1991
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1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Votes: 1,549,008 | Gross: $130.74M
*[BEST PICTURE]* *Top Rated Movies* ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE -- Anthony Hopkins ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE -- Jodie Foster DIRECTING -- Jonathan Demme BEST PICTURE -- Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt and Ron Bozman, Producers WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) -- Ted Tally
2. JFK (1991)
R | 189 min | Drama, History, Thriller
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
Votes: 169,984 | Gross: $70.41M
BEST PICTURE CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Robert Richardson FILM EDITING -- Joe Hutshing, Pietro Scalia
3. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
G | 84 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.
Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Stars: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jesse Corti, Rex Everhart
Votes: 479,810 | Gross: $218.97M
BEST PICTURE MUSIC (Original Score) -- Alan Menken MUSIC (Original Song) -- "Beauty And The Beast," Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
4. Bugsy (1991)
R | 136 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of how Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel started Las Vegas.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 31,005 | Gross: $49.11M
BEST PICTURE ART DIRECTION -- Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh COSTUME DESIGN -- Albert Wolsky
5. The Prince of Tides (1991)
R | 132 min | Drama, Romance
A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.
Director: Barbra Streisand | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Nick Nolte, Blythe Danner, Kate Nelligan
Votes: 19,749 | Gross: $74.79M
BEST PICTURE Nominated for 7 Oscars.
6. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick
Votes: 1,174,672 | Gross: $204.84M
*Top Rated Movies* MAKEUP -- Stan Winston, Jeff Dawn SOUND -- Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Lee Orloff SOUND EFFECTS EDITING -- Gary Rydstrom, Gloria S. Borders VISUAL EFFECTS -- Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren, Jr., Robert Skotak
7. The Fisher King (1991)
R | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Adam Bryant, Paul Lombardi
Votes: 90,900 | Gross: $41.90M
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Mercedes Ruehl
8. Thelma & Louise (1991)
R | 130 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Two best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two women escape for the crimes they committed.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen
Votes: 173,297 | Gross: $45.36M
WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) -- Callie Khouri
9. Mediterraneo (1991)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war.
Director: Gabriele Salvatores | Stars: Diego Abatantuono, Claudio Bigagli, Giuseppe Cederna, Claudio Bisio
Votes: 16,426 | Gross: $4.53M
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM -- Italy
10. City Slickers (1991)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Western
On the verge of turning 40, an unhappy Manhattan yuppie is roped into joining his two friends on a cattle drive in the southwest.
Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Billy Crystal, Jack Palance, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby
Votes: 63,096 | Gross: $124.03M
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Jack Palance
11. Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment (1991)
27 min | Documentary, Short
This 1991 Academy Award®-winning documentary uncovers the disastrous health and environmental side effects caused by the production of nuclear materials by the General Electric Corporation.
Director: Debra Chasnoff
Votes: 93
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) -- Debra Chasnoff, Producer
12. In the Shadow of the Stars (1991)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, this film is a hilarious and affectionate look at the path to stardom inside the competitive world of opera.
Directors: Allie Light, Irving Saraf | Star: William S. Jones
Votes: 210
DOCUMENTARY (Feature) -- Allie Light and Irving Saraf, Producers
13. Manipulation (1991)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A discarded cartoon character and some spilt ink combine and interact as if the cartoonist had drawn their actions. Discovering them, the cartoonist then joins in the interaction.
Director: Daniel Greaves
Votes: 627
SHORT FILM (Animated) -- Daniel Greaves
14. Session Man (1991)
31 min | Short, Drama, Music
Classic hard rock band Raging Kings is making a new record. Talented session guitarist McQueen is called in to replace their disgruntled band member for one recording session. Could this be his one shot at success?
Director: Seth Winston | Stars: Ricardo Aguilar, Erich Anderson, Teresa Crespo Hartendorp, Greg De Belles
Votes: 266
SHORT FILM (Live Action) -- Seth Winston, Rob Fried
15. Hook (1991)
PG | 142 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When Captain James Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins
Votes: 273,336 | Gross: $119.65M
Nominated for 5 Oscars.
