Slant Magazine's The 100 Best Films of the 1990s
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The further one sifts through the decade's offerings, the more surprising its highlights seem. This is, after all, the decade during which Terrence Malick broke his two-decade-long sabbatical from filmmaking, a fugue only Stanley Kubrick came close to rivaling, both creating masterworks well worth the wait. The decade when all sorts of Eastern cinema broke through, from sensual Hong Kong mixtapes to cerebral Iranian puzzle boxes. The decade where Robert Altman, Brian De Palma, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, David Cronenberg, Steven Spielberg, and others who made their names during the American New Wave of the '70s all broadened their horizons and confirmed their artistry, even with next-generation filmmakers like Gus Van Sant, David Fincher, Todd Haynes, and Quentin Tarantino all nipping at their heels. The decade where a commercial tie-in to a hit TV show could also be perhaps the strangest, most confounding wide-release film of its era (which should've surprised no one, given David Lynch's involvement). The decade that saw a talking pig (Babe) competing against another one (Mel Gibson) for the Best Picture Oscar. The '90s were all that and still found room for Aleksandr Sokurov holding a landscape shot for 40 minutes, James Cameron breaking the $100-million-budget ceiling, Chantal Akerman people-watching, and at least two anarchic, if not downright Marxist, sequels to hit children's movies. Dated? This decade is daft punk.
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Pulp Fiction
1994, in 38 top lists Check -
130 new
The Silence of the Lambs
1991, in 36 top lists Check -
58 new
Fight Club
1999, in 19 top lists Check -
182 new
The Matrix
1999, in 30 top lists Check -
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Goodfellas
1990, in 31 top lists Check -
75 new
Schindler's List
1993, in 35 top lists Check -
66 new
Se7en
1995, in 29 top lists Check -
36 new
Fargo
1996, in 26 top lists Check -
133 new
Reservoir Dogs
1992, in 26 top lists Check -
69 new
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991, in 27 top lists Check -
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The Big Lebowski
1998, in 26 top lists Check -
148 new
Jurassic Park
1993, in 23 top lists Check -
139 new
Saving Private Ryan
1998, in 28 top lists Check -
41 new
Groundhog Day
1993, in 22 top lists Check -
153 new
Titanic
1997, in 25 top lists Check -
54 new
Unforgiven
1992, in 24 top lists Check -
92 new
Mononoke-hime
1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check -
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Heat
1995, in 23 top lists Check -
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Being John Malkovich
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
47 new
Magnolia
1999, in 17 top lists Check -
170 new
Twelve Monkeys
1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check -
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Eyes Wide Shut
1999, in 11 top lists Check -
63 new
Trois couleurs: Rouge
1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check -
28 new
Chung Hing sam lam
1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check -
185 new
Toy Story 2
1999, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Thin Red Line
1998, in 14 top lists Check -
76 new
Trois couleurs: Bleu
1993 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Blue, in 19 top lists Check -
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Boogie Nights
1997, in 12 top lists Check -
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Before Sunrise
1995, in 14 top lists Check -
168 new
Edward Scissorhands
1990, in 10 top lists Check -
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Casino
1995, in 11 top lists Check -
119 new
Todo sobre mi madre
1999 — a.k.a. All About My Mother, in 18 top lists Check -
199 new
The Piano
1993, in 14 top lists Check -
101 new
Da hong denglong gaogao gua
1991 — a.k.a. Raise the Red Lantern, in 21 top lists Check -
127 new
The Blair Witch Project
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
35 new
Breaking the Waves
1996, in 14 top lists Check -
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Rushmore
1998, in 11 top lists Check -
52 new
Lost Highway
1997, in 10 top lists Check -
186 new
Ed Wood
1994, in 9 top lists Check -
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Nema-ye Nazdik
1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check -
106 new
JFK
1991, in 13 top lists Check -
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Dead Man
1995, in 12 top lists Check -
141 new
La double vie de Véronique
1991 — a.k.a. The Double Life of Véronique, in 12 top lists Check -
98 new
The Iron Giant
1999, in 13 top lists Check -
62 new
Barton Fink
1991, in 8 top lists Check -
109 new
Total Recall
1990, in 8 top lists Check -
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Sátántangó
1994 — a.k.a. Satantango, in 12 top lists Check -
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Jackie Brown
1997, in 5 top lists Check -
64 new
Miller's Crossing
1990, in 11 top lists Check -
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Lola rennt
1998 — a.k.a. Run Lola Run, in 9 top lists Check
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