My favorite films from each year from 1990 till now
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- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroRay LiottaJoe PesciThe story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.THE GODFATHER PART 3, KING OF NEW YORK, AWAKENINGS, MILLERS CROSSING, WILD AT HEART, JACOBS LADDER, TOTAL RECALL, EDWARD SISSORHANDS, FLATLINERS, misery, state of grace, die hard 2, back to the future 3, mo better blues, arachnophobia, predator 2, tremors, Stanley and iris, the two jakes.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsKevin CostnerGary OldmanJack LemmonNew Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.CAPE FEAR, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY, BARTON FINK, BOYZ N THE HOOD, NEW JACK CITY, BACKDRAFT, PROOF, POINT BREAK, Thelma And Louise, Jungle Fever, Guilty By Suspicion, The Last Boy Scout, Once Upon A Time In China, Mortal Thoughts, The Fisher King, My Own Private Idaho, The Indian Runner, Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsHarvey KeitelTim RothMichael MadsenWhen a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.UNFORGIVEN, BASIC INSTINCT, TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME, GLENGARY GLEN ROSS, ROMPER STOMPER, A FEW GOOD MEN, ONE FALSE MOVE, BAD LIEUTENANT, BATMAN RETURNS, Benny's Video, White Men Can't Jump, Once Upon A Time In China 2, Alien3, Juice, Malcolm X, The Last Of The Mohicans, The Crying Game, Passenger 57, Night In The City.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsMichael DouglasRobert DuvallBarbara HersheyAn ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.SCHINDLERS LIST, TRUE ROMANCE, WHATS EATING GILBERT GRAPE?, THE PIANO, BAD BOY BUBBY, A BRONX TALE, JURASSIC PARK, CARLITOS WAY, THE FUGITIVE, In The Name Of The Father, Kalifornia, Menace 2 Society, This Boys Life, Philadelphia, Mad Dog And Glory, Six Degrees Of Separation, Demolition Man, Red Rock West, The Age Of Innocence.
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTim RobbinsMorgan FreemanBob GuntonOver the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.PULP FICTION, FOREST GUMP, FRESH, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL, SPEED, NATURAL BORN KILLERS, ED WOOD, CLERKS, Quiz Show, Shallow Grave, Nobody's Fool, True Lies, The River Wild, Little Women, Swimming With Sharks, Wes Cravens New Nightmare, Mary Shelleys Frankenstein, Airheads.
- DirectorMichael MannStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroVal KilmerA group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a verbal clue at their latest heist.DEAD MAN, CASINO, SEVEN, LEAVING LAS VEGAS, BRAVEHEART, DIE HARD WITH A VENGENCE, 12 MONKEYS, THE BASKETBALL DIARIES, DEAD PRESIDENTS, The Usual Suspects, Toy Story, Higher Learning, Apollo 13, Strange Days, To Die For, Clockers, Outbreak, Species, Murder In The First.
- DirectorBilly Bob ThorntonStarsBilly Bob ThorntonDwight YoakamJ.T. WalshKarl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.TRAINSPOTTING, CRASH, FARGO, JERRY MAGUIRE, SLEEPERS, SCREAM, RANSOM, THE PEOPLE VS LARRY FLYNT, A TIME TO KILL, Last Man Standing, Mother Night, Mission impossible, Primal Fear, Fear, Bottle Rocket, The Fan, From Dusk Till Dawn, Happy Gilmore, The English Patient.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsBill PullmanPatricia ArquetteJohn RoseliusAnonymous videotapes presage a musician's murder conviction, and a gangster's girlfriend leads a mechanic astray.BOOGIE NIGHTS, JACKIE BROWN, FUNNY GAMES, COP LAND, DONNIE BRASCO, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, U-TURN, GOOD WILL HUNTING, THE GAME, Affliction, Amistad, Wag The Dog, 187, Face/Off, The Sweet Hereafter, Perdita Durango, The Devils Advocate, The Fifth Element, Gridlock'd.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJohnny DeppBenicio Del ToroTobey MaguireAn oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.THE BIG LEBOWSKI, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, THE THIN RED LINE, RONIN, HE GOT GAME, THE TRUMAN SHOW, RUSHMORE, ROUNDERS, AMERICAN HISTORY X, A Simple Plan, Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, Fallen, The Negotiator, Wild Things, Out Of Sight, Very Bad Things, HurlyBurly, Blade, Happiness.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat LoafAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.AMERICAN BEAUTY, THE GREEN MILE, ANY GIVEN SUNDAY, MAGNOLIA, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, SLEEPY HOLLOW, BRINGING OUT THE DEAD, THE INSIDER, EYES WIDE SHUT, The Talented Mr Ripley, The Sixth Sense, Boys Don't Cry, Girl Interrupted, The Virgin Suicides, Three Kings, Drop Dead Gorgeous, 8mm, The Corruptor, Man On The Moon.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsEllen BurstynJared LetoJennifer ConnellyThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..O'BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?, UNBREAKABLE, MEET THE PARENTS, CHOPPER, TIGERLAND, GLADIATOR, MEMENTO, ALMOST FAMOUS, AMERICAN PSYCHO, Snatch, The Yards, Nurse Betty, Cast Away, Remember The Titans, The Gift, Wonder Boys, Boiler Room, Men Of Honor, The Cell.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsNaomi WattsLaura HarringJustin TherouxAfter a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.DONNIE DARKO, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, ALI, TRAINING DAY, BULLY, MONSTERS BALL, A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, A BEAUTIFUL MIND, The Piano Teacher, Enemy At The Gates, The Others, Black Hawk Down, Gosford Park, The Cats Meow, Frailty, Blow, From Hell, Crazy/Beautiful.