16. Days of Waiting (1991)
28 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
The story of Estelle Ishigo, one of the few whites interned with Japanese Americans during World War II. The wife of a Japanese American, Ishigo refused to be separated from her husband and... See full summary »
Director: Steven Okazaki | Stars: Estelle Peck Ishigo, Lynn O'Donnell, Dorothy Stroup
Votes: 94
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) -- Steven Okazaki, Producer
17. Backdraft (1991)
R | 137 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these crimes.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 87,885 | Gross: $77.87M
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
18. Cape Fear (1991)
R | 128 min | Crime, Thriller
A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis
Votes: 216,789 | Gross: $79.10M
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
19. Barton Fink (1991)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner
Votes: 129,005 | Gross: $6.15M
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
20. Enchanted April (1991)
PG | 95 min | Drama
Four English women, after World War I, who are unhappy with their lives, and their time away on vacation in a beautiful Italian villa.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Alfred Molina, Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson, Polly Walker
Votes: 7,137 | Gross: $13.20M
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
21. Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama
Evelyn, an ordinary housewife, visits a nursing home and befriends the old lady Ninny. Together, they bond over stories from the past about two intrepid women of Whistle Stop Cafe.
Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 83,699 | Gross: $82.42M
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
22. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama
Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.
Director: John Singleton | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Hudhail Al-Amir, Lloyd Avery II
Votes: 154,721 | Gross: $57.50M
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
23. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan
Votes: 80,917 | Gross: $74.89M
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
24. Close to Eden (1991)
PG | 119 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A curious friendship develops between Gombo, a young Mongolian shepherd living with his wife and family in a hut, deep in the wilderness of the steppes, and Sergei, a Russian worker whose truck breaks down not far from Gombo's hut.
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Badema, Bayaertu, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Baoyinhexige
Votes: 3,845
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
25. Rambling Rose (1991)
R | 112 min | Drama
A young woman who exudes sexuality battles temptation.
Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Laura Dern, Robert Duvall, Diane Ladd, Lukas Haas
Votes: 5,461 | Gross: $6.27M
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
26. The Sandman (1991)
10 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Upstairs, in the moonlit and empty room, a little boy scared of the dancing shadows, encounters a figment of his vivid imagination: the horrible Sandman.
Director: Paul Berry
Votes: 1,535
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
27. The Addams Family (1991)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Con artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Hedaya
Votes: 180,041 | Gross: $113.50M
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
28. Words, Words, Words (1991)
10 min | Animation, Short
In a noisy bar crammed with people, the remarkably diverse clientele interacts with each other through a series of lively bubbles. Words can be rich and emotional, or sharp and pitilessly accurate; but, what would man be without them?
Director: Michaela Pavlátová
Votes: 339
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
29. Children of Nature (1991)
82 min | Drama, Romance
Old Thorgeir must leave his home far off in the Icelandic 'countryside' and move into a home for senior citizens in Reykjavik. There he meets an old friend from his childhood, Stella. ... See full summary »
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Gísli Halldórsson, Sigríður Hagalín, Baldvin Halldórsson, Björn Karlsson
Votes: 1,599
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
30. The Commitments (1991)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Votes: 38,811 | Gross: $14.92M
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
31. The Elementary School (1991)
100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined that their teacher quits and is ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Sverák | Stars: Jan Tríska, Zdenek Sverák, Libuse Safránková, Rudolf Hrusínský
Votes: 3,235
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
32. For the Boys (1991)
R | 138 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Talented USO entertainer Dixie Leonard and comedian Eddie Sparks deal with their relationship over the course of 5 decades from World War II to the Vietnam War era to their twilight era in the 90's.
Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Bette Midler, James Caan, George Segal, Patrick O'Neal
Votes: 6,072 | Gross: $17.86M
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
33. Grand Canyon (1991)
R | 134 min | Crime, Drama
The fates of several people are randomly intertwining. Their sympathy of each other faces multiple differences in their lifestyles.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Steve Martin, Mary McDonnell
Votes: 16,713 | Gross: $33.24M
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
34. Madame Bovary (1991)
PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Romance
In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire marries a dull country doctor. To escape boredom, she throws herself into love affairs with a suave local landowner and a law student, and runs up ruinous debts.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy, Jean Yanne
Votes: 4,484 | Gross: $1.94M
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
35. The Ox (1991)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
Swedish pauper's family is starving. In desperation, he steals his lord's ox. He hopes that the crime will not be revealed, but it happens.
