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 Deep Canvas-pioneering Disney animated feature Tarzan and Best Picture-winner American Beauty and the well-received The Green Mile, as well as the animated works Toy Story 2, Stuart Little and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. 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 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated their 75th anniversaries in 1999.

Highest-grossing films
The top ten films released in 1999 by worldwide gross are as follows:

Notable films released in 1999
U.S.A. unless stated

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 * 10 Things I Hate About You, directed by Gil Junger, starring Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Larisa Oleynik and Joseph Gordon-Levitt
 * The 13th Warrior, directed by John McTiernan, starring Antonio Banderas
 * 200 Cigarettes, starring Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Dave Chappelle, Kate Hudson, Paul Rudd and Christina Ricci
 * 6ixtynin9 (Ruang Talok 69) (Thailand)
 * 8mm, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix and James Gandolfini

A

 * The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
 * After Life (ワンダフルライフ) (Japan)
 * After the Rain (Ame agaru), directed by Takashi Koizumi (Japan)
 * After Stonewall
 * Aik Aur Love Story (One More Love Story) (Pakistan)
 * Aimée & Jaguar (Germany)
 * Alegría
 * All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre), directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes and Penélope Cruz (Spain) – Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe for best foreign film
 * All the Little Animals, directed by Jeremy Thomas, starring John Hurt and Christian Bale (U.K.)
 * The Amateur (Argentina)
 * Ambush (Rukajärven tie) (Finland)
 * American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes, starring Annette Bening, Kevin Spacey, Wes Bentley, Thora Birch, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher and Chris Cooper
 * American Pie, directed by Paul and Chris Weitz, starring Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Eugene Levy, Alyson Hannigan and Seann William Scott
 * Analyze This, directed by Harold Ramis, starring Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal and Lisa Kudrow
 * Angela's Ashes, directed by Alan Parker, starring Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle (Ireland/U.S.A.)
 * Angel's Dance, starring James Belushi
 * Anna and the King, starring Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-fat
 * Annie, directed by Rob Marshall, starring Kathy Bates, Victor Garber, Audra McDonald and Alan Cumming
 * Any Given Sunday, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Al Pacino, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, James Woods, LL Cool J and Matthew Modine
 * Anywhere but Here, starring Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman
 * Arlington Road, starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack and Hope Davis
 * Ashes to Ashes (U.K.)
 * Asterix and Obelix Take on Caesar
 * The Astronaut's Wife, starring Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron
 * At First Sight, starring Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino
 * Attack the Gas Station (Juyuso seubgyuksageun) (South Korea)
 * Audition (Ôdishon), directed by Takashi Miike (Japan)
 * Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, directed by Jay Roach, starring Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Seth Green and Rob Lowe

B

 * Babar: King of the Elephants (Canada)
 * Baby Geniuses, starring Kathleen Turner and Christopher Lloyd
 * The Bachelor, starring Chris O'Donnell and Renée Zellweger
 * Back to the '50s
 * Bangkok Dangerous, directed by the Pang Brothers (Thailand)
 * Beau Travail (Good Work), directed by Claire Denis, starring Denis Lavant (France)
 * Beautiful People (U.K.)
 * Being John Malkovich, directed by Spike Jonze, starring John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich and Charlie Sheen
 * Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland (Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der Schweiz) (Switzerland)
 * Best Laid Plans, starring Reese Witherspoon
 * The Best Man, starring Taye Diggs and Nia Long
 * Better Than Chocolate (Canada)
 * Beyond the Mat, a documentary on professional wrestling
 * Bicentennial Man, directed by Chris Columbus, starring Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz and Oliver Platt
 * Big Daddy, directed by Dennis Dugan, starring Adam Sandler, Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse, Joey Lauren Adams and Rob Schneider
 * The Big Kahuna, starring Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito and Peter Facinelli
 * Black and White, directed by James Toback, starring Robert Downey Jr., Brooke Shields, Gaby Hoffmann and Claudia Schiffer
 * The Blair Witch Project, directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, starring Heather Donahue
 * Blast from the Past, directed by Hugh Wilson, starring Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek, and Dave Foley
 * Blue Streak, starring Martin Lawrence and Luke Wilson
 * The Bone Collector, directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie
 * The Boondock Saints, starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Willem Dafoe and Billy Connolly
 * Bowfinger, directed by Frank Oz, starring Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Christine Baranski, Terence Stamp and Robert Downey Jr.
 * Boys Don't Cry, directed by Kimberly Peirce, starring Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny and Peter Sarsgaard
 * Breakfast of Champions, directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte, Albert Finney and Barbara Hershey
 * Bringing Out the Dead, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Tom Sizemore and Ving Rhames
 * Brokedown Palace, starring Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale
 * Buena Vista Social Club, a musical documentary directed by Wim Wenders (Germany/Cuba/U.S.A./U.K./France)
 * But I'm a Cheerleader
 * Butterfly's Tongue (La lengua de las mariposas) (Spain)
 * Bye Bye Africa (Daratt) (Chad)
 * Bye Bye Bluebird (Faroe Islands/Denmark)

