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The 100 best films of the 1990s: The com­plete list

15 Mar 2017

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Fierce dinosaur in rain, silhouetted figure in hat
Here’s our full 90s count­down at a glance. How many have you seen?

100. Speed (Jan de Bont, 1994)
99. Lon­don (Patrick Keiller, 1994)
98. Under­ground (Emir Kus­turi­ca, 1995)
97. The Pow­er of Kang­won Province (Hong Sang-soo, 1998)
96. Clue­less (Amy Heck­er­ling, 1995)
95. Lost High­way (David Lynch, 1997)
94. The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, 1999)
93. The Match Fac­to­ry Girl (Aki Kau­ris­ma­ki, 1990)
92. The Mask (Chuck Rus­sell, 1994)
91. The Com­mit­ments (Alan Park­er, 1991)
90. New Jack City (Mario Van Pee­bles, 1991)
89. 71 Frag­ments of a Chronol­o­gy of Chance (Michael Haneke, 1994)
88. Trust (Hal Hart­ley, 1990)
87. The White Bal­loon (Jafar Panahi, 1995)
86. La Céré­monie (Claude Chabrol, 1995)
85. Del­i­catessen (Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1991)
84. Les Amants du Pont Neuf (Leos Carax, 1991)
83. Por­co Rosso (Hayao Miyaza­ki, 1992)
82. Nil By Mouth (Gary Old­man, 1997)
81. Moth­er and Son (Alexan­dr Sokurov, 1997)
80. Ter­mi­na­tor 2: Judg­ment Day (James Cameron, 1991)
79. Edward Scis­sorhands (Tim Bur­ton, 1990)
78. Romance (Cather­ine Breil­lat, 1999)
77. Care­ful (Guy Maddin, 1992)
76. Trainspot­ting (Dan­ny Boyle, 1996)
75. Scream (Wes Craven, 1996)
74. Toy Sto­ry (John Las­seter, 1995)
73. Ground­hog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
72. Irma Vep (Olivi­er Assayas, 1996)
71. Tren de Som­bras (José Luis Guerin, 1997)
70. Boo­gie Nights (Paul Thomas Ander­son, 1997)
69. The Play­er (Robert Alt­man, 1992)
68. Pulp Fic­tion (Quentin Taran­ti­no, 1994)
67. Break­ing the Waves (Lars Von Tri­er, 1996)
66. Cronos (Guiller­mo del Toro, 1994)
65. All About My Moth­er (Pedro Almod­ó­var, 1999)
64. A Room for Romeo Brass (Shane Mead­ows, 1999)
63. Lessons of Dark­ness (Wern­er Her­zog, 1992)
62. L’Humanité (Bruno Dumont, 1999)
61. Hus­bands and Wives (Woody Allen, 1992)
60. Kick­ing and Scream­ing (Noah Baum­bach, 1995)
59. Buf­fa­lo 66 (Vin­cent Gal­lo, 1998)
58. Elec­tion (Alexan­der Payne, 1999)
57. Whis­per of the Heart (Yoshi­fu­mi Kon­do, 1995)
56. Out of Sight (Steven Soder­bergh, 1998)
55. Crash (David Cro­nen­berg, 1996)
54. Raise the Red Lantern (Yimou Zhang, 1991)
53. Big Night (Stan­ley Tuc­ci, 1996)
52. Heat (Michael Mann, 1995)
51. King of New York (Abel Fer­rara, 1990)
50. Naked Lunch (David Cro­nen­berg, 1991)
49. Time Indef­i­nite (Ross McEl­wee, 1993)
48. Miller’s Cross­ing (Joel Coen, 1990)
47. Mal­colm X (Spike Lee, 1992)
46. My Sex Life… or How I Got Into an Argu­ment (Arnaud Desplechin, 1996)
45. Bul­worth (War­ren Beat­ty, 1998)
44. Hard Boiled (John Woo, 1992)
43. The Riv­er (Tsai Ming-liang, 1997)
42. To Sleep with Anger (Charles Bur­nett, 1990)
41. Van Gogh (Mau­rice Pialat, 1991)
40. The Boys (Rowan Woods, 1998)
39. Three Colours Red (Krzysztof Kies­lows­ki, 1994)
38. The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick and Eduar­do Sanchez, 1999)
37. Carlito’s Way (Bri­an De Pal­ma, 1993)
36. After Life (Hirokazu Koree­da, 1997)
35. The Thin Red Line (Ter­rence Mal­ick, 1997)
34. Bones (Pedro Cos­ta, 1997)
33. A Moment of Inno­cence (Mohsen Makhmal­baf, 1998)
32. Naked (Mike Leigh,1993)
31. Good­fel­las (Mar­tin Scors­ese, 1990)
30. Met­ro­pol­i­tan (Whit Still­man, 1990)
29. Jack­ie Brown (Quentin Taran­ti­no, 1997)
28. US Go Home (Claire Denis, 1994)
27. Hana Bi (Takeshi Kitano, 1997)
26. Unfor­giv­en (Clint East­wood, 1992)
25. Satan­ta­n­go (Béla Tarr, 1994)
24. Roset­ta (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dar­d­enne, 1999)
23. The Quince Tree Sun (Vic­tor Erice, 1992)
22. Rush­more (Wes Ander­son, 1998)
21. JFK (Oliv­er Stone, 1991)
20. Chungk­ing Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)
19. Eyes Wide Shut (Stan­ley Kubrick, 1999)
18. Close-Up (Abbas Kiarosta­mi, 1990)
17. Mat­inée (Joe Dante, 1993)
16. An Autumn Tale (Eric Rohmer, 1998)
15. Through the Olive Trees (Abbas Kiarosta­mi, 1994)
14. Juras­sic Park (Steven Spiel­berg, 1993)
13. Khrustaly­ov, My Car! (Alek­sey Ger­man, 1998)
12. Dead Man (Jim Jar­musch 1995)
11. The Big Lebows­ki (Joel Coen, 1998)
10. Star­ship Troop­ers (Paul Ver­ho­even, 1997)
9. Por­trait of a Young Girl at the End of the 60s in Brus­sels (Chan­tal Aker­man, 1994)
8. The Game (David Finch­er, 1997)
7. Pub­lic Hous­ing (Fred­er­ick Wise­man, 1997)
6. Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow, 1995)
5. Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995)
4. A Brighter Sum­mer Day (Edward Yang, 1991)
3. Slack­er (Richard Lin­klater, 1991)
2. The Long Day Clos­es (Ter­ence Davies, 1992)
1. Beau Tra­vail (Claire Denis, 1999)

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