"The Matrix", "Star Wars: Episode I", "Fight Club", "Magnolia", "The Blair Witch Project", "The Sixth Sense", "The Virgin Suicides", "American Beauty", "Run" , Lola Run,” “Being John Malkovich”... Even by the standards of the entire decade before last, rich in innovative and impressive films, 1999 turned out to be the focus of masterpieces, the echo of which can still be heard in pop culture. It’s a rare case when the word “cult” does not seem like an exaggeration: these films have formed two generations of adherents who know all the lines by heart, remember the circumstances of filming and are devoted to the point of self-denial. However, even fans can learn a lot from “The Best Year in Cinema History.” The book reconstructs the history of thirty of the most important films of 1999: journalist Brian Raftery conducted more than a hundred interviews with those involved in their production and not only found an explanation for the phenomenon, but also shed light on the structure of Hollywood. Contains obscene language!