Movie Releases by User Score

Close-Up 1.

Close-Up

December 31, 1999 | Not Rated
This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a real-life sensational event - a young man arrested on charges that he fraudulently impersonated well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf - as the basis for a stunning, multi-layered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and life itself. With its universal themes and fascinating narrative knots, Close-Up continues to resonate with viewers around the world. [Janus Films]
Metascore:
92
User Score:
8.7
After Life 2.

After Life

May 12, 1999 | Not Rated
After death, people have just one week to choose only a memory to keep for eternity.
Metascore:
91
User Score:
6.5
Topsy-Turvy 3.

Topsy-Turvy

December 17, 1999 | R
When their latest play fails and they threaten to disband, Gilbert and Sullivan are inspired to create their masterpiece, "The Mikado."
Metascore:
90
User Score:
8.0
Being John Malkovich 4.

Being John Malkovich

October 29, 1999 | R
An out-of-work puppeteer takes a filing clerk job on the cramped 7 ½ floor of an office building where he discovers a hidden tunnel allowing him to enter the mind and life of actor John Malkovich for 15 mintues before being ejected onto the New Jersey Turnpike.
Metascore:
90
User Score:
8.7
Toy Story 2 5.

Toy Story 2

November 24, 1999 | G
The sequel to the landmark 1995 computer-animated blockbuster from Disney and Pixar. This time around, the fun and adventure continue when Andy goes off to cowboy camp and the toys are left to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector kidnaps Woody -- who hasn't the slightest clue that he's a greatly valued collectible. (Disney/Pixar)
Metascore:
88
User Score:
8.7
All About My Mother 6.

All About My Mother

November 19, 1999 | R
This is the story of a mother (Roth) recovering from the death of her teenage son. She travels to Barcelona to find her son's father and revisits many places of her youth.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
8.5
42: Forty Two Up 7.

42: Forty Two Up

November 17, 1999
Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. One of the most interesting film experiments ever. This time the group is 42, with eleven of the original fourteen still being documented.
Metascore:
86
User Score:
6.3
The Straight Story 8.

The Straight Story

October 15, 1999 | G
The true story of Alvin Straight (Farnsworth) who rides his 1961 lawnmower from Laurens, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin, to visit his estranged brother after the latter suffers a stroke.
Metascore:
86
User Score:
8.3
Boys Don't Cry 9.

Boys Don't Cry

October 8, 1999 | TV-MA
Based on a true story, Brandon Teena (Swank) is the popular new "guy" in a tiny Nebraska town and falls in love with local girl Lana (Sevigny). When it is revealed that Brandon is actually a woman, Lana's family and friends put Brandon's life in jeopardy.
Metascore:
86
User Score:
7.6
The Iron Giant 10.

The Iron Giant

August 6, 1999 | PG
A giant metal machine falls to Earth in 1950s Maine, frightening townspeople. However, the robot befriends a nine-year-old boy named Hogarth who must save it from the predjudices of the townspeople and from a government agent intent on destroying the robot.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
8.7
American Movie 11.

American Movie

November 5, 1999 | R
The story of Mark Borchardt, the ultimate independent filmmaker from Wisconsin, who attempts to raise money to finish "Coven," his short film, in order to have the funds to produce his next vision. Borchardt relies on his best friend and his mother to fill many roles in the process including acting and camera operating, and he even convinces his old Uncle Bill to invest in his film.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.2
American Beauty 12.

American Beauty

September 15, 1999 | R
Provoked by forbidden passions, Lester Burnham (Spacey) decides to make a few changes in his rut of a life, changes that are less midlife crisis than adolescence reborn. The freer he gets, the happier he gets, which is even more maddening to his wife, Carolyn (Bening), and daughter Jane (Birch) --especially when he turns his lustful gaze toward Jane's friend, the sultry Angela (Suvari). (Dreamworks SKG)
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.8
The Insider 13.

The Insider

November 5, 1999 | R
This is the true story of Jeffrey Wigand (Crowe), the tobacco executive-turned-whistleblower and his relationship with "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman (Pacino).
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.3
Election 14.

