The Top 250 Movies of the 1990s

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The Top 250 Movies of the 1990s
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Ranking		 Movie Title Release
Year		 Director MPAA
Rating		 Your
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5 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 Frank Darabont R -
6 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino R -
13 Fight Club 1999 David Fincher R -
14 GoodFellas 1990 Martin Scorsese R -
19 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Jonathan Demme R -
22 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino R -
23 Se7en 1995 David Fincher R -
28 The Matrix 1999 The Wachowskis R -
45 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 James Cameron R -
48 The Usual Suspects 1995 Bryan Singer R -
53 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg R -
56 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg PG13 -
57 Schindler's List 1993 Steven Spielberg R -
64 Forrest Gump 1994 Robert Zemeckis PG13 -
69 Toy Story 1995 John Lasseter G -
70 The Big Lebowski 1998 Joel & Ethan Coen R -
81 Fargo 1996 Joel & Ethan Coen R -
95 The Professional 1994 Luc Besson R -
114 Groundhog Day 1993 Harold Ramis PG -
118 Good Will Hunting 1997 Gus Van Sant R -
133 The Lion King 1994 Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff G -
148 American History X 1998 Tony Kaye R -
149 Office Space 1999 Mike Judge R -
160 Unforgiven 1992 Clint Eastwood R -
182 Chungking Express 1994 Wong Kar-Wai PG13 -
204 12 Monkeys 1995 Terry Gilliam R -
208 American Beauty 1999 Sam Mendes R -
210 Braveheart 1995 Mel Gibson R -
220 Miller's Crossing 1990 Joel & Ethan Coen R -
232 The Sixth Sense 1999 M. Night Shyamalan PG13 -
243 The Green Mile 1999 Frank Darabont R -
249 The Truman Show 1998 Peter Weir PG -
255 Heat 1995 Michael Mann R -
265 Trainspotting 1996 Danny Boyle NR -
271 The Fugitive 1993 Andrew Davis PG13 -
276 L.A. Confidential 1997 Curtis Hanson R -
281 The Fifth Element 1997 Luc Besson PG13 -
289 Toy Story 2 1999 John Lasseter G -
313 Aladdin 1992 Ron Clements, John Musker G -
318 Before Sunrise 1995 Richard Linklater R -
324 Three Colors: Red 1994 Krzysztof Kieslowski R -
337 Clerks. 1994 Kevin Smith R -
339 Glengarry Glen Ross 1992 James Foley R -
343 Edward Scissorhands 1990 Tim Burton PG13 -
347 Casino 1995 Martin Scorsese R -
361 Princess Mononoke 1997 Hayao Miyazaki PG13 -
362 La Haine 1995 Mathieu Kassovitz R -
366 Barton Fink 1991 Joel & Ethan Coen R -
372 Army of Darkness 1992 Sam Raimi R -
374 Apollo 13 1995 Ron Howard PG -
376 Three Colors: Blue 1993 Krzysztof Kieslowski R -
408 True Romance 1993 Tony Scott R -
413 The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 Henry Selick PG -
415 Men in Black 1997 Barry Sonnenfeld PG13 -
419 Tombstone 1993 George P. Cosmatos R -
421 Being John Malkovich 1999 Spike Jonze R -
423 Boogie Nights 1997 Paul Thomas Anderson R -
428 Total Recall 1990 Paul Verhoeven R -
437 Perfect Blue 1997 Satoshi Kon R -
485 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1998 Guy Ritchie R -
506 Rushmore 1998 Wes Anderson R -
531 Hard Boiled 1992 John Woo R -
550 Die Hard With a Vengeance 1995 John McTiernan R -
556 Dazed and Confused 1993 Richard Linklater R -
576 The Double Life of Veronique 1991 Krzysztof Kieslowski R -
577 Wayne's World 1992 Penelope Spheeris PG13 -
583 Hoop Dreams 1994 Steve James PG13 -
585 Raise the Red Lantern 1991 Yimou Zhang PG -
589 Magnolia 1999 Paul Thomas Anderson R -
611 A Few Good Men 1992 Rob Reiner R -
632 Independence Day 1996 Roland Emmerich PG13 -
643 Porco Rosso 1992 Hayao Miyazaki PG -
648 Beauty and the Beast 1991 Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise G -
656 The City of Lost Children 1995 Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet R -
663 Jackie Brown 1997 Quentin Tarantino R -
665 Life Is Beautiful 1997 Roberto Benigni PG13 -
667 Dogma 1999 Kevin Smith R -
669 Naked 1993 Mike Leigh NR -
677 The Iron Giant 1999 Brad Bird PG -
697 The Player 1992 Robert Altman R -
705 True Lies 1994 James Cameron R -
