Best Movies of 1999

1. 1
   The Green Mile 1999

   Directed by Frank Darabont · Streaming on Tubi TV
   8.5

   8.5 · 20K votes
2. 2
   Fight Club 1999

   Directed by David Fincher
   8.4

   8.4 · 33K votes
3. 3
   The Matrix 1999

   Directed by Lana Wachowski · Streaming on YouTube TV
   8.3

   8.3 · 29K votes
4. 4
   American Beauty 1999

   Directed by Sam Mendes · Streaming on Hoopla
   8.0

   8.0 · 13K votes
5. 5
   The Sixth Sense 1999

   Directed by M. Night Shyamalan · Streaming on Netflix, Apple TV, Hulu
   7.9

   8.0 · 14K votes
6. 6
   The Iron Giant 1999

   Directed by Brad Bird · Streaming on YouTube Free
   7.9

   8.0 · 6.4K votes
7. 7
   Magnolia 1999

   Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · Streaming on HBO Max
   7.7

   7.7 · 4.2K votes
8. 8
   The Straight Story 1999

   Directed by David Lynch · Streaming on Disney Plus
   7.7

   7.7 · 1.9K votes
9. 9
   Toy Story 2 1999

   Directed by John Lasseter · Streaming on Disney Plus, Hulu
   7.6

   7.6 · 16K votes
10. 10
    October Sky 1999

    Directed by Joe Johnston · Streaming on BYUtv, YouTube Free
    7.6

    7.7 · 1.5K votes
11. 11
    10 Things I Hate About You 1999

    Directed by Gil Junger · Streaming on Disney Plus, YouTube TV
    7.6

    7.6 · 9.3K votes
12. 12
    Tel chi el telùn 1999

    Directed by Arturo Brachetti
    7.6

    7.9 · 346 votes
13. 13
    All About My Mother 1999

    Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
    7.5

    7.6 · 2.1K votes
14. 14
    Girl, Interrupted 1999

    Directed by James Mangold · Streaming on Tubi TV, Sony Pictures Core
    7.5

    7.6 · 4.3K votes
15. 15
    Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M 1999

    Directed by Wayne Isham
    7.5

    8.7 · 96 votes
16. 16
    Eyes Wide Shut 1999

    Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.5

    7.5 · 7.4K votes
17. 17
    Herod's Law 1999

    Directed by Luis Estrada · Streaming on Netflix
    7.4

    8.0 · 214 votes
18. 18
    The Insider 1999

    Directed by Michael Mann
    7.4

    7.5 · 2.2K votes
19. 19
    Being John Malkovich 1999

    Directed by Spike Jonze
    7.4

    7.4 · 5K votes
20. 20
    Tarzan 1999

    Directed by Chris Buck · Streaming on Disney Plus
    7.4

    7.4 · 7.6K votes
21. 21
    The Hurricane 1999

    Directed by Norman Jewison · Streaming on YouTube Free, Starz
    7.4

    7.4 · 1.6K votes
22. 22
    Office Space 1999

    Directed by Mike Judge · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.4

    7.4 · 3.6K votes
23. 23
    Boys Don't Cry 1999

    Directed by Kimberly Peirce
    7.3

    7.4 · 1.5K votes
24. 24
    Kikujiro 1999

    Directed by Takeshi Kitano · Streaming on The Roku Channel
    7.3

    7.5 · 627 votes
25. 25
    Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999

    Directed by Jim Jarmusch · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
    7.3

    7.4 · 1.5K votes
26. 26
    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut 1999

    Directed by Trey Parker · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.3 · 3.1K votes
27. 27
    Bicentennial Man 1999

    Directed by Chris Columbus · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    7.2

    7.3 · 4.1K votes
28. 28
    Notting Hill 1999

    Directed by Roger Michell · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.2

    7.3 · 7K votes
29. 29
    I Stand Alone 1999

    Directed by Gaspar Noé
    7.2

    7.4 · 612 votes
30. 30
    Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade 1999