C

 * El Chacotero Sentimental: la película (The Sentimental Teaser) (Chile)
 * Charisma (Karisuma), directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Japan)
 * Chill Factor, starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Skeet Ulrich
 * Chuck E. Cheese in the Galaxy 5000, directed by David Orr
 * Chutney Popcorn
 * The Cider House Rules, directed by Lasse Hallström, starring Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine and Paul Rudd
 * The Color of Lies (Au cœur du mensonge), directed by Claude Chabrol (France)
 * The Color of Paradise (Rang-e Khoda), directed by Majid Majidi (Iran)
 * The Corruptor, starring Chow Yun-fat and Mark Wahlberg
 * Cosy Dens (Pelíšky) (Czech Republic)
 * Cradle Will Rock, directed by Tim Robbins, starring Hank Azaria, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, Susan Sarandon, Emily Watson and Bill Murray
 * Crane World (Mundo grúa) (Argentina)
 * Crazy in Alabama, directed by Antonio Banderas, starring Melanie Griffith
 * The Criminal, starring Steven Mackintosh and Eddie Izzard (U.K.)
 * The Crimson Code, starring Patrick Muldoon, C. Thomas Howell, Fred Ward and Cathy Moriarty
 * Cruel Intentions, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair
 * The Cup (Phörpa) (Bhutan/Australia)
 * Curtain Call, starring James Spader, Polly Walker, Michael Caine and Maggie Smith

D

 * Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha, directed by Takashi Miike (Japan)
 * The Debt Collector, starring Billy Connolly (U.K.)
 * Deep Blue Sea, directed by Renny Harlin, starring Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, Samuel L. Jackson, Stellan Skarsgård and LL Cool J
 * The Deep End of the Ocean, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Treat Williams
 * Detroit Rock City, starring Edward Furlong
 * Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, starring Rob Schneider, William Forsythe, Eddie Griffin and Amy Poehler
 * Deveeri (My Sister), directed by Kavitha Lankesh (India)
 * The Devil's Arithmetic
 * Dick, starring Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams and Dan Hedaya
 * Dill Scallion
 * A Dog of Flanders, starring Jack Warden and Jon Voight
 * Dogma, directed by Kevin Smith, starring Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Chris Rock, Linda Fiorentino, Salma Hayek, Alan Rickman and Jason Lee
 * Don't Look Back (Doko made mo ikō) (Japan)
 * Double Jeopardy, starring Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones
 * Drop Dead Gorgeous, starring Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Kirsten Dunst and Denise Richards
 * Dudley Do-Right, directed by Hugh Wilson, starring Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alfred Molina and Eric Idle

