My Top Ten List
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1.  Vanya on 42nd Street Dir. Louis Malle. With Wallace Shawn, Julianne Moore A
2.  Heavenly Creatures Dir. Peter Jackson. With Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet A
3.  Pulp Fiction Dir. Quentin Tarantino. With John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson A–
4.  Natural Born Killers Dir. Oliver Stone. With Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis A–
5.  Through the Olive Trees Dir. Abbas Kiarostami. With Hossein Rezai, Zarifeh Shiva A–
6.  Chungking Express Dir. Wong Kar-wai. With Takeshi Kaneshiro, Brigitte Lin A–
7.  Ed Wood Dir. Tim Burton. With Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker A–
8.  Before the Rain Dir. Milcho Manchevski. With Rade Serbedzija, Grégoire Colin A–
9.  The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl Dir. Ray Müller. Documentary A–
10. Speed Dir. Jan de Bont. With Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock A–
 
Reviews from 1994
★ = Full-Length Review / © = Capsule-Length Review / ★  = Blog Review (New Window)
 
 ★   Blue Sky Dir. Tony Richardson. With Tommy Lee Jones, Jessica Lange B–
★   Bullets over Broadway Dir. Woody Allen. With John Cusack, Chazz Palminteri B+
©   Clerks Dir. Kevin Smith. With Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti C
★   Eat Drink Man Woman Dir. Ang Lee. With Sihung Lung, Chien-lien Wu B
★   Fresh Dir. Boaz Yakin. With Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L. Jackson C
★   Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Dir. Alan Rudolph. With Jennifer Jason Leigh B
★   The River Wild Dir. Curtis Hanson. With Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon C+
★   Vanya on 42nd Street Dir. Louis Malle. With Wallace Shawn, Julianne Moore A

More Grades from 1994
Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade
 
       The Client Dir. Joel Schumacher. With Brad Renfro, Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones C–
      Cremaster 4 Dir. Matthew Barney. With Matthew Barney, Sharon Marvel, Colette Guimond B+
      Little Women Dir. Gillian Armstrong. With Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Claire Danes B+
      Nell Dir. Michael Apted. With Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson D+
      Tom & Viv Dir. Brian Gilbert. With Willem Dafoe, Miranda Richardson, Rosemary Harris D+
 
Also from 1994
The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain
 
 Fetching
      Death and the Maiden Dir. Roman Polanski. With Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley
      Heart of Darkness Dir. Nicolas Roeg. TV Movie. With Tim Roth, John Malkovich
      The Last Seduction Dir. John Dahl. With Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, Bill Pullman
      Nobody's Fool Dir. Robert Benton. With Paul Newman, Melanie Griffith, Dylan Walsh
      Queen Margot Dir. Patrice Chéreau. With Isabelle Adjani, Vincent Pérez, Daniel Auteuil
      Reality Bites Dir. Ben Stiller. With Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller
      Spanking the Monkey Dir. David O. Russell. With Jeremy Davies, Alberta Watson
      Three Colors: White Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. With Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy
      What Happened Was... Dir. Tom Noonan. With Karen Sillas, Tom Noonan
      Wolf Dir. Mike Nichols. With Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader
 
 Fair
      Amateur Dir. Hal Hartley. With Martin Donovan, Isabelle Huppert, Elina Löwensohn
      The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Dir. Stephan Elliott. With Terence Stamp
      Barcelona Dir. Whit Stillman. With Taylor Nichols, Chris Eigeman, Tushka Bergen
      Blink Dir. Michael Apted. With Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, Laurie Metcalf
      Burnt by the Sun Dir. Nikhita Mikhalkov. With Nikita Mikhalkov, Oleg Menchikov
      The Crow Dir. Alex Proyas. With Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Ernie Hudson
      Four Weddings and a Funeral Dir. Mike Newell. With Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell
      Go Fish Dir. Rose Troche. With Guienevere Turner, V.S. Brodie, T. Wendy McMillan
      Interview with the Vampire Dir. Neil Jordan. With Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Kirsten Dunst
      Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Dir. Kenneth Branagh. With Kenneth Branagh, Robert De Niro
      The New Age Dir. Michael Tolkin. With Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Paula Marshall
      Quiz Show Dir. Robert Redford. With Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro, Rob Morrow
      Serial Mom Dir. John Waters. With Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake
      The Shawshank Redemption Dir. Frank Darabont. With Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman
      Three Colors: Red Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. With Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant
      Threesome Dir. Andrew Fleming. With Josh Charles, Lara Flynn Boyle, Stephen Baldwin
      Trevor Dir. Peggy Rajski. With Brett Barsky, Jonah Rooney, Judy Kain
 
 Feh
      The Cowboy Way Dir. Gregg Champion. With Woody Harrelson, Kiefer Sutherland
      Dream Lover Dir. Nicholas Kazan. With James Spader, Mädchen Amick, Bess Armstrong
      Forrest Gump Dir. Robert Zemeckis. With Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise
      The Hudsucker Proxy Dir. Joel Coen. With Tim Robbins, Paul Newman
      Immortal Beloved Dir. Bernard Rose. With Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbé, Johanna Ter Steege
      The Lion King Dirs. Rob Minkoff & Roger Allers. Animated. Voice of Matthew Broderick
      The Madness of King George Dir. Nicholas Hytner. With Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren
      Naked in New York Dir. Daniel Algrant. With Eric Stoltz, Mary-Louise Parker, Ralph Macchio
      Romeo Is Bleeding Dir. Peter Medak. With Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Juliette Lewis
      Speechless Dir. Ron Underwood. With Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Christopher Reeve
      The Sum of Us Dirs. Kevin Dowling & Geoff Burton. With Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe
      True Lies Dir. James Cameron. With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis
 
 Flotsam
      The Chase Dir. Adam Rifkin. With Charlie Sheen, Kristy Swanson, Henry Rollins Jr.
      China Moon Dir. John Bailey. With Ed Harris, Madeleine Stowe, Benicio del Toro
      The Mask Dir. Charles Russell. With Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Greene
      The Natural History of Parking Lots Dir. Everett Lewis. With Charlie Bean, b. Wyatt
      Scorned Dir. Andrew Stevens. With Shannon Tweed, Andrew Stevens

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