11. Legends of the Fall
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Edward Zwick
Actors: Brad Pitt, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond, Anthony Hopkins, Gordon Tootoosis, Karina Lombard
Plot: The story of three brothers living in the northern west who all have differing personalities as they fight for war, love, and nature in near seclussion.
12. To Live ( Huozhe )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: You Ge, Li Gong, Ben Niu, Deng Fei, Wu Jiang, Tao Guo
Plot: Follows the lives of Fugui and Jiazhen in a tumultuous period in Chinese history. From wealth to poverty the two manage to survive and even raise a family in this deeply personal story.
13. Chungking Express ( Chung hing sam lam )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Mystery/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kar Wai Wong
Actors: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Valerie Chow, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Lee-na Kwan, Faye Wong, Chen Jinquan
Plot: A story of two cops and two stories all of which are told in beautiful splotches of color. Takes place in Hong Kong in the early 1990s.
14. Hoop Dreams
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steve James
Actors: William Gates, Arthur Agee, Emma Gates, Curtis Gates, Sheila Agee, Arthur 'Bo' Agee
Plot: A documentary detailing the lives of two high school basketball players.
15. Three Colors: White ( Trzy kolory: Bialy )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Actors: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr, Aleksander Bardini, Grzegorz Warchol
Plot: A Polish man is coldly abandoned by his French wife. After making a fortune, he sets about getting revenge. Second in Kieslowski's "Three Colors" trilogy, preceded by "Blue" and followed by "Red."
16. Speed
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jon de Bont
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Daniels, Joe Morton, Alan Ruck
Plot: An L.A.P.D. swat team specialist must prevent a bus from going under 50 miles an hour or a bomb planted on board by a man bent on revenge will explode.
17. Quiz Show
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Redford
Actors: John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, David Paymer, Hank Azaria
Plot: In the 1950s TV quiz shows ruled the airwaves and no one was more popular than Charles Van Doren. Week after week on Twenty-One he astounded audiences by answering the most obscure questions and winning each time. Then, disgruntled contestant Herbert Stempel contacted a young lawyer, starting an investigation leading to the downfall of "fixed" quiz shows.
18. Fresh
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Boaz Yakin
Actors: Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L. Jackson, N'Bushe Wright, José Zúñiga, Ron Brice
Plot: Fresh, a 12-year-old dealer from Brooklyn, maneuvers local drug pushers against one another after a friend is shot.
19. Satan's Tango ( Sátántangó )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Hungarian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Béla Tarr
Actors: Mihály Vig, Putyi Horváth, László Lugossy, Éva Almássy Albert, János Derzsi, Irén Szajki
Plot: In Bela Tarr's 7-hour epic, we visit a small Hungarian village in a post-Communist world. Life is at a virtual standstill as we view life through each person's point-of-views. A large cash payment is expected but apprehensive villagers fear that Irimias, a smooth-talking man thought dead, will return and con them out of their money.
20. Andaz Apna Apna
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rajkumar Santoshi
Actors: Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Raveena Tandon , Paresh Rawal, Deven Verma
Plot: A pair of middle-class con men looking for one big score find themselves going after the same heiress, and, surprisingly, finding love as well. But things are complicated when her father's twin brother decides to take over the family business - by assuming his brother's identity.