E

 * East is East, starring Om Puri, Linda Bassett and Jimi Mistry (U.K.)
 * East/West (Восток-Запад), starring Sandrine Bonnaire and Catherine Deneuve (Russia/France/Bulgaria/Spain/Ukraine)
 * EDtv, directed by Ron Howard, starring Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Jenna Elfman, Elizabeth Hurley, Ellen DeGeneres and Dennis Hopper
 * Election, directed by Alexander Payne, starring Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein and Jessica Campbell
 * El Intruso (The Intruder) (Colombia)
 * The Emperor and the Assassin (Jing Ke ci Qin Wang), directed by Chen Kaige, starring Gong Li (China)
 * The End of the Affair, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore, Stephen Rea and Ian Hart (U.K./U.S.A.)
 * End of Days, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne and Robin Tunney
 * Entrapment, starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones
 * Entropy, starring Stephen Dorff
 * eXistenZ, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, Ian Holm, Christopher Eccleston and Sarah Polley (Canada/U.K.)
 * Eye of the Beholder, starring Ewan McGregor and Ashley Judd
 * Eyes Wide Shut, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Marie Richardson and Todd Field (U.K./U.S.A.)

F

 * Faeries, featuring the voices of Kate Winslet and Jeremy Irons (U.K.)
 * Fantasia 2000, starring Steve Martin, Bette Midler, David Prowse, Quincy Jones, and Angela Lansbury
 * Farewell, Home Sweet Home (Adieu, plancher des vaches!) (France)
 * Felicia's Journey, starring Bob Hoskins (U.K.)
 * Fight Club, directed by David Fincher, starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter and Meat Loaf Aday
 * The Five Senses (Canada)
 * Flawless, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman
 * The Florentine, starring Virginia Madsen, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn and Hal Holbrook
 * A Force More Powerful
 * For Love of the Game, directed by Sam Raimi, starring Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, Brian Cox and Vin Scully
 * Forces of Nature, starring Ben Affleck, Sandra Bullock and Maura Tierney
 * Free Enterprise, starring Eric McCormack, William Shatner and Rafer Weigel
 * Friends & Lovers, starring Stephen Baldwin, Claudia Schiffer and Robert Downey Jr.

G

 * Galaxy Quest, starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, and Daryl Mitchell
 * Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris (Gamera Surī Jyashin Irisu Kakusei) (Japan)
 * Garage Olimpo (Olympic Garage) (Argentina)
 * The Geisha House (Omocha) (Japan)
 * Gemini (Sôseiji) (Japan)
 * The General's Daughter, directed by Simon West, starring John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, Timothy Hutton, James Cromwell and James Woods
 * Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Forest Whitaker
 * Ghost in Love (Jagwimo) (South Korea)
 * Girl, Interrupted, directed by James Mangold, starring Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Brittany Murphy, Whoopi Goldberg and Vanessa Redgrave
 * Girl on the Bridge (La fille sur le pont), directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Daniel Auteuil and Vanessa Paradis (France)
 * Gloria, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Sharon Stone, Jeremy Northam and George C. Scott
 * Glue Sniffer (Huelepega: Ley de la calle) (Venezuela/Spain)
 * Go, directed by Doug Liman, starring William Fichtner, Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr, Sarah Polley, Scott Wolf, Taye Diggs and Timothy Olyphant
 * God's Wedding (As Bodas de Deus) (Portugal)
 * Godzilla 2000: Millennium (Gojira Nisen: Mireniamu) (Japan)
 * Goya in Bordeaux (Goya en Burdeos), directed by Carlos Saura (Spain)
 * The Green Mile, directed by Frank Darabont, starring Tom Hanks, David Morse, Michael Clarke Duncan, Patricia Clarkson, Bonnie Hunt, and James Cromwell
 * Gregory's Two Girls, directed by Bill Forsyth, starring John Gordon Sinclair, Maria Doyle Kennedy and Dougray Scott (U.K.)
 * Grey Owl, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Pierce Brosnan (U.K./Canada)
 * Guinevere, starring Stephen Rea, Sarah Polley and Jean Smart