709 Dark City 1998 Alex Proyas R -
720 Ed Wood 1994 Tim Burton R -
721 From Dusk Till Dawn 1996 Robert Rodriguez R -
729 Back to the Future Part III 1990 Robert Zemeckis PG -
738 Die Hard 2 1990 Renny Harlin R -
743 Waiting for Guffman 1996 Christopher Guest R -
745 Run Lola Run 1998 Tom Tykwer R -
747 Titanic 1997 James Cameron PG13 -
752 Home Alone 1990 Chris Columbus PG -
764 Dead Alive 1992 Peter Jackson NR -
782 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998 Terry Gilliam R -
787 Delicatessen 1991 Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet NR -
788 The Hunt for Red October 1990 John McTiernan PG -
791 Misery 1990 Rob Reiner R -
793 In the Name of the Father 1993 Jim Sheridan R -
807 South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut 1999 Trey Parker R -
808 Short Cuts 1993 Robert Altman R -
816 Happy Gilmore 1996 Dennis Dugan PG13 -
827 Mission: Impossible 1996 Brian De Palma PG13 -
829 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 1991 Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola R -
836 Grosse Pointe Blank 1997 George Armitage R -
837 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles 1994 Neil Jordan R -
843 The Hudsucker Proxy 1994 Joel & Ethan Coen PG -
849 The Sweet Hereafter 1997 Atom Egoyan R -
861 Close-Up 1990 Abbas Kiarostami NR -
864 The Game 1997 David Fincher R -
868 Defending Your Life 1991 Albert Brooks PG -
869 Malcolm X 1992 Spike Lee PG13 -
879 Speed 1994 Jan de Bont R -
892 Dead Man 1995 Jim Jarmusch R -
900 Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion 1997 Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki NR -
903 Whisper of the Heart 1995 Yoshifumi Kondo G -
905 Ghost in the Shell 1995 Mamoru Oshii NR -
906 Secrets & Lies 1996 Mike Leigh R -
910 Wild at Heart 1990 David Lynch R -
914 My Cousin Vinny 1992 Jonathan Lynn R -
916 Breaking the Waves 1996 Lars von Trier R -
928 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997 Jay Roach PG13 -
936 Dumb and Dumber 1994 Bobby & Peter Farrelly PG13 -
940 Gattaca 1997 Andrew Niccol PG13 -
954 The Rock 1996 Michael Bay R -
955 The Sandlot 1993 David Mickey Evans PG -
959 Heavenly Creatures 1994 Peter Jackson R -
975 Boyz 'N the Hood 1991 John Singleton R -
977 Lone Star 1996 John Sayles R -
980 There's Something About Mary 1998 Bobby & Peter Farrelly R -
982 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 1993 Eric Radomski, Bruce W. Timm PG -
992 Batman Returns 1992 Tim Burton PG13 -
1003 Bottle Rocket 1996 Wes Anderson R -
1034 Quiz Show 1994 Robert Redford PG13 -
1035 Donnie Brasco 1997 Mike Newell R -
1043 All About My Mother 1999 Pedro Almodóvar R -
1044 The Boondock Saints 1999 Troy Duffy R -
1046 Audition 1999 Takashi Miike NR -
1049 Jerry Maguire 1996 Cameron Crowe R -
1052 Swingers 1996 Doug Liman R -
1057 Starship Troopers 1997 Paul Verhoeven R -
1064 Twin Peaks 1990 David Lynch NR -
1076 A Bronx Tale 1993 Robert De Niro R -
1079 Three Colors: White 1994 Krzysztof Kieslowski R -
1082 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1992 David Lynch R -
1083 Out of Sight 1998 Steven Soderbergh R -
1093 Dances with Wolves 1990 Kevin Costner PG13 -
1095 JFK 1991 Oliver Stone R -
1098 Happiness 1998 Todd Solondz NR -
1099 The Last of the Mohicans 1992 Michael Mann R -
1100 Hard Eight 1996 Paul Thomas Anderson R -
1101 GoldenEye 1995 Martin Campbell PG13 -
1113 Rounders 1998 John Dahl R -
1118 Fallen Angels 1995 Wong Kar-Wai R -
1132 The Fisher King 1991 Terry Gilliam R -
1136 Point Break 1991 Kathryn Bigelow R -
1154 What's Eating Gilbert Grape 1993 Lasse Hallström PG13 -
1164 The Limey 1999 Steven Soderbergh R -
1170 In the Mouth of Madness 1995 John Carpenter R -
1172 Mallrats 1995 Kevin Smith R -
1177 Scream 1996 Wes Craven R -
1182 Husbands and Wives 1992 Woody Allen R -
1193 Carlito's Way 1993 Brian De Palma R -
1194 The Crow 1994 Alex Proyas R -
1197 Jacob's Ladder 1990 Adrian Lyne R -
1206 Galaxy Quest 1999 Dean Parisot PG -
1211 The Remains of the Day 1993 James Ivory PG -
1225 Three Kings 1999 David O. Russell R -
1232 The Straight Story 1999 David Lynch G -
