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20 BEST FILMS IN LAST 20 YEARS

by kj_cassidy • Created 14 years ago • Modified 14 years ago
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  • Satantango (1994)

    1. Satantango

    19947h 19mNot Rated
    8.2 (13K)
    On the eve of a large payment, residents of a collapsing collective farm see their plans turn into desolation when they discover that Irimiás, a former co-worker who they thought was dead, is returning to the community.
    DirectorBéla TarrStarsMihály VigPutyi HorváthLászló feLugossy
  • The Bed You Sleep In (1993)

    2. The Bed You Sleep In

    19931h 57mNot Rated
    7.4 (301)
    Times are hard for Northwestern lumber-mill operators like Ray and his wife Jean. Ray and Jean's lives are thrown into chaos when their daughter writes home from college, saying she has uncovered her repressed memories of sexual abuse, and naming Ray as her abuser.
    DirectorJon JostStarsTom BlairMarshall GaddisEllen McLaughlin
  • And Life Goes On (1992)

    3. And Life Goes On

    19921h 35mNot Rated
    7.9 (8.3K)
    A director and his son return to a region damaged by the Guilan earthquake, hoping to find the children who appeared in his film a few years earlier.
    DirectorAbbas KiarostamiStarsFarhad KheradmandPouya PayvarBehrouz Abedini
  • Nicolas Cage, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse in Kick-Ass (2010)

    4. Kick-Ass

    20101h 57mR66Metascore
    7.6 (609K)
    Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a superhero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
    DirectorMatthew VaughnStarsAaron Taylor-JohnsonNicolas CageChloë Grace Moretz
  • Metropolitan (1989)

    5. Metropolitan

    19891h 38mPG-1377Metascore
    7.3 (13K)
    A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.
    DirectorWhit StillmanStarsCarolyn FarinaEdward ClementsChris Eigeman
  • Gabriel Byrne and John Turturro in Miller's Crossing (1990)

    6. Miller's Crossing

    19901h 55mR66Metascore
    7.7 (146K)
    Tom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.
    DirectorsJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsGabriel ByrneAlbert FinneyJohn Turturro
  • Full Moon in New York (1989)

    7. Full Moon in New York

    19891h 28m
    6.7 (431)
    Three very different Asian women forge a friendship in New York.
    DirectorStanley KwanStarsSylvia ChangMaggie CheungYat-Gam Chu
  • Swing Girls (2004)

    8. Swing Girls

    20041h 44m
    7.6 (5.3K)
    A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up vitiating and replacing the schools brass band.
    DirectorShinobu YaguchiStarsJuri UenoYûta HiraokaShihori Kanjiya
  • Bae Doona, Aki Maeda, Yû Kashii, and Shiori Sekine in Linda Linda Linda (2005)

    9. Linda Linda Linda

    20051h 54mTV-PG71Metascore
    7.5 (5K)
    A music group of girls need to learn to play a song before the school festival.
    DirectorNobuhiro YamashitaStarsBae DoonaAki MaedaYû Kashii
  • Nicole Kidman in Dogville (2003)

    10. Dogville

    20032h 51mR61Metascore
    8.0 (164K)
    A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.
    DirectorLars von TrierStarsNicole KidmanPaul BettanyLauren Bacall
  • Gettysburg (1993)

    11. Gettysburg

    19934h 14mPG
    7.6 (32K)
    In 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War.
    DirectorRon MaxwellStarsTom BerengerMartin SheenStephen Lang
  • Palindromes (2004)

    12. Palindromes

    20041h 40mNot Rated53Metascore
    6.7 (13K)
    Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
    DirectorTodd SolondzStarsJennifer Jason LeighEllen BarkinStephen Adly Guirgis
  • Jess Weixler in Teeth (2007)

    13. Teeth

    20071h 34mR57Metascore
    5.4 (48K)
    Still a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she becomes the object of male violence.
    DirectorMitchell LichtensteinStarsJess WeixlerJohn HensleyJosh Pais
  • Edmond (2005)

    14. Edmond

    20051h 22mR61Metascore
    6.2 (13K)
    A fortune-teller's teasing rumination sends Edmond Burke lurching into New York City's hellish underworld.
    DirectorStuart GordonStarsWilliam H. MacyJulia StilesJoe Mantegna
  • Benjamin Bratt, Jesse Borrego, and Damian Chapa in Blood In, Blood Out (1993)

    15. Blood In, Blood Out

    19933hR47Metascore
    7.9 (36K)
    Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo.
    DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsDamian ChapaJesse BorregoBenjamin Bratt
  • Yi Yi (2000)

    16. Yi Yi

    20002h 53mNot Rated94Metascore
    8.1 (30K)
    Each member of a middle-class Taipei family seeks to reconcile past and present relationships within their daily lives.
    DirectorEdward YangStarsNien-Jen WuElaine JinIssei Ogata
  • Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)

    17. Me and You and Everyone We Know

    20051h 25mR76Metascore
    7.2 (38K)
    A lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life.
    DirectorMiranda JulyStarsJohn HawkesMiranda JulyMiles Thompson
  • Disco Pigs (2001)

    18. Disco Pigs

    20011h 33mTV-MA
    6.5 (5.5K)
    Pig and Runt - born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by blood.
    DirectorKirsten SheridanStarsElaine CassidyCillian MurphySarah Gallagher
  • Thomas Bo Larsen, Henning Moritzen, Paprika Steen, and Ulrich Thomsen in The Celebration (1998)

    19. The Celebration

    19981h 41mR82Metascore
    8.0 (98K)
    At Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.
    DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsUlrich ThomsenHenning MoritzenThomas Bo Larsen
  • In Fading Light (1990)

    20. In Fading Light

    19901h 43m
    7.5 (28)
    A feature drama set in the declining fishing industry in North Shields, the actors auditioned and trained by local fishermen and filmed on the 63 foot seine netter bought by Amber.
    DirectorMurray MartinStarsJoe CaffreyMaureen HaroldDave Hill

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