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I don't know if I'll make room to rescue it yet, but La Fille sur le pont is a delightful concoction of poetic realism and nouvelle vague traits, transfused into a wild story that engages with alienation and energetic connection in unpredictable and disruptive patterns. I didn't care much for Leconte's famous Le Mari de la coiffeuse, but this was a real treasure - a rare film that gets better as it progresses due to unexpected grace notes in narrative pivots and magical realism. The ending is predictable but forgivable in favor of its commitment to whiplashing style and eccentric existentialism

I'm a bit surprised at some of my orphans. Yes, very mainstream, but still worthy of consideration.

Fight Club: it's been overplayed and overquoted to the point of --, but don't let that fool you. The story and direction is engrossing and still a fun watch after all these years.
Gattaca: our protagonist is destined to become a nobody except he refuses to be resigned to his fate (he eventually gets an accomplice). imagine if the old couple in Make Way for Tomorrow still had to live 60 more years and didn't want to die without doing something (sort of).
The Matrix: disregard the franchise. the original film is still a pretty good sci-fi action flick. Yes you know the story, except when rewatching it you still get a rush because it's the little things that you didn't remember that attract your attention. This could have been the equivalent of today's mundane superhero film, but it's much more.
As Good as It Gets: I don't think Nicholson has ever had a more perfect role. Brooks has the audience teetering between 2nd hand embarrassment and laughter the whole way.
Heat: Hell of a role for Pacino and everyone else casted in this film (and there's quite a cast). It's a film of our modern day crises wrapped in a heist flick.
Men in Black: I don't think anyone really figured out the comic book-to-film adaptation until the original Men in Black. Tommy Lee Jones is the perfect old timer to Will Smith who is perfect as his foil. The comedy is actually funny and it's big budget movie making that actually turns out something fresh and fun.

The Sunchaser is a fairly poignant way to end a career even if the world had every opportunity to make that not the case. Not just as a road trip, but also as a love letter to homosocial relations and the concept of balance this plays as a bookend with Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.

Cimino paints an effecting portrait of reality and the beyond intertwined as the vehicle for purpose. I can understand why this kind of high melodrama when fused to the kitschy of ‘90s grit doesn’t really work in this ironic age, but sappy me was touched by the metaphoric presentation which is fairly consistent across all of his films I’ve seen.

As a reminder, lists and revisions to already submitted lists are due in about a week

I've been meaning to highlight Belfast, Maine all month and here we are on 30 January with one day til submission.

If you've watched a Wiseman film before you'll know more or less what you're getting, but of the 12 features I've seen I'd put it right at the top. Perhaps it's enough to say that the sequence from the Death of a Salesman rehearsal through to the English class on Moby Dick - encompassing, among other things, the social worker visiting the man in the trailer, the Civil War talk, the sardine factory workers (whose bandaged hands move so quickly you'd swear the footage has been sped up), and the county court hearings - is virtually unrivalled in its portrayal of the disparate parts that make up a community.

It's also in this section, which admittedly is almost half the film, that Wiseman's thesis really comes together. The decision to cut from Miller to the coyote trapping is clear enough, likewise the Moby Dick commentary. The MBNA offices right at the end are clearly a pointed contrast with the other types of labour we see. What struck me most though was the number of care workers and the like. In many ways it's they who seem the lifeblood of the town, not least because teenagers or young adults appear virtually non-existent. You do fear that those support systems are far weaker 25+ years later (our ageing society means some of these jobs may be returning - it's probably notable that the US 'health care and social assistance' sector is one of the few to have added jobs over the past year - but I wonder how support per capita compares).

Every scene is prefaced by the traditional establishing shot of the location in question, but it's notable that there's also a bookend: that same shot repeated at the end of each encounter. Wiseman also does this in Monrovia, Indiana, perhaps to confirm the similarities between the two, but I can't recall it in others I've seen. Notwithstanding this is clearly a film of content more than form, it began to feel almost reminscent of structural film after a while. Said structure may not call attention to itself, but it does emphasise the very careful ordering of scenes and episodes.

In short, a great way to spend 4 hours of your Friday or Saturday this weekend.

Final reminder: Lists and list revisions are due today

swo17 wrote: Sat Jan 31, 2026 4:03 pm Final reminder: Lists and list revisions are due today

Actually, pushing this to late tomorrow, if anyone could use the extra time

Thanks to everyone for your participation this round. I'll be releasing the results shortly in the next three posts. Here as usual is a guide to what the figures listed after each film represent, each separated with a slash mark:

1. Total points (50 for each #1 placement, 49 for each #2, etc.)
2. Number of lists the film appeared on (out of 25 submitted). If the film appeared in anyone's top 10, the number of top 10 appearances is also denoted in parentheses.
3. Highest placement of the film on any one list. If more than one person ranked the film this high, this is also denoted in parentheses.
4. Change in position from the 2015 list, with movements of 10 or more highlighted.

So for example, the 368/10(6)/2(x2)/+12 shown for GoodFellas means that it scored 368 points and appeared on 10 lists (and six top 10s), with two people ranking it as high as #2. The film also moved up 12 positions from its placement on the prior list.

For the list of orphans, only figure #3 is displayed (the highest rank, not the score given).

If anyone would like me to PM them a list of how all of their picks fared in the overall tally (rather than having to scour through all of the results) it's a simple thing for me to do. Just let me know.