1235 Akira Kurosawa's Dreams 1990 Akira Kurosawa PG -
1236 Chasing Amy 1997 Kevin Smith R -
1238 American Movie 1999 Chris Smith R -
1242 Naked Lunch 1991 David Cronenberg R -
1249 Sling Blade 1996 Billy Bob Thornton R -
1252 As Good As It Gets 1997 James L. Brooks PG13 -
1257 Hook 1991 Steven Spielberg PG -
1260 10 Things I Hate About You 1999 Gil Junger PG13 -
1273 The Insider 1999 Michael Mann R -
1284 The Celebration 1998 Thomas Vinterberg R -
1290 Falling Down 1993 Joel Schumacher R -
1291 A League of Their Own 1992 Penny Marshall PG -
1299 Sneakers 1992 Phil Alden Robinson PG13 -
1316 Desperado 1995 Robert Rodriguez R -
1320 Philadelphia 1993 Jonathan Demme PG13 -
1344 Bullets Over Broadway 1994 Woody Allen R -
1352 Crumb 1994 Terry Zwigoff R -
1357 The Ice Storm 1997 Ang Lee R -
1365 A Simple Plan 1998 Sam Raimi R -
1371 Night on Earth 1991 Jim Jarmusch R -
1374 Big Night 1996 Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci R -
1379 Lost Highway 1997 David Lynch R -
1383 Funny Games 1997 Michael Haneke NR -
1394 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 1990 Tom Stoppard PG -
1395 In the Line of Fire 1993 Wolfgang Petersen R -
1398 Blade 1998 Stephen Norrington R -
1400 Election 1999 Alexander Payne R -
1402 Tremors 1990 Ron Underwood PG13 -
1414 Mrs. Doubtfire 1993 Chris Columbus PG13 -
1421 Shallow Grave 1994 Danny Boyle R -
1426 Man Bites Dog 1992 Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde NC17 -
1427 La Femme Nikita 1990 Luc Besson R -
1430 The Frighteners 1996 Peter Jackson R -
1433 Jumanji 1995 Joe Johnston PG -
1440 Cape Fear 1991 Martin Scorsese R -
1446 Baraka 1992 Ron Fricke NR -
1456 Face/Off 1997 John Woo R -
1463 Sleepy Hollow 1999 Tim Burton R -
1478 Sense and Sensibility 1995 Ang Lee PG -
1485 Natural Born Killers 1994 Oliver Stone R -
1500 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 1994 Tom Shadyac PG13 -
1503 Mulan 1998 Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook G -
1508 The Wedding Singer 1998 Frank Coraci PG13 -
1511 The Commitments 1991 Alan Parker R -
1514 The Legend of Drunken Master 1994 Chia-Liang Liu R -
1517 A Bug's Life 1998 John Lasseter G -
1526 The Age of Innocence 1993 Martin Scorsese PG -
1544 Tommy Boy 1995 Peter Segal PG13 -
1548 Bound 1996 The Wachowskis R -
1564 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991 Nicholas Meyer PG -
1591 Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills 1996 Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky R -
1602 Happy Together 1997 Wong Kar-Wai NR -
1632 Primal Fear 1996 Gregory Hoblit R -
1637 Metropolitan 1990 Whit Stillman PG13 -
1638 The Mummy 1999 Stephen Sommers PG13 -
1640 Only Yesterday 1991 Isao Takahata NR -
1657 Crimson Tide 1995 Tony Scott R -
1659 Buffalo '66 1998 Vincent Gallo NR -
1667 Open Your Eyes 1997 Alejandro Amenábar R -
1671 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 1999 Jay Roach PG13 -
1678 Con Air 1997 Simon West R -
1688 Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992 Francis Ford Coppola R -
1700 Pump up the Volume 1990 Allan Moyle R -
1703 Pride and Prejudice 1995 Simon Langton NR -
1704 Chaplin 1992 Richard Attenborough PG13 -
1708 Taste of Cherry 1997 Abbas Kiarostami NR -
1722 Enemy of the State 1998 Tony Scott R -
1724 Satantango 1994 Béla Tarr R -
1725 My Own Private Idaho 1991 Gus Van Sant R -
1727 Pi 1998 Darren Aronofsky R -
1728 Manhattan Murder Mystery 1993 Woody Allen PG -
1732 Welcome to the Dollhouse 1996 Todd Solondz R -
1733 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999 Jim Jarmusch R -
1736 What About Bob? 1991 Frank Oz PG -
1737 The Grifters 1990 Stephen Frears R -
1746 Rush Hour 1998 Brett Ratner PG13 -
1747 The Spanish Prisoner 1997 David Mamet PG -
1748 Star Trek: First Contact 1996 Jonathan Frakes PG13 -
1754 Pleasantville 1998 Gary Ross PG13 -
1759 Ronin 1998 John Frankenheimer R -
1779 Once Were Warriors 1994 Lee Tamahori R -
1780 Stargate 1994 Roland Emmerich PG13 -
1793 The Virgin Suicides 1999 Sofia Coppola R -
1801 Rudy 1993 David Anspaugh PG -

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