1999 in film

The year 1999 in film included Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, the science-fiction film The Matrix, the animated works The Iron Giant, Toy Story 2, Tarzan, and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, the Best Picture-winner American Beauty, and the well-received The Green Mile. Other noteworthy releases include M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, David Fincher's Fight Club, Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead, Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides and Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia. The year also featured George Lucas' top-grossing Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated their 75th anniversaries in 1999

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Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1999 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1][2]

Highest-grossing films of 1999
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 20th Century Fox $924,305,084
2 The Sixth Sense Buena Vista $672,806,292
3 Toy Story 2 $511,358,276
4 The Matrix Warner Bros. $465,974,198
5 Tarzan Buena Vista $448,191,819
6 The Mummy Universal $416,385,488
7 Notting Hill $363,889,678
8 The World Is Not Enough MGM / UIP $361,832,400
9 American Beauty DreamWorks $356,296,601
10 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me New Line $312,383,487

Awards

Category/Organization57th Golden Globe Awards
January 23, 2000
5th Critics' Choice Awards
January 2000
Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards72nd Academy Awards
March 26, 2000
53rd BAFTA Awards
April 9, 2000
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmAmerican BeautyToy Story 2American Beauty
Best DirectorSam Mendes
American Beauty
Pedro Almodóvar
All About My Mother
Best ActorDenzel Washington
The Hurricane
Jim Carrey
Man on the Moon
Russell Crowe
The Insider
Kevin Spacey
American Beauty
Best ActressHilary Swank
Boys Don't Cry
Janet McTeer
Tumbleweeds
Hilary Swank
Boys Don't Cry
Annette Bening
American Beauty
Hilary Swank
Boys Don't Cry
Annette Bening
American Beauty
Best Supporting ActorTom Cruise
Magnolia
Michael Clarke Duncan
The Green Mile
Michael Caine
The Cider House Rules
Jude Law
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Best Supporting ActressAngelina Jolie
Girl, Interrupted
Maggie Smith
Tea with Mussolini
Best Screenplay, AdaptedAlan Ball
American Beauty
Frank Darabont
The Green Mile
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Election
John Irving
The Cider House Rules
Neil Jordan
The End of the Affair
Best Screenplay, OriginalAlan Ball
American Beauty
Charlie Kaufman
Being John Malkovich
Best Animated FilmToy Story 2
Best Original ScoreThe Legend of 1900
Ennio Morricone
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Gabriel Yared
N/AThe Red Violin
John Corigliano
American Beauty
Thomas Newman
Best Original Song"You'll Be in My Heart"
Tarzan
"Music of My Heart"
Music of the Heart
N/A"You'll Be in My Heart"
Tarzan
N/A
Best Foreign Language FilmAll About My MotherN/AAll About My Mother

1999 films

By country/region

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  • List of Hong Kong films of 1999
  • List of Indian films of 1999
    • List of Hindi films of 1999
    • List of Kannada films of 1999
    • List of Malayalam films of 1999
    • List of Marathi films of 1999
    • List of Tamil films of 1999
    • List of Telugu films of 1999
  • List of Japanese films of 1999
  • List of Mexican films of 1999
  • List of Pakistani films of 1999
  • List of Russian films of 1999
  • List of South Korean films of 1999
  • List of Spanish films of 1999

By genre/medium

  • List of action films of 1999
  • List of animated feature films of 1999
  • List of avant-garde films of 1999
  • List of crime films of 1999
  • List of comedy films of 1999
  • List of drama films of 1999
  • List of horror films of 1999
  • List of science fiction films of 1999
  • List of thriller films of 1999
  • List of western films of 1999

