1999 in film

See also: 1998 in film, other events of 1999, 2000 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Events

• April 7 – Star Wars fans begin lining up at movie theaters in Westwood and Hollywood to buy tickets for Star Wars, Episode I – The Phantom Menace
• May 3 – A Durham, North Carolina woman named Jennifer Briggs changes her name to Obi-Wan Kenobi Briggs in honor of the Star Wars character. Ms. Briggs wins $1000 from a local radio station for changing her name.

Top grossing films

1. Star Wars, Episode I – The Phantom Menace: $431,088,297
2. The Sixth Sense, starring Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment: $293,506,292
3. Toy Story 2: $245,852,179
4. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, starring Mike Myers: $206,040,086
5. The Matrix, starring Keanu Reeves: $171,479,930
6. Tarzan: $171,091,819
7. Big Daddy: $163,479,795
8. The Mummy: $155,385,488
9. Runaway Bride, starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts: $152,257,509
10. The Blair Witch Project: $140,539,099
11. Stuart Little: $140,035,367
12. The Green Mile: $136,801,374
13. American Beauty: $130,096,601
14. The World Is Not Enough: $126,943,684
15. Double Jeopardy: $116,741,558

21 movies in 1999 grossed over $100 million.

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: American Beauty – DreamWorks SKG, Jinks/Cohen Company
• Best Actor: Kevin Spacey – American Beauty
• Best Actress: Hilary Swank – Boys Don't Cry

Births

Deaths

• February 20 – Gene Siskel, film critic, Siskel and Ebert
• March 7 – Stanley Kubrick, film director
• March 13 – Garson Kanin, writer/director
• April 14 – Ellen Corby, actress, Grandma Walton in "The Waltons"
• April 21 – Buddy Rogers, actor, husband of Mary Pickford
• April 28 – Rory Calhoun, actor
• May 2 – Oliver Reed, actor
• May 8 – Dirk Bogarde, actor/author
• May 21 – Vanessa Brown, actress
• June 11 – DeForest Kelley, actor best known for "Star Trek"
• June 29 – Allan Carr, movie producer
• July 1 – Sylvia Sidney, actress
• July 2 – Mario Puzo, writer/author, "The Godfather"
• August 4 – Victor Mature, actor
• September 9 – Ruth Roman, actress
• September 22 – George C Scott, Oscar winning actor
• December 3 – Madeline Kahn, actress
• December 17 – Rex Allen, cowboy actor, singer
• December 19 – Desmond Llewelyn, actor, "Q" in James Bond films
• December 23 – Lois Hamilton, actress, artist, model

Other movies released

• American Pie
• Being John Malkovich
• The Big Kahuna
• Blast from the Past
• Bowfinger
• Boys Don't Cry
• The Dogwalker
• The Cider House Rules
• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
• Dick
• Dudley Do-Right
• End of Days
• Entrapment
• Eyes Wide Shut
• Fantasia 2000
• Fight Club
• Forces of Nature
• Galaxy Quest
• Guinevere
• The Haunting
• Magnolia
• Man on the Moon
• Radiohead: Meeting People Is Easy (DVD Release)
• My Favorite Martian
• Never Been Kissed
• The Omega Code
• Payback
• Pushing Tin
• Random Hearts
• She's All That
• Simply Irresistible
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
• The Straight Story
• Three Kings
• Three to Tango
• The Thomas Crown Affair
• Trick
• Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
• Wild Wild West