The best foreign films of the 1990s (Kinema Junpo)
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: A Brighter Summer Day (1991) · Unforgiven (1992) · Pulp Fiction (1994). (Updated Dec 29, 2019.)
Kinema Junpo's top ten foreign films of the 1990s, chosen for the Japanese magazine's centenary: from number one, A Brighter Summer Day, to Unforgiven, Pulp Fiction and Days of Being Wild (with ties).
Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original
Top 12
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1
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Edward Yang. Teenagers in 1960s Taipei. Number one.
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2
Unforgiven (1992)
Clint Eastwood. A retired gunfighter's last job. Number two.
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3
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Quentin Tarantino. Intertwined stories of LA criminals. Number three.
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4
Days of Being Wild (1990)
Wong Kar-wai. Leslie Cheung as a young man searching for his birth mother. Number four.
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5
Underground (1995)
Emir Kusturica. Yugoslavia kept in a cellar for fifty years. Palme d'Or. Number five.
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6
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Ridley Scott. Two women on the run. Joint sixth.
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7
Fargo (1996)
Joel Coen. A staged kidnapping in snowy Minnesota. Joint sixth.
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8
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Chen Kaige. Two Peking Opera actors across half a century. Palme d'Or. Number eight.
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9
Goodfellas (1990)
Martin Scorsese. Thirty years in the Mob. Joint ninth.
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10
Chungking Express (1994)
Wong Kar-wai. Two heartbroken cops. Joint ninth.
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11
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Frank Darabont. An innocent banker's life in prison. Joint ninth.
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12
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Quentin Tarantino. A botched jewel heist and the hunt for the rat. Joint ninth.
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