughter	thriller	Simon West	John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Woods		C+	C+		D+	C+	C
Genghis Blues	docum.	Roko Belic	Paul Rena
Get Bruce	docum.	Andrew J. Kuehn	Bruce Vilanch						C	C
Get Real	drama	Simon Shore	Ben Silverstone, Brad Gorton, Charlotte Brittain
Girl	drama	Jonathan Kahn	Dominique Swain, Sean Patrick Flanery, Summer Phoenix
A Girl Called Rosemarie (Germany)	drama	Bernd Eichinger	Nina Hoss, Neienr Lauterbach, Mathieu Carrière
Girl, Interrupted	drama	James Mangold	Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Whoopi Goldberg	C	B	B	B-	B	B-	B-
Gloria	drama	Sydney Lumet	Sharon Stone, Jean-Luke Figueroa, Jeremy Northam					D+	D	D+
Go	comedy	Doug Liman	Sarah Polley, Taye Diggs, Jay Mohr	B	B	A-	B	B	B+	B
Goodbye Lover	comedy	Roland Joffé	Patricia Arquette, Dermot Mulroney, Ellen DeGeneris
The Grandfather (Spain)	drama	José Luis Garci	Fernando Fernán Gómez, Rafael Alonso
The Green Mile	drama	Frank Darabont	Tom Hanks, David Morse, Michael Clark Duncan	B+	B-	C-	C-	B-	C+	C+
Grizzly Falls	adventure	Stewart Raffill	Bryan Brown, Richard Harris
Guinevere	drama	Audrey Wells	Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea, Jean Smart		B	B-	B-		C	B-
Happy, Texas	comedy	Mark Illsley	Steve Zahn, Jeremy Northam, Ally Walker	C+		B	C-	B	C-	C+
The Harmonists (Germany)	drama	Joseph Vilsmaier	Ben Becker, Heino Ferch, Ulrich Noethen
The Haunting	horror	Jan de Bont	Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lili Taylor		C-			C+	C	C
Head On	drama	Ana Kokkinos	Alex Dimitriades, Paul Capsis, Julian Garner
Heaven	thriller	Scott Reynolds	Martin Donovan, Joanna Going, Patrick Malahide
Hell's Kitchen	crime	Tony Cinciripini	Rosanna Arquette, Angelina Jolie, Mekhi Phifer
Hideous Kinky	drama	Gillies MacKinnon	Kate Winslet, Said Taghmaoui, Bella Riza		D-			C+	C+	C-
Holy Smoke!	drama	Jane Campion	Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Julie Hamilton	C+	D-	B	C-		B	C
The House on Haunted Hill	horror	William Malone	Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs		F