List of American films of 1991
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A list of American films released in 1991.
The Silence of the Lambs won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Highest-grossing films[]
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day, $519,843,345
- Beauty and the Beast, $424,967,620
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, $390,493,908
- The Addams Family
- City Slickers
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Thelma & Louise
- Fried Green Tomatoes
- Hot Shots!
- JFK
A-Z[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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29th Street | George Gallo | Danny Aiello, Anthony LaPaglia | Drama | Fox |
Across the Tracks | Sandy Tung | Rick Schroder, Brad Pitt, Carrie Snodgress | Drama | |
The Addams Family | Barry Sonnenfeld | Anjelica Huston, Raúl Juliá, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Dan Hedaya | Comedy | Charles Addams characters |
All I Want for Christmas | Robert Lieberman | Harley Jane Kozak, Thora Birch, Ethan Embry, Jamey Sheridan, Lauren Bacall, Leslie Nielsen | Comedy | Paramount |
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | James Stewart, John Cleese, Amy Irving (voices) | Animated | sequel to An American Tail | |
And the Sea Will Tell | Rachel Ward, James Brolin, Richard Crenna, Deidre Hall | Drama | made for TV | |
Another You | Maurice Phillips | Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Mercedes Ruehl, Vanessa L. Williams | Comedy | Pryor-Wilder final pairing |
At Play in the Fields of the Lord | Héctor Babenco | Tom Berenger, Aidan Quinn, Daryl Hannah, John Lithgow, Kathy Bates, Tom Waits | Drama | from Peter Matthiessen novel |
Backdraft | Ron Howard | Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Scott Glenn, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay | Drama | 3 Oscar nominations |
Barton Fink | Coen brothers | John Turturro, John Goodman, John Mahoney, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, Steve Buscemi | Drama | Palme d'Or winner |
Beauty and the Beast | Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Robby Benson, Paige O'Hara, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury (voices) | Animated | 6 Oscar nominations |
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Peter Hewitt | Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Joss Ackland, Pam Grier, George Carlin | Comedy | sequel to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure |
Billy Bathgate | Robert Benton | Dustin Hoffman, Bruce Willis, Nicole Kidman, Steven Hill, Loren Dean | Drama | novel by E. L. Doctorow |
Bingo | Matthew Robbins | Cindy Williams, David Rasche | Family | TriStar |
Blue Desert | Bradley Battersby | Courteney Cox, D. B. Sweeney, Craig Sheffer | Thriller | |
Body Parts | Eric Red | Jeff Fahey, Kim Delaney | Horror | from Boileau-Narcejac story |
The Boneyard | James Cummins | Ed Nelson, Norman Fell | Horror | direct to video |
The Borrower | John McNaughton | Rae Dawn Chong | Horror | Cannon |
Boyz n the Hood | John Singleton | Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Nia Long | Drama | 2 Oscar nominations |
Breathing Fire | Lou Kennedy | Jonathan Quan | Martial arts | direct-to-video |
Bride of Re-Animator | Brian Yuzna | Bruce Abbott | Horror | sequel to Re-Animator |
A Brief History of Time | Errol Morris | Documentary | ||
Brother Future | Ray Capanella II | Phill Lewis, Moses Gunn | Sci-fi | made for TV |
Bugsy | Barry Levinson | Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley, Harvey Keitel, Joe Mantegna, Elliott Gould, Wendy Phillips, Bebe Neuwirth, Bill Graham | Drama, Biography | 11 Oscar nominations; story of Bugsy Siegel |
The Butcher's Wife | Terry Hughes | Demi Moore, Jeff Daniels, George Dzundza, Frances McDormand, Mary Steenburgen | Comedy | Paramount |
By the Sword | Jeremy Paul Kagan | F. Murray Abraham, Eric Roberts, Mia Sara | Action | |
Cape Fear | Martin Scorsese | Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Joe Don Baker, Fred Dalton Thompson, Illeana Douglas | Thriller | remake of 1962 film; nominated for 2 Oscars |
Captain America | Albert Pyun | Matt Salinger, Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty | Action | from Marvel comic |