Director: Sven Nykvist | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Ewa Fröling, Erland Josephson, Max von Sydow
Votes: 1,017
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
36. Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
PG | 125 min | Drama, Romance
China in the 1920s. After her father's death, Songlian is forced to marry the wealthy Master Chen. With three wives already, each living in a separate house, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Gong Li, Jingwu Ma, Saifei He, Cuifen Cao
Votes: 35,363 | Gross: $2.60M
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
37. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Robin Hood decides to fight back as an outlaw when faced with the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham.
Director: Kevin Reynolds | Stars: Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Christian Slater
Votes: 208,472 | Gross: $165.50M
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
38. Birch Street Gym (1991)
25 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A group of elderly retirees join a boxing gym, and rediscover their self-worth as they repudiate expectations that they're too old to lead vigorous lives. Jack is particularly relieved to ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Kessler | Stars: Joe Alfasa, Jack Anker, Willie Armstrong, Monty Ash
Votes: 44
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
39. Chasseurs des ténèbres (1991)
26 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Alain Majani d'Inguimbert, Eric Valli
Votes: 22
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
40. Blackfly (1991)
5 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
A young surveyor, new to northern Ontario, encounters the black flies. Over and over again, he encounters those black flies.
Director: Christopher Hinton | Star: Wade Hemsworth
Votes: 621
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
41. Death on the Job (1991)
49 min | Documentary
A revealing look at how workers' safety is being compromised with tragic results.
Directors: Vince DiPersio, Bill Guttentag | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Carol Arce, Phil Bell, Ron Bell
Votes: 46
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
42. Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House (1991)
60 min | Documentary
America Undercover offers an inside look at the maximum-security federal penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. It examines the difficulties of life in the prison and talks to prisoners ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Raymond | Star: Alan Raymond
Votes: 70
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
43. Last Breeze of Summer (1991)
30 min | Drama, Short
This is a coming of age story about a young black girl. Lizzy Davis, a school Principal, reminisces about her adolescence in Ranford, Texas in 1957. As a result of the Supreme Court ... See full summary »
Director: Arik Caspi | Stars: Dave Bean, Julian Doster, Starletta DuPois, Bill Feeney
Votes: 40
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
44. A Little Vicious (1991)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Bandit, a Connecticut house dog with ties to the Pit Bull family, is condemned to death for biting an agressive neighbor and then his own remorseful master. But when the late great ... See full summary »
Director: Immy Humes | Star: Kevin Bacon
Votes: 55
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
45. Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers (1991)
19 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Bill Couturié | Stars: Leo Downey, Robert Hegyes, Bill Irwin, Val Kilmer
Votes: 30
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
46. Strings (1991)
10 min | Animation, Short
This film explores the distant relationship between an elderly amateur musician, the woman who lives in the apartment above him and the leaky bathtub that is bothering them both.
Director: Wendy Tilby
Votes: 301
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
47. Wild by Law (1991)
52 min | Documentary
This Oscar nominated short documentary presents the inspiring and real life story of the pioneers of environmental protection in America, their contributions to the cause of saving ... See full summary »
Directors: Diane Garey, Lawrence R. Hott | Stars: Linda Hunt, Ralph Waite, Richard B. Shull, Peter Haydu
Votes: 31
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
48. Dear Rosie (1991)
11 min | Short, Comedy
Rosie becomes a best-selling author after the publication of her diet tips, but the success comes at a price.
Director: Peter Cattaneo | Stars: Fiona Victory, Terence Wilton, Remy Beard, Roger Hammond
Votes: 59
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
49. Bronx Cheers (1991)
30 min | Short, Sport
Danny returns to the Bronx after serving in WWII. He dreams of becoming a songwriter and instead gets sidetracked by an aging boxer tired of taking dives. After an ingenious ploy, both friends get exactly what they dreamed for.
Director: Raymond De Felitta | Stars: Macka Foley, Jolene Rae Harrington, Cathy McAuley, Sean Stanek
Votes: 59
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
50. The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster (1991 Video)
88 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Every super hero has his nemesis - and this time Flash has that murderous mischief maker the Trickster (Hamill).
