Best Movies of 1999

Added on by C. Maoxian.

This is a list of the Best Movies of 1999 according to John Farr. I find his site hard to navigate, so I create summary lists like this one.

English-language movies:

  1. A Civil Action

  2. American Beauty

  3. Being John Malkovich

  4. Boys Don't Cry

  5. Dick

  6. Election

  7. Magnolia

  8. October Sky

  9. Ratcatcher

  10. Spring Forward

  11. The Blair Witch Project

  12. The Cider House Rules

  13. The Insider

  14. The Iron Giant

  15. The Sixth Sense

  16. The Straight Story

  17. The War Zone

  18. Topsy-Turvy

  19. Toy Story 2

  20. Tumbleweeds

Foreign-language movies:

  1. After Life (Japanese)

  2. All About My Mother (Spanish)

  3. Audition (Japanese)

  4. Children of Heaven (Farsi)

  5. East / West (French)

  6. Farewell, Home Sweet Home (French)

  7. Himalaya (Dolpo)

  8. In China They Eat Dogs (Danish)

  9. It All Starts Today (French)

  10. Kadosh (Hebrew)

  11. Leila (Farsi)

  12. Not One Less (Mandarin)

  13. Peppermint Candy (Korean)

  14. Princess Mononoke (Japanese)

  15. Running Out of Time (Cantonese)

  16. The Color of Paradise (Farsi)

  17. The Emperor and the Assassin (Mandarin)

  18. The Wind Will Carry Us (Farsi)

English-language documentaries:

  1. American Movie

  2. Genghis Blues 

  3. Not for Ourselves Alone

  4. One Day in September

  5. Return With Honor

Foreign-language documentaries:

  1. My Best Friend: Klaud Kinski (German)

  2. The Specialist: Portrait of a Modern Criminal (French)