Election

April 23, 1999 | R
This satirical comedy uses a high school election as the backdrop to take an uncommon look at ambition, morality, desire, love and the lies we never cease telling ourselves. [Paramount Pictures]
Metascore:
83
User Score:
8.7
Three Kings 15.

Three Kings

October 1, 1999 | R
A small group of adventurous American soldiers (Clooney, Whalberg, Ice Cube, Jonze) in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War is determined to steal a huge cache of gold reputed to be hidden somewhere near their desert base. Finding a map they believe will take them to the gold, the soldiers embark on a journey that leads to unexpected discoveries, enabling them to rise to a heroic challenge that drastically changes their lives. (Warner Brothers)
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.6
Autumn Tale 16.

Autumn Tale

August 6, 1999 | PG
The final chapter in French director Eric Rohmer's "Four Seasons" series tells the story of a 45-year old widow whose friends are determined to find her a new lover.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
6.8
The Blair Witch Project 17.

The Blair Witch Project

July 16, 1999 | R
On October 21, 1994, Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard and Michael Williams hiked into Maryland's Black Hills Forest to shoot a documentary film on a local legend, The Blair Witch. They were never heard from again. One year later, their footage was found. The Blair Witch Project is their legacy. [Artisan Entertainment]
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.1
Buena Vista Social Club 18.

Buena Vista Social Club

June 4, 1999 | G
This ground-breaking documentary, inspired by the album, includes appearances by legendary performers Ry & Joaquim Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Ruben Gonzáles, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo and many other renowned Cuban Musicians. (Artisan Entertainment)
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.9
On the Ropes 19.

On the Ropes

September 24, 1999
A documentary highlighting three young boxers from the mean streets of Brooklyn and their coach as they prepare for the 1997 Golden Gloves Tournament, giving equal attention to their experiences in and out of the ring.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.8
Eternity and a Day 20.

Eternity and a Day

May 28, 1999 | Unrated
Famous writer Alexander is very ill and has little time left to live. He meets a little boy on the street, who is an illegal immigrant from Albania, and goes on a journey with him to take the boy home.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
tbd
Tarzan 21.

Tarzan

June 18, 1999 | G
With his wisecracking ape buddy Terk and neurotic elephant pal Tantor, Tarzan learns to survive in the animal kingdom. His "Two Worlds" collide with the arrival of humans, forcing Tarzan to choose between a "civilized" life with the beautiful Jane and the life he knows and loves with his gorilla family.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.8
The Winslow Boy 22.

The Winslow Boy

April 30, 1999 | G
Set in 1910, The Winslow Boy is based on a real-life story of a young cadet who is accused of stealing a five-shilling postal note. As his case proceeds, it challenges many long accepted legal notions and sets off a national frenzy, exacting a heavy price on the family that takes on his defense. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.9
The Thin Red Line 23.

The Thin Red Line

January 8, 1999 | TV-MA
The Thin Red Line tells the story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. (Fox)
Metascore:
78
User Score:
8.0
Magnolia 24.

Magnolia

December 17, 1999 | R
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story. [New Line Cinema]
Metascore:
78
User Score:
4.5
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. 25.

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

December 29, 1999 | PG-13
A tale of ignorance, self-deception, and vanity. Documentarian Errol Morris sews together a patchwork of diverse viewpoints that seek to uncover the central mystery behind Fred Leuchter's motivations. (Lions Gate Films)
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.0
Run Lola Run 26.

Run Lola Run

June 18, 1999 | R
In a breathtaking race against the clock, a young woman has 20 minutes to find 100,000 marks or her boyfriend will be killed.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.5
Children of Heaven 27.

Children of Heaven

January 22, 1999 | PG
When Ali loses his sister Zahra's school shoes, this young pair dream up a plan to stay out of trouble: they'll share his shoes and keep it a secret from their parents. But if they're going to successfully cover their tracks, Ali and Zahra must carefully watch their step on what rapidly turns into a funny and heartwarming adventure.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.6
Rosetta 28.

Rosetta

November 5, 1999 | R
This film follows a young and impulsive Belgian girl, Rosetta (Émilie Dequenne), who tries to establish an independent life and will do anything to maintain a job.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.0
Princess Mononoke 29.

