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About Films By Year My 100 Favorites Features

Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
The Celluloid Closet Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
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Films

2.
Home for the Holidays Jodie Foster
3.
Heat Michael Mann
4.
Sense and Sensibility Ang Lee
5.
The Bridges of Madison County Clint Eastwood
6.
Antonia's Line
Antonia Marleen Gorris
7.
Dead Man Walking Tim Robbins
8.
Apollo 13 Ron Howard
9.
Safe Todd Haynes
10.
Kicking and Screaming Noah Baumbach
11.
Before Sunrise Richard Linklater
12.
Leaving Las Vegas Mike Figgis
13.
Persuasion Roger Michell
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Films

14.
Strange Days Kathryn Bigelow
15.
Dolores Claiborne Taylor Hackford
16.
In The Bleak Midwinter
A Midwinter's Tale Kenneth Branagh
17.
Kids Larry Clark
18.
Clueless Amy Heckerling
19.
Rob Roy Michael Caton-Jones
20.
Clockers Spike Lee
21.
Toy Story John Lasseter
22.
Ulysses' Gaze
To vlemma tou Odyssea Theodoros Angelopoulos
23.
The Crossing Guard Sean Penn
24.
Richard III Richard Loncraine
25.
Georgia Ulu Grosbard
26.
GoldenEye Martin Campbell
27.
Butterfly Kiss Michael Winterbottom
28.
Living in Oblivion Tom DiCillo
29.
Party Girl Daisy von Scherler Mayer
30.
The Brothers McMullen Edward Burns
31.
Circle of Friends Pat O'Connor
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Films

32.
Copycat Jon Amiel
33.
Restoration Michael Hoffman
34.
Crimson Tide Tony Scott
35.
Devil in a Blue Dress Carl Franklin
36.
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love Maria Maggenti
37.
River of Grass Kelly Reichardt
38.
The Brady Bunch Movie Betty Thomas
39.
Braveheart Mel Gibson
40.
Carrington Christopher Hampton
41.
Empire Records Allan Moyle
42.
Frank and Ollie Theodore Thomas
43.
French Kiss Lawrence Kasdan
44.
Babe Chris Noonan
45.
While You Were Sleeping Jon Turteltaub
46.
Rumble in the Bronx
Hung fan kui Stanley Tong
47.
The American President Rob Reiner
48.
The Net Irwin Winkler
49.
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain Christopher Monger
50.
Mr. Holland's Opus Stephen Herek
51.
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies Martin Scorsese and Michael Henry Wilson
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Films

52.
Waterworld Kevin Reynolds
53.
Through the Olive Trees
Zire darakhatan zeyton Abbas Kiarostami
54.
Casino Martin Scorsese
55.
Se7en David Fincher
56.
Sabrina Sydney Pollack
57.
The City of Lost Children
La Cité des enfants perdus Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro
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Films

58.
Mighty Aphrodite Woody Allen
59.
The Underneath
Underneath Steven Soderbergh
60.
Dead Man Jim Jarmusch
61.
The Basketball Diaries Scott Kalvert
62.
12 Monkeys
Twelve Monkeys Terry Gilliam
63.
Tommy Boy Peter Segal
64.
Unstrung Heroes Diane Keaton
65.
Mallrats Kevin Smith
66.
Species Roger Donaldson
67.
Bad Company Damian Harris
68.
Congo Frank Marshall
69.
The Usual Suspects Bryan Singer
70.
Outbreak Wolfgang Petersen
71.
Nixon Oliver Stone
72.
Die Hard with a Vengeance John McTiernan
73.
Tank Girl Rachel Talalay
74.
The Addiction Abel Ferrara
75.
Fallen Angels
Do lok tin si Kar Wai Wong
76.
Waiting to Exhale Forest Whitaker
77.
Four Rooms Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Allison Anders, and Alexandre Rockwell
78.
New Jersey Drive Nick Gomez
79.
Village of the Damned John Carpenter
80.
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight Ernest R. Dickerson
81.
Smoke Wayne Wang
82.
The Indian in the Cupboard Frank Oz
83.
Stuart Saves His Family Harold Ramis
84.
Vampire in Brooklyn Wes Craven
85.
Casper Brad Silberling
86.
In the Mouth of Madness John Carpenter
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Films

87.
Showgirls Paul Verhoeven
88.
Blue in the Face Wayne Wang, Paul Auster, and Harvey Wang
89.
Jade William Friedkin
90.
Get Shorty Barry Sonnenfeld
91.
The Doom Generation Gregg Araki
92.
Forget Paris Billy Crystal
93.
Johnny Mnemonic Robert Longo
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Films

