Thursday, February 16, 2012

Top 5 Movies of the Year: Part V (1990-1999)

The first decade where I know for sure I could compile solid top 10s for each year, but once again, I'm sticking with my original plan and will restrict myself to only 5 for each year.

PART I: The 1950s
PART II: The 1960s
PART III: The 1970s
PART IV: The 1980s

PART V: The 1990s



1990


1. Miller's Crossing
Directed by: Joel Coen

2. Dreams
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa

3. Goodfellas
Directed by: Martin Scorsese

4. Everybody's Fine
Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore

5. Jacob's Ladder
Directed by: Adrian Lyne





1991


1. The Silence Of The Lambs
Directed by: Jonathan Demme

2. Barton Fink
Directed by: Joel Coen

3. Beauty And The Beast
Directed by: Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise

4. Delicatessen
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

5. Boyz N The Hood
Directed by: John Singleton





1992


1. Glengarry Glen Ross
Directed by: James Foley

2. Reservoir Dogs
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino

3. A Few Good Men
Directed by: Rob Reiner

4. Scent Of A Woman
Directed by: Martin Brest

5. The Last Of The Mohicans
Directed by: Michael Mann





1993


1. In The Name Of The Father
Directed by: Jim Sheridan

2. The Age Of Innocence
Directed by: Martin Scorsese

3. Naked
Directed by: Mike Leigh

4. Schindler's List
Directed by: Steven Spielberg

5. Madadayo
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa





1994


1. Ed Wood
Directed by: Tim Burton

2. Pulp Fiction
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino

3. The Lion King
Directed by: Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff

4. The Shawshank Redemption
Directed by: Frank Darabont

5. Quiz Show
Directed by: Robert Redford





1995


1. The Usual Suspects
Directed by: Brian Singer

2. 12 Monkeys
Directed by: Terry Gilliam

3. Toy Story
Directed by: John Lasseter

4. Richard III
Directed by: Richard Loncraine

5. Braveheart
Directed by: Mel Gibson





1996


1. Fargo
Directed by: Joel Coen

2. Big Night
Directed by: Campbell Scott & Stanley Tucci

3. Shine
Directed by: Scott Hicks

4. Secrets & Lies
Directed by: Mike Leigh

5. Bottle Rocket
Directed by: Wes Anderson





1997


1. L.A. Confidential
Directed by: Curtis Hanson

2. Eve's Bayou
Directed by: Kasi Lemmons

3. Good Will Hunting
Directed by: Gus Van Sant

4. Boogie Nights
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson

5. The Sweet Hereafter
Directed by: Atom Egoyan





1998


1. Saving Private Ryan
Directed by: Steven Spielberg

2. The Big Lebowski
Directed by: Joel Coen

3. The Truman Show
Directed by: Peter Weir

4. Life Is Beautiful
Directed by: Roberto Benigni

5. Waking Ned Devine
Directed by: Kirk Jones





1999


1. American Beauty
Directed by: Sam Mendes

2. The Sixth Sense
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan

3. Magnolia
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson

4. Being John Malkovich
Directed by: Spike Jonze

5. Office Space
Directed by: Mike Judge

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I am happy to say I have seen most of these, and they are excellent choices. I loved Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Toy Story and Schindlers List. All have a place in my top 50. I really enjoyed Fargo too. Very nice list Jeff!

James Rodrigues said...

Some awesome choices there, seen a lot of these actually. Especially love Pulp Fiction, Toy Story, The Usual Suspects, Silence of the Lambs and L.A Confidential