Director: Danny Bilson | Stars: John Wesley Shipp, Amanda Pays, Alex Désert, Mark Hamill
Votes: 1,155
51. The Last Boy Scout (1991)
R | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A private detective's protected female witness is murdered, prompting him and the victim's boyfriend to investigate the crime that leads to a corrupt politician and a crooked football team owner.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham
Votes: 112,100 | Gross: $59.51M
52. Naked Lunch (1991)
R | 115 min | Drama, Mystery
After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands
Votes: 56,691 | Gross: $2.54M
53. Critters 3 (1991)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The tiny fur ball aliens that will eat anything or anyone set their sights on a Los Angeles apartment tower.
Director: Kristine Peterson | Stars: John Calvin, Aimee Brooks, Christian Cousins, Joseph Cousins
Votes: 13,241
54. My Girl (1991)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. When Vada's father hires Shelly, a makeup expert, and begins to fall in love, Vada is outraged and does everything in her power to split them up.
Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis
Votes: 88,949 | Gross: $59.85M
55. Child's Play 3 (1991)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
Chucky returns for revenge against Andy, the young boy who defeated him, and now a teenager living in a military academy.
Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Justin Whalin, Perrey Reeves, Jeremy Sylvers, Travis Fine
Votes: 46,204 | Gross: $14.96M
56. Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
R | 79 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two L.A. cops with opposing views on what is the best way to uphold the law have to work together to bring down the Yakuza, while trying to protect a beautiful woman.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tia Carrere
Votes: 20,726 | Gross: $2.28M
57. Bingo (1991)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A runaway circus dog befriends a young boy who has trouble fitting in with his friends.
Director: Matthew Robbins | Stars: Cindy Williams, David Rasche, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., David French
Votes: 3,123 | Gross: $8.67M
58. Hot Shots! (1991)
PG-13 | 85 min | Action, Comedy
A parody of Top Gun (1986) in which a talented but unstable fighter pilot must overcome the ghosts of his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers.
Director: Jim Abrahams | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 116,677 | Gross: $69.47M
59. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
PG | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A tyrant from the future creates evil android doubles of Bill and Ted and sends them back to eliminate the originals.
Director: Peter Hewitt | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler, Joss Ackland
Votes: 81,084 | Gross: $38.04M
60. Point Break (1991)
R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An F.B.I. Agent goes undercover to catch a gang of surfers who may be bank robbers.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty
Votes: 202,420 | Gross: $43.22M
61. Problem Child 2 (1991)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Family
The worst child in the world makes an unthinkable discovery: there is another child even worse than he is--and it's a girl.
Director: Brian Levant | Stars: John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Jack Warden, Laraine Newman
Votes: 23,750 | Gross: $25.10M
62. The Rocketeer (1991)
PG | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high-flying masked hero.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton
Votes: 61,789 | Gross: $46.70M
63. The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
R | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
Two parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other in France. They don't know each other, but their lives are nevertheless profoundly connected.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Irène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik
Votes: 52,982 | Gross: $2.00M
64. Toy Soldiers (1991)
R | 111 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A group of troublemaking boys decide to take a stand when terrorists seize control of their boarding school.
Director: Daniel Petrie Jr. | Stars: Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Keith Coogan, Andrew Divoff
Votes: 25,036 | Gross: $15.07M
65. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
PG | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Turtles discover their origins while they endeavour to save New York City from the evil Shredder and his Foot Clan.
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Paige Turco, David Warner, Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden
Votes: 61,026 | Gross: $78.66M
66. The Doors (1991)
R | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley
Votes: 99,100 | Gross: $35.18M
67. Armour of God 2: Operation Condor (1991)
PG-13 | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Jackie is hired to help the UN find Nazi gold hidden in Sahara. He's accompanied from Spain by 2 (later 3) cute women. As there are others wanting the gold, lots of kung fu fighting and comedy follows.
Director: Jackie Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, Carol 'Do Do' Cheng, Eva Cobo, Shôko Ikeda
Votes: 22,684 | Gross: $10.44M
68. Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
R | 99 min | Drama, Thriller
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson, Elizabeth Lawrence
Votes: 65,186 | Gross: $101.60M
69. New Jack City (1991)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.
Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock
Votes: 38,844 | Gross: $47.62M
70. Delicatessen (1991)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime
Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.
