Criteria: These Greatest Movies of the 1990s are ranked according to their initial and lasting acclaim, influence as well as initial and lasting popularity.
Edited By: Tim, pauldrach, Bruno, Luuk
- Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino (1994)
- Schindler's List - Steven Spielberg (1993)
- Toy Story - John Lasseter (1995)
- GoodFellas - Martin Scorsese (1990)
- The Silence of the Lambs - Jonathan Demme (1991)
- The Matrix - Lana & Lilly Wachowski (1999)
- The Shawshank Redemption - Frank Darabont (1994)
- Forrest Gump - Robert Zemeckis (1994)
- Saving Private Ryan - Steven Spielberg (1998)
- Titanic - James Cameron (1997)
- Jurassic Park - Steven Spielberg (1993)
- Fargo - Joel & Ethan Coen (1996)
- Unforgiven - Clint Eastwood (1992)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day - James Cameron (1991)
- Fight Club - David Fincher (1999)
- Reservoir Dogs - Quentin Tarantino (1992)
- Trainspotting - Danny Boyle (1996)
- The Lion King - Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff (1994)
- American Beauty - Sam Mendes (1999)
- The Usual Suspects - Bryan Singer (1995)
- Beauty and the Beast - Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise (1991)
- Raise the Red Lantern - Zhang Yimou (1991)
- L.A. Confidential - Curtis Hanson (1997)
- Boyz n the Hood - John Singleton (1991)
- The Truman Show - Peter Weir (1998)
- Se7en - David Fincher (1995)
- Heat - Michael Mann (1995)
- Groundhog Day - Harold Ramis (1993)
- Three Colours: Red - Krzysztof Kieślowski (1994)
- The Sixth Sense - M. Night Shyamalan (1999)
- Life Is Beautiful - Roberto Benigni (1997)
- Edward Scissorhands - Tim Burton (1990)
- Aladdin - John Musker & Ron Clements (1992)
- Dances with Wolves - Kevin Costner (1990)
- Close-Up - Abbas Kiarostami (1990)
- Breaking the Waves - Lars von Trier (1996)
- Boogie Nights - Paul Thomas Anderson (1997)
- Princess Mononoke - Hayao Miyazaki (1997)
- The Big Lebowski - Joel & Ethan Coen (1998)
- Three Colours: Blue - Krzysztof Kieślowski (1993)
- The Piano - Jane Campion (1993)
- Magnolia - Paul Thomas Anderson (1999)
- The Thin Red Line - Terrence Malick (1998)
- All About My Mother - Pedro Almodóvar (1999)
- Being John Malkovich - Spike Jonze (1999)
- Braveheart - Mel Gibson (1995)
- Malcolm X - Spike Lee (1992)
- Thelma & Louise - Ridley Scott (1991)
- Hoop Dreams - Steve James (1994)
- Sátántangó - Béla Tarr (1994)
- Léon: The Professional - Luc Besson (1994)
- Good Will Hunting - Gus Van Sant (1997)
- The Celebration - Thomas Vinterberg (1998)
- Casino - Martin Scorsese (1995)
- Before Sunrise - Richard Linklater (1995)
- Chungking Express - Wong Kar-Wai (1994)
- Farewell My Concubine - Chen Kaige (1993)
- JFK - Oliver Stone (1991)
- Barton Fink - Joel & Ethan Coen (1991)
- The Insider - Michael Mann (1999)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas - Henry Selick (1993)
- Dazed and Confused - Richard Linklater (1993)
- Rushmore - Wes Anderson (1998)
- Clerks - Kevin Smith (1994)
- A Brighter Summer Day - Edward Yang (1991)
- My Own Private Idaho - Gus Van Sant (1991)
- Naked - Mike Leigh (1993)
- The Blair Witch Project - Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez (1999)
- Secrets & Lies - Mike Leigh (1996)
- 12 Monkeys - Terry Gilliam (1995)
- La haine - Mathieu Kassovitz (1995)
- The Green Mile - Frank Darabont (1999)
- The English Patient - Anthony Minghella (1996)
- Short Cuts - Robert Altman (1993)
- The Remains of the Day - James Ivory (1993)
- American History X - Tony Kaye (1998)
- Four Weddings and a Funeral - Mike Newell (1994)
- Ed Wood - Tim Burton (1994)
- Toy Story 2 - John Lasseter (1999)
- As Good as It Gets - James L. Brooks (1997)
