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BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM 90S

by mmendes-617-947948 • Created 3 years ago • Modified 3 years ago
ANY INTERNATIONAL FILMS RELEASED IN US IN THE 90S
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  • Franka Potente in Run Lola Run (1998)

    1. Run Lola Run

    19981h 20mR79Metascore
    7.6 (214K)
    After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.
    DirectorTom TykwerStarsFranka PotenteMoritz BleibtreuHerbert Knaup
  • Fernanda Montenegro and Vinícius de Oliveira in Central Station (1998)

    2. Central Station

    19981h 50mR80Metascore
    8.0 (48K)
    The emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
    DirectorWalter SallesStarsFernanda MontenegroVinícius de OliveiraMarília Pêra
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)

    3. Life Is Beautiful

    19971h 56mPG-1358Metascore
    8.6 (781K)
    When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
    DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiGiorgio Cantarini
  • Lumi Cavazos and Marco Leonardi in Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

    4. Like Water for Chocolate

    19921h 45mR86Metascore
    7.1 (20K)
    When tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique talent for cooking.
    DirectorAlfonso ArauStarsMarco LeonardiLumi CavazosRegina Torné
  • Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)

    5. 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
  • Monsoon Wedding (2001)

    6. Monsoon Wedding

    20011h 54mR77Metascore
    7.3 (27K)
    A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.
    DirectorMira NairStarsNaseeruddin ShahLillete DubeyShefali Shah
  • All About My Mother (1999)

    7. All About My Mother

    19991h 41mR87Metascore
    7.8 (107K)
    A comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, an overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.
    DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCecilia RothMarisa ParedesCandela Peña
  • Live Flesh (1997)

    8. Live Flesh

    19971h 43mR69Metascore
    7.3 (35K)
    After leaving jail, Víctor is still in love with Elena, but she's married to the former cop -now basketball player- who became paralysed by a shot from Víctor's gun...
    DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsLiberto RabalFrancesca NeriJavier Bardem
  • Wang Yu-wen, Chien-Lien Wu, and Kuei-Mei Yang in Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

    9. Eat Drink Man Woman

    19942h 4mNot Rated80Metascore
    7.8 (24K)
    A senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members.
    DirectorAng LeeStarsSihung LungKuei-Mei YangWang Yu-wen
  • Strawberry & Chocolate (1993)

    10. Strawberry & Chocolate

    19931h 48mR
    7.4 (6.2K)
    Story of two men who are opposites: one gay, the other straight; one a fierce communist, the other a fierce individualist; one suspicious, the other accepting; and how they come to love each other.
    DirectorsTomás Gutiérrez AleaJuan Carlos TabíoStarsJorge PerugorríaVladimir CruzMirta Ibarra
  • Burnt Money (2000)

    11. Burnt Money

    20002h 5mR68Metascore
    7.0 (7.1K)
    Nene & Angel and their accomplice Cuervo participate in a botched bank robbery in 1965 Buenos Aires, then hide out from the police in Uruguay while the gang breaks down.
    DirectorMarcelo PiñeyroStarsEduardo NoriegaLeonardo SbaragliaPablo Echarri
  • Beau Travail (1999)

    12. Beau Travail

    19991h 32mUnrated91Metascore
    7.3 (17K)
    An ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once-glorious life of leading troops in Djibouti.
    DirectorClaire DenisStarsDenis LavantMichel SuborGrégoire Colin
  • Jorge Sanz and Maribel Verdú in Belle Epoque (1992)

    13. Belle Epoque

    19921h 49mR
    7.1 (12K)
    A 1931 Spanish military deserter finds himself on a lonely farm until the farmer's four daughters pay a visit and he falls for all of them.
    DirectorFernando TruebaStarsFernando Fernán GómezJorge SanzPenélope Cruz
  • Massimo Troisi in The Postman (1994)

    14. The Postman

    19941h 48mPG81Metascore
    7.8 (40K)
    A simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet, and then uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
    DirectorMichael RadfordStarsMassimo TroisiPhilippe NoiretMaria Grazia Cucinotta
  • Farewell My Concubine (1993)

