101. Payback
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brian Helgeland
Actors: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer, Bill Duke, Deborah Kara Unger
Plot: Porter and his partner has just netted $140,000, but his partner needs $130,000 of it and uses his junkie wife to shoot him in the back. Porter lives, and a year-and-a-half later, tracks down his partner, now part of "the syndicate" to get his money back.
102. The Thomas Crown Affair
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John McTiernan
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary, Ben Gazzara, Faye Dunaway, Frankie Faison
Plot: A muliti-millionaire bored with life turns to something money can't buy: priceless art. Stealing is his game, but when the bachelor is fingered by a smart, sexy investigator the two fall for each other.
103. King of Masks, The ( Bian Lian )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tian-Ming Wu
Actors: Zhigang Zhang, Zhigang Zhao, Renying Zhou, Xu Zhu
Plot: In sexist 1930's China, an aging maskmaker wishes to pass on his knowledge to a male heir and purchases a child on the black market.
104. Drop Dead Gorgeous
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael Patrick Jann
Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janney, Denise Richards, Brittany Murphy
Plot: Minnesotan mockumentary about high school beauty pagentry. But this time,
they play for keeps!
105. Brokedown Palace
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Actors: Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman, Jacqueline Kim, Lou Diamond Phillips, Daniel Lapaine
Plot: Two women decide to celebrate their high school graduation in Thailand where they meet a charming Australian when they run low on funds. After convincing them to take a trip to Hong Kong, the two girls are suddenly arrested for drug smuggling, which results in a 33 year prison sentence. After all help seems to be lost, they contact a sleazy lawyer, Hank Green, who will help them out, for a price
106. Detroit Rock City
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Adam Rifkin
Actors: Giuseppe Andrews, James DeBello, Edward Furlong, Melanie Lynskey, Natasha Lyonne, Sam Huntington
Plot: This is a funny tale about the misadventures of four friends who are trying desperately to go to a KISS concert.
107. Life
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ted Demme
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Anthony Anderson, Bernie Mac, Ned Beatty, Nick Cassavetes
Plot: Two men - a fast-talking con man and a serious would-be bank teller, are framed for a murder and wind up imprisoned for life in the notorious Parchman Farm. The two will spend the next 65 years bickering, bonding and searching for a way to escape and may get the most out of life by serving life in prison.
108. Snow Falling on Cedars
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Scott Hicks
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Youki Kudoh, Reeve Carney, Max von Sydow, James Rebhorn, James Cromwell
109. The Castle
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rob Sitch
Actors: Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Stephen Curry, Anthony Simcoe, Wayne Hope, Eric Bana
Plot: A man with what he thinks is a wonderful life until the airport he lives next to buys up all the surrounding property, including his home.
He then tries to fight back to keep his home.
110. New Rose Hotel
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Abel Ferrara
Actors: Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Asia Argento, Annabella Sciorra, Gretchen Mol, John Lurie