Career Opportunities | Bryan Gordon | Jennifer Connelly, Frank Whaley, Dermot Mulroney, Kieran Mulroney | Comedy | John Hughes script |
The Chase | Paul Wendkos | Casey Siemaszko, Ben Johnson | Crime Drama |
made for TV |
Children of the Night | Tony Randel | Ami Dolenz, Karen Black | Horror | |
Child's Play 3 | Jack Bender | Brad Dourif, Justin Whalin, Perrey Reeves | Horror | sequel |
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown | Dan Hoskins | Vicki Frederick, Billy Bob Thornton | Comedy, Horror | |
Chuck Amuck: The Movie | Chuck Jones | Documentary | ||
City of Hope | John Sayles | Vincent Spano, Chris Cooper, Joe Morton, Angela Bassett | Drama | |
City Slickers | Ron Underwood | Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater, Jack Palance | Comedy | Oscar for Palance |
Class Action | Michael Apted | Gene Hackman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Colin Friels, Laurence Fishburne | Drama | Fox |
Eric Louzil, Donald Jackson | Lisa Gaye | Horror | sequel to Class of Nuke 'Em High | |
Closet Land | Radha Bharadwaj | Madeleine Stowe, Alan Rickman | Drama | Universal |
Cold Heaven | Nicolas Roeg | Theresa Russell, Mark Harmon, James Russo | Drama | |
The Commitments | Alan Parker | Colm Meaney, Robert Arkins | Musical | from Roddy Doyle book |
Company Business | Nicholas Meyer | Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov | Spy | MGM |
Cool as Ice | Vanilla Ice, Kristin Minter, Michael Gross, Candy Clark, John Haymes Newton, Naomi Campbell | Drama | 7 Razzie nominations | |
Curly Sue | John Hughes | Alisan Porter, James Belushi, Kelly Lynch, John Getz, Fred Dalton Thompson | Comedy | Hughes's final film |
The Dark Backward | Adam Rifkin | Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, Wayne Newton, Lara Flynn Boyle | Comedy | |
The Dark Wind | Errol Morris | Lou Diamond Phillips, Fred Ward | Crime | |
Daughters of the Dust | Julie Dash | Drama | ||
Dead Again | Kenneth Branagh | Kenneth Branagh, Andy García, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi, Hanna Schygulla, Robin Williams | Thriller | Paramount |
Deceived | Damian Harris | Goldie Hawn, John Heard | Thriller | Buena Vista |
Defending Your Life | Albert Brooks | Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
Defenseless | Martin Campbell | Barbara Hershey, Sam Shepard, J.T. Walsh | Crime | |
Delirious | Tom Mankiewicz | John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms | Comedy | last Raymond Burr film |
Do or Die | Andy Sidaris | Pat Morita, Erik Estrada | Action | preceded by Guns |
Doc Hollywood | Michael Caton-Jones | Michael J. Fox, Julie Warner, Woody Harrelson, Bridget Fonda | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
The Doctor | Randa Haines | William Hurt, Christine Lahti, Mandy Patinkin, Elizabeth Perkins, Adam Arkin | Drama | Touchstone |
Dogfight | Nancy Savoca | River Phoenix, Lili Taylor | Drama, War | |
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead | Stephen Herek | Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, Keith Coogan, Josh Charles, John Getz | Comedy | |
The Doors | Oliver Stone | Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Kathleen Quinlan, Frank Whaley, Kevin Dillon, Josh Evans, Billy Idol | Drama, Biography | story of Jim Morrison and The Doors |
Double Impact | Sheldon Lettich | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Action | |
Drop Dead Fred | Ate de Jong | Phoebe Cates, Rik Mayall, Marsha Mason, Ron Eldard, Carrie Fisher, Tim Matheson | Comedy | New Line |
Dutch | Peter Faiman | Ed O'Neill, Ethan Embry, JoBeth Williams, Christopher McDonald | Comedy | Fox |
Dying Young | Joel Schumacher | Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colleen Dewhurst, David Selby | Drama | Fox |
Edge of Honor | Michael Spence | Corey Feldman, Meredith Salenger | Thriller | |
Ernest Scared Stupid | John R. Cherry III | Jim Varney | Comedy | preceded by Ernest Goes to Jail |
Eve of Destruction | Duncan Gibbins | Gregory Hines, Renee Soutendijk | Action | MGM |
Eyes of an Angel | Robert Harmon | John Travolta, Ellie Raab, Tito Larriva | Drama | |
F/X2 | Richard Franklin | Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Rachel Ticotin, Joanna Gleason | Suspense | sequel to F/X |