Princess Mononoke

October 29, 1999 | TV-14
The mythological tale of a war between encroaching civilization and the beast gods of the forest. (Miramax)
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.8
La Ciudad (The City) 30.

La Ciudad (The City)

October 22, 1999
Featuring mostly non-actors, the film follows four separate stories of Latin American immigrant life in present day New York City.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
6.9
The Talented Mr. Ripley 31.

The Talented Mr. Ripley

December 24, 1999 | R
In the 1950's, a young American, Mr. Ripley (Damon), is sent to Europe to retrieve a spoiled millionaire playboy (Law). When the errand fails, Ripley kills the playboy and assumes his life.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.5
Jing Ke ci Qin Wang 32.

Jing Ke ci Qin Wang

December 17, 1999 | R
Zhao (Gong Li) is a concubine in China in the 20th century BC who is sent by her lover to become the lover of his adversary, gain his confidence, and then secure an assassin who can eliminate him.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
6.0
The Cider House Rules 33.

The Cider House Rules

December 10, 1999 | PG-13
This is the story of a compassionate young man (Maguire), raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor by the abortionist (Caine) who runs the orphanage.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
8.5
Tumbleweeds 34.

Tumbleweeds

November 24, 1999 | PG-13
A mother (McTeer) and a daughter (Brown) constantly run from town to town to escape failed relationships.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.3
Liberty Heights 35.

Liberty Heights

November 17, 1999 | R
In this third installment of Barry Levinson's Baltimore trilogy, the youngest son of a middle-class Jewish family pushes the accepted social boundaries of the day by dressing as Hitler for Halloween and pursuing a romantic friendship with a black classmate, as his brother pursues a girl from the other side of the tracks, and his father maintains a numbers racket.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
8.3
The Jaundiced Eye 36.

The Jaundiced Eye

September 17, 1999 | Unrated
A documentary highlighting the injustice of a false accusation of sexual abuse made by a Michigan boy against his father and grandfather which resulted in a swift conviction based on no evidence other than the boy's questionable testimony.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
tbd
The Hurricane 37.

The Hurricane

December 29, 1999 | R
In Norman Jewison's moving biopic, boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (Washington) is convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison in 1967 while steadfastly maintaining and professing his innocence. After being contacted by an admiring teenager living in Canada (Shannon), a series of events leads to the assemblage of a legal team which gives him hope for release.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.5
South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut 38.

South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut

June 30, 1999 | TV-MA
A cinematic version of the popular animated television series.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.6
Show Me Love 39.

Show Me Love

October 22, 1999 | Unrated
In a small Swedish town, Elin (Dahlstrom) is a popular, pretty high school debutante, and Agnes (Liljeberg) is one of the least popular girls in school. On a dare, Elin kisses Agnes to see if Agnes really is a "lesbian" and her life is transformed. Elin discovers that she has been repressing something that was innately there all the time, and the two girls fall in love. [Sonet Films]
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.3
The Limey 40.

The Limey

October 8, 1999 | R
Acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh's latest film follows the exploits of Wilson (Stamp), a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. (Artisan Entertainment)
Metascore:
73
User Score:
6.3
The Dinner Game 41.

The Dinner Game

June 25, 1999 | PG-13
A group of friends holds a competition each week to see who can bring the most idiotic guests to dinner.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.9
Divorce Iranian Style 42.

Divorce Iranian Style

October 1, 1999
This documentary, set in an Islamic divorce court, examines the cultural difference surrounding this legal procedure.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
tbd
Black Cat, White Cat 43.

Black Cat, White Cat

September 10, 1999 | R
The film centers around a group of gypsies who live on the banks of the Danube River. (USA Films)
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.0
The Matrix 44.

The Matrix

March 31, 1999 | R
A computer hacker (Keanu Reeves) learns that his entire life has been a virtual dream, orchestrated by a strange class of computer overlords in the far future. He joins a resistance movement to free humanity from lives of computerized brainwashing.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.9
Go 45.

