51. Lovers of the Arctic Circle, The ( amantes del Círculo Polar, Los )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Julio Medem
Actors: Najwa Nimri, Fele Martínez, Nancho Novo, Nancho Novo, Peru Medem, Sara Valiente
52. Red Violin, The ( violon rouge, Le )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: François Girard
Actors: Carlo Cecchi, Irene Grazioli, Anita Laurenzi, Tommaso Puntelli, Samuele Amighetti, Jean-Luc Bideau
Plot: Through three centuries, a certain red violin - perfect in every way - inspire passion amongst its various owners from an Austrian monastery to China during the Cultural Revolution. Now, at an auction house in Montreal, it will write its next chapter.
53. Bird People in China, The ( Chûgoku no chôjin )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Masahiro Motoki, Renji Ishibashi, Mako, Li Li Wang, Michiko Kase, Tomohiko Okuda
54. Dinner Game, The ( dîner de cons, Le )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Francis Veber
Actors: Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster, Daniel Prévost, Alexandra Vandernoot, Catherine Frot
55. Notting Hill
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Roger Michell
Actors: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Richard McCabe, Rhys Ifans, James Dreyfus, Dylan Moran
Plot: William Thacker, an unassuming, unimportant bookstore owner in Notting Hill becomes friends with Anna Scott, the world's most-loved actress. But as friendship turns to romance, the fame and attention, not to mention an American actor, threaten to destroy their relationship.
56. Election
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alexander Payne
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Phil Reeves, Molly Hagan
Plot: Tracy Flick is the most ambitious girl in school and is running unopposed for class president until civics teacher Jim McAllister convinces star football player Paul Metzler to run against her as he holds a personal grudge with her.
57. Stir of Echoes
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Koepp
Actors: Kevin Bacon, Illeana Douglas, Zachary David Cope, Kathryn Erbe, Kevin Dunn, Conor O'Farrell
Plot: Working-class man Tom Witzky has a son and pregnant wife and hangs out
with the same group of friends - one night his sister-in-law convinces him
to get hypnotized where she plants the simple suggestion to "open your
mind." What nobody would suspect is that Tom is soon treated to visions of
the ghost of a young woman who went missing from the neighborhood years
ago.
58. Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal ( Rurôni Kenshin: Meiji kenkaku roman tan: Tsuioku hen )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Actors: Mayo Suzukaze, Junko Iwao, Nozomu Sasaki, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Yôko Ogai, Shûichi Ikeda
Plot: A young boy named Shinta is saved from death in the bandit raid by Hiko Seijuro. Hiko offers to properly train him to give him the power to protect. This is the tragic story of how Rurouni Kenshin receives the scar on his face.
59. The Cider House Rules
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Lasse Hallström
Actors: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Paul Rudd, Jane Alexander, Kathy Baker, Michael Caine
Plot: A nice young man who was raised in an orphanage expands his horizon to see what the real world has to often him - while his town is saddened and doesn't want him to go.
60. Rosetta
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Actors: Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux, Olivier Gourmet, Bernard Marbaix, Frédéric Bodson
Plot: An adolescent girl tries to survive living in a trailer park with her alcoholic mother. So as to escape her situation, she tries to find a job that will be able to open several opportunities for her, one of which will be to move out of the caravan and get away from her mother.
