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1990-1999

 


-- 1990s --

#1: Pulp Fiction (dir: Quentin Tarantino)
#2: Fargo (dir: Joel Coen)
#3: GoodFellas (dir: Martin Scorsese)
#4: L.A. Confidential (dir: Curtis Hanson)
#5: The Sweet Hereafter (dir: Atom Egoyan)
#6: American Beauty (dir: Sam Mendes)
#7: Schindler's List (dir: Steven Spielberg)
#8: The Usual Suspects (dir: Bryan Singer)
#9: The Silence of the Lambs (dir: Jonathan Demme)
#10: Nixon (dir: Oliver Stone)

#11: Life is Beautiful (dir: Roberto Benigni)
#12: Dead Man Walking (dir: Tim Robbins)
#13: Quiz Show (dir: Robert Redford)
#14: Glengarry Glen Ross (dir: James Foley)
#15: The Thin Red Line (dir: Terrence Malick)
#16: The Talented Mr. Ripley (dir: Anthony Minghella)
#17: The Celebration (dir: Thomas Vinterberg)
#18: Secrets & Lies (dir: Mike Leigh)
#19: The Insider (dir: Michael Mann)
#20: Eyes Wide Shut (dir: Stanley Kubrick)
#21: Breaking the Waves (dir: Lars von Trier)
#22: Happiness (dir: Todd Solondz)
#23: Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (dir: Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky)
#24: Ed Wood (dir: Tim Burton)
#25: The Vanishing (dir: George Sluizer)
#26: Boogie Nights (dir: Paul Thomas Anderson)
#27: JFK (dir: Oliver Stone)
#28: The Crying Game (dir: Neil Jordan)
#29: The Ice Storm (dir: Ang Lee)
#30: Rushmore (dir: Wes Anderson)
#31: Reservoir Dogs (dir: Quentin Tarantino)
#32: Gods and Monsters (dir: Bill Condon)
#33: Being John Malkovich (dir: Spike Jonze)
#34: The English Patient (dir: Anthony Minghella)
#35: Hamlet (dir: Kenneth Branagh)
#36: Looking for Richard (dir: Al Pacino)
#37: The Truman Show (dir: Peter Weir)
#38: Affliction (dir: Paul Schrader)
#39: Get Shorty (dir: Barry Sonnenfeld)
#40: Trainspotting (dir: Danny Boyle)
#41: Boys Don't Cry (dir: Kimberly Pierce)
#42: Wag the Dog (dir: Barry Levinson)
#43: Elizabeth (dir: Shekhar Kapur)
#44: Magnolia (dir: Paul Thomas Anderson)
#45: Babe (dir: Chris Noonan)
#46: Se7en (dir: David Fincher)
#47: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (dir: Peter Greenaway)
#48: Reversal of Fortune (dir: Barbet Schroder)
#49: Casino (dir: Martin Scorsese)
#50: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (dir: Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper)

 


-- 1999 --

#1:  American Beauty (dir: Sam Mendes)
#2:  The Talented Mr. Ripley (dir: Anthony Minghella)
#3:  The Insider (dir: Michael Mann)
#4:  Eyes Wide Shut (dir: Stanley Kubrick)
#5:  Being John Malkovich (dir: Spike Jonze)
#6:  Boys Don't Cry (dir: Kimberly Pierce)
#7:  Magnolia (dir: Paul Thomas Anderson)
#8:  Toy Story 2 (dir: John Lasseter)
#9:  Election (dir: Alexander Payne)
#10:  Topsy-Turvy (dir: Mike Leigh)

 

-- 1998 --

#1:  Life is Beautiful (dir: Roberto Benigni)
#2:  The Thin Red Line (dir: Terrence Malick)
#3:  The Celebration (dir: Thomas Vinterberg)
#4:  Happiness (dir: Todd Solondz)
#5:  Rushmore (dir: Wes Anderson)
#6:  Gods and Monsters (dir: Bill Condon)
#7:  The Truman Show (dir: Peter Weir)
#8:  Affliction (dir: Paul Schrader)
#9:  Elizabeth (dir: Shakhur Kapur)
#10:  Out of Sight (dir: Steven Soderbergh)

 

-- 1997 --

#1:  L.A. Confidential (dir: Curtis Hanson)
#2:  The Sweet Hereafter (dir: Atom Egoyan)
#3:  Booge Nights (dir: Paul Thomas Anderson)
#4:  The Ice Storm (dir: Ang Lee)
#5:  Wag the Dog (dir: Barry Levinson)
#6:  The Wings of the Dove (dir: Iain Softley)
#7:  Jackie Brown (dir: Quentin Tarantino)
#8:  As Good As It Gets (dir: James L. Brooks)
#9:  Gattaca (dir: Andrew Niccol)
#10:  Hard Eight (dir: Paul Thomas Anderson)