Go

April 9, 1999 | R
Set over a 24-hour period in L.A. and Las Vegas, this unconventionally structured comedy is told from the decidedly off-center perspectives of three parties involved in the outrageous events that surround a botched drug deal. (Columbia TriStar)
Metascore:
72
User Score:
8.5
Pusher 46.

Pusher

May 7, 1999 | Not Rated
Frank, a small-time drug dealer, is about to experience the worst week of his life. After a complicated heroin deal goes wrong and he loses both the money and the merchandise, Frank finds himself massively in debt to the Balkan drug baron Milo. The squeeze is on and as the week passes the pressure mounts, with Frank trying to repay the money in the face of Milo’s increasing frustration and his own latent self-destructiveness. Come Friday, Saturday might never happen. As Frank launches one last desperate push to raise the missing funds, it appears less and less likely he will manage to emerge from this hellish week unscathed… [Magnolia Pictures]
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.5
Felicia's Journey 47.

Felicia's Journey

November 12, 1999 | PG-13
A young woman (Cassidy) travels to England from Ireland to find her boyfriend (McDonald). She is befriended by a lonely middle-aged catering manager (Hoskins) who it turns out has befriended and abused more than a dozen young women.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
6.7
Bringing Out the Dead 48.

Bringing Out the Dead

October 22, 1999 | R
Surrounded by the injured and the dying, EMS paramedic Frank (Cage) is dwelling in an urban night-world, crumbling under the accumulated weight of too many years of saving and losing lives. The film follows Frank over the course of fifty-six hours in his life - two days and three nights on the job - as he reaches the very brink of spiritual collapse and redemption. [Paramount Pictures]
Metascore:
72
User Score:
4.6
The Thomas Crown Affair 49.

The Thomas Crown Affair

August 6, 1999 | R
Based on the 1968 film of the same name, this sophisticated thriller combines the action of an art heist and an intense love story. (MGM)
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.6
Bowfinger 50.

Bowfinger

August 13, 1999 | PG-13
Bobby Bowfinger, a nearly bankrupt aspiring movie producer-director, is about to take one last shot at fame and fortune. Desperate to hit the big time, the hapless dreamer recruits a motley crew of aspiring misfits, including an eager nerd, an ambitious ingenue and an overthe-hill diva. With their help, Bowfinger embarks on a radical, ingenious scheme to trick the biggest name in movies into becoming the star of his ultra-low budget film. (Universal Pictures)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
8.3
Mansfield Park 51.

Mansfield Park

November 17, 1999 | TV-14
Rozema's progressive interpretation of Jane Austen's novel finds Fanny Price (O'Connor) as a poor relation who at the age of 12 is "rescued" to begin a life in Mansfield Park, the estate of her aunt's husband. Fanny's beauty and bold intelligence become apparent as she attracts suitors and becomes troubled by the class system and the fact that slavery was the source of much of the family's wealth.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.0
Earth 52.

Earth

September 10, 1999 | Unrated
A group of diverse Indian friends and two men after one woman is torn apart by the 1947 partitioning of India. The woman in question (Das) is a nanny who is, with her eight-year-old charge (Sethna), insulated by her Parsi family's wealth and neutrality from the violence erupting around her.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.7
Twin Falls Idaho 53.

Twin Falls Idaho

July 30, 1999 | R
The story of Blake and Francis Falls, conjoined twins whose lives are as enigmatic as their unique appearance. In an eccentric hotel peopled with odd characters, the brothers dwell quietly. Then a beautiful young woman enters their lives, and for the first time someone sees the brothers' world from the inside. She makes them think of possibilities when they're certain there aren't any. They start to wonder how it would be to feel complete in new ways. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
6.0
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember 54.

Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember

September 17, 1999 | Not Rated
Director Anna Maria Tato, the film icon's inseparable companion during his latter years, looks back at the life of Marcello Mastoianni, not in a chronological or comprehensive way, but through monologue-style interviews and rarely seen film clips.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
6.0
October Sky 55.

