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Top Ten Films of 1991 (by World Premiere) Top Ten by U.S. Release Date (Updated) // My 1991 Oscar Ballot (Updated)
Runners-Up (alpha): Edward II, Flirting, Frankie & Johnny, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, High Heels, Life and Nothing More..., Madonna: Truth or Dare, Prospero's Books, Raise the Red Lantern, Thelma & Louise Reviews from 1991 ★ = Full-Length Review / © = Capsule-Length Review / ★  = Blog/Favorites Review (New Window)   ★   Boyz N the Hood Dir. John Singleton. With Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Ice Cube A ★   Bugsy Dir. Barry Levinson. With Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley, Harvey Keitel B ★   The Fisher King Dir. Terry Gilliam. With Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl B ★   Frankie & Johnny Dir. Garry Marshall. With Michelle Pfeiffer, Al Pacino, Hector Elizondo B+ ★   JFK Dir. Oliver Stone. With Kevin Costner, Sissy Spacek, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones A More Grades from 1991 Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade         The Ballad of the Sad Café Dir. Simon Callow. With Vanessa Redgrave, Cork Hubbert C+       Barton Fink Dir. Joel Coen. With John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner B       Black Robe Dir. Bruce Beresford. With Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, August Schellenberg B       Defending Your Life Dir. Albert Brooks. With Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn C       Dogfight Dir. Nancy Savoca. With River Phoenix, Lili Taylor, Richard Panebianco C       Edward II Dir. Derek Jarman. With Steven Waddington, Tilda Swinton, Andrew Tiernan B+       Flirting Dir. John Duigan. With Noah Taylor, Thandie Newton, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts A       For the Boys Dir. Mark Rydell. With Bette Midler, James Caan, Arye Gross, George Segal D+       Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Dirs. F.Bahr, E.Coppola, G.Hickenlooper A       The Hours and Times Dir. Christopher Münch. With David Angus, Ian Hart, Stephanie Pack B       Jungle Fever Dir. Spike Lee. With Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee, Tim Robbins C+       Life and Nothing More... Dir. Abbas Kiarostami. With Farhad Kheradmand, Buba Bayour B+       New Jack City Dir. Mario Van Peebles. With Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Judd Nelson B       Night on Earth Dir. Jim Jarmusch. With Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Giancarlo Esposito C       The Ox Dir. Sven Nykvist. With Stellan Skarsgård, Eva Fröling, Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann B       Point Break Dir. Kathryn Bigelow. With Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Gary Busey C       Prospero's Books Dir. Peter Greenaway. With John Gielgud, Mark Rylance, Michael Clark B+       Raise the Red Lantern Dir. Zhang Yimou. With Gong Li, Cao Cuifen, He Saifei, Kong Lin B+       Rambling Rose Dir. Martha Coolidge. With Laura Dern, Lukas Haas, Robert Duvall C+       The Rapture Dir. Michael Tolkin. With Mimi Rogers, David Duchovny, Patrick Bauchau C+       Terminator 2: Judgment Day Dir. James Cameron. With Arnold Schwarzenegger B+   Also from 1991 The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain   Fetching       Dead Again Dir. Kenneth Branagh. With Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Andy Garcia       High Heels Dir. Pedro Almodóvar. With Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bosé       Madonna: Truth or Dare Dir. Alek Keshishian. Documentary about Madonna on- and off-stage   Fair       At Play in the Fields of the Lord Dir. Hector Babenco. With Aidan Quinn, Tom Berenger       The Double Life of Véronique Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. With Irène Jacob, Philippe Volter       Fried Green Tomatoes Dir. Jon Avnet. With Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Jessica Tandy       The Lovers on the Bridge (Les Amants du Pont-Neuf) Dir. Léos Carax. With Denis Lavant       The Prince of Tides Dir. Barbra Streisand. With Nick Nolte, Barbra Streisand, Kate Nelligan       Sleeping with the Enemy Dir. Joseph Ruben. With Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson       Soapdish Dir. Michael Hoffman. With Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Shue       Zentropa Dir. Lars von Trier. With Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier, Eddie Constantine   Feh       City Slickers Dir. Ron Underwood. With Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Jack Palance       Little Man Tate Dir. Jodie Foster. With Adam Hann-Byrd, Jodie Foster, Dianne Wiest       My Own Private Idaho Dir. Gus Van Sant. With River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo       The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear Dir. David Zucker. With Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley   Flotsam       Backdraft Dir. Ron Howard. With William Baldwin, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh       Hook Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts       Impromptu Dir. James Lapine. With Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Julian Sands, Emma Thompson       A Kiss Before Dying Dir. James Dearden. With Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max von Sydow       Regarding Henry Dir. Mike Nichols. With Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, Mikki Allen       Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Dir. Kevin Reynolds. With Kevin Costner, Alan Rickman Still to Come from 1991   Ten Most Enticing Prospects:       The Adjuster Dir. Atom Egoyan. With Elias Koteas, Arsinée Khanjian, Maury Chaykin       La Belle noiseuse Dir. Jacques Rivette. With Michel Piccoli, Emmanuelle Béart, Jane Birkin       Close to Eden Dir. Nikita Mikhalkov. With Badema, Bayaertu, Vladimir Gostyukhin       Delicatessen Dirs. Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro. With Dominique Pinon, Karin Viard       Homicide Dir. David Mamet. With Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, Vincent Guastaferro       Life Is Sweet Dir. Mike Leigh. With Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks       Strip Jack Naked Dir. Ron Peck. With Nick Bolton, John Brown, John Diamon       The Suspended Step of the Stork Dir. Theo Angelopoulos. With Marcello Mastroianni       Tous les matins du monde Dir. Alain Corneau. With Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet       Van Gogh Dir. Maurice Pialat. With Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Bernard Le Coq   Further Research:       Antonia and Jane Dir. Beeban Kidron. With Imelda Staunton, Saskia Reeves       Billy Bathgate Dir. Robert Benton. With Dustin Hoffman, Loren Dean, Nicole Kidman       Bright Angel Dir. Michael Fields. With Dermot Mulroney, Lili Taylor, Sam Shepard       Children of Nature Dir. Friðrik Thór Friðriksson. With Gísli Halldorsson, Bruno Ganz       City of Hope Dir. John Sayles. With Vincent Spano, Stephen Mendillo, Chris Cooper       The Commitments Dir. Alan Parker. With Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Andrew Strong       Divertimento Dir. Jacques Rivette. With Michel Piccoli, Emmanuelle Béart, Jane Birkin       The Doors Dir. Oliver Stone. With Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley       Germany Year 90 Nine Zero Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. With Eddie Constantine, Hanns Zischler       Grand Canyon Dir. Lawrence Kasdan. With Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Danny Glover       Hangin' with the Homeboys Dir. Joseph B. Vasquez. With Doug E. Doug, Mario Joyner       Hear My Song Dir. Peter Chelsom. With Brian Flanagan, Constance Cowley, Ned Beatty       In the Shadow of the Stars Dirs. Irving Saraf & Allie Light. Documentary       The Indian Runner Dir. Sean Penn. With David Morse, Viggo Mortensen, Valeria Golino       The Inner Circle Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky. With Tom Hulce, Lolita Davidovich       Jacquot Dir. Agnès Varda. With Philippe Maron, Edouard Joubeaud, Laurent Monnier       Kafka Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Grey, Ian Holm       L.A. Story Dir. Mick Jackson. With Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Sarah Jessica Parker       Life on a String Dir. Chen Kaige. With Liu Zhongyuan, Huang Lei, Xu Qing, Yao Erga       Lovers Dir. Vicente Aranda. With Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz, Maribel Verdú       Madame Bovary Dir. Claude Chabrol. With Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer       The Man in the Moon Dir. Robert Mulligan. With Reese Witherspoon, Jason London       Mediterraneo Dir. Gabriele Salvatores. With Diego Abatantuono, Claudio Bigagli       Meeting Venus Dir. István Szabó. With Glenn Close, Niels Arestrup, Mariá Labuda       Mississippi Masala Dir. Mira Nair. With Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth       Night and Day Dir. Chantal Akerman. With Guilaine Londez, Thomas Langmann       Once Around Dir. Lasse Hallström. With Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Danny Aiello       Once Upon a Time in China Dir. Tsui Hark. With Jet Li, Biao Yuen, Rosamund Kwan       Paris Trout Dir. Steven Gyllenhaal. With Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey, Ed Harris       Pastime Dir. Robin B. Armstrong. With William Russ, Glenn Plummer, Deirdre O'Connell       The People under the Stairs Dir. Wes Craven. With Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill       Queens Logic Dir. Steve Rash. With Kevin Bacon, Linda Fiorentino, John Malkovich       A Rage in Harlem Dir. Bill Duke. With Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens       Rush Dir. Lili Fini Zanuck. With Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jason Patric, Sam Elliott, Max Perlich       Salmonberries Dir. Percy Adlon. With Oskar Kawagley, Rosel Zech, k.d. lang, Eugene Omiak       A Scene at the Sea Dir. Takeshi Kitano. With Kurôdo Maki, Hiroko Oshima, Sabu Kawahara       Straight out of Brooklyn Dir. Matty Rich. With George T. Odom, Ann D. Sanders       The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Dir. John Bailey. With Lily Tomlin       Switch Dir. Blake Edwards. With Ellen Barkin, Jimmy Smits, JoBeth Williams, Lorraine Bracco       Toto le héros Dir. Jaco van Dormael. With Michel Bouquet, Jo De Backer, Thomas Godet       Twenty-One Dir. Don Boyd. With Patsy Kensit, Jack Shepherd, Patrick Ryecart, Rufus Sewell       Until the End of the World Dir. Wim Wenders. With Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone       Whore Dir. Ken Russell. With Theresa Russell, Michael Crabtree, John Diehl, Antonio Fargas       Young Soul Rebels Dir. Isaac Julien. With Valentine Nonyela, Mo Sesay, Dorian Healy
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