1991 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1991. Top 30 and many honorables. 

(ballot)

Here's the countdown:





30.     THE LAST BOY SCOUT

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29.              HOMICIDE

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28.        EUROPA EUROPA

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27.        A WOMAN'S TALE

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26.             DOGFIGHT

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25.               POISON

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24.            BEGOTTEN

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23.
 HANGIN' WITH THE HOMEBOYS

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22.  RAISE THE RED LANTERN

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21.     LA BELLE NOISEUSE

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20.     THE INDIAN RUNNER

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19.        THE VANISHING

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18.              SLACKER

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17.          CENTRAL PARK

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16.           THE RAPTURE

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15.     AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE

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14.        THE ROCKETEER

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13.   BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

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12.
  DARKNESS, LIGHT, DARKNESS

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                  THE DEATH
-tie-12.OF STALINISM IN BOHEMIA

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11.  DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST

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       IMAGES OF THE WORLD
10. & THE INSCRIPTION OF WAR

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9.             BARTON FINK

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8. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

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7.         BOYZ N THE HOOD

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                 THE DOUBLE

6. LIFE OF VERONIQUE

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5.
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY

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4.       A SCENE AT THE SEA

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3.             POINT BREAK

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2.     MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO

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1.   A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY

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ALSO ESSENTIAL! NOT RANKED.

(the other titles of '91 I loved that could've placed)

DAYS OF BEING WILD

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME

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NAKED LUNCH

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UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD

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ONLY YESTERDAY

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BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY

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NEW JACK CITY

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CHAMELEON STREET

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THE MAN IN THE MOON

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KAFKA

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WORLD OF GLORY

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RIKI-OH: THE STORY OF RICKY

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LIFE IS SWEET

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LA FEMME NIKITA

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JUNGLE FEVER

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JFK

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CAPE FEAR

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CITY OF HOPE

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RHAPSODY IN AUGUST

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DEFENDING YOUR LIFE

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FLIRTING

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THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS

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ROSENCRANTZ &
GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD

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ARCHANGEL

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IMPROMPTU

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A RAGE IN HARLEM

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A LITTLE STIFF

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TRUST

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MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE

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I CAN
NO LONGER HEAR THE GUITAR

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ALICE IN WONDERTOWN

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STAR TREK VI: 
THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY

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HOT SHOTS!

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WHORE

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MARQUIS

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THE NAKED GUN 2 1/2:

THE SMELL OF FEAR

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QUEEN OF DIAMONDS

TWO SISTERS

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CARNE

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PROSPERO'S BOOKS

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HIGH HEELS

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HEARTS OF DARKNESS: 
A FILMMAKER'S APOCALYPSE

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THE LITTLE GANGSTER

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DEAD AGAIN

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CAT CHASER

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MIRINDAS ASESINAS

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√964 PINOCCHIO
[SCREAMS OF BLASPHEMY]

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STRINGS

35 UP

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WHAT ABOUT BOB?

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STRAYDOG:

KERBEROS PANZER COPS

THE COMMITMENTS

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FIST OF THE NORTH STAR

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THE DOORS

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ROBOT CARNIVAL

L.A. STORY

POPCORN

IDENT

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1991
TOP 30

1. A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (Edward Yang)
2. MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (Van Sant)
3. POINT BREAK (Bigelow)
4. SCENE AT THE SEA (Beat Takeshi Kitano)
5. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (Cameron)
6. DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (Kieslowski)
7. BOYZ N THE HOOD (Singleton)
8. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (Demme)
9. BARTON FINK (Coen Bros)
10. IMAGES OF THE WORLD.. (Harun Farocki)
11. DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST (Julie Dash) 
12. DEATH OF STALINISM IN BOHEMIA (Svankmajer)                     -tie- D / L / D (Svankmajer)
13. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Trousdale/Wise)
14. THE ROCKETEER (Johnston)
15. AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE (Campion)
16. THE RAPTURE (Tolkin)
17. CENTRAL PARK (Wiseman)
18. SLACKER (Linklater)
19. SPOORLOOS (Sluizer)
20. THE INDIAN RUNNER (Penn)
21. LA BELLE NOISEUSE (Rivette)
22. RAISE THE RED LANTERN (Zhang Yimou)
23. HANGIN' WITH THE HOMEBOYS (Vasquez)
24. BEGOTTEN (Merhige)
25. POISON (Haynes)
26. DOGFIGHT (Nancy Savoca)
27. A WOMAN'S TALE (P. Cox)
28. EUROPA EUROPA (Agnieszka Holland)
29. DAYS OF BEING WILD (Wong Kar-wai),
30. THE LAST BOY SCOUT (Tony Scott)

RUNNER-UP:
BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME (Morris), HOMICIDE (Mamet), NAKED LUNCH (Cronenberg), UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD (Wenders), ONLY YESTERDAY (Isao Takahata), BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY (Hewitt), NEW JACK CITY (Mario Van Peebles), CHAMELEON STREET (Harris Jr), MAN IN THE MOON (Mulligan), KAFKA (Soderbergh), WORLD OF GLORY (Andersson), RIKI-OH (Lam Ngai Kai), LIFE IS SWEET (Leigh), LA FEMME NIKITA (Besson), JUNGLE FEVER (Spike Lee), JFK (Stone), CAPE FEAR (Scorsese), CITY OF HOPE (Sayles), RHAPSODY IN AUGUST (Kurosawa), DEFENDING YOUR LIFE (A.Brooks), FLIRTING (Duigan), PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS (Craven), ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (Stoppard), ARCHANGEL (Maddin), IMPROMPTU (Lapine), RAGE IN HARLEM (Duke), A LITTLE STIFF (Zahedi), TRUST (Hartley), MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE (Alek Keshishian), I CAN NO LONGER HEAR THE GUITAR (Garrel), ALICE IN WONDERTOWN (Torres), STAR TREK VI (Meyer), HOT SHOTS! (Zucker bros), WHORE (Russell), MARQUIS (Xhonneux), NAKED GUN 2 1/2 (Zucker), QUEEN OF DIAMONDS (Menkes), TWO SISTERS (Caroline Leaf), CARNE (Noe), PROSPERO'S BOOKS (Greenaway), HIGH HEELS (Almodovar), HEARTS OF DARKNESS (Bahr/Hickenlooper), THE LITTLE GANGSTER (Doillon), DEAD AGAIN (Branagh), CAT CHASER (Ferrara), MIRINDAS ASESINAS (de la Iglesia), PINOCCHIO 964 (Shozin Fukui), STRINGS (Tilby), 35 UP (Apted), WHAT ABOUT BOB? (Oz), STRAYDOG: KERBEROS PANZER COPS (Oshii), THE COMMITMENTS (Parker), FIST OF THE NORTH STAR (Toyoo Ashida), THE DOORS (Stone), ROBOT CARNIVAL (lots of guys), L.A. STORY (M.Jackson), POPCORN (Herrier/Ormsby), IDENT (Starzak)