Top 10 Favorite Films: 1990-1999

In order of preference:

1990

  1. Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner)
  2. Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton)
  3. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese)
  4. Reversal of Fortune (Barbet Schroeder)
  5. Postcards from the Edge (Mike Nichols)
  6. The Grifters (Stephen Frears)
  7. Misery (Rob Reiner)
  8. Back to the Future Part III (Robert Zemeckis)
  9. The Godfather Part III (Francis Ford Coppola)
  10. The Long Walk Home (Richard Pearce)

1991

  1. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme)
  2. Raise the Red Lantern (Yimou Zhang)
  3. JFK (Oliver Stone)
  4. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Nicholas Meyer)
  5. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron)
  6. The Doors (Oliver Stone)
  7. Zentropa (Lars von Trier)
  8. Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg)
  9. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper)
  10. The Rapture (Michael Tolkin)

1992

  1. Strictly Ballroom (Baz Luhrmann)
  2. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola)
  3. Howards End (James Ivory)
  4. The Last of the Mohicans (Michael Mann)
  5. The Crying Game (Neil Jordan)
  6. Malcolm X (Spike Lee)
  7. Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen)
  8. The Player (Robert Altman)
  9. Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley)
  10. Batman Returns (Tim Burton)

1993

  1. The Remains of the Day (James Ivory)
  2. Carlito’s Way (Brian De Palma)
  3. Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg)
  4. Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick)
  5. The Fugitive (Andrew Davis)
  6. True Romance (Tony Scott)
  7. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis)
  8. Jack Be Nimble (Garth Maxwell)
  9. Six Degrees of Separation (Fred Schepisi)
  10. In the Line of Fire (Wolfgang Petersen)

1994

  1. Ed Wood (Tim Burton)
  2. Rampo (Rintaro Mayuzumi, Kazuyoshi Okuyama)
  3. To Live (Yimou Zhang)
  4. The Lion King (Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff)
  5. Wolf (Mike Nichols)
  6. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)
  7. Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis)
  8. Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (Wes Craven)
  9. True Lies (James Cameron)
  10. The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont)

1995

  1. Sense and Sensibility (Ang Lee)
  2. Dolores Claiborne (Taylor Hackford)
  3. The American President (Robe Reiner)
  4. Se7en (David Fincher)
  5. Dead Man Walking (Tim Robbins)
  6. Toy Story (John Lasseter)
  7. Babe (Chris Noonan)
  8. Braveheart (Mel Gibson)
  9. The Addiction (Albert Ferrara)
  10. Twelve Monkeys (Terry Gilliam)

1996

  1. Hamsun (Jan Troell)
  2. Bound (Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski)
  3. Freeway (Matthew Bright)
  4. Shall We Dance? (Masayuki Suo)
  5. Citizen Ruth (Alexander Payne)
  6. Jane Eyre (Franco Zeffirelli)
  7. The Crucible (Nicholas Hytner)
  8. The War at Home (Emilio Estevez)
  9. Portrait of a Lady (Jane Campion)
  10. Sling Blade (Billy Bob Thornton)

1997

  1. Titanic (James Cameron)
  2. Life Is Beautiful (Roberto Benigni)
  3. Deconstructing Harry (Woody Allen)
  4. L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson)
  5. The Wings of the Dove (Iain Softley)
  6. Lost Highway (David Lynch)
  7. Live Flesh (Pedro Almodovar)
  8. Character (Mike van Diem)
  9. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino)
  10. Contact (Robert Zemeckis)

1998

  1. Primary Colors (Mike Nichols)
  2. Bulworth (Warren Beatty)
  3. Elizabeth (Shekhar Kapur)
  4. The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick)
  5. Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon)
  6. Shakespeare in Love (John Madden)
  7. Hilary and Jackie (Anand Tucker)
  8. Mulan (Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook)
  9. The Mask of Zorro (Martin Campbell)
  10. Pleasantville (Gary Ross)

1999

  1. Election (Alexander Payne)
  2. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick)
  3. The Green Mile (Frank Darabont)
  4. The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan)
  5. Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich)
  6. Sleepy Hollow (Tim Burton)
  7. Talented Mr. Ripley (Anthony Minghella)
  8. Sunshine (István Szabó)
  9. Audition (Takashi Miike)
  10. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze)


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