Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
1 | Pulp Fiction | 1994 | Quentin Tarantino | 9 |
2 | Goodfellas | 1990 | Martin Scorsese | 17 |
3 | Schindler's List | 1993 | Steven Spielberg | 28 |
4 | The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 | Jonathan Demme | 31 |
5 | The Matrix | 1999 | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | 35 |
6 | Toy Story | 1995 | John Lasseter | 50 |
7 | The Shawshank Redemption | 1994 | Frank Darabont | 52 |
8 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 | James Cameron | 66 |
9 | Fight Club | 1999 | David Fincher | 71 |
10 | Fargo | 1996 | Joel Coen | 75 |
11 | Saving Private Ryan | 1998 | Steven Spielberg | 77 |
12 | Reservoir Dogs | 1992 | Quentin Tarantino | 80 |
13 | Unforgiven | 1992 | Clint Eastwood | 95 |
14 | Groundhog Day | 1993 | Harold Ramis | 98 |
15 | Seven | 1995 | David Fincher | 102 |
16 | Forrest Gump | 1994 | Robert Zemeckis | 107 |
17 | The Big Lebowski | 1998 | Joel Coen | 108 |
18 | The Usual Suspects | 1995 | Bryan Singer | 112 |
19 | L.A. Confidential | 1997 | Curtis Hanson | 127 |
20 | Titanic | 1997 | James Cameron | 129 |
21 | Jurassic Park | 1993 | Steven Spielberg | 132 |
22 | The Lion King | 1994 | Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff | 138 |
23 | American Beauty | 1999 | Sam Mendes | 142 |
24 | Beauty and the Beast | 1991 | Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise | 154 |
25 | Heat | 1995 | Michael Mann | 157 |
26 | Trainspotting | 1996 | Danny Boyle | 167 |
27 | Braveheart | 1995 | Mel Gibson | 185 |
28 | The Sixth Sense | 1999 | M. Night Shyamalan | 187 |
29 | Edward Scissorhands | 1990 | Tim Burton | 203 |
30 | The Truman Show | 1998 | Peter Weir | 242 |
31 | Life Is Beautiful | 1997 | Roberto Benigni | 250 |
32 | The Professional | 1994 | Luc Besson | 253 |
33 | All about My Mother | 1999 | Pedro Almodóvar | 257 |
34 | Princess Mononoke | 1997 | Hayao Miyazaki | 265 |
35 | The Blair Witch Project | 1999 | Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez | 281 |
36 | Three Colors: Red | 1994 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 282 |
37 | Hoop Dreams | 1994 | Steve James | 284 |
38 | Magnolia | 1999 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 292 |
39 | The Iron Giant | 1999 | Brad Bird | 296 |
40 | The Nightmare before Christmas | 1993 | Henry Selick | 297 |
41 | The Piano | 1993 | Jane Campion | 306 |
42 | Toy Story 2 | 1999 | John Lasseter | 310 |
43 | Dances with Wolves | 1990 | Kevin Costner | 318 |
44 | Boogie Nights | 1997 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 319 |
45 | Rushmore | 1998 | Wes Anderson | 323 |
46 | Three Colors: Blue | 1993 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 324 |
47 | Clueless | 1995 | Amy Heckerling | 333 |
48 | Being John Malkovich | 1999 | Spike Jonze | 346 |
49 | Twelve Monkeys | 1995 | Terry Gilliam | 354 |
50 | Clerks. | 1994 | Kevin Smith | 364 |
51 | Before Sunrise | 1995 | Richard Linklater | 373 |
52 | Ghost in the Shell | 1995 | Mamoru Oshii | 374 |
53 | The Thin Red Line | 1998 | Terrence Malick | 378 |
54 | Thelma & Louise | 1991 | Ridley Scott | 379 |
55 | Jerry Maguire | 1996 | Cameron Crowe | 382 |
56 | Dazed and Confused | 1993 | Richard Linklater | 389 |
57 | Casino | 1995 | Martin Scorsese | 398 |
58 | Chungking Express | 1994 | Kar-Wai Wong | 403 |
59 | South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut | 1999 | Trey Parker | 407 |
60 | Breaking the Waves | 1996 | Lars von Trier | 418 |
61 | The Green Mile | 1999 | Frank Darabont | 421 |
62 | American History X | 1998 | Tony Kaye | 428 |
63 | Ed Wood | 1994 | Tim Burton | 435 |
64 | Raise the Red Lantern | 1991 | Yimou Zhang | 454 |
