1999 Academy Award® Nominations: winners are underlined.

Best Picture: American Beauty The Cider House Rules The Green Mile The Insider The Sixth Sense What will win: American Beauty What should win: The Sixth Sense Runner-up: American Beauty What's missing: Tarzan

Best Director: Lasse Hallstrom, The Cider House Rules Spike Jonze, Being John Malkovich Michael Mann, The Insider Sam Mendes, American Beauty M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense Who will win: Sam Mendes Who should win: M. Night Shyamalan Runner up: Sam Mendes Who's Missing: Mike Leigh, Topsy-Turvy

Best Actor: Russell Crowe, The Insider Richard Farnsworth, The Straight Story Sean Penn, Sweet and Lowdown Kevin Spacey, American Beauty Denzel Washington, The Hurricane Who will win: Kevin Spacey Who should win: Kevin Spacey Runner-up: Russell Crowe Who's Missing: Jim Carrey, Man on the Moon

Best Actress: Annette Bening, American Beauty Janet McTeer, Tumbleweeds Julianne Moore, The End of the Affair Meryl Streep, Music of the Heart Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry Who will win: Annette Bening Who should win: Annette Bening Runner-up: Hilary Swank Who's missing: Vanessa Martinez, Limbo

Best Supporting Actor: Michael Caine, The Cider House Rules Tom Cruise, Magnolia Michael Clarke Duncan, The Green Mile Jude Law, The Talented Mr. Ripley Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense Who will win: Haley Joel Osment Who should win: Haley Joel Osment Runner-up: Tom Cruise Who's missing: Chris Cooper, American Beauty

Best Supporting Actress: Toni Collette, The Sixth Sense Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted Catherine Keener, Being John Malkovich Samantha Morton, Sweet and Lowdown Chloë Sevigny, Boys Don't Cry Who will win: Toni Collette Who should win: Toni Collette Runner-up: Catherine Keener Who's missing: Thora Birch, American Beauty

Best Original Screenplay:
P.T. Anderson, Magnolia
Alan Ball, American Beauty
Charlie Kaufman, Being John Malkovich
Mike Leigh, Topsy Turvy
M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense

What will win: American Beauty
What should win: American Beauty
Runner-up: The Sixth Sense
What's missing: Mumford

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Frank Darabont, The Green Mile
John Irving, The Cider House Rules
Eric Roth, Michael Mann, The Insider
Anthony Minghella, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, Election

What will win: The Cider House Rules
What should win: The Insider
Runner-up: Election
What's missing: Tarzan

Best Foreign Film: Est-ouest, France Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef, Nepal Solomon and Gaenor, UK Todo sobre mi madre, Spain Under solen, Sweden

Best Costumes: Anna and the King Sleepy Hollow The Talented Mr. Ripley Titus Topsy-Turvy

Film Editing: American Beauty The Cider House Rules The Insider The Matrix The Sixth Sense

Visual Effects: The Matrix Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Stuart Little

Sound Effects Editing: Fight Club The Matrix Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Best Sound: The Green Mile The Insider The Matrix The Mummy Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Best Makeup: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Bicentennial Man Life Topsy Turvy

Best Cinematography: American Beauty The End of the Affair The Insider Sleepy Hollow Snow Falling on Cedars

Best Original Score: John Corigliano, The Red Violin Thomas Newman, American Beauty Rachel Portman, The Cider House Rules John Williams, Angela's Ashes Gabriel Yared, The Talented Mr. Ripley

Best Art Direction: Anna and the King The Cider House Rules Sleepy Hollow The Talented Mr. Ripley Topsy-Turvy

Best Original Song:
Phil Collins, "You'll Be in My Heart" from Tarzan
Aimee Mann, "Save Me" from Magnolia
Randy Newman, "When She Loved Me" from Toy Story 2
Trey Parker, Marc Shaiman, "Blame Canada" from South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
Dianne Warren, "Music of My Heart" from Music of the Heart

