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Best of the Decade
1 JOAN THE MAID (Jacques Rivette)
2 CARLITO'S WAY (Brian De Palma)
3 HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA (Jean-Luc Godard)
4 SPIRITUAL VOICES (Alexander Sokurov)
5 NEON GENESIS EVANGELION (Hideaki Anno)
6 TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (David Lynch)
7 ABRAHAM'S VALLEY (Manoel de Oliveira)
8 THE LAST BOLSHEVIK (Chris Marker)
9 CURE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
10 VAN GOGH (Maurice Pialat)
1999
1 THE INSIDER (Michael Mann)
2 CHARISMA (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
3 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: "Hush" (Joss Whedon)
4 THE LIMEY (Steven Soderbergh)
5 THE NINTH GATE (Roman Polanski)
6 LET FOREVER BE (Michel Gondry)
7 THE MATRIX (The Wachowskis)
8 THE MISSION (Johnnie To)
9 THE 13TH WARRIOR (John McTiernan and Michael Crichton)
10 BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (Martin Scorsese)
1998
1 HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA (Jean-Luc Godard)
2 THE THIN RED LINE (Terrence Malick)
3 FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
4 HONEYMOON (Dan Sallitt)
5 LICENSE TO LIVE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
6 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (Steven Spielberg)
7 THE BIG LEBOWSKI (Joel and Ethan Coen)
8 EYES OF THE SPIDER (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
9 THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO (Whit Stillman)
10 DR. AKAGI (Shohei Imamura)
1997
1 CURE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
2 MOTHER AND SON (Alexander Sokurov)
3 JACKIE BROWN (Quentin Tarantino)
4 END OF EVANGELION (Hideaki Anno)
5 KUNDUN (Martin Scorsese)
6 STARSHIP TROOPERS (Paul Verhoeven)
7 TASTE OF CHERRY (Abbas Kiarostami)
8 THE RIVER (Tsai Ming-liang)
9 PRINCESS MONONOKE (Hayao Miyazaki)
10 FIREWORKS (Takeshi Kitano)
1996
1 FARGO (Joel and Ethan Coen)
2 ORIENTAL ELEGY (Alexander Sokurov)
3 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (Brian De Palma)
4 A SUMMER'S TALE (Eric Rohmer)
5 LA PROMESSE (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
6 MY SEX LIFE…OR HOW I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT (Arnaud Desplechin)
7 CRASH (David Cronenberg)
8 IRMA VEP (Olivier Assayas)
9 A MOMENT OF INNOCENCE (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
10 BOTTLE ROCKET (Wes Anderson)
1995
1 SPIRITUAL VOICES (Alexander Sokurov)
2 NEON GENESIS EVANGELION (Hideaki Anno)
3 DEAD MAN (Jim Jarmusch)
4 CLOCKERS (Spike Lee)
5 DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (John McTiernan)
6 HEAT (Michael Mann)
7 BEFORE THE RAIN (Milcho Manchevski)
8 RENDEZVOUS IN PARIS (Eric Rohmer)
9 SAFE (Todd Haynes)
10 THE NEON BIBLE (Terence Davies)
1994
1 JOAN THE MAID (Jacques Rivette)
2 PULP FICTION (Quentin Tarantino)
3 NADJA (Michael Almereyda)
4 THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES (Abbas Kiarostami)
5 BARCELONA (Whit Stillman)
6 AMATEUR (Hal Hartley)
7 HEAVENLY CREATURES (Peter Jackson)
8 SATANTANGO (Béla Tarr)
9 TO LIVE (Zhang Yimou)
10 CHARTRES SERIES (Stan Brakhage)
1993
1 CARLITO'S WAY (Brian De Palma)
2 ABRAHAM'S VALLEY (Manoel de Oliveira)
3 THE PUPPETMASTER (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
4 CALENDAR (Atom Egoyan)
5 NAKED (Mike Leigh)
6 SONATINE (Takeshi Kitano)
7 WHISPERING PAGES (Alexander Sokurov)
8 A PERFECT WORLD (Clint Eastwood)
9 THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (Martin Scorsese)
10 DOTTIE GETS SPANKED (Todd Haynes)
1992
1 TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (David Lynch)
2 THE LAST BOLSHEVIK (Chris Marker)
3 THE LONG DAY CLOSES (Terence Davies)
4 UNFORGIVEN (Clint Eastwood)
5 DEATH BECOMES HER (Robert Zemeckis)
6 CAREFUL (Guy Maddin)
7 MALCOLM X (Spike Lee)
8 BASIC INSTINCT (Paul Verhoeven)
9 BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (Francis Ford Coppola)
10 THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (Michael Mann)
1991
1 VAN GOGH (Maurice Pialat)
2 FLIRTING (John Duigan)
3 JFK (Oliver Stone)
4 HOMICIDE (David Mamet)
5 HIGH HEELS (Pedro Almodovar)
6 BLOOD TIES (Jim McBride)
7 SURVIVING DESIRE (Hal Hartley)
8 SIDE/WALK/SHUTTLE (Ernie Gehr)
9 MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (Gus Van Sant)
10 THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE (Krzysztof Kieślowski)
1990
1 GOODFELLAS (Martin Scorsese)
2 METROPOLITAN (Whit Stillman)
3 DAYS OF BEING WILD (Wong Kar-wai)
4 TWIN PEAKS (David Lynch): "Lonely Souls"
5 CLOSE-UP (Abbas Kiarostami)
6 TRUST (Hal Hartley)
7 MIAMI BLUES (George Armitage)
8 TWIN PEAKS (David Lynch): "Pilot"
9 A TALE OF SPRINGTIME (Eric Rohmer)
10 CINÉMA DE NOTRE TEMPS: JACQUES RIVETTE, LE VEILLEUR (Claire Denis)