| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Pulp Fiction | 1994 | Quentin Tarantino | 8 |
| 2 | Goodfellas | 1990 | Martin Scorsese | 14 |
| 3 | The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 | Jonathan Demme | 20 |
| 4 | Schindler's List | 1993 | Steven Spielberg | 21 |
| 5 | The Matrix | 1999 | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | 26 |
| 6 | Toy Story | 1995 | John Lasseter | 38 |
| 7 | The Shawshank Redemption | 1994 | Frank Darabont | 45 |
| 8 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 | James Cameron | 54 |
| 9 | Saving Private Ryan | 1998 | Steven Spielberg | 60 |
| 10 | Fargo | 1996 | Joel Coen | 67 |
| 11 | Fight Club | 1999 | David Fincher | 71 |
| 12 | Forrest Gump | 1994 | Robert Zemeckis | 72 |
| 13 | Jurassic Park | 1993 | Steven Spielberg | 83 |
| 14 | Seven | 1995 | David Fincher | 90 |
| 15 | The Lion King | 1994 | Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff | 92 |
| 16 | Groundhog Day | 1993 | Harold Ramis | 93 |
| 17 | Reservoir Dogs | 1992 | Quentin Tarantino | 95 |
| 18 | Titanic | 1997 | James Cameron | 96 |
| 19 | The Big Lebowski | 1998 | Joel Coen | 104 |
| 20 | Beauty and the Beast | 1991 | Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise | 106 |
| 21 | Unforgiven | 1992 | Clint Eastwood | 120 |
| 22 | The Usual Suspects | 1995 | Bryan Singer | 134 |
| 23 | L.A. Confidential | 1997 | Curtis Hanson | 139 |
| 24 | Clueless | 1995 | Amy Heckerling | 156 |
| 25 | The Sixth Sense | 1999 | M. Night Shyamalan | 168 |
| 26 | The Iron Giant | 1999 | Brad Bird | 173 |
| 27 | Heat | 1995 | Michael Mann | 182 |
| 28 | Trainspotting | 1996 | Danny Boyle | 197 |
| 29 | Edward Scissorhands | 1990 | Tim Burton | 199 |
| 30 | Princess Mononoke | 1997 | Hayao Miyazaki | 205 |
| 31 | Three Colors: Red | 1994 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 208 |
| 32 | American Beauty | 1999 | Sam Mendes | 218 |
| 33 | The Nightmare before Christmas | 1993 | Henry Selick | 231 |
| 34 | The Truman Show | 1998 | Peter Weir | 236 |
| 35 | Hoop Dreams | 1994 | Steve James | 250 |
| 36 | Toy Story 2 | 1999 | John Lasseter | 256 |
| 37 | Life Is Beautiful | 1997 | Roberto Benigni | 258 |
| 38 | Léon: The Professional | 1994 | Luc Besson | 259 |
| 39 | Before Sunrise | 1995 | Richard Linklater | 263 |
| 40 | The Blair Witch Project | 1999 | Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez | 271 |
| 41 | Braveheart | 1995 | Mel Gibson | 278 |
| 42 | The Green Mile | 1999 | Frank Darabont | 296 |
| 43 | The Piano | 1993 | Jane Campion | 309 |
| 44 | Scream | 1996 | Wes Craven | 310 |
| 45 | Boogie Nights | 1997 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 318 |
| 46 | All about My Mother | 1999 | Pedro Almodóvar | 320 |
| 47 | Three Colors: Blue | 1993 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 322 |
| 48 | Ghost in the Shell | 1995 | Mizuho Nishikubo and Mamoru Oshii | 324 |
| 49 | Rushmore | 1998 | Wes Anderson | 330 |
| 50 | Twelve Monkeys | 1995 | Terry Gilliam | 331 |
| 51 | Good Will Hunting | 1997 | Gus Van Sant | 339 |
| 52 | Dances with Wolves | 1990 | Kevin Costner | 356 |
| 53 | Chungking Express | 1994 | Kar-Wai Wong | 372 |
| 54 | Dazed and Confused | 1993 | Richard Linklater | 379 |
| 55 | The Thin Red Line | 1998 | Terrence Malick | 380 |
| 56 | Magnolia | 1999 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 387 |
| 57 | Clerks. | 1994 | Kevin Smith | 399 |
| 58 | Thelma & Louise | 1991 | Ridley Scott | 402 |
| 59 | Casino | 1995 | Martin Scorsese | 404 |
| 60 | Paris Is Burning | 1990 | Jennie Livingston | 412 |
| 61 | A League of Their Own | 1992 | Penny Marshall | 417 |
| 62 | Aladdin | 1992 | Ron Clements and John Musker | 427 |
| 63 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | 1994 | Mike Newell | 441 |
| 64 | Hate | 1995 | Mathieu Kassovitz | 442 |