01. Trois Couleurs: Bleu [Three Colors: Blue] (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1993) 442/14(4)/2/+20
02. Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998) 410/12(6)/1(x3)/+3
03. La Cérémonie [A Judgment in Stone] (Claude Chabrol, 1995) 393/14(3)/1/+22
04. Miller's Crossing (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1990) 386/11(5)/2/+28
05. GoodFellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990) 368/10(6)/2(x2)/+12
06. Sátántangó [Satan's Tango] (Béla Tarr, 1994) 358/11(6)/4/+2
07. 重慶森林 [Chung hing sam lam] [Chungking Express] (Wong Kar-wai, 1994) 356/11(6)/1(x2)/-6
(tie) Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994) 356/9(4)/1/-3
09. Trois Couleurs: Rouge [Three Colors: Red] (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994) 354/11(4)/1/+4
10. Fucking Åmål [Show Me Love] (Lukas Moodysson, 1998) 347/11(3)/4/-8
11. The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick, 1998) 336/11(5)/2/+1
12. Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996) 300/9(2)/3/+105
13. کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک [Kluzap nema-ye nazdik] [Close-Up] (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990) 299/8(5)/1/-2
14. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991) 295/10(2)/3/+9
15. Barton Fink (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1991) 267/10(2)/3/+39
16. Fargo (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1996) 266/8(2)/3/-1
17. باد ما را خواهد برد [Bad ma ra khahad bord] [The Wind Will Carry Us] (Abbas Kiarostami, 1999) 257/9(3)/4/+29
18. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992) 250/9(3)/2/+9
19. キュア [Kyua] [Cure] (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1997) 247/8(3)/9(x3)/New
(tie) Exotica (Atom Egoyan, 1994) 247/11(2)/7/+10
21. To Sleep with Anger (Charles Burnett, 1990) 245/10(2)/5/-11
22. Beau Travail [Good Work] (Claire Denis, 1999) 243/7(4)/1/-15
23. Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995) 240/9(3)/3/+3
24. 牯嶺街少年殺人事件 [Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian] [A Brighter Summer Day] (Edward Yang, 1991) 237/7(4)/2/-3
25. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999) 236/8(1)/2/-19
26. زندگی و دیگر هیچ [Zendegi va digar hich] [And Life Goes On] (Abbas Kiarostami, 1992) 235/7(2)/1/+37
27. Lost Highway (David Lynch, 1997) 227/8(1)/6/+24
28. La Double Vie de Véronique [The Double Life of Véronique] (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1991) 222/8(2)/6/+57
29. نون و گلدون [Noon o goldoon] [A Moment of Innocence] (Mohsen Makhmalbāf, 1996) 220/7(3)/6/+16
30. 春光乍洩 [Chun gwong cha sit] [Happy Together] (Wong Kar-wai, 1997) 215/6(4)/2/+24
31. Festen [The Celebration] (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998) 204/9/12/-1
32. Rosetta (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 1999) 202/7(2)/6/-29
(tie) Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995) 202/8(1)/10/-23
34. 大红灯笼高高挂 [Da hong deng long gao gao gua] [Raise the Red Lantern] (Zhang Yimou, 1991) 201/8(1)/10/-21
35. Todo sobre mi madre [All About My Mother] (Pedro Almodóvar, 1999) 199/10(2)/1/+3
36. L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997) 193/6(3)/1/-9
37. La Haine [Hate] (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995) 188/5(3)/1/+36
38. もののけ姫 [Mononoke-hime] [Princess Mononoke] (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997) 181/8(1)/5/--
39. 海上花 [Hai shang hua] [Flowers of Shanghai] (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1998) 179/6(2)/3/+7
(tie) ワンダフルライフ [Wandafuru raifu] [After Life] (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 1998) 179/7(2)/5/+51
41. The Long Day Closes (Terence Davies, 1992) 177/6(1)/4/+32
42. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993) 175/5(2)/4/+36
43. Trzy kolory. Biały [Three Colors: White] (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994) 174/5(1)/7/+74
44. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997) 167/8/11/-28
45. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999) 162/6(2)/4/-13
46. JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991) 160/6(1)/9/-3
47. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993) 159/6(1)/5/+65
48. 洞 [Dong] [The Hole] (Tsai Ming-liang, 1998) 156/5(2)/1/-30
49. Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg, 1991) 155/6(1)/5/+55
50. 戲夢人生 [Xi meng ren sheng] [The Puppetmaster] (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1993) 154/5(2)/2/New
51. Malcolm X (Spike Lee, 1992) 153/6/12/+68
52. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996) 152/4(3)/1/New
53. 墮落天使 [Do lok tin si] [Fallen Angels] (Wong Kar-wai, 1995) 151/4(2)/2/New
(tie) Short Cuts (Robert Altman, 1993) 151/5(1)/8/-21
(tie) Подземље [Podzemlje] [Underground] (Emir Kusturica, 1995) 151/7/19(x2)/+7
56. Office Space (Mike Judge, 1999) 149/4(1)/6/New
(tie) Lone Star (John Sayles, 1996) 149/7(1)/5/+63
58. Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993) 147/4(1)/3/+11
(tie) Funny Games (Michael Haneke, 1997) 147/6(2)/2/+50
60. An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990) 140/4(2)/2/+122
61. ...طعم گيلاس [Ta'm-e gilas] [Taste of Cherry] (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997) 139/4/12/-20
62. El sol del membrillo [The Quince Tree Sun] (Víctor Erice, 1992) 138/3(3)/2/-32
63. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (David Lynch, 1992) 137/9/20/-43
64. The Big Lebowski (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1998) 133/6(1)/4/+1
65. 12 Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995) 132/5(1)/2/+162
(tie) زیر درختان زیتون [Zire-e derakhtan-e zeytin] [Through the Olive Trees] (Abbas Kiarostami, 1994) 132/6(2)/7/-21
67. Conte d'été [A Tale of Summer] (Éric Rohmer, 1996) 130/4(1)/2/+150
68. Vale Abraão [Abraham's Valley] (Manoel de Oliveira, 1993) 127/3(2)/2/+26
(tie) Happiness (Todd Solondz, 1998) 127/5(1)/9/New
70. Naked (Mike Leigh, 1993) 125/6(1)/6/-20
71. The Wrong Trousers (Nick Park, 1993) 123/3(2)/1/+10
72. Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle) [My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument] (Arnaud Desplechin, 1996) 122/4(1)/1/New
(tie) Matinee (Joe Dante, 1993) 122/5(1)/8/+6
74. Les Amants du Pont-Neuf [The Lovers on the Bridge] (Leos Carax, 1991) 117/3(1)/6/+11
75. Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley, 1992) 116/4/11/+160
76. 飲食男女 [Yin shi nan nu] [Eat Drink Man Woman] (Ang Lee, 1994) 115/5/15/New
77. Outer Space (Peter Tscherkassky, 1999) 114/4(1)/8/+111
78. 강원도의 힘 [Gangwon-do ui him] [The Power of Kangwon Province] (Hong Sang-soo, 1998) 112/5(1)/10/+6
79. Riget [The Kingdom] (Lars von Trier & Morten Arnfred, 1994-1997) 111/4/11/-8
80. La Belle Noiseuse [The Beautiful Troublemaker] (Jacques Rivette, 1991) 110/5(1)/9/-61
81. Hoop Dreams (Steve James, 1994) 109/3(1)/7/+48
82. La Promesse [The Promise] (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 1996) 108/4(1)/8/-46
83. Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö [The Match Factory Girl] (Aki Kaurismäki, 1990) 105/5/11/-23
84. Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999) 104/4(1)/3/-44
(tie) Conte d'automne [A Tale of Autumn] (Éric Rohmer, 1998) 104/3(1)/10/+6
86. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999) 103/4(1)/4/+154
87. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999) 102/6/18/-30
88. Lektionen in Finsternis [Lessons of Darkness] (Werner Herzog, 1992) 101/3/13/-31
(tie) The Player (Robert Altman, 1992) 101/4(1)/3/New
90. Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh, 1998) 100/3(1)/10/+76
91. Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994) 98/3(1)/10/-6
92. Batman Returns (Tim Burton, 1992) 96/3(1)/7/-7
93. Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995) 95/3(1)/10/+103
(tie) Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen, 1992) 95/7/22/-58
95. Szürkület [Twilight] (György Fehér, 1990) 94/3/14(x2)/+52
96. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Jim Jarmusch, 1999) 92/5/19/+28
97. Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα [To vlemma tou odyssea] [Ulysses' Gaze] (Theo Angelopoulos, 1995) 91/4/15/+19
98. O Convento [The Convent] (Manoel de Oliveira, 1995) 90/2(2)/5/-8
(tie) The Matrix (Lana & Lilly Wachowski, 1999) 90/2(2)/6(x2)/+117
(tie) Haut bas fragile [Up, Down, Fragile] (Jacques Rivette, 1995) 90/3(1)/6/-34

