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[Justin Bailey]

Seriously, I'm looking back at all the great movies that came out that year and it's crazy. In no particular order:

The Matrix
Three Kings
Fight Club
Office Space
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
Being John Malkovich
American Beauty
The Green Mile
The Sixth Sense
The Talented Mr. Ripley
(Anticipation for) The Phantom Menace
The Blair Witch Project (yeah yeah, it was creepy when i saw it in the theater)
Princess Mononoke (US release)
Man on the Moon
American Pie
Run Lola Run (US release)
The Boondock Saints

Honorable Mentions: Cruel Intentions, Analyze This

A few that I haven't seen but have heard great things about:
The Insider
Magnolia
Eyes Wide Shut
Toy Story 2

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

That's a darned good list.

Couple of comments:

1: (Anticipation for) The Phantom Menace
because the anticipation was waaaaay better than the movie

2: Eyes Wide Shut
As a Kubrick fan, I can respectfully say: it sucked.

 

[Cerebral Palsy]

Fight Club was my favorite of 1999. It was definitely a pretty good year.

Eyes Wide Shut is fucking horrible.

 

[tedtropy]

The Insider is an incredible movie and you need to rent it. Seriously, right now.

Try though they may, Nicole Kidman's ta-tas could not save Eyes Wide Shut. Everything else on that list was pretty great, except for Blair Witch which was a tremendous disappointment.

 

[6.8]

You forgot Toy Story 2 (while not being as good as the original, it was good enough).

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

Run Lola Run sucked.....badly. I saw that the other day and I couldn't understand what the hell was going on....otherwise a good list.

 

[Justin Bailey]

The Insider is an incredible movie and you need to rent it. Seriously, right now.

Try though they may, Nicole Kidman's ta-tas could not save Eyes Wide Shut. Everything else on that list was pretty great, except for Blair Witch which was a tremendous disappointment.

Blair Witch is one of those movies that did not age well at all. At the time when it came out it was something different and kinda creepy, so when I saw it in the theater I liked it. There's no way I could sit through it now, though.

 

[Justin Bailey]

Run Lola Run sucked.....badly. I saw that the other day and I couldn't understand what the hell was going on....otherwise a good list.

What's not to understand?

Spoiler

She gets several chances to do the same deed until she gets it right. That's it.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

I love Run Lola Run. It's a very different kind of movie-- more of a videogame almost.

And.... I suspect it's the inspiration for Un Jammer Lammy.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

What's not to understand?

Spoiler

She gets several chances to do the same deed until she gets it right. That's it.

yea...not much of a point to it....and the flashbacks seemed to be a way to get the movie up to 80 minutes...

 

[Justin Bailey]

yea...not much of a point to it....and the flashbacks seemed to be a way to get the movie up to 80 minutes...

Spoiler

The point was to explore the different notions af fate and to see how small insignificant things can change the outcome of things.

 

[tedtropy]

Blair Witch is one of those movies that did not age well at all. At the time when it came out it was something different and kinda creepy, so when I saw it in the theater I liked it. There's no way I could sit through it now, though.

I'dunno. I saw it in the theater at the time of its release and still thought it was ass.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

That, and to serve as inspiration to Un Jammer Lammy.

Seriously, if you aren't hung up on plot or action as the most important things in a movie, it has a lot to offer.

 

[Boogie9IGN]

I liked 1995

But I just saw Fight Club for the first time this past week and it really is a good movie

 

[VistraNorrez]

2: Eyes Wide Shut
As a Kubrick fan, I can respectfully say: it sucked.

I thought it was an incredible film. Barry Lyndon was also trashed when it came out, many now view it as his best work.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

I haven't seen Barry Lyndon, so I can't say.

But I have never heard a good reason to think EWS was a good movie.

It has incredible cinematography, and is decent in a lot of ways (acting, some scenes) but it adds up to a tremendous "so what?"

 

[Warm Machine]

For straight up NAME movies and amount of anticipated sequels 1990 was incredible.

Die Hard 2
Predator 2
Robocop 2
Gremlins 2
Young Guns 2
Another 48 Hours
Godfather Part 3
Back to the Future Part 3
Total Recall
Goodfellas
Dances with Wolves
Dick Tracy
TMNT
Pretty Woman
Revenge
Hunt for Red October

Too bad the overall quality was on the shoddy side.

1997 was also a year like that. I think every top tier name director had a movie out that year. There was seriously loads of stuff you wanted to see but were unfortunately underwhelmed by most of it.

 

[Warm Machine]

I haven't seen Barry Lyndon, so I can't say.

But I have never heard a good reason to think EWS was a good movie.

It has incredible cinematography, and is decent in a lot of ways (acting, some scenes) but it adds up to a tremendous "so what?"

In the end I think the Cruise character made up all of his misadventures in his head. This comes to a point when he sees Nicole at the end and she pays no attention to the Mask. The mask is a symbol for his own shielding of his desires. It is a total male ego play that culimates in a house of sexual orgy. Sort of like when a guy gets dumped and he thinks that he'll show that bitch by saying that he is going to go out and get all this crazy action and everyone will think he is hot and no one can resist him.

