1990-1999

The Top 10 Films Stocked by Auteur House, 1990-1999

1990
1.   Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, USA)
2.   An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, New Zealand)
3.   My Mother’s Castle (Yves Roberts, France)
4.   Henry and June (Phil Kaufman, USA)
5.   Avalon (Barry Levinson, USA) - VHS
6.   Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (John Mcnaugton, USA)

7.   The Grifters (Stephen Frears, USA)
8.   Miller’s Crossing (Joel Coen, USA)
9.   The Field (Jim Sheridan, UK)
10.  Truly, Madly, Deeply (Anthony Minghella, UK)

1991
1. Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese, USA)
2. Paris Trout (Stephen Gyllenhaal, USA) - VHS
3. Barton Fink (Joel Coen, USA)
4. Raise the Red Lantern (Zhang Yimou, China)
5. Europa, Europa (Agniesaka Holland, W Germany)
6. Proof (Jocelyn Moorehouse, Australia)
7. The Double Life of Veronique (Krysztof Kieslowski,
France/Poland)
8. Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, USA)
9. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
(Fax Bahr & George Hickenlooper, USA) - VHS
10.  Slacker (Richard Linklater, USA)

1992
1.   Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, USA)
2.   The Player (Robert Altman, USA)
3.   Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley, USA)
4.   A Heart in Winter (Claude Sautet, France)
5.   Howards End (James Ivory, UK)
6.   Olivier, Olivier (Agnieszka Holland, France)
7.   The Crying Game (Neil Jordan, UK)
8.   Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen, USA)
9.   Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (David Lynch, USA)
10.  Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, USA)

1993
1. The Piano (Jane Campion, France/Australia)
2. Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg, USA)
3. The Remains of the Day (James Ivory, UK)
4. Short Cuts (Robert Altman, USA)
5. The Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese, USA)
6. Maadadayo (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
7. Fearless (Peter Weir, USA)
8. Menace II Society (Alan & Albert Hughes, USA)
9. Three Colours: Blue (Krysztof Kieslowski, France)
10. Farewell, My Concubine (Chen Kaige, China)
1994
1. Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, NZ)
2. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
3. To Live (Zhang Yimou, China)
4. Three Colours: Red (Krysztof Kieslowski, France)
5. Burnt by the Sun (Nikita Mikhalkov, Russia)
6. Bullets Over Broadway (Woody Allen, USA)
7.  Drunken Master II (La Kau Leung, Hong Kong) - VHS
8.  Ed Wood (Tim Burton, USA)
9.  Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, USA)
10. Three Colours: White (Krystof Kieslowski, France)

1995
1.  Underground (Emir Kusturica, France/Yugoslavia)
2.  A Journey Through American Cinema (M. Scorsese,  USA)
3.   Sense and Sensibility (Ang Lee, UK)
4.   Smoke (Wayne Wang, USA)
5.   Cyclo (Anh-Hung Tran, Vietnam)
6.   Get Shorty (Barry Sonnenfeld, USA)
7.   Shanghai Triad (Zhang Yimou, China)
8.   Heat (Michael Mann, USA)
9.    Twelve Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, USA)
10.  Casino (Martin Scorsese, USA)

1996
1. The English Patient (Anthony Minghella, USA)
2. Fargo (Joel Coen, USA)
3. Breaking the Waves (Lars Von Trier, Denmark)
4. Lone Star (John Sayles, USA)
5. The Crucible (Nicholas Hytner, USA)
6. Kansas City (Robert Altman, USA)
7. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, UK)
8. Secrets and Lies (Mike Leigh, UK)
9. Portrait of a Lady (Jane Campion, USA)
10. Crash (David Cronenberg, Canada)

1997
1.   Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
2.  The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan, Canada)
3.  LA Confidential (Curtis Hanson, USA)
4.  The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, USA)
5.   Lost Highway (David Lynch, USA)
6.   Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
7.   Funny Games (Michael Haneke,  Germany/France)
8.   The Apostle (Robert Duvall, USA)
9.   In the Company of Men (Neil La Bute, USA)
10.  Twenty Four Seven (Shane Meadows, UK)

1998
1. Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg, USA)
2. The Thin Red Line (Terence Malick, USA)
3. The Idiots (Lars Von Trier, Denmark)
4. The General (John Boorman, UK)
5. Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon, USA)
6. Buffalo 66 (Vincent Gallo, USA)
7. Happiness (Todd Solondz, USA)
8. Life is Beautiful (Roberto Begnini, Italy)
9. Rushmore (Wes Anderson, USA)
10.  The Celebration (Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark)

1999
1. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, USA)
2. All About My Mother (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)
3. My Best Fiend (Werner Herzog, Germany)
4. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, USA)
5. My Voyage to Italy (Martin Scorsese, USA)
6. Star Wars: Episode One: The Phantom Menace
(George Lucas, USA)
7. The Emperor and the Assassin (Chen Kaige, China)
8. American Beauty (Sam Mendes, USA)
9.  Audition (Takashi Miike, Japan)
10. The Straight Story (David Lynch, USA)


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