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Top Ten Films of 1993 (by World Premiere) Top Ten by U.S. Release Date // My 1993 Oscar Ballot
Runners-Up (alpha): Blue (Jarman), A Perfect World, The Remains of the Day Reviews from 1993 ★ = Full-Length Review / © = Capsule-Length Review / ★  = Blog/Favorites Review (New Window)   ★   The Baby of Mâcon Dir. Peter Greenaway. With Julia Ormond, Jonathan Lacey A ★   Body of Evidence Dir. Uli Edel. With Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer D ★   Dottie Gets Spanked Dir. Todd Haynes. With J. Evan Bonifant, Barbara Garrick A ★   Groundhog Day Dir. Harold Ramis. With Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott B ★   Orlando (pr. 1992) Dir. Sally Potter. With Tilda Swinton, Quentin Crisp, Billy Zane A ★   The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas          Cheerleader-Murdering Mom Dir. Michael Ritchie. TV Movie. With Holly Hunter A ★   The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas          Cheerleader-Murdering Mom Dir. Michael Ritchie. TV Movie. With Holly Hunter A More Grades from 1993 Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade         Addams Family Values Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld. With Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia C+       The Age of Innocence Dir. Martin Scorsese. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer B       And the Band Played On Dir. Roger Spottiswoode. TV Movie. With Matthew Modine B       The Ballad of Little Jo Dir. Maggie Greenwald. With Suzy Amis, Bo Hopkins C+       Blue Dir. Derek Jarman. With the voices of Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton, Nigel Terry B+       Body Snatchers Dir. Abel Ferrara. With Gabrielle Anwar, Billy Wirth, Terry Kinney C+       The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter Dir. David Paperny. Testimony of HIV patient B       Calendar Dir. Atom Egoyan. With Arsinée Khanjian, Ashot Adamyan, Atom Egoyan B       Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Dir. Gus Van Sant. With Uma Thurman, Rain Phoenix D       Falling Down Dir. Joel Schumacher. With Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey F       The Firm Dir. Sydney Pollack. With Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman C+       The Fugitive Dir. Andrew Davis. With Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Jeroen Krabbé B       In the Line of Fire Dir. Wolfgang Petersen. With Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich B       In the Name of the Father Dir. Jim Sheridan. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite B       Jurassic Park Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Richard Attenborough B       M Butterfly Dir. David Cronenberg. With Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Ian Richardson D+       Menace II Society Dirs. Allen & Albert Hughes. With Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate B       Much Ado about Nothing Dir. Kenneth Branagh. With Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson B       Naked Dir. Mike Leigh. With David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge, Greg Cruttwell B+       A Perfect World Dir. Clint Eastwood. With Kevin Costner, T.J. Lowther, Clint Eastwood B+       Philadelphia Dir. Jonathan Demme. With Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards B       The Remains of the Day Dir. James Ivory. With Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson B+       Rock Hudson's Home Movies Dir. Mark Rappaport. Experimental documentary B       Sankofa Dir. Haile Gerima. With Oyafunmike Ogunlano, Alexandra Duah, Nick Medley B       Shadowlands Dir. Richard Attenborough. With Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger C       Short Cuts Dir. Robert Altman. With Tim Robbins, Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison B       Six Degrees of Separation Dir. Fred Schepisi. With Stockard Channing, Will Smith B       Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Dir. Henry Selick. Animated B+       Time Indefinite Dir. Ross McElwee. Record of filmmaker's passage into marriage, fatherhood B+       The War Room Dirs. D.A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus. Documentary about Clinton campaign B       The Wedding Banquet Dir. Ang Lee. With Winston Chao, Mitchell