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The Best Action Movies of 1999

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List of the best 1999 action movies, ranked by how many upvotes they've received by other fans of the genre. These movies give you car crashes, explosions, gun fights and everything else you could hope for in a good action flick. These are all the action movies that defined the year 1999, so vote for your favorites and help them rise to the top. This poll is also a great resource for finding new movies that you haven't already seen, especially since you can watch trailers for each film right on this page. To make sure this list is as accurate as possible, please don't downvote a movie if you haven't seen it.

List is made up of a variety of movies, including Fight Club and The Matrix. This isn't necessarily a list of all action movies from 1999, but it does contain all the ones worth watching.

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The Matrix
Keanu Reeves, Hugo Weaving
Released: 1999
Directed by: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
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The Boondock Saints
Willem Dafoe, Norman Reedus
Released: 1999
Directed by: Troy Duffy
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Payback
Mel Gibson, Lucy Liu
Released: 1999
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
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The 13th Warrior
Omar Sharif, Antonio Banderas
Released: 1999
Directed by: John McTiernan, Michael Crichton
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The Mummy
Rachel Weisz, Brendan Fraser
Released: 1999
Directed by: Stephen Sommers
The Mummy is a 1999 American fantasy adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers... more on Wikipedia
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Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Natalie Portman, Keira Knightley
Released: 1999
Directed by: George Lucas
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Forest Whitaker, Henry Silva
Released: 1999
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
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Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Elizabeth Hurley, Heather Graham
Released: 1999
Directed by: Jay Roach
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The World Is Not Enough
Pierce Brosnan, Denise Richards
Released: 1999
Directed by: Michael Apted
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Galaxy Quest
Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman
Released: 1999
Directed by: Dean Parisot
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Lake Placid
Betty White, Mariska Hargitay
Released: 1999
Directed by: Steve Miner
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Nowhere to Hide
Choi Ji-woo, Jang Dong-gun
Released: 1999
Directed by: Lee Myung-se
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Fight Club
Brad Pitt, Jared Leto
Released: 1999
Directed by: David Fincher
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Deep Blue Sea
Samuel L. Jackson, LL Cool J
Released: 1999
Directed by: Renny Harlin
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Shiri
Yunjin Kim, Song Kang-Ho
Released: 1999
Directed by: Kang Je-gyu
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Inferno
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jaime Pressly
Released: 1999
Directed by: John G. Avildsen
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Three Kings
George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg
Released: 1999
Directed by: David O. Russell
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Blue Streak
Martin Lawrence, Dave Chappelle
Released: 1999
Directed by: Les Mayfield
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The Limey
Melissa George, Terence Stamp
Released: 1999
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
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Universal Soldier: The Return
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bill Goldberg
Released: 1999
Directed by: Mic Rodgers
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The Iron Giant
Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel
Released: 1999
Directed by: Brad Bird
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Double Jeopardy
Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones
Released: 1999
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
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The Bone Collector
Angelina Jolie, Denzel Washington
Released: 1999
Directed by: Phillip Noyce
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Amarkalam
Ajith Kumar, Nassar
Released: 1999
Directed by: Saran
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Life
Eddie Murphy, Poppy Montgomery
Released: 1999
Directed by: Ted Demme
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