- Apollo 13 - Ron Howard (1995)
- Ghost in the Shell - Mamoru Oshii (1995)
- Underground - Emir Kusturica (1995)
- Miller's Crossing - Joel & Ethan Coen (1990)
- The Player - Robert Altman (1992)
- The Fugitive - Andrew Davis (1993)
- Jerry Maguire - Cameron Crowe (1996)
- Elizabeth - Shekhar Kapur (1998)
- Central Station - Walter Salles (1998)
- Taste of Cherry - Abbas Kiarostami (1997)
- Dead Man - Jim Jarmusch (1995)
- The Crying Game - Neil Jordan (1992)
- Days of Being Wild - Wong Kar-Wai (1990)
- Glengarry Glen Ross - James Foley (1992)
- Hard Boiled - John Woo (1992)
- Misery - Rob Reiner (1990)
- Home Alone - Chris Columbus (1990)
- Eyes Wide Shut - Stanley Kubrick (1999)
- Shakespeare in Love - John Madden (1998)
- The Iron Giant - Brad Bird (1999)
- Babe - Chris Noonan (1995)
- Hana-bi - Takeshi Kitano (1997)
- Happiness - Todd Solondz (1998)
- Run Lola Run - Tom Tykwer (1998)
- Ring - Hideo Nakata (1998)
- Howards End - James Ivory (1992)
- The Last of the Mohicans - Michael Mann (1992)
- Paris Is Burning - Jennie Livingston (1990)
- Crumb - Terry Zwigoff (1994)
- In the Name of the Father - Jim Sheridan (1993)
- Carlito's Way - Brian De Palma (1993)
- Philadelphia - Jonathan Demme (1993)
- Cyrano de Bergerac - Jean-Paul Rappeneau (1990)
- Funny Games - Michael Haneke (1997)
- The Sweet Hereafter - Atom Egoyan (1997)
- Sense and Sensibility - Ang Lee (1995)
- Safe - Todd Haynes (1995)
- The Straight Story - David Lynch (1999)
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - Guy Ritchie (1998)
- Independence Day - Roland Emmerich (1996)
- Gattaca - Andrew Niccol (1997)
- Rosetta - Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne (1999)
- The Double Life of Veronique - Krzysztof Kieślowski (1991)
- Delicatessen - Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro (1991)
- Scent of a Woman - Martin Brest (1992)
- Shine - Scott Hicks (1996)
- Sling Blade - Billy Bob Thornton (1996)
- Les amants du Pont-Neuf - Leos Carax (1991)
- A Few Good Men - Rob Reiner (1992)
- Braindead - Peter Jackson (1992)
- Once upon a Time in China - Tsui Hark (1991)
- True Romance - Tony Scott (1993)
- To Live - Zhang Yimou (1994)
- Three Colours: White - Krzysztof Kieślowski (1994)
- Donnie Brasco - Mike Newell (1997)
- Akira Kurosawa's Dreams - Akira Kurosawa (1990)
- Total Recall - Paul Verhoeven (1990)
- Dumb and Dumber - Bobby & Peter Farrelly (1994)
- Children of Heaven - Majid Majidi (1997)
- There's Something About Mary - Bobby & Peter Farrelly (1997)
- Beau travail - Claire Denis (1999)
- Audition - Takashi Miike (1999)
- Quiz Show - Robert Redford (1994)
- The Age of Innocence - Martin Scorsese (1993)
- Ju Dou - Zhang Yimou & Yang Fengliang (1990)
- Awakenings - Penny Marshall (1990)
- What's Eating Gilbert Grape - Lasse Hallström (1993)
- Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers - Nick Park (1993)
- Happy Together - Wong Kar-Wai (1997)
- Three Kings - David O. Russell (1999)
- Lone Star - John Sayles (1996)
- Scream - Wes Craven (1996)
- Starship Troopers - Paul Verhoeven (1997)
- Clueless - Amy Heckerling (1995)
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge - Aditya Chopra (1995)
- The Godfather Part III - Francis Ford Coppola (1990)
- Pretty Woman - Garry Marshall (1990)
- Basic Instinct - Paul Verhoeven (1992)
- Slacker - Richard Linklater (1990)
- After Life - Hirokazu Koreeda (1998)
- Topsy-Turvy - Mike Leigh (1999)
- Election - Alexander Payne (1999)
- Speed - Jan de Bont (1994)
- Husbands and Wives - Woody Allen (1992)
- Man Bites Dog - Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel & Benoît Poelvoorde (1992)
- Europa Europa - Agnieszka Holland (1990)