Births

  • January 1 - Diamond White, American actress
  • January 4 - Gage Munroe, Canadian actor
  • January 6 - Eliza Scanlen, Australian actress
  • January 15 - Miray Daner, Turkish actress
  • January 18 - Karan Brar, American actor
  • February 3 - Kanna Hashimoto, Japanese actress
  • February 7 - Bea Miller, American singer, songwriter and actress
  • February 10 - Tiffany Espensen, American actress
  • February 19 - Sonia Ben Ammar, French model, singer and actress
  • March 5 - Yeri, South Korean singer and actress
  • March 10 - Bruna Griphao, Brazilian actress
  • March 25
  • April 29 - Morgan Turner, American actress
  • May 10 - Michael Gandolfini, American actor
  • May 11 - Sabrina Carpenter, American actress
  • May 25 - Brec Bassinger, American actress
  • May 27 - Lily-Rose Depp, French-American actress
  • May 28 - Cameron Boyce, American actor (d. 2019)
  • May 30 - Sean Giambrone, American actor
  • June 20 - Kayla Maisonet, American actress
  • June 21 - Natalie Alyn Lind, Canadian actress
  • June 26 - Harley Quinn Smith, American actress
  • June 27 - Chandler Riggs, American actor
  • July 9 - Claire Corlett, Canadian actress
  • July 18 - Onni Tommila, Finnish actor
  • July 30 - Joey King, American actress
  • August 19 - Tristan Lake Leabu, American actor and musician
  • August 22
    • Dakota Goyo, Canadian actor
    • Ricardo Hurtado, American actor and singer
  • September 1 - Jadagrace, American actress, dancer, singer and rapper
  • September 2 - Gavin Casalegno, American actor and model
  • September 4 - Ellie Darcey-Alden, English actress
  • September 7 - Michelle Creber, Canadian actress
  • September 14 - Emma Kenney, American actress
  • October 12 - Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Irish actor and musician
  • October 15 - Bailee Madison, American actress
  • October 31 - Danielle Rose Russell, American actress
  • November 10
  • November 14 - Jude Wright, English actor
  • December 7 - Bethany Whitmore, Australian actress

