Top Ten of 1995: U.S. Releases
World Premieres (Updated) // Original List (Jan 98) // My 1995 Oscar Ballot (Updated)
| 1. | Safe Dir. Todd Haynes. With Julianne Moore, Xander Berkeley, Peter Friedman A |
| 2. | The Bridges of Madison County Dir. Clint Eastwood. With Meryl Streep, Clint Eastwood A |
| 3. | Hyenas Dir. Djibril Diop Mambéty. With Mansour Diouf, Ami Diakhate, Faly Gueye A |
| 4. | Dead Man Walking Dir. Clint Eastwood. With Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn A |
| 5. | Toy Story Dir. John Lasseter. Animated. Voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Wallace Shawn A |
| 6. | Nixon Dir. Oliver Stone. With Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, James Woods, J.T. Walsh A– |
| 7. | I Can't Sleep Dir. Claire Denis. With Richard Courcet, Katerina Golubeva, Alex Descas A– |
| 8. | Babe Dir. Chris Noonan. With James Cromwell, the voice of Christine Cavanaugh A– |
| 9. | Wild Reeds Dir. André Téchiné. With Gaël Morel, Élodie Bouchez, Stéphane Rideau A– |
| 10. | Georgia Dir. Ulu Grosbard. With Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mare Winningham, Max Perlich A– |
Runners-Up (alpha): Before Sunrise, Before the Rain, Exotica, Home for the Holidays,
Leaving Las Vegas, Persuasion, Strange Days
Exemplary Television Miniseries: Pride and Prejudice
Reviews from 1995: U.S. Releases
★ = 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. Grade: B+
★ Nixon Dir. Oliver Stone. With Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, James Woods, J.T. Walsh A–
★ Nixon Dir. Oliver Stone. With Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, James Woods, J.T. Walsh 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–
Before the Rain Dir. Milcho Manchevski. With Grégoire Colin, Rade Serbedzija B+
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+
Frisk Dir. Todd Verow. With Michael Gunther, Raoul O'Connor, Craig Chester D
Leaving Las Vegas Dir. Mike Figgis. With Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian SandsB+
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
Strange Days Dir. Kathryn Bigelow. With Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett A–
Tank Girl Dir. Rachel Talalay. With Lori Petty, Naomi Watts, Malcolm McDowell D+
Unzipped Dir. Douglas Keeve. Documentary about designer Isaac Mizrahi B
While You Were Sleeping Dir. Jon Turtletaub. With Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman 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
Amateur Dir. Hal Hartley. With Martin Donovan, Isabelle Huppert, Elina Löwensohn
The American President Dir. Rob Reiner. With Michael Douglas, Annette Bening
Burnt by the Sun Dir. Nikhita Mikhalkov. With Nikita Mikhalkov, Oleg Menchikov
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
Heat Dir. Michael Mann. With Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Diane Venora
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
The Sum of Us Dirs. Kevin Dowling & Geoff Burton. With Russell Crowe, Jack Thompson
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
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
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