1990s

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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)
6 THE MATRIX (The Wachowski Brothers)
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)
11 OFFICE SPACE (Mike Judge)
12 EXCEL SAGA: "Bowling Girls" (Shinichi Watanabe)
13 THREE KINGS (David O. Russell)
14 THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS (Erick Zonca)
15 THE STRAIGHT STORY (David Lynch)
16 THE MINUS MAN (Hampton Fancher)
17 DA FUNK (Spike Jonze) [music video for Daft Punk]

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)
11 THE BIG LEBOWSKI (Joel Coen)
12 CONFESSION (Alexander Sokurov)
13 RONIN (John Frankenheimer)
14 AUTUMN TALE (Eric Rohmer)
15 THE SILENCE (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
16 BULWORTH (Warren Beatty)

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)
11 PRINCESS MONONOKE (Hayao Miyazaki)
12 FIREWORKS (Takeshi Kitano)
13 CONTACT (Robert Zemeckis)
14 BOOGIE NIGHTS (Paul Thomas Anderson)
15 BACHELORETTE (Michel Gondry) [music video for Björk]
16 LAWN DOGS (John Duigan)
17 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: "PROPHECY GIRL" (Joss Whedon)
18 THE EEL (Shohei Imamura)
19 GABBEH (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
20 AROUND THE WORLD (Michel Gondry) [music video for Daft Punk]

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)
11 HUBERT ROBERT. A SIMPLE LIFE (Alexander Sokurov)
12 KINGPIN (Bobby and Peter Farrelly)
13 CITIZEN RUTH (Alexander Payne)

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)
11 ON YOUR MARK (Hayao Miyazaki)
12 2 X 50 YEARS OF FRENCH CINEMA (Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville)
13 FROM THE JOURNALS OF JEAN SEBERG (Mark Rappaport)
14 JLG/JLG (Jean-Luc Godard)

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)
11 FRESH (Boaz Yakin)
12 SIRENS (John Duigan)
13 VANYA ON 42ND STREET (Louis Malle)

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)
11 THE TREE, THE MAYOR, AND THE MEDIATHEQUE (Eric Rohmer)
12 SONATINE (Takeshi Kitano)
13 MY FAVORITE SEASON (André Téchiné)
14 DAZED AND CONFUSED (Richard Linklater)

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)
11 TRIBULATION 99: ALIEN ANOMALIES UNDER AMERICA (Craig Baldwin)
12 LIFE AND NOTHING MORE (Abbas Kiarostami)

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)
11 AMBITION (Hal Hartley)

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)
11 WHITE HUNTER, BLACK HEART (Clint Eastwood)

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