Movie Releases by Genre
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The Cider House Rules
December 10, 1999
This is the story of a compassionate young man (Maguire), raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor by the abortionist (Caine) who runs the orphanage.
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The End of the Affair
December 3, 1999
A novelist living in London during WWII (Fiennes) has a chance meeting with Henry Miles (Rea), husband of his ex-mistress Sarah (Moore), who abruptly broke off their affair two years before.
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Agnes Browne
December 3, 1999
This is the story of a widow (Huston), living in Dublin in 1967, coping with the emotional turmoil and financial crisis of raising seven children, ages 2-14.
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Ride with the Devil
November 24, 1999
A bloody chapter of Civil War history in 1861, with friends fighting friends in vicious guerrilla warfare along the Kansas/Missouri border. This is the story of a 16-year-old boy, Jake (Maguire) who joins the First Kansas Irregulars.
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Liberty Heights
November 17, 1999
In this third installment of Barry Levinson's Baltimore trilogy, the youngest son of a middle-class Jewish family pushes the accepted social boundaries of the day by dressing as Hitler for Halloween and pursuing a romantic friendship with a black classmate, as his brother pursues a girl from the other side of the tracks, and his father maintains a numbers racket.
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Mansfield Park
November 17, 1999
Rozema's progressive interpretation of Jane Austen's novel finds Fanny Price (O'Connor) as a poor relation who at the age of 12 is "rescued" to begin a life in Mansfield Park, the estate of her aunt's husband. Fanny's beauty and bold intelligence become apparent as she attracts suitors and becomes troubled by the class system and the fact that slavery was the source of much of the family's wealth.
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A Moment of Innocence
November 10, 1999
Mohsen Makhmalbaf's film is based on his own experience as a young Islamic radical in 1974 when he attemped to stab a policeman and landed himself in prison for the act. Five years after his release from prison, the same policeman, then unemployed turned up to audition for one of Makhmalbaf's films. Makhmalbaf and the policeman each play themselves in the film.
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Portraits chinois
November 5, 1999
A group of artistically inclined Parisian friends fall in love and out of love while trying to set their skewered priorities straight. (Phaedra Cinema)
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The Bachelor
November 5, 1999
A tale of love and its motivating factors, The Bachelor is a contemporary update of the 1925 Buster Keaton classic "Seven Chances." Jimmie Shannon (O'Donnell) is a confirmed bachelor who has 24 hours to find a bride and get married in order to collect a $100 million inheritance. (New Line Cinema)
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Train of Life
November 5, 1999
This haunting and powerful comedy is both the story of a village's dream and a suspenseful tale of great escape. (Paramount Classics)
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The Legend of 1900
October 29, 1999
An epic story of a young man (Roth) who is born on January 1, 1900, and thus his name Nineteen Hundred. He grows up always having lived on an ocean liner, becoming a talented pianist.
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Man of the Century
October 29, 1999
A fast-paced, fast talking, farcical comedy starring Johnny Twennies (Frazier), a young newspaper reporter in modern day Manhattan who is absolutely convinced that he is living in the 1920's. (Fine Line Features)
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Dreaming of Joseph Lees
October 29, 1999
Set against the staid bedrooms of late 1950s rural England, this is a feverish drama of passion, taboos and betrayal with a macabre psychological twist. The story follows the sensuous Eva (Morton) who breaks all the rules after her own heart is broken. (Fox Searchlight)
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Being John Malkovich
October 29, 1999
An out-of-work puppeteer takes a filing clerk job on the cramped 7 ½ floor of an office building where he discovers a hidden tunnel allowing him to enter the mind and life of actor John Malkovich for 15 mintues before being ejected onto the New Jersey Turnpike.
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Three to Tango
October 22, 1999
Wrongly assuming him to be gay, a wealthy businessman (Mc Dermott) assigns his architect (Perry) the additional task of spying on his mistress (Campbell). Much to his chagrin, the very heterosexual architect may have finally found the woman of his dreams. Now if only he could convince her and the rest of the world that he is not gay.
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Show Me Love
October 22, 1999
In a small Swedish town, Elin (Dahlstrom) is a popular, pretty high school debutante, and Agnes (Liljeberg) is one of the least popular girls in school. On a dare, Elin kisses Agnes to see if Agnes really is a "lesbian" and her life is transformed. Elin discovers that she has been repressing something that was innately there all the time, and the two girls fall in love. [Sonet Films]
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L'ennui
October 15, 1999
A fortysomething, recently separated philosophy professor (Berling) encounters the former model of a painter who apparently died while having intercourse with her. The professor begins having sex with the teenage girl on a daily basis and becomes obsessed with her.
