Movies that Gene Siskel selected as the best movie of the year from 1969 to 1998
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- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsYves MontandIrene PapasJean-Louis TrintignantThe public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.2. Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger)
3. Alice's Restaurant (Arthur Penn)
4. Simon of the Desert (Luis Buñuel)
5. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (Robert Ellis Miller)
6. Oh! What a Lovely War (Richard Attenobrough)
7. The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah)
8. If... (Lindsay Anderson)
9. Pretty Poison (Noel Black)
10. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (Paul Mazursky) - DirectorÉric RohmerStarsJean-Louis TrintignantFrançoise FabianMarie-Christine BarraultA devout Catholic man's rigid principles are challenged during a one-night stay with Maud, a divorced woman with an outsize personality.2.M*A*S*H (Robert Altman)
3. Women in Love (Ken Russell)
4. Five Easy Pieces (Bob Rafelson)
5. The Passion of Anna (Ingmar Bergman)
6. Adalen 31 (Bo Weidberg)
7. Salesman (Albert Maysles, David Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin)
8. Woodstock (Michael Wadleigh)
9. Trilogy (Frank Perry)
10. The Wild Child (François Truffaut) - DirectorÉric RohmerStarsJean-Claude BrialyAurora CornuBéatrice RomandOn lakeside summer holiday, a conflicted older man is dared to have a flirt with two beautiful teenage half-sisters despite his betrothal to a diplomat's daughter and the fact that the girls have boyfriends.2. A New Leaf (Elaine May)
3. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman)
4. Little Big Man (Arthur Penn)
5. The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich)
6. Sunday, Bloody Sunday (John Schlesinger)
7. Bed and Board (François Truffaut)
8. Dirty Harry (Don Siegel)
9. Husbands (John Cassavetes)
10. Taking Off (Milos Forman) - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.2. The Sorrow and the Pity (Marcel Ophüls)
3. Le Boucher (Claude Chabrol)
4. Cabaret (Bob Fosse)
5. Two English Girls (François Truffaut)
6. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick)
7. Chloe in the Afternoon (Éric Rohmer)
8. Frenzy (Alfred Hitchcock)
9. Sounder (Martin Ritt)
10. Ulzana's Raid (Robert Aldrich) - DirectorJan TroellStarsMax von SydowLiv UllmannEddie AxbergSmåland, Sweden, mid-19th century. A farming family struggle with their rocky, unyielding land, and decide to embark on the arduous journey to new hope in America.2. Last Tango in Paris (Bernardo Bertolucci)
3. The Exorcist (William Friedkin)
4. Cries and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman)
5. The Day of the Jackal (Fred Zinnemann)
6. The Last of Sheila (Herbert Ross)
7. The Day of the Dolphin (Mike Nichols)
8. American Graffiti (George Lucas)
9. Sisters (Brian De Palma)
10. The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman) - DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsJacqueline BissetJean-Pierre LéaudFrançois TruffautA committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.2. The Last Detail (Hal Ashby)
3. Amarcord (Federico Fellini)
4. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola)
5. Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese)
6. Scenes from a Marriage (Ingmar Bergman)
7. Lacombe, Lucien (Louis Malle)
8. Harry and Tonto (Paul Mazursky)
9. The Mother and the Whore (Jean Eustache)
10. Wedding in Blood (Claude Chabrol) - DirectorRobert AltmanStarsKeith CarradineKaren BlackRonee BlakleyOver the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention.2. The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni)
3. Love and Death (Woody Allen)
4. Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet)
5. Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick)
6. And Now My Love (Claude Lelouch)
7. Dodes'ka-den (Akira Kurosawa)
8. The Homecoming (Peter Hall)
9. Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman (Judy Collins & Jill Godmilow)
10. Hustle (Robert Aldrich) - DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsDustin HoffmanRobert RedfordJack Warden"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.2. Network (Sidney Lumet)
3. Brothel No. 8 (Kei Kumai)
4. Small Change (François Truffaut)
5. Stay Hungry (Bob Rafelson)
6. Cousin, Cousine (Jean-Charles Tacchella)
7. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese)
8. Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (Robert Altman)
9. The Seven Per-Cent Solution (Herbert Ross)
10. The Man Who Would Be King (John Huston) - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonTony RobertsAlvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages.2. The Late Show (Robert Benton)
3. In the Realm of the Senses (Nagisa Ôshima)
4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Speilberg)
5. Saturday Night Fever (John Badham)
6. Harlan County, U.S.A (Barbara Kopple)
7. Star Wars (George Lucas)
8. Oh, God! (Carl Reiner)
9. Pumping Iron (George Butler & Robert Fiore)
10. Rolling Thunder (John Flynn) - DirectorUlu GrosbardDustin HoffmanStarsDustin HoffmanTheresa RussellGary BuseyThe difficulties of a career burglar to reinsert himself after being released on parole.2. Pretty Baby (Louis Malle)
3. Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick)
4. Blue Collar (Paul Schrader)
5. Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman)
6. The Buddy Holly Story (Steve Rash)
7. Coming Home (Hal Ashby)
8. Halloween (John Carpenter)
9. Magic (Richard Attenborough)
10. Stroszek (Werner Herzog) - DirectorMilos FormanStarsJohn SavageTreat WilliamsBeverly D'AngeloClaude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.2. Kramer vs. Kramer (Robert Benton)
3. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino)
4. Breaking Away (Peter Yates)
5. Manhattan (Woody Allen)
6. The Marriage of Maria Braun (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
7. Nosferatu, the Vampyre (Werner Herzog)
8. The Onion Field (Harold Becker)
9. Time After Time (Nicholas Meyer)
10. The China Syndrome (James Bridges) - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe PesciThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.2. Ordinary People (Robert Redford)
3. Coal Miner's Daughter (Michael Apted)
4. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi)
5. Kagemusha (Akira Kurosawa)
6. Being There (Hal Ashby)
7. The Black Stallion (Carroll Ballard)
8. The Blues Brothers (John Landis)
9. The Great Santini (Lewis John Carlino)
10. The Stunt Man (Richard Rush) - DirectorMilos FormanStarsJames CagneyElizabeth McGovernHoward E. Rollins Jr.A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.2. My Dinner with Andre (Louis Malle)
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)
4. Mon Oncle d'Amerique (Alain Resnais)
5. Gates of Heaven (Erroll Morris)
6. Bye Bye Brazil (Carlos Diegues)
7. Prince of the City (Sidney Lumet)
8. Melvin and Howard (Jonathan Demme)
9. Body Heat (Lawrence Kasdan)
10. The French Lieutenant's Woman (Karel Reisz) - DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsJeremy IronsEugene LipinskiJiri StanislavNowak (Irons), a Polish contractor, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak must manage the project and the men as they encounter the temptations of the West and loneliness and separation from their families. Nowak is the only one of the group who speaks English, and he uses this as a tool over his team. When the unrest in Poland leads to a military takeover, Nowak is faced with a much more difficult situation than he expected.2. Tootsie (Sydney Pollack)
3. E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg)
4. Diva (Jean Jacques Beineix)
5. Mephisto (István Szabó)
6. Lola (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
7. Personal Best (Robert Towne)
8. Three Brothers (Franceso Rosi)
9. Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen)
10. An Officer and a Gentleman (Taylor Hackford) - DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsSam ShepardScott GlennEd HarrisThe U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.2. Terms of Endearment (James L. Brooks)
3. Betrayal (David Hugh Jones)
4. Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman)
5. Star 80 (Bob Fosse)
6. The Year of Living Dangerously (Peter Weir)
7. Silkwood (Mike Nichols)
8. Pauline at the Beach (Éric Rohmer)
9. Risky Business (Paul Brickman)
10. The Big Chill (Lawrence Kasdan) - DirectorSergio LeoneStarsRobert De NiroJames WoodsElizabeth McGovernA former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.2. Amadeus (Milos Forman)
3. The Cotton Club (Francis Ford Coppola)
4. Entre Nous (Diane Kurys)
5. Purple Rain (Albert Magnoli)
6. The Killing Fields (Roland Joffe)
7. Secret Honor (Robert Altman)
8. A Passage to India (David Lean)
9. Micki and Maude (Blake Edwards)
10. The Natural (Barry Levinson) - DirectorClaude LanzmannStarsSimon SrebnikMichael PodchlebnikMotke ZaïdlClaude Lanzmann's epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses - perpetrators as well as survivors.2. Ran (Akira Kurosawa)
3. The Color Purple (Steven Spielberg)
4. Streetwise (Martin Bell)
5. Prizzi's Honor (John Huston)
6. The Official Story (Luis Puenzo)
7. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Paul Schrader)
8. The Falcon and the Snowman (John Schlesinger)
9. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis)
10. The Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen) - DirectorWoody AllenStarsMia FarrowDianne WiestMichael CaineBetween two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.2. Vagabond (Agnès Varda)
3. A Room with a View (James Ivory)
4. Mona Lisa (Neil Jordan)
5. Peggy Sue Got Married (Francis Ford Coppola)
6. Blue Velvet (David Lynch)
7. Platoon (Oliver Stone)
8. Children of a Lesser God (Randa Haines)
9. 'Round Midnight (Bertrand Tavernier)
10. The Fly (David Cronenberg) - DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsJohn LoneJoan ChenPeter O'TooleBernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatisation of the life story of China's last emperor, Pu Yi.2. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick)
3. House of Games (David Mamet)
4. Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring (Claude Berri)
5. Broadcast News (James L. Brooks)
6. Moonstruck (Norman Jewison)
7. Radio Days (Woody Allen)
8. River's Edge (Tim Hunter)
9. Prick Up Your Ears (Stephen Frears)
10. Roxanne (Fred Schepisi) - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsWillem DafoeHarvey KeitelBarbara HersheyThe life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Robert Zemeckis)
3. Bull Durham (Ron Shelton)
4. Little Dorritt (Christine Edzard)
5. The Accidental Tourist (Lawrence Kasdan)
6. Midnight Run (Martin Brest)