 

-- 1996 --

#1:  Fargo (dir: Joel Coen)
#2:  Secrets & Lies (dir: Mike Leigh)
#3:  Breaking the Waves (dir: Lars von Trier)
#4:  Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (dir: Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky)
#5:  The English Patient (dir: Anthony Minghella)
#6:  Hamlet (dir: Kenneth Branagh)
#7:  Looking for Richard (dir: Al Pacino)
#8:  Trainspotting (dir: Danny Boyle)
#9:  Bound (dir: Larry and Andy Wachowski)
#10:  Shine (dir: Scott Hicks)

 

-- 1995 --

#1:  The Usual Suspects (dir: Brian Singer)
#2:  Nixon (dir: Oliver Stone)
#3:  Dead Man Walking (dir: Tim Robbins)
#4:  Get Shorty (dir: Barry Sonnenfeld)
#5:  Babe (dir: Chris Noonan)
#6:  Se7en (dir: David Fincher)
#7:  Casino (dir: Martin Scorsese)
#8:  Braveheart (dir: Mel Gibson)
#9:  Toy Story (dir: John Lasseter)
#10:  Il Postino (dir: Michael Radford)

 

-- 1994 --

 

#1: Pulp Fiction (dir: Quentin Tarantino)
#2: Quiz Show (dir: Robert Redford)
#3: Ed Wood (dir: Tim Burton)
#4: Forrest Gump (dir: Robert Zemeckis)
#5: 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould (dir: François Girard)
#6: Red (dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski)
#7: Heavenly Creatures (dir: Peter Jackson)
#8: Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (dir: Neil Jordan)
#9: Natural Born Killers (dir: Oliver Stone)
#10: The Madness of King George (dir: Nicholas Hytner)

 

-- 1993 --

 

#1:  Schindler's List (dir: Steven Spielberg)
#2:  In the Name of the Father (dir: Jim Sheridan)
#3:  Menace II Society (dir: Allen and Albert Hughes)
#4:  Short Cuts (dir: Robert Altman)
#5:  Philadelphia (dir: Jonathan Demme)
#6:  The Piano (dir: Jane Campion)
#7:  Naked (dir: Mike Leigh)
#8:  King of the Hill (dir: Steven Soderbergh)
#9:  In the Line of Fire (dir: Clint Eastwood)
#10:  Carlito's Way (dir: Brian DePalma)

 

-- 1992 --

#1:  Glengarry Glen Ross (dir: James Foley)
#2:  The Crying Game (dir: Neil Jordan)
#3:  Reservoir Dogs (dir: Quentin Tarantino)
#4:  The Player (dir: Robert Altman)
#5:  Last of the Mohicans (dir: Michael Mann)
#6:  The Bad Lieutenant (dir: Abel Ferrara)
#7:  Damage (dir: Louis Malle)
#8:  Malcolm X (dir: Spike Lee)
#9:  Unforgiven (dir: Clint Eastwood)
#10:  Howards End (dir: James Ivory)

 

-- 1991 --

#1:  The Silence of the Lambs (dir: Jonathan Demme)
#2:  The Vanishing (dir: George Sluizer)
#3:  JFK (dir: Oliver Stone)
#4:  Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (dir: Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper)
#5:  Bugsy (dir: Warren Beatty)
#6:  Beauty and the Beast (dir: Gary Trousdale)
#7:  Cape Fear (dir: Martin Scorsese)
#8:  Boyz N the Hood (dir: John Singleton)
#9:  An Angel at My Table (dir: Jane Campion)
#10:  La Femme Nikita (dir: Luc Besson)

 

-- 1990 --

#1:  GoodFellas (dir: Martin Scorsese)
#2:  The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (dir: Peter Greenaway)
#3:  Reversal of Fortune (dir: Barbet Schroeder)
#4:  Wild At Heart (dir: David Lynch)
#5:  Cyrano de Bergerac (dir: Jean-Paul Rappeneau)
#6:  The Godfather, Part III (dir: Francis Ford Coppola)
#7:  Miller's Crossing (dir: Joel Coen)
#8:  Awakenings (dir: Penny Marshall)
#9:  The Grifters (dir: Stven Frears)
#10:  Dances with Wolves (dir: Kevin Costner)

 


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