The Best Movies of 1998-1999

When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.

An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

A death row guard learns that a gentle giant in his charge possesses a mysterious gift.

Living a life marked by violence, neo-Nazi Derek finally goes to prison after killing two black youths. Upon his release, Derek vows to change; he hopes to prevent his brother, Danny, who idolizes Derek, from following in his footsteps.

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

After being shot by a resentful former patient whom he failed to help, a Philadelphia child psychologist seeks redemption by treating a young boy with a disturbing secret.

An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show.

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.

A young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.

Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating Christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. Teenage kids think their fathers are totally stupid; fathers are sure their children are nothing more than rebels, hating anything they say.

When four small-time criminals lose a rigged poker game against a London kingpin, he gives them one week to settle their enormous debt.

When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends set out on a rescue mission to save Woody before he becomes a museum toy property with his roundup gang Jessie, Prospector, and Bullseye.

Three company workers who hate their jobs decide to rebel against their greedy boss.

An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

At Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.

A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.

Two Irish Catholic brothers become vigilantes in order to try to wipe out Boston's criminal underworld in the name of God.

Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.

Alvin Straight, a 73-year-old, learns that his estranged brother, Lyle is critically ill. Unable to drive, Alvin embarks on a journey from Iowa to Mt. Zion, by riding a lawn mower. Will he succeed?

To save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.

A teenager at Rushmore Academy falls for a much older teacher and befriends a middle-aged industrialist. Later, he finds out that his love interest and his friend are having an affair, which prompts him to begin a vendetta.

Matko and his son Zare live on the banks of the Danube river and get by through hustling and basically doing anything to make a living. In order to pay off a business debt Matko agrees to marry off Zare to the sister of a local gangster.

After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.