Lichtenstein, May Chin B       What's Love Got to Do with It Dir. Brian Gibson. With Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne B       Zero Patience Dir. John Greyson. With John Robinson, Norman Fatueux, Dianne Heatherington B   Also from 1993 The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain   Fetching       Three Colors: Blue Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. With Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent       What's Eating Gilbert Grape Dir. Lasse Hallström. With Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis       Wittgenstein Dir. Derek Jarman. With Karl Johnson, Michael Gough, Clancy Chassay   Fair       The Bride with White Hair Dir. Ronny Yu. With Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Francis Ng       Fearless Dir. Peter Weir. With Jeff Bridges, Rosie Perez, Isabella Rossellini, Tom Hulce       Fires in the Mirror Dir. George C. Wolfe. TV Movie. With Anna Deavere Smith       The Joy Luck Club Dir. Wayne Wang. With Ming-Na Wen, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen       Like Water for Chocolate Dir. Alfonso Arau. With Lumi Cavazos, Marco Leonardi       Luck, Trust & Ketchup: The Making of Short Cuts Dirs. Mike Kaplan & John Dorr       The Puppetmaster Dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien. With Li Tianlu, Lin Qiang, Chen Kuizhong       Strictly Ballroom Dir. Baz Luhrmann. With Paul Mercurio, Armonia Benedito, Pat Thompson       Tales of the City Dir. Alastair Reid. TV Miniseries. With Olympia Dukakis, Laura Linney       True Romance Dir. Tony Scott. With Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Gary Oldman   Feh       The Advocate Dir. Leslie Megahey. With Colin Firth, Nicol Williamson, Ian Holm       Cliffhanger Dir. Renny Harlin. With Sylvester Stallone, Janine Turner, John Lithgow       The Cormorant Dir. Peter Markham. With Ralph Fiennes, Helen Schlesinger       Dave Dir. Ivan Reitman. With Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella       Kalifornia Dir. Dominic Sena. With David Duchovny, Brad Pitt, Michelle Forbes       Manhattan Murder Mystery Dir. Woody Allen. With Woody Allen, Diane Keaton       Mrs. Doubtfire Dir. Chris Columbus. With Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan       My Life Dir. Bruce Joel Rubin. With Michael Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Haing S. Ngor       Poetic Justice Dir. John Singleton. With Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Regina King       Sleepless in Seattle Dir. Nora Ephron. With Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Ross Malinger       Suture Dirs. Scott McGehee & David Siegel. With Dennis Haysbert, Mel Harris       Wide Sargasso Sea Dir. John Duigan. With Karina Lombard, Nathaniel Parker   Flotsam       Boxing Helena Dir. Jennifer Chambers Lynch. With Julian Sands, Sherilyn Fenn       Flesh and Bone Dir. Steve Kloves. With Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, James Caan       The Pelican Brief Dir. Alan J. Pakula. With Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, John Heard       Sniper Dir. Luis Llosa. With Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, J.T. Walsh, Aden Young       The Three Musketeers Dir. Stephen Herek. With Chris O'Donnell, Kiefer Sutherland Still to Come from 1993   Ten Most Enticing Prospects:       Arizona Dream Dir. Emir Kusturica. With Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway       The Blue Kite Dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang. With Yi Tian, Zhang Wenyao, Chen Xiaoman       Carlito's Way Dir. Brian De Palma. With Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller       Clean, Shaven Dir. Lodge Kerrigan. With Peter Greene, Alice Levitt, Megan Owen       Cronos Dir. Guillermo del Toro. With Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook       Ma saison préférée Dir. André Téchiné. With Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil       Ruby in Paradise Dir. Victor Nuñez. With Ashley Judd, Todd Field, Bentley Mitchum       The Scent of Green Papaya Dir. Tran Anh Hung. With Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Man San Lu       Sonatine Dir. Takeshi Kitano. With Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe       Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould Dir. François Girard. With Colm