- Schindler's List - (1993, Steven Spielberg) (Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley)
- GoodFellas - (1990, Martin Scorsese) (Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta)
- Saving Private Ryan - (1998, Steven Spielberg) (Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore)
- Pulp Fiction - (1994, Quentin Tarantino) (John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson)
- The Silence of the Lambs - (1991, Jonathan Demme) (Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster)
- Fargo - (1996. Joel Coen) (Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi)
- Unforgiven - (1992, Clint Eastwood) (Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman)
- Shawshank Redemption - (1994, Frank Darabont) (Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman)
- Malcolm X - (1992, Spike Lee) (Denzel Washington, Delroy Lindo)
- American Beauty - (1999) (Sam Mendes) (Kevin Spacey, Thora Birch)
- Dances With Wolves - (1990, Kevin Costner) (Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell)
- Forrest Gump - (1994, Robert Zemmeckis) (Tom Hanks, Gary Sinese)
- Sling Blade - (1996, Billy Bob Thornton) (Billy Bob Thornton, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter)
- Titanic - (1997, James Cameron) (Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet)
- Braveheart - (1995, Mel Gibson) (Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau)
- The Usual Suspects - (1995, Brian Singer) (Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne)
- The Sixth Sense - (1999, M. Night Shyamalan) (Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment)
- Reservoir Dogs - (1992, Quentin Tarantino) (Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth)
- Barton Fink - (1991, Joel Coen) (John Turturro, John Goodman)
- Boyz 'N The Hood - (1991, John Singleton) (Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr.)
- JFK - (1991, Oliver Stone) (Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman)
- Se7en - (1995, David Fincher) (Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman)
- Dead Man Walking - (1995, Tim Robbins) (Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon)
- Toy Story - (1995, John Lasseter) (Tom Hanks, Tim Allen)
- The Piano - (1993, Jane Campion) (Holly Hunter, Anna Paquin)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas - (1993, Henry Selick) (Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara)
- The Thin Red Line - (1998, Terrence Malick) (James Caviezel, Sean Penn)
- The Green Mile - (1999, Frank Darabont) (Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan)
- Howards End - (1992, James Ivory) (Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson)
- Quiz Show - (1994, Robert Redford) (John Turturro, Ralph Fiennes)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day- - (1991, James Cameron) (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
- Jurassic Park - (1993, Steven Spielberg) (Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill)
- The Matrix - (1999, Andy & Larry Wachowski) (Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne)
- Ed Wood - (1994, Tim Burton) (Johnny Depp, Martin Landau)
- Being John Malcovich - (1999, Spike Jonez) (John Cusak, John Malcovich)
- The Crying Game - (1992, Neil Jordan) (Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson)
- Leaving Las Vegas - (1995, Mike Figgis) (Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue)
- Magnolia - (1999, Paul Thomas Anderson) (Tom Cruise, Jason Robards)
- The Remains of the Day - (1993, James Ivory) (Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson)
- The Big Lebowski - (1998, Joel Coen) (Jeff Bridges, John Goodman)
- Jackie Brown - (1997, Quentin Tarantino) (Samuel L. Jackson, Pam Grier)
- Shakespeare in Love - (1998, John Madden) (Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes)
- Short Cuts - (1993, Robert Altman) (Andie McDowell, Bruce Davison)
- The English Patient - (1996, Anthony Minghella) (Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche)
- L.A. Confidential - (1997, Curtis Hanson) (Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe)
- Glengarry Glen Ross - (1992, James Foley) (Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon)
- Good Will Hunting - (1997, Gus Van Sant) (Matt Damon, Robin Williams)
- The Fugitive - (1993, Andrew Davis) (Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones)
- Fight Club - (1999, David Fincher) (Edward Norton, Brad Pitt)
- Four Weddings and a Funeral - (1994, Mike Newell) (Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell)
- Wag the Dog - (1997, Barry Levinson) (Dustin Hoffman, Robert DeNiro)
- Scream - (1996, Wes Craven) (Neve Campbell, David Arquette)
- Beauty and the Beast - (1991, Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise) (Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson)
- The Player - (1992, Robert Altman) (Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi)
- Dead Man - (1995, Jim Jarmusch) (Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer)
- Mad Dog and Glory - (1993, John McNaughton) (Robert DeNiro, Bill Murray, Uma Thurman)
- Philadelphia - (1993, Jonathan Demme) (Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington)
- Rushmore - (1998, Wes Anderson) (Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray)
- Scent of a Woman - (1992, Martin Brest) (Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell)
- Shine - (1996, Scott Hicks) (Geoffrey Rush, Armin Mueller-Stahl)