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsAdam SandlerEmily WatsonPhilip Seymour HoffmanSocially frustrated Barry Egan calls a phone-sex line to curb his loneliness. Little does he know it will land him in deep trouble and will jeopardize his burgeoning romance with the mysterious Lena.IRREVERSIBLE, 25TH HOUR, SIGNS, SPIDERMAN, ADAPTATION, GANGS OF NEW YORK, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, INSOMNIA, Red Dragon, Narc, The Ring, One Hour Photo, The Pianist, 8 Mile, Road To Perdition, The Good Girl, The Hours, Moonlight Mile.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsUma ThurmanDavid CarradineDaryl HannahAfter awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.OLDBOY, THE LAST SAMURAI, COLD MOUNTAIN, IN THE CUT, MASTER AND COMMANDER, ELEPHANT, 21 GRAMS, MATCHSTICK MEN, MYSTIC RIVER, Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, Dogville, Owning Mahoney, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Lost In Translation, The Cooler, Young Adam, Levity, Mona Lisa Smile, The Life Of David Gale.
- DirectorNiels MuellerStarsSean PennNaomi WattsDon CheadleBased on real life events, Assassination is set in 1974 and centers on a businessman who decides to take extreme measures to achieve his American dream.MILLION DOLLAR BABY, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, FINDING NEVERLAND, COLLATERAL, THE MACHNIST, THE AVIATOR, DOWNFALL, THE VILLAGE, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, Closer, The Bourne Supremecy, Passion Of The Christ, The Woodsman, Mysterious Skin, Birth, Dawn Of The Dead, Napolean Dynamite, Troy, Crash.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsJake GyllenhaalHeath LedgerMichelle WilliamsEnnis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.MUNICH, HIDDEN, SIN CITY, BATMAN BEGINS, HARSH TIMES, THE WEATHER MAN, KING KONG, WAR OF THE WORLDS, JARHEAD, Hard Candy, A History Of Violence, The Proposition, The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada, The Squid And The Whale, Down In The Valley, In Her Shoes, Where The Truth Lies, V For Vendetta, Good Night And Good Luck.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHugh JackmanScarlett JohanssonAfter a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.THE DEPARTED, A SCANNER DARKLY, BLOOD DIAMOND, 2:37, MARIE ANTOINETTE, PANS LABYRINTH, APOCALYPTO, UNITED 93, BLACK SNAKE MOAN, Children Of Men, Little Children, Candy, The Dead Girl, Babel, Bug, 300, Stranger Than Fiction, Lonely Hearts, The Painted Veil.
- DirectorAndrew DominikStarsBrad PittCasey AffleckSam ShepardRobert Ford, who has idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the resurgent gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.THERE WILL BE BLOOD, ZODIAC, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, 3:10 TO YUMA, BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOURE DEAD, FUNNY GAMES, GONE BABY GONE, SWEENEY TODD, AMERICAN GANGSTER, The Bourne Ultimatum, 30 Days Of Night, Transformers, Michael Clayton, In The Valley Of Elah, Breach, Margot At The Wedding, We Own The Night, Chapter 27, Eastern Promises.
- DirectorPascal LaugierStarsMorjana AlaouiMylène JampanoïCatherine BéginA young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.THE DARK KNIGHT, CHANGELING, SURVEILLANCE, IN BRUGES, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, THE HURT LOCKER, THE WRESTLER, THE STRANGERS, THE BURNING PLAIN, Doubt, Gran Torino, Frost/Nixon, Pride And Glory, Stop-Loss, Street Kings, Cloverfield, Hunger, Revolutionary Road, Downloading Nancy.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli RothIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.BAD LIEUTENANT - PORT OF CALL: NEW ORLEANS, ANTICHRIST, WATCHMEN, AVATAR, UP IN THE AIR, STATE OF PLAY, THE ROAD, MOON, SPLICE, The White Ribbon, The Messenger, Mother And Child, My Sisters Keeper, I Love You Philip Morris, District 9, Brothers, Get Low, Observe And Report, The Men Who Stare At Goats.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsNatalie PortmanMila KunisVincent CasselNina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.THE FIGHTER, THE TOWN, INCEPTION, SHUTTER ISLAND, THE SOCIAL NETWORK, LET ME IN, THE KILLER INSIDE ME, HESHER, ANIMAL KINGDOM, The Runaways, The Kings Speech, All Good Things, Rabbit Hole, Winters Bone, The Way Back, Stone, True Grit, 127 Hours, The Company Men.
