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Top Films by Year (1993-1995)

**--Won Academy Award for Best Picture.
*--Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.

1993

Rank Title Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Schindler's List** Steven Spielberg 22
2 Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg 131
3 Groundhog Day Harold Ramis 187
4 The Piano* Jane Campion 203
5 Three Colors: Blue Krzysztof Kieslowski 277
6 True Romance Tony Scott 440
7 The Fugitive* Andrew Davis 446
8 Sleepless in Seattle Nora Ephron 539
9 The Age of Innocence Martin Scorsese 547
10 Farewell My Concubine Kaige Chen 548
11 The Nightmare Before Christmas Henry Selick 567
12 The Remains of the Day* James Ivory 591
13 Short Cuts Robert Altman 594
14 Dazed and Confused Richard Linklater 613
15 Naked Mike Leigh 658
16 Philadelphia Jonathan Demme 777
17 The Joy Luck Club Wayne Wang 970
18 The Wrong Trousers Nick Park 1011
19 Searching for Bobby Fischer Steven Zaillian 1128
20 What's Eating Gilbert Grape Lasse Hallström 1199
21 Sonatine Takeshi Kitano 1239
22 In the Line of Fire Wolfgang Petersen 1283
23 Cool Runnings Jon Turteltaub 1315
24 Rudy David Anspaugh 1359
25 The Puppet Master Hsiao-hsien Hou 1369
26 What's Love Got to Do with It Brian Gibson 1402
27 The Wedding Banquet Ang Lee 1434
28 Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould François Girard 1488
29 Dave Ivan Reitman 1506
30 Mrs. Doubtfire Chris Columbus 1512
31 The Blue Kite Zhuangzhuang Tian 1528
32 Gettysburg Ronald F. Maxwell 1658
33 The Snapper Stephen Frears 1672
34 Caro Diario Nanni Moretti 1713
35 Shadowlands Richard Attenborough 1733
36 Fearless Peter Weir 1833
37 Ruby in Paradise Victor Nunez 1870
38 Carlito's Way Brian De Palma 1880
39 Tombstone George P. Cosmatos 1898
40 A Bronx Tale Robert De Niro 1989
41 In the Name of the Father* Jim Sheridan 2021
42 This Boy's Life Michael Caton-Jones 2152
43 Much Ado about Nothing Kenneth Branagh 2258
44 King of the Hill Steven Soderbergh 2294
45 Stalingrad Joseph Vilsmaier 2341
46 Six Degrees of Separation Fred Schepisi 2348
47 The Secret Garden Agnieszka Holland 2359
48 Menace II Society Albert and Allen Hughes 2377
49 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Eric Radomski and Bruce W. Timm 2397
50 The Ballad of Little Jo Maggie Greenwald 2442

