The Great Films: 1990, 1991

It's getting to be that time of year again when I begin to compile my list of the 25 best movies of the year. As a prelude I revisit the Top 25 from past years. Click on the titles to learn more about the films.

1990
1. Goodfellas
2. Dances With Wolves
3. Miller’s Crossing
4. Awakenings
5. The Godfather Part III
6. An Angel at My Table
7. Europa Europa
8. Edward Scissorhands
9. Ju Dou
10. Hamlet
11. Mountains of the Moon
12. The Hunt for Red October
13. Reversal of Fortune
14. The Grifters
15. Metropolitan
16. Ghost
17. Longtime Companion
18. Cyrano de Bergerac
19. Dick Tracy
20. Pretty Woman
21. Avalon
22. My Father’s Glory
23. Last Exit to Brooklyn
24. Internal Affairs
25. The Freshman

1991
1. The Silence of the Lambs
2. JFK
3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
4. Raise the Red Lantern
5. Beauty and the Beast
6. Boyz ‘n the Hood
7. The Double Life of Veronique
8. The Fisher King
9. Black Robe
10. Proof
11. The Prince of Tides
12. Life Is Sweet
13. Thelma and Louise
14. Bugsy
15. The Commitments
16. Dead Again
17. City of Hope
18. A Woman’s Tale
19. Toto the Hero
20. Le Belle Noiseuse
21. Fried Green Tomatoes
22. Backdraft
23. Impromptu
24. Homicide
25. Antonia and Jane