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 4Iron Eyes Cody91USActor
9Harvey Miller63USScreenwriter, Director, Actor
11Robert Douglas89UKActor, Director
12Betty Lou Gerson84USActress
13Buzz Kulik79USDirector
  • Riot
  • To Find a Man
14Fred Myrow59USComposer
15John Bloom54USActor
15Betty Box83UKProducer
  • Doctor in the House
  • Deadlier Than the Male
19Michael White36UKProduction Designer
21Leslie French94UKActor
21Susan Strasberg60USActress
23Joe D'Amato62ItalyDirector, Producer
30Huntz Hall78USActor
30Ed Herlihy89USActor
February 6Danny Dayton75USActor
7William Ludwig86USScreenwriter
7Bobby Troup80USActor, Singer
9Mary LaRoche78USActress
9Bryan Mosley67UKActor
10Yuri Borienko66RussiaActor
17Sunshine Parker71USActor
17Shirley Stoler69USActress
20Gene Siskel53USFilm CriticNone; critiqued films for the Chicago Tribune
24Derek Nimmo68UKActor
26Madelon Baker88USActress
  • Girls of the Road
  • Gasoline Alley
March 3Lee Philips72USActor, Director
4Del Close64USActor
4Eddie Dean91USSinger, Actor
  • Song of Old Wyoming
  • Stars Over Texas
5Richard Kiley76USActor
6Graham Armitage62UKActor
7Stanley Kubrick70USDirector, Screenwriter
8Peggy Cass74USActress
13Garson Kanin86USScreenwriter, Director
14Kirk Alyn88USActor
17Ernest Gold77AustriaComposer
20Mickey S. Michaels67USSet Decorator
22David Strickland29USActor
28Gil Perkins91AustraliaActor
April 4Faith Domergue74USActress
4Bob Peck53UKActor
9Albert Popwell72USActor
13Don McGuire80USScreenwriter, Director, Actor
14Roy Chiao72ChinaActor
14Ellen Corby87USActress
14Anthony Newley67UKActor, Composer
15Yasmeen Khanc. 48PakistanActress
  • Yousuf Khan Sher Bano
16Rudi Fehr87GermanyFilm Editor
16Zoe Lund37USActress
21Doreen Lang84New ZealandActress
21Buddy Rogers94USActor
22Bert Remsen74USActor
28Rory Calhoun76USActor
28John Stears64UKSpecial Effects Artist
28Donald E. Stewart69USScreenwriter
May 2Augie Blunt69USActor
2Oliver Reed62UKActor
8Dirk Bogarde78UKActor
8Ed Gilbert67USVoice Actor
8Sally Payne86USActress
  • I Love You Again
  • City for Conquest
8Dana Plato34USActress
14Jerry Wunderlich73USSet Decorator
17Henry Jones86USActor
19Candy Candido85USActor
19John McSweeney Jr.83USFilm Editor
19Alister Williamson80AustraliaActor
21Vanessa Brown71AustriaActress
21Norman Rossington70UKActor
25Hillary Brooke84USActress
June 5Mel Torme73USSinger, Actor
  • Good News
  • The Big Operator
9Andrew L. Stone96USDirector, Screenwriter
  • Julie
  • Cry Terror!
11DeForest Kelley79USActor
13Douglas Seale85UKActor
18Aimée Delamain93UKActress
19Mario Soldati92ItalyDirector
  • The River Girl
  • The Great Appeal
24Dorothy Lee88USActress
  • Too Many Cooks
  • Laugh and Get Rich
25Frank Tarloff83USScreenwriter
27Bobs Watson68USActor
28John Woolf86UKProducer
29Allan Carr62USProducer
29Declan Mulholland66IrelandActor
30Dean Fredericks75USActor
July 1Edward Dmytryk90CanadaDirector, Film Editor
1Sylvia Sidney88USActress
2Mario Puzo78USScreenwriter
4Ronny Graham79USScreenwriter, Actor
4Jack Watson84UKActor
12Bill Owen85UKActor
17Donal McCann58IrelandActor
17Patricia Zipprodt74USCostume Designer
19Yoko Tani70FranceActress
19Jerold Wells90UKActor
20Sandra Gould82USActress
August 4Victor Mature86USActor
4Carl Toms72UKCostume Designer
7Brion James54USActor
7Kazuo Miyagawa91JapanCinematographer
9Georg Marischka77AustriaActor, Director, Screenwriter
12Ross Elliott82USActor
16David Allen54USVisual Effects Artist
16Nancy Guild73USActress
23Norman Wexler73USScreenwriter
27Harold Jack Bloom75USScreenwriter
31Marguerite Chapman81USActress
September 9Chili Bouchier89UKActress
  • To Be a Lady
  • The King's Cup
9Ruth Roman76USActress
12Harry Crane85USScreenwriter
14Charles Crichton89UKDirector, Film Editor
17Riccardo Cucciolla75ItalyActor
17Joan Gardner84UKActress
17Frankie Vaughan71UKSinger, Actor
18Harold F. Kress86USFilm Editor
22George C. Scott71USActor
23Ivan Goff89AustraliaScreenwriter
26Bernadette O'Farrell75IrelandActress
  • The Bridal Path
  • The Square Ring
October 1Noel Johnson82UKActor
2Lee Richardson73USActor
5Wilt Chamberlain63USActor
6Maris Wrixon82USActress
7Deryck Guyler85UKActor
7Helen Vinson92USActress
12Jacqueline Malouf58USActress
14Richard B. Shull70USActor
16Jean Shepherd78USActor
19Paddi Edwards67UKActress
26Hoyt Axton61USSinger, Actor
26Abraham Polonsky88USScreenwriter, Director
26Albert Whitlock84UKVisual Effects Artist
27Lois Collier80USActress
27Frank De Vol88USComposer
29Cavan Kendall57UKActor
30Grace McDonald81USActress
  • Follow the Boys
  • It Ain't Hay
November 3Ian Bannen71UKActor
4David Shaber70USScreenwriter
5James Goldstone68USDirector
9Mabel King66USActress
11Mary Kay Bergman38USVoice Actress
14Lucile Fairbanks82USActress
  • Passage from Hong Kong
  • A Fugitive from Justice
20Adele Balkan92USCostume Designer
21Ralph Foody71USActor
24Hilary Minster55UKActor
25William 'Billy' Benedict82USActor
27Robert F. Shugrue62USFilm Editor
28Bethel Leslie70USActress
December 3John Archer84USActor
3Madeline Kahn57USActress
5Masaru Sato71JapanComposer
12Joseph Heller76USScreenwriter
13Daniel M. Angel88UKProducer
14Ernest Walter80UKFilm Editor
17Rex Allen78USActor, Singer
18Robert Bresson98FranceDirector
19Desmond Llewelyn85UKActor
21John Arnatt82UKActor
  • Whistle Down the Wind
  • Our Mother's House
21Bill Edwards81USActor
21Bernard Smith92USProducer
21Frank Stanley77USCinematographer
23Lois Hamilton56USActress
25Peter Jeffrey70UKActor
26Pierre Clémenti57FranceActor
26Curtis Mayfield57USSinger, Composer
26Michael McDowell49USScreenwriter
26Dick Peabody74USActor
29Clayton Moore85USActor
29Harry Monty95USActor, Stuntman

Film debuts

References

  1. "1999 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  2. "Top 1999 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office". The Numbers. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
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