H

 * Happy End (South Korea)
 * The Harmonium in My Memory (Nae Maeumui Pongkeum) (South Korea)
 * The Haunting, directed by Jan de Bont, starring Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lili Taylor and Owen Wilson
 * Held Up, starring Jamie Foxx and Nia Long
 * Herod's Law (La ley de Herodes), starring Damián Alcázar and Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (Mexico)
 * The Hi-Line, starring Rachael Leigh Cook
 * Holy Smoke!, directed by Jane Campion, starring Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel and Pam Grier (Australia)
 * House on Haunted Hill, starring Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter and Peter Gallagher
 * Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (I Have Already Given My Heart, Darling) (India)
 * Human Traffic, starring John Simm, Lorraine Pilkington and Danny Dyer (U.K.)
 * Humanité (France)
 * The Hurricane, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Denzel Washington – a biopic of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

I

 * I Will Survive (Sobreviviré) (Spain)
 * An Ideal Husband, directed by Oliver Parker, starring Cate Blanchett, Jeremy Northam, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore and Minnie Driver (U.K.)
 * Idle Hands, starring Devon Sawa
 * In China They Eat Dogs (I Kina Spiser de Hunde) (Denmark)
 * In Dreams, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Annette Bening, Aidan Quinn and Robert Downey Jr.
 * In Too Deep, starring Omar Epps and LL Cool J
 * The Insider, directed by Michael Mann, starring Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Philip Baker Hall, Diane Venora and Debi Mazar
 * Inspector Gadget, directed by David Kellogg, starring Matthew Broderick, Rupert Everett, Joely Fisher, Michelle Trachtenberg and Dabney Coleman
 * Instinct, starring Anthony Hopkins and Cuba Gooding Jr.
 * It All Starts Today (Ça commence aujourd'hui), directed by Bertrand Tavernier (France)

J

 * Jackie Chan: My Stunts, a documentary directed by and starring Jackie Chan (Hong Kong)
 * Jakob the Liar, directed by Peter Kassovitz, starring Robin Williams, Alan Arkin, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon and Bob Balaban
 * Jawbreaker, starring Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz and Judy Greer
 * Jesus' Son, starring Billy Crudup, Denis Leary and Holly Hunter (Canada/U.S.A.)
 * Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (Japan)
 * Joe the King, starring Val Kilmer
 * Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
 * Journey to the Sun (Güneşe Yolculuk) (Turkey)
 * Juha, directed by Aki Kaurismäki (Finland)
 * Just a Little Harmless Sex, starring Alison Eastwood and Lauren Hutton
 * Just the Ticket, starring Andy García

K

 * K-911, starring James Belushi
 * Kadosh (Sacred) (Israel)
 * Karnaval (Carnival) (France)
 * Kikujiro (Kikujirō no Natsu), directed by Takeshi Kitano (Japan)
 * The King and I, animated film featuring voices of Miranda Richardson and Darrell Hammond
 * King of Comedy (Hei kek ji wong) (Hong Kong)
 * Kiss the Sky, starring William Petersen, Sheryl Lee and Gary Cole
 * Kiss Toledo Goodbye, starring Christopher Walken

L

 * Lake Placid, starring Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson and Betty White
 * Lansky, starring Richard Dreyfuss
 * Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed
 * The Law of Enclosures (Canada)
 * The Letter (La Lettre / A Carta), directed by Manoel de Oliveira (France/Portugal)
 * Liberty Heights, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Adrien Brody, Bebe Neuwirth, Orlando Jones, Ben Foster and Joe Mantegna
 * Life, directed by Ted Demme, starring Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Bernie Mac and Ned Beatty
 * Light It Up, starring Usher Raymond and Forest Whitaker
 * Limbo, directed by John Sayles, starring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, David Strathairn and Kris Kristofferson
 * The Limey, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzmán and Barry Newman
 * The Loss of Sexual Innocence, directed by Mike Figgis, starring Julian Sands, Saffron Burrows and Gina McKee (U.K./U.S.A.)
 * Lost & Found, starring David Spade and Sophie Marceau
 * The Love Letter, starring Kate Capshaw, Ellen DeGeneres, Tom Everett Scott and Tom Selleck
 * Love Stinks, starring French Stewart and Bridgette Wilson
 * Love Wind Love Song (Yeonpung yeonga) (South Korea)
 * Luna Papa (Lunnyy papa) (Russia)
 * Lycanthrope, starring Robert Carradine

M

 * Magnolia, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeremy Blackman, Melora Walters and Jason Robards
 * Man of the Century
 * Man on the Moon, directed by Miloš Forman, starring Jim Carrey, Courtney Love, Danny DeVito and Paul Giamatti
 * Mansfield Park, starring Frances O'Connor and James Purefoy (U.K.)
 * A Map of the World, starring Sigourney Weaver
 * Marshal Tito's Spirit (Maršal) (Croatia)
 * The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human, starring Carmen Electra
 * The Matrix, directed by the Wachowskis, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano
 * Memento Mori (Yeogogoedam dubeonjjae iyagi) (South Korea)
 * Message in a Bottle, starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn, Paul Newman, John Savage, Robbie Coltrane and Illeana Douglas
 * The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc), directed by Luc Besson, starring Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway and Dustin Hoffman (France)
 * Mickey Blue Eyes, starring Hugh Grant, James Caan and Jeanne Tripplehorn
 * A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Michael Hoffman, starring Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Stanley Tucci, Calista Flockhart and Christian Bale (U.K./U.S.A.)
 * Mifune's Last Song (Mifunes sidste sang) (Denmark)
 * The Minus Man, directed by Hampton Fancher, starring Owen Wilson, Brian Cox, Sheryl Crow, Janeane Garofalo and Mercedes Ruehl
 * Miss Julie, starring Saffron Burrows and Peter Mullan (U.K./U.S.A.)
 * The Mod Squad, starring Claire Danes, Omar Epps, Giovanni Ribisi and Dennis Farina
 * Moloch, directed by Alexander Sokurov (Russia)
 * Molokai: The Story of Father Damien, starring David Wenham and Peter O'Toole (Belgium)
 * Monkeybone, directed by Henry Selick, starring Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda and Whoopi Goldberg with the voice of John Turturro
 * Moonlight Whispers (Sasayaki) (Japan)
 * Mumford, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard and Jason Lee
 * The Mummy, directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Kevin J. O'Connor and Arnold Vosloo
 * Muppets from Space, starring Jeffrey Tambor, Rob Schneider and Andie MacDowell, with the voices of Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz and Frank Oz
 * The Muse, directed by and starring Albert Brooks, with Sharon Stone, Andie MacDowell and Jeff Bridges
 * Music of the Heart, starring Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett and Gloria Estefan
 * My Life So Far, directed by Hugh Hudson, starring Colin Firth, Rosemary Harris, Irène Jacob and Malcolm McDowell (U.K.)
 * My Voyage to Italy (Il mio viaggio in Italia), a documentary directed by Martin Scorsese (U.S.A./Italy)
 * Mystery, Alaska, directed by Jay Roach, starring Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria, Mary McCormack and Burt Reynolds
 * Mystery Men, starring Ben Stiller, William H. Macy, Janeane Garofalo, Hank Azaria, Greg Kinnear, Paul Reubens and Geoffrey Rush

N

 * Nang Nak (Thailand)
 * The Nanny (La Balia) (Italy)
 * Never Been Kissed, starring Drew Barrymore and David Arquette
 * New Waterford Girl (Canada)
 * Nightshapes (Nachtgestalten) (Germany)
 * The Ninth Gate, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Emmanuelle Seigner and Frank Langella (U.S.A./Spain/France)
 * No One Writes to the Colonel (El coronel no tiene quien le escriba), starring Fernando Luján, Marisa Paredes and Salma Hayek (Mexico)
 * No Trains No Planes (Netherlands)
 * Northern Skirts (Nordrand) (Austria)
 * Not of this World (Fuori Dal Mondo) (Italy)
 * Not One Less (Yi ge dou bu neng shao), directed by Zhang Yimou (China)
 * Notting Hill, directed by Roger Michell, starring Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee, Hugh Bonneville and Rhys Ifans (U.K.)
 * Nowhere to Hide (Injeong sajeong bol geot eobtda) (South Korea)