65 | There's Something about Mary | 1998 | Bobby and Peter Farrelly | 455 |
66 | The Last of the Mohicans | 1992 | Michael Mann | 463 |
67 | Miller's Crossing | 1990 | Joel Coen | 466 |
68 | Close-Up | 1990 | Abbas Kiarostami | 469 |
69 | Secrets & Lies | 1996 | Mike Leigh | 470 |
70 | Speed | 1994 | Jan de Bont | 473 |
71 | Hate | 1995 | Mathieu Kassovitz | 485 |
72 | Total Recall | 1990 | Paul Verhoeven | 487 |
73 | Babe | 1995 | Chris Noonan | 492 |
74 | Good Will Hunting | 1997 | Gus Van Sant | 495 |
75 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | 1994 | Mike Newell | 504 |
76 | The English Patient | 1996 | Anthony Minghella | 510 |
77 | Audition | 1999 | Takashi Miike | 511 |
78 | Pretty Woman | 1990 | Garry Marshall | 521 |
79 | The Celebration | 1998 | Thomas Vinterberg | 525 |
80 | Scream | 1996 | Wes Craven | 527 |
81 | JFK | 1991 | Oliver Stone | 529 |
82 | Aladdin | 1992 | Ron Clements and John Musker | 535 |
83 | Dead Man | 1995 | Jim Jarmusch | 541 |
84 | Election | 1999 | Alexander Payne | 546 |
85 | Starship Troopers | 1997 | Paul Verhoeven | 549 |
86 | The Player | 1992 | Robert Altman | 551 |
87 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | 1998 | Guy Ritchie | 556 |
88 | Hard Boiled | 1992 | John Woo | 567 |
89 | When We Were Kings | 1996 | Leon Gast | 569 |
90 | Office Space | 1999 | Mike Judge | 570 |
91 | Independence Day | 1996 | Roland Emmerich | 588 |
92 | A League of Their Own | 1992 | Penny Marshall | 591 |
93 | Shakespeare in Love | 1998 | John Madden | 592 |
94 | Run Lola Run | 1998 | Tom Tykwer | 594 |
95 | The Fifth Element | 1997 | Luc Besson | 599 |
96 | Sense and Sensibility | 1995 | Ang Lee | 602 |
97 | Paris Is Burning | 1990 | Jennie Livingston | 615 |
98 | Crumb | 1994 | Terry Zwigoff | 621 |
99 | Three Colors: White | 1994 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 635 |
100 | Naked | 1993 | Mike Leigh | 639 |
101 | Beau travail | 1999 | Claire Denis | 646 |
102 | Boyz N the Hood | 1991 | John Singleton | 649 |
103 | Sátántangó | 1994 | Béla Tarr | 650 |
104 | Delicatessen | 1991 | Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 654 |
105 | Point Break | 1991 | Kathryn Bigelow | 661 |
106 | Short Cuts | 1993 | Robert Altman | 675 |
107 | The Fugitive | 1993 | Andrew Davis | 677 |
108 | Batman Returns | 1992 | Tim Burton | 698 |
109 | Eyes Wide Shut | 1999 | Stanley Kubrick | 699 |
110 | Farewell My Concubine | 1993 | Kaige Chen | 715 |
111 | Face/Off | 1997 | John Woo | 721 |
112 | Jackie Brown | 1997 | Quentin Tarantino | 722 |
113 | A Brighter Summer Day | 1991 | Edward Yang | 729 |
114 | Barton Fink | 1991 | Joel Coen | 733 |
115 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | 1997 | Jay Roach | 735 |
116 | Sleepless in Seattle | 1993 | Nora Ephron | 738 |
117 | Ghost | 1990 | Jerry Zucker | 740 |
118 | Misery | 1990 | Rob Reiner | 745 |
119 | Malcolm X | 1992 | Spike Lee | 746 |
120 | Crash | 1996 | David Cronenberg | 756 |
121 | True Romance | 1993 | Tony Scott | 768 |
122 | My Own Private Idaho | 1991 | Gus Van Sant | 769 |
123 | The Godfather: Part III | 1990 | Francis Ford Coppola | 774 |
124 | Apollo 13 | 1995 | Ron Howard | 776 |
125 | Gattaca | 1997 | Andrew Niccol | 782 |
126 | Men in Black | 1997 | Barry Sonnenfeld | 787 |
127 | As Good as It Gets | 1997 | James L. Brooks | 791 |
128 | Lost Highway | 1997 | David Lynch | 793 |
129 | Basic Instinct | 1992 | Paul Verhoeven | 796 |
130 | Pi | 1998 | Darren Aronofsky | 800 |
131 | Carlito's Way | 1993 | Brian De Palma | 804 |
132 | Galaxy Quest | 1999 | Dean Parisot | 810 |
133 | Dark City | 1998 | Alex Proyas | 814 |
134 | Happy Together | 1997 | Kar-Wai Wong | 816 |
