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If… Dog… Rabbit… (1999)- Dir. Matthew Modine
Feat. Matthew Modine, Bruce Dern, John Hurt… - Directorial debut for actor Matthew Modine (who also stars), coming up with a by now rather familiar gangster caper, set among an eccentric bunch of…
Kikujiro (Kikujiro no Natsu) (1999)- Dir. Takeshi Kitano
Feat. Takeshi Kitano - An uncharacteristically easy–going, episodic road movie from one–man movie machine, Beat Takeshi, whose impassive screen persona snugly…
Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)- Dir. Kelly Makin
Feat. Hugh Grant, Jeanne Tripplehorn, James Caan - Amusing satire that culture–clashes a vicious Mafia–clan with English 'twit' Hugh Grant, here at his embarrassed, self–deprecating…
Running Out of Time (1999)- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Andy Lau, Lau Ching-wan - A crackingly–paced, plot–bending Yin–Yang heist drama, with terminally–ill master jewel thief Andy Lau playing against the…
Sopranos, The (TV Series) - Season 1 (1999)
- Dir. Nick Gomez, John Patterson, David Chase
Feat. James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco… - Groundbreaking TV–series that ironically portrays the life of a New Jersey Mafia clan as a parade of suburban neurosis, pop–culture…
Suicide Kings (1999)- Dir. Peter O'Fallon
Feat. Christopher Walken, Denis Leary - Post–PULP FICTION black–comedy, that does better than most in juggling a crime setting, a mystery and various comical dialogues, with a…
Two Hands (1999)
- Dir. Gregor Jordan
Feat. Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, Steve LaMarquand - Mobster Bryan Brown finds work for Heath Ledger's idle hands, who fumbles the ball and finds himself deep in the crapper… Overcoming the…
Analyze This (1998)- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal - Robert De Niro's serial tendency of playing violent mobmen stands him in good stead for this inspired self–parody, as a mafioso who seeks…
- Hitman (1998)
- Dir. Tung Wai
Feat. Jet Li - Would–be assassin Jet Li joins in the race to avenge the murder of an evil Japanese businessman for the tune of $100 million, but is encumbered…
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, Nick Moran… - The independent hit of 1998 is a massively assured directing debut and an entertainment sensation. Cocked with sharp dialogue, intricate plotting,…
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