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Defying Gravity
October 15, 1999
Griffin (Chilson), a closeted gay fraternity member, has a relationship with off-campus fraternity brother Pete (Handfield) who wants their relationship to be open. When Pete becomes the victim of a gay-bashing incident, Griffin must decide whether he will reveal his sexual orientation to help his partner.
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That's the Way I Like It
October 15, 1999
First-time director Glen Goei takes viewers on a memorable trip to Singapore, circa 1977, in That's The Way I Like It, a feverish comedy fueled by an irresistible disco beat. (Miramax Films)
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The Story of Us
October 15, 1999
A romantic comedy that asks the question: Can a marriage survive 15 years of marriage? (Universal Studios)
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Random Hearts
October 8, 1999
An airplane crashes into the Chesapeake Bay, leaving no survivors. This event is the beginning of a mystery that will not only lead two strangers (Ford and Thomas) to disturbing and shocking information about their spouses, but will also bring them together in an unlikely romance. (Columbia Tristar)
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Boys Don't Cry
October 8, 1999
Based on a true story, Brandon Teena (Swank) is the popular new "guy" in a tiny Nebraska town and falls in love with local girl Lana (Sevigny). When it is revealed that Brandon is actually a woman, Lana's family and friends put Brandon's life in jeopardy.
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Beyond the Clouds
October 8, 1999
Michelangelo Antonioni's final film, this is a composite of four vignettes from his book "That Bowling Alley on the Tiber." Each of the stories, set in different parts of Italy and France, examines the possibility of sex between strangers.
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Molly
October 8, 1999
Molly McKay (Shue) is a mentally challenged young woman whose genius is unleashed after she undergoes a program of highly experimental treatments. (MGM)
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Happy, Texas
October 1, 1999
Two runaway convicts disguise themselves as gay pageant directors in a little Texas town.
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Drive Me Crazy
October 1, 1999
Nicole (Hart) and Chase (Grenier) live next door to each other - but are worlds apart. When both find themselves dateless, they reluctantly join forces to navigate the land mines of high school love. Unexpectedly, Nicole and Chase find that the one they always wanted was closer than they ever realized. (20th Century Fox)
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Out of Season
September 24, 1999
In this lesbian romance, Micki (Mona), a photographer, comes to the beach community of Cape May, New Jersey to care for her sick uncle and finds herself falling for Roberta (Kelly), a waitress in the local diner.
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One Man's Hero
September 24, 1999
The film tells the story of the Saint Patrrick's Battalion, known in Mexico as "Los San Patricios," which was one of the strongest military forces in Mexico and became renowned for their bravery and effective strategy. Many of these men gave their lives for Mexico while fighting against the U.S. in the Mexican-American War. (MGM)
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Dog Park
September 24, 1999
A romantic comedy about a group of twenty-something dog owners who search for love and friendship amidst the confusion of the dating scene. The story focuses on Andy, a relationship addict who's just sworn off women. That is until he meets Lorna, the woman of his dreams. (Independent Pictures)
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Guinevere
September 24, 1999
Harper Sloane (Polley), an affluent college graduate on her way to Harvard Law, meets a much older Bohemian photographer named Connie (Rea) at her sister's wedding. She moves in with Connie and mixes romance with her unorthodox education in the ways of photography.
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Fever Pitch
September 24, 1999
Paul, and English teacher who is obsessed with English football -- specifically the perennial championship-less Arsenal-- enters into a roller-coaster romance with Sarah who, in the end, is forced to appreciate the virtues of the sport.
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Romance
September 17, 1999
A provocative portrait of a young French woman, Marie (Trousselard), and her journey to gain control of her life. Marie embarks on an escalating sexual journey that tests her own physical and emotional limits, and which, through an ironic twist-of-fate, eventually leads to her fulfillment. (Trimark Pictures)
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For Love of the Game
September 17, 1999
A provocative look into the professional and personal passions of a major league baseball player, who in the twilight of a successful career is forced to reconcile a lifetime of decisions that have been clouded by the trappings of fame. (Universal Pictures)
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B. Monkey
September 10, 1999
The dark and dangerous love story of B. (Argento), a wild and beautiful young girl, and Alan (Harris), the passionate and romantic young schoolteacher who falls head over heels in love with her. (Miramax)
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Black Cat, White Cat
September 10, 1999
The film centers around a group of gypsies who live on the banks of the Danube River. (USA Films)
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Earth
September 10, 1999
A group of diverse Indian friends and two men after one woman is torn apart by the 1947 partitioning of India. The woman in question (Das) is a nanny who is, with her eight-year-old charge (Sethna), insulated by her Parsi family's wealth and neutrality from the violence erupting around her.