94.
To Die For Gus Van Sant
12 Monkeys
Twelve Monkeys Terry Gilliam 
Antonia's Line
Antonia Marleen Gorris 
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies Martin Scorsese and Michael Henry Wilson 
Apollo 13 Ron Howard 
Babe Chris Noonan 
Bad Company Damian Harris 
Before Sunrise Richard Linklater 
Blue in the Face Wayne Wang, Paul Auster, and Harvey Wang 
Braveheart Mel Gibson 
Butterfly Kiss Michael Winterbottom 
Carrington Christopher Hampton 
Casino Martin Scorsese 
Casper Brad Silberling 
Circle of Friends Pat O'Connor 
Clockers Spike Lee 
Clueless Amy Heckerling 
Congo Frank Marshall 
Copycat Jon Amiel 
Crimson Tide Tony Scott 
Dead Man Jim Jarmusch 
Dead Man Walking Tim Robbins 
Devil in a Blue Dress Carl Franklin 
Die Hard with a Vengeance John McTiernan 
Dolores Claiborne Taylor Hackford 
Empire Records Allan Moyle 
Fallen Angels
Do lok tin si Kar Wai Wong 
Forget Paris Billy Crystal 
Four Rooms Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Allison Anders, and Alexandre Rockwell 
Frank and Ollie Theodore Thomas 
French Kiss Lawrence Kasdan 
Georgia Ulu Grosbard 
Get Shorty Barry Sonnenfeld 
GoldenEye Martin Campbell 
Heat Michael Mann 
Home for the Holidays Jodie Foster 
In The Bleak Midwinter
A Midwinter's Tale Kenneth Branagh 
In the Mouth of Madness John Carpenter 
Jade William Friedkin 
Johnny Mnemonic Robert Longo 
Kicking and Screaming Noah Baumbach 
Kids Larry Clark 
Leaving Las Vegas Mike Figgis 
Living in Oblivion Tom DiCillo 
Mallrats Kevin Smith 
Mighty Aphrodite Woody Allen 
Mr. Holland's Opus Stephen Herek 
New Jersey Drive Nick Gomez 
Nixon Oliver Stone 
Outbreak Wolfgang Petersen 
Party Girl Daisy von Scherler Mayer 
Persuasion Roger Michell 
Restoration Michael Hoffman 
Richard III Richard Loncraine 
River of Grass Kelly Reichardt 
Rob Roy Michael Caton-Jones 
Rumble in the Bronx
Hung fan kui Stanley Tong 
Sabrina Sydney Pollack 
Safe Todd Haynes 
Se7en David Fincher 
Sense and Sensibility Ang Lee 
Showgirls Paul Verhoeven 
Smoke Wayne Wang 
Species Roger Donaldson 
Strange Days Kathryn Bigelow 
Stuart Saves His Family Harold Ramis 
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight Ernest R. Dickerson 
Tank Girl Rachel Talalay 
The Addiction Abel Ferrara 
The American President Rob Reiner 
The Basketball Diaries Scott Kalvert 
The Brady Bunch Movie Betty Thomas 
The Bridges of Madison County Clint Eastwood 
The Brothers McMullen Edward Burns 
The Celluloid Closet Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman 
The City of Lost Children
La Cité des enfants perdus Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro 
The Crossing Guard Sean Penn 
The Doom Generation Gregg Araki 
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain Christopher Monger 
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love Maria Maggenti 
The Indian in the Cupboard Frank Oz 
The Net Irwin Winkler 
The Underneath
Underneath Steven Soderbergh 
The Usual Suspects Bryan Singer 
Through the Olive Trees
Zire darakhatan zeyton Abbas Kiarostami 
To Die For Gus Van Sant 
Tommy Boy Peter Segal 
Toy Story John Lasseter 
Ulysses' Gaze
To vlemma tou Odyssea Theodoros Angelopoulos 
Unstrung Heroes Diane Keaton 
Vampire in Brooklyn Wes Craven 
Village of the Damned John Carpenter 
Waiting to Exhale Forest Whitaker 
Waterworld Kevin Reynolds 
While You Were Sleeping Jon Turteltaub 
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight Ernest R. Dickerson 13 January 1995
Bad Company Damian Harris 20 January 1995
Through the Olive Trees
Zire darakhatan zeyton Abbas Kiarostami 25 January 1995
Before Sunrise Richard Linklater 27 January 1995
In the Mouth of Madness John Carpenter 03 February 1995
The Brady Bunch Movie Betty Thomas 17 February 1995
Outbreak Wolfgang Petersen 10 March 1995
Circle of Friends Pat O'Connor 15 March 1995
Dolores Claiborne Taylor Hackford 24 March 1995
Tank Girl Rachel Talalay 31 March 1995
Tommy Boy Peter Segal 31 March 1995
Stuart Saves His Family Harold Ramis 12 April 1995
Rob Roy Michael Caton-Jones 14 April 1995