Father of the Bride | Charles Shyer | Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, Martin Short, George Newbern | Comedy | remake of 1950 film |
Final Approach | Eric Steven Stahl | James Sikking, Héctor Elizondo | Action | |
The Fisher King | Terry Gilliam | Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer | Drama, Comedy | Oscar for Ruehl |
The Five Heartbeats | Robert Townsend | Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon Robinson | Musical | |
Flight of the Intruder | John Milius | Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, Brad Johnson, Rosanna Arquette, Tom Sizemore | Action | Paramount |
For the Boys | Mark Rydell | Bette Midler, James Caan, George Segal, Arye Gross | Drama, Musical | Golden Globe for Midler |
Frankie and Johnny | Garry Marshall | Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Héctor Elizondo, Nathan Lane, Kate Nelligan | Romance | based on Terrence McNally play |
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare | Rachel Talalay | Robert Englund, Lisa Zane | Horror | preceded by A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child |
Fried Green Tomatoes | Jon Avnet | Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jessica Tandy | Comedy | from Fannie Flagg novel |
Grand Canyon | Lawrence Kasdan | Kevin Kline, Danny Glover, Alfre Woodard, Steve Martin, Mary-Louise Parker, Mary McDonnell | Drama | Fox |
Guilty by Suspicion | Irwin Winkler | Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, Patricia Wettig, Sam Wanamaker, George Wendt | Drama | Warner Bros. |
Hangin' with the Homeboys | Joseph Vasquez | John Leguizamo, Mario Joyner, Doug E. Doug | Comedy | |
Hard Promises | Martin Davidson | Sissy Spacek, William Petersen | Drama | Columbia |
The Hard Way | John Badham | Michael J. Fox, James Woods, Stephen Lang, Annabella Sciorra, Delroy Lindo, Luis Guzman, Penny Marshall | Comedy | Universal |
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | Simon Wincer | Mickey Rourke, Don Johnson, Tom Sizemore, Daniel Baldwin, Chelsea Field, Vanessa L. Williams, Giancarlo Esposito, Tia Carrere | Action | MGM |
He Said, She Said | Ken Kwapis | Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Perkins, Nathan Lane, Anthony LaPaglia, Sharon Stone | Comedy | Paramount |
Hear My Song | Peter Chelsom | Adrian Dunbar, David McCallum, Ned Beatty | Comedy | |
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola | Eleanor Coppola (narrator) | Documentary | on filming of Francis Coppola's Apocalypse Now |
The Heroes of Desert Storm | ||||
Highlander II: The Quickening | Russell Mulcahy | Christopher Lambert, Virginia Madsen, Sean Connery, Michael Ironside | Science fiction | sequel to Highlander |
Highway 61 | Bruce McDonald | Valerie Buhagiar | Drama | |
The Hitman | Aaron Norris | Chuck Norris, Michael Parks | Action | Cannon |
Homicide | David Mamet | Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, Ving Rhames | Drama | |
Hook | Steven Spielberg | Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Charlie Korsmo, Maggie Smith, Amber Scott, Caroline Goodall, Dante Basco | Adventure | based on Peter Pan |
Hot Shots! | Jim Abrahams | Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Jon Cryer, Lloyd Bridges | Comedy | |
The Hours and Times | Christopher Münch | David Angus, Ian Hart | Drama | |
House Party 2 | Comedy | sequel | ||
Hudson Hawk | Michael Lehmann | Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn, Sandra Bernhard, Richard E. Grant, David Caruso | Comedy | won 3 Razzie awards |
If Looks Could Kill | William Dear | Richard Grieco, Linda Hunt, Roger Rees, Gabrielle Anwar, Roger Daltrey | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
The Indian Runner | Sean Penn | Viggo Mortensen, David Morse, Valeria Golino, Patricia Arquette, Charles Bronson | Drama | MGM |
The Inner Circle | Andrei Konchalovsky | Tom Hulce, Lolita Davidovich, Bob Hoskins | Drama | Columbia |
JFK | Oliver Stone | Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Joe Pesci, Kevin Bacon, Sissy Spacek, Donald Sutherland, Laurie Metcalf, John Candy, Ed Asner, Michael Rooker, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau | Drama, Biography | on Kennedy assassination; 8 Oscar nominations |
Johnny Suede | Tom DiCillo | Brad Pitt, Catherine Keener | Comedy | |
