# The Golden Lion winners of the 1990s

The films awarded the Golden Lion in Venice between 1990 and 1999, including the shared prizes of 1993 and 1994.

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- Nov 20, 2025 · leitora.curioso
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## Top 12

1. **The Story of Qiu Ju** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Zhang Yimou, 1992. Gong Li seeks justice for her husband.
2. **Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Tom Stoppard, 1990. Two minor characters from Hamlet.
3. **Short Cuts** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Robert Altman, 1993 (shared). Raymond Carver stories in Los Angeles.
4. **Three Colours: Blue** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1993 (shared). Juliette Binoche and grief.
5. **Vive L'Amour** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Tsai Ming-liang, 1994 (shared). Three lonely people in a Taipei flat.
6. **The Way We Laughed** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Gianni Amelio, 1998. Two Sicilian brothers in Turin.
7. **Close to Eden (Urga)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nikita Mikhalkov, 1991. A Mongolian herder and a Russian truck driver.
8. **Michael Collins** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Neil Jordan, 1996. Liam Neeson as the Irish leader.
9. **Hana-bi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Takeshi Kitano, 1997. A violent cop and his sick wife.
10. **Not One Less** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Zhang Yimou, 1999. A 13-year-old substitute teacher in a Chinese village.
11. **Before the Rain** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Milcho Manchevski, 1994 (shared). Three stories in Macedonia and London.
12. **Cyclo** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Tran Anh Hung, 1995. A cyclo driver in Ho Chi Minh City.

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