October Sky

February 19, 1999 | PG
Based on Homer H. Hickman's memoir "Rocket Boys," this film begins in 1957 with Russia's historic launch of the Sputnik satellite and chronicles its impact on a group of boys in West Virginia.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
8.3
A Walk on the Moon 56.

A Walk on the Moon

March 26, 1999 | R
During the tumultuous and revolutionary summer of 1969, a devoted New York housewife sets off on her annual vacation with her two children to the Catskills.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
5.1
Galaxy Quest 57.

Galaxy Quest

December 25, 1999 | PG
Nearly twenty years after their hit TV seriers was canceled, the five stars of "Galaxy Quest" are still in costume, making appearances at science fiction conventions for their legions of die-hard fans. They unexpectedly find themselves back in action when a group of aliens arrive at a convention and whisk Commander Taggart (Allen) and his crew into space to help them in their all-too-real war against a deadly adversary. (Dreamworks)
Metascore:
70
User Score:
8.1
Sweet and Lowdown 58.

Sweet and Lowdown

December 3, 1999 | PG-13
Woody Allen's latest film is the fanciful biography of a legendary jazz guitarist, Emmet Ray, who clashed with lovers, gangsters, musicians and success itself in the 1930's Jazz scene. Sean Penn stars as the fictional musical genius who during the Swing Era was on his way up but could never settle down. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.9
A Moment of Innocence 59.

A Moment of Innocence

November 10, 1999
Mohsen Makhmalbaf's film is based on his own experience as a young Islamic radical in 1974 when he attemped to stab a policeman and landed himself in prison for the act. Five years after his release from prison, the same policeman, then unemployed turned up to audition for one of Makhmalbaf's films. Makhmalbaf and the policeman each play themselves in the film.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
6.5
Cookie's Fortune 60.

Cookie's Fortune

April 2, 1999 | PG-13
The death of a widow in a small Mississippi town leads to mystery.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.4
Late August, Early September 61.

Late August, Early September

July 7, 1999 | Not Rated
A story about the transition from late youth to early maturity, the film follows several friends and lovers as they come to make decisions on how to live their lives--getting a job more in harmony with ones ideals, committing to a lover, giving up a lover that no longer loves you: a film about grown-ups growing up.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
10 Things I Hate About You 62.

10 Things I Hate About You

March 31, 1999 | PG-13
A re-telling of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," set in a modern-day Seattle high school.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.0
Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski 63.

Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski

November 5, 1999
Werner Herzog's documentary profiles his turbulent relationship with the actor Klaus Kinski over the course of the five feature films they made together.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
6.3
The School of Flesh 64.

The School of Flesh

February 26, 1999 | R
A divorcee picks up the bartender at a gay bar, and the two discover conflicted passion in each other's arms.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
Ride with the Devil 65.

Ride with the Devil

November 24, 1999 | TV-MA
A bloody chapter of Civil War history in 1861, with friends fighting friends in vicious guerrilla warfare along the Kansas/Missouri border. This is the story of a 16-year-old boy, Jake (Maguire) who joins the First Kansas Irregulars.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.0
The War Zone 66.

The War Zone

December 10, 1999 | R
For fifteen-year old Tom (Cunliffe), the war zone is at the heart of his seemingly happy middle-class family. Nothing can prepare him for the terrible secret that binds his father (Winstone) and his seventeen-year-old sister Jessie (Belmont). Isolated, confused and consumed by adolescent anger, Tom is determined to reveal the truth. (Lot 47 Films)
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.2
eXistenZ 67.

eXistenZ

April 23, 1999 | R
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.0
Eyes Wide Shut 68.

Eyes Wide Shut

July 16, 1999 | NC-17
A doctor (Tom Cruise) becomes obsessed with having a sexual experience after his wife, Alice (Nicole Kidman), confesses to having fantasies about a random servicemen she briefly encountered over a year ago.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
5.7
Limbo 69.

Limbo

June 4, 1999 | R
In an economically devastated Alaskan town, a fisherman with a troublesome past dates a woman whose young daughter does not approve of him. When he witnesses the murder of his shady brother, he, the woman and the kid run to the wilderness.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
tbd
Office Space 70.

