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8½ Women (8 1/2の女たち)
8½ Women (8 1/2の女たち) is Peter Greenaway's 1999 comedy-drama, in Cannes competition, about a widowed Geneva tycoon and his son keeping eight and a half concubines after watching Fellini's 8½; it earned $424,123 and mixed-to-negative reviews.
A Man Among Men
A Man Among Men, released in Korea as Jincha sanai and in Australia as True Man, is a 1999 South Korean road comedy directed by Hun-Su Park, starring Kwon Hae-hyo and Mi-kyeong Seo.
Beautiful Mother
Beautiful Mother (Belle maman) is a 1999 French romantic comedy directed by Gabriel Aghion, starring Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Lindon, and Mathilde Seigner, about a groom who falls for his mother-in-law on his wedding day.
Better Than Chocolate
Better Than Chocolate is a 1999 Canadian lesbian romantic comedy directed by Anne Wheeler, written by Peggy Thompson, starring Karyn Dwyer, Christina Cox, and Wendy Crewson; its Vancouver bookstore subplot draws on the Little Sister's censorship case.
Blast from the Past (film)
Blast from the Past is a 1999 American romantic comedy directed by Hugh Wilson, starring Brendan Fraser as a man raised in a fallout shelter.
Bowfinger
Bowfinger is a 1999 American comedy directed by Frank Oz, written by and starring Steve Martin with Eddie Murphy in dual roles, about a broke producer secretly filming star Kit Ramsey; released August 13, 1999 by Universal.
But I'm a Cheerleader
But I'm a Cheerleader is a 1999 American satirical romantic comedy directed by Jamie Babbit, starring Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall, about a cheerleader sent to the True Directions conversion therapy camp, later a queer cult classic.
Crazy in Alabama
Crazy in Alabama is a 1999 comedy-drama, Antonio Banderas' directorial debut, adapted from Mark Childress' 1993 novel, starring Melanie Griffith as Lucille, who kills her abusive husband and flees to Hollywood, alongside nephew Peejoe's civil rights storyline.
Dick (film)
Dick is a 1999 American political comedy directed by Andrew Fleming, starring Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams as two teens who secretly caused the Watergate scandal.
Drop Dead Gorgeous (film)
Drop Dead Gorgeous is a 1999 American mockumentary black comedy directed by Michael Patrick Jann, written by Lona Williams, satirizing a Minnesota teen beauty pageant; a box office flop that became a cult classic.
EDtv
EDtv is a 1999 American comedy directed by Ron Howard and starring Matthew McConaughey, about a cable channel broadcasting a video-store clerk's life around the clock.
Election (1999 film)
Election (1999) is Alexander Payne's satirical comedy, adapted with Jim Taylor from Tom Perrotta's 1998 novel, starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in a Nebraska high-school election feud; Oscar-nominated screenplay, Criterion spine #904.
Forces of Nature
Forces of Nature is a 1999 American romantic comedy directed by Bronwen Hughes, starring Ben Affleck as a groom racing to his Savannah wedding with Sandra Bullock.
Gregory's Two Girls
Gregory's Two Girls (1999) is Bill Forsyth's British comedy sequel to Gregory's Girl, with John Gordon Sinclair as Gregory, now a 35-year-old English teacher investigating a factory scandal.
Happy Texas
Happy, Texas (1999) is a Mark Illsley comedy, also called Happy Texas, about escaped convicts posing as gay beauty-pageant consultants; a Sundance 1999 Grand Jury Prize nominee bought by Miramax for about $2.5 million.
Jawbreaker (film)
Jawbreaker (1999) is Darren Stein's satirical black comedy for TriStar Pictures, starring Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz, Judy Greer, and Pam Grier; a prank kills Liz Purr, and the clique covers it up. It flopped theatrically ($3.1M gross) but became a cult classic on VHS.
Mickey Blue Eyes
Mickey Blue Eyes is a 1999 romantic comedy directed by Kelly Makin, starring Hugh Grant as an English art auctioneer drawn into his fiancée's mob family.
Never Been Kissed
Never Been Kissed (25年目のキス) is a 1999 American romantic comedy directed by Raja Gosnell, starring Drew Barrymore as 25-year-old reporter Josie Geller undercover at a high school; her first Flower Films production, released April 9, 1999 by Fox.
Notting Hill (film)
Notting Hill (1999) is a British-American romantic comedy directed by Roger Michell, written by Richard Curtis, starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant. It grossed $364 million worldwide and was the first British film to pass $100 million at the US box office.
Office Space
Office Space (1999) is Mike Judge's live-action comedy debut about Initech programmer Peter Gibbons, a box-office flop that became a cult classic through DVD and Comedy Central airings.
París-Tombuctú
París-Tombuctú (1999) is Luis García Berlanga's final film, a Spanish comedy starring Michel Piccoli as a Parisian surgeon who flees by bicycle toward Timbuktu and strands in Calabuch, filmed in Peñíscola.
Same Love, Same Rain
Same Love, Same Rain (El mismo amor, la misma lluvia) is a 1999 Argentine romantic comedy-drama by Juan José Campanella, starring Ricardo Darín and Soledad Villamil as a couple whose on-and-off romance spans two decades of Argentine history; it won eight Silver Condor awards in 2000.
The King of Comedy (喜剧之王) (1999 film)
The King of Comedy (喜剧之王, 1999) is a Hong Kong comedy-drama co-directed by Stephen Chow and Lee Lik-chi, starring Chow as struggling extra Wan Tin-sau, with Cecilia Cheung in her debut; it earned about HK$29.8 million and spawned a 2019 film and 2026 TV series.
The Match (1999 film)
The Match (1999) is a British sports romantic comedy directed by Mick Davis, starring Max Beesley, Laura Fraser, Richard E. Grant, and Ian Holm, about two Scottish village pubs settling a 100-year-old bet with a football match.
The Spy (간첩 리철진)
The Spy (간첩 리철진) is a 1999 South Korean comedy-drama directed by Jang Jin, starring Yu Oh-seong as North Korean spy Lee Cheol-jin, sent to steal a super pig DNA sample and robbed on arrival; 105 minutes, released May 15, 1999.
The Underground Comedy Movie
The Underground Comedy Movie is a 1999 American sketch comedy film written, directed by, and starring Vince Offer, later the ShamWow pitchman. It grossed $856 in one theater, holds 33% on Rotten Tomatoes and 2.0/10 on IMDb, and starred Gena Lee Nolin, Slash, and Michael Clarke Duncan.
White Valentine (화이트 발렌타인)
White Valentine (화이트 발렌타인) is a 1999 South Korean romance film directed by Yang Yun-ho, starring Park Shin-yang and Jun Ji-hyun in her debut, about a dove-carried letter correspondence between reunited childhood pen pals.