Jungle Fever | Spike Lee | Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee, Anthony Quinn, John Turturro, Samuel L. Jackson, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Halle Berry | Drama | Universal |
Kafka | Steven Soderbergh | Jeremy Irons, Alec Guinness, Theresa Russell, Ian Holm | Mystery | |
Killer Tomatoes Eat France | John De Bello | John Astin, Steve Lundquist, Marc Price, Angela Visser | Comedy, Horror | 20th Century Fox, New World Pictures |
King Ralph | David S. Ward | John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, John Hurt | Comedy | Universal |
A Kiss Before Dying | James Dearden | Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max von Sydow, Diane Ladd, James Russo | Thriller | Universal; Remake of 1956 film |
L.A. Story | Mick Jackson | Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Marilu Henner, Richard E. Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker | Comedy | TriStar |
The Last Boy Scout | Tony Scott | Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham, Taylor Negron, Danielle Harris, Halle Berry | Action | Warner Bros. |
Liebestraum | Mike Figgis | Kevin Anderson, Pamela Gidley, Bill Pullman, Kim Novak | Drama | Novak's final film |
Life Stinks | Mel Brooks | Mel Brooks, Lesley Ann Warren, Howard Morris, Jeffrey Tambor | Comedy | MGM |
The Linguini Incident | Richard Shepard | David Bowie, Rosanna Arquette | ||
Little Man Tate | Jodie Foster | Jodie Foster, Dianne Wiest, Harry Connick, Jr., Adam Hann-Byrd | Drama | Orion |
Love Hurts | Bud Yorkin | Jeff Daniels, Judith Ivey, Cloris Leachman | Drama | Vestron |
Madonna: Truth or Dare | Alek Keshishian | Madonna | Documentary | |
The Man in the Moon | Robert Mulligan | Reese Witherspoon, Jason London, Sam Waterston, Tess Harper | Drama | Witherspoon film debut |
The Marrying Man | Jerry Rees | Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Elisabeth Shue, Paul Reiser, Fisher Stevens, Robert Loggia, Armand Assante | Comedy | written by Neil Simon |
McBain | James Glickenhaus | Christopher Walken, María Conchita Alonso, Michael Ironside | Drama | |
Meet the Applegates | Michael Lehmann | Ed Begley, Jr., Stockard Channing, Dabney Coleman | Comedy | New World |
Men of Respect | William C. Reilly | John Turturro, Rod Steiger, Dennis Farina, Stanley Tucci, Peter Boyle | Crime drama | based on Macbeth |
Mississippi Masala | Mira Nair | Denzel Washington | Drama | |
Mobsters | Michael Karbelnikoff | Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, Costas Mandylor, Michael Gambon, Lara Flynn Boyle, Chris Penn, F. Murray Abraham, Anthony Quinn | Crime drama | Universal |
Mortal Thoughts | Alan Rudolph | Demi Moore, Glenne Headly, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Willis, John Pankow | Suspense | Columbia |
My Girl | Howard Zieff | Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, Anna Chlumsky, Griffin Dunne, Richard Masur | Comedy, Drama | Columbia |
My Own Private Idaho | Gus Van Sant | Keanu Reeves, River Phoenix | Avant-garde | |
Mystery Date | Jonathan Wacks | Ethan Hawke, Teri Polo | Comedy | |
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | David Zucker | Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O. J. Simpson, Robert Goulet | Comedy | sequel |
Naked Lunch | David Cronenberg | Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Roy Scheider | Drama | book by William Burroughs |
Necessary Roughness | Stan Dragoti | Scott Bakula, Héctor Elizondo, Sinbad, Kathy Ireland, Harley Jane Kozak, Jason Bateman | Comedy | |
New Jack City | Mario Van Peebles | Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Mario Van Peebles, Chris Rock, Judd Nelson | Crime drama | Warner Bros. |
Night on Earth | Jim Jarmusch | Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez, Beatrice Dalle, Roberto Benigni | Comedy | |
Not Without My Daughter | Brian Gilbert | Sally Field, Alfred Molina | Drama | story of Betty Mahmoody |
Nothing but Trouble | Dan Aykroyd | Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, John Candy, Dan Aykroyd | Comedy | 6 Razzie nominations |
The Object of Beauty | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | John Malkovich, Andie MacDowell, Lolita Davidovich | Crime comedy | |
Once Around | Lasse Hallström | Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Danny Aiello, Gena Rowlands, Laura San Giacomo | Rom Com | Universal |
