Dan Sallitt's Favorite Films of the 1990s, by International Release Date


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1999

1. M/OTHER (Nobuhiro Suwa, Japan)

2. TOPSY-TURVY (Mike Leigh, UK)
3. LA PUCE (Emmanuelle Bercot, France)
4. HAUT LES COEURS! (Solveig Anspach, France)
5. RETURN OF THE IDIOT (Sasa Gedeon, Czechoslovakia)
6. ONE MORE DAY (Babak Payami, Iran)
7. THE SOPRANOS first episode (David Chase, USA)
8. IDLE RUNNING (Janez Burger, Slovenia)
9. FLOWERS FROM ANOTHER WORLD (Iciar Bollain, Spain)
10. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, USA)
11. SILVIA PRIETO (Martin Rejtman, Argentina)
12. L'HUMANITE (Bruno Dumont, France)
13. THREE KINGS (David O. Russell, USA)
14. ROMANCE (Catherine Breillat, France)
15. WOJACZEK (Lech Majewski, Poland)
16. EVERY DAY HERE (Frazer Bradshaw, USA)
17. PETITS FRERES (Jacques Doillon, France)
18. ELECTION (Alexander Payne, USA)
19. OFFICE SPACE (Mike Judge, USA)
20. THE LADY OF THE HOUSE (Rituparno Ghosh, India)
21. MOLOCH (Aleksandr Sokurov, Germany/Russia)
22. BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS (Alan Rudolph, USA)
23. RATCATCHER (Lynne Ramsay, UK)

1998

1. THE FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (Hou Hsiou-Hsien, Taiwan)

2. PRAISE (John Curran, Australia)
3. ABERDEEN (Kathy Fehl and Ian Teal, USA)
4. ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE (Larry Clark, USA)
5. SHOW ME LOVE (FUCKING AMAL) (Lukas Moodysson, Sweden)
6. THE SCHOOL OF FLESH (Benoit Jacquot, France)
7. THE APPLE (Samira Makhmalbaf, Iran)
8. THE HOLE (Tsai Ming-Liang, Taiwan)
9. THE POWER OF KANGWON PROVINCE (Hong Sang-Soo, South Korea)
10. THREE BUSINESSMEN (Alex Cox, USA)
11. LAST NIGHT (Don McKellar, Canada)
12. OUTSKIRTS (Petr Lutsik, Russia)
13. RUN LOLA RUN (Tom Tykwer, Germany)
14. THE FLIGHT OF THE BEE
(Jamshed Usmonov and Biong Hun Min, Tajikistan/South Korea)
15. THE THIN RED LINE (Terrance Malick, USA)
16. DR. AKAGI (Shohei Imamura, Japan)
17. THE BOOK OF LIFE (Hal Hartley, USA)
18. CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST (Hur Jin-ho, South Korea)
19. RADIATION (Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley, USA)
 
1997

1. THE RIVER (Tsai Ming-Liang, Taiwan)

2. BROTHER (Alexei Balabanov, Russia)
3. LIVE FLESH (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)
4. IN THE COMPANY OF MEN (Neil LaBute, USA)
5. CAREER GIRLS (Mike Leigh, UK)
6. SAME OLD SONG (Alain Resnais, France)
7. A TASTE OF CHERRY (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
8. SUZAKU (Naomi Kawase, Japan)
9. HAPPY TOGETHER (Wong Kar-Wei, Hong Kong)
10. HENRY FOOL (Hal Hartley, USA)
11. THE EYE OF GOD (Tim Blake Nelson, USA)
12. LA VIE DE JESUS (Bruno Dumont, France)
13. JACKIE BROWN (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
14. THE PRINCE OF HOMBURG (Marco Bellochio, Italy)
15. THE ROCKING-HORSE WINNER (Michael Almereyda, USA)
16. FAST, CHEAP AND OUT OF CONTROL (Errol Morris, USA)
17. GREEN FISH (Lee Chang-Dong, South Korea)
18. LITTLE SHOTS OF HAPPINESS (Todd Verow, USA)
19. BARBARA (Nils Malmros, Denmark)
20. XIAO WU (Jia Zhang Ke, China)

1996

1. PARFAIT AMOUR! (Catherine Breillat, France)

2. LA PROMESSE (Dardenne Bros., Belgium)
3. HOW I STARTED AN ARGUMENT...(MY SEX LIFE) (Arnaud Desplechin, France)
4. FLIRTING WITH DISASTER (David O. Russell, USA)
5. THE DAY A PIG FELL INTO THE WELL (Hong Sang-Soo, South Korea)
6. FARGO (Joel Coen, USA)
7. THE DELTA (Ira Sachs, USA)
8. ELECTIVE AFFINITIES (Taviani Bros., Italy)
9. BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA (Mike Judge, USA)
10. BREAKING THE WAVES (Lars von Trier, Denmark)
11. PONETTE (Jacques Doillon, France)
12. SECRETS AND LIES (Mike Leigh, UK)
13. CONTE D'ETE (Eric Rohmer, France)
14. KANSAS CITY (Robert Altman, USA)
15. BERENICE (Michael Gitlin, USA)
16. THE FRUIT OF THY WOMB (Barbara Albert, Austria)

1995

1. LA CEREMONIE (Claude Chabrol, France)

2. SAFE (Todd Haynes, USA)
3. KIDS (Larry Clark, USA)
4. AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE (Mike Newell, UK)
5. EN AVOIR (OU PAS) (Laetitia Masson, France)
6. DEAD MAN WALKING (Tim Robbins, USA)
7. LE GARCU (Maurice Pialat, France)
8. DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (Carl Franklin, USA)
9. A SINGLE GIRL (Benoit Jacquot, France)
10. ON THE BEAT (Ning Ying, China)
11. LES RENDEZVOUS DE PARIS (Eric Rohmer, France)

