1999

1. Audition- Takashi Miike
2. The War Zone- Tim Roth
3. Beau Travail- Claire Denis
4. Three Kings- David O. Russell
5. Topsy-Turvy- Mike Leigh
6. Bringing Out the Dead- Martin Scorsese
7. Eyes Wide Shut- Stanley Kubrick
8. Magnolia- P.T. Anderson
9. The Iron Giant- Brad Bird
10. Being John Malkovich- Spike Jonze
11. The Blair Witch Project- Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick
12. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai- Jim Jarmusch
13. Rosetta- Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
14. Toy Story 2- John Lasseter et al
15. Humanité- Bruno Dumont
16. Jesus’ Son- Alison Maclean
17. The Wind Will Carry Us- Abbas Kiarostami
18. The Limey- Steven Soderbergh
19. Wonderland- Michael Winterbottom
20. The Insider- Michael Mann
21. Mr. Death- Errol Morris
22. Juha- Aki Kaurismäki
23. The Straight Story- David Lynch
24. American Movie- Chris Smith
25. Girl on the Bridge- Patrice Leconte

Notable shorts: Outer Space (Peter Tscherkassky), Elsa Kirk (Lewis Klahr)

Ripe for re-appraisal: An Affair of Love (Frederic Fonteyne), The Ninth Gate (Roman Polanski), Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay), Ravenous (Antonia Bird), The Woman Chaser (Robinson Devor)

Need to see: Charisma (Kiyoshi Kurosawa), Dead or Alive (Takashi Miike), Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trickbaby (Matthew Bright), Genghis Blues (Roko Belic), Human Resources (Laurent Cantet), Kadosh (Amos Gitai), Il Mio Viaggio in Italia (Martin Scorsese), M/Other (Nobuhiro Suwa), Moloch (Aleksandr Sokurov), My Best Fiend (Werner Herzog), A Run For Money (Reha Erdem), Selma, Lord, Selma (Charles Burnett), Sisa (Mario O’Hara), Sicilia! (Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet)

Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: American Beauty (Sam Mendes)
BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: American Beauty
César Awards, Best Film: Venus Beauty Institute (Tonie Marshall)
Cannes, Palme d’Or: Rosetta
Venice, Golden Lion: Not One Less (Zhang Yimou)
Berlin, Golden Bear: The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick)
Sundance, Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic): Three Seasons (Tony Bui)
Toronto, Audience Award: American Beauty
Skandies, Best Film: Being John Malkovich