O

 * Office Space, directed by Mike Judge, starring Ron Livingston, Gary Cole, Stephen Root, John C. McGinley and Jennifer Aniston
 * The Old Man and the Sea (Старик и море) (Russia/Japan/Canada)
 * The Omega Code, starring Casper Van Dien, Michael York, Michael Ironside and Catherine Oxenberg
 * The One and Only (Den Eneste Ene) (Denmark)
 * One Man's Hero, starring Tom Berenger
 * Onegin, starring Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler and Irene Worth (U.K./U.S.A.)
 * Operation Grandma (Mivtza Savta) (Israel)
 * Ordinary Heroes (Qian yan wan yu) (Hong Kong)
 * Oriundi, directed by Anthony Quinn (Brazil)
 * The Other Sister, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Juliette Lewis, Diane Keaton, Giovanni Ribisi and Tom Skerritt
 * Our Friend, Martin

P

 * Payback, directed by Brian Helgeland, starring Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, William Devane, James Coburn and Lucy Liu
 * Pitch People
 * Play It to the Bone, directed by Ron Shelton, starring Woody Harrelson, Antonio Banderas, Lolita Davidovich and Lucy Liu
 * Pola X, starring Guillaume Depardieu, Yekaterina Golubeva and Catherine Deneuve (France/Switzerland/Germany/Japan)
 * Poppoya (Railroad Man), starring Ken Takakura (Japan)
 * Postmen in the Mountains (Nàshān nàrén nàgǒu) (China)
 * The Power of Kangwon Province (Gangwon-do ui him) (South Korea)
 * Propaganda (Turkey)
 * Pushing Tin, directed by Mike Newell, starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett and Angelina Jolie

R

 * Random Hearts, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Bonnie Hunt and Charles S. Dutton
 * Ratcatcher, directed by Lynne Ramsay (U.K.)
 * Ravenous, directed by Antonia Bird starring Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeremy Davies and David Arquette (Czech Republic/U.K./U.S.A.)
 * Return of the Idiot (Návrat idiota) (Czech Republic)
 * Rites of Passage, starring Dean Stockwell and James Remar
 * The Road Home (wǒde fùqin mǔqin), directed by Zhang Yimou (China)
 * Rodents (Ratas, Ratones, Rateros) (Ecuador)
 * Rogue Trader, starring Ewan McGregor, Anna Friel and Tim McInnerny (U.K.)
 * Romance X – France
 * A Room for Romeo Brass, directed by Shane Meadows, starring Andrew Shim, Paddy Considine and Bob Hoskins (U.K.)
 * Rosetta, directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (France/Belgium)
 * Run for Money (Kaç para kaç) (Turkey)
 * Runaway Bride, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere
 * The Runner, starring Ron Eldard and Courteney Cox