Top Directors

Krzysztof Kieślowski (4 films, 1192 points)
Joel & Ethan Coen (5 films, 1063 points)
Abbas Kiarostami (5 films, 1062 points)
Wong Kar-wai (4 films, 772 points)
Mike Leigh (5 films, 625 points)
David Lynch (7 films, 610 points)
Martin Scorsese (6 films, 606 points)
Quentin Tarantino (3 films, 466 points)
Wes Anderson (2 films, 464 points)
Claude Chabrol (2 films, 438 points)

Hou Hsiao-hsien (3 films, 399 points)
Zhang Yimou (6 films, 373 points)
Paul Thomas Anderson (3 films, 368 points)
Atom Egoyan (4 films, 364 points)
Claire Denis (4 films, 362 points)
Béla Tarr (1 film, 358 points)
Lukas Moodysson (1 film, 347 points)
Terrence Malick (1 film, 336 points)
Manoel de Oliveira (5 films, 333 points)
Jim Jarmusch (3 films, 329 points)

Tsai Ming-liang (4 films, 324 points)
Clint Eastwood (3 films, 319 points)
Jane Campion (2 films, 315 points)
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne (2 films, 310 points)
Edward Yang (3 films, 299 points)
Robert Altman (4 films, 297 points)
Jonathan Demme (1 film, 295 points)
Éric Rohmer (3 films, 292 points)
Steven Spielberg (3 films, 286 points)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa (2 films, 284 points)

Woody Allen (6 films, 265 points)
Spike Lee (4 films, 263 points)
Mohsen Makhmalbāf (2 films, 257 points)
Todd Haynes (2 films, 255 points)
Ang Lee (4 films, 255 points)
Jacques Rivette (4 films, 251 points)
Steven Soderbergh (6 films, 247 points)
Charles Burnett (1 film, 245 points)
David Cronenberg (3 films, 238 points)
Stanley Kubrick (1 film, 236 points)

Hirokazu Kore-eda (2 films, 231 points)
Hayao Miyazaki (2 films, 223 points)
Tim Burton (3 films, 220 points)
Lars von Trier (3 films, 213 points)
David Fincher (3 films, 211 points)
Danny Boyle (2 films, 204 points)
Pedro Almodóvar (2 films, 204 points)
Thomas Vinterberg (1 film, 204 points)
David Mamet (4 films, 203 points)
Aki Kaurismäki (3 films, 202 points)


Results by Country

USA (237 films, 42.5% of points)
France (68 films, 12.3% of points)
UK (46 films, 7.9% of points)
Japan (27 films, 4.4% of points)
Iran (9 films, 4.3% of points)
Taiwan (12 films, 3.7% of points)
Hong Kong (10 films, 2.9% of points)
Canada (13 films, 2.2% of points)
China (10 films, 1.6% of points)
Hungary (3 films, 1.5% of points)

Sweden (5 films, 1.5% of points)
Spain (9 films, 1.5% of points)
Denmark (5 films, 1.3% of points)
Switzerland (4 films, 1.3% of points)
New Zealand (4 films, 1.3% of points)
Austria (5 films, 1.2% of points)
Belgium (4 films, 1.1% of points)
Portugal (6 films, 1% of points)
Germany (6 films, 0.8% of points)
Greece (5 films, 0.7% of points)

Poland (4 films, 0.7% of points)
Italy (9 films, 0.7% of points)
Finland (3 films, 0.6% of points)
Yugoslavia (2 films, 0.5% of points)
South Korea (2 films, 0.4% of points)
Vietnam (2 films, 0.4% of points)
Russia (5 films, 0.3% of points)
Argentina (2 films, 0.3% of points)
Australia (2 films, 0.2% of points)
Romania (1 film, 0.2% of points)

Czechoslovakia (1 film, 0.2% of points)
Czech Republic (1 film, 0.1% of points)
Lebanon (1 film, 0.1% of points)
Senegal (1 film, 0.1% of points)
Mexico (2 films, 0.1% of points)
Norway (1 film, 0.1% of points)
West Germany (1 film, 0.1% of points)
Ireland (1 film, 0.1% of points)
India (1 film, 0.1% of points)
North Macedonia (1 film, 0.1% of points)

Turkey (1 film, <0.1% of points)
Netherlands (1 film, <0.1% of points)
Brazil (1 film, <0.1% of points)
Estonia (1 film, <0.1% of points)
Tunisia (1 film, <0.1% of points)
Burkina Faso (1 film, <0.1% of points)


Casualties from the Prior List

24. Dazed and Confused (now an also-ran)
37. Before Sunrise (now an also-ran)
42. Breaking the Waves (now an also-ran)
46. Heat (now an also-ran)
49. はなび [Hana-bi] [Fireworks] (now an also-ran)
52. Crumb (now an also-ran)
52. Buffalo '66 (now an orphan)
56. Usłyszcie mój krzyk [Hear My Cry] (now voteless)
59. Sink or Swim (now voteless)
62. The Shawshank Redemption (now an also-ran)
65. Crash (now an also-ran)
65. Henry Fool (now an orphan)
68. Seven (now an also-ran)
69. 辣手神探 [Lat sau san taam] [Hard Boiled] (now an also-ran)
72. L'Humanité [Humanity] (now an also-ran)
75. Insomnia (now an orphan)
76. Wild at Heart (now an orphan)
76. 蓝风筝 [Lan feng zheng] [The Blue Kite] (now an orphan)
80. Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (now voteless)
81. Nénette et Boni [Nénette and Boni] (now an also-ran)
83. Ratcatcher (now an also-ran)
85. Paris Is Burning (now an also-ran)
90. My Own Private Idaho (now voteless)
95. Der Skorpion [The Scorpion] (now voteless)
95. Miami Blues (now voteless)
97. 霸王別姬 [Ba wang bie ji] [Farewell My Concubine] (now an also-ran)
97. The Addiction (now voteless)
99. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (now an orphan)
99. Утомлённые солнцем [Utomlyonnye solntsem] [Burnt by the Sun] (now voteless)

