1991

1. The Double Life of Veronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
2. JFK (Oliver Stone)
3. Barton Fink (Joel Coen)
4. 35 Up (Michael Apted)
5. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme)
6. Rhapsody In August (Akira Kurosawa)
7. Slacker (Richard Linklater)
8. Zentropa (Lars Von Trier)
9. Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese)
10. The Rapture (Michael Tolkin)

Honorable Mentions:
Boyz n the Hood (John Singleton), Raise the Red Lantern (Zhang Yimou), Jungle Fever (Spike Lee), Days of Being Wild (Wong Kar-Wai), The Fisher King (Terry Gilliam), Dead Again (Kenneth Branagh), A Brief History of Time (Errol Morris), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron), Delicatessen (Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet), Hot Shots! (Jim Abrahams)