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The Best Movies of 1991 - Original Release   (114 Most Notable)

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 RATING    TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 1 for 1991, # 38 Overall Raise the Red Lantern 1991 Zhang, Yimou China / Hong Kong / Taiwan DS
# 2 for 1991, # 63 Overall The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Demme, Jonathan USA DBOPS
# 3 for 1991, # 232 Overall Thelma & Louise 1991 Scott, Ridley USA DBS
# 4 for 1991, # 337 Overall Beauty and the Beast 1991 Trousdale, Gary / Wise, Kirk USA DBS
# 5 for 1991, # 430 Overall The Double Life of Véronique 1991 Kieslowski, Krzysztof France / Poland / Norway DBS
# 6 for 1991, # 475 Overall Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 Cameron, James France / USA DBOPS
# 7 for 1991, # 478 Overall Boyz N the Hood 1991 Singleton, John USA YBO
# 8 for 1991, # 485 Overall La Belle Noiseuse 1991 Rivette, Jacques France / Switzerland Y
# 9 for 1991, # 511 Overall Delicatessen 1991 Caro, Marc / Jeunet, Jean-Pierre France DB
# 10 for 1991, # 537 Overall JFK 1991 Stone, Oliver USA / France DBOPS
# 11 for 1991, # 924 Overall My Own Private Idaho 1991 Van Sant, Gus USA Y
# 12 for 1991, # 995 Overall Barton Fink 1991 Coen, Joel / Coen, Ethan USA / UK DOP
# 13 for 1991, # 1096 Overall Bugsy 1991 Levinson, Barry USA DS
# 14 for 1991, # 1099 Overall A Brighter Summer Day 1991 Yang, Edward Taiwan
# 15 for 1991, # 1212 Overall Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 1991 Bahr, Fax / Hickenlooper, George / Coppola, Eleanor USA D
# 16 for 1991, # 1260 Overall Black Robe 1991 Beresford, Bruce Canada / Australia YOPS
# 17 for 1991, # 1340 Overall Close to Eden 1991 Mikhalkov, Nikita France / Soviet Union Y
# 18 for 1991, # 1367 Overall The Rapture 1991 Tolkin, Michael USA Y
# 19 for 1991, # 1455 Overall Once Upon a Time in China 1991 Tsui, Hark Hong Kong D
# 20 for 1991, # 1465 Overall The Lovers on the Bridge 1991 Carax, Leos France Y
# 21 for 1991, # 1495 Overall The Fisher King 1991 Gilliam, Terry USA DBO
# 22 for 1991, # 1648 Overall Days of Being Wild 1991 Wong, Kar Wai Hong Kong Y
# 23 for 1991, # 1652 Overall A Brief History of Time 1991 Morris, Errol UK / Japan / USA Y
# 24 for 1991, # 1691 Overall Naked Lunch 1991 Cronenberg, David Canada / UK / Japan YS
# 25 for 1991, # 1706 Overall Jacquot de Nantes 1991 Varda, Agnès France
# 26 for 1991, # 1734 Overall The Adjuster 1991 Egoyan, Atom Canada Y
# 27 for 1991, # 1738 Overall City Slickers 1991 Underwood, Ron USA YBOP
# 28 for 1991, # 1755 Overall Slacker 1991 Linklater, Richard USA D
# 29 for 1991, # 1782 Overall The Commitments 1991 Parker, Alan Ireland / UK / USA Y
# 30 for 1991, # 1799 Overall A Woman's Tale 1991 Cox, Paul Australia Y
# 31 for 1991, # 1823 Overall Tous les matins du monde 1991 Corneau, Alain France DS
# 32 for 1991, # 1858 Overall Prospero's Books 1991 Greenaway, Peter France / Italy / Netherlands / UK / Japan Y
# 33 for 1991, # 1871 Overall City of Hope 1991 Sayles, John USA
# 34 for 1991, # 1872 Overall The Prince of Tides 1991 Streisand, Barbra USA DOS
# 35 for 1991, # 1875 Overall Rambling Rose 1991 Coolidge, Martha USA YOS
# 36 for 1991, # 1888 Overall Toto the