Metropolitan (Whit Stillman, 1990) 89/4/13(x2)/+11
Casino (Martin Scorsese, 1995) 85/3/14/New
Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay, 1999) 85/4/20(x2)/-19
Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992) 85/4/20/+86
青少年哪吒 [Qing shao nian nuo zha] [Rebels of the Neon God] (Tsai Ming-liang, 1992) 84/3/16(x2)/New
Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh, 1999) 82/2(1)/1/New
Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993) 82/2(1)/3/New
The Spanish Prisoner (David Mamet, 1997) 82/3/23/-2
Life Is Sweet (Mike Leigh, 1990) 82/4/13/New
The Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese, 1993) 81/2(1)/4/+68

Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994) 81/5/20/New
Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992) 80/4/25/+41
U.S. Go Home (Claire Denis, 1994) 78/2(1)/10/New
Clerks (Kevin Smith, 1994) 76/2/11/New
The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999) 76/4/20/-10
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy (Martin Arnold, 1998) 75/2(1)/2/+80
Léon [The Professional] (Luc Besson, 1994) 75/2(1)/6/New
The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994) 75/3/11/-54
Prospero's Books (Peter Greenaway, 1991) 73/2/11/+36
Black Ice (Stan Brakhage, 1994) 73/3/11/+16

Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995) 73/4/19/-82
Vanya on 42nd Street (Louis Malle, 1994) 72/2/11/+78
The Comb (From the Museums of Sleep) (Stephen & Timothy Quay, 1990) 72/2/14/New
夢 [Yume] [Dreams] (Akira Kurosawa, 1990) 71/2/14/+54
The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan, 1997) 71/3/15/+100
Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995) 71/4/25/+54
Seven (David Fincher, 1995) 68/2(1)/8/-59
Mùi đu đủ xanh [The Scent of Green Papaya] (Trần Anh Hùng, 1993) 67/2(1)/6/New
南國再見, 南國 [Nan guo zai jian nan guo] [Goodbye, South, Goodbye] (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1996) 66/3/15/--
Premonitions Following an Evil Deed (David Lynch, 1995) 65/2/18/New

Un lugar en el mundo [A Place in the World] (Adolfo Aristarain, 1992) 64/2(1)/4/New
Four Weddings and a Funeral (Mike Newell, 1994) 64/2(1)/6/New
The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, 1999) 64/2(1)/9/+81
Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993) 64/2/18/-107
Heat (Michael Mann, 1995) 63/2(1)/8/-89
Trust (Hal Hartley, 1991) 63/2/13/-27
Election (Alexander Payne, 1999) 62/2/20(x2)/New
Crooklyn (Spike Lee, 1994) 62/5/22/New
Bullets Over Broadway (Woody Allen, 1994) 61/3/21/+8
Northwest Passage (David Lynch, 1990) 60/2/15/-21

Dick (Andrew Fleming, 1999) 58/2(1)/2/New
耳をすませば [Mimi o sumaseba] [Whisper of the Heart] (Yoshifumi Kondō, 1995) 58/2(1)/4/+6
Conte d'hiver [A Tale of Winter] (Éric Rohmer, 1992) 58/2(1)/7/New
Bringing Out the Dead (Martin Scorsese, 1999) 58/2(1)/9/New
一个都不能少 [Yi ge dou bu neng shao] [Not One Less] (Zhang Yimou, 1999) 58/2/15/New
Sense and Sensibility (Ang Lee, 1995) 58/3/13/+101
Härlig är jorden [World of Glory] (Roy Andersson, 1991) 57/2/16/New
Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg, 1998) 57/3/29/-23
Kauas pilvet karkaavat [Drifting Clouds] (Aki Kaurismäki, 1996) 54/2/15/+13
Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven, 1997) 54/2/17/-37

Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson, 1996) 54/3/16/New
La Lettre [The Letter] (Manoel de Oliveira, 1999) 53/2(1)/10/New
Devil in a Blue Dress (Carl Franklin, 1995) 53/2/13/New
The Sheltering Sky (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1990) 53/2/17/+55
Van Gogh (Maurice Pialat, 1991) 53/3/27/-26
幻の光 [Maboroshi no hikari] [Maborosi] (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 1995) 52/2/11/-33
Idioterne [The Idiots] (Lars von Trier, 1998) 52/2/13/New
Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994) 52/2/17/New
Shallow Grave (Danny Boyle, 1994) 52/2/23/New
Homicide (David Mamet, 1991) 51/2(1)/4/-13

The Limey (Steven Soderbergh, 1999) 51/2/18/+47
The Bed You Sleep In (Jon Jost, 1993) 51/2/20/New
甜蜜蜜 [Tim mat mat] [Comrades: Almost a Love Story] (Peter Chan, 1996) 50/2(1)/5/New
阿飛正傳 [Ah fei zing zyun] [Days of Being Wild] (Wong Kar-wai, 1990) 50/3/22/+61
Breaking the Waves (Lars von Trier, 1996) 50/4/34/-121
Jídlo [Food] (Jan Švankmajer, 1992) 49/2(1)/10/New
霸王別姬 [Ba wang bie ji] [Farewell My Concubine] (Chen Kaige, 1993) 49/4/28/-69
The Chemical Brothers: Let Forever Be (Michel Gondry, 1999) 48/2/11/+10
The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995) 48/2/18/+72
Red Rock West (John Dahl, 1993) 48/2/22/New

The Last Days of Disco (Whit Stillman, 1998) 47/2(1)/6/+66
City of Hope (John Sayles, 1991) 47/2/16/New
Julien Donkey-Boy (Harmony Korine, 1999) 46/2(1)/10/New
Belfast, Maine (Frederick Wiseman, 1999) 46/2/12/-15
Slacker (Richard Linklater, 1991) 46/2/14/-35
Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants (David Mamet, 1996) 46/2/27/New
L'Enfer [Torment] (Claude Chabrol, 1994) 45/2/12/+27
獨立時代 [Du li shi dai] [A Confucian Confusion] (Edward Yang, 1994) 44/2(1)/9/New
eXistenZ (David Cronenberg, 1999) 44/3/23/+26
はなび [Hana-bi] [Fireworks] (Takeshi Kitano, 1997) 43/2/12/-131

Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990) 43/3/14/New
Three Kings (David O. Russell, 1999) 43/2/23/+41
Europa Europa (Agnieszka Holland, 1990) 42/2/13/+61
愛情萬歲 [Ai qing wan sui] [Vive l'amour] (Tsai Ming-liang, 1994) 42/3/21/New
Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1995) 42/2/30(x2)/-131
The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997) 42/3/26/-54
Secret Défense (Jacques Rivette, 1998) 41/2/16/New
The Adjuster (Atom Egoyan, 1991) 41/3/22/-49
Le Temps retrouvé [Time Regained] (Raúl Ruiz, 1999) 41/2/26/New
喜宴 [Xi yan] [The Wedding Banquet] (Ang Lee, 1993) 40/2/13/-71

