Movies of 1999


In 1999 we watched quite a few movies.  I have categorized.  Some fall into more than one category, so they have been cross-referenced.
 

Canada:

Scanners, Indian Summer, Map of the Human Heart, Night Zoo, Canadian Bacon, Kissed, Anne of Green Gables, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen, Lucy Maude Montgomery, Curling, Tanobe Miyami: my Floating World, The Parliamentary Video, The Longhouse People.

Germany:

Die Blaue Engel/the Blue Angel, Alice in den Stadten/Alice in the Cities, Die Angst Des Tormanns Beim Elfmeter/The Anxiety of the Goalkeeper at the Penalty Kick, Falsche Bewegung/Wrong Move, Im Lauf Der Zeit/Kings of the Road, Der Amerikanische Freund/The American Friend, Lightning Over Water, Der Stand Der Dinge/The State of Things, Kondom des Grauens/Killer Condom.

Japan:

Hana-bi, Lupin the 3rd: Dead or Alive, Lupin 3rd: Napoleon’s Dictionary, Sleepless Town, Shiko Hun-jatta, Antarctica, Shall We Dance?, Yuki-e, Deep River, Ring, Spiral, Ring 2, The Birdmen of China, Throne of Blood, Manji, Samurai Fiction, The Hidden Fortress, Madadayo, Pride, Yojimbo, Seishun den deke deke deke, The Funeral, Drunken Angel, Same hada otoko to momijiri onna, Picnic, High and Low, Kids Return, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Memories, The Black Lizard, Gohatto (theater), Ghost In The Shell, Dog Race.

India:

Muthu: Dancing Maharaja, Dancing Godfather.

Italy:

the Bicycle Thief, 120 Days of Sodom, 1900, Death in Venice.

France:

Les Enfants Terribles, Orpheus, Frantic (Louis Malle), Blood of a Poet, The Phantom of Liberty.

Hong Kong:

Miracles, Happy Together/Buenos Aires, Fallen Angels, Hard Boiled, The Opium War, Drunken Fist 2, Enter the Dragon.

Action:

Rush Hour, Knock Off, Mortal Combat, Mortal Combat Annihilation, Zorro (Alain Delon), Captain Blood, The Mask of Zorro, Lethal Weapon 4 The Man in the Iron Mask, Stagecoach, Eraser, King Kong, Desperate Measures, Shaft, Unforgiven, The Jackal, Snake Eyes, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Goldeneye.

Crime:

Jackie Brown. Who’s That Knocking at my Door? Hana-bi, To Catch a Thief, Hard Boiled, Replacement Killers, Dog Day Afternoon, Grosse Pointe Blank, The Conversation, The Usual Suspects, Ghosts of the Civil Dead, Scarface, The Getaway, Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Liar, Our Of Sight, The Spanish Prisoner, Clay Pigeons, Dog Race, Cape Fear (1961), Vertigo, High and Low, A Life Less Ordinary, Dog Race.

Noir:

To Catch a Thief, Frantic (Louis Malle), Fallen Angels, The Third man, Die Blaue Engel/the Blue Angel, Zentropa/Europs, L.A. Confidential, The Manchurian Candidate, Morocco, The Killing, Hammett, The Berlin Affair and Manji, In A Lonely Place, Die Angst Des Tormanns Beim Elfmeter/The Anxiety of the Goalkeeper at the Penalty Kick, Gaslight, Tokyo Joe, Dial ‘M’ for Murder, Strangers on a Train, The 39 Steps.

Drama:

Death and the Maiden, Who’s That Knocking at my Door?, The Game, Ordinary People, The Fabulous Baker Boys, It’s a Wonderful Life, Shall We Dance? The Bicycle Thief, The Wild One, She’s So Lovely, Panic in Needle Park, 1900, Death in Venice, The Rose, Mr. Smith Goes To Town, Good Will Hunting, A Star Is Born, Lolita, The Rainmaker, In the Name of the Father, The Blackout, On the Beach, Boogie Nights, The Misfits, the Ice Storm, Tin Men, Gung Ho, Kids, The Last Picture Show, Lulu on the Bridge, The Sweet Hereafter, Alice in the Cities, City of Angels, The Last Detail, Indian Summer, Map of the Human Heart, Night Zoo, Home for the Holidays, The Mighty, The World of Suzy Wong, Henry Fool, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Jerry MacGuire, Simple Men ,Shakespeare In Love, Somebody to Love.

