1999 12th Chicago Film Critics Awards Best Picture * American Beauty Being John Malkovich The Insider Magnolia The Straight Story Best Foreign Language Film * All About My Mother - Spain Afterlife - Japan Autumn Tale - France Lovers on the Bridge - France Run Lola Run - Germany Best Director * Sam Mendes - American Beauty Paul T. Anderson - Magnolia Spike Jonze - Being John Malkovich Stanley Kubrick - Eyes Wide Shut David Lynch - The Straight Story Best Actor * Kevin Spacey - American Beauty Jim Broadbent - Topsy-Turvy Russell Crowe - The Insider Richard Farnsworth - The Straight Story Denzel Washington - The Hurricane Best Actress * Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry Annette Bening - American Beauty Janet McTeer - Tumbleweeds Julianne Moore - The End of the Affair Reese Witherspoon - Election Best Supporting Actor * Tom Cruise - Magnolia Michael Clarke Duncan - The Green Mile John Malkovich - Being John Malkovich Haley Joel Osment - The Sixth Sense Christopher Plummer - The Insider Best Supporting Actress * Chloe Sevigny - Boys Don't Cry Angelina Jolie - Girl, Interrupted Catherine Keener - Being John Malkovich Julianne Moore - An Ideal Husband Samantha Morton - Sweet and Lowdown Most Promising Actor * Wes Bentley - American Beauty Michael Clarke Duncan - The Green Mile Terrence Howard - Best Laid Plans Chris Klein - Election / American Pie Haley Joel Osment - The Sixth Sense Most Promising Actress * Emilie Dequenne - Rosetta * Julia Stiles - 10 Things I Hate About You Lara Belmont - The War Zone Janet McTeer - Tumbleweeds Samantha Morton - Sweet and Lowdown Best Screenplay * Being John Malkovich - Charlie Kaufman American Beauty - Alan Ball Magnolia - Paul T. Anderson The Sixth Sense - M. Night Shyamalan Topsy-Turvy - Mike Leigh Best Cinematography * Snow Falling on Cedars - Robert Richardson American Beauty - Conrad Hall Eyes Wide Shut - Larry Smith, Stanley Kubrick Sleepy Hollow - Emmanuel Lubezski The Talented Mr. Ripley - John Seale Best Score * South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut - Trey Parker, Marc Shaiman The Cider House Rules - Rachel Portman Eyes Wide Shut - Jocelyn Pook The Red Violin - John Corigliano Run Lola Run - Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Rheinhold Heil ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------