7. The Thin Blue Line (Erroll Morris)
8. Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Time of Klaus Barbie (Marcel Ophüls)
9. The Unberable Lightness of Being (Philip Kaufman)
10. Working Girl (Mike Nichols) - DirectorSpike LeeStarsDanny AielloOssie DavisRuby DeeOn the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.2. Roger & Me (Michael Moore)
3. Drugstore Cowboy (Gus Van Sant)
4. Enemies, A Love Story (Paul Mazursky)
5. Born on the Fourth of July (Oliver Stone)
6. The Little Mermaid (Ron Clements & John Musker)
7. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen)
8. The Fabulous Baker Boys (Steve Kloves)
9. Say Anything... (Cameron Crowe)
10. The War of the Roses (Danny DeVito) - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroRay LiottaJoe PesciThe story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.2. After Dark, My Sweet (James Foley)
3. Avalon (Barry Levinson)
4. The Plot Against Harry (Michael Roemer)
5. Too Beautiful for You (Bertrand Blier)
6. Die Hard 2 (Renny Harlin)
7. Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner)
8. Reversal of Fortune (Barbet Schroeder)
9. The Freshman (Andrew Bergman)
10. The Godfather Part III (Francis Ford Coppola) - DirectorFax BahrGeorge HickenlooperEleanor CoppolaStarsDennis HopperMartin SheenMarlon BrandoDocumentary that chronicles how Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) was plagued by extraordinary script, shooting, budget, and casting problems--nearly destroying the life and career of the celebrated director.2. An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion)
3. Boyz N the Hood (John Singleton)
4. La Belle Noiseuse (Jacques Rivette)
5. Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise)
6. Grand Canyon (Lawrence Kasdan)
7. JFK (Oliver Stone)
8. Ju Dou (Yimou Zhang & Fenliang Yang)
9. Daddy Nostalgia (Bertrand Tavernier)
10. Once Around (Lasse Hallström) - DirectorCarl FranklinStarsBill PaxtonBilly Bob ThorntonCynda WilliamsA small town police chief awaits the arrival of a gang of killers.2. The Player (Robert Altman)
3. Howards End (James Ivory)
4. The Crying Game (Neil Jordan)
5. Malcolm X (Spike Lee)
6. The Hairdresser's Husband (Patrice Leconte)
7. Damage (Louis Malle)
8. Wayne's World (Penelope Spheeris)
9. Mississippi Masala (Mira Nair)
10. Under Siege (Andrew Davis) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen KingsleyIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.2. Short Cuts (Robert Altman)
3. The Piano (Jane Campion)
4. Farewell My Concubine (Kaige Chen)
5. Menace II Society (Albert & Allen Hughes)
6. The Fugitive (Andrew Davis)
7. The Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese)
8. The Joy Luck Club (Wayne Wang)
9. King of the Hill (Steven Soderbergh)
10. Map of the Human Heart (Vincent Ward) - DirectorSteve JamesStarsWilliam GatesArthur AgeeEmma GatesA film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.2. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)
3. Ed Wood (Tim Burton)
4. 32 Short films About Glenn Gould (François Girard)
5. Quiz Show (Robert Redford)
6. Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis)
7. Vanya on 42nd Street (Louis Malle)
8. The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont)
9. Red Rock West (John Dahl)
10. Little Women (Gillian Armstrong) - DirectorTerry ZwigoffStarsRobert CrumbAline Kominsky-CrumbCharles CrumbAn intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.2. Toy Story (John Lasseter)
3. Nixon (Oliver Stone)
4. Babe (Chris Noonan)
5. Dead Man Walking (Tim Robbins)
6. Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgis)
7. The American President (Rob Reiner)
8. Exotica (Atom Egoyan)
9. Apollo 13 (Ron Howard)
10. Les Misérables (Claude Lelouch) - DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsWilliam H. MacyFrances McDormandSteve BuscemiMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.2. Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh)
3. Breaking the Waves (Lars von Trier)
4. The English Patient (Anthony Minghella)
5. Lone Star (John Sayles)
6. Looking for Richard (Al Pacino)
7. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky)
8. Welcome to the Dollhouse (Todd Solondz)
9. Kingpin (Bobby & Peter Farrelly)
10. Bound (The Wachowski Brothers) - DirectorAng LeeStarsKevin KlineJoan AllenSigourney WeaverIn suburban New Canaan, Connecticut, 1973, middle-class families experimenting with casual sex and substance abuse find their lives beyond their control.2 L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson)
3. Wag the Dog (Barry Levinson)
4. In the Company of Men (Neil LaBute)
5. The End of Violence (Wim Wenders)
6. The Full Monty (Peter Cattaneo)
7. The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan)
8. Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant)
9. Mrs. Brown (John Madden)
10. As Good As It Gets (James L. Brooks) - DirectorGeorge MillerStarsMagda SzubanskiElizabeth DailyMickey RooneyBabe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.2. The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick)
3. Pleasantville (Gary Ross)
4. Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg)
5. Shakespeare in Love (John Madden)
6. The Truman Show (Peter Weir)
7. Antz (Eric Darnell & Tim Johnson)
8. Simon Birch (Mark Steven Johnson)
9. There's Something About Mary (Bobby & Peter Farrelly)
10. Waking Ned Devine (Kirk Jones)