Hero 1991 van Dormael, Jaco France / Belgium / Germany Y
# 37 for 1991, # 1990 Overall Proof 1991 Moorhouse, Jocelyn Australia D
# 38 for 1991, # 2030 Overall Grand Canyon 1991 Kasdan, Lawrence USA DBS
# 39 for 1991, # 2045 Overall Europa 1991 von Trier, Lars Denmark / Sweden / France / Germany / Switzerland D
# 40 for 1991, # 2059 Overall 35 Up 1991 Apted, Michael UK D
# 41 for 1991, # 2101 Overall Edward II 1991 Jarman, Derek UK DOP
# 42 for 1991, # 2140 Overall Point Break 1991 Bigelow, Kathryn USA DBS
# 43 for 1991, # 2155 Overall Cape Fear 1991 Scorsese, Martin USA DBS
# 44 for 1991, # 2195 Overall Into the Woods 1991 Lapine, James USA DS
# 45 for 1991, # 2198 Overall Mediterraneo 1991 Salvatores, Gabriele Italy Y
# 46 for 1991, # 2215 Overall Night and Day 1991 Akerman, Chantal France / Belgium / Switzerland Y
# 47 for 1991, # 2225 Overall L.A. Story 1991 Jackson, Mick USA DO
# 48 for 1991, # 2227 Overall Fried Green Tomatoes 1991 Avnet, Jon USA DO
# 49 for 1991, # 2244 Overall Homicide 1991 Mamet, David USA D
# 50 for 1991, # 2245 Overall Dogfight 1991 Savoca, Nancy USA D
# 50 for 1991, # 2245 Overall Impromptu 1991 Lapine, James UK / France DOP
# 50 for 1991, # 2245 Overall Lovers 1991 Aranda, Vicente Spain
# 50 for 1991, # 2245 Overall Paris Trout 1991 Gyllenhaal, Stephen USA
# 51 for 1991, # 2249 Overall Defending Your Life 1991 Brooks, Albert USA DOP
# 51 for 1991, # 2249 Overall Flirting 1991 Duigan, John Australia Y
# 52 for 1991, # 2264 Overall Jungle Fever 1991 Lee, Spike USA Y
# 53 for 1991, # 2266 Overall The Man in the Moon 1991 Mulligan, Robert USA DOPS
# 54 for 1991, # 2268 Overall Mississippi Masala 1991 Nair, Mira UK / USA Y
# 55 for 1991, # 2280 Overall Dead Again 1991 Branagh, Kenneth USA YOP
# 56 for 1991, # 2311 Overall Hear My Song 1991 Chelsom, Peter Ireland / UK S
# 57 for 1991, # 2363 Overall Daughters of the Dust 1991 Dash, Julie USA Y
# 58 for 1991, # 2372 Overall Life and Nothing More... 1991 Kiarostami, Abbas Iran Y
# 59 for 1991, # 2378 Overall Close My Eyes 1991 Poliakoff, Stephen UK Y
# 59 for 1991, # 2378 Overall Hangin' with the Homeboys 1991 Vasquez, Joseph B. USA Y
# 59 for 1991, # 2378 Overall Highway Patrolman 1991 Cox, Alex USA / Mexico Y
# 59 for 1991, # 2378 Overall The Hours and Times 1991 Münch, Christopher USA Y
# 59 for 1991, # 2378 Overall La Cabale des oursins 1991 Moullet, Luc France
# 59 for 1991, # 2378 Overall Rhapsody in August 1991 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
# 60 for 1991, # 2387 Overall Children of Nature 1991 Friðriksson, Friðrik Þór Germany / Iceland / Norway Y
# 60 for 1991, # 2387 Overall The Elementary School 1991 Sverák, Jan Czechoslovakia Y
# 60 for 1991, # 2387 Overall The Ox 1991 Nykvist, Sven Sweden / Norway / Denmark Y
# 61 for 1991, # 2390 Overall Allemagne 90 neuf zéro 1991 Godard, Jean-Luc France
# 61 for 1991, # 2390 Overall Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein 1991 Herzog, Werner Canada / Germany / France / Belgium
# 61 for 1991, # 2390 Overall Chatarra 1991 Rotaeta, Félix Spain
# 61 for 1991, # 2390 Overall A Divina Comédia 1991 de Oliveira, Manoel Portugal / France / Switzerland
# 61 for 1991, # 2390 Overall Ferdydurke 1991 Skolimowski, Jerzy Poland
# 61 for 1991, # 