Caro diario [Dear Diary] (Nanni Moretti, 1993) 40/2/21/-49
Un cœur en hiver [A Heart in Winter] (Claude Sautet, 1992) 40/2/25/New
Alien³ (David Fincher, 1992) 39/2/13/New
Crash (David Cronenberg, 1996) 39/2/28/-128
Manhattan Murder Mystery (Woody Allen, 1993) 38/2/14/-40
Microcosmos (Claude Nuridsany & Marie Pérennou, 1996) 38/2/27/-27
Les Roseaux sauvages [Wild Reeds] (André Téchiné, 1994) 38/2/28/-87
Quiz Show (Robert Redford, 1994) 38/3/31/New
Allemagne année 90 neuf zéro [Germany Year 90 Nine Zero] (Jean-Luc Godard, 1991) 37/2/21/New
سلام سینما [Salaam cinema] [Hello Cinema] (Mohsen Makhmalbāf, 1995) 37/2/26/New

The Remains of the Day (James Ivory, 1993) 37/2/27/New
カリスマ [Karisuma] [Charisma] (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1999) 37/2/28/New
Career Girls (Mike Leigh, 1997) 36/2/24/New
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Joe Dante, 1990) 35/2/17/-52
Nénette et Boni [Nénette and Boni] (Claire Denis, 1996) 35/2/19/-123
Blue (Derek Jarman, 1993) 35/2/26/-66
菊豆 [Ju dou] (Zhang Yimou, 1990) 35/2/27/New
Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch, 1991) 35/2/28/-36
White Hunter, Black Heart (Clint Eastwood, 1990) 35/2/33/+27
Schizopolis (Steven Soderbergh, 1996) 34/2/34(x2)/New

辣手神探 [Lat sau san taam] [Hard Boiled] (John Woo, 1992) 32/2/21/-142
Tesis [Thesis] (Alejandro Amenábar, 1996) 32/2/22/+10
New Rose Hotel (Abel Ferrara, 1998) 32/2/28/New
鎗火 [Cheung foh] [The Mission] (Johnnie To, 1999) 31/2/25/New
A Comédia de Deus [God's Comedy] (João César Monteiro, 1995) 30/2/31/New
Barcelona (Whit Stillman, 1994) 29/2/28/New
Wild Things (John McNaughton, 1998) 28/2/37(x2)/New
Paris Is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990) 26/2/33/-133
Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997) 25/2/28/-74
シャル ウィ ダンス? [Sharu wī dansu] [Shall We Dance?] (Masayuki Suō, 1996) 24/2/30/-79

The Insider (Michael Mann, 1999) 24/2/38/New
Dark City (Alex Proyas, 1998) 24/3/36/New
Single White Female (Barbet Schroeder, 1992) 22/2/30/New
平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ [Heisei tanuki gassen ponpoko] [Pom Poko] (Isao Takahata, 1994) 20/2/36/New
The Crying Game (Neil Jordan, 1992) 20/2/36/+8
Das schreckliche Mädchen [The Nasty Girl] (Michael Verhoeven, 1990) 20/2/37/-69
Мать и сын [Mat i syn] [Mother and Son] (Aleksandr Sokurov, 1997) 20/2/40/-36
死の棘 [Shi no toge] [The Sting of Death] (Kōhei Oguri, 1990) 19/2/36/New
L'Humanité [Humanity] (Bruno Dumont, 1999) 19/2/38/-156
阮玲玉 [Yuen ling yuk] [Center Stage] (Stanley Kwan, 1991) 17/2/41/-54

Sicilia! [Sicily!] (Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet, 1999) 17/2/42/-59
The Quick and the Dead (Sam Raimi, 1995) 14/2/38/New
Mr. Jealousy (Noah Baumbach, 1998) 6/2/47/New

Martín (Hache) (Adolfo Aristarain, 1997) 28
Lolita (Adrian Lyne, 1997) 29
Total Balalaika Show (Aki Kaurismäki, 1994) 8
八月の狂詩曲 [Hachigatsu no kyōshikyoku] [Rhapsody in August] (Akira Kurosawa, 1991) 4
Tous les matins du monde [All the Mornings of the World] (Alain Corneau, 1991) 10
Smoking/No Smoking (Alain Resnais, 1993) 31
Nobody's Business (Alan Berliner, 1996) 21

Equinox (Alan Rudolph, 1992) 49
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (Alan Rudolph, 1994) 38

Tales of the City (Alastair Reid, 1993) 50
Menace II Society (Albert & Allen Hughes, 1993) 13
Defending Your Life (Albert Brooks, 1991) 42
Тихие страницы [Tikhiye stranitsy] [Whispering Pages] (Aleksandr Sokurov, 1994) 35
Хрусталёв, машину! [Khrustalyov mashinu] [Khrustalyov, My Car!] (Aleksei German, 1998) 34
El día de la bestia [The Day of the Beast] (Álex de la Iglesia, 1995) 38
De noorderlingen [The Northerners] (Alex van Warmerdam, 1992) 41
Ma saison préférée [My Favorite Season] (André Téchiné, 1993) 4
Gattaca (Andrew Niccol, 1997) 33
半生缘 [Ban sheng yuan] [Eighteen Springs] (Ann Hui, 1997) 40
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Anthony Minghella, 1999) 50
La Sentinelle [The Sentinel] (Arnaud Desplechin, 1992) 49
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba [No One Writes to the Colonel] (Arturo Ripstein, 1999) 41
Calendar (Atom Egoyan, 1993) 46
Sanctus (Barbara Hammer, 1990) 44

The Addams Family (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1991) 7
Addams Family Values (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1993) 8
Get Shorty (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1995) 27
Men in Black (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997) 13

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Beeban Kidron, 1990) 12
Solas [Alone] (Benito Zambrano, 1999) 7
Mindwalk (Bernt Capra, 1990) 1

Capitaine Conan [Captain Conan] (Bertrand Tavernier, 1996) 15
Ça commence aujourd'hui [It All Starts Today] (Bertrand Tavernier, 1999) 16

Two Small Bodies (Beth B, 1993) 39
Den goda viljan [The Best Intentions] (Bille August, 1992) 28
Lust och fägring stor [All Things Fair] (Bo Widerberg, 1995) 40
Mountains of the Moon (Bob Rafelson, 1990) 15
Dirty Work (Bob Saget, 1998) 9

Raising Cain (Brian De Palma, 1992) 16
Mission: Impossible (Brian De Palma, 1996) 18

