1999 in film

none 1999 film radio television music The year 1999 in film involved many significant films. The major releases this year included Being John Malkovich, Eyes Wide Shut, Toy Story 2, Magnolia, The Mummy, The Sixth Sense, Tarzan, Fight Club, The Green Mile, The World Is Not Enough, The Matrix, and All About My Mother. American Beauty won the Academy Award for Best Picture this year. There was one film, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, that passed over $1 billion in a re-release of 2012. Also in 1999, Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated their 75th anniversaries. Highest-grossing films Lists of box office number-one films#1999 The top 10 films released in 1999 by worldwide gross are as follows:https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/1999/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1 1999 Worldwide Box Office Box Office Mojo IMDb March 7, 2020ប្រុសល្មូបចង់ចុយ Top 1999 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/cumulative/released-in-1999 2023-06-15 The Numbers + Highest-grossing films of 1999 Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross 1 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 20th Century Fox $924,305,084 2 The Sixth SenseHollywood $672,806,292 3 Toy Story 2 Walt Disney Pictures $487,059,677 4 The Matrix Warner Bros. $465,974,198 5 Tarzan Walt Disney Pictures $448,191,819 6 The Mummy Universal $418,138,535 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/Organization 57th Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 23, 2000 5th Critics' Choice Awards January 2000 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 72nd Academy AwardsMarch 26, 2000 53rd BAFTA AwardsApril 9, 2000 Drama Musical or Comedy Best Film American Beauty Toy Story 2 American Beauty Best Director Sam MendesAmerican Beauty Pedro AlmodóvarAll About My Mother Best Actor Denzel WashingtonThe Hurricane Jim CarreyMan on the Moon Russell CroweThe Insider Kevin SpaceyAmerican Beauty Best Actress Hilary SwankBoys Don't Cry Janet McTeerTumbleweeds Hilary SwankBoys Don't Cry Annette BeningAmerican Beauty Hilary SwankBoys Don't Cry Annette BeningAmerican Beauty Best Supporting Actor Tom CruiseMagnolia Michael Clarke DuncanThe Green Mile Michael CaineThe Cider House Rules Jude LawThe Talented Mr. Ripley Best Supporting Actress Angelina JolieGirl, Interrupted Maggie SmithTea with Mussolini Best Screenplay, Adapted Alan BallAmerican Beauty Frank DarabontThe Green Mile Alexander Payne and Jim TaylorElection John IrvingThe Cider House Rules Neil JordanThe End of the Affair Best Screenplay, Original Alan BallAmerican Beauty Charlie KaufmanBeing John Malkovich Best Animated Film Toy Story 2 Best Original Score The Legend of 1900Ennio Morricone The Talented Mr. RipleyGabriel YaredN/A The Red ViolinJohn Corigliano American BeautyThomas 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"TarzanN/A Best Foreign Language Film All About My Mother N/A All About My Mother Palme d'Or (52nd Cannes Film Festival): Rosetta, directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, Belgium Golden Lion (56th Venice International Film Festival): Not One Less (一個都不能少), directed by Zhang Yimou, China Golden Bear (49th Berlin International Film Festival): The Thin Red Line, directed by Terrence Malick, United States 1999 films By country/region List of American films of 1999 List of Argentine films of 1999 List of Australian films of 1999 List of Bangladeshi films of 1999 List of British films of 1999 List of Canadian films of 1999 List of French films of 1999 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 January 29 – Madison Bailey, American actress 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 Jin Ji-hee, South Korean actress Mikey Madison, American actress April 2 – Audrey Nuna, American singer and rapper April 27 – Brooklynn Proulx, Canadian former actress April 29 – Morgan Turner, American actress May 10 – Michael Gandolfini, American actor May 11 – Sabrina Carpenter, American singer and actress May 24 – Charlie Plummer, American actor 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 2 – Madison Leisle, American actress June 20 – Kayla Maisonet, American 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 13 – Eli Brown, American actor August 14 - Alison Thornton, Canadian 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 September 17 – Daniel Huttlestone, English actor September 22 - Curry Barker, American filmmaker, actor, comedian and YouTuber October 12 – Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Irish actor and musician October 13 – Nell Tiger Free, English actress and singer October 15 – Bailee Madison, American actress October 21 – Carson MacCormac, Canadian actor October 22 – Charlie Wright (American actor), American actor October 31 – Danielle Rose Russell, American actress November 10 Kiernan Shipka, American actress Michael Cimino, American actor November 14 – Jude Wright, English actor November 16 – Francesca Scorsese, American actress and filmmaker December 2 – Fred Hechinger, American actor December 7 – Bethany Whitmore, Australian actress Deaths Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 4 Iron Eyes Cody 91 US Actor Ernest Goes to Camp A Man Called Horse 9 Harvey Miller 63 US Screenwriter, Director, Actor Private Benjamin Bad Medicine 11 Robert Douglas 89 UK Actor, Director The Fountainhead Ivanhoe 12 Betty Lou Gerson 84 US Actress One Hundred and One Dalmatians Cats Don't Dance 13 Buzz Kulik 79 US Director Riot To Find a Man 14 Fred Myrow 59 US Composer Soylent Green Phantasm 15 John Bloom 54 US Actor Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country The Great Outdoors 15 Betty Box 83 UK Producer Doctor in the House Deadlier Than the Male 19 Michael White 36 UK Production Designer Armageddon The Rock 21 Leslie French 94 UK Actor The Living Daylights Orders to Kill 21 Susan Strasberg 60 US Actress Picnic The Manitou 23 Joe D'Amato 62 Italy Director, Producer Troll 2 Ator l'invincibile 30 Huntz Hall 78 US Actor Angels with Dirty Faces Ghost Chasers 30 Ed Herlihy 89 US Actor Pee-wee's Big Adventure The King of Comedy February 6 Danny Dayton 75 US Actor Guys and Dolls Ed Wood 7 William Ludwig 86 US Screenwriter Oklahoma! Interrupted Melody 7 Bobby Troup 80 US Actor, Singer M*A*S*H The Five Pennies 9 Mary LaRoche 78 US Actress Run Silent, Run Deep Bye Bye Birdie 9 Bryan Mosley 67 UK Actor Get Carter Rattle of a Simple Man 10 Yuri Borienko 66 Russia Actor On Her Majesty's Secret Service Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 17 Sunshine Parker 71 US Actor Tremors Road House 17 Shirley Stoler 69 US Actress The Deer Hunter Malcolm X 20 Gene Siskel 53 US Film Critic None; critiqued films for the Chicago Tribune 24 Derek Nimmo 68 UK Actor A Hard's Day Night Casino Royale 26 Madelon Baker 88 US Actress Girls of the Road Gasoline Alley March 3 Lee Philips 72 US Actor, Director Peyton Place Middle of the Night 4 Del Close 64 US Actor Ferris Bueller's Day Off The Untouchables 4 Eddie Dean 91 US Singer, Actor Song of Old Wyoming Stars Over Texas 5 Richard Kiley 76 US Actor Blackboard Jungle The Little Prince 6 Graham Armitage 62 UK Actor The Devils The Boy Friend 7 Stanley Kubrick 70 US Director, Screenwriter 2001: A Space Odyssey Barry Lyndon 8 Peggy Cass 74 US Actress Auntie Mame If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium 13 Garson Kanin 86 US Screenwriter, Director Adam's Rib Pat and Mike 14 Kirk Alyn 88 US Actor Superman When Worlds Collide 17 Ernest Gold 77 Austria Composer It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Judgment at Nuremberg 20 Mickey S. Michaels 67 US Set Decorator The Hunt for Red October Clear and Present Danger 22 David Strickland 29 US Actor Forces of Nature Object of Obsession 28 Gil Perkins 