- Thelma and Louise - (1991, Ridley Scott) (Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon)
- Casino - (1995, Martin Scorsese) (Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Sharon Stone)
- Deconstructing Harry - (1997, Woody Allen) (Woody Allen, Billy Crystal)
- The Age of Innocence - (1993, Martin Scorsese) (Daniel Day Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer)
- The Godfather part III - (1990, Francis Ford Coppola) (Al Pacino, Diane Keaton)
- The Sweet Hereafter - (1997, Atom Egoyan) (Ian Holm, Sarah Polley)
- Trois Couleurs: Rouge - (1994, Krzysztof Kieslowski) (Irene Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant)
- The Grifters - (1990, Stephen Frears) (John Cusak, Angelica Huston)
- Toy Story 2 - (1999, John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, Ash Brannon) (Tim Allen, Tom Hanks)
- The Lion King - (1994, Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff) (Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons)
- Heat - (1995) (Michael Mann, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro)
- Breaking the Waves - (1996, Lars von Trier) (Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgard)
- Secrets and Lies - (1996, Mike Leigh) (Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste)
- American History X - (1998, Tony Kaye) (Edward Norton, Edward Furlong)
- In the Name of the Father - (1993, Jim Sheridan) (Daniel Day Lewis, Pete Postelthwaite)
- Groundhog Day - (1993, Harold Ramis) (Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell)
- Miller's Crossing - (1990, Joel Coen) (Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney)
- Hamlet - (1996, Kenneth Branagh) (Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi)
- Babe - (1995, Chris Noonan) (James Cromwell, Christine Cavanaugh)
- Three Kings - (1999, David O. Russell) (George Clooney, Ice Cube)
- Eyes Wide Shut - (1999, Stanley Kubrick) (Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman)
- The Fisher King - (1991, Terry Gilliam) (Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams)
- Edward Scissorhands - (1990, Tim Burton) (Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder)
- Raise the Red Lantern - (1991, Zhang Yimou) (Gong Li, He Caifei)
- Dazed and Confused - (1993, Richard Linklater) (Jason London, Wiley Wiggins)
- Donnie Brasco - (1997, Mike Newell) (Al Pacino, Johnny Depp)
- As Good As It Gets - (1997, James L. Brooks) (Helen Hunt, Jack Nicholson)
- The Apostle - (1997, Robert Duvall) (Robert Duvall, Farrah Fawcett)
- Princess Mononoke - (1997, Hayao Miyazaki) (Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida)
- Out of Sight - (1998, Stephen Soderbergh) (George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez)
- Apollo 13 - (1995, Ron Howard) (Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton)
- The People vs Larry Flint - (1996, Milos Forman) (Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love)
- A Few Good Men - (1992, Rob Reiner) (Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise)
- Slacker - (1991, Richard Linklater) (Richard Linklater, Marc James)
- Boogie Nights - (1997, Paul Thomas Anderson) (Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds)
- 12 Monkeys - (1995, Terry Gilliam) (Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt)
- Jerry Maguire - (1996, Cameron Crowe) (Tom Cruise, Rene Zellweger)
- Bob Roberts - (1992, Tim Robbins) (Tim Robbins, Brian Doyle-Murray)
- The Last of the Mohicans - (1992, Michael Mann) (Daniel Day Lewis, Madeleine Stowe)
- Clerks - (1994, Kevin Smith) (Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson)
Honorable Mentions
- Leon: The Professional - (1994, Luc Besson) (Jean Reno, Natalie Portman)
The Full Monty - (1997, Peter Cattaneo) (Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy)
- What's Eating Gilbert Grape - (1993, Lasse Hallstrom) (Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis)
Waiting For Guffman - (1996, Christopher Guest) (Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy) Chasing Amy - (1997, Kevin Smith) (Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams) Clockers - (1995, Spike Lee) (Mekhi Phifer, Harvey Keitel) Lone Star - (1996, John Sayles) (Chris Cooper, Matthew McConaughey) Speed - (1994, Jan de Bont) (Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper) Nobody's Fool - (1994, Robert Benton) (Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy)
- Sense and Sensibility - (1995, Ang Lee) (Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant)
Bugsy - (1991, Barry Levinson) (Warren Beatty, Annette Bening) Kundun - (1997, Martin Scorsese) (Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong) Six Degrees of Separation - (1993, Fred Schepisi) (Stockard Channing, Will Smith) Heavenly Creatures - (1995, Peter Jackson) (Kate Winslet, Melanie Lynskey) Guarding Tess - (1994, Hugh Wilson) (Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage)
- Election - (1999, Alexander Payne) (Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon)
Reversal of Fortune - (1990, Barbet Schroeder) (Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close) Hero - (1992, Stephen Frears) (Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy Garcia) The Hunt for Red October - (1990, John McTiernan) (Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin) Kids - (1995, Larry Clark) (Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce)
- Dumb and Dumber - (1994, Peter Farrelly) (Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels)