The 1999 KohOscars

The KohOscars Podcast launched in October 2025 with a comprehensive retrospective on the year 1999! This episode's committee was comprised of Payson Johnson, Kaleb Koho, Kirk Kowalkowski, Cody Newberry, Adelaide Spence, and Dylan Vanthuyne. The above the line category nominations were determined live on the show.

Best Picture

All About My Mother
Being John Malkovich
Fight Club
The Green Mile
The Insider
The Matrix
Perfect Blue
The Sixth Sense
The Straight Story
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Toy Story 2

Best Director

Spike Jonze - Being John Malkovich
David Fincher - Fight Club
Frank Darabont - The Green Mile
Michael Mann - The Insider
Paul Thomas Anderson - Magnolia
David Lynch - The Straight Story
Anthony Minghella - The Talented Mr. Ripley

Best Actor

Russell Crowe - The Insider
Tom Cruise - Eyes Wide Shut
Matt Damon - The Talented Mr. Ripley
Richard Farnsworth - The Straight Story
Tom Hanks - The Green Mile
Al Pacino - The Insider
Denzel Washington - The Hurricane

Best Actress

Annette Bening - American Beauty
Cameron Diaz - Being John Malkovich
Julianne Moore - The End of the Affair
Cecilia Roth - All About My Mother
Winona Ryder - Girl, Interrupted
Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry
Reese Witherspoon - Election

Best Supporting Actor

Tom Cruise - Magnolia
Michael Clarke Duncane - The Green Mile
Philip Baker Hall - Magnolia
Jude Law - The Talented Mr. Ripley
Haley Joel Osment - The Sixth Sense
Brad Pitt - Fight Club
Christopher Plummer - The Insider

Best Supporting Actress

Helena Bonham Carter - Fight Club
Toni Collette - The Sixth Sense
Angelina Jolie - Girl, Interrupted
Catherine Keener - Being John Malkovich
Nicole Kidman - Eyes Wide Shut
Antonia San Juan - All About My Mother
Chloe Sevigny - Boys Don't Cry

Best Original Screenplay

After Life - Hirokazu Koreeda
All About My Mother - Pedro Almodovar
Being John Malkovich - Charlie Kaufman
Galaxy Quest - screenplay by Robert Gordon and David Howard; story by David Howard
Magnolia - Paul Thomas Anderson
The Sixth Sense - M. Night Shyamalan
The Straight Story - John Roach & Mary Sweeney

Best Adapted Screenplay

Election - Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
Eyes Wide Shut - Stanley Kubrick & Frederic Raphael
Fight Club - Jim Uhls
The Green Mile - Frank Darabont
The Insider - Michael Mann & Eric Roth
Perfect Blue - Satoshi Kon
The Talented Mr. Ripley - Anthony Minghella

Best Cameo

Alec Baldwin - Notting Hill
George Clooney - South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut
Philip Baker Hall - The Talented Mr. Ripley
Sydney Pollack - Eyes Wide Shut
Martin Scorsese - The Muse
Harry Dean Stanton - The Straight Story
Donnie Wahlberg - The Sixth Sense

Best Voice Performance

Tim Allen - Toy Story 2
Harry Connick, Jr. - The Iron Giant
Joan Cusack - Toy Story 2
Vin Diesel - The Iron Giant
Minnie Driver - Princess Mononoke
Tom Hanks - Toy Story 2
Junko Iwao - Perfect Blue

Best Animated Feature

The Iron Giant
Perfect Blue
Pokemon the Movie 2000
Princess Mononoke
South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut
Tarzan
Toy Story 2

Best First Feature

Brad Bird - The Iron Giant
Spike Jonze - Being John Malkovich
Gil Junger - 10 Things I Hate About You
Satoshi Kon - Perfect Blue
Sam Mendes - American Beauty
Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez - The Blair Witch Project
Kimberly Peirce - Boys Don't Cry

Best Sequel

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Dogma
Muppets from Space
South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Toy Story 2
The World is Not Enough

Best Cinematography

Eyes Wide Shut - Larry Smith
Fight Club - Jeff Cronenweth
The Green Mile - David Tattersall
The Insider - Dante Spinotti
Magnolia - Robert Elswit
Sleepy Hollow - Emmanuel Lubezki
The Straight Story - Freddie Francis

Best Film Editing

After Life - Hirokazu Koreeda
Being John Malkovich - Eric Zumbrunnen
Election - Kevin Tent
Fight Club - James Haygood
The Insider - William Goldenberg, David Rosenbloom, and Paul Rubell
Magnolia - Dylan Tichenor
The Matrix - Zach Staenberg

Best Production Design

Being John Malkovich - K.K. Barrett
Eyes Wide Shut - Les Tomkins & Roy Walker
The Green Mile - Terence Marsh
Sleepy Hollow - Rick Heinrichs
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - Gavin Bocquet
The Talented Mr. Ripley - Roy Walker
Topsy-Turvy - Eve Stewart

Best Original Score

American Beauty - Thomas Newman
The Matrix - Don Davis
Princess Mononoke - Joe Hisashi
The Sixth Sense - James Newton Howard
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - John Williams
The Straight Story - Angelo Badalementi
The Talented Mr. Ripley - Gabriel Yared

Best Original Song

“Blame Canada” - South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut (music & lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Trey Parker)
“The Great Beyond” - Man on the Moon (music & lyrics by R.E.M.)
“Save Me” - Magnolia (music & lyrics by Aimee Mann)
“Son of Man” - Tarzan (music & lyrics by Phil Collins)
“Up There” - South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut (music & lyrics by Marc Shaiman & Trey Parker)
“When She Loved Me” - Toy Story 2 (music & lyrics by Randy Newman)
“Wise Up” - Magnolia (music & lyrics by Aimee Mann)