Best of the 1990s (Ranked)
(1990-1999)
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- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroRay LiottaJoe PesciThe story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.[Seen on DVD home video.
35mm Print seen 8/15/2002, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Byham Theater] - DirectorMichael MannStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroVal KilmerA group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a verbal clue at their latest heist.[Seen @ Showcase Cinemas East (Monroeville), 12/1995]
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsHarvey KeitelTim RothMichael MadsenWhen a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.[Seen on dvd home video, 1993 date unknown. 35mm print seen @ Regent Square and/or Waterworks Cinemas, revival date unknown]
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsMark WahlbergJulianne MooreBurt ReynoldsBack when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.Seen @ Waterworks Cinemas (#5/6?), 11/1997
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.[Seen @ Mulone Theaters, Harmar Theaters, 2/1991]
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen KingsleyIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.[Seen @ Showcase Cinemas East (Monroeville), 12/1993]
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMatt DamonTom SizemoreFollowing the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.Seen @ Waterworks Cinemas (#5 or 6), 6/1998]
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTim RobbinsMorgan FreemanBob GuntonOver the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.[Seen @ Waterworks Cinemas, (#3/4?), 10/1994, Double Feature with Pulp Fiction]
- DirectorTerry ZwigoffStarsRobert CrumbAline Kominsky-CrumbCharles CrumbAn intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.Seen @ The Rex Theater, summer 1995
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodGene HackmanMorgan FreemanRetired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid."Seen @ The Manor Theater (#3/4?), 8/1992?
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJohn TravoltaUma ThurmanSamuel L. JacksonThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.[Seen @ Waterworks Cinemas, (#5/6?), 10/1994, Double Feature with The Shawshank Redemption]
- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.Seen @ Waterworks Cinemas (#5/6?], 3/31/1999]
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsMorgan FreemanBrad PittKevin SpaceyTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.[Seen @ Showcase Cinemas East (Monroeville), 9 or 10/1995]
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppMartin LandauSarah Jessica ParkerAmbitious but troubled movie director Edward D. Wood Jr. tries his best to fulfill his dreams despite his lack of talent.[Seen @ The Beehive Theater (Oakland, PA), Sept or Oct 1994]
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsGeorge ClooneyJennifer LopezVing RhamesA career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.[Seen @ Waterworks Cinemas (#8?), 6/1998]
- DirectorTrey ParkerStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneMary Kay BergmanWhen Stan Marsh and his friends go see an R-rated movie, they start cursing and their parents think that Canada is to blame.[Seen @ Waterworks Cinemas (#8?), 6/30/1999]
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsMatthew BroderickReese WitherspoonLoren NelsonA high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.[Seen @ Waterworks Cinemas (#5 or 6], May 1999]
- DirectorLars von TrierStarsEmily WatsonStellan SkarsgårdKatrin CartlidgeOilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.[Seen @ Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Harris Theater, 1996 unknown date]
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsKevin CostnerGary OldmanJack LemmonNew Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.[Seen @ Squirrell Hill Theater, 12/1992]
- DirectorKevin SmithStarsBrian O'HalloranJeff AndersonMarilyn GhigliottiA day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof.[Seen on DVD home video, 1995 unknown]
- DirectorKevin CostnerStarsKevin CostnerMary McDonnellGraham GreeneLieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, finds himself engaging with a neighbouring Sioux settlement, causing him to question his own purpose.HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Total Recall (1990)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Before Sunrise (1995)
Boyz In the Hood (1991)
Grand Canyon (1991)
Terminator 2 Judgment Day (1991)
Dead Alive [Brain Dead] (1992)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Husbands and Wives (1992)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Malcolm X (1992)
Carlito's Way (1993)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Fearless (1993)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Short Cuts (1993)
Fresh (1994)
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Quiz Show (1994)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Before Sunset (1995)
Braveheart (1995)
Crimson Tide (1995)
Scream (1996)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Bulworth (1998)
Rushmore (1998)
American Movie (1999)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
The Iron Giant (1999)
The Limey (1999)
Magnolia (1999)
Toy Story 2 (1999)