1994 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1994. Top 30 & many honorables. 

(ballot)

Here's the countdown:








30.             CALENDAR

.

29.   LA SCORTA [THE ESCORT]

.

28.        TIME INDEFINITE

.

     LÉON: THE PROFESSIONAL

28.        [U.S. theatrical cut]

27.     DUMB AND DUMBER

.

26.    FREEDOM ON MY MIND

.

25.                SPEED

.

24.           THE PAPER

.

23.           WING CHUN

.

22.                FRESH

.

21.          LATCHO DROM

.

20.   THREE COLORS: WHITE

.

19.       BEFORE THE RAIN

.

18.               CRONOS

.

16. BULLETS OVER BROADWAY

.

15.    VANYA ON 42ND STREET

.

14.   THE HUDSUCKER PROXY

.

13.                TO LIVE

.

12.    HEAVENLY CREATURES

.

11.  NATURAL BORN KILLERS

.

10.              AMATEUR

.

9.   IN THE LAND OF THE DEAF

.

8.      LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD

.

7.     WHAT HAPPENED WAS...

.

6.            HOOP DREAMS

.

5.             PULP FICTION

.

4.               CROOKLYN

.

3.      THREE COLORS: RED

.

.

2.               SÁTÁNTANGÓ

1.                 ED WOOD

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 

(the other titles of '94 I loved that could've placed)

A TALE OF WINTER

ARIZONA DREAM

.

MAYA LIN: 
A STRONG CLEAR VISION

.

LA SÉPARATION

.

THE JANITOR

.

THE LAST SEDUCTION

.

POM POKO

.

NOBODY'S FOOL

.

BODY SNATCHERS

.

THE LION KING

.

SUTURE

.

QUIZ SHOW

.

SERIAL MOM

.

LITTLE WOMEN

.

THE RIVER WILD

.

.

EX-CHILD [EX-ENFANT]

.

LISBON STORY

.

THE SECRET
ADVENTURES OF TOM THUMB

.

LITTLE BUDDHA

.

NATTEVAGTEN [NIGHTWATCH]

.

SOME FOLKS
CALL IT A SLING BLADE

.

FELIDAE

..

RAINING STONES

.

CASA DE LAVA

.

L'ENFER

.

ONCE A THIEF

.

BARCELONA

.

THE CROW

.

EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN

.

QUEEN MARGOT

[LA REINE MARGOT]

.

SPANKING THE MONKEY

.

FIST OF LEGEND

.

STARGATE

.

ANCHORESS

DEATH AND THE MAIDEN

.

COLD WATER

.

THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, 

QUEEN OF THE DESERT

 .

THE BROWNING VERSION

.

D-DAY REMEMBERED

.

BODY MELT  [Director's cut]

.

BABY BLOOD

BITTER MOON

.

CLERKS

.

SHOPPING

.

NO ESCAPE

.

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

.

FOOD [JIDLO]

****

1994

TOP 30

1. ED WOOD (Burton)
2. SATANTANGO (Tarr)
3. TROIS CUOLEURS: RED (Kieslowski)
4. CROOKLYN (Spike Lee)
5. PULP FICTION (Tarantino)
6. HOOP DREAMS (Steve James)
7. WHAT HAPPENED WAS (Tom Noonan)
8. LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD (Loach)
9. IN THE LAND OF THE DEAF (Philibert)
10. AMATEUR (Hartley)
11. NATURAL BORN KILLERS (Stone)
12. HEAVENLY CREATURES (Peter Jackson)
13. TO LIVE (Zhang Yimou)
14. HUDSUCKER PROXY (Coen Bros)
15. VANYA ON 42ND STREET (Malle)
16. BULLETS OVER BROADWAY (Woody Allen)
17. CRONOS (del Toro)
18. BEFORE THE RAIN (Manchevski)
19. TROIS CUOLEURS: WHITE (Kieslowski)
20. LATCHO DROM (Gatlif)
21. FRESH (Boaz Yakin)
22. WING CHUN (Woo-ping)
23. THE PAPER (Howard)
24. SPEED (De Bont)
25. FREEDOM ON MY MIND (Connie Field)
26. DUMB AND DUMBER (Farrelly Bros)
27. THE PROFESSIONAL (Besson)
28. TIME INDEFINITE (McElwee)
29. THE ESCORT (Tognazzi)
30. CALENDAR (Egoyan)

RUNNER-UP:
CONTE D'HIVER (Rohmer), ARIZONA DREAM (Kusturica), MAYA LIN (Freida Lee Mock), LA SEPARATION (C.Vincent), THE JANITOR (Vanessa Schwartz). LAST SEDUCTION (Dahl), POM POKO (Isao Takahata), NOBODY'S FOOL (Benton), BODY SNATCHERS (Ferrara), LION KING (Allers/Minkoff), SUTURE (McGehee/Siegel), QUIZ SHOW (Redford), SERIAL MOM (Waters), LITTLE WOMEN (Gillian Armstrong), THE RIVER WILD (Hanson), EX-CHILD (Jacques Drouin), LISBON STORY (Wenders), SECRET ADVENTURES OF TOM THUMB (Borthwick), LITTLE BUDDHA (Bertolucci), NATTEVAGTEN (Bornedal), SOME FOLKS CALL IT A SLING BLADE (Hickenlooper), FELIDAE (Michael Schaack), RAINING STONES (Loach), CASA DE LAVA (Costa), L'ENFER (Chabrol), ONCE A THIEF (Woo), BARCELONA (Stillman), THE CROW (Proyas), EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN (Ang Lee), LA REINE MARGOT (Chéreau), SPANKING THE MONKEY (O. Russell), FIST OF LEGEND (Gordon Chan), STARGATE (Emmerich), ANCHORESS (Newby), DEATH & THE MAIDEN (Polanski), COLD WATER (Assayas), PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (Elliott), BROWNING VERSION (Figgis), D-DAY REMEMBERED (Guggenheim), BODY MELT (Philip Brophy), BABY BLOOD (Robak), BITTER MOON (Polanski), CLERKS (Smith), SHOPPING (W.S. Anderson), NO ESCAPE (Campbell), INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (Jordan), FOOD (Svankmajer)