New Jersey Drive Nick Gomez 19 April 1995
The Basketball Diaries Scott Kalvert 21 April 1995
While You Were Sleeping Jon Turteltaub 21 April 1995
The Underneath
Underneath Steven Soderbergh 28 April 1995
Village of the Damned John Carpenter 28 April 1995
French Kiss Lawrence Kasdan 05 May 1995
Crimson Tide Tony Scott 12 May 1995
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain Christopher Monger 12 May 1995
Forget Paris Billy Crystal 19 May 1995
Die Hard with a Vengeance John McTiernan 19 May 1995
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies Martin Scorsese and Michael Henry Wilson 21 May 1995
Braveheart Mel Gibson 24 May 1995
Casper Brad Silberling 26 May 1995
Johnny Mnemonic Robert Longo 26 May 1995
The Bridges of Madison County Clint Eastwood 02 June 1995
Party Girl Daisy von Scherler Mayer 09 June 1995
Congo Frank Marshall 09 June 1995
Smoke Wayne Wang 09 June 1995
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love Maria Maggenti 16 June 1995
Safe Todd Haynes 30 June 1995
Apollo 13 Ron Howard 30 June 1995
Species Roger Donaldson 07 July 1995
The Indian in the Cupboard Frank Oz 14 July 1995
Clueless Amy Heckerling 19 July 1995
Living in Oblivion Tom DiCillo 21 July 1995
The Net Irwin Winkler 28 July 1995
Waterworld Kevin Reynolds 28 July 1995
Babe Chris Noonan 04 August 1995
The Brothers McMullen Edward Burns 11 August 1995
The Usual Suspects Bryan Singer 16 August 1995
Kids Larry Clark 01 September 1995
Clockers Spike Lee 13 September 1995
Showgirls Paul Verhoeven 22 September 1995
Unstrung Heroes Diane Keaton 22 September 1995
Se7en David Fincher 22 September 1995
Devil in a Blue Dress Carl Franklin 29 September 1995
The Addiction Abel Ferrara 06 October 1995
Kicking and Screaming Noah Baumbach 06 October 1995
To Die For Gus Van Sant 06 October 1995
Jade William Friedkin 13 October 1995
Blue in the Face Wayne Wang, Paul Auster, and Harvey Wang 13 October 1995
Strange Days Kathryn Bigelow 13 October 1995
River of Grass Kelly Reichardt 13 October 1995
Empire Records Allan Moyle 20 October 1995
Mallrats Kevin Smith 20 October 1995
Get Shorty Barry Sonnenfeld 20 October 1995
Frank and Ollie Theodore Thomas 20 October 1995
Copycat Jon Amiel 27 October 1995
The Doom Generation Gregg Araki 27 October 1995
Vampire in Brooklyn Wes Craven 27 October 1995
Home for the Holidays Jodie Foster 03 November 1995
Carrington Christopher Hampton 10 November 1995
Mighty Aphrodite Woody Allen 10 November 1995
The Crossing Guard Sean Penn 16 November 1995
GoldenEye Martin Campbell 17 November 1995
The American President Rob Reiner 17 November 1995
Casino Martin Scorsese 22 November 1995
Toy Story John Lasseter 22 November 1995
Georgia Ulu Grosbard 08 December 1995
Heat Michael Mann 15 December 1995
Sabrina Sydney Pollack 15 December 1995
The City of Lost Children
La Cité des enfants perdus Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro 15 December 1995
Waiting to Exhale Forest Whitaker 22 December 1995
Four Rooms Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Allison Anders, and Alexandre Rockwell 25 December 1995
Richard III Richard Loncraine 29 December 1995
12 Monkeys
Twelve Monkeys Terry Gilliam 05 January 1996
Nixon Oliver Stone 05 January 1996
Mr. Holland's Opus Stephen Herek 19 January 1996
Sense and Sensibility Ang Lee 26 January 1996
Dead Man Walking Tim Robbins 02 February 1996
Antonia's Line
Antonia Marleen Gorris 02 February 1996
Restoration Michael Hoffman 02 February 1996
Leaving Las Vegas Mike Figgis 09 February 1996
In The Bleak Midwinter
A Midwinter's Tale Kenneth Branagh 16 February 1996
Rumble in the Bronx
Hung fan kui Stanley Tong 23 February 1996
The Celluloid Closet Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman 15 March 1996
Butterfly Kiss Michael Winterbottom 26 April 1996
Dead Man Jim Jarmusch 10 May 1996
Persuasion Roger Michell 06 April 1997
Ulysses' Gaze
To vlemma tou Odyssea Theodoros Angelopoulos 01 November 1997
Fallen Angels
Do lok tin si Kar Wai Wong 30 January 1998
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