The Muppet Christmas Carol (Brian Henson, 1992) 49
Post coïtum animal triste [After Sex] (Brigitte Roüan, 1997) 7
Black Robe (Bruce Beresford, 1991) 45
O Que É Isso, Companheiro? [Four Days in September] (Bruno Barreto, 1997) 43
La Vie de Jésus [The Life of Jesus] (Bruno Dumont, 1997) 43
Jerry Maguire (Cameron Crowe, 1996) 35
La mujer de Benjamín [Benjamin's Woman] (Carlos Carrera, 1991) 39
Parfait Amour! [Perfect Love] (Catherine Breillat, 1996) 20
Drylongso (Cauleen Smith, 1998) 37

Nuit et Jour [Night and Day] (Chantal Akerman, 1991) 11
D'est [From the East] (Chantal Akerman, 1993) 21
Portrait d'une jeune fille de la fin des années 60 á Bruxelles [Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the '60s in Brussels] (Chantal Akerman, 1994) 44

Babe (Chris Noonan, 1995) 14
American Movie (Chris Smith, 1999) 12
Le petit prince a dit [And the Little Prince Said] (Christine Pascal, 1992) 6
Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest, 1997) 33
Prime Suspect: Price to Pay (Christopher Menaul, 1991) 15
S'en fout la mort [No Fear, No Die] (Claire Denis, 1990) 45
A Perfect World (Clint Eastwood, 1993) 17
Lord of Illusions (Clive Barker, 1995) 23
Les Nuits fauves [Savage Nights] (Cyril Collard, 1992) 30
The War Room (D.A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus, 1993) 37
La sindrome di Stendhal [The Stendhal Syndrome] (Dario Argento, 1996) 48
Prime Suspect 3: Keeper of Souls (David Drury, 1993) 25
Cool as Ice (David Kellogg, 1991) 50

Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (David Lynch, 1990) 42
Wild at Heart (David Lynch, 1990) 15

The Winslow Boy (David Mamet, 1999) 27
The Sandlot (David Mickey Evans, 1993) 42
Flirting with Disaster (David O. Russell, 1996) 28
Galaxy Quest (Dean Parisot, 1999) 40
Happy Gilmore (Dennis Dugan, 1996) 7

The Garden (Derek Jarman, 1990) 16
Edward II (Derek Jarman, 1991) 35

Swingers (Doug Liman, 1996) 34
Unzipped (Douglas Keeve, 1995) 17
Spaced (Edgar Wright, 1999-2001) 42
麻將 [Ma jiang] [Mahjong] (Edward Yang, 1996) 33
Црна мачка, бели мачор [Crna mačka, beli mačor] [Black Cat, White Cat] (Emir Kusturica, 1998) 31
Anna Oz (Éric Rochant, 1996) 41
La Vie rêvée des anges [The Dreamlife of Angels] (Erick Zonca, 1998) 33
Insomnia (Erik Skjoldbjærg, 1997) 31
Side/Walk/Shuttle (Ernie Gehr, 1991) 41
A Brief History of Time (Errol Morris, 1991) 5
An Ambush of Ghosts (Everett Lewis, 1993) 13
Friday (F. Gary Gray, 1995) 23
La voce della luna [The Voice of the Moon] (Federico Fellini, 1990) 2
صيف حلق الوادي [Saeif halq al-wadi] [A Summer in La Goulette] (Férid Boughedir, 1996) 48
Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola, 1992) 10
Le Dîner de cons [The Dinner Game] (Francis Veber, 1998) 39
Voci nel tempo [Voices Through Time] (Franco Piavoli, 1996) 27
Frost (Fred Kelemen, 1997) 11
Une liaison pornographique [An Affair of Love] (Frédéric Fonteyne, 1999) 29
去年煙花特別多 [Hui nin yin fa dak bit doh] [The Longest Summer] (Fruit Chan, 1998) 49
ユメノ銀河 [Yume no ginga] [Labyrinth of Dreams] (Gakuryū Ishii, 1997) 46
Pretty Woman (Garry Marshall, 1990) 38
Seul contre tous [I Stand Alone] (Gaspar Noé, 1998) 29
Buud Yam (Gaston Kaboré, 1997) 49
Fugue (Georges Schwizgebel, 1998) 28

Il ladro di bambini [The Stolen Children] (Gianni Amelio, 1992) 26
Lamerica (Gianni Amelio, 1994) 8

Una pura formalità [A Pure Formality] (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1994) 47
The Doom Generation (Gregg Araki, 1995) 48

To Die For (Gus Van Sant, 1995) 50
Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997) 41

Archangel (Guy Maddin, 1990) 39
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Guy Ritchie, 1998) 45

Simple Men (Hal Hartley, 1992) 12
Henry Fool (Hal Hartley, 1998) 3

Gummo (Harmony Korine, 1997) 34
紅の豚 [Kurenai no buta] [Porco Rosso] (Hayao Miyazaki, 1992) 9
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1993) 28
Beautiful Thing (Hettie Macdonald, 1996) 44
Flores de otro mundo [Flowers from Another World] (Icíar Bollaín, 1999) 35
La Campagne de Cicéron (Jacques Davila, 1990) 22
La Fracture du myocarde [Cross My Heart] (Jacques Fansten, 1990) 32
Jeanne la pucelle [Joan the Maid] (Jacques Rivette, 1994) 41
آینه [Ayneh] [The Mirror] (Jafar Panahi, 1997) 24
Zero Effect (Jake Kasdan, 1998) 18
Deseret (James Benning, 1995) 36

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron, 1991) 50
Titanic (James Cameron, 1997) 19

Howards End (James Ivory, 1992) 47
As Good as It Gets (James L. Brooks, 1997) 7
The Last Days (James Moll, 1998) 20
Spiklenci slasti [Conspirators of Pleasure] (Jan Švankmajer, 1996) 5
Les Enfants du marais [The Children of the Marshland] (Jean Becker, 1999) 27
Léolo (Jean-Claude Lauzon, 1992) 40

Nouvelle Vague [New Wave] (Jean-Luc Godard, 1990) 34
Hélas pour moi [Oh, Woe Is Me] (Jean-Luc Godard, 1993) 35
For Ever Mozart (Jean-Luc Godard, 1996) 24

Cyrano de Bergerac (Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1990) 12

Delicatessen (Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro, 1991) 6
La Cité des enfants perdus [The City of Lost Children] (Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro, 1995) 10
Alien Resurrection (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997) 32