 

[Cold-Steel]

For straight up NAME movies and amount of anticipated sequels 1990 was incredible.

Die Hard 2
Predator 2
Robocop 2
Gremlins 2
Young Guns 2
Another 48 Hours
Godfather Part 3
Back to the Future Part 3
Total Recall
Goodfellas
Dances with Wolves
Dick Tracy
TMNT
Pretty Woman
Revenge
Hunt for Red October

Too bad the overall quality was on the shoddy side.

1997 was also a year like that. I think every top tier name director had a movie out that year. There was seriously loads of stuff you wanted to see but were unfortunately underwhelmed by most of it.

Indeed 1990 was an amazing year.

I mean cmon! DIE HARD 2! DIE HARDER.

 

[Willco]

Nothing from the 90s matches the output of quality from the late 70s and 80s.

 

[Cold-Steel]

Nothing from the 90s matches the output of quality from the late 70s and 80s.

Yeah, I wasn't born then but I took a trip back down memory lane.

Jaws, Indiana Jones, Star Wars - you guys were lucky.

 

[Teddman]

Spoiler

The point was to explore the different notions af fate and to see how small insignificant things can change the outcome of things.

Yes. Run Lola Run was absolutely brilliant.

 

[ManaByte]

Nothing from the 90s matches the output of quality from the late 70s and 80s.

Jaws
Star Wars
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Raiders
Empire
E.T.
Jedi
Tron
Blade Runner
Temple of Doom
Back to the Future
The Goonies
Gremlins
Clash of the Titans
etc, etc, etc

 

[SantaC]

Magnolia

Magnolia was 3 hours of pain

 

[bjork]

wait, what? inspiration to UJL?

 

[Escape Goat]

Magnolia was the only movie I got up and left. Thats about the time my dislike for Tom Cruise began.

 

[SantaC]

Nothing from the 90s matches the output of quality from the late 70s and 80s.

the 80s had the best stuff.

The never ending story (my fav movie)
honey I shrunk the kids
indiana jones
blade runner
Terminator
The Empire Strikes Back
Poltergeist
Gremlins
Ghostbusters
back to the future
top gun
rain man
twins
batman
Good Morning, Vietnam
Stand By Me

 

[Odnetnin]

Seriously, I'm looking back at all the great movies that came out that year and it's crazy. In no particular order:

The Matrix
Three Kings
Fight Club
Office Space
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
Being John Malkovich
American Beauty
The Green Mile
The Sixth Sense
The Talented Mr. Ripley
(Anticipation for) The Phantom Menace
The Blair Witch Project (yeah yeah, it was creepy when i saw it in the theater)
Princess Mononoke (US release)
Man on the Moon
American Pie
Run Lola Run (US release)
The Boondock Saints

Honorable Mentions: Cruel Intentions, Analyze This

A few that I haven't seen but have heard great things about:
The Insider
Magnolia
Eyes Wide Shut
Toy Story 2

The bolded titles aren't all that.

 

[Macam]

If you're trying to prove 1999 was the best year, that's hardly a convincing list of movies to do so. There are certainly some key ones there I think, notably American Beauty, The Sixth Sense, Princess Mononoke, and Being John Malkovich, but the remainder of that list aren't terribly worthwhile other than initiating a few fads. I mean, Episode III and Boondock Saints? One is only notable because of the return of an age old fan favorite franchise, and the latter movie is so abysmal as to be an utterly forgettable film. As for The Blair Witch project, that movie has more significance in terms of the advertising and the Internet than it does to cinema in particular. Run Lola Run was foreign film fodder IMO. It's point was largely lost on a bland premise and acting.

1999 was a pretty good year, but it doesn't stick out really.

 

[bjork]

The bolded titles aren't all that.

neither are the unbolded ones...

 

[SantaC]

am I the only one who thought Man on the Moon was horrible?

 

[Triumph]

neither are the unbolded ones...

I will punch you in the testicles if you disparage Fight Club. Really. I have the technology.

And Hamburlar, Magnolia is the only role that I've ever liked Tom Cruise in. :/

 

[karasu]

Fight Club blows. 1999 was a really good year for really shallow movies that had absolutely nothing to say,but they filled themselves with so many gimmicks that frustrated thirty year olds were duped into thinking they were poignant. That entire year was one of contrived cool. It was the sad but logical conclusion of the Quentin Tarantino influence(though he did it right).

 

[Mario_Hugo]

Magnolia is my favorite movie of '99, without question.

 

[Justin Bailey]

If you're trying to prove 1999 was the best year, that's hardly a convincing list of movies to do so. There are certainly some key ones there I think, notably American Beauty, The Sixth Sense, Princess Mononoke, and Being John Malkovich, but the remainder of that list aren't terribly worthwhile other than initiating a few fads. I mean, Episode III and Boondock Saints? One is only notable because of the return of an age old fan favorite franchise, and the latter movie is so abysmal as to be an utterly forgettable film. As for The Blair Witch project, that movie has more significance in terms of the advertising and the Internet than it does to cinema in particular. Run Lola Run was foreign film fodder IMO. It's point was largely lost on a bland premise and acting.