2390 Overall Gizli yüz 1991 Kavur, Ömer Turkey
# 61 for 1991, # 2390 Overall Il Muro di gomma 1991 Risi, Marco Italy
# 61 for 1991, # 2390 Overall J'entends plus la guitare 1991 Garrel, Philippe France
# 61 for 1991, # 2390 Overall Jeszcze tylko ten las 1991 Lomnicki, Jan Poland
# 61 for 1991, # 2390 Overall La Plage des enfants perdus 1991 Ferhati, Jillali Morocco
# 61 for 1991, # 2390 Overall L'Amore necessario 1991 Carpi, Fabio Italy / France
# 61 for 1991, # 2390 Overall Meeting Venus 1991 Szabó, István UK / Japan / USA Y
# 61 for 1991, # 2390 Overall Una Storia semplice 1991 Greco, Emidio Italy
# 62 for 1991, # 2391 Overall Frankie and Johnny 1991 Marshall, Garry USA YOP
# 63 for 1991, # 2394 Overall At the Max 1991 Kroitor, Roman / Douglas, David / Strand, Christine / Temple, Julien / Archambault, Noel Ireland / Canada / USA V
# 64 for 1991, # 2400 Overall High Heels 1991 Almodóvar, Pedro Spain / France Y
# 64 for 1991, # 2400 Overall Lost in Siberia 1991 Mitta, Aleksandr Soviet Union / UK
# 64 for 1991, # 2400 Overall Madame Bovary 1991 Chabrol, Claude France D
# 65 for 1991, # 2406 Overall Finding Christa 1991 Billops, Camille / Hatch, James USA
# 65 for 1991, # 2406 Overall Poison 1991 Haynes, Todd USA Y
# 66 for 1991, # 2410 Overall Hors la Vie 1991 Bagdadi, Maroun Belgium / France / Italy
# 67 for 1991, # 2411 Overall At Play in the Fields of the Lord 1991 Babenco, Hector USA S
# 67 for 1991, # 2411 Overall Bright Angel 1991 Fields, Michael USA
# 67 for 1991, # 2411 Overall The Doctor 1991 Haines, Randa USA DOP
# 67 for 1991, # 2411 Overall Guilty by Suspicion 1991 Winkler, Irwin France / USA DOS
# 67 for 1991, # 2411 Overall The Hard Way 1991 Badham, John USA DO
# 67 for 1991, # 2411 Overall Let Him Have It 1991 Medak, Peter France / UK / Netherlands D
# 67 for 1991, # 2411 Overall Little Man Tate 1991 Foster, Jodie USA DS
# 67 for 1991, # 2411 Overall My Girl 1991 Zieff, Howard USA DOPS
# 67 for 1991, # 2411 Overall New Jack City 1991 Van Peebles, Mario USA DOPS
# 67 for 1991, # 2411 Overall The Object of Beauty 1991 Lindsay-Hogg, Michael UK / USA DOP
# 67 for 1991, # 2411 Overall Once Around 1991 Hallström, Lasse USA DS
# 67 for 1991, # 2411 Overall Other People's Money 1991 Jewison, Norman USA D
# 67 for 1991, # 2411 Overall Soapdish 1991 Hoffman, Michael USA DOS
# 67 for 1991, # 2411 Overall Truth or Dare 1991 Keshishian, Alek USA
# 68 for 1991, # 2414 Overall The Grocer's Wife 1991 Pozer, John Canada
# 69 for 1991, # 2436 Overall Cabeza de vaca 1991 Echevarría, Nicolás Mexico / Spain / USA / UK Y
# 69 for 1991, # 2436 Overall A Idade Maior 1991 Villaverde, Teresa Portugal / Germany
# 69 for 1991, # 2436 Overall Night of the Hunter 1991 Greene, David USA
# 69 for 1991, # 2436 Overall Surprise, Surprise 1991 Budgen, Frank UK
# 69 for 1991, # 2436 Overall Van Gogh 1991 Pialat, Maurice France D
NR Hook 1991 Spielberg, Steven USA DBOS
NR Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 1991 Reynolds, Kevin USA DBOPS
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V   VHS
Y   Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
B   Blu-ray Disc
O   On Demand Video Download
P   Preview Trailer
S   Soundtrack
 
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