| 65 | Pretty Woman | 1990 | Garry Marshall | 443 |
| 66 | Being John Malkovich | 1999 | Spike Jonze | 451 |
| 67 | American History X | 1998 | Tony Kaye | 458 |
| 68 | Audition | 1999 | Takashi Miike | 463 |
| 69 | Point Break | 1991 | Kathryn Bigelow | 470 |
| 70 | Jerry Maguire | 1996 | Cameron Crowe | 487 |
| 71 | Boyz N the Hood | 1991 | John Singleton | 497 |
| 72 | Raise the Red Lantern | 1991 | Yimou Zhang | 509 |
| 73 | Total Recall | 1990 | Paul Verhoeven | 511 |
| 74 | Beau travail | 1999 | Claire Denis | 512 |
| 75 | The Fugitive | 1993 | Andrew Davis | 519 |
| 76 | When We Were Kings | 1996 | Leon Gast | 523 |
| 77 | Independence Day | 1996 | Roland Emmerich | 527 |
| 78 | The Fifth Element | 1997 | Luc Besson | 529 |
| 79 | Close-Up | 1990 | Abbas Kiarostami | 531 |
| 80 | The Last of the Mohicans | 1992 | Michael Mann | 541 |
| 81 | Election | 1999 | Alexander Payne | 543 |
| 82 | Speed | 1994 | Jan de Bont | 547 |
| 83 | Miller's Crossing | 1990 | Joel Coen | 553 |
| 84 | Malcolm X | 1992 | Spike Lee | 555 |
| 85 | 10 Things I Hate about You | 1999 | Gil Junger | 557 |
| 86 | Batman Returns | 1992 | Tim Burton | 560 |
| 87 | South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut | 1999 | Trey Parker | 578 |
| 88 | Breaking the Waves | 1996 | Lars von Trier | 580 |
| 89 | There's Something about Mary | 1998 | Bobby and Peter Farrelly | 583 |
| 90 | The English Patient | 1996 | Anthony Minghella | 584 |
| 91 | Misery | 1990 | Rob Reiner | 585 |
| 92 | Sleepless in Seattle | 1993 | Nora Ephron | 586 |
| 93 | Eyes Wide Shut | 1999 | Stanley Kubrick | 595 |
| 94 | Starship Troopers | 1997 | Paul Verhoeven | 596 |
| 95 | Three Colors: White | 1994 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 600 |
| 96 | Home Alone | 1990 | Chris Columbus | 618 |
| 97 | Office Space | 1999 | Mike Judge | 620 |
| 98 | Gattaca | 1997 | Andrew Niccol | 623 |
| 99 | Secrets & Lies | 1996 | Mike Leigh | 629 |
| 100 | Men in Black | 1997 | Barry Sonnenfeld | 637 |
| 101 | Ring | 1998 | Hideo Nakata | 647 |
| 102 | Hard Boiled | 1992 | John Woo | 649 |
| 103 | Babe | 1995 | Chris Noonan | 650 |
| 104 | A Brighter Summer Day | 1991 | Edward Yang | 659 |
| 105 | Boys Don't Cry | 1999 | Kimberly Peirce | 663 |
| 106 | Sense and Sensibility | 1995 | Ang Lee | 668 |
| 107 | Ed Wood | 1994 | Tim Burton | 674 |
| 108 | The Virgin Suicides | 1999 | Sofia Coppola | 677 |
| 109 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | 1998 | Guy Ritchie | 678 |
| 110 | Dead Man | 1995 | Jim Jarmusch | 679 |
| 111 | Jackie Brown | 1997 | Quentin Tarantino | 688 |
| 112 | Bound | 1996 | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | 698 |
| 113 | Basic Instinct | 1992 | Paul Verhoeven | 717 |
| 114 | The Celebration | 1998 | Thomas Vinterberg | 720 |
| 115 | My Own Private Idaho | 1991 | Gus Van Sant | 728 |
| 116 | Farewell My Concubine | 1993 | Kaige Chen | 729 |
| 117 | Delicatessen | 1991 | Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 730 |
| 118 | Notting Hill | 1999 | Roger Michell | 732 |
| 119 | Happy Together | 1997 | Kar-Wai Wong | 735 |
| 120 | Face/Off | 1997 | John Woo | 744 |
| 121 | JFK | 1991 | Oliver Stone | 745 |
| 122 | Run Lola Run | 1998 | Tom Tykwer | 750 |
| 123 | Galaxy Quest | 1999 | Dean Parisot | 759 |
| 124 | You've Got Mail | 1998 | Nora Ephron | 768 |
| 125 | The Player | 1992 | Robert Altman | 770 |
| 126 | The Crow | 1994 | Alex Proyas | 772 |
| 127 | Sátántangó | 1994 | Béla Tarr | 776 |
| 128 | Philadelphia | 1993 | Jonathan Demme | 792 |
| 129 | Ghost | 1990 | Jerry Zucker | 798 |
| 130 | Naked | 1993 | Mike Leigh | 802 |
| 131 | The Straight Story | 1999 | David Lynch | 812 |
| 132 | Daughters of the Dust | 1991 | Julie Dash | 814 |
| 133 | Romeo + Juliet | 1996 | Baz Luhrmann | 826 |
| 134 | Dark City | 1998 | Alex Proyas | 839 |