    15. Farewell My Concubine

    19932h 51mR84Metascore
    8.1 (35K)
    Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.
    DirectorKaige ChenStarsLeslie CheungFengyi ZhangGong Li
  • Children of Heaven (1997)

    16. Children of Heaven

    19971h 29mPG77Metascore
    8.2 (86K)
    After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.
    DirectorMajid MajidiStarsReza NajiAmir Farrokh HashemianBahare Seddiqi
  • Helen Mirren in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

    17. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    19892h 4mNC-1762Metascore
    7.5 (44K)
    At an opulent gourmet restaurant, a woman carries on an affair with deadly consequences.
    DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsRichard BohringerMichael GambonHelen Mirren
  • The City of Lost Children (1995)

    18. The City of Lost Children

    19951h 52mR73Metascore
    7.4 (74K)
    A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
    DirectorsMarc CaroJean-Pierre JeunetStarsRon PerlmanDaniel EmilforkJudith Vittet
  • Exotica (1994)

    19. Exotica

    19941h 43mR72Metascore
    7.0 (22K)
    A man plagued by neuroses frequents the club Exotica in an attempt to find solace, but even there his past is never far away.
    DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsBruce GreenwoodElias KoteasDon McKellar
  • High Heels (1991)

    20. High Heels

    19911h 52mR51Metascore
    7.0 (18K)
    A singer returns after 15 years abroad to perform in Madrid and finds her 27 y.o. daughter married to one of her mom's ex-lovers.
    DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsVictoria AbrilMarisa ParedesMiguel Bosé
  • Catherine Deneuve and Sandrine Bonnaire in East/West (1999)

    21. East/West

    19992h 1mPG-1361Metascore
    7.4 (5.3K)
    In June 1946, Stalin invites the Russian exiled from the 1917 Revolution to return home. When the ships comes ashore in Odessa, the passengers are divided in two groups and one of them is executed. Among the survivors are Dr. Aleksei Golovin, his French wife Marie and their young son. Marie is accused to be a spy, her French passport is torn up and Aleksei accepts to move to Kyiv with his family to save her. They are sent to a room in a communal house and soon Marie befriends the super, an old woman who speaks French. But she is denounced and killed by the government agents. Marie feels guilty and brings her grandson Sasha Vasilyev, who will be evicted, to live in her room with her family. Marie wants to return to her family in France, but Aleksei explains that they are imprisoned in Russia. Marie tries a contact with the leftist French actress Gabrielle Develay to ask for help to leave the USSR. While Marie gets distant from her husband, she gets closer to Sacha, who is a great swimmer and the only chance to Marie contact her family.
    DirectorRégis WargnierStarsOleg MenshikovSandrine BonnaireCatherine Deneuve
  • Gong Li in To Live (1994)

    22. To Live

    19942h 13mNot Rated
    8.3 (22K)
    After Fugui and Jiazhen lose their personal fortunes, they raise a family and survive difficult cultural changes during 1940s to 1970s China.
    DirectorYimou ZhangStarsYou GeGong LiBen Niu
  • Peta Wilson in La Femme Nikita (1997)

    23. La Femme Nikita

    1997–200196 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.5 (11K)
    Condemned to death for a vicious crime she didn't commit, Nikita reluctantly chooses to live as a secret government assassin whose life is controlled by a clandestine anti-terrorist organization Section One.
    CreatorJoel SurnowStarsPeta WilsonDon FrancksEugene Robert Glazer
  • Juliane Köhler and Maria Schrader in Aimee & Jaguar (1999)

    24. Aimee & Jaguar

    19992h 5mNot Rated72Metascore
    7.2 (7.2K)
    In 1943 Berlin, a Nazi officer's wife meets and starts a passionate affair with a Jewish woman.
    DirectorMax FärberböckStarsMaria SchraderJuliane KöhlerJohanna Wokalek
  • Wild Reeds (1994)

    25. Wild Reeds

    19941h 50mNot Rated83Metascore
    7.3 (7K)
    The fates of two partners are divided.
    DirectorAndré TéchinéStarsÉlodie BouchezGaël MorelStéphane Rideau

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