5th Empire Awards


The 5th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 1999 and took place on 17 February 2000 at the Park Lane Hotel in London, England. During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in nine categories as well as five honorary awards. The honorary Contribution to Cinema award was introduced and presented for the only time this year. The honorary Movie Masterpiece Award was presented for the last time, having been presented for the first and only other time at the 4th Empire Awards in 1999. The awards were sponsored by Stella Artois for the third consecutive year.
Notting Hill won the most awards with three including Best British Film and Best British Director for Roger Michell. Other winners included The Matrix with two awards including Best Film and East Is East, Fight Club, Shakespeare in Love, The Sixth Sense and The World Is Not Enough with one. Kenneth Branagh received the Empire Inspiration Award, Michael Caine received the Lifetime Achievement Award, Industrial Light & Magic received the Contribution to Cinema award and Oliver Stone received the Movie Masterpiece Award for JFK.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • The Matrix
  • * '
  • * Fight Club
  • * Notting Hill
  • * The Sixth Sense
  • Notting Hill
  • * East Is East
  • * Human Traffic
  • * Little Voice
  • * Shakespeare in Love
  • M. Night Shyamalan — The Sixth Sense
  • * Ang Lee — Ride with the Devil
  • * Andy and Lana Wachowski — The Matrix
  • * David Fincher — Fight Club
  • * George Lucas — '
  • Roger Michell — Notting Hill
  • * Damien O'Donnell — East Is East
  • * John Madden — Shakespeare in Love
  • * Justin Kerrigan — Human Traffic
  • * Mark Herman — Little Voice
  • Pierce Brosnan — The World Is Not Enough
  • * Brad Pitt — Fight Club
  • * Bruce Willis — The Sixth Sense
  • * Keanu Reeves — The Matrix
  • * Tom Cruise — Eyes Wide Shut
  • Hugh Grant — Notting Hill
  • * Ewan McGregor — '
  • * Ian McKellen — Gods and Monsters
  • * Joseph Fiennes — Shakespeare in Love
  • * Rhys Ifans — Notting Hill
  • Gwyneth Paltrow — Shakespeare in Love
  • * Nicole Kidman — Eyes Wide Shut
  • * Rene Russo — The Thomas Crown Affair
  • * Sophie Marceau — The World Is Not Enough
  • * Toni Collette — The Sixth Sense
  • Helena Bonham Carter — Fight Club
  • * Brenda Blethyn — Little Voice
  • * Kate Winslet — Hideous Kinky
  • * Minnie Driver — An Ideal Husband
  • * Olivia Williams — Rushmore and The Sixth Sense
  • Carrie-Anne Moss — The Matrix
  • The crew of East Is East
  • * Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick — The Blair Witch Project
  • * Haley Joel Osment — The Sixth Sense
  • * Jewel — Ride with the Devil
  • * Tim Roth — The War Zone
  • Empire Inspiration Award: Kenneth Branagh
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Michael Caine
  • Movie Masterpiece Award: Oliver Stone — JFK
  • Contribution to Cinema: Industrial Light & Magic'''

    • Multiple awards

    The following two films received multiple awards:
    AwardsFilm
    3Notting Hill
    2The Matrix

    Multiple nominations

    The following 12 films received multiple nominations:
    NominationsFilm
    6The Sixth Sense
    5Notting Hill
    4Fight Club
    4Shakespeare in Love
    4The Matrix
    3East Is East
    3Little Voice
    2Eyes Wide Shut
    2Human Traffic
    2Ride with the Devil
    2
    2The World Is Not Enough