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THE BEST AND WORST OF 1999
The author’s considered best/worst in each category are listed in bold italics with an asterisk (*). The listed links will take you to more detailed reveiews of each film.
Recurrent Themes of the Year
Virtual Reality – eXistenZ, The Matrix, Revelation, The 13th Floor
A Big Return of Supernatural Horror – The Blair Witch Project, The Haunting, The Haunting of Hell House, House on Haunted Hill, The Ninth Gate, The Sixth Sense, Sleepy Hollow, Stigmata, Stir of Echoes
CGI Monster Movies – Bats, Deep Blue Sea, Godzilla 2000, Lake Placid, The Mummy
The Millennium – Babel, End of Days, Entrapment, The Omega Code, Possessed, Sleepy Hollow
Catholicism – Desecration, The Divine Ryans, Dogma, Stigmata, The Third Miracle, A Twist of Faith
Films About Star Trek Fandom – Free Enterprise, GalaxyQuest, Trekkies
Friendly Serial Killers – Felicia’s Journey, The Minus Man
Invisible Companions – Fight Club, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, The Sixth Sense
Deconstructions of Hansel and Gretel – Criminal Lovers, Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
The 10 Best Films
Worst Films
Best Director
Tim Burton – Sleepy Hollow
David Fincher – Fight Club
David Koepp – Stir of Echoes
M. Night Shyamalan – The Sixth Sense
The Wachowski Brothers – The Matrix (*)
Best Original Screenplay
Being John Malkovich
Dogma
GalaxyQuest
The Matrix (*)
The Sixth Sense
Best Adapted Screenplay
Fight Club (*)
The Iron Giant
The Minus Man
Stir of Echoes
The Third Miracle
Best Actor
Tim Allen – GalaxyQuest
Ed Harris – The Third Miracle
Mike Myers – Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (*)
Edward Norton – Fight Club
Brad Pitt – Fight Club
Best Actress
Rachel Griffiths – Me Myself I
Sophie Marceau – The World is Not Enough (*)
Carrie-Ann Moss – The Matrix
Mira Sorvino – Summer of Sam
Sharon Stone – The Muse
Best Supporting Actor
Tom Cruise – Magnolia (*)
Michael Clarke Duncan – The Green Mile
Armin Mueller-Stahl – The Third Miracle
Haley Joel Osment – The Sixth Sense
Hugo Weaving – The Matrix
Best Supporting Actress
Claire Benedict – Felicia’s Journey
Maria Celedonio – Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (*)
Marisa Coughlan – Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Catherine Keener – Being John Malkovich
Julianne Moore – Magnolia
Best Cinematography
8MM (*)
Nang Nak
The Phantom of the Opera
Sleepy Hollow
The 13th Warrior
Best Musical Score
eXistenZ
Godzilla 2000
The Ninth Gate (*)
Sleepy Hollow
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
The 13th Warrior
Best Special Effects
Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris
The Mummy
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (*)
Stuart Little
Wing Commander
Best Makeup Effects
eXistenZ
GalaxyQuest
Instinct (*)
The Mummy
Virus
Best Production Design
The Haunting
The Mummy
Sleepy Hollow
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (*)
Wild Wild West
Scariest Moment in a Genre Film
The last 20 minutes – Audition
Funniest Moment in a Genre Film
GalaxyQuest
Best New Villain
Elektra King (Sophie Marceau – The World is Not Enough)
Best New Psycho
Vann Siegert (Owen Wilson – The Minus Man)
Most Underrated Film
The popular vote would seem to be for The
Iron Giant, a noble contender. But the real vote must surely go to
Stir of Echoes, which didn’t receive as much the post-release reevaluation
that The Iron Giant did.
Best & Worst Sequel/Remake
Best Sequel – Toy Story 2. Worst
Remake – Maybe the Worst Remake Ever – The
Haunting