Friday, December 31, 1999

Critical Consensus: The Films Of 1999 (Fung)

Critic Top Ten Lists - 1999
compiled by Alex Fung

[1] American Beauty (d: Mendes) [34] 1610.205
[2] Being John Malkovich (d: Jonze) [13] 1560.367
[3] Election (d: Payne) [6] 1026.453
[4] The Straight Story (d: Lynch) [11] 985.73
[5] The Insider (d: Mann) [2] 822.036
[6] Boys Don't Cry (d: Peirce) [4] 728.334
[7] Toy Story 2 (d: Lasseter) [3] 698.375
[8] All About My Mother (d: Almodóvar) [8] 680.962
[9] Magnolia (d: Anderson) [9] 673.213
[10] Three Kings (d: Russell) [5] 662.004

[11] Topsy-Turvy (d: Leigh) [7] 656.037
[12] Eyes Wide Shut (d: Kubrick) [7] 537.514
[13] The Limey (d: Soderbergh) 518.061
[14] The Talented Mr. Ripley (d: Minghella) [1] 491.913
[15] The Matrix (d: Wachowski Brothers) [2] 489.511
[16] Run Lola Run (d: Tykwer) 483.011
[17] Fight Club (d: Fincher) [5] 476.934
[18] South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (d: Parker) [4] 449.748
[19] The Blair Witch Project (d: Sanchez & Myrick) [2] 414.515
[20] The Sixth Sense (d: Shyamalan) 405.191

[21] The Dreamlife Of Angels (d: Zonca) [2] 372.405
[22] The Iron Giant (d: Bird) [2] 334.855
[23] Rosetta (d: Dardenne Brothers) [2] 296.934
[24] Go (d: Liman) [1] 296.704
[25] Autumn Tale (d: Rohmer) [2] 270.575
[26] Buena Vista Social Club (d: Wenders) 248.198
[27] Besieged (d: Bertolucci) [1] 244.782
[28] American Movie (d: Smith) [1] 243.322
[29] The End Of The Affair (d: Jordan) [1] 201.647
[30] After Life (d: Kore-eda) [2] 168.813

[31] The Green Mile (d: Darabont) [1] 164.4
[32] Man On The Moon (d: Forman) [1] 161.6
[33] Dogma (d: Smith) 161.236
[34] The Hurricane (d: Jewison) 147.6
[35] Ride With The Devil (d: Lee) [1] 144.753
[36] eXistenZ (d: Cronenberg) 141.6
[37] Rushmore (d: Anderson) [2] 124.345
[38] The Cider House Rules (d: Hallström) [1] 115.452
[39] Flowers Of Shanghai (d: Hou Hsiao-hsien) [6] 114
[40] Mr. Death: The Rise And Fall Of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (d: Morris) 112.783

[41] October Sky (d: Johnston) [1] 110.743
[42] Princess Mononoke (d: Miyazaki) 109.573
[43] The War Zone (d: Roth) [2] 100.519
[44] Leila (d: Mehrjui) 87.9
[45] Romance (d: Breillat) [1] 86.622
[46] Sleepy Hollow (d: Burton) 85.151
[47] Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (d: Chen) 84.34
[48] Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels (d: Ritchie) 83.943
[49] Beau Travail (d: Denis) 82.046
[50] Cookie's Fortune (d: Altman) 81.864

List generated with data as of 00/01/26