1999

The Iron Giant

The Matrix

Batman Beyond

Wakko's Wish

Pokémon: The First Movie

The King and I

1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.

Events

• The Powerpuff Girls is renewed for a second and third season.

Theatrical releases

Feature films

Month	Title	Studio	Distributor	Co-production	Notes
January 22	The Theory of Flight	Fine Line Features	Fine Line Features
January 24	Man of the Century	Fine Line Features	Fine Line Features
February 5	Payback	Warner Bros.	Paramount Pictures (USA) Warner Bros. (International)	Icon Productions	International distributor
February 12	Message in a Bottle	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.	Bel Air Entertainment Tig Productions Di Novi Pictures	First film teamed up with Bel Air Entertainment
	Blast from the Past	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema
March 5	Analyze This	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.	Village Roadshow Pictures Tribeca Productions
March 12	The Corruptor	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema
March 19	The King and I	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment	Warner Bros.	Morgan Creek Productions Nest Entertainment
	True Crime	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.	Malpaso Productions
March 31	The Matrix	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.	Village Roadshow Pictures Silver Pictures
April 9	Lovers of the Arctic Circle	Fine Line Features	Fine Line Features
April 16	Goodbye Lover	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.	Regency Enterprises
April 23	Lost & Found	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.	Alcon Entertainment
May 21	Besieged	Fine Line Features	Fine Line Features
June 11	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema
June 30	Wild Wild West	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.	Peters Entertainment
	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	Comedy Central Films	Paramount Pictures (USA) Warner Bros. (International)	Comedy Central Films Scott Rudin Productions	International distribution
July 2	Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment	Warner Bros.	Legacy Releasing
July 16	Eyes Wide Shut	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.
July 23	Drop Dead Gorgeous	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema
	Trick	Fine Line Features	Fine Line Features	Good Machine
July 28	Deep Blue Sea	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.	Village Roadshow Pictures
August 6	The Iron Giant	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros. Feature Animation
August 13	Detroit Rock City	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema
August 20	Mickey Blue Eyes	Warner Bros. Castle Rock Entertainment	Warner Bros.	Universal Pictures Polygram Filmed Entertainment Simian Films
August 27	A Dog of Flanders	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.		distributor
	The Astronaut's Wife	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema
September 1	Chill Factor	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.	Morgan Creek Productions
September 24	Dog Park	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema	Lions Gate Entertainment
October 1	Three Kings	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.	Village Roadshow Pictures
October 15	The Story of Us	Warner Bros. Castle Rock Entertainment	Universal Pictures Warner Bros.	Universal Pictures	International distribution only
	Julien Donkey-Boy	Fine Line Features	Fine Line Features	391 Productions Forensic Films Independent Pictures
October 22	Three to Tango	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.	Village Roadshow Pictures Outlaw Productions
	Body Shots	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema
October 29	House on Haunted Hill	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.	Dark Castle Entertainment Ghost House Pictures
November 5	The Bachelor	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema
November 10	Pokémon: The First Movie	OLM, Inc.	Warner Bros. Kids' WB	Nintendo 4Kids Entertainment	Originally released in Japan on July 18, 1998 by Toho.
November 15	The New Adventures of Pinocchio	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema	Fries Film Group Creativ Berlin Filmpartners The Carousel Picture Company Global United Entertainment Pinocchio II Productions Ltd.	Theatrical only
November 17	Liberty Heights	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.	Morgan Creek Productions
December 10	The Green Mile	Warner Bros. Castle Rock Entertainment	Warner Bros.	Universal Pictures	Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
	Tumbleweeds	Fine Line Features	Fine Line Features
December 15	Simpatico	Fine Line Features	Fine Line Features		Limited only
December 17	Magnolia	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema
December 22	Any Given Sunday	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.

Television

• January 19 - Batman Beyond and The Cat & Birdy Warnernoonie Pinky Brainy Big Cartoonie Show premiere on Kids' WB
• The Big Game XXVII: Sylvester vs. Tweety airs on Cartoon Network
• September 11
  • Detention premieres on Kids' WB
  • Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon airs its last broadcast
• September 18 - The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries begins airing its fifth and final season

Theme parks

• May 8 - Grand opening of Six Flags America. The park features Gotham City and Looney Tunes Movie Town, two new lands that feature attractions such as The Joker's Jinx, Two Face: The Flip Side, and The Great Chase.
• May 26 - Batman: The Ride opens at Six Flags Over Texas.

Home video releases

VHS & DVD releases

• TBA

Direct-to-video releases

• December 21 - Wakko's Wish

Character Debuts

• March 19 - Anna Leonowens, King Mongkut, Louis Leonowens, Kralahome, Master Little, The Royal Children, Prince Chulalongkorn, Tuptim, Sir Edward Ramsay
• August 9 - Hogarth Hughes, The Iron Giant (character), Annie Hughes, Dean McCoppin, Kent Mansley, General Rogard
• September 11 - Shareena Wickett, Duncan Bubble, Jim Kim, Emmitt Roswell, Gug, Lemonjella and Orangejella LaBelle, Eugenia Kisskillya, Shelley Kelly

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