135 | Lone Star | 1996 | John Sayles | 821 |
136 | Home Alone | 1990 | Chris Columbus | 822 |
137 | Philadelphia | 1993 | Jonathan Demme | 828 |
138 | Heavenly Creatures | 1994 | Peter Jackson | 831 |
139 | Bound | 1996 | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | 839 |
140 | Boys Don't Cry | 1999 | Kimberly Peirce | 859 |
141 | Out of Sight | 1998 | Steven Soderbergh | 860 |
142 | Donnie Brasco | 1997 | Mike Newell | 878 |
143 | Central Station | 1998 | Walter Salles | 883 |
144 | Ring | 1998 | Hideo Nakata | 889 |
145 | A Taste of Cherry | 1997 | Abbas Kiarostami | 893 |
146 | Romeo + Juliet | 1996 | Baz Luhrmann | 901 |
147 | Glengarry Glen Ross | 1992 | James Foley | 914 |
148 | The Straight Story | 1999 | David Lynch | 916 |
149 | Kids | 1995 | Larry Clark | 922 |
150 | The Rock | 1996 | Michael Bay | 927 |
151 | Dumb & Dumber | 1994 | Peter Farrelly | 939 |
152 | Orlando | 1992 | Sally Potter | 955 |
153 | The Remains of the Day | 1993 | James Ivory | 956 |
154 | The Crying Game | 1992 | Neil Jordan | 958 |
155 | Bad Lieutenant | 1992 | Abel Ferrara | 961 |
156 | Three Kings | 1999 | David O. Russell | 967 |
157 | Happy Gilmore | 1996 | Dennis Dugan | 968 |
158 | Happiness | 1998 | Todd Solondz | 969 |
159 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | 1999 | Anthony Minghella | 979 |
160 | The City of Lost Children | 1995 | Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 990 |
161 | The Full Monty | 1997 | Peter Cattaneo | 995 |
162 | Notting Hill | 1999 | Roger Michell | 996 |
163 | Waiting for Guffman | 1996 | Christopher Guest | 999 |
164 | The Double Life of Veronique | 1991 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 1004 |
165 | The Crow | 1994 | Alex Proyas | 1005 |
166 | Underground | 1995 | Emir Kusturica | 1010 |
167 | Safe | 1995 | Todd Haynes | 1021 |
168 | Tombstone | 1993 | George P. Cosmatos | 1023 |
169 | The Sweet Hereafter | 1997 | Atom Egoyan | 1025 |
170 | American Pie | 1999 | Paul Weitz | 1026 |
171 | 10 Things I Hate about You | 1999 | Gil Junger | 1045 |
172 | The Last Seduction | 1994 | John Dahl | 1047 |
173 | Topsy-Turvy | 1999 | Mike Leigh | 1048 |
174 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | 1991 | Fax Bahr, Eleanor Coppola, and George Hickenlooper | 1062 |
175 | Fireworks | 1997 | Takeshi Kitano | 1069 |
176 | Funny Games | 1997 | Michael Haneke | 1080 |
177 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | 1999 | Jim Jarmusch | 1093 |
178 | The Virgin Suicides | 1999 | Sofia Coppola | 1094 |
179 | Swingers | 1996 | Doug Liman | 1103 |
180 | The Insider | 1999 | Michael Mann | 1105 |
181 | True Lies | 1994 | James Cameron | 1107 |
182 | American Movie | 1999 | Chris Smith | 1113 |
183 | 42 Up | 1998 | Michael Apted | 1144 |
184 | Wild at Heart | 1990 | David Lynch | 1157 |
185 | Sling Blade | 1996 | Billy Bob Thornton | 1165 |
186 | The Game | 1997 | David Fincher | 1173 |
187 | You've Got Mail | 1998 | Nora Ephron | 1175 |
188 | Cape Fear | 1991 | Martin Scorsese | 1179 |
189 | The Ice Storm | 1997 | Ang Lee | 1182 |
190 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | 1992 | David Lynch | 1189 |
191 | Mulan | 1998 | Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook | 1190 |
192 | Rudy | 1993 | David Anspaugh | 1194 |
193 | The Sandlot | 1993 | David M. Evans | 1206 |
194 | Slacker | 1990 | Richard Linklater | 1207 |
195 | Contact | 1997 | Robert Zemeckis | 1222 |
196 | Natural Born Killers | 1994 | Oliver Stone | 1226 |
197 | The Age of Innocence | 1993 | Martin Scorsese | 1235 |
198 | Elizabeth | 1998 | Shekhar Kapur | 1240 |
199 | Mrs. Doubtfire | 1993 | Chris Columbus | 1241 |
200 | Pleasantville | 1998 | Gary Ross | 1245 |