1994

Rank Title Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Pulp Fiction* Quentin Tarantino 20
2 The Shawshank Redemption* Frank Darabont 48
3 Forrest Gump** Robert Zemeckis 75
4 Three Colors: Red Krzysztof Kieslowski 231
5 Four Weddings and a Funeral* Mike Newell 241
6 The Lion King Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff 259
7 The Professional Luc Besson 312
8 Hoop Dreams Steve James 359
9 Clerks. Kevin Smith 361
10 Speed Jan de Bont 390
11 Three Colors: White Krzysztof Kieslowski 542
12 Chungking Express Kar Wai Wong 593
13 Crumb Terry Zwigoff 605
14 Ed Wood Tim Burton 615
15 Heavenly Creatures Peter Jackson 691
16 Natural Born Killers Oliver Stone 709
17 Little Women Gillian Armstrong 715
18 Il Postino* Michael Radford 818
19 Shallow Grave Danny Boyle 821
20 The Crow Alex Proyas 847
21 Muriel's Wedding P.J. Hogan 862
22 Eat Drink Man Woman Ang Lee 949
23 Quiz Show* Robert Redford 961
24 To Live Yimou Zhang 1038
25 The Mask Chuck Russell 1055
26 Burnt by the Sun Nikita Mikhalkov 1063
27 Sátántangó Béla Tarr 1110
28 Once Were Warriors Lee Tamahori 1164
29 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles Neil Jordan 1183
30 The Last Seduction John Dahl 1250
31 The Hudsucker Proxy Joel Coen 1258
32 Exotica Atom Egoyan 1271
33 Lamerica Gianni Amelio 1389
34 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Tom Shadyac 1431
35 Through the Olive Trees Abbas Kiarostami 1490
36 Vanya on 42nd Street Louis Malle 1501
37 The Wild Reeds André Téchiné 1578
38 The Secret of Roan Inish John Sayles 1587
39 Before the Rain Milcho Manchevski 1659
40 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Stephan Elliott 1668
41 The Madness of King George Nicholas Hytner 1673
42 Dumb & Dumber Peter Farrelly 1676
43 Bullets over Broadway Woody Allen 1683
44 True Lies James Cameron 1701
45 Legends of the Fall Edward Zwick 1725
46 Clear and Present Danger Phillip Noyce 1874
47 The Kingdom Morten Arnfred and Lars von Trier 1915
48 Queen Margot Patrice Chéreau 1954
49 Reality Bites Ben Stiller 1981
50 Drunken Master II Chia-Liang Liu 2094
51 The Ref Ted Demme 2198
52 Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult Peter Segal 2339
53 Baseball Ken Burns 2396
54 The Santa Clause John Pasquin 2478

1995

Rank Title Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Usual Suspects Bryan Singer 64
2 Toy Story John Lasseter 83
3 Braveheart** Mel Gibson 94
4 Seven David Fincher 143
5 Heat Michael Mann 208
6 Babe* Chris Noonan 329
7 Sense and Sensibility* Ang Lee 357
8 Apollo 13* Ron Howard 375
9 Twelve Monkeys Terry Gilliam 394
10 Clueless Amy Heckerling 464
11 Casino Martin Scorsese 560
12 Leaving Las Vegas Mike Figgis 601
13 Dead Man Walking Tim Robbins 751
14 Safe Todd Haynes 772
15 Dead Man Jim Jarmusch 782
16 Before Sunrise Richard Linklater 796
17 Underground Emir Kusturica 950
18 The Bridges of Madison County Clint Eastwood 962
19 Hate Mathieu Kassovitz 1064
20 Ghost in the Shell Mamoru Oshii 1116
21 Antonia's Line Marleen Gorris 1126
22 Get Shorty Barry Sonnenfeld 1179
23 The American President Rob Reiner 1218
24 A Little Princess Alfonso Cuarón 1229
25 The City of Lost Children Marc Caro and Jean-Marie Jeunet 1270
26 Welcome to the Dollhouse Todd Solondz 1424
27 Showgirls Paul Verhoeven 1503
28 To Die For Gus Van Sant 1617
29 While You Were Sleeping Jon Turteltaub 1624
30 Mr. Holland's Opus Stephen Herek 1636
31 Land and Freedom Ken Loach 1695
32 Richard III Richard Loncraine 1704
33 A Close Shave Nick Park 1803
34 Mallrats Kevin Smith 1811
35 Living in Oblivion Tom DiCillo 1828
36 Devil in a Blue Dress Carl Franklin 1856
37 GoldenEye Martin Campbell 1860
38 Smoke Wayne Wang 1862
39 Strange Days Kathryn Bigelow 1984
40 Pride and Prejudice Simon Langton 2059
41 Desperado Robert Rodriguez 2067
42 Les Misérables Claude Lelouch 2086
43 The White Balloon Jafar Panahi 2088
44 Home for the Holidays Jodie Foster 2122
45 Clockers Spike Lee 2282
46 Cyclo Anh Hung Tran 2297
47 Kids Larry Clark 2360
48 Friday F. Gary Gray 2422
49 La Cérémonie Claude Chabrol 2494

**--Won Academy Award for Best Picture.
*--Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.

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