91 Australia Actor Batman Walking Tall April 4 Faith Domergue 74 US Actress This Island Earth Vendetta 4 Bob Peck 53 UK Actor Jurassic Park Lord of the Flies 9 Albert Popwell 72 US Actor Sudden Impact The Enforcer 13 Don McGuire 80 US Screenwriter, Director, Actor Tootsie The Delicate Delinquent 14 Roy Chiao 72 China Actor Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Bloodsport 14 Ellen Corby 87 US Actress Vertigo Shane 14 Anthony Newley 67 UK Actor, Composer Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Doctor Dolittle 15 Yasmeen Khan c. 48 Pakistan Actress Yousuf Khan Sher Bano 16 Rudi Fehr 87 Germany Film Editor Dial M for Murder Prizzi's Honor 16 Zoë Lund 37 US Actress Bad Lieutenant Special Effects 21 Doreen Lang 84 New Zealand Actress The Wrong Man The Birds 21 Buddy Rogers 94 US Actor Fascinating Youth Wings 22 Bert Remsen 74 US Actor The Bodyguard Nashville 28 Rory Calhoun 76 US Actor How to Marry a Millionaire River of No Return 28 John Stears 64 UK Special Effects Artist Star Wars Goldfinger 28 Donald E. Stewart 69 US Screenwriter Missing The Hunt for Red October May 2 Augie Blunt 69 US Actor Ghost Life 2 Oliver Reed 62 UK Actor Oliver! Gladiator 8 Dirk Bogarde 78 UK Actor Darling Death in Venice 8 Ed Gilbert 67 US Voice Actor The Little Mermaid Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 8 Sally Payne 86 US Actress I Love You Again City for Conquest 8 Dana Plato 34 US Actress California Suite Exorcist II: The Heretic 14 Jerry Wunderlich 73 US Set Decorator The Exorcist WarGames 17 Henry Jones 86 US Actor Vertigo 3:10 to Yuma 19 Candy Candido 85 US Actor Sadie McKee The Wizard of Oz 19 John McSweeney Jr. 83 US Film Editor Mutiny on the Bounty Million Dollar Mermaid 19 Alister Williamson 80 Australia Actor Battle of Britain The Abominable Dr. Phibes 21 Vanessa Brown 71 Austria Actress The Heiress The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 21 Norman Rossington 70 UK Actor A Hard Day's Night The Longest Day 25 Hillary Brooke 84 US Actress The Man Who Knew Too Much The Enchanted Cottage June 5 Mel Torme 73 US Singer, Actor Good News The Big Operator 9 Andrew L. Stone 96 US Director, Screenwriter Julie Cry Terror! 11 DeForest Kelley 79 US Actor Star Trek Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 13 Douglas Seale 85 UK Actor Aladdin Amadeus 18 Aimée Delamain 93 UK Actress One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing Santa Claus: The Movie 19 Mario Soldati 92 Italy Director The River Girl The Great Appeal 24 Dorothy Lee 88 US Actress Too Many Cooks Laugh and Get Rich 25 Frank Tarloff 83 US Screenwriter Father Goose A Guide for the Married Man 27 Bobs Watson 68 US Actor Boys Town What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 28 John Woolf 86 UK Producer Oliver! The Day of the Jackal 29 Allan Carr 62 US Producer Grease Can't Stop the Music 29 Declan Mulholland 66 Ireland Actor Time Bandits Theatre of Blood 30 Dean Fredericks 75 US Actor The Phantom Planet Savage Sam July 1 Edward Dmytryk 90 Canada Director, Film Editor The Caine Mutiny The Young Lions 1 Sylvia Sidney 88 US Actress Sabotage Mars Attacks! 2 Mario Puzo 78 US Screenwriter The Godfather Superman 4 Ronny Graham 79 US Screenwriter, Actor Spaceballs To Be or Not to Be 4 Jack Watson 84 UK Actor Peeping Tom The Hill 12 Bill Owen 85 UK Actor Georgy Girl O Lucky Man! 17 Donal McCann 58 Ireland Actor The Dead Stealing Beauty 17 Patricia Zipprodt 74 US Costume Designer The Graduate 1776 19 Yoko Tani 70 France Actress The Savage Innocents My Geisha 19 Jerold Wells 90 UK Actor Time Bandits Jabberwocky 20 Sandra Gould 82 US Actress Airport Imitation of Life August 4 Victor Mature 86 US Actor Kiss of Death My Darling Clementine 4 Carl Toms 72 UK Costume Designer One Million Years B.C. The Quiller Memorandum 7 Brion James 54 US Actor Blade Runner The Fifth Element 7 Kazuo Miyagawa 91 Japan Cinematographer Yojimbo Rashomon 9 