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Like Water for Chocolate (film)
Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate), 1992 Mexican romantic drama by Alfonso Arau from Laura Esquivel's novel, starring Lumi Cavazos; won 10 Ariel Awards and earned $14 million in the US, distinct from the 2024 HBO series.
Little Giants
Little Giants (1994) is an Amblin/Warner Bros. family sports comedy directed by Duwayne Dunham, starring Rick Moranis and Ed O'Neill as rival brothers coaching peewee football teams, famous for the 'Annexation of Puerto Rico' trick play.
Loaded Weapon 1
Loaded Weapon 1 is a 1993 American parody film starring Emilio Estevez and Samuel L. Jackson. It spoofs the Lethal Weapon series while detectives investigate a drug plot.
London Kills Me
London Kills Me is a 1991 British comedy-drama, Hanif Kureishi's directorial debut for Working Title Films, about a Notting Hill drug dealer needing shoes to take a waiter job; it starred Justin Chadwick and was poorly received.
Look Out, Officer! (师兄撞鬼)
Look Out, Officer! (師兄撞鬼) is a 1990 Hong Kong ghost-comedy directed by Lau Sze-yu, starring Stephen Chow as a rookie cop aided by a murdered detective's ghost; it grossed HK$12,128,944, ranking 20th in 1990.
Made in America (1993 film)
Made in America is a 1993 Richard Benjamin comedy starring Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Danson, Will Smith, and Nia Long, about a Black teen whose sperm-bank donor father is a white car dealer; it grossed $104.9 million worldwide.
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Manhattan Murder Mystery is Woody Allen's 1993 TriStar comedy-mystery, also written by Marshall Brickman, starring Allen and Diane Keaton as Manhattan couple sleuths after a neighbor's suspicious death, with Alan Alda and Anjelica Huston; born from an early Annie Hall draft, made after the Mia Farrow split.
Maybe... Maybe Not
Maybe... Maybe Not (Der bewegte Mann) is Sönke Wortmann's 1994 German comedy adapted from Ralf König comics, starring Til Schweiger, Katja Riemann, and Joachim Król; it sold about 6.5 million tickets in Germany.
Mermaids (1990 film)
Mermaids (1990) is an American comedy-drama directed by Richard Benjamin, adapted by June Roberts from Patty Dann's novel, starring Cher, Bob Hoskins, and Winona Ryder as the nomadic Flax family in 1963 Massachusetts; released by Orion on 14 December 1990, 110 minutes, PG-13.
Milk Money (film)
Milk Money is a 1994 American romantic comedy directed by Richard Benjamin and written by John Mattson, starring Melanie Griffith, Ed Harris, and Michael Patrick Carter, released by Paramount Pictures.
Mississippi Masala
Mississippi Masala, also known as Mississippi Masala (1991), is Mira Nair's romantic drama about an Indian family expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin, whose daughter Mina (Sarita Choudhury) loves Denzel Washington's Demetrius in Greenwood, Mississippi; written by Sooni Taraporevala, Venice Golden Osella winner.
Mixed Nuts
Mixed Nuts is a 1994 Nora Ephron holiday comedy, a remake of Le Père Noël est une Ordure, starring Steve Martin as a crisis-hotline director on Christmas Eve; it earned $6.6M and was panned by critics.
Mr. Destiny
Mr. Destiny is a 1990 Touchstone comedy-fantasy directed by James Orr, starring Jim Belushi, Linda Hamilