1992 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1992. Top 30 & many honorables. 

(ballot)

Here's the countdown:




30.  GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS

29.        THE CRYING GAME

28.

BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA

.

27.         ALIEN³  [theatrical cut]

        
26. 

    TRIBULATION 99: ALIEN

ANOMALIES UNDER AMERICA

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                      ONCE

25.   UPON A TIME IN CHINA

.

24.           PORCO ROSSO

.

23.     EUROPA [ZENTROPA]

.
                   HEIMAT II:

CHRONICLE OF A GENERATION

22.  [Roadshow version]

.

21.       BROTHER'S KEEPER

.

20.          HOWARD'S END

.

19.           DELICATESSEN

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18.         NIGHT ON EARTH

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17.        RESERVOIR DOGS

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16.              CANDYMAN

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15.         BATMAN RETURNS

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14.    TETSUO: THE IRON MAN

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13. THE QUINCE TREE SUN

[A DREAM OF LIGHT]

.

WAX, OR THE DISCOVERY OF
12.  T.V. AMONG THE BEES

.

                      VIDEOGRAMS

-tie-12.   OF A REVOLUTION

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11.         BAD LIEUTENANT

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10.            PASSION FISH

.

9.

THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL

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8.              THE PLAYER

.

7.                MALCOM X

.

                       THE

6.   LAST OF THE MOHICANS

.

                 TWIN PEAKS: 

5.  FIRE WALK WITH ME

.

4.

THE LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE

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3.     LESSONS OF DARKNESS

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2.               UNFORGIVEN

.

1.    THE LONG DAY CLOSES

***** 

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.
(other titles of '92 I loved that could've placed)

CLEARCUT

ONE FALSE MOVE

.

SIMPLE MEN

.

LIGHT SLEEPER

.

D.I.M.

.

A TALE OF WINTER

LAWS OF GRAVITY

.

SWORDSMAN II

.

RAISING CAIN

[restored director's cut]

.
THE DREAM
OF A RIDICULOUS MAN

.

THE LIVING END

.

THE 

MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL

.

THE SANDMAN

.

CAREFUL

..

NEO TOKYO

THE HOURS AND TIMES

.

BASIC INSTINCT

.

A MIDNIGHT CLEAR

.

SOCIETY

.

ROCK 

HUDSON'S HOME MOVIES

.

THE PUBLIC EYE

.

1991: 

THE YEAR PUNK BROKE

.
WICKED CITY

LANDSCAPE 

WITH THE FALL OF ICARUS

A SENSE OF HISTORY

.
MONA LISA 

DESCENDING A STAIRCASE

.

EDWARD II

.

SOLO CON TU PAREJA

.

MY CRASY LIFE

.

THE INLAND SEA

.

THE HAND
THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE

.

TRESPASS

.
ALL THE
VERMEERS IN NEW YORK

.

BENNY'S VIDEO

.

SNEAKERS

.

COMET IN MOOMINLAND

ZEBRAHEAD

.

SPLIT SECOND

.

INCIDENT AT OGLALA

.

MONSTER IN A BOX

.

DAMAGE

.
CHANGING OUR MINDS: 
THE STORY OF DR. EVELYN HOOKER

.

DEEP COVER

.

THANK YOU & GOOD NIGHT

A TALE OF SPRINGTIME

THE ADJUSTER

.

CENTER STAGE

.

THE VISITOR 

[aka THE STRANGER]

.

ELLES

BOB ROBERTS

.

RAMPAGE

.

HUSBANDS AND WIVES

.

DEATH BECOMES HER

.

BERNARD HERRMANN: 

MUSIC FOR THE MOVIES

.

THE CAT 

衛斯理之老貓

.

WAYNE'S WORLD

****

1992
TOP 30

1. THE LONG DAY CLOSES (Davies)
2. UNFORGIVEN (Eastwood)
3. LESSONS OF DARKNESS (Herzog)
4. LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE (Carax)
5. TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (Lynch)
6. LAST OF THE MOHICANS (Mann)
7. MALCOLM X (Spike Lee)
8. THE PLAYER (Altman)
9. MATCH FACTORY GIRL (Kaurismäki)
10. PASSION FISH (Sayles)
11. BAD LIEUTENANT (Ferrara)
12. VIDEOGRAMS OF REVOLUTION (Farocki)                    -tie- WAX (Blair)
13. THE QUINCE TREE SUN (Erice)
14. TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (Tsukamoto)
15. BATMAN RETURNS (Burton)
16. CANDYMAN (Rose)
17. RESERVOIR DOGS (Tarantino)
18. NIGHT ON EARTH (Jarmusch)
19. DELICATESSEN (Jeunet)
20. HOWARD'S END (Ivory)
21. BROTHER'S KEEPER (Berlinger/Sinofsky)
22. HEIMAT II - Theatrical version (Reitz)
23. EUROPA (Von Trier)
24. PORCO ROSSO (Miyazaki)
25. ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA (Hark Tsui)
26. TRIBULATION 99 (C.Baldwin)
27. ALIEN 3 - theatrical cut (Fincher)
28. BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (Coppola)
29. THE CRYING GAME (Jordan)
30. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (Foley)

RUNNER-UP
CLEARCUT (Bugajski), ONE FALSE MOVE (Franklin), SIMPLE MEN (Hartley), LIGHT SLEEPER (Schrader), D.I.M. (Skrobecki), LAWS OF GRAVITY (Gomez), SWORDSMAN II (Tong), RAISING CAIN (De Palma), DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN (Petrov), THE LIVING END (Araki), MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (Brian Henson), THE SANDMAN (P.Berry), CAREFUL (Maddin), NEO TOKYO (Otomo/Kawajiri/Rintaro), HOURS & TIMES (Murch), BASIC INSTINCT (Verhoeven), A MIDNIGHT CLEAR (K.Gordon), SOCIETY (Yuzna), ROCK HUDSON'S HOME MOVIES (Rappaport), THE PUBLIC EYE (H.Franklin), 1991: THE YEAR PUNK BROKE (Markey), WICKED CITY (Peter Tai-Kit Mak), LANDSCAPE WITH THE FALL OF ICARUS (Chris Sullivan), A SENSE OF HISTORY (Leigh), MONA LISA DESCENDING A STAIRCASE (Joan Gratz), EDWARD II (Jarman), SOLO CON TU PAREJA (Cuarón), MY CRASY LIFE (Gorin), THE INLAND SEA (Carra), HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE (Hanson), TRESPASS (Hill), ALL THE VERMEERS IN NY (Jost), BENNY'S VIDEO (Haneke), SNEAKERS (P.Alden Robinson), COMET IN MOOMINLAND (Hiroshi Saitō), ZEBRAHEAD (Drazan), SPLIT SECOND (Maylam/Sharp), INCIDENT AT OGLALA (Apted), MONSTER IN A BOX (Broomfield), DAMAGE (Malle), CHANGING OUR MINDS (Schmiechen), DEEP COVER (Duke), THANK YOU & GOOD NIGHT (Oxenberg), CONTE DE PRINTEMPS (Rohmer), THE ADJUSTER (Egoyan), CENTER STAGE (Kwan), AGANTUK (S.Ray), ELLES (Joanna Quinn), BOB ROBERTS (Robbins), RAMPAGE (Friedkin), HUSBANDS & WIVES (Allen), DEATH BECOMES HER (Zemeckis), BERNARD HERRMANN: MUSIC FOR MOVIES (Waletzky), THE CAT (Ngai Choi Lam), WAYNE'S WORLD (Spheeris)