Office Space

February 19, 1999 | TV-MA
A comedy about the angst of suburban twenty-somethings in modern office life.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.7
Notting Hill 71.

Notting Hill

May 28, 1999 | PG-13
Anna Scott (Roberts) is the world's most famous movie star. William Thacker (Grant) owns a travel bookstore. When Anna and William's paths unexpectedly cross in the eclectic neighborhood of Notting Hill, romance is the last thing on their minds. This charming romantic comedy proves that love can spring from even the most unlikely of circumstances. (Universal Pictures)
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.1
Guinevere 72.

Guinevere

September 24, 1999 | R
Harper Sloane (Polley), an affluent college graduate on her way to Harvard Law, meets a much older Bohemian photographer named Connie (Rea) at her sister's wedding. She moves in with Connie and mixes romance with her unorthodox education in the ways of photography.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.1
Stir of Echoes 73.

Stir of Echoes

December 10, 1999 | R
After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law (Douglas) at a party, Chicago telephone lineman Tom Witzkey (Bacon) begins to see haunting visions of a murdered girl's ghost and struggles with his sanity when he realizes that he now has the power to see spirits.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
8.3
Summer of Sam 74.

Summer of Sam

July 2, 1999 | R
An Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx is terrorized during David Berkowitz's (aka Son of Sam) 1977 murder spree.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
1.4
An Ideal Husband 75.

An Ideal Husband

June 18, 1999 | PG-13
An adaptation of Oscar Wilde's romantic social satire. (Miramax)
Metascore:
67
User Score:
7.7
Perfect Blue 76.

Perfect Blue

August 20, 1999 | Not Rated
A retired pop singer turned actress' sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
8.6
Beyond the Clouds 77.

Beyond the Clouds

October 8, 1999 | R
Michelangelo Antonioni's final film, this is a composite of four vignettes from his book "That Bowling Alley on the Tiber." Each of the stories, set in different parts of Italy and France, examines the possibility of sex between strangers.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
6.0
Fight Club 78.

Fight Club

October 15, 1999 | TV-MA
The film's narrator (Norton) attends support groups of all kinds as a way to "experience" something within his unfeeling, commercial existence. On a business trip, he meets Tyler Durden (Pitt) who encourages them to form a fight club as a release for their latent aggressive tendencies.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
8.9
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 79.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

March 5, 1999 | R
In this wild comedy of errors, a group of London friends find themselves deep in debt to an unsavory underworld figure.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
8.2
The Source 80.

The Source

October 15, 1999
Chuck Workman chronicles the Beat generation, focusing on the Jack Kerouac (Depp), Allen Ginsburg (Tuturro), and William S. Burroughs (Hopper).
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
A Map of the World 81.

A Map of the World

December 3, 1999 | R
A woman (Weaver) lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's (Moore) child, the town turns against her.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.3
The End of the Affair 82.

The End of the Affair

December 3, 1999 | R
A novelist living in London during WWII (Fiennes) has a chance meeting with Henry Miles (Rea), husband of his ex-mistress Sarah (Moore), who abruptly broke off their affair two years before.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.8
Last Night 83.

Last Night

November 5, 1999 | R
The world isn't coming to an end just yet -- there are still six hours left! During the last day on planet Earth, everyone has his or her own unique way of preparing for the end. (Lions Gate Films)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
8.1
Mystery Men 84.

Mystery Men

August 6, 1999 | PG-13
By day, they're a bunch of losers, but by night, they're the Mystery Men...a rag team of superhero wannabes who emerge from the darkness to fight the evil madman Cassanova Frankenstein and his disco-dancing henchmen. [Universal Pictures]
Metascore:
65
User Score:
5.7
Dick 85.

Dick

August 4, 1999 | PG-13
After taking a wrong turn on a White House tour, teens Betsy Jobs (Dunst) and Arlene Lorenzo (Williams) stumble across a room packed full of presidential secrets. To find out exactly what the girls know, "Tricky Dick" Nixon (Hedaya) himself appoints them as official White House dog walkers. Suddenly and accidentally, the two girls are swept up in the political intrigue of the world's most famous break-in: Watergate. [Columbia Tristar]
Metascore:
65
User Score:
8.0
Arlington Road 86.

Arlington Road

July 9, 1999 | R
A gripping contemporary thriller about the terrible truths that can hide behind everyday appearances, Arlington Road is an intense, edge-of-your-seat journey that reveals just how little we know about the world around us. (Sony Pictures)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
8.1
True Crime 87.

True Crime

March 19, 1999 | R
One day before a convicted murderer (Washington) is to be executed, a reporter (Eastwood) discovers proof of his innocence.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.2
Sleepy Hollow 88.

Sleepy Hollow

November 19, 1999 | R
In woods near the tiny New England village of Sleepy Hollow in the late 18th century, Icabod Crane (Depp) is sent to investigate a series of murders reportedly commited by a headless horseman.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
8.7
Joe the King 89.

Joe the King

October 15, 1999 | R
Abused by his mother and his harsh, drunk father (Kilmer), 14-year-old Joe (Fleiss) progresses from committing petty thefts for food to stealing the cashbox from his employer to pay off his father's debts, all of which lead to disaster.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
6.2
The Sixth Sense 90.

The Sixth Sense

August 6, 1999 | PG-13
In this chilling, psychological thriller, 8-year-old Cole Sear (Osment) is haunted by a dark secret: he is visited by ghosts. Confused by his paranormal powers, Cole is too young to understand his purpose and too afraid to tell anyone about his anguish, except child psychologist Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Willis). As Dr. Crowe tries to uncover the ominous truth about Cole's supernatural abilities, the consequences for client and therapist are a jolt that awakens them both to something harrowing...and unexplainable. (Hollywood Pictures)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
8.7
Cradle Will Rock 91.

Cradle Will Rock

December 10, 1999 | R
Centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production, the film is a true story of art and politics in America in the 1930s.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
5.1
Trekkies 92.

Trekkies

March 12, 1999 | PG
This documentary takes a serious look at the amazing cultural and decade-spanning phenomenon of Star Trek fandom.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
5.5
Life 93.

Life

April 16, 1999 | R
Spanning sixty years, this is the story of two friends who are wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison at a Mississippi penitentiary.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
8.1
Happy, Texas 94.

Happy, Texas

October 1, 1999 | PG-13
Two runaway convicts disguise themselves as gay pageant directors in a little Texas town.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
8.1
Sugar Town 95.

Sugar Town

September 17, 1999 | R
The film explores, in authentic detail, the Los Angeles music scene -- a treacherous world where people on every rung of the ladder exploit each other in pursuit of fame and success. (USA Films)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
tbd
Outside Providence 96.

Outside Providence

September 1, 1999 | R
Timothy Dunphy, (aka. "Dunph," "Dildo") has a broken home, a three-legged dog and a full-blown attraction to trouble. After crashing into a parked police car, his father (Baldwin) packs him off to prep school -- where he's out of place, outclassed and seriously outnumbered. Now he's about to show everyone that even he can get a piece of class. (Miramax)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.1
Dogma 97.

Dogma

November 12, 1999 | TV-14
The latest battle in the eternal war between Good and Evil has come to New Jersey in the late, late 20th Century. In Kevin Smith's comic fantasia Dogma, angels, demons, apostles and prophets (of a sort) walk among the cynics and innocents of America and duke it out for the fate of humankind. (Lions Gate Films)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
8.5
Train of Life 98.

Train of Life

November 5, 1999 | R
This haunting and powerful comedy is both the story of a village's dream and a suspenseful tale of great escape. (Paramount Classics)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
8.1
Mumford 99.

Mumford

September 24, 1999 | R
Dr. Mumford (Dean) has a talent for listening. He's only been in town four months, but he's already the most popular psychologist around. He listens to his clients' problems, gets involved in their lives -- and helps them in unexpected ways. But the man who hears the secrets has the biggest secret of all. (Touchstone Pictures)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
8.1
A Midsummer Night's Dream 100.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

May 14, 1999 | PG-13
Shakespeare's classic romantic comedy set in 19th century Tuscany.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
6.5

Titles with fewer than 7 critic reviews are excluded.