1999 Returns!

Movie of the Year: 1999

1999 Returns!

96 Movies Enter, 16 Will Survive

The Year Was 1999. Everyone Had a Discman. And Movies? Absolute Bangers.

Back when the Taste Buds first covered the films of 1999 on Movie of the Year, they were young, naïve, and only picked eight movies. Eight! That’s adorable.

Now they're older, wiser, and full of regret—so they're returning to give one of the greatest years in movie history the full 16-slot bracket it deserves. That means eight more movies, a new perspective, and a much deeper dive.

This premiere episode is where it all begins: they take 96 of the most iconic, beloved, and deeply weird movies of 1999, and start hacking our way down to the Sweet 16. Expect heartbreak. Expect joy. Expect someone to irrationally defend The Haunting like their life depends on it.

In This Episode:

• The full list of 96 movies—from cult classics to forgotten flops
• Nostalgic tangents about Y2K, dial-up, and Taco Bell commercials
• Heated debates about what counts as “Movie of the Year–worthy”
• Emotional breakdowns over the ones we had to cut
• The 16 movies that will define the season—revealed

Why 1999?

Because it gave us The Matrix, Fight Club, The Blair Witch Project, Being John Malkovich, 10 Things I Hate About You, and like 30 more that would be any other year’s #1. It was the year movies peaked, and we’re finally giving it the coverage it deserves—with twice the movies and at least three times the yelling.

Tell Us We’re Wrong:

You definitely have opinions. Good.

Hit us up on Instagram @yourpopfilter, or email us at popfilterco@gmail and let us know which movies should have made the cut, which ones absolutely shouldn’t have, and how mad you are that we even considered Inspector Gadget.

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This one’s gonna be a journey. A journey to find the single greatest movie out of all of the films of 1999.