Music:

the Rose, A Star Is Born, Help!, Amadeus, Phantom of the Paradise, Blue Hawaii, In Bed With Madonna, Jailhouse Rock, Velvet Goldmine.

Comedy:

Postman, 101 Dalmations, Bill and Ted’s Amazing Voyage, Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, Bean, Some Like It Hot, Austin Powers, Grosse Pointe Blank, Black Adder 1, Nothing to Lose, Help! Absolute Beginners, Addam’s Family Values, Addam’s Family Reunion, The Philadelphia Story, It Happened One Night, The Magic Christian, Kindergarten Cop, Deconstructing Harry, In the Soup, Slapstick, Coffee and Cigarettes, Bringing up Baby, There’s Something About Mary, The Adventures of Barry MacKenzie, Top Secret, You’ve Got Mail.

Black comedy:

Being There, The Mouse That Roared, Two Days In The Valley, Down And Out In Beverly Hills, Trees Lounge, Roaslie Goes Shopping, The Big Lebowski, Trouble in Mind, Canadian Bacon, Kissed, Twin Town, Barcelona, The Trouble With Harry.

War:

Paths of Glory, Wag the Dog, Saving Private Ryan, Welcome to Sarajevo, Kelley’s Heroes, The Eye of the Needle.

Horror:

120 Days of Sodom, Ring, Spiral, Ring 2, Psycho, The Exorcist, The Hunger, Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist 2, Innocent Blood, Scanners.

Science Fiction:

Starship Troopers, THX-1138, X-Files: Master Plan, Star Trek: Arena, Star Trek: Space Seed, Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan, The Ewoks: Battle of Endor, 2001, 2010, Dark Star, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Phantom Menace (theater), Species 2, Lost in Space, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Matrix (theater).

Art:

Orpheus, Les Enfants Terribles, 120 Days of Sodom, Stranger Than Paradise, Blood of a Poet, The Draughtsman’s Contract, The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Trial, The Phantom of Liberty, Shakespeare In Love.

Strange:

Search and Destroy, THX-1138, Les Enfants Terribles, Orpheus, La Belle et la Bete, 120 Days of Sodom, Blood of a Poet, Ghosts of the Civil Dead, Pink Flamingos, Deep Throat.

Alfred Hitchcock:

To Catch a Thief, Psycho, Vertigo, Dial ‘M’ for Murder, Strangers on a Train, The Trouble With Harry, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The 39 Steps.

Kurosawa Akira:

The Hidden Fortress, Madadayo, Yojimbo, Drunken Angel, High and Low, Throne of Blood.

Jean Cocteau:

Orpheus, Les Enfants Terribles, La Belle et la Bete/Beauty and the Beast, Blood of a Poet.

Wim Wenders:

Hammett, The Anxiety of the Goalkeeper at the Penalty Kick, Alice in the Cities, Wrong Move, Kings of the Road, Lightning Over Water, The State of Things.

Animation:

Antz, Lupin the 3rd: Dead or Alive, Lupin 3rd: Napoleon’s Dictionary, Ghost In The Shell, Memories.

Documentary:

Antarctica, The Marilyn Monroe Story, Shine, Midnight Express, Return To Paradise, I Shot Andy Warhol, Basquiat, Lightning Over Water, In Bed With Madonna, The People Vs. Larry Flynt, Tucker, Ladies and Gentlemen Mr. Leonard Cohen, Lucy Maude Montgomery, Curling, Tanobe Miyami: My Floating World, The Parliamentary Video, The Longhouse People, In Cold Blood.

Comic book:

Mortal Combat, Mortal Combat: Annihilation, The Avengers, Dark City, Godzilla, Labyrinth, Hook, Darkman 2.
 

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