Georg Marischka 77 Austria Actor, Director, Screenwriter The Boys from Brazil The Odessa File 12 Ross Elliott 82 US Actor Tarantula The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms 16 David Allen 54 US Visual Effects Artist Young Sherlock Holmes Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 16 Nancy Guild 73 US Actress Somewhere in the Night Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man 23 Norman Wexler 73 US Screenwriter Saturday Night Fever Serpico 27 Harold Jack Bloom 75 US Screenwriter The Naked Spur A Gunfight 31 Marguerite Chapman 81 US Actress The Seven Year Itch The Amazing Transparent Man September 9 Chili Bouchier 89 UK Actress To Be a Lady The King's Cup 9 Ruth Roman 76 US Actress Strangers on a Train The Far Country 12 Harry Crane 85 US Screenwriter The Harvey Girls Air Raid Wardens 14 Charles Crichton 89 UK Director, Film Editor A Fish Called Wanda The Third Secret 17 Riccardo Cucciolla 75 Italy Actor Sacco e Vanzetti Attack and Retreat 17 Joan Gardner 84 UK Actress Dark Journey The Scarlet Pimpernel 17 Frankie Vaughan 71 UK Singer, Actor Let's Make Love The Right Approach 18 Harold F. Kress 86 US Film Editor The Towering Inferno The Poseidon Adventure 22 George C. Scott 71 US Actor Patton Dr. Strangelove 23 Ivan Goff 89 Australia Screenwriter White Heat Midnight Lace 26 Bernadette O'Farrell 75 Ireland Actress The Bridal Path The Square Ring October 1 Noel Johnson 82 UK Actor Frightmare For Your Eyes Only 2 Lee Richardson 73 US Actor Prizzi's Honor Prince of the City 5 Wilt Chamberlain 63 US Actor Conan the Destroyer Any Given Sunday 6 Maris Wrixon 82 US Actress The Ape Waterfront 7 Deryck Guyler 85 UK Actor A Hard Day's Night Carry On Doctor 7 Helen Vinson 92 US Actress In Name Only I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 12 Jacqueline Malouf 58 US Actress The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Donovan's Reef 14 Richard B. Shull 70 US Actor Klute Splash 16 Jean Shepherd 78 US Actor A Christmas Story It Runs in the Family 19 Paddi Edwards 67 UK Actress The Little Mermaid Hercules 26 Hoyt Axton 61 US Singer, Actor Gremlins The Black Stallion 26 Abraham Polonsky 88 US Screenwriter, Director Body and Soul Force of Evil 26 Albert Whitlock 84 UK Visual Effects Artist The Thing Earthquake 27 Lois Collier 80 US Actress A Night in Casablanca Jungle Woman 27 Frank De Vol 88 US Composer The Dirty Dozen What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 29 Cavan Kendall 57 UK Actor Sexy Beast Eureka 30 Grace McDonald 81 US Actress Follow the Boys It Ain't Hay November 3 Ian Bannen 71 UK Actor Braveheart Gandhi 4 David Shaber 70 US Screenwriter The Warriors Nighthawks 5 James Goldstone 68 US Director Rollercoaster When Time Ran Out 9 Mabel King 66 US Actress The Wiz Scrooged 11 Mary Kay Bergman 38 US Voice Actress South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut Beauty and the Beast 14 Lucile Fairbanks 82 US Actress Passage from Hong Kong A Fugitive from Justice 20 Adele Balkan 92 US Costume Designer The Fly Mighty Joe Young 21 Ralph Foody 71 US Actor Home Alone The Blues Brothers 24 Hilary Minster 55 UK Actor A Bridge Too Far Cry Freedom 25 William 'Billy' Benedict 82 US Actor The Sting The Killing 27 Robert F. Shugrue 62 US Film Editor Two Mules for Sister Sara Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 28 Bethel Leslie 70 US Actress Message in a Bottle Ironweed December 3 John Archer 84 US Actor White Heat Blue Hawaii 3 Madeline Kahn 57 US Actress Blazing Saddles Young Frankenstein 5 Masaru Sato 71 Japan Composer Yojimbo The Hidden Fortress 12 Joseph Heller 76 US Screenwriter Sex and the Single Girl Dirty Dingus Magee 13 Daniel M. Angel 88 UK Producer Reach for the Sky Carve Her Name with Pride 14 Ernest Walter 80 UK Film Editor The Haunting The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 17 Rex Allen 78 US Actor, Singer Hills of Oklahoma The Incredible