小武 [Xiao wu] [Pickpocket] (Jia Zhangke, 1997) 8
陽光燦爛的日子 [Yang guang can lan de ri zi] [In the Heat of the Sun] (Jiang Wen, 1994) 13
O Último Mergulho [The Last Dive] (João César Monteiro, 1992) 47
The Hudsucker Proxy (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1994) 40
The Last Seduction (John Dahl, 1994) 30
Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter, 1999) 48
The Thomas Crown Affair (John McTiernan, 1999) 14
Boyz n the Hood (John Singleton, 1991) 11
My Cousin Vinny (Jonathan Lynn, 1992) 11
Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991) 18
La ardilla roja [The Red Squirrel] (Julio Medem, 1993) 36

Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991) 39
Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow, 1995) 50

Mother Night (Keith Gordon, 1996) 37
Brain Candy (Kelly Makin, 1996) 31
The Civil War (Ken Burns, 1990) 8
Raining Stones (Ken Loach, 1993) 24
Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner, 1990) 28
新宿ボーイズ [Shinjuku bōizu] [Shinjuku Boys] (Kim Longinotto & Jano Williams, 1995) 45
Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999) 7
Три истории [Tri istorii] [Three Stories] (Kira Muratova, 1997) 33
ラヂオの時間 [Rajio no jikan] [Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald] (Kōki Mitani, 1997) 44
Życie za życie. Maksymilian Kolbe [Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe] (Krzysztof Zanussi, 1991) 46
Bound (Lana & Lilly Wachowski, 1996) 35
Bliss (Lance Young, 1997) 44
Pokój saren [The Roe's Room] (Lech Majewski, 1997) 49
박하사탕 [Bakha satang] [Peppermint Candy] (Lee Chang-dong, 1999) 43
The Color of Fear (Lee Mun Wah, 1994) 15
Pola X (Leos Carax, 1999) 13
Enskilda samtal [Private Confessions] (Liv Ullmann, 1996) 9
Clean, Shaven (Lodge Kerrigan, 1993) 8
Balanţa [The Oak] (Lucian Pintilie, 1992) 1
攻殻機動隊 [Kōkaku kidōtai] [Ghost in the Shell] (Mamoru Oshii, 1995) 35

Party (Manoel de Oliveira, 1996) 7
Inquietude [Anxiety] (Manoel de Oliveira, 1998) 32

Scent of a Woman (Martin Brest, 1992) 41

Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese, 1991) 48
Il mio viaggio in Italia [My Voyage to Italy] (Martin Scorsese, 1999) 40

The Cremaster Cycle (Matthew Barney, 1994-2002) 45
Freeway (Matthew Bright, 1996) 38

Benny's Video (Michael Haneke, 1992) 39
Das Schloß [The Castle] (Michael Haneke, 1997) 24

The Rapture (Michael Tolkin, 1991) 30

Toutes peines confondues [Sweetheart] (Michel Deville, 1992) 17
La Divine Poursuite [The Gods Must Be Daring] (Michel Deville, 1997) 43
La Maladie de Sachs [Sachs' Disease] (Michel Deville, 1999) 24

Cibo Matto: Sugar Water (Michel Gondry, 1996) 37
Daft Punk: Around the World (Michel Gondry, 1997) 20

Liebestraum (Mike Figgis, 1991) 25
Croupier (Mike Hodges, 1998) 36
Пред дождот [Pred doždot] [Before the Rain] (Milcho Manchevski, 1994) 35
The People vs. Larry Flynt (Miloš Forman, 1996) 10
Mississippi Masala (Mira Nair, 1991) 40

Interview with the Vampire (Neil Jordan, 1994) 24
The Butcher Boy (Neil Jordan, 1997) 9

In the Company of Men (Neil LaBute, 1997) 46
Your Friends & Neighbors (Neil LaBute, 1998) 26

Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (Nick Broomfield, 1992) 21
Tracking Down Maggie: The Unofficial Biography of Margaret Thatcher (Nick Broomfield, 1994) 48

A Close Shave (Nick Park, 1995) 31
Ο άνθρωπος που αγάπησε ένα πτώμα [O anthropos pou agapise ena ptoma] [Singapore Sling] (Nikos Nikolaidis, 1990) 48
Barbara (Nils Malmros, 1997) 42
The Bloody Child (Nina Menkes, 1996) 40
Kicking and Screaming (Noah Baumbach, 1995) 1
Kasaba [The Small Town] (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 1997) 36

Fin août, début septembre [Late August, Early September] (Olivier Assayas, 1998) 26
L'Eau froide [Cold Water] (Olivier Assayas, 1994) 41
Irma Vep (Olivier Assayas, 1996) 20

Guelwaar (Ousmane Sembène, 1992) 27
Fényérzékeny történet [A Light-Sensitive Story] (Pál Erdőss, 1994) 12
Trouble in the Image (Pat O'Neill, 1996) 45
La Fille sur le pont [Girl on the Bridge] (Patrice Leconte, 1999) 50
Light Sleeper (Paul Schrader, 1992) 31
Sydney [Hard Eight] (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1996) 12

Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven, 1990) 46
Basic Instinct (Paul Verhoeven, 1992) 11
Showgirls (Paul Verhoeven, 1995) 50

Carne trémula [Live Flesh] (Pedro Almodóvar, 1997) 46
Awakenings (Penny Marshall, 1990) 46
Pont de Varsòvia [Warsaw Bridge] (Pere Portabella, 1990) 38
Dumb and Dumber (Peter & Bobby Farrelly, 1994) 50
Texasville (Peter Bogdanovich, 1990) 45
Braindead (Peter Jackson, 1992) 18
Zugvögel ...einmal nach Inari [Train Birds] (Peter Lichtefeld, 1998) 8
Let Him Have It (Péter Medák, 1991) 44
Kaspar Hauser (Peter Sehr, 1993) 5

Fearless (Peter Weir, 1993) 49
The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998) 33

Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgment (Philip Davis, 1996) 26
The Blood Oranges (Philip Haas, 1997) 3
The Reflecting Skin (Philip Ridley, 1990) 14
Le Bossu [On Guard] (Philippe de Broca, 1997) 25
J'entends plus la guitare [I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar] (Philippe Garrel, 1991) 3
Hotell E [Hotel E] (Priit Pärn, 1992) 47
Closet Land (Radha Bharadwaj, 1991) 23
Lake Consequence (Rafael Eisenman, 1993) 19
Fun (Rafal Zielinski, 1994) 27

The Golden Boat (Raúl Ruiz, 1990) 21
Trois Vies et une seule mort [Three Lives and Only One Death] (Raúl Ruiz, 1996) 38
Le Film à venir [The Film to Come] (Raúl Ruiz, 1997) 22

House Party (Reginald Hudlin, 1990) 37
1492: Conquest of Paradise (Ridley Scott, 1992) 50

