1990's

FILMS OF THE YEAR: THE 1990's

"Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it." - Quentin Tarantino
"Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it." - Quentin Tarantino


1999
  1. Fight Club (David Fincher)
  2. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze)
  3. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson)
  4. The Matrix (Andy & Lana Wachowski)
  5. All About My Mother (Pedro Almodóvar)
  6. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick)
  7. American Beauty (Sam Mendes)
  8. The Insider (Michael Mann)
  9. Three Kings (David O. Russell)
  10. Bringing Out the Dead (Martin Scorsese)
Honourary Mentions: 
Election (Alexander Payne)
Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter & Ash Brannon)
The Straight Story (David Lynch)

1998
  1. Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg)
  2. Dark City (Alex Proyas)
  3. The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick)
  4. Pleasantville (Gary Ross)
  5. A Simple Plan (Sam Raimi)
  6. The Truman Show (Peter Weir)
  7. American History X (Tony Kaye)
  8. Rushmore (Wes Anderson)
  9. Life is Beautiful (Roberto Benigni)
  10. Happiness (Todd Solondz)
Honourary Mention: 
Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh)
Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon)
Pi (Darren Aronofsky)

1997
  1. The Ice Storm (Ang Lee)
  2. L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson)
  3. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson)
  4. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino)
  5. Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki)
  6. Donnie Brasco (Mike Newell)
  7. The Game (David Fincher)
  8. Live Flesh (Pedro Almodóvar)
  9. The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan)
  10. Gattaca (Andrew Niccol)
Honourary Mention: 
Kundun (Martin Scorsese)

1996
  1. Fargo (Joel Coen)
  2. Pusher (Nicolas Winding Refn)
  3. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle)
  4. The People vs. Larry Flynt (Milos Forman)
  5. Lone Star (John Sayles)
  6. Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh)
  7. Bound (The Wachowski Brothers)
  8. Sling Blade (Billy Bob Thornton)
  9. Jerry Maguire (Cameron Crowe)
  10. Crash (David Cronenberg)
1995
  1. Heat (Michael Mann)
  2. Seven (David Fincher)
  3. Twelve Monkeys (Terry Gilliam)
  4. Underground (Emir Kusturica)
  5. Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii)
  6. Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgis)
  7. Get Shorty (Barry Sonnenfeld)
  8. Toy Story (John Lasseter)
  9. Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow)
  10. Casino (Martin Scorsese)
  11. The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer) 
Honourary Mention:
Richard III (Richard Loncraine)
Dead Man Walking (Tim Robbins)
Braveheart (Mel Gibson)

1994
  1. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)
  2. Ed Wood (Tim Burton)
  3. The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont)
  4. Three Colours Trilogy: Blue, White & Red (Krzysztof Kieślowski)
  5. Quiz Show (Robert Redford)
  6. Exotica (Atom Egoyan)
  7. The Postman (Michael Radford)
  8. Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater)
  9. Once Were Warriors (Lee Tamahori)
  10. Fresh (Boaz Yakin) 
Honourary Mention:
Speed (Jan de Bont)
Hoop Dreams (Steve James)

1993
  1. Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg)
  2. Short Cuts (Robert Altman)
  3. The Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese)
  4. The Fugitive (Andrew Davis)
  5. True Romance (Tony Scott)
  6. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis)
  7. Cronos (Guillermo del Toro)
  8. Matinee (Joe Dante)
  9. In the Name of the Father (Jim Sheridan)
  10. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick)
Honourary Mentions: 
Kalifornia (Dominic Sena)
Menace II Society (Albert & Allen Hughes)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (Lasse Hallström)

1992
  1. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood)
  2. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino)
  3. One False Move (Carl Franklin)
  4. Howards End (James Ivory)
  5. The Player (Robert Altman)
  6. Bad Lieutenant (Abel Ferrara)
  7. Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley)
  8. Malcolm X (Spike Lee)
  9. The Last of the Mohicans (Michael Mann)
  10. Thunderheart (Michael Apted)
Honourary Mention:
Baraka (Ron Fricke)

1991
  1. JFK (Oliver Stone)
  2. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme)
  3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron)
  4. City of Hope (John Sayles)
  5. Mediterraneo (Gabriele Salvatores)
  6. Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg)
  7. Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise)
  8. Boyz n the Hood (John Singleton)
  9. Johnny Stecchino (Roberto Benigni)
  10. Bugsy (Barry Levinson)
Honourary Mention:
Grand Canyon (Lawrence Kasdan)
Thelma & Louise (Ridley Scott)
Homicide (David Mamet)
The Fisher King (Terry Gilliam)

1990
  1. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese)
  2. Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner)
  3. After Dark, My Sweet (James Foley)
  4. Miller's Crossing (Joel Coen)
  5. The Grifters (Stephen Frears)
  6. Misery (Rob Reiner)
  7. Reversal of Fortune (Barbet Schroeder)
  8. Internal Affairs (Mike Figgis)
  9. Life Is Sweet (Mike Leigh)
  10. Awakenings (Penny Marshall)
Honourary Mention: 
Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty)
Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven)
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