Directors: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Marie-Laure Dougnac, Dominique Pinon, Pascal Benezech, Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Votes: 90,073 | Gross: $1.79M
71. My Own Private Idaho (1991)
R | 104 min | Drama
Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert
Votes: 61,772 | Gross: $6.40M
72. Love in the Time of Hysteria (1991)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A womanizer is falsely diagnosed with AIDS by a jealous lover and falls in love with a woman equally suicidal as he.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Claudia Ramírez, Luis de Icaza, Astrid Hadad
Votes: 4,036 | Gross: $0.01M
73. Night on Earth (1991)
R | 129 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Lisanne Falk, Alan Randolph Scott
Votes: 66,028 | Gross: $2.02M
74. The People Under the Stairs (1991)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Two adults and a juvenile break into a house occupied by a brother and sister and their stolen children. There, they must fight for their lives.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A.J. Langer
Votes: 39,684 | Gross: $24.20M
75. Kafka (1991)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Kafka works during the day at an insurance company, where events lead him to discover a mysterious underground society with strange suppressive goals.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Grey, Ian Holm
Votes: 10,576 | Gross: $1.06M
76. What About Bob? (1991)
PG | 99 min | Comedy
A successful psychotherapist loses his mind after one of his most dependent patients, an obsessive-compulsive neurotic, tracks him down during his family vacation.
Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Bill Murray, Richard Dreyfuss, Julie Hagerty, Charlie Korsmo
Votes: 74,487 | Gross: $63.71M
77. Verano peligroso (1991)
90 min | Comedy, Crime
The newly married Claudia spends her first night with the godfather of her wedding, because in the drunkenness of the celebration they got confused.
Director: René Cardona Jr. | Stars: Alejandra Guzmán, Omar Fierro, Sebastian Ligarde, Antonio
Votes: 55
78. Nothing But Trouble (1991)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy
A businessman and his friends are captured by a sadistic judge and his equally odd family in a bizarre mansion in the backwoods.
Director: Dan Aykroyd | Stars: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Demi Moore
Votes: 27,429 | Gross: $8.48M
79. Dogfight (1991)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Before leaving to fight in Vietnam, a group of teenagers play a game where they try to seduce the ugliest girl they can find.
Director: Nancy Savoca | Stars: River Phoenix, Lili Taylor, Richard Panebianco, Anthony Clark
Votes: 10,021 | Gross: $0.39M
80. Until the End of the World (1991)
R | 158 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In 1999, Claire Tourneur's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash. She rescues Sam and travels the world with him. Writer Eugene Fitzpatrick follows and writes their story as a method of recording dreams is being developed.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: William Hurt, Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone, Enzo Turrin
Votes: 11,343 | Gross: $0.75M
81. Blue Note (1991)
135 min | Drama, Music, Romance
the film covers the last few days of fragile Chopin's professional life.
Director: Andrzej Zulawski | Stars: Marie-France Pisier, Janusz Olejniczak, Sophie Marceau, Noëmi Nadelmann
Votes: 732
82. The Resurrected (1991)
R | 108 min | Horror
Charles Dexter Ward's wife enlists the help of a private detective to find out what her husband is up to in a remote cabin owned by his family for centuries.
Director: Dan O'Bannon | Stars: John Terry, Jane Sibbett, Chris Sarandon, Robert Romanus
Votes: 4,919
83. Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
R | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung fights against foreign forces' plundering of China. When Aunt Yee arrives back from America, Wong Fei-Hung assumes the role of her protector.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Biao Yuen, Jacky Cheung
Votes: 19,898
84. The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)
R | 125 min | Drama, Romance
Alex, who's homeless and addicted to alcohol, and Michèle, who's losing her sight, form a relationship while sleeping rough on Paris's Pont-Neuf bridge.
