31. My Own Private Idaho
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gus Van Sant
Actors: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey, Chiara Caselli
Plot: Two friends, Mike and Scott, go on a journey of personal discovery that takes them to Mike's hometown in Idaho and then to Italy in search of Mike's mother. Both encounter various experiences that would change their lives.
32. Drowning by Numbers
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Greenaway
Actors: Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson, Joely Richardson, Bernard Hill, Jason Edwards, David Morrissey
33. The Doors
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Val Kilmer, Kyle MacLachlan, Meg Ryan, Michael Madsen, Kathleen Quinlan, Kevin Dillon
Plot: Both a homage to the 1960s rock group, The Doors, and a biography of its lead singer, Jim Morrison.
34. Backdraft
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Scott Glenn
Plot: A rookie firefighter tries to earn the respect of his older brother and the rest of his squad while dealing with a string of arson/murders.
35. New Jack City
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Actors: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Michele
Plot: A small-time drug dealer, Nino Brown, becomes a kingpin after he sees the future in crack cocaine while two undercover cops try and fail to bring him down again and again. As the violence escalates, the lengths they will go to bring down Brown and his gang go into dangerous territory.
36. L.A. Story
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mick Jackson
Actors: Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kevin Pollak, Patrick Stewart, Marilu Henner
Plot: Harris K Telemacher - the 'wacky weekend weatherman' for a local L.A.
affiliate is tired of his cliche-ridden LA life. Thanks to a talking
billboard, he finds himself helping out English reporter, Sarah, who finds
herself in over her head in the City of Angels while researching a story
for the London Times.
37. Alligator Eyes
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Feldman
Actors: Annabelle Larsen, Roger Kabler, Mary McLain, Allen McCullough, John MacKay, Cyrece Dyonn
38. Impromptu
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Lapine
Actors: Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Julian Sands, Emma Thompson
Plot: In 1830s France composer/pianist Frédéric Chopin finds himself the subject of affection from the outspoken George Sand - the polar opposite of his own personality. Yet despite this difference, he finds himself drawn to her.
39. My Father's Glory ( gloire de mon père, La )
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Yves Robert
Actors: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain, Joris Molinas, Pierre Maguelon, Thérèse Liotard
40. My Mother's Castle ( château de ma mère, Le )
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Yves Robert
Actors: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain, Thérèse Liotard, Joris Molinas, Pierre Maguelon
Plot: Follows a family on holiday in France - the same cottage they go to every year with its gentle hills and eccentric neighbors - but on this trip the young Marcel meets Isabelle - pretty but conceited - and connects with her.