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Outside Providence
September 1, 1999
Timothy Dunphy, (aka. "Dunph," "Dildo") has a broken home, a three-legged dog and a full-blown attraction to trouble. After crashing into a parked police car, his father (Baldwin) packs him off to prep school -- where he's out of place, outclassed and seriously outnumbered. Now he's about to show everyone that even he can get a piece of class. (Miramax)
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Dudley Do-Right
August 27, 1999
Follows the hilarious exploits of the dedicated but hapless young Canadian Mountie (Frasier). (Universal Pictures)
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The Very Thought of You
August 27, 1999
Three lifelong friends independently meet and fall in love with the same woman.
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Mickey Blue Eyes
August 20, 1999
After discovering the shady identity of his girlfriend's father, an English art-house auctioneer (Grant) finds himself inadvertently laundering money through his auction house, becoming an accessory to murder, and having to pass himself off as the notorious Mickey Blue Eyes. (Castle Rock Entertainment)
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Better Than Chocolate
August 13, 1999
Maggie, 19, works at a lesbian/LGBT bookstore. Her mom's getting divorced and has invited herself to stay with Maggie. Maggie hasn't told her, she's lesbian. Her new girlfriend moves in as well.
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The Thomas Crown Affair
August 6, 1999
Based on the 1968 film of the same name, this sophisticated thriller combines the action of an art heist and an intense love story. (MGM)
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Autumn Tale
August 6, 1999
The final chapter in French director Eric Rohmer's "Four Seasons" series tells the story of a 45-year old widow whose friends are determined to find her a new lover.
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Runaway Bride
July 30, 1999
In a last-ditch effort to save his tarnished career, a big-city reporter (Gere) chases a scoop about a mercurial, small-town girl (Roberts) known as the Runaway Bride due to her habit of leaving her grooms-to-be at the altar.
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The Wood
July 16, 1999
Three young men at a wedding remember their experience growing up together in the 1980's in Inglewood, CA.
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Eyes Wide Shut
July 16, 1999
A doctor (Tom Cruise) becomes obsessed with having a sexual experience after his wife, Alice (Nicole Kidman), confesses to having fantasies about a random servicemen she briefly encountered over a year ago.
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American Pie
July 9, 1999
Four high school friends enter into a pact to lose their virginity before graduation, encountering apple pies and other embarrassing speedbumps along the way.
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Late August, Early September
July 7, 1999
A story about the transition from late youth to early maturity, the film follows several friends and lovers as they come to make decisions on how to live their lives--getting a job more in harmony with ones ideals, committing to a lover, giving up a lover that no longer loves you: a film about grown-ups growing up.
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Summer of Sam
July 2, 1999
An Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx is terrorized during David Berkowitz's (aka Son of Sam) 1977 murder spree.
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An Ideal Husband
June 18, 1999
An adaptation of Oscar Wilde's romantic social satire. (Miramax)
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The Red Violin
June 11, 1999
Francois Girard's epic follows the history of a violin as it passes over continents and through lives over the span of three centuries.
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The Thirteenth Floor
May 28, 1999
A sci-fi thriller that explores the ominous possibility of computer-simulated universes, where people only believe they are real. (Sony)
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Notting Hill
May 28, 1999
Anna Scott (Roberts) is the world's most famous movie star. William Thacker (Grant) owns a travel bookstore. When Anna and William's paths unexpectedly cross in the eclectic neighborhood of Notting Hill, romance is the last thing on their minds. This charming romantic comedy proves that love can spring from even the most unlikely of circumstances. (Universal Pictures)
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
May 14, 1999
Shakespeare's classic romantic comedy set in 19th century Tuscany.