S

 * Same Love, Same Rain (El mismo amor, la misma lluvia) (Argentina)
 * Sarfarosh (Martyr), starring Aamir Khan (India)
 * See You in Hell, My Darling (Θα σε Δω στην Κόλαση Αγάπη μου) (Greece)
 * Set Me Free (Emporte-Moi) (Canada/France/Switzerland)
 * Seventeen Years (guò nián huí jiā), directed by Zhang Yuan (China)
 * Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (Sex, Shame and Tears) (Mexico)
 * Shaheed-E-Mohabbat (India)
 * Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (Samehada Otoko to Momojiri Onna) (Japan)
 * She's All That, starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook
 * Shiri (South Korea)
 * Shower (Xizao) (China)
 * Sicilia! (Sicily) (Italy)
 * Simon Magus, starring Stuart Townsend (U.K.)
 * Simpatico, starring Jeff Bridges, Sharon Stone, Nick Nolte, Catherine Keener and Albert Finney
 * Simply Irresistible, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Sean Patrick Flanery
 * The Sixth Sense, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, starring Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette and Olivia Williams
 * Sleeping Beauties
 * Sleepy Hollow, directed by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien and Christopher Walken
 * A Slipping-Down Life, starring Lili Taylor and Guy Pearce
 * Snow Falling on Cedars, starring Ethan Hawke
 * Solas (Spain)
 * Sonnenallee (Germany)
 * South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, directed by Trey Parker
 * Speedway Junky, starring Jesse Bradford and Daryl Hannah
 * The Spirit of My Mother (El Espiritu de mi Mama) (Honduras)
 * Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, directed by George Lucas, starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd and Terence Stamp
 * Stigmata, starring Patricia Arquette and Gabriel Byrne
 * Stir of Echoes, starring Kevin Bacon
 * The Story of Us, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer
 * The Straight Story, directed by David Lynch, starring Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek and Harry Dean Stanton
 * Stuart Little, starring Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie and Jonathan Lipnicki with the voices of Michael J. Fox and Nathan Lane
 * Summer of Sam, directed by Spike Lee, starring John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito and Anthony LaPaglia
 * Sunshine (A napfény íze), directed by István Szabó, starring Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Jennifer Ehle, Rachel Weisz and William Hurt (Hun/Austria/Germany/Canada)
 * Superstar, starring Molly Shannon and Will Ferrell
 * Sweet and Lowdown, directed by Woody Allen, starring Sean Penn, Uma Thurman, Samantha Morton and Anthony LaPaglia

T

 * Taboo (Gohatto), directed by Nagisa Oshima, starring Ryuhei Matsuda and Beat Takeshi (Japan)
 * The Talented Mr. Ripley, directed by Anthony Minghella, starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett and Philip Seymour Hoffman
 * Tarzan, directed by Kevin Lima and Chris Buck, with the voices of Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, Brian Blessed, Nigel Hawthorne and Rosie O'Donnell
 * Tea with Mussolini, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Cher, Joan Plowright, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Lily Tomlin (U.K./Italy)
 * Teaching Mrs. Tingle, starring Helen Mirren, Katie Holmes and Barry Watson
 * Teen Knight
 * Tell Me Something (South Korea)
 * That Championship Season, starring Paul Sorvino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Gary Sinise, Terry Kinney and Tony Shalhoub
 * The Thirteenth Floor, starring Craig Bierko, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Gretchen Mol (U.S.A./Germany)
 * The Thirteenth Year
 * The Time Shifters
 * The Thomas Crown Affair, directed by John McTiernan, starring Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo and Denis Leary
 * Three Kings, directed by David O. Russell, starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Nora Dunn and Spike Jonze
 * Three Seasons (Ba Mùa) (U.S.A./Vietnam)
 * Three to Tango, starring Matthew Perry, Neve Campbell and Oliver Platt
 * Time at the Top
 * Time Regained (Le Temps retrouvé), starring Catherine Deneuve and Emmanuelle Béart (France)
 * Titus, directed by Julie Taymor, starring Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Angus Macfadyen and Alan Cumming (U.K./U.S.A.)
 * To Walk with Lions, starring Richard Harris and Ian Bannen (U.K.)
 * Topsy-Turvy, directed by Mike Leigh, starring Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Lesley Manville, Shirley Henderson, Kevin McKidd and Timothy Spall (U.K.)
 * Toy Story 2, directed by John Lasseter, with the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Joan Cusack and Kelsey Grammer
 * Trick, starring Tori Spelling and Christian Campbell
 * True Crime, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Isaiah Washington, Denis Leary and James Woods
 * Tube Tales, directed by Bob Hoskins, Ewan McGregor, Jude Law and others (U.K.)
 * Tumbleweeds, starring Janet McTeer and Kimberly J. Brown
 * Twin Falls Idaho, directorial and screenwriting debut for The Polish brothers
 * Two Girls and a Guy, directed by James Toback, starring Robert Downey Jr., Heather Graham and Natasha Gregson Wagner
 * Two Hands, starring Heath Ledger and Bryan Brown (Australia)
 * Two Women (Do zan) (Iran)