One Good Cop | Heywood Gould | Michael Keaton, Rene Russo, Anthony LaPaglia, Benjamin Bratt | Crime | |
Only the Lonely | Chris Columbus | John Candy, Maureen O'Hara, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Quinn, James Belushi | Comedy | Fox |
Oscar | John Landis | Sylvester Stallone, Ornella Muti, Peter Riegert, Vincent Spano, Marisa Tomei, Tim Curry | Comedy | Buena Vista |
Other People's Money | Norman Jewison | Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck, Penelope Ann Miller, Piper Laurie, Dean Jones | Drama, Comedy | based on a play by Jerry Sterner |
Out for Justice | John Flynn | Steven Seagal, William Forsythe, Jerry Orbach | Action | |
Paradise | MaryAgnes Donoghue | Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, Elijah Wood, Thora Birch | Drama | |
Paris Trout | Stephen Gyllenhaal | Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey, Ed Harris | Drama | made for TV; from Pete Dexter book |
Pastime | William Russ, Glenn Plummer, Jeffrey Tambor | Sports drama | ||
The People Under the Stairs | Wes Craven | Everett McGill, Ving Rhames, Brandon Adams | Horror | |
Perfect Harmony | Will Mackenzie | made for TV | ||
The Perfect Weapon | Jeff Speakman, Mako, Mariska Hargitay | Action | ||
Point Break | Kathryn Bigelow | Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty, Gary Busey, John C. McGinley, James LeGros | Action | |
Poison | Todd Haynes | Drama | ||
The Prince of Tides | Barbra Streisand | Nick Nolte, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, Melinda Dillon, Kate Nelligan, Jeroen Krabbe, George Carlin | Drama | based on a novel by Pat Conroy |
Problem Child 2 | Brian Levant | John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Amy Yasbeck, Jack Warden, Laraine Newman, Ivyann Schwan, Gilbert Gottfried | Comedy | preceded by Problem Child |
Puppet Master II | David W. Allen | Elizabeth Maclellan, Collin Bernsen | Horror | |
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge | David DeCoteau | Guy Rolfe, Sarah Douglas, Walter Gotell | Horror | |
Pure Luck | Nadia Tass | Martin Short, Danny Glover, Sheila Kelly | Comedy | |
A Rage in Harlem | Bill Duke | Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Danny Glover, Robin Givens | Drama | |
Rambling Rose | Martha Coolidge | Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Robert Duvall, Lukas Haas | Drama | |
The Rapture | Michael Tolkin | Mimi Rogers, David Duchovny, Will Patton | Drama | |
Regarding Henry | Mike Nichols | Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, Donald Moffat, Bill Nunn | Drama | written by J. J. Abrams |
Return to the Blue Lagoon | William A. Graham | Milla Jovovich, Brian Krause | Adventure | sequel to The Blue Lagoon; 5 Razzie nominations |
Ricochet | Russell Mulcahy | Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Lindsay Wagner | Thriller | |
Road to Ruin | Charlotte Brandon | Peter Weller, Carey Lowell | Comedy | |
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Kevin Reynolds | Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Alan Rickman, Christian Slater | Adventure | |
The Rocketeer | Joe Johnston | Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Timothy Dalton, Alan Arkin, Paul Sorvino | Action | |
Rover Dangerfield | James L. George | Rodney Dangerfield, Ronnie Schell | Animated | |
Run | Geoff Burrowes | Patrick Dempsey, Kelly Preston | Action | |
Rush | Lili Fini Zanuck | Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott | Drama | |
Scenes from a Mall | Paul Mazursky | Woody Allen, Bette Midler | Comedy | |
Scissors | Frank de Felitta | Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, Steve Railsback | Thriller | |
Scorchers | David Beaird | Faye Dunaway, James Earl Jones, Emily Lloyd, Jennifer Tilly | Drama | |
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe | John Bailey | Lily Tomlin | Comedy | Performance |
Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. | ||||
Shadows and Fog | Woody Allen | Woody Allen, John Cusack, Mia Farrow, Jodie Foster, Kathy Bates, John Malkovich, Madonna, Lily Tomlin | Comedy | |
Shattered | Wolfgang Petersen | Tom Berenger, Greta Scacchi, Bob Hoskins, Joanne Whalley, Corbin Bernsen | Suspense | |
Shout | Jamie Walters, Heather Graham, Linda Fiorentino, John Travolta | Drama | ||