| 135 | Apollo 13 | 1995 | Ron Howard | 857 |
| 136 | The Insider | 1999 | Michael Mann | 871 |
| 137 | A Taste of Cherry | 1997 | Abbas Kiarostami | 891 |
| 138 | Barton Fink | 1991 | Joel Coen | 905 |
| 139 | The Sandlot | 1993 | David Mickey Evans | 913 |
| 140 | The Godfather: Part III | 1990 | Francis Ford Coppola | 916 |
| 141 | Mulan | 1998 | Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook | 917 |
| 142 | The Crying Game | 1992 | Neil Jordan | 924 |
| 143 | True Romance | 1993 | Tony Scott | 925 |
| 144 | Orlando | 1992 | Sally Potter | 926 |
| 145 | Crumb | 1994 | Terry Zwigoff | 932 |
| 146 | Lost Highway | 1997 | David Lynch | 940 |
| 147 | The Birdcage | 1996 | Mike Nichols | 941 |
| 148 | Carlito's Way | 1993 | Brian De Palma | 945 |
| 149 | Crash | 1996 | David Cronenberg | 948 |
| 150 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | 1992 | David Lynch | 963 |
| 151 | The Double Life of Veronique | 1991 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 964 |
| 152 | The Rock | 1996 | Michael Bay | 978 |
| 153 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | 1999 | Anthony Minghella | 980 |
| 154 | The Remains of the Day | 1993 | James Ivory | 999 |
| 155 | Out of Sight | 1998 | Steven Soderbergh | 1001 |
| 156 | Pi | 1998 | Darren Aronofsky | 1005 |
| 157 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | 1997 | Jay Roach | 1008 |
| 158 | Dumb & Dumber | 1994 | Peter Farrelly | 1014 |
| 159 | True Lies | 1994 | James Cameron | 1016 |
| 160 | Shakespeare in Love | 1998 | John Madden | 1026 |
| 161 | Short Cuts | 1993 | Robert Altman | 1032 |
| 162 | The City of Lost Children | 1995 | Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 1041 |
| 163 | Mission: Impossible | 1996 | Brian De Palma | 1055 |
| 164 | Wayne's World | 1992 | Penelope Spheeris | 1071 |
| 165 | Funny Games | 1997 | Michael Haneke | 1077 |
| 166 | Kids | 1995 | Larry Clark | 1080 |
| 167 | Waiting for Guffman | 1996 | Christopher Guest | 1081 |
| 168 | 42 Up | 1998 | Michael Apted | 1083 |
| 169 | Heavenly Creatures | 1994 | Peter Jackson | 1086 |
| 170 | Rudy | 1993 | David Anspaugh | 1096 |
| 171 | The Game | 1997 | David Fincher | 1099 |
| 172 | The Bridges of Madison County | 1995 | Clint Eastwood | 1103 |
| 173 | Happy Gilmore | 1996 | Dennis Dugan | 1104 |
| 174 | Mrs. Doubtfire | 1993 | Chris Columbus | 1138 |
| 175 | Cool Runnings | 1993 | Jon Turteltaub | 1144 |
| 176 | As Good as It Gets | 1997 | James L. Brooks | 1150 |
| 177 | Central Station | 1998 | Walter Salles | 1151 |
| 178 | Wild at Heart | 1990 | David Lynch | 1152 |
| 179 | 35 Up | 1991 | Michael Apted | 1153 |
| 180 | Cape Fear | 1991 | Martin Scorsese | 1160 |
| 181 | Perfect Blue | 1997 | Satoshi Kon | 1162 |
| 182 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | 1992 | Francis Ford Coppola | 1165 |
| 183 | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | 1994 | Stephan Elliott | 1166 |
| 184 | Jacob's Ladder | 1990 | Adrian Lyne | 1168 |
| 185 | Donnie Brasco | 1997 | Mike Newell | 1173 |
| 186 | Sling Blade | 1996 | Billy Bob Thornton | 1175 |
| 187 | Lone Star | 1996 | John Sayles | 1179 |
| 188 | Candyman | 1992 | Bernard Rose | 1182 |
| 189 | American Pie | 1999 | Paul Weitz | 1196 |
| 190 | Fireworks | 1997 | Takeshi Kitano | 1204 |
| 191 | Glengarry Glen Ross | 1992 | James Foley | 1205 |
| 192 | But I'm a Cheerleader | 1999 | Jamie Babbit | 1208 |
| 193 | Tombstone | 1993 | George P. Cosmatos | 1213 |
| 194 | The Full Monty | 1997 | Peter Cattaneo | 1233 |
| 195 | Braindead | 1992 | Peter Jackson | 1235 |
| 196 | Three Kings | 1999 | David O. Russell | 1238 |
| 197 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | 1999 | Jim Jarmusch | 1241 |
| 198 | Friday | 1995 | F. Gary Gray | 1253 |
| 199 | Contact | 1997 | Robert Zemeckis | 1262 |
| 200 | Happiness | 1998 | Todd Solondz | 1265 |