The Matrix also features memorable supporting turns from Carrie Anne-Moss, Joe Pantoliano and Hugo Weaving. Layered on top of that is some of the best action ever put on the big screen, with pioneering effects and phenomenal camera work. The Wachowskis' concept of The Matrix is the gold standard for sci-fi blockbusters, because the idea is simple to grasp and exciting, but it has far-ranging implications for academics and commentators to dig into. When a hacker (Keanu Reeves) learns that the world around us is actually an elaborate simulation, he's recruited by a group of outsiders (led by Laurence Fishburne's Morpheus) who have broken free of the system to help bring it down. Of all the phenomenal movies released in 1999 (The Sixth Sense, The Talented Mr Ripley, Fight Club, Election.), The Matrix remains the most pleasantly rewatchable.
