Favorite Films Of The 1990’s – Year By Year

1999

  1. Magnolia – Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
  2. Bringing Out The Dead – Directed by Martin Scorsese
  3. The Insider – Directed by Michael Mann
  4. Eyes Wide Shut – Directed by Stanley Kubrick
  5. Being John Malkovich – Directed by Spike Jonze
  6. The Talented Mr. Ripley – Directed by Anthony Minghella
  7. Fight Club – Directed by David Fincher
  8. The Sixth Sense – Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
  9. American Beauty – Directed by Sam Mendes
  10. The Straight Story – Directed by David Lynch
  11. Existenz – Directed by David Cronenberg
  12. The Matrix – Directed by Lilly & Lana Wachowski
  13. Election – Directed by Alexander Payne
  14. Man On The Moon – Directed by Milos Forman
  15. Jesus’ Son – Directed by Alison Maclean
  16. Sweet And Lowdown – Directed by Woody Allen
  17. The Cider House Rules – Directed by Lasse Hallstrom
  18. Three Kings – Directed by David O. Russell
  19. The Green Mile – Directed by Frank Darabont
  20. American Movie – Directed by Chris Smith
  21. The Hurricane – Directed by Norman Jewison
  22. Office Space – Directed by Mike Judge
  23. The Virgin Suicides – Directed by Sofia Coppola
  24. Boys Don’t Cry – Directed by Kimberly Peirce
  25. Summer Of Sam – Directed by Spike Lee
  26. The Limey – Directed by Steven Soderbergh
  27. Payback – Directed by Brian Helgeland

1998

  1. Rushmore – Directed by Wes Anderson
  2. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas – Directed by Terry Gilliam
  3. The Truman Show – Directed by Peter Weir
  4. The Big Lebowski – Directed by The Coen Brothers
  5. The Thin Red Line – Directed by Terrence Malick
  6. Saving Private Ryan – Directed by Steven Spielberg
  7. Hurlyburly – Directed by Anthony Drazan
  8. He Got Game – Directed by Spike Lee
  9. Out Of Sight – Directed by Steven Soderbergh
  10. American History X – Directed by Tony Kaye
  11. High Art – Directed by Lisa Cholodenko
  12. There’s Something About Mary – Directed by The Farrelly Brothers
  13. Buffalo ’66 – Directed by Vincent Gallo
  14. Pi – Directed by Darren Aronofsky

1997

  1. Jackie Brown – Directed by Quentin Tarantino
  2. The Game – Directed by David Fincher
  3. Good Will Hunting – Directed by Gus Van Sant
  4. Boogie Nights – Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
  5. L.A. Confidential – Directed by Curtis Hanson
  6. Grosse Pointe Blank – Directed by George Armitage
  7. Princess Mononoke – Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
  8. Affliction – Directed by Paul Schrader
  9. As Good As It Gets – Directed by James L. Brooks
  10. Titanic – Directed by James Cameron
  11. The Ice Storm – Directed by Ang Lee
  12. Life Is Beautiful – Directed by Roberto Benigni
  13. Insomnia – Directed by Erik Skjoldbjaerg
  14. Cop Land – Directed by James Mangold
  15. Wag The Dog – Directed by Barry Levinson

1996

  1. Jerry Maguire – Directed by Cameron Crowe
  2. Bottle Rocket – Directed by Wes Anderson
  3. Crash – Directed by David Cronenberg
  4. Kingpin – Directed by Farrelly Brothers
  5. The English Patient – Directed by Anthony Minghella
  6. Fargo – Directed by The Coen Brothers
  7. Swingers – Directed by Doug Liman
  8. Mission: Impossible – Directed by Brian De Palma
  9. Waiting For Guffman – Directed by Christopher Guest
  10. The Cable Guy – Directed by Ben Stiller
  11. Flirting With Disaster – Directed by David O. Russell
  12. The Birdcage – Directed by Mike Nichols

