1999 was not just the last year of the old millennium. It also gave us quite a few movie titles that went on to achieve cult status. Some of them, like The Matrix, are back on the silver screen to celebrate their anniversary! Fight Club, The Green Mile and other must-see cinematic marvels haven’t lost their appeal even 20 years after their first theatrical run. The behind-the-scenes photos from these films are worth a look.
1. Hugo Weaving and Keanu Reeves going at each other in front of green screens on the set of The Matrix
2. Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and director David Fincher talking about Fight Club
3. Eyes Wide Shut. Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Stanley Kubrick watching the takes
4. Stephen King enthroned atop the electric chair from The Green Mile
5. Johnny Depp pumping it up backstage while filming Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow
6. Promotional photo of The Virgin Suicides by Sofia Coppola
7. Matt Damon, Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow getting comfortable on the set of The Talented Mr. Ripley
8. Winged Alan Rickman flipping the bird behind the scenes of Dogma
9. Robot suit created by Dave Barkovitz for Bicentennial Man
10. Filming Deep Blue Sea was a bloody experience
11. 10 Things I Hate About You catapulted its leads to stardom
12. Ray Park a.k.a Darth Maul on the set of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
13. M. Night Shyamalan explaining his creative vision to the actors of The Sixth Sense
14. The making of American Beauty’s iconic rose scene
15. The World Is Not Enough, the 19th installment in the Bond franchise
