1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1999th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 999th year of the 2nd millennium, the 99th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1990s decade.
Theatrical releases
Feature films
- January 15
- Virus
- In Dreams (DreamWorks Pictures)
- January 22 - The Hi-Lo Country (PolyGram Filmed Entertainment)
- February 19 - October Sky
- March 5 - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Polygram Filmed Entertainment)
- March 19 - Forces of Nature (DreamWorks Pictures)
- March 26 - EDtv
- April 16 - Life
- May 7 - The Mummy
- May 12 - Trippin' (Rogue Pictures)
- May 21 - The Love Letter (DreamWorks Pictures)
- May 28 - Nothing Hill
- July 9 - American Pie
- July 23 - The Haunting (DreamWorks Pictures)
- August 6 - Mystery Men
- August 13 - Bowfinger
- August 20 - Mickey Blue Eyes (International Distribution)
- August 27 - Dudley Do-Right
- September 17 - For Love of the Game
- October 1
- American Beauty (DreamWorks Pictures)
- Plunkett & Macleane (USA Films)
- October 15 - The Story of Us
- October 22 - The Best Man
- October 29 - Being John Malkovich (USA Films)
- November 5 - The Bone Collector
- November 24
- End of Days
- Ride with the Devil
- December 10 - The Green Mile (International Distribution)
- December 22
- December 25
- Angela's Ashes (International Distribution)
- Galaxy Quest (DreamWorks Pictures)
- December 29 - The Hurricane
Television
Theme Parks
- May 28 - Universal Islands of Adventure, opens as the second theme park at Universal Orlando Resort.
- July 16 - Universal Studios Hollywood celebrated its 35th anniversary.
Home video
DVD and VHS releases
- January 5
- January 19 - Return to Paradise (PolyGram Video)
- January 26
- Psycho
- Barb Wire (PolyGram Video)
- February 9
- Antz (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- Clay Pigeons (PolyGram Video)
- February 23
- Crooklyn
- Cry Freedom
- Henry & Jane
- How to Make an American Quilt
- The River
- March 9 - What Dreams May Come (Polygram Video)
- March 16
- March 23
- March 30 - The Last Days of Disco (PolyGram Video)
- April 6 - Meet Joe Black
- April 13
- April 20 - Paulie (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- April 27 - Elizabeth (PolyGram Video)
- May 4
- Babe: Pig in the City
- The 'Burbs
- Amistad (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- Orgazmo (PolyGram Video)
- May 18 - Very Bad Things (PolyGram Video)
- May 25 - Saving Private Ryan (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- June 8
- K-9
- The Last Starfighter
- Psycho
- Battlestar Galactica
- June 22 - Patch Adams
- June 29 - The Hi-Lo Country (PolyGram Video)
- July 13 - Your Friends & Neighbors (PolyGram Video)
- July 20
- July 27 - October Sky
- August 3
- August 17
- EDtv
- Frankenstein
- Great of My Heart
- August 31 - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (PolyGram Video)
- September 14
- Forces of Nature (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- The Prince of Egypt (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- Cookie's Fortune (USA Home Entertainment)
- September 28
- Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein
- The Mummy (1932)
- The Mummy (1999)
- October 19 - Life
- November 9
- Little Miss Marker
- Nothing Hill
- November 16 - The Land Before Time: More Sing-Along Songs
- November 23
- The Haunting (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- The Love Letter (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- December 7 - Trippin'
- December 21
- December 28 - Dudley Do-Right
Character debuts
- May 7 - Rick O' Connell
- August 13 - Bobby Bowfinger, Kit Ramsey
- September 13 - Olivia Benson, Elliot Stabler
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