1995

  1. Leaving Las Vegas – Directed by Mike Figgis
  2. Heat – Directed by Michael Mann
  3. Nixon – Directed by Oliver Stone
  4. Seven – Directed by David Fincher
  5. Twelve Monkeys – Directed by Terry Gilliam
  6. Braveheart – Directed by Mel Gibson
  7. Dead Man Walking – Directed by Tim Robbins
  8. Before Sunrise – Directed by Richard Linklater
  9. Apollo 13 – Directed by Ron Howard
  10. Kicking And Screaming – Directed by Noah Baumbach
  11. Crimson Tide – Directed by Tony Scott
  12. Dead Man – Directed by Jim Jarmusch
  13. Rob Roy – Directed by Michael Caton-Jones

1994

  1. The Shawshank Redemption – Directed by Frank Darabont
  2. Pulp Fiction – Directed by Quentin Tarantino
  3. Crumb – Directed by Terry Zwigoff
  4. Natural Born Killers – Directed by Oliver Stone
  5. Dumb And Dumber – Directed by The Farrelly Brothers
  6. Forrest Gump – Directed by Robert Zemeckis
  7. Hoop Dreams – Directed by Steve James
  8. Quiz Show – Directed by Robert Redford
  9. Leon: The Professional – Directed by Luc Besson
  10. Bullets Over Broadway – Directed by Woody Allen
  11. Reality Bites – Directed by Ben Stiller
  12. Ed Wood – Directed by Tim Burton
  13. Wolf – Directed by Mike Nichols
  14. The Hudsucker Proxy – Directed by The Coen Brothers

1993

  1. The Remains Of The Day – Directed by James Ivory
  2. Schindler’s List – Directed by Steven Spielberg
  3. Groundhog Day – Directed by Harold Ramis
  4. Dazed And Confused – Directed by Richard Linklater
  5. The Firm – Directed by Sydney Pollack
  6. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape – Directed by Lasse Hallstrom
  7. Short Cuts – Directed by Robert Altman
  8. Philadelphia – Directed by Jonathan Demme
  9. The Fugitive – Directed by Andrew Davis
  10. Jurassic Park – Directed by Steven Spielberg
  11. The Piano – Directed by Jane Campion
  12. In The Line Of Fire – Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
  13. Falling Down – Directed by Joel Schumacher
  14. True Romance – Directed by Tony Scott
  15. The Age Of Innocence – Directed by Martin Scorsese

1992

  1. Howards End – Directed by James Ivory
  2. A Few Good Men – Directed by Rob Reiner
  3. Bad Lieutenant – Directed by Abel Ferrara
  4. The Bohemian Life – Directed by Aki Kaurismaki
  5. Unforgiven – Directed by Clint Eastwood
  6. The Player – Directed by Robert Altman
  7. Reservoir Dogs – Directed by Quentin Tarantino
  8. Chaplin – Directed by Richard Attenborough
  9. Scent Of A Woman – Directed by Martin Brest
  10. My Cousin Vinny – Directed by Jonathan Lynn

1991

  1. JFK – Directed by Oliver Stone
  2. The Fisher King – Directed by Terry Gilliam
  3. The Silence Of The Lambs – Directed by Jonathan Demme
  4. My Own Private Idaho – Directed by Gus Van Sant
  5. The Double Life Of Veronique – Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski
  6. What About Bob? – Directed by Frank Oz
  7. Van Gogh – Directed by Maurice Pialat
  8. Terminator 2: Judgement Day – Directed by James Cameron
  9. The Doors – Directed by Oliver Stone
  10. La Belle Noiseuse – Directed by Jacques Rivette
  11. Barton Fink – Directed by The Coen Brothers
  12. Point Break – Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

1990

  1. Goodfellas – Directed by Martin Scorsese
  2. An Angel At My Table – Directed by Jane Campion
  3. Slacker – Directed by Richard Linklater
  4. The Two Jakes – Directed by Jack Nicholson
  5. The Godfather: Part III – Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
  6. Awakenings – Directed by Penny Marshall
  7. The Grifters – Directed by Stephen Frears
  8. Dances With Wolves – Directed by Kevin Costner
  9. Edward Scissorhands – Directed by Tim Burton