Journey 18 Robert Bresson 98 France Director A Man Escaped L'Argent 19 Desmond Llewelyn 85 UK Actor James Bond Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 20 Irving Rapper 101 US Director One Foot in Heaven The Brave One 21 John Arnatt 82 UK Actor Whistle Down the Wind Our Mother's House 21 Bill Edwards 81 US Actor Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Hail the Conquering Hero 21 Bernard Smith 92 US Producer How the West Was Won Elmer Gantry 21 Frank Stanley 77 US Cinematographer Magnum Force 10 23 Lois Hamilton 56 US Actress Stripes The Cannonball Run 25 Peter Jeffrey 70 UK Actor Midnight Express The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 26 Pierre Clémenti 57 France Actor The Leopard Pigsty 26 Curtis Mayfield 57 US Singer, Composer Super Fly Claudine 26 Michael McDowell 49 US Screenwriter Beetlejuice The Nightmare Before Christmas 26 Dick Peabody 74 US Actor Support Your Local Sheriff! Mackenna's Gold 29 Clayton Moore 85 US Actor The Lone Ranger Black Dragons 29 Harry Monty 95 US Actor, Stuntman Planet of the Apes Papillon Film debuts Amy Adams − Drop Dead Gorgeous Roberto Álamo − The Ugliest Woman in the World Anthony Anderson − Life Katie Boland − Striking Poses Jay Baruchel − Running Home Adam Brody − Random Acts of Violence Daniel Brühl − Paradise Mall Celso Bugallo − Butterfly's Tongue Mariah Carey – The Bachelor Paddy Considine – A Room for Romeo Brass Émilie Dequenne − Rosetta Zooey Deschanel − Mumford Garret Dillahunt − Last Call Omid Djalili − The Mummy Ryan Donowho – Varsity Blues Rachel Dratch − Serious Business Kevin Durand – Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Danny Dyer – Human Traffic Idris Elba − Belle maman Juan Fernández − Alone James Franco − Never Been Kissed Zach Galifianakis − Flushed Kathryn Hahn – Flushed Tony Hale − Raging Hormones Regina Hall − The Best Man Cory Hardrict – Never Been Kissed Andrew Howard – Shades Hugh Jackman − Paperback Hero Dakota Johnson − Crazy in Alabama Michael B. Jordan − Black and White Shakib Khan − Ananta Bhalobasha Chris Klein − Election Ashton Kutcher − Coming Soon Brie Larson − Special Delivery Ali Larter − Varsity Blues Mélanie Laurent − The Bridge Joshua Leonard – The Blair Witch Project Justin Long − Galaxy Quest Carmen Machi – Shacky Carmine Taryn Manning − Speedway Junky Kate Mara − Random Hearts Melissa McCarthy − Go Wotan Wilke Möhring – Zoe Bobby Moynihan − Nine the Hard Way Rubén Ochandiano − Flowers from Another World Kip Pardue − But I'm a Cheerleader Simon Pegg − Tube Tales Kal Penn − Freshman Piper Perabo − Whiteboyz Alison Pill – The Life Before This Alysia Reiner – The Stand-In Shawn Roberts – Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang Seann William Scott − American Pie Peter Serafinowicz − Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Alia Shawkat − Three Kings Dylan Sprouse – Big Daddy Audrey Tautou − Venus Beauty Institute Gabrielle Union − She's All That Karine Vanasse − Set Me Free Paz Vega − Zapping Justus von Dohnányi – Jakob the Liar Michael Weston – Getting to Know You Ben Whishaw – The Trench Rainn Wilson – Galaxy Quest Yu Nan – Lunar Eclipse References Further reading Jeff Gordinier 1999: The Year That Changed Movies https://ew.com/article/1999/11/26/1999-year-changed-movies/ 2024-08-22 Entertainment Weekly en Morris Wesley 2024-08-22 A Great Year for Movies. The Best Year to Start Writing About Them. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/22/movies/1999-box-office-runaway-bride-sixth-sense-thomas-crown-affair.html 2024-08-22 The New York Times en-US subscription Raftery Brian Best. Movie. Year. Ever: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen 2020 Simon & Schuster 978-1-5011-7538-1 New York External links List of 1999 films at IMDb 1999 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo List of 1999 deaths at IMDb List of 1999 births at IMDb Category:Film by year