Showdown in Little Tokyo | Mark L. Lester | Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee | Action | |
The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme | Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Frankie Faison, Anthony Heald, Kasi Lemmons, Diane Baker, Brooke Smith | Thriller | 5 Academy Awards; based on a novel by Thomas Harris |
Slacker | Richard Linklater | Experimental | ||
Sleeping with the Enemy | Joseph Ruben | Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson | Thriller | |
Soapdish | Michael Hoffman | Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey, Jr., Elisabeth Shue, Cathy Moriarty, Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Carrie Fisher, Teri Hatcher | Comedy | |
Sometimes They Come Back | Tom McLoughlin | Tim Matheson, Brooke Adams | Science fiction | based on a story by Stephen King |
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Nicholas Meyer | William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Christopher Plummer, Kim Cattrall, David Warner, Iman, Brock Peters, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols | Sci-fi | preceded by Star Trek V: The Final Frontier |
Stepping Out | Liza Minnelli, Julie Walters, Jane Krakowski, Bill Irwin, Ellen Greene, Shelley Winters, Sheila McCarthy, Andrea Martin, Carol Woods | Drama, Musical | based on a play by Richard Harris | |
Stone Cold | Craig Baxley | Brian Bosworth, Lance Henriksen, William Forsythe | Action | |
Straight Out of Brooklyn | Matty Rich | Larry Gilliard, Jr., Matty Rich | Drama | |
Strictly Business | Kevin Hooks | Tommy Davidson, Joseph C. Phillips, Halle Berry, Anne-Marie Johnson | Comedy | |
Suburban Commando | Burt Kennedy | Hulk Hogan, Christopher Lloyd, Shelley Duvall | Science fiction comedy | |
The Super | Rod Daniel | Joe Pesci, Vincent Gardenia, Rubén Blades | Comedy | |
Switch | Blake Edwards | Ellen Barkin, Bruce Payne, Jimmy Smits, JoBeth Williams, Lorraine Bracco, Perry King | Comedy | |
The Taking of Beverly Hills | Sidney J. Furie | Ken Wahl, Matt Frewer, Harley Jane Kozak, Robert Davi, Lee Ving | Action | |
Talent for the Game | Robert M. Young | Edward James Olmos, Lorraine Bracco | Sports | |
Talkin' Dirty After Dark | Topper Carew | Martin Lawrence, Mark Curry | Comedy | |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | Michael Pressman | Paige Turco, David Warner, Ernie Reyes, Jr. | Action comedy, Family | preceded by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day | James Cameron | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong | Science fiction | preceded by The Terminator |
Thelma & Louise | Ridley Scott | Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Brad Pitt, Christopher McDonald, Stephen Tobolowsky | Drama | 6 Oscar nominations |
There's Nothing Out There | Rolfe Kanefsky | , | Comedy horror | |
Together Alone | P.J. Castellaneta | Terry Curry, Todd Stites | Drama | |
Toy Soldiers | Daniel Petrie, Jr. | Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Louis Gossett, Jr., Keith Coogan, Andrew Divoff, Denholm Elliott | Thriller | |
Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole | Amos Poe | Eric Mitchell and | Crime comedy | |
True Colors | Herbert Ross | John Cusack, James Spader, Richard Widmark | Drama | Widmark's final film |
True Identity | Charles Lane | Frank Langella, Lenny Henry | ||
Two Evil Eyes | Dario Argento, George A. Romero | Harvey Keitel, E. G. Marshall, Martin Balsam, Adrienne Barbeau | Horror | |
Victim of Love | Jerry London | Pierce Brosnan, JoBeth Williams, Virginia Madsen | Thriller | made for TV |
What About Bob? | Frank Oz | Bill Murray, Richard Dreyfuss, Julie Hagerty, Charlie Korsmo, Kathryn Erbe | Comedy | |
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie | Charles Finch | Dylan McDermott | Thriller | August Entertainment |
White Fang | Randal Kleiser | Ethan Hawke, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Seymour Cassel | Drama | |
Whore | Ken Russell | Theresa Russell | Drama | |
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken | Steve Miner | Gabrielle Anwar, Michael Schoeffling, Cliff Robertson | Drama | |
Year of the Gun | John Frankenheimer | Andrew McCarthy, Sharon Stone, Valeria Golino | Thriller |
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