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1990-1999

1990
1. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, USA)
2. Begotten (E. Elias Merhige, USA)

3. Twin Peaks ‘Lonely Souls’ (David Lynch, USA)
4. Miami Blues (George Armitage, USA)
5. Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven, USA)
6. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (Peter Greenaway, Netherlands/UK/France)
7. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)
8. The Killer (John Woo, Hong Kong)

9. Twin Peaks ‘Pilot” (David Lynch, USA)

10. The Unbelievable Truth (Hal Hartley, USA)
11. Misery (Rob Reiner, USA)

12. Avalon (Barry Levinson, USA)

13. Leningrad Cowboys Go America (Aki Kaurismaki, Finland/Sweden)
14. Maniac Cop 2 (William Lustig, USA)
15. Alice (Woody Allen, USA)

16. The Exorcist III (William Peter Blatty, USA)
17. The Grifters (Stephen Frears, USA/Canada)
18. Back to the Future Part III (Robert Zemeckis, USA)
19. Streets (Katt Shea, USA)
20. The Vanishing (George Sluizer, Netherland/France/West Germany)

21. Die Hard 2: Die Harder (Renny Harlin, USA)
22. Frankenhooker (Frank Henenlotter, USA)
23. Blue Steel (Kathryn Bigelow, USA)
24. The Witches (Nicolas Roeg, UK/USA)
25. Quick Change (Howard Franklin/Bill Murray, USA)
26. Hard to Kill (Bruce Malmuth, USA)
27. Blind Fury (Phillip Noyce, USA)


1991
1. Barton Fink (Joel Coen, USA)
2. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, USA)
3. Until the End of the World (Director’s Cut) (Wim Wenders, Germany/France/Australia/USA)

4. The Fisher King (Terry Gilliam, USA)
5. Twin Peaks ‘Beyond Life and Death’ (David Lynch, USA)
6. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (James Cameron, USA)

7. Shadows and Fog (Woody Allen, USA)

8. Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata, Japan) (NO USA RELEASE UNTIL 2016)
9. Defending Your Life (Albert Brooks, USA)
10. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, USA)

11. Truly Madly Deeply (Anthony Minghella, UK)

12. Trust (Hal Hartley, USA)
13. Thelma and Louise (Ridley Scott, USA)
14. Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata, Japan) (NO USA RELEASE UNTIL 2016)

15. Curly Sue (John Hughes, USA)
16. Showdown in Little Tokyo (Mark L. Lester, USA)

17. Ricochet (Russell Mulcahy, USA)

18. Godzilla vs. King Ghidoah (Kazuki Ohmori, Japan)

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JFK (Oliver Stone, USA)


1992
1. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, USA)
2. The Player (Robert Altman, USA)
3. Batman Returns (Tim Burton, USA)
4. Hard Boiled (John Woo, Hong Kong)

5. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (David Lynch, USA)
6. Wayne’s World (Penelope Spheeris, USA)
7. Candyman (Bernard Rose, USA)

8. Deep Cover (Bill Duke, USA)

9. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, USA)

10. Light Sleeper (Paul Schrader, USA)

11. Malcolm X (Spike Lee, USA)
12. Delicatessen (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, France)

13. Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen, USA)

14. Gas Food Lodging (Allison Anders, USA)
15. Poison Ivy (Katt Shea, USA)

16. Surviving Desire (Hal Hartley, USA)
17. Glengarry Glen Ross (David Mamet, USA)
18. Bad Lieutenant (Abel Ferrara, USA)
19. The Crying Game (Neil Jordan, UK/Japan/USA)
20. Under Siege (Andrew Davis, USA)
21. Aladdin (Ron Clements/John Musker, USA)



1993
1. Short Cuts (Robert Altman, USA)
2. Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, USA)
3. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, USA)
4. Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, USA)
5. The Fugitive (Andrew Davis, USA)

6. Schlinder’s List (Steven Spielberg, USA)

7. Demolition Man (Marco Brambilla, USA)
8. Fearless (Peter Weir, USA)
9.  Careful (Guy Maddin, Canada)
10. Falling Down (Joel Schumacher, USA)
11. In the Line of Fire (Wolfgang Peterson, USA)

12. Faraway, So Close! (Wim Wenders, West Germany)
13. A Perfect World (Clint Eastwood, USA)
14. True Romance (Tony Scott, USA)

15. Ocean Waves (Tomomi Mochizuku, Japan) (NO USA RELEASE UNTIL 2011)
16. Mrs. Doubtfire (Chris Columbus, USA)
17. Hard Target (John Woo, USA)
18. Addams Family Values (Barry Sonnenfeld, USA)
19. Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi, USA)
20. Cliffhanger (Renny Harlin, USA)

21. Body Bags (John Carpenter/Tobe Hooper, USA)
22. Dave (Ivan Reitman, USA)



1994
1. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, USA)

2. Satantango (Bela Tarr, Hungary)
3. Ed Wood (Tim Burton, USA)
4. Arizona Dream (Emir Kusturica, USA/France)
5. The Hudsucker Proxy (Joel Coen, USA)
6. Clerks. (Kevin Smith, USA)
7. In the Mouth of Madness (John Carpenter, USA)

8. Spanking the Monkey (David O. Russell, USA)
9. True Lies (James Cameron, USA)
10. Cronos (Guillermo del Toro, Mexico)
11. Speed (Jan Da Bont, USA)
12. The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, USA)
13. Dumb and Dumber (Peter Farrelly/Bobby Farrelly, USA)

