1999 in film


The year 1999 in film included Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, the science-fiction hit The Matrix, the animated works Stuart Little, The Iron Giant, ' and My Neighbors the Yamadas, the Best Picture-winner American Beauty, the well-received The Green Mile, the Pixar sequel film Toy Story 2, and the Deep Canvas-pioneering Disney animated feature Tarzan. Other noteworthy releases included Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman's breakout film Being John Malkovich and M. Night Shyamalan's breakout film The Sixth Sense, the controversial Fight Club and Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia. The year also featured George Lucas' top-grossing '. Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated their 75th anniversaries in 1999.

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1999 by worldwide gross are as follows:
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1'20th Century Fox$924,317,558
2The Sixth SenseDisney$672,806,292
3Toy Story 2Disney$487,059,677
4The MatrixWarner Bros.$463,517,383
5TarzanDisney$448,191,819
6The MummyUniversal$415,933,406
7Notting HillUniversal$363,889,678
8The World Is Not EnoughMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$361,832,400
9American BeautyDreamWorks$356,296,601
10'Warner Bros.$312,016,858

Awards

1999 Wide-release films

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October–December

Notable films released in 1999

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