12. FLIRT (Hal Hartley, USA)
13. NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND (Gary Walkow, USA)

1994

1. SPANKING THE MONKEY (David O. Russell, USA)

2. AN UNFORGETTABLE SUMMER (Lucian Pintilie, Romania/France)
3. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL AT THE END OF THE 1960s IN BRUSSELS (Chantal Akerman, France)
4. JOAN THE MAID (Jacques Rivette, France)

5. CROOKLYN (Spike Lee, USA)
6. NADJA (Michael Almereyda, USA)
7. SIRENS (John Duigan, Australia)
8. PULP FICTION (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
9. CLEAN, SHAVEN (Lodge Kerrigan, USA)
10. EXOTICA (Atom Egoyan, Canada)
11. L'ENFER (Claude Chabrol, France)
12. PASSIONS (Kira Muratova, Russia)
13. RHYTHM THIEF (Matthew Harrison, USA)
14. VIVE L'AMOUR (Tsai Ming-Liang, Taiwan)
15. LITTLE ODESSA (James Gray, USA)
16. NYC 3/94 (Hal Hartley, USA)

1993

1. NAKED (Mike Leigh, UK)

2. MOVING (Shinji Somai, Japan)
3. THE YOUNG WERTHER (Jacques Doillon, France)
4. THE TREE, THE MAYOR, AND THE MEDIATHEQUE (Eric Rohmer, France)
5. DOTTIE GETS SPANKED (Todd Haynes, USA)
6. LES HISTOIRES D'AMOUR FINISSENT MAL EN GENERAL (Anne Fontaine, France)
7. THE DAYS (Wang Xiaoshuai, China)
8. DAZED AND CONFUSED (Richard Linklater, USA)
9. DIARY OF A MANIAC (Marco Ferreri, Italy)
10. BEING HUMAN (Bill Forsyth, UK)
11. THE WRONG MAN (Jim McBride, USA)
12. THE PUPPETMASTER (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan)
13. THE BOYS OF ST. VINCENT'S (John N. Smith, Canada)
14. STRANGE WEATHER (Peggy Ahwesh, USA)
15. GROSS MISCONDUCT: THE LIFE OF BRIAN SPENCER (Atom Egoyan, Canada)

1992

1. BAD LIEUTENANT (Abel Ferrara, USA)

2. HIGHWAY PATROLMAN (Alex Cox, Mexico)
3. STOLEN CHILDREN (Gianni Amelio, Italy)
4. HOWARD'S END (James Ivory, UK)
5. ANOTHER GIRL, ANOTHER PLANET (Michael Almereyda, USA)
6. THE LONG DAY CLOSES (Terence Davies, UK)
7. SAVAGE NIGHTS (Cyril Collard, France)
8. EQUINOX (Alan Rudolph, USA)
9. THE MYSTERY OF FERNS (Rachid Malikov, Uzbekistan)
10. LORENZO'S OIL (George Miller, USA)
11. EMBRACING (Naomi Kawase, Japan)
12. THE OAK (Lucian Pintilie, Romania)
13. LOSS IS TO BE EXPECTED (Ulrich Seidl, Austria)
14. A TALE OF WINTER (Eric Rohmer, France)
15. PASSAGES (Yilmaz Arslan, Germany)
16. SIMPLE MEN (Hal Hartley, USA)
17. UN COEUR EN HIVER (Claude Sautet, France)

LA SENTINELLE (Arnaud Desplechin, France)


1991

1. SURVIVING DESIRE (Hal Hartley, USA)
2. AND LIFE GOES ON.... (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
3. AMBITION (Hal Hartley, USA)
4. NAKED LUNCH (David Cronenberg, Canada)
5. THEORY OF ACHIEVEMENT (Hal Hartley, USA)
6. LA VIE DES MORTS (Arnaud Desplechin, France)

7. LIFE IS SWEET (Mike Leigh, UK)
8. VAN GOGH (Maurice Pialat, France)
9. DROP DEAD FRED (Ate de Jong, UK/USA)
10. LES AMANTS DU PONT-NEUF (Leos Carax, France)
11. YOUNGSTERS (Tsai Ming-Liang, Taiwan)
12. BRIGHT ANGEL (Michael Fields, USA)
13. PARIS TROUT (Stephen Gyllenhaal, USA)
14. CHEB (Rachid Bouchereb, Algeria/France)
15. BLOOD TIES (Jim McBride, USA)
16. FLIRTING (John Duigan, Australia)

1990

1. TRUST (Hal Hartley, USA)
2. MIAMI BLUES (George Armitage, USA)
3. METROPOLITAN (Whit Stillman, USA)
4. LA DISCRETE (Christian Vincent, France)
5. THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH (Hal Hartley, USA)
6. THE SHELTERING SKY (Bernardo Bertolucci, UK/Italy)
7. LE PETIT CRIMINEL (Jacques Doillon, France)
8. SALE COMME UNE ANGE (Catherine Breillat, France)
9. MILLER'S CROSSING (Joel Coen, USA)
10. LE MARIAGE BLANC (Christine Carriere, France)
11. HOUSE PARTY (Reginald Hudlin, USA)
12. MR. AND MRS. BRIDGE (James Ivory, UK/USA)
13. MEN DON'T LEAVE (Paul Brickman, USA)
14. LOVE AT LARGE (Alan Rudolph, USA)

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