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Entrapment
April 30, 1999
Sparks fly as Catherine Zeta-Jones, an insurance agent, charms her way into doing business with Sean Connery, an aging thief. The two team up to pull off a big heist in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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The Winslow Boy
April 30, 1999
Set in 1910, The Winslow Boy is based on a real-life story of a young cadet who is accused of stealing a five-shilling postal note. As his case proceeds, it challenges many long accepted legal notions and sets off a national frenzy, exacting a heavy price on the family that takes on his defense. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Election
April 23, 1999
This satirical comedy uses a high school election as the backdrop to take an uncommon look at ambition, morality, desire, love and the lies we never cease telling ourselves. [Paramount Pictures]
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Lost & Found
April 23, 1999
A comedy about finding your true love at any price, even if it involves a little dognapping along the way. (Warner Bros.)
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Never Been Kissed
April 9, 1999
A Chicago newspaper reporter (Barrymore) who goes undercover at a high school to research an article gets the chance to relive her teen years. (20th Century Fox)
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10 Things I Hate About You
March 31, 1999
A re-telling of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," set in a modern-day Seattle high school.
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A Walk on the Moon
March 26, 1999
During the tumultuous and revolutionary summer of 1969, a devoted New York housewife sets off on her annual vacation with her two children to the Catskills.
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Forces of Nature
March 19, 1999
A man (Affleck) is on his way home to Savannah for his wedding when an eccentric young woman (Bullock) falls into his life.
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Cruel Intentions
March 5, 1999
Set in modern-day Manhattan, this is an adaptation of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," the classic and scandalous Pierre Laclos novel of sexual manipulation and romantic war games first published in 1782. [Columbia TriStar]
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20 Dates
February 26, 1999
In this look at the world of dating, director Myles Berkowitz films 20 of his own dates.
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The Other Sister
February 26, 1999
A young mentally-challenged woman (Lewis) moves out from her mother's house and falls in love with a young man similarly challenged (Ribisi).
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200 Cigarettes
February 26, 1999
It's New Year's Eve 1981, and a wild assortment of comic characters are looking for romance in NYC's rollicking East Village. Can a poser, a hunk, a teeny bopper, a gabby cabbie, a cute klutz, and a bevy of too-cool-to-cope artists find love before the stroke of midnight? [Paramount]
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The School of Flesh
February 26, 1999
A divorcee picks up the bartender at a gay bar, and the two discover conflicted passion in each other's arms.
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Office Space
February 19, 1999
A comedy about the angst of suburban twenty-somethings in modern office life.
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Blast from the Past
February 12, 1999
A romantic comedy about the fallout of falling in love. At its center are two children of the Nuclear Age -- one a savvy, cynical, modern L.A. woman; the other an innocent, naïve young man cocooned since 1962 in a bomb shelter. (New Line)
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Message in a Bottle
February 12, 1999
Walking along a deserted stretch of coastline, Theresa Osborne discovers a moving, passionate message in a bottle. The letter's poetry and heartache reach Theresa, and her search for the author leads her to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, to a sailboat builder named Garret Blake. (Warner Bros.)
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Simply Irresistible
February 5, 1999
A young department store manager (Flannery) finds himself falling in love against his will with a woman (Gellar) who has recently inherited a restaurant and whom he thinks may have strange magical powers.
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She's All That
January 29, 1999
Stung when his bombshell girlfriend abruptly dumps him, big man on campus Zack Siler (Freddy Prinze Jr.) bets a classmate that he can quickly turn any girl into the prom queen. After an amazing makeover, the school's biggest nerd, Laney Boggs (Rachel Leigh Cook), is transformed from a nobody to a knockout. Zack falls hard and when Laney find out about his deception, he must fight to win her heart.
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Playing by Heart
January 22, 1999
Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in Los Angeles.
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Varsity Blues
January 15, 1999
In West Texas, where high school football is life, two quarterbacks compete for attention from their fans, their family and their coach.
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At First Sight
January 15, 1999
The story of a young woman architect (Sorvino) who falls in love with a blind man (Kilmer). She encourages him to undergo a radical operation to restore his sight, but ultimately his truest vision comes from the love he finds in his heart. (MGM)
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Forever Mine
January 1, 1999
An affair between a cabana boy and the young wife of a sinister politician triggers a 16-year vendetta between the two men.
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The Theory of Flight
December 23, 1998
A dreamer who aspires to human flight is assigned public service after one of his attempts off a public building. This leads him to meeting a young woman, who is dying of motor neuron disease. The strong-willed woman admits her wish to be de-flowered before her death. The man, struggling to maintain his relationship with his girlfriend, declines but offers to help pay for a gigolo to do the deed. The following events play off the inherent comedy and drama of the circumstances.
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You've Got Mail
December 18, 1998
A romantic comedy set in the age of e-mail.
