My Original Top Ten List
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1.  Nixon Dir. Oliver Stone. With Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, James Woods A– (★)
2.  The Bridges of Madison County Dir. Clint Eastwood. With Meryl Streep, Clint Eastwood A
3.  Dead Man Walking Dir. Clint Eastwood. With Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn A–
4.  Babe Dir. Chris Noonan. With James Cromwell, the voice of Christine Cavanaugh A–
5.  Wild Reeds Dir. André Téchiné. With Gaël Morel, Élodie Bouchez, Stéphane Rideau A–
6.  Toy Story Dir. John Lasseter. Animated. Voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Wallace Shawn A
7.  Leaving Las Vegas Dir. Mike Figgis. With Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands B+
8.  Strange Days Dir. Kathryn Bigelow. With Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis A–
9.  Safe Dir. Todd Haynes. With Julianne Moore, Xander Berkeley, Peter Friedman A
10. Georgia Dir. Ulu Grosbard. With Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mare Winningham A–
 

Reviews from 1995
★ = Full-Length Review / © = Capsule-Length Review / ★  = Blog Review (New Window)
 
★   The Addiction Dir. Abel Ferrera. With Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra B
★   Babe Dir. Chris Noonan. With James Cromwell, voice of Christine Cavanaugh A–
★   Braveheart Dir. Mel Gibson. With Mel Gibson, Patrick McGoohan, Sophie Marceau C–
★   Home for the Holidays Dir. Jodie Foster. With Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr. B+
★   Nixon Dir. Oliver Stone. With Anthony Hopkins, James Woods, Joan Allen A–
★   Nixon Dir. Oliver Stone. With Anthony Hopkins, James Woods, Joan Allen A–

More Grades from 1995
Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade
 
      Before Sunrise Dir. Richard Linklater. With Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy A–
      Butterflies on the Scaffold Dirs. Margaret Gilpin & Luis Felipe Bernaza. Documentary B
      Casino Dir. Martin Scorsese. With Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Sharon Stone C+
      Dolores Claiborne Dir. Taylor Hackford. With Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh C+
      The Flower of My Secret Dir. Pedro Almodóvar. With Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove B
      Frisk Dir. Todd Verow. With Michael Gunther, Raoul O'Connor, Craig Chester D
      I Can't Sleep Dir. Claire Denis. With Richard Courcet, Katerina Golubeva B+
      Mighty Aphrodite Dir. Woody Allen. With Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino C+
      Se7en Dir. David Fincher. With Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow B+
      Showgirls Dir. Paul Verhoeven. With Elizabeth Berkley, Gina Gershon, Kyle MacLachlan D
      Tank Girl Dir. Rachel Talalay. With Lori Petty, Naomi Watts, Malcolm McDowell D+
      Unzipped Dir. Douglas Keeve. Documentary about designer Isaac Mizrahi B

Also from 1995
The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain
 
Fetching
      12 Monkeys Dir. Terry Gilliam. With Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Madeleine Stowe
      Apollo 13 Dir. Ron Howard. With Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Ed Harris
      Carrington Dir. Christopher Hampton. With Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce
      A Close Shave Dir. Nick Park. Animated. Voices of Peter Sallis, Anne Reid
      Exotica Dir. Atom Egoyan. With Bruce Greenwood, Don McKellar, Elias Koteas, Mia Kirshner
      Persuasion Dir. Roger Michell. With Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Sophie Thompson
      Pride and Prejudice Dir. Simon Langton. TV Miniseries. With Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth
      Rob Roy Dir. Michael Caton-Jones. With Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz
      Sense and Sensibility Dir. Ang Lee. With Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman
 