- DirectorLars von TrierStarsKirsten DunstCharlotte GainsbourgKiefer SutherlandTwo sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, WARRIOR, SNOWTOWN, THE RAID, THE DESCENDANTS, SHAME, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE, DRIVE, MONEYBALL, The Ides Of March, Take Shelter, Contagion, Killer Joe, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy, The Beaver, X:Men First Class, Crazy Stupid Love, Hanna.
- DirectorRian JohnsonStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittBruce WillisEmily BluntIn 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, END OF WATCH, THE MASTER, THE AVENGERS, PROMETHEUS, PERFORMANCE, DJANGO UNCHAINED, RED LIGHTS, THE HOBBIT, Killing Them Softly, Wish You Were Here, Bachelorette, The Place Beyond The Pines, Magic Mike, The Hunger Games, Lawless, Zero Dark Thirty, Argo, Lincoln.
- DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsNaomi WattsEwan McGregorTom HollandThe story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.Gravity, Prisoners, Silver Linings Playbook, Stoker, Django Unchained, American Hustle, The Conjuring, Flight, Captain Phillips.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJonah HillMargot RobbieBased on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.Nightcrawler, Gone Girl, The Raid 2, 12 Years A Slave, Whiplash, The Homesman, Noah, Nymphomaniac, Fury, Don Jon, Captain America: Winter Soldier, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, Edge Of Tomorrow, The Drop, Frank, Bad Neighbours, Intersteller, The Rover, Black Sea.
- DirectorBennett MillerStarsSteve CarellChanning TatumMark RuffaloU.S. Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz join "Team Foxcatcher", led by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont, as they train for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but John's self-destructive behavior threatens to consume them all.Legend, Sicario, Mad Max: Fury Road, It Follows, The Martian, Southpaw, Star Wars:The Force Awakens, Birdman, Black Mass, Straight Outta Compton, The Lobster, The Big Short, Carol, The Hateful Eight, Secret In Their Eyes, Creed, Maggie, Bridge Of Spies, The Walk.
- DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsLeonardo DiCaprioTom HardyWill PoulterA frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.Spotlight, Steve Jobs, Nocturnal Animals, We Are The Flesh, Green Room, The Witch, The Handmaiden, Hacksaw Ridge, Dont Breathe, Brimstone, Demolition, Midnight Special, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Captain America: Civil War, Star Wars: Rogue One, Deepwater Horrizon, Bleed For This, The Conjuring 2, Sully.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsHarrison FordRyan GoslingAna de ArmasYoung Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, LION, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER, PATRIOTS DAY, WIND RIVER, MOTHER!, THE BEGUILED, ALIEN: COVENANT, RAW, Una, Fences, Jackie, Logan, Dunkirk, The Wizard Of Lies, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, It, T2 Trainspotting, Personal Shopper.
- DirectorScott CooperStarsScott ShepherdRosamund PikeAva CooperIn 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.ANNIHILATION, HEREDITARY, SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE, CLIMAX,THE FAVOURITE, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI, PHANTOM THREAD, ROMAN J. ISRAEL ESQ, Boy Erased, Mission Impossible: Fallout, Mandy, The Post, A Quiet Place, Bird Box, Suspiria, Vice, Creed 2, First Man.
- DirectorTodd PhillipsStarsJoaquin PhoenixRobert De NiroZazie BeetzDuring the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.THE IRISHMAN, MIDSOMMAR, MARRIAGE STORY, PARASITE, AVENGERS: ENDGAME, INSTANT FAMILY, US, HOTEL MUMBAI, AD ASTRA, Ford Vs Ferrari, Hustlers, The Nightingale, Velvet Buzzsaw, Vox Lux, Lords Of Chaos, The Sisters Brothers, Destroyer, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, IT Chapter Two.
- DirectorRobert EggersStarsRobert PattinsonWillem DafoeValeriia KaramanTwo lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.UNCUT GEMS, COLOR OUT OF SPACE, CAPONE, BOMBSHELL, HAPPIEST SEASON, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7, 1917, UNHINGED, CITY OF LIES, Little Women, The Invisible Man, Tenet, Mank, Underwater, The Way Back, True History Of The Kelly Gang, Downhill, Lucy In The Sky, Just Mercy.
- DirectorSean DurkinStarsJude LawCarrie CoonOona RocheLife for an entrepreneur and his American family begins to take a twisted turn after moving into an English country manor.THE DRY, THE LITTLE THINGS