Feore Further Research:       Benny & Joon Dir. Jeremiah Chechik. With Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson       Bopha! Dir. Morgan Freeman. With Danny Glover, Alfre Woodard, Malcolm McDowell       A Bronx Tale Dir. Robert De Niro. With Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato       The Cement Garden Dir. Andrew Birkin. With Andrew Robertson, Charlotte Gainsbourg       The Cemetery Club Dir. Bill Duke. With Ellen Burstyn, Olympia Dukakis, Diane Ladd       Dangerous Game Dir. Abel Ferrara. With Harvey Keitel, Madonna, James Russo       A Dangerous Woman Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal. With Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey       Demolition Man Dir. Marco Brambilla. With Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes       Ethan Frome Dir. John Madden. With Liam Neeson, Patricia Arquette, Joan Allen       Faraway, So Close! Dir. Wim Wenders. With Otto Sander, Bruno Ganz, Nastassja Kinski       Fiorile Dir. Claudio & Vittorio Taviani. With Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi       The Flight of the Innocent Dir. Carlo Carlei. With Manuel Colao, Federico Pacifici       Friends Dir. Elaine Proctor. With Kerry Fox, Dambisa Kente, Michele Burgers       Germinal Dir. Claude Berri. With Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet       Hear No Evil Dir. Robert Greenwald. With Marlee Matlin, D.B. Sweeney, Martin Sheen       Heart and Souls Dir. Ron Underwood. With Robert Downey Jr., Charles Grodin       Hélas pour moi Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. With Gérard Depardieu, Laurence Masliah       Heaven & Earth Dir. Oliver Stone. With Hiep Thi Le, Haing S. Ngor, Joan Chen       Household Saints Dir. Nancy Savoca. With Tracey Ullman, Vincent D'Onofrio       It's All True Dirs. Bill Krohn, Myron Meisel, and Richard Wilson. Documentary       Kika Dir. Pedro Almodóvar. With Verónica Forqué, Peter Coyote, Victoria Abril       Latcho Drom Dir. Tony Gatlif. Documentary about Romanian "gypsies" and their music       Little Buddha Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci. With Keanu Reeves, Bridget Fonda, Chris Isaak       Lost in Yonkers Dir. Martha Coolidge. With Mercedes Ruehl, Richard Dreyfuss       Love & Human Remains Dir. Denys Arcand. With Thomas Gibson, Ruth Marshall       Madadayo Dir. Akira Kurosawa. With Tatsuo Matsumura, Kyôko Kagawa, Hisashi Igawa       Malice Dir. Harold Becker. With Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman       The Man by the Shore Dir. Raoul Peck. With Jennifer Zubar, Toto Bissainthe       The Man without a Face Dir. Mel Gibson. With Nick Stahl, Mel Gibson       Map of the Human Heart Dir. Vincent Ward. With Jason Scott Lee, Robert Joamie       Matinée Dir. Joe Dante. With John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton       Mi vida loca (My Crazy Life) Dir. Allison Anders. With Angel Aviles, Seidy Lopez       Mr. Wonderful Dir. Anthony Minghella. With Matt Dillon, Annabella Sciorra, William Hurt       The Music of Chance Dir. Philip Haas. With James Spader, Mandy Patinkin       Posse Dir. Mario Van Peebles. With Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Charles Lane       Raining Stones Dir. Ken Loach. With Bruce Jones, Julie Brown, Gemma Phoenix       Red Rock West Dir. John Dahl. With Nicolas Cage, Lara Flynn Boyle, J.T. Walsh       Rising Sun Dir. Philip Kaufman. With Wesley Snipes, Sean Connery, Harvey Keitel       The Saint of Fort Washington Dir. Tim Hunter. With Matt Dillon, Danny Glover       The Secret Garden Dir. Agnieszka Holland. With Kate Maberly, Heydon Prose       Sliver Dir. Phillip Noyce. With Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger       So I Married an Axe Murderer Dir. Thomas Schlamme. With Mike Myers, Nancy Travis       Sommersby Dir. Jon Amiel. With Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Bill Pullman       The Thing Called Love Dir. Peter Bogdanovich. With River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis       Tombstone Dir. George P. Cosmatos. With Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott       Totally F***ed Up Dir. Gregg Araki. With James Duval, Roko Belic, Susan Behshid       Untamed Heart Dir. Tony Bill. With Christian Slater, Marisa Tomei, Rosie Perez
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