Best of 1999

  1. Beau Travail                                                                               Claire Denis
  2. Topsy-Turvy                                                                               Mike Leigh
  3. Holy Smoke                                                                                Jane Campion
  4. Election                                                                                       Alexander Payne
  5. Run Lola Run                                                                             Tom Tykwer
  6. The Insider                                                                                 Michael Mann
  7. Eyes Wide Shut                                                                          Stanley Kubrick
  8. The Color of Paradise                                                               Majid Majidi
  9. Being John Malkovich                                                               Spike Jonze
  10. All About My Mother                                                                 Pedro Almodovar
      Honorable Mention

      Jesus' Son -- Maclean, The End of the Affair -- Jordan,
      Audition -- Miike, Titus -- Taymor, Mansfield Park -- Rozema,
      The Straight Story -- Lynch, The Limey -- Soderbergh, Magnolia -- PT Anderson, 
      The Sixth Sense -- Shyamalan, Fight Club -- Fincher, I Stand Alone -- Noe

      Films I Enjoyed
    
      Pola X,  Office Space, 
      existenz, Bowfinger,
      Three Kings, Any Given Sunday, 
      Wisconsin Death Trip, Bringing Out the Dead, 
      My Voyage to Italy, The Talented Mr. Ripley, 
      The Iron Giant, Toy Story 2, 
      Ratcatcher, Man on the Moon, 
      The Matrix, Galaxy Quest, 
      Go, American Beauty, Cruel Intentions, 
      The Mummy, Boys Don't Cry

      Under the Mendoza Line

      Sleepy Hollow, Liberty Heights,
      Stuart Little, The Thomas Crown Affair, 
      Tarzan, Girl, Interrupted, 
      Ride with the Devil, Mystery Men,
      Warm Blooded Killers,
      Arlington Road, Never Been Kissed, 
      The Green Mile, Austin Powers 2, 
      At First Sight, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Notting Hill,
      American Pie, The Blair Witch Project, 
      10 Things I Hate About You, Big Daddy

      Cave Videntium

      Wild Wild West
                                           

                                     
      
      

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