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1993 Chronicle of The Cinema

by wijayaandik • Created 9 years ago • Modified 6 days ago
Annual looks at The Best Films from Around The World.
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  • Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, and Daniel Day-Lewis in The Age of Innocence (1993)

    1. The Age of Innocence

    19932h 19mPG90Metascore
    7.2 (72K)
    A tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsDaniel Day-LewisMichelle PfeifferWinona Ryder
    Trailers / Film 103
  • The Beginning and the End (1993)

    2. The Beginning and the End

    19933h 8m
    7.9 (503)
    The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father's death. Ignacia (Egurrola) is the Boteros mother, a desperate woman who chooses to sacrifice the destiny of her three older children, in order to protect Gabriel (Laguardia) the youngest one. She believes Gabriel will climb the social structure and bring back the lost fortune to the family. But destiny has other plans for the Boteros and tragedy will overcome eventually.
    DirectorArturo RipsteinStarsErnesto LaguardiaJulieta EgurrolaBlanca Guerra
  • Juliette Binoche in Three Colors: Blue (1993)

    3. Three Colors: Blue

    19931h 38mR87Metascore
    7.8 (116K)
    A woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.
    DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsJuliette BinocheZbigniew ZamachowskiJulie Delpy
    Nova
  • The Blue Kite (1993)

    4. The Blue Kite

    19932h 20m
    7.5 (3.4K)
    The lives of a Beijing family throughout the 1950s and 1960s, as they experience the impact of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.
    DirectorZhuangzhuang TianStarsTian YiWenyao ZhangXiaoman Chen
    The Blue Kite
  • Tom Cruise in The Firm (1993)

    5. The Firm

    19932h 34mR58Metascore
    6.9 (156K)
    A young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.
    DirectorSydney PollackStarsTom CruiseJeanne TripplehornGene Hackman
  • Harrison Ford in The Fugitive (1993)

    6. The Fugitive

    19932h 10mPG-1387Metascore
    7.8 (336K)
    Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a seasoned U.S. Marshal.
    DirectorAndrew DavisStarsHarrison FordTommy Lee JonesSela Ward
  • Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, and Anita Mui in The Heroic Trio (1993)

    7. The Heroic Trio

    19931h 28mR
    6.6 (5K)
    While one tough woman with an invisible robe has stolen 18 babies for her powerful master, two other tough women and the cops try to stop her.
    DirectorJohnnie ToStarsMichelle YeohAnita MuiMaggie Cheung
    AMO / Los Movies
  • The Joy Luck Club (1993)

    8. The Joy Luck Club

    19932h 19mR84Metascore
    7.7 (19K)
    Four Chinese women along with their mothers delve into their past and try to find answers. Slowly, this search helps them to understand the complex relationship they share with each other.
    DirectorWayne WangStarsTamlyn TomitaRosalind ChaoKieu Chinh
  • Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Ariana Richards, BD Wong, Joseph Mazzello, Martin Ferrero, and Bob Peck in Jurassic Park (1993)

    9. Jurassic Park

    19932h 7mPG-1368Metascore
    8.2 (1.1M)
    An industrialist invites some experts to visit his theme park of cloned dinosaurs. After a power failure, the creatures run loose, putting everyone's lives, including his grandchildren's, in danger.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsSam NeillLaura DernJeff Goldblum
    Film 103
  • Jesse Bradford in King of the Hill (1993)

    10. King of the Hill

    19931h 43mPG-1386Metascore
    7.3 (9.2K)
    A young boy struggles on his own in a run-down hotel after his parents and younger brother are separated from him in 1930s Depression-era Midwest.
    DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsJesse BradfordJeroen KrabbéLisa Eichhorn
    Nova
  • David Thewlis in Naked (1993)

    11. Naked

    19932h 11mNot Rated85Metascore
    7.7 (47K)
    An unemployed Mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.
    DirectorMike LeighStarsDavid ThewlisLesley SharpKatrin Cartlidge
    Nova
  • Harvey Keitel and Holly Hunter in The Piano (1993)

    12. The Piano

    19932h 1mR89Metascore
    7.5 (99K)
    In the mid-19th century a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a farmer, but is soon lusted after by a farm worker.
    DirectorJane CampionStarsHolly HunterHarvey KeitelSam Neill
    Nova / Film 103
  • Raining Stones (1993)