Misery (Rob Reiner, 1990) 48
A Few Good Men (Rob Reiner, 1992) 20

Vincent & Theo (Robert Altman, 1990) 41
Kansas City (Robert Altman, 1996) 16

Nobody's Fool (Robert Benton, 1994) 43
Le Confessionnal [The Confessional] (Robert Lepage, 1995) 38
Back to the Future Part III (Robert Zemeckis, 1990) 50
La vita è bella [Life Is Beautiful] (Roberto Benigni, 1997) 46

Bitter Moon (Roman Polański, 1992) 18
The Ninth Gate (Roman Polański, 1999) 43

Bouquets (Rose Lowder, 1994-2022) 30
سیب [Sib] [The Apple] (Samira Makhmalbāf, 1998) 35
パーフェクトブルー [Pāfekuto burū] [Perfect Blue] (Satoshi Kon, 1997) 43
আগন্তুক [Agantuk] The Stranger (Satyajit Ray, 1991) 35
Кавказский пленник [Kavkazskiy plennik] [Prisoner of the Mountains] (Sergei Bodrov, 1996) 15
お引越し [Ohikkoshi] [Moving] (Shinji Sōmai, 1993) 45

うなぎ [Unagi] [The Eel] (Shōhei Imamura, 1997) 23
カンゾー先生 [Kanzō-sensei] [Dr. Akagi] (Shōhei Imamura, 1998) 3

ラブレター [Rabu retā] [Love Letter] (Shunji Iwai, 1995) 40
Pride and Prejudice (Simon Langton, 1995) 4
バッドフィルム [Baddo firumu] [Bad Film] (Sion Sono, 1995/2012) 6

Jungle Fever (Spike Lee, 1991) 12
He Got Game (Spike Lee, 1998) 42

Passage Through: A Ritual (Stan Brakhage, 1990) 33
Big Night (Stanley Tucci & Campbell Scott, 1996) 43
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (Stephen & Timothy Quay, 1995) 1

The Grifters (Stephen Frears, 1990) 45
The Snapper (Stephen Frears, 1993) 35

Lake Placid (Steve Miner, 1999) 43

Kafka (Steven Soderbergh, 1991) 14
King of the Hill (Steven Soderbergh, 1993) 35
Gray's Anatomy (Steven Soderbergh, 1997) 42

Searching for Bobby Fischer (Steven Zaillian, 1993) 37
Daens [Priest Daens] (Stijn Coninx, 1992) 25

3-4x10月 [San tai yon ekkusu jugatsu] [Boiling Point] (Takeshi Kitano, 1990) 12
ソナチネ [Sonachine] [Sonatine] (Takeshi Kitano, 1993) 7

Billy Madison (Tamra Davis, 1995) 22
A (Tatsuya Mori, 1998) 20

The Fisher King (Terry Gilliam, 1991) 1
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, 1998) 35

Το μετέωρο βήμα του πελαργού [To meteoro vima tou pelargou] [The Suspended Step of the Stork] (Theo Angelopoulos, 1991) 8
Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα [Mia aioniotita kai mia mera] [Eternity and a Day] (Theo Angelopoulos, 1998) 4

蓝风筝 [Lan feng zheng] [The Blue Kite] (Tian Zhuangzhuang, 1993) 40
Bob Roberts (Tim Robbins, 1992) 26
The War Zone (Tim Roth, 1998) 14
Poison (Todd Haynes, 1990) 36
Welcome to the Dollhouse (Todd Solondz, 1996) 30
Freaked (Tom Stern & Alex Winter, 1993) 46
Lola rennt [Run Lola Run] (Tom Tykwer, 1998) 33
American History X (Tony Kaye, 1998) 29
True Romance (Tony Scott, 1993) 40
Xích lô [Cyclo] (Trần Anh Hùng, 1995) 3
河流 [He liu] [The River] (Tsai Ming-liang, 1997) 9
Amantes [Lovers: A True Story] (Vicente Aranda, 1991) 49
Buffalo '66 (Vincent Gallo, 1998) 24
Smoke (Wayne Wang, 1995) 43

Shadows and Fog (Woody Allen, 1991) 24
Everyone Says I Love You (Woody Allen, 1996) 32
Deconstructing Harry (Woody Allen, 1997) 26

Καβάφης [Kavafis] [Cavafy] (Yannis Smaragdis, 1996) 12

ハル [Haru] (Yoshimitsu Morita, 1996) 11
刑法第三十九条 [Keihō dai sanjūkyū jō] [Article 39] (Yoshimitsu Morita, 1999) 1

Compensation (Zeinabu irene Davis, 1999) 17

秋菊打官司 [Qiu ju da guan si] [The Story of Qiu Ju] (Zhang Yimou, 1992) 11
活着 [Huo zhe] [To Live] (Zhang Yimou, 1994) 16
摇啊摇, 摇到外婆桥 [Yao a yao yao dao wai po qiao] [Shanghai Triad] (Zhang Yimou, 1995) 47

بيروت الغربية [Bayrut el gharbiyyeh] [West Beirut] (Ziad Doueiri, 1998) 24

Thanks swo!!!

Interesting that me and five others had their number one picks orphaned - that’s 24% of participants!

Wow, Swo you continue to be above and beyond.

Thanks for your work! Yeah, that's an awful lot of orphaned top 5s.

Thank you, Swo!
And damn, I forgot to include The City of Lost Children in my top 50.
The general conclusion - the 1990s produced too many good movies for any reasonable list to manage.

Thanks swo!

Top ten + orphans

1. Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle)
2. Eyes Wide Shut
3. Rushmore
4. Millers Crossing
5. Fucking Amal
6. The Lovers on the Bridge
7. Double Life of Veronique
8. Matinee
9. Bringing Out the Dead
10. U.S. Go Home

11. Basic Instinct
15. The Color of Fear
24. La maladie de Sachs
32. Everyone Says I Love You
43. La divine poursuite
44. Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the 60s in Brussels
48. Singapore Sling
49. A Muppet Christmas Carol

I should have voted for Everyone Says I Love You, I think I just forgot to do so

domino harvey wrote: Tue Feb 03, 2026 10:59 am Thanks swo!!!

Interesting that me and five others had their number one picks orphaned - that’s 24% of participants!

There are a few, including mine, that had only one other person vote for their number one.

This is so much, I don't know what to say. Great job everyone!

Thank you, swo!

Due to time constraints, I unfortunately could not participate this time. Since there aren't that many (well, at least not 50) films from the 90s that I care enough about to submit them in good faith anyway, I can now use this list to fill in my blind spots. For what its worth, this probably would have been my top 10:
1. The Hole
2. GoodFellas
3. Flowers of Shanghai
4. Beau Travail
5. Casino
6. Swallowtail Butterfly
7. Eyes Wide Shut
8. Three Colours: Blue
9. Vive L'amour
10. Perfect Blue