- An Angel at My Table - Jane Campion (1990)
- When We Were Kings - Leon Gast (1996)
- The Bridges of Madison County - Clint Eastwood (1995)
- The Fifth Element - Luc Besson (1997)
- A Bug's Life - John Lasseter (1998)
- Jackie Brown - Quentin Tarantino (1997)
- Leaving Las Vegas - Mike Figgis (1995)
- Men in Black - Barry Sonnenfeld (1997)
- Natural Born Killers - Oliver Stone (1994)
- The Commitments - Alan Parker (1991)
- La belle noiseuse - Jacques Rivette (1991)
- The Quince Tree Sun - Víctor Erice (1992)
- Point Break - Kathryn Bigelow (1991)
- Heavenly Creatures - Peter Jackson (1994)
- Lost Highway - David Lynch (1997)
- Ghost - Jerry Zucker (1990)
- The Fisher King - Terry Gilliam (1991)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula - Francis Ford Coppola (1992)
- Romeo + Juliet - Baz Luhrmann (1996)
- The People vs. Larry Flynt - Miloš Forman (1996)
- Mission: Impossible - Brian De Palma (1996)
- The Idiots - Lars von Trier (1998)
- Sonatine - Takeshi Kitano (1993)
- A Moment of Innocence - Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1996)
- Buffalo '66 - Vincent Gallo (1998)
- Hamlet - Kenneth Branagh (1996)
- Show Me Love - Lukas Moodysson (1998)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Terry Gilliam (1998)
- From Dusk till Dawn - Robert Rodríguez (1996)
- Boys Don't Cry - Kimberly Peirce (1999)
- Burnt by the Sun - Nikita Mikhalkov (1994)
- The Match Factory Girl - Aki Kaurismäki (1990)
- Metropolitan - Whit Stillman (1990)
- Life Is Sweet - Mike Leigh (1990)
- The Full Monty - Peter Cattaneo (1997)
- Out of Sight - Steven Soderbergh (1998)
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery - Jay Roach (1997)
- The Story of Qiu Ju - Zhang Yimou (1992)
- El mariachi - Robert Rodríguez (1992)
- Mother and Son - Alexander Sokurov (1997)
- American Movie - Chris Smith (1999)
- Face/Off - John Woo (1997)
- The Wind Will Carry Us - Abbas Kiarostami (1999)
- A Bronx Tale - Robert De Niro (1993)
- Night on Earth - Jim Jarmusch (1991)
- The Puppetmaster - Hou Hsiao-Hsien (1993)
- Office Space - Mike Judge (1999)
- Notting Hill - Roger Michell (1999)
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut - Trey Parker (1999)
- The Crow - Alex Proyas (1994)
- Trust - Hal Hartley (1990)
- Dead Man Walking - Tim Robbins (1995)
- Through the Olive Trees - Abbas Kiarostami (1994)
- Il postino: The Postman - Michael Radford (1994)
- American Pie - Paul & Chris Weitz (1999)
- Dark City - Alex Proyas (1998)
- Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse - Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper & Eleanor Coppola (1991)
- Cape Fear - Martin Scorsese (1991)
- Only Yesterday - Isao Takahata (1991)
- Pi - Darren Aronofsky (1998)
- Porco Rosso - Hayao Miyazaki (1992)
- Caro diario - Nanni Moretti (1993)
- Tombstone - George P. Cosmatos (1993)
- To Sleep with Anger - Charles Burnett (1990)
- Mrs. Doubtfire - Chris Columbus (1993)
- Primal Fear - Gregory Hoblit (1996)
- Bound - Lana & Lilly Wachowski (1996)
- Armageddon - Michael Bay (1998)
- Black Cat, White Cat - Emir Kusturica (1998)
- Baraka - Ron Fricke (1992)
- Jacob's Ladder - Adrian Lyne (1990)
- Once Were Warriors - Lee Tamahori (1994)
- Irma Vep - Olivier Assayas (1996)
- Welcome to the Dollhouse - Todd Solondz (1995)
- Wild at Heart - David Lynch (1990)
- A League of Their Own - Penny Marshall (1992)
- Wayne's World - Penelope Spheeris (1992)
- Gummo - Harmony Korine (1997)
- GoldenEye - Martin Campbell (1995)
- Crash - David Cronenberg (1996)
- Sleepless in Seattle - Nora Ephron (1993)
- Waiting for Guffman - Christopher Guest (1996)
- Naked Lunch - David Cronenberg (1991)
- Bugsy - Barry Levinson (1991)