    Directed by Hiroyuki Okiura · Streaming on Crunchyroll, Tubi TV
    7.2

    7.4 · 598 votes
31. 31
    Buena Vista Social Club 1999

    Directed by Wim Wenders · Streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV, YouTube Free
    7.2

    7.5 · 389 votes
32. 32
    American Movie 1999

    Directed by Chris Smith
    7.2

    7.5 · 294 votes
33. 33
    Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost 1999

    Directed by Jim Stenstrum
    7.2

    7.4 · 516 votes
34. 34
    Cosy Dens 1999

    Directed by Jan Hřebejk
    7.2

    8.0 · 123 votes
35. 35
    The Boondock Saints 1999

    Directed by Troy Duffy · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Peacock Premium
    7.2

    7.2 · 2.8K votes
36. 36
    Sleepy Hollow 1999

    Directed by Tim Burton · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.2

    7.2 · 7.7K votes
37. 37
    The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999

    Directed by Anthony Minghella · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Philo
    7.2

    7.2 · 4.4K votes
38. 38
    Man on the Moon 1999

    Directed by Miloš Forman
    7.2

    7.2 · 2.1K votes
39. 39
    The Color of Paradise 1999

    Directed by Majid Majidi
    7.1

    7.6 · 194 votes
40. 40
    Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie 1999

    Directed by Morio Asaka · Streaming on Crunchyroll
    7.1

    7.7 · 172 votes
41. 41
    Bang, Boom, Bang 1999

    Directed by Peter Thorwarth
    7.1

    7.5 · 240 votes
42. 42
    The Old Man and the Sea 1999

    Directed by Aleksandr Petrov
    7.1

    7.6 · 175 votes
43. 43
    Not One Less 1999

    Directed by Zhang Yimou
    7.1

    7.5 · 203 votes
44. 44
    Angela's Ashes 1999

    Directed by Alan Parker · Streaming on Hoopla
    7.1

    7.3 · 365 votes
45. 45
    Following 1999

    Directed by Christopher Nolan · Streaming on Philo, AMC+, Kanopy
    7.1

    7.1 · 2K votes
46. 46
    The Road Home 1999

    Directed by Zhang Yimou
    7.1

    7.4 · 240 votes
47. 47
    The Scooby-Doo Project 1999

    Directed by Steve Patrick
    7.1

    8.1 · 82 votes
48. 48
    Galaxy Quest 1999

    Directed by Dean Parisot · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.1

    7.1 · 2.7K votes
49. 49
    The Mission 1999

    Directed by Johnnie To · Streaming on Kanopy
    7.0

    7.5 · 182 votes
50. 50
    The Cider House Rules 1999

    Directed by Lasse Hallström · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
    7.0

    7.1 · 1.3K votes

Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes.

1. 1
   Goin' Down to South Park 1999

   Directed by Richard Spiller
   6.6

   9.1 · 19 votes
2. 2
   Roaring Across the Horizon 1999

   Directed by Chen Guoxing
   6.5

   8.5 · 17 votes
3. 3
   Small things of unquantifiable value 1999

   Directed by Paolo Genovese
   6.4

   8.5 · 14 votes
4. 4
   Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock 1999

   Directed by Chris Hegedus
   6.5

   8.0 · 23 votes
5. 5
   The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin 1999

   Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama
   6.5

   7.8 · 27 votes
6. 6
   The Delights of Power 1999

   Directed by Iván Lipkies
   6.4

   8.2 · 16 votes
7. 7
   My 1919 1999

   Directed by Huang Jian-Zhong
   6.3

   8.6 · 10 votes
8. 8
   Sirens 1999

   Directed by John Sacret Young
   6.4

   8.1 · 15 votes
9. 9
   News from a Personal War 1999

   Directed by Kátia Lund
   6.4

   7.8 · 21 votes
10. 10
    Vanaprastham 1999

    Directed by Shaji N. Karun
    6.4

    7.8 · 20 votes