Fair
      The American President Dir. Rob Reiner. With Michael Douglas, Annette Bening
      Circle of Friends Dir. Pat O'Connor. With Minnie Driver, Chris O'Donnell, Saffron Burrows
      Clueless Dir. Amy Heckerling. With Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Stacey Dash
      Copycat Dir. Jon Amiel. With Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney
      Get Shorty Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld. With John Travolta, Gene Hackman, René Russo
      Hate (La haine) Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz. With Vincent Cassel, Saïd Taghmaoui
      Heat Dir. Michael Mann. With Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Diane Venora
      Institute Benjaminta Dirs. The Brothers Quay. With Mark Rylance, Alice Krige
      Kiss of Death Dir. Barbet Schroeder. With David Caruso, Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson
      Losing Isaiah Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal. With Jessica Lange, Halle Berry, David Strathairn
      Mr. Holland's Opus Dir. Stephen Herek. With Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas
      Muriel's Wedding Dir. P.J. Hogan. With Toni Collette, Bill Hunter, Rachel Griffiths
      Party Girl Dir. Daisy von Scherler Mayer. With Parker Posey, Omar Townsend, Guillermo Díaz
      Il Postino (The Postman) Dir. Michael Radford. With Massimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret
      Priest Dir. Antonia Bird. With Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Lesley Sharp, Cathy Tyson
      Richard III Dir. Richard Loncraine. With Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent
      Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story TV Movie. Dir. Jeff Bleckner
      Species Dir. Roger Donaldson. With Natasha Henstridge, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen
      A Streetcar Named Desire TV Movie. Dir. Glenn Jordan. With Jessica Lange, Alec Baldwin
      To Die For Dir. Gus Van Sant. With Nicole Kidman, Joaquin Phoenix, Alison Folland
      Waiting to Exhale Dir. Forest Whitaker. With Angela Bassett, Whitney Houston
      While You Were Sleeping Dir. Jon Turtletaub. With Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman
 
Feh
      Billy Madison Dir. Tamra Davis. With Adam Sandler, Bridgette Wilson, Darren McGavin
      The Brady Bunch Movie Dir. Betty Thomas. With Gary Cole, Shelley Long, Christine Taylor
      The Crossing Guard Dir. Sean Penn. With Jack Nicholson, David Morse, Anjelica Huston
      Devil in a Blue Dress Dir. Carl Franklin. With Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Don Cheadle
      Fallen Angels Dir. Wong Kar-wai. With Leon Lai, Michele Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro
      How to Make an American Quilt Dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse. With Winona Ryder, Ellen Burstyn
      Jeffrey Dir. Christopher Ashley. With Steven Weber, Michael T. Weiss, Patrick Stewart
      Just Cause Dir. Arne Glimcher. With Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Blair Underwood
      Mallrats Dir. Kevin Smith. With Jeremy London, Jason Lee, Shannen Doherty, Claire Forlani
      Othello Dir. Oliver Parker. With Laurence Fishburne, Kenneth Branagh, Irène Jacob
      Outbreak Dir. Wolfgang Petersen. With Dustin Hoffman, René Russo, Morgan Freeman
      The Piano Lesson Dir. Lloyd Richards. TV Movie. With Charles S. Dutton, Alfre Woodard
      Sister My Sister Dir. Nancy Meckler. With Joely Richardson, Jodhi May, Julie Walters
      Something to Talk About Dir. Lasse Hallström. With Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid
      To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar Dir. Beeban Kidron
      The Usual Suspects Dir. Bryan Singer. With Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Spacey,
      When Night Is Falling Dir. Patricia Rozema. With Pascale Bussières, Rachael Crawford
 
Flotsam
      Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Dir. Steve Oedekerk. With Jim Carrey, Simon Calllow
      The Basketball Diaries Dir. Scott Kalvert. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg
      Jumanji Dir. Joe Johnston. With Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce
      Little Odessa Dir. James Gray. With Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Maximilian Schell
      Living in Oblivion Dir. Tom DiCillo. With Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney
      Nine Months Dir. Chris Columbus. With Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold, Joan Cusack
      The Scarlet Letter Dir. Roland Joffé. With Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall
      Total Eclipse Dir. Agnieszka Holland. With Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis
      Virtuosity Dir. Brett Leonard. With Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Kelly Lynch
      Waterworld Dir. Kevin Reynolds. With Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino

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