1990s

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Best of the Decade

1 SCHINDLER'S LIST (Steven Spielberg)
2 NEON GENESIS EVANGELION (Hideaki Anno)
3 EYES WIDE SHUT (Stanley Kubrick)
4 PULP FICTION (Quentin Tarantino)
5 CURE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
6 SPIRITUAL VOICES (Alexander Sokurov)
7 CARLITO'S WAY (Brian De Palma)
8 TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (David Lynch)
9 ABRAHAM'S VALLEY (Manoel de Oliveira)
10 THE LAST BOLSHEVIK (Chris Marker)

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1999

1 EYES WIDE SHUT (Stanley Kubrick)
2 CHARISMA (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
3 MAGNOLIA (Paul Thomas Anderson)
4 THE NINTH GATE (Roman Polanski)
5 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: "Hush" (Joss Whedon) [TV Program]
6 THE MATRIX (Larry and Andy Wachowski)
7 FIGHT CLUB (David Fincher)
8 LET FOREVER BE (Michel Gondry) [music video for The Chemical Brothers]
9 THE 13TH WARRIOR (John McTiernan and Michael Crichton)
10 THE MISSION (Johnny To)

1998

1 HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA (Jean-Luc Godard)
2 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (Steven Spielberg)
3 THE THIN RED LINE (Terrence Malick)
4 FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
5 HONEYMOON (Dan Sallitt)
6 LICENSE TO LIVE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
7 THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO (Whit Stillman)
8 DR. AKAGI (Shohei Imamura)
9 THE HOLE (Tsai Ming-liang)
10 BELOVED (Jonathan Demme)

1997

1 CURE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
2 LOST HIGHWAY (David Lynch)
3 MOTHER AND SON (Alexander Sokurov)
4 JACKIE BROWN (Quentin Tarantino)
5 END OF EVANGELION (Hideaki Anno)
6 KUNDUN (Martin Scorsese)
7 STARSHIP TROOPERS (Paul Verhoeven)
8 TASTE OF CHERRY (Abbas Kiarostami)
9 THE RIVER (Tsai Ming-liang)
10 FACE/OFF (John Woo)

1996

1 FARGO (Joel Coen)
2 ORIENTAL ELEGY (Alexander Sokurov)
3 A SUMMER'S TALE (Eric Rohmer)
4 LA PROMESSE (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
5 MY SEX LIFE…OR HOW I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT (Arnaud Desplechin)
6 CRASH (David Cronenberg)
7 IRMA VEP (Olivier Assayas)
8 A MOMENT OF INNOCENCE (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
9 BOTTLE ROCKET (Wes Anderson)
10 GOODBYE SOUTH, GOODBYE (Hou Hsiao-hsien)

1995

1 NEON GENESIS EVANGELION (Hideaki Anno)
2 first episode of SPIRITUAL VOICES (Alexander Sokurov)
3 CASINO (Martin Scorsese)
4 DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (John McTiernan)
5 BEFORE THE RAIN (Milcho Manchevski)
6 episodes 2-5 of SPIRITUAL VOICES (Alexander Sokurov)
7 RENDEZVOUS IN PARIS (Eric Rohmer)
8 SAFE (Todd Haynes)
9 THE NEON BIBLE (Terence Davies)
10 HEAT (Michael Mann)

1994

1 PULP FICTION (Quentin Tarantino)
2 NADJA (Michael Almereyda)
3 THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES (Abbas Kiarostami)
4 HEAVENLY CREATURES (Peter Jackson)
5 SATANTANGO (Béla Tarr)
6 TO LIVE (Zhang Yimou)
7 AMATEUR (Hal Hartley)
8 CHARTRES SERIES (Stan Brakhage)
9 CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Wong Kar-wai)
10 BARCELONA (Whit Stillman)

1993

1 SCHINDLER'S LIST (Steven Spielberg)
2 CARLITO'S WAY (Brian De Palma)
3 ABRAHAM'S VALLEY (Manoel de Oliveira)
4 THE PUPPETMASTER (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
5 CALENDAR (Atom Egoyan)
6 THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (Martin Scorsese)
7 WHISPERING PAGES (Alexander Sokurov)
8 NAKED (Mike Leigh)
9 A PERFECT WORLD (Clint Eastwood)
10 DOTTIE GETS SPANKED (Todd Haynes)

1992

1 TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (David Lynch)
2 THE LAST BOLSHEVIK (Chris Marker)
3 THE LONG DAY CLOSES (Terence Davies)
4 UNFORGIVEN (Clint Eastwood)
5 CAREFUL (Guy Maddin)
6 MALCOLM X (Spike Lee)
7 THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (Michael Mann)
8 BITTER MOON (Roman Polanski)
9 A TALE OF WINTER (Eric Rohmer)
10 ANOTHER GIRL ANOTHER PLANET (Michael Almereyda)

1991

1 FLIRTING (John Duigan)
2 JFK (Oliver Stone)
3 HOMICIDE (David Mamet)
4 BLOOD TIES (Jim McBride) [TV Movie]
5 SURVIVING DESIRE (Hal Hartley)
6 SIDE/WALK/SHUTTLE (Ernie Gehr)
7 MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (Gus Van Sant)
8 VAN GOGH (Maurice Pialat)
9 THEORY OF ACHIEVEMENT (Hal Hartley)
10 SLACKER (Richard Linklater)

1990

1 GOODFELLAS (Martin Scorsese)
2 METROPOLITAN (Whit Stillman)
3 DAYS OF BEING WILD (Wong Kar-wai)
4 TWIN PEAKS (David Lynch): "Lonely Souls" [TV Program]
5 CLOSE-UP (Abbas Kiarostami)
6 TRUST (Hal Hartley)
7 MIAMI BLUES (George Armitage)
8 TWIN PEAKS (David Lynch): "Pilot" [TV Program]
9 A TALE OF SPRINGTIME (Eric Rohmer)
10 CINÉMA DE NOTRE TEMPS: JACQUES RIVETTE, LE VEILLEUR (Claire Denis)

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