Director: Leos Carax | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Klaus-Michael Grüber, Marion Stalens
Votes: 15,451 | Gross: $0.12M
85. La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
Unrated | 238 min | Drama
The former famous painter Frenhofer revisits an abandoned project using the girlfriend of a young visiting artist. Questions about truth, life, and artistic limits are explored.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart, Marianne Denicourt
Votes: 9,372 | Gross: $0.41M
86. Controlled Conversations (1991)
93 min | Comedy
Stanislaw Tym revives his career-making role as government agent Ryszard Ochodzki in this follow-up to The Bear that tracks Ryszard on a brand-new assignment. Col. Molibden has asked him to... See full summary »
Director: Sylwester Checinski | Stars: Stanislaw Tym, Irena Kwiatkowska, Alina Janowska, Krzysztof Kowalewski
Votes: 1,648
87. Van Gogh (1991)
R | 158 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The final sixty-seven days of Van Gogh's life are examined.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Bernard Le Coq, Gérard Séty
Votes: 3,310 | Gross: $0.14M
88. Life Stinks (1991)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy
A filthy rich businessman bets a corporate rival that he can live on the streets of L.A. without the comforts of home or money, which proves to be tougher than he thought.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, Lesley Ann Warren, Jeffrey Tambor, Stuart Pankin
Votes: 11,318 | Gross: $4.10M
89. Riff-Raff (1991)
Unrated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of construction-worker Stevie and his unemployed pop-singer girlfriend shows the living conditions of the British poor class.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, Jim R. Coleman, George Moss
Votes: 4,890 | Gross: $0.30M
90. Let Him Have It (1991)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, History
This drama reveals the controversial postwar 1950's London murder trial that sent an intellectually challenged young man to the gallows for a murder he did not commit.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Christopher Eccleston, Eileen Atkins, Rebecca Eccleston
Votes: 3,803
91. Billy Bathgate (1991)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis
Votes: 12,741 | Gross: $15.97M
92. Paul McCartney's Get Back (1991)
PG | 89 min | Documentary, Music
As part of Paul McCartney's World Tour, this video provides examples of the band on stage, and the antics associated with just such a major undertaking.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Hamish Stuart, Robbie McIntosh
Votes: 312
93. Flight of the Intruder (1991)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
During the air war over Vietnam, a U.S. Navy A-6 Intruder bomber pilot schemes with a hardened veteran to make an unauthorized air strike on Hanoi.
Director: John Milius | Stars: Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, Brad Johnson, Rosanna Arquette
Votes: 7,722 | Gross: $14.59M
94. Night and Day (1991)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
Jack and Julie live in a bare flat in Paris. At night, Jack drives a taxi while Julie wanders around the city, and in the day they make love. One day Julie meets Joseph, the daytime driver ... See full summary »
Director: Chantal Akerman | Stars: Guilaine Londez, Thomas Langmann, François Négret, Nicole Colchat
Votes: 475
95. Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1991)
PG | 96 min | Comedy
A girl fed up with her quirky, disfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Griffin Dunne, Dan Futterman, Patricia Kalember, Jenny Lewis
Votes: 2,111 | Gross: $0.27M
96. White Fang (I) (1991)
PG | 107 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Jed, Seymour Cassel
Votes: 22,463 | Gross: $34.79M
97. K2 (1991)
R | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Sport
A U.S. climbing team, funded by millionaire Clairborne is determined to conquer K2.
Director: Franc Roddam | Stars: Michael Biehn, Matt Craven, Annie Grindlay, Elena Wohl
Votes: 7,226 | Gross: $3.11M
98. The Inner Circle (1991)
PG-13 | 137 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of Ivan Sanchin, the KGB officer who was Stalin's private film projectionist from 1939 until the dictator's death. Told from Sanchin's view, the sympathetic but tragically ... See full summary »
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Tom Hulce, Lolita Davidovich, Aleksandr Zbruev, Bob Hoskins
Votes: 2,170 | Gross: $0.58M
99. Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991)
PG-13 | 120 min | Animation, Action, Drama
After a generation of peace, the Earth Federation's new space colonies becomes a battlefield. To save his friends and family, the reluctant warrior Seabook Arno becomes the pilot of a new Gundam which bears the code name F91.
Director: Yoshiyuki Tomino | Stars: Kôji Tsujitani, Yumi Tôma, Masaaki Maeda, Kiyoyuki Yanada
Votes: 997
100. Konec stalinismu v Cechách (1991)
10 min | Animation, Short
A bust of Stalin is cut open on an operating table, leading to an elaborate animated depiction of Czech history from 1948 (the Communist takeover) to 1989 (the Velvet Revolution). Some ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 1,318
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