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Starship Troopers (film)
Starship Troopers is a 1997 American science fiction war film directed by Paul Verhoeven, loosely adapted from Heinlein's 1959 novel, in which soldiers fight giant alien insects.
Susie Q (film)
Susie Q is a 1996 TV fantasy comedy-drama, a Saban/Libra Pictures film aired on Super RTL and the Disney Channel, in which ghost Amy Jo Johnson helps Justin Whalin save her parents' home; never a DCOM or DVD release.
The Acid House
The Acid House (1998) is a British anthology film, Paul McGuigan's feature debut, scripted by Irvine Welsh from three stories in his 1994 collection: The Granton Star Cause, A Soft Touch, and The Acid House, starring Stephen McCole, Maurice Roëves, Kevin McKidd, and Ewen Bremner.
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996 film)
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996 film) is a family fantasy film based on Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel. It stars Martin Landau as Geppetto and features an animatronic Pinocchio.
The Arrival (1996 film)
The Arrival is a 1996 science fiction thriller directed by David Twohy, starring Charlie Sheen as a radio astronomer who detects a signal from outer space.
The Astronaut's Wife
The Astronaut's Wife (1999) is a sci-fi horror thriller directed by Rand Ravich, starring Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron; an astronaut changes after two minutes of lost contact, and his pregnant wife fears an alien influence. New Line Cinema; 109 min; 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element (Le Cinquième Élément) is Luc Besson's 1997 sci-fi comedy starring Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, and Chris Tucker; a 23rd-century cab driver helps Leeloo, the Fifth Element, recover four elemental stones against a cosmic Evil. Cannes opener, $263M worldwide gross, Metascore 52.
The Green Mile (film)
The Green Mile (1999) is Frank Darabont's Warner Bros. adaptation of Stephen King's serialized novel, starring Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan as a death row guard and a healer, grossing $286.8 million with four Oscar nominations.
The Iron Giant
The Iron Giant is a 1999 Warner Bros. animated film directed by Brad Bird, adapted from Ted Hughes' The Iron Man, about a boy and a giant robot in 1957 Maine; a box-office failure that became a cult classic.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a 1997 American science-fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, adapting Michael Crichton's novel The Lost World and starring Jeff Goldblum.
The Matrix
The Matrix (1999) is a Wachowski-directed Warner Bros. sci-fi action film starring Keanu Reeves as Neo, a hacker who learns reality is a machine-built simulation. It won four Oscars, grossed about $460 million, and launched a franchise.
The Preacher's Wife
The Preacher's Wife is a 1996 American Christmas romantic comedy-fantasy film starring Whitney Houston, Denzel Washington, and Courtney B. Vance, a remake of The Bishop's Wife whose soundtrack became the best-selling gospel album of all time.
The Thirteenth Year
The Thirteenth Year is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie, the eighth in the DCOM slate, directed by Duwayne Dunham and starring Chez Starbuck as Cody Griffin, a boy who grows scales and fins on his thirteenth birthday and learns his birth mother is a mermaid.
The Truman Show
The Truman Show (1998) is a Peter Weir comedy-drama, written by Andrew Niccol, starring Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, an unwitting lifelong star of a 24-hour reality show run by Christof (Ed Harris) in the set town of Seahaven.
Virus (1999 film)
Virus is a 1999 American science fiction horror film directed by John Bruno, in which a tugboat crew boards a Russian research vessel taken over by an alien intelligence, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Sutherland.
Warriors of Virtue
Warriors of Virtue is a 1997 children's fantasy adventure film directed by Ronny Yu, about a disabled American teenager transported to a magical world of kangaroo warriors.
What Dreams May Come (film)
What Dreams May Come is a 1998 Vincent Ward fantasy drama starring Robin Williams, adapted from Richard Matheson's 1978 novel, about a man rescuing his wife from hell; it won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects but scored 44 on Metacritic.
Wing Commander (film)
Wing Commander is a 1999 American science fiction war film directed by Chris Roberts. It is known as the first Hollywood movie based on a space video game.
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (film)
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie directed by Kenneth Johnson, starring Kirsten Storms as Zenon Kar, a 13-year-old grounded from her 2049 space station to Earth, with sequels The Zequel and Z3.