201. Anywhere But Here
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Wayne Wang
Actors: Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman, Hart Bochner, Shawn Hatosy, Ray Baker, John Diehl
Plot: A mother fed up with small-town life relocates to Beverly Hills with her daughter in tow. Her daughter is upset with the move and her mother's behavior and plans her own escape to college on the East Coast... but her mother is bound and determined to turn her daughter into a star.
202. In Dreams
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Neil Jordan
Actors: Annette Bening, Katie Sagona, Aidan Quinn, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Guilfoyle, Kathleen Langlois
203. The Devil's Arithmetic
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Donna Deitch
Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Mimi Rogers, Louise Fletcher, Paul Freeman, Shelly Skandrani
Plot: Powerful TV-movie about holocaust, from the modern Jewish teenage girl's perspective.
204. Emperor & the Assassin, The ( Jing ke ci qin wang )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kaige Chen
Actors: Li Gong, Fengyi Zhang, Zhou Sun, Xiaohe Lu, Zhiwen Wang, Kaige Chen
205. Judas Kiss
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
Actors: Carla Gugino, Simon Baker, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Gil Bellows, Til Schweiger
206. The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Gary Halvorson
Actors: Kevin Clash, Mandy Patinkin, Vanessa Williams, Sonia Manzano, Roscoe Orman, Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Plot: Kevin Clash stars as Elmo in this film about sharing and viewing trash differently. Elmo loses his blanket after taking it to the city laundromat and fighting with Zoe. As he chases it, Elmo enters Oscar's trashcan and accidentally opens the door to Grouchland. Following the trail of the blanket to a mysterious trashy tycoon, Huxley, (Mandy Patinkin) he is sidetracked into the realm of The Queen of Trash (Vanessa Williams) and learns that he too has been acting like Huxley sometimes. He loses his fight with Huxley when Huxley declares that both the blanket and Elmo are his now, but Elmo is saved by the rest of the Sesame Street gang and the Grouchland Grouches that Oscar is able to organize against Huxley.
207. Dill Scallion
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jordan Brady
Actors: Lauren Graham, Billy Burke, Kathy Griffin, David Koechner, Henry Winkler, Jason Priestley
Plot: A mockumentary covering the rise and fall of a young country music star.
208. Japanese Hell ( Jigoku )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Teruo Ishii
Actors: Kinako Satô, Hisayoshi Hirayama, Michiko Maeda, Yôko Satomi, Kenpachirô Satsuma, Ryûji Takasaki
209. Fogi is a Bastard ( F. est un salaud )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marcel Gisler
Actors: Frédéric Andrau, Vincent Branchet, Urs Peter Halter, Jean-Pierre von Dach, Ulrich Bodamer, Jessica Früh
210. Ley Lines ( Nihon kuroshakai )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Sho Aikawa, Samuel Pop Aning, Yukie Itou, Michisuke Kashiwaya, Kazuki Kitamura, Dan Li
