Top Movies of 1990s


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161. A League of Their Own

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Penny Marshall
Actors: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna, Lori Petty, Jon Lovitz, David Strathairn
Plot: As WWII continues and men are recruited the sport of baseball continues under the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The Rockford Peaches are one of the teams formed, with women from all around the country taking part.

162. Jacob's Ladder

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Adrian Lyne
Actors: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Pe?a, Danny Aiello, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Matt Craven, Eriq La Salle
Plot: A New York postal worker, has increasingly harrowing flashbacks to Vietnam as his life unravels before him.

163. Hamlet

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Richard Briers, Julie Christie, John Gielgud, Judi Dench, Gérard Depardieu
Plot: Kenneth Branagh directs and stars in an adaptation of Shakespeare's drama, using the original words as a son comes to avenge his father by murdering his uncle - who is now his step-father. Madness, plots, conspiracy and death will follow in turn.

164. The Player

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Tim Robbins, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Vincent D'Onofrio, Greta Scacchi
Plot: A studio executive has been receiving threats through postcards. He tries to unravel the mystery of the disgruntled writer when his murder ensues. The girlfriend of the executive has no idea who is responsible. An investigation begins to uncover the killer.

165. After Life ( Wandâfuru raifu )

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Actors: Arata, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima, Takashi Naitô, Kyôko Kagawa, Kei Tani
Plot: In this version of life after death, people who have recently died find themselves working with counselors (themselves dead) to pick the one memory they will take with them for all eternity. With 22 new arrivals - there is much work to be done, including helping an old man who has lost his memories find one to keep, convincing a young girl to take another memory other than Disneyland all while dealing with personal feelings of their own.

166. Kingdom, The ( Riget )

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Morten Arnfred, Lars von Trier
Actors: Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Kirsten Rolffes, Holger Juul Hansen, Søren Pilmark, Ghita Nørby, Jens Okking
Plot: This mini-series explores the most technologically advanced hospital in Denmark - a bastion of scientific achievement. Yet despite this modern wonder, supernatural events plague the halls - a phantom ambulance appears and disappears, voices echo in the elevator shaft and a pregnant doctor finds her child developing unnaturally fast - some residents aren't willing to let these events rest - but they may not like what they find.

167. Naked

Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mike Leigh
Actors: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge, Greg Cruttwell, Claire Skinner, Ewen Bremner
Plot: In this dark tale of early 90s London, nihilistic Johnny is fleeing Manchester for London after he rapes a girl and her family comes after him - while in town he reconnects with an old girlfriend rants and interacts with people just like him.

168. Only Yesterday ( Omohide poro poro )

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Isao Takahata
Actors: Miki Imai, Toshirô Yanagiba, Youko Honna, Mayumi Iizuka, Chie Kitagawa, Yuki Minowa
Plot: An office-worker quits her job and moves to the countryside, where she finds a new life and inspiring romance in the provinces.

169. Scent of a Woman

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Brest
Actors: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gabrielle Anwar, Bradley Whitford, James Rebhorn
Plot: Charlie Simms (Chris O'Donnell), a prep student, "babysits" a blind, retired, Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slate (Al Pacino). Col. Slate has his own plans over the holiday, and Charlie is along for the ride of women, dancing, and a Colt .45.

170. Sleepers

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Brad Pitt, Jason Patric, Ron Eldard, Joseph Perrino
Plot: A group of friends growing up in Hell's Kitchen commit a petty crime seriously injuring someone when they are sent to Juvenile detention which happens to mistreat young boys and they are forced to deal with it the rest of their lives.

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