Best Documentary Feature: Buena Vista Social Club Genghis Blues On the Ropes One Day in September Speaking in Strings

Documentary, Short Subject: Eyewitness King Gimp The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo

Live Action Short Film: Bror, min bror Killing Joe Kleingeld Major and Minor Miracles My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York

Animated Short Film: Humdrum My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts The Old Man and the Sea Three Misses When the Day Breaks

The Academy Award® ceremonies were held on Sunday, March 26th, 2000


Winners:
(14 movies)
American Beauty (5) - Picture, Director, Actor, Original Screenplay, Cinematography
The Matrix (4) - Editing, Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Effects Editing
The Cider House Rules (2) - Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay
Topsy Turvy (2) - Costumes, Makeup
Boys Don't Cry (1) - Actress
Girl, Interrupted (1)- Supporting Actress
The Red Violin (1) - Score
Sleepy Hollow (1) - Art Direction
Tarzan (1) - Song
Todo sobre mi madre (1) - Foreign Film
One Day in September (1) - Documentary Feature
King Gimp (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York (1) - Live Action Short Film
The Old Man and the Sea (1) - Animated Short Film

Nomination Totals:
(58 movies)
Commercial English language films:
American Beauty (8) - Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Original Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography, Score
Angela's Ashes (1) - Score
Anna and the King (2) - Costumes, Art Direction
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1) - Makeup
Being John Malkovich (3) - Director, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay
Bicentennial Man (1) - Makeup
Boys Don't Cry (2) - Actress, Supporting Actress
The Cider House Rules (7) - Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Score, Art Direction
Election (1) - Adapted Screenplay
The End of the Affair (2) - Actress, Cinematography
Fight Club (1) - Sound Effects Editing
Girl, Interrupted (1)- Supporting Actress
The Green Mile (4) - Picture, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Sound
The Hurricane (1) - Actor
The Insider (7) - Picture, Director, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Sound, Cinematography
Life (1) - Makeup
Magnolia (3) - Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Song
The Matrix (4) - Editing, Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Effects Editing
The Mummy (1) - Sound
Music of the Heart (2) - Actress, Song
The Sixth Sense (6) - Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Editing
Sleepy Hollow (3) - Costumes, Cinematography, Art Direction
Snow Falling on Cedars (1) - Cinematography
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1) - Song
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (3) - Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Effects Editing
The Straight Story (1) - Actor
Stuart Little (1) - Visual Effects
Sweet and Lowdown (2) - Actor, Supporting Actress
The Talented Mr. Ripley (5) - Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Costumes, Score, Art Direction
Tarzan (1) - Song
Titus (1) - Costumes
Topsy Turvy (4) - Original Screenplay, Costumes, Makeup, Art Direction
Toy Story 2 (1) - Song
Tumbleweeds (1) - Actress

Foreign language films:
Est-ouest (1) - Foreign Film
Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef (1) - Foreign Film
The Red Violin (1) - Score
Solomon and Gaenor (1) - Foreign Film
Todo sobre mi madre (1) - Foreign Film
Under solen (1) - Foreign Film

Documentaries and short films:
Bror, min bror (1) - Live Action Short Film
Buena Vista Social Club (1) - Documentary Feature
Eyewitness (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
Genghis Blues (1) - Documentary Feature
Humdrum (1) - Animated Short Film
Killing Joe (1) - Live Action Short Film
King Gimp (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
Kleingeld (1) - Live Action Short Film
Major and Minor Miracles (1) - Live Action Short Film
My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts (1) - Animated Short Film
My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York (1) - Live Action Short Film
The Old Man and the Sea (1) - Animated Short Film
On the Ropes (1) - Documentary Feature
One Day in September (1) - Documentary Feature
Speaking in Strings (1) - Documentary Feature
Three Misses (1) - Animated Short Film
When the Day Breaks (1) - Animated Short Film
The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo (1) - Documentary, Short Subject

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