1999 was a pretty good year, but it doesn't stick out really.

Hey feel free to rip it apart all you want, but at least come up with your own so we can return the favor.

 

[spliced]

I Glanced at some years and I think I like 1994 best. Not as many movies but some of my all time favorites.

Forrest Gump
True Lies
Dumb & Dumber
The Mask
The Shawshank Redemption
The Lion King
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Maverick
Hoop Dreams

 

[Bishman]

Fight Club blows. 1999 was a really good year for really shallow movies that had absolutely nothing to say,but they filled themselves with so many gimmicks that frustrated thirty year olds were duped into thinking they were poignant. That entire year was one of contrived cool. It was the sad but logical conclusion of the Quentin Tarantino influence(though he did it right).

Fight Club is great! Saw it last weekend with a couple of friends. My friend's gf and I haven't seen it, and we both thought it was awesome.

 

[Warm Machine]

Fight Club is great! Saw it last weekend with a couple of friends. My friend's gf and I haven't seen it, and we both thought it was awesome.

Thats because it is.

94 also had Speed. I really liked Speed and I know it is uncool to say that but I still think it is a very well paced and extremely clever film.

 

[Macam]

Fight Club blows. 1999 was a really good year for really shallow movies that had absolutely nothing to say,but they filled themselves with so many gimmicks that frustrated thirty year olds were duped into thinking they were poignant. That entire year was one of contrived cool. It was the sad but logical conclusion of the Quentin Tarantino influence(though he did it right).

I feel the same way, though that line of thinking is never restricted to 1999.

JB: I would if I felt I had any real sense of time of when movies came out, but I don't. That and I know better; my taste in movies is far too erratic for most people. Besides, when I see Boondock Saints, I see blood. I'm honestly amazed at the niche crowd that loves that movie. I probably had no less than 10 people recommend that movie to me. Fight Club, I can understand. I didn't care for it, but it was fairly entertaining. Boondock Saints? Willem Dafoe hit new lows on that one.

 

[Warm Machine]

97's director list was amazing.

Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Steven Speilberg (2 Movies!), Quentin Tarantino, Luc Besson, John Woo, Robert Zemeckis, Paul Verhoven, David Fincher, Gus Van Sant, and even George Lucas got in on the act.

It even introduced Gore Verbinski and Curtis Hanson to the world.

 

[weehomer]

I totally agree that 1999 rocked for movies. Three Kings is one of my all time favs, and still completely relevent in the current Bush adminstration unfortunately.

Fight Club, Matrix, Toy Story 2, Princess Mononoke, Run Lola Run, Being John Malkovich, Election, American Beauty... so many others. Jesus it was a prolific time, and I miss seeing so many great movies back to back.

 

[TAJ]

>>>It even introduced Curtis Hanson to the world.<<<

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and The River Wild weren't exactly low profile.
And 1994 also brought us Ed Wood, which I love, but many don't like. Those peoples' opinions are worthless, though

 

[Warm Machine]

>>>It even introduced Curtis Hanson to the world.<<<

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and The River Wild weren't exactly low profile.
And 1994 also brought us Ed Wood, which I love, but many don't like. Those peoples' opinions are worthless, though

Actually I didn't even know he directed those.

 

[Mr. Blonde]

1994 also had Pulp Fiction.

1991 had T2 and JFK. Two classics right there.

 

[Foreign Jackass]

Nothing from the 90s matches the output of quality from the late 70s and 80s.

Those dumbasses don't know anything about movies. And well, the 50s and 60s were pretty cool too. Really, the 90s aren't very good.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Whatever year Titanic came out was the best. (Only partly kidding.)

 

[swoon]

1950 is by far the best and ya'll didn't even pick the any of the best films from 1999

 

[Dan]

The Iron Giant is mysteriously missing from that list.

Oh, and Being John Malkovich sucked. My god, what a useless movie. Kaufman had such a cool, crazy concept and then went absolutely nowhere with it. Talk about the definition of a gimmick.

 

[Comfort_Eagle]

For straight up NAME movies and amount of anticipated sequels 1990 was incredible.

Die Hard 2
Predator 2
Robocop 2
Gremlins 2
Young Guns 2
Another 48 Hours
Godfather Part 3
Back to the Future Part 3
Total Recall
Goodfellas
Dances with Wolves
Dick Tracy
TMNT
Pretty Woman
Revenge
Hunt for Red October

Too bad the overall quality was on the shoddy side.

1997 was also a year like that. I think every top tier name director had a movie out that year. There was seriously loads of stuff you wanted to see but were unfortunately underwhelmed by most of it.

Thats what the fuck i am talking about. Gremlins 2 > everything.