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Shakespeare in Love
December 11, 1998
Shakespeare in Love is a romantic comedy for the 1990s set in the 1590s. It imaginatively unfolds the witty, sexy and timeless tale behind the creation of the greatest love story ever told. (Miramax Films)
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Little Voice
December 4, 1998
A magical musical comedy about the power and perils of expression. (Miramax Films)
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Home Fries
November 25, 1998
A romantic comedy about two brothers after the same woman?more or less! One wants to marry her. One wants to murder her. (Warner Bros.)
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August 32nd on Earth
November 18, 1998
Young Simone is involved in a near fatal car crash, and as she questions her mortality, she also decides to have a baby. Her candidate for a father is her best friend Phillipe who happens to be seeing someone. He agrees, as long as they conceive in Salt Lake City, in the desert. The trip teaches many lessons about love, solitude, and self-discovery.
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Meet Joe Black
November 13, 1998
Bill Parrish (Hopkins) has it all -- success, wealth, and power. Days before his 65th birthday he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black (Pitt), who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time, Bill agrees to serve as Joe's earthly guide. But will he regret his choice when Joe unexpectedly falls in love with Bill's beautiful daughter Susan (Forlani). (Universal Studios)
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Elizabeth
November 6, 1998
This historical drama chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth I, from her days as an innocent young woman through her transformation into England's legendary "Virgin Queen." Formidable. Untouchable. Unbeatable... (Gramercy Pictures)
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Living Out Loud
October 30, 1998
Holly Hunter stars as a middle-aged divorcee who rediscovers life's possibilities in this offbeat dramedy. (New Line Cinema)
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Life Is Beautiful
October 23, 1998
From one of the world's most acclaimed comic filmmakers comes an unexpected and unforgettable fable about the power of laughter to move the human heart and the power of the imagination to bolster the human spirit. (Miramax Films)
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Practical Magic
October 16, 1998
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are modern witches looking for love and happiness in this spunky and spellbinding comedy/romance. (Warner Bros.)
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What Dreams May Come
October 2, 1998
A metaphysical tale of life after death.
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Permanent Midnight
September 16, 1998
A comedy writer struggles to overcome his addiction to heroin.
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Next Stop Wonderland
August 21, 1998
A lighthearted story about a man and a woman who seem destined to be together and the hilarious chain of accidents that seem determined to keep them apart! (Miramax)
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back
August 14, 1998
The story of a woman who must break the rules of love and her own way of thinking to find her heart. (Fox)
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Return to Paradise
August 14, 1998
Return to Paradise is a twisted thriller of passion and betrayal in which two men face the decision of a lifetime. (Universal)
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The Governess
July 31, 1998
Set in early 1840's London, Rosina (Driver), the eldest daughter, rejects an arranged marriage and sets out to support her family after they fall into debt when her father is murdered. She finds it hard to locate a job because she is Jewish and invents a new identity to work as a governess.
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Ever After
July 31, 1998
Drew Barrymore stars in this unique re-telling of the Cinderella story.
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Western
July 24, 1998
Catalonian Paco is a traveling rep for a shoe manufacturer. When he stops to pick up Russian emigree hitchhiker Nino, Paco soon finds himself on the side of the road with everything stolen out from under him. Local gift shop owner Marinette gives the Spaniard a lift. Their mutual attraction manifests itself quickly, and Paco, who was fired over the stolen-car episode, hangs around. When he happens to spot Nino in the same town, he beats up the scrawny Russian, who lands in the hospital. Oddly enough, this marks the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Paco and Nino soon take the trip down the road together.
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Lolita
July 22, 1998
Irons plays Humbert Humbert, the professor who can not control his physical desires for 12 year-old Dolores Haze (Swain) in yet another adaptation of Nabokov's classic novel.
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The Mask of Zorro
July 17, 1998
A sweeping romantic adventure of love and honor, of tragedy and triumph set against Mexico's fight for independence from the iron fist of Spain. (Sony)
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There's Something About Mary
July 15, 1998
An outrageous, gross-out romantic comedy starring Cameron Diaz as every guy's ideal and Ben Stiller as her hopeless suitor.
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Armageddon
July 1, 1998
When an asteroid the size of Texas is headed for Earth, the world's best deep core drilling team is sent to nuke the rock from the inside.
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Buffalo '66
June 26, 1998
A social misfit is rescued from emotional annihilation by the girl he kidnaps.
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