14. Torment (Claude Chabrol, France)
15. It Could Happen to You (Andrew Bergman, USA)
16. Roadkill: The Last Days of John Martin (Jim Van Bebber, USA) (short)
17. Quiz Show (Robert Redford, USA)
18. Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, New Zealand)
19. Bob’s Birthday (David Fine/Alison Snowden, Canada)



1995
1. Safe (Todd Haynes, USA)
2. Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, USA)

3. Toy Story (John Lasseter, USA)
4. 12 Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, UK)

5. Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgis, USA)

6. Seven (David Fincher, USA)
7. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, USA)
8. Casino (Martin Scorsese, USA)

9. The Kingdom I (Riget) (Lars von Trier/Morton Arnfred, Denmark)

10. Pom Poko (Isao Takahata, Japan)
11. Dead Man Walking (Tim Robbins, USA)
12. To Die For (Gus van Sant, USA)
13. Die Hard With A Vengeance (John McTiernan, USA)
14. River of Grass (Kelly Reichardt, USA)

15. Braveheart (Mel Gibson, USA)
16. Heat (Michael Mann, USA)
17. Clockers (Spike Lee, USA)
18. Premonitions Following an Evil Deed (David Lynch, USA) (short)
19. Billy Madison (Tamra Davis, USA)
20. Get Shorty (Barry Sonnenfeld, USA)



1996
1. Fargo (Joel Coen, USA)
2. Welcome to the Dollhouse (Todd Solondz, USA)
3. Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, USA)
4. The Birdcage (Mike Nichols, USA)

5. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (Mike Judge, USA)

6. Gray's Anatomy (Steven Soderbergh, USA)
7. Flirting with Disaster (David O. Russell, USA)

8. Mission Impossible (Brian de Palma, USA)
9. Matilda (Danny DeVito, USA)

10. Scream (Wes Craven, USA)

11. Freeway (Matthew Bright, USA)


1997
1. The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, France/USA)
2. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
3. Lost Highway (David Lynch, USA)
4. Deconstructing Harry (Woody Allen, USA)

5. Cure (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan) (Released in USA in 2001)
6. L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, USA)
7. My Sex Life. . . Or How I Got Into An Argument (Arnaud Desplechin, France)

8. Chasing Amy (Kevin Smith, USA)
9. In the Company of Men (Neil LaBute)
10. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (Jay Roach, USA)
11. As Good As It Gets (James L. Brooks, USA)
12. Hard Eight (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)

13. La vie de Jesus (Bruno Dumont, France)
14. Gattaca (Andrew Niccol, USA)
15. A Life Less Ordinary (Danny Boyle, UK/USA)
16. Titanic (James Cameron, USA)
17. Wag the Dog (Barry Levinson, USA)
18. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
19. Office Killer (Cindy Sherman, USA)

20. The Full Monty (Peter Cattaneo, UK)
21. Men in Black (Barry Sonnenfeld, USA)
22. Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion (David Mirkin, USA)
23. In & Out (Frank Oz, USA)
24. Face/Off (John Woo, USA)
25. Good Will Hunting (Gus van Sant, USA)
26. Liar Liar (Tom Shadyac, USA)
27. Scream 2 (Wes Craven, USA)



1998
1. Happiness (Todd Solondz, USA)
2. A Simple Plan (Sam Raimi, USA)
3. Rushmore (Wes Anderson, USA)

4. The Kingdom II (Riget II) (Lars von Trier/Morton Arnfred, Denmark)
5. Henry Fool (Hal Hartley, USA)

6. The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen, USA)
7. The Truman Show (Peter Weir, USA)
8. A Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
9. The Celebration (Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark)
10. Funny Games (Michael Haneke, Austria)
11. Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon, USA/UK)
12. Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg, USA)
13. Your Friends and Neighbors (Neil LaBute, USA)

14. Insomnia (Erik Skjolbjaerg, Norway)
15. Antz (Eric Darnell/Tim Johnson, USA)
16. What Dreams May Come (Vincent Ward, USA)

17. Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh, USA)

18. Christmas in August (Jin-ho Hur, South Korea) (No USA Release)
19. There’s Something About Mary (Bobby Farrelly/Peter Farrelly, USA)
20. The Dinner Game (Francis Veber, France)
21. Lawn Dogs (John Duigan, UK)
22. American History X (Tony Kaye, USA)
23. BASEketball (David Zucker, USA)
24. Dark City (Alex Proyas, Australia/USA)



1999
1. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, USA)
2. American Beauty (Sam Mendes, USA)

3. Election (Alexander Payne, USA) 
4. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Trey Parker, USA)
5. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
6. Black Cat, White Cat (Emir Kusturica, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
7. The Straight Story (David Lynch, USA)
8. Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter, USA)
9. The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shymalan, USA)
10. Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
11. Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh, USA)

12. The Green Mile (Frank Darabont, USA)
13. Office Space (Mike Judge, USA)
14. All About My Mother (Pedro Almovodar, Spain)
15. The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick/Eduardo Sanchez, USA)
16. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, USA)

17. Three Kings (David O. Russell, USA)
18. Freaks and Geeks: "Pilot" (Jake Kasdan, USA)
19. The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, USA)

20. Dogma (Kevin Smith, USA)
21. Bowfinger (Frank Oz, USA)
22. The Cider House Rules (Lasse Hallstrom, USA)
23. The Mummy (Stephen Sommers, USA)
24. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Jay Roach, USA)
25. Analyze This (Harold Ramis, USA)
26. The Matrix (The Wachowski Brothers, USA)
27. Girl, Interrupted (James Mangold, USA)

28. The Limey (Steven Soderbergh, USA)

29. Rainbow Trout (Jong-won Park, South Korea)
30. The Muse (Albert Brooks, USA)

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