Film critics and movie buffs alike consider 1999 to be a landmark year for cinema. Taking a look back at the many groundbreaking and risk-taking movies released that year, it’s not hard to see why.

In a memorable year for film, there were recommendations of blockbusters, tender dramas and coming-of-age-tales. But one title stood out from the rest. By Geordon Wollner A quarter-century later, the ...