Best movies of before 2000

Actors : Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Philip Kaufman,

The story of the original Mercury 7 astronauts and their macho, seat-of-the-pants approach to the space program.

Actors : Ben Johnson, Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd,
Directors : Peter Bogdanovich,

In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied West Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.

Actors : Helen Martin, Robert Townsend, Starletta DuPois, Craigus R. Johnson,
Directors : Robert Townsend,

An actor limited to stereotypical roles because of his ethnicity, dreams of making it big as a highly respected performer. As he makes his rounds, the film takes a satiric look at African American actors in Hollywood.

Actors : Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack,
Directors : Hal Ashby,

Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.

Actors : Donna Dixon, Steve Forrest, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase,
Directors : John Landis,

Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.

Actors : Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Austin Pendleton, Fisher Stevens,
Directors : John Badham,

Number 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes.

Actors : Carol Kane, Richard Masur, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman,
Directors : Greg Beeman,

A teen decides to go for a night on the town with his friends despite flunking his driver's test.

Actors : Adrian Zmed, George Grizzard, Tom Hanks, Tawny Kitaen,
Directors : Neal Israel,

A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party.

Actors : Michael Keaton, Maureen Stapleton, Marilu Henner, Joe Piscopo,
Directors : Amy Heckerling,

Set in the 1930's, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.

Actors : Al Pacino, Gene Hackman, Ann Wedgeworth, Dorothy Tristan,
Directors : Jerry Schatzberg,

Max, an ex-con drifter with a penchant for brawling is amused by Lion, a homeless ex-sailor, and they partner up as they head east together.

Actors : Chloe Webb, Gary Oldman, David Hayman, Debby Bishop,
Directors : Alex Cox,

The relationship between Sid Vicious, bassist for British punk group The Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen is portrayed.

Actors : Michael Richards, Kevin McCarthy, Victoria Jackson, 'Weird Al' Yankovic,
Directors : Jay Levey,

An unemployed visionary becomes the manager of a local public station. The station becomes a success, with all sorts of hilarious sight gags and wacky humor.

Actors : Jane Horrocks, Claire Skinner, Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

A waitress, her cook husband, & their twin daughters ponder their lives over a few weeks in a working-class suburb north of London.

Actors : Sam Berry, Harry Dean Stanton, Dean Stockwell, Nastassja Kinski,
Directors : Wim Wenders,

Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.

Actors : John Cusack, Linda Warren, Demi Moore, Joel Murray,
Directors : Savage Steve Holland,

An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.

Actors : Gene Kelly, Michael Beck, Olivia Newton-John, James Sloyan,
Directors : Robert Greenwald,

The story of a girl who makes dreams come true.

Actors : Hector Elizondo, Jackie Gleason, Tom Hanks, Eva Marie Saint,
Directors : Garry Marshall,

A highly successful advertising executive decides to put his job on hold after getting an update from his father that he and his wife are divorced and decides to extend his break after revealing that his father is a diabetic.

Actors : Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton,
Directors : John Hughes,

Two high school nerds attempt to create the perfect woman, but she turns out to be more than that.

Actors : Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Jo Marr, Dan Aykroyd,
Directors : Phil Alden Robinson,

A security pro finds his past coming back to haunt him, when he and his unique team are tasked with retrieving a particularly important item.

Actors : Akemi Yamaguchi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi,
Directors : Isao Takahata,

A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.