U

 * Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna & Ultraman Gaia: Battle in Hyperspace (Japan)
 * Undercover Angel (Un vrai petit ange) (Canada)
 * Uninvited Guest, starring Mekhi Phifer

V

 * Varsity Blues, starring James Van Der Beek and Jon Voight
 * Vaastav: The Reality, starring Sanjay Dutt (India)
 * Victim (Mu lu xiong guang), directed by Ringo Lam, starring Tony Leung Ka-fai (Hong Kong)
 * The Virgin Suicides, directed by Sofia Coppola, starring Kirsten Dunst, James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Josh Hartnett and Danny DeVito
 * Virus, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin and Donald Sutherland

W

 * Wakko's Wish
 * Walking Across Egypt, starring Ellen Burstyn, Mark Hamill and Edward Herrmann
 * A Walk on the Moon, starring Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, Liev Schreiber and Anna Paquin
 * The War Zone, directed by Tim Roth, starring Ray Winstone and Tilda Swinton (U.K.)
 * Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?, starring Tom Courtenay, Stephen Fry and Lulu (U.K.)
 * Why Not Me? (Pourquoi pas moi?) (France)
 * Wild Wild West, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh and Salma Hayek
 * The Wind Will Carry Us (Bād mā rā khāhad bord), directed by Abbas Kiarostami (Iran)
 * Wing Commander, starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Saffron Burrows and Matthew Lillard
 * The Winslow Boy, directed by David Mamet, starring Nigel Hawthorne, Jeremy Northam, Rebecca Pidgeon and Gemma Jones (U.K.)
 * With Fire and Sword, directed by Jerzy Hoffman (Poland)
 * Wonderland, directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Gina McKee, Shirley Henderson, Ian Hart and John Simm (U.K.)
 * The Wood, starring Omar Epps
 * The World Is Not Enough, directed by Michael Apted, starring Pierce Brosnan (as James Bond), Sophie Marceau, Denise Richards, Robert Carlyle and Judi Dench (U.K.)

Y

 * Yana's Friends (Ha Chaverim shel Yana) (Israel)
 * Yellow Hair (Norang meori) (South Korea)

Births

 * January 1 – Diamond White, (actress)
 * January 18 – Karan Brar, actor
 * February 10 – Tiffany Espensen, actress
 * April 9 – Isaac Hempstead Wright, actor
 * May 11 – Sabrina Carpenter, actress
 * May 25 – Brec Bassinger, actress
 * May 28 – Cameron Boyce, actor (d. 2019)
 * May 30 – Sean Giambrone, actor
 * June 18 - Trippie Redd, rapper
 * June 27 – Chandler Riggs, actor
 * July 9 – Claire Corlett, actress
 * July 30 – Joey King, actress
 * August 22
 * Dakota Goyo, actor
 * Ricardo Hurtado, actor and singer
 * September 7 – Michelle Creber, actress
 * October 14 – Jacob Griffith, iPad player and actor
 * October 15 – Bailee Madison, actress
 * November 10 – Kiernan Shipka, actress

Film debuts

 * Amy Adams - Drop Dead Gorgeous
 * Anthony Anderson - Life
 * Jay Baruchel - Running Home
 * Zooey Deschanel - Mumford
 * Idris Elba - Belle maman
 * Colin Farrell - The War Zone
 * James Franco - Never Been Kissed
 * Zach Galifianakis - Flushed
 * Regina Hall - The Best Man
 * Hugh Jackman - Paperback Hero
 * Dakota Johnson - Crazy in Alabama
 * Chris Klein - Election
 * Ashton Kutcher - Coming Soon
 * Ali Larter - Varsity Blues
 * Justin Long - Galaxy Quest
 * Kate Mara - Random Hearts
 * Melissa McCarthy - Go
 * Emily Osment - The Secret Life of Girls
 * Simon Pegg - Tube Tales
 * Seann William Scott - American Pie
 * Gabrielle Union - She's All That