    13. Raining Stones

    19931h 30mNot Rated
    7.3 (5.1K)
    A devout father struggles to buy his daughter a special dress for her First Communion, leading him down increasingly risky paths to secure the funds.
    DirectorKen LoachStarsBruce JonesJulie BrownGemma Phoenix
    NYA
  • Schindler's List (1993)

    14. Schindler's List

    19933h 15mR95Metascore
    9.0 (1.5M)
    In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen Kingsley
    Film 103
  • Sopyonje (1993)

    15. Sopyonje

    19931h 52m
    7.5 (1.2K)
    Despite its falling popularity, a father teaches his two children the Korean musical tradition of Pansori (one singer accompanied by one drummer).
    DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsKim Myung-gonJung-hae OhKim Kyu-chul
    AMO / Nova / Film 103
  • Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)

    16. The Wedding Banquet

    19931h 46mR81Metascore
    7.6 (18K)
    To satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.
    DirectorAng LeeStarsWinston ChaoMay ChinAh-Lei Gua
    OKRU / Film 103
  • Angela Bassett in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)

    17. What's Love Got to Do with It

    19931h 58mR76Metascore
    7.4 (26K)
    The story of singer Tina Turner's rise to stardom and how she gained the courage to break free from her abusive husband, Ike Turner.
    DirectorBrian GibsonStarsAngela BassettLaurence FishburneRaéVen Kelly
  • Ching-Wan Lau and Anita Yuen in C'est la vie, mon chéri (1993)

    18. C'est la vie, mon chéri

    19931h 45mNot Rated
    7.6 (991)
    A jazz musician (Lau Ching-Wan) who has problems in both his life and career breaks up with his girlfriend, and moves into a poor neighborhood. There, he meets a girl (Anita Yuen), who started being interested in him as of his saxophone skills. Their friendship turns into a romance, and he gets inspired to write songs again. However, Min discovers that she has an issue with her health-condition...
    DirectorDerek Tung-Sing YeeStarsChing-Wan LauAnita YuenCarina Lau
  • Catherine Deneuve and Daniel Auteuil in My Favorite Season (1993)

    19. My Favorite Season

    19932h 7mNot Rated
    6.9 (2.3K)
    Old woman Berthe leaves her house to live in her daugter Emilie's one. Emilie and her brother Antoine have fallen out three years ago and have not seen each other since, but Emilie invites him for Christmas. Memories will come up, and will be depicted both Berthe's destiny and the strange relationship between Emilie and Antoine.
    DirectorAndré TéchinéStarsCatherine DeneuveDaniel AuteuilMarthe Villalonga
    NYA
  • Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington in Philadelphia (1993)

    20. Philadelphia

    19932h 5mPG-1366Metascore
    7.7 (268K)
    When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small-time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.
    DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsTom HanksDenzel WashingtonRoberta Maxwell
    Los Movies / Film 104
  • Daniel Day-Lewis in In the Name of the Father (1993)

    21. In the Name of the Father

    19932h 13mR84Metascore
    8.1 (198K)
    An Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.
    DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel Day-LewisPete PostlethwaiteAlison Crosbie
    Nova
  • Johnny Depp in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

    22. What's Eating Gilbert Grape

    19931h 58mPG-1373Metascore
    7.7 (263K)
    A young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness.
    DirectorLasse HallströmStarsJohnny DeppLeonardo DiCaprioJuliette Lewis
  • Clint Eastwood in In the Line of Fire (1993)

    23. In the Line of Fire

    19932h 8mR74Metascore
    7.2 (120K)
    Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.
    DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsClint EastwoodJohn MalkovichRene Russo
  • Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger in Shadowlands (1993)

    24. Shadowlands

    19932h 11mPG
    7.3 (21K)
    C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S.
    DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsAnthony HopkinsDebra WingerJulian Fellowes
  • Will Smith, Stockard Channing, and Donald Sutherland in Six Degrees of Separation (1993)

    25. Six Degrees of Separation

    19931h 52mR72Metascore
    6.8 (24K)
    An affluent New York City couple finds their lives touched, intruded upon, and compelled by a mysterious young black man who is never quite who he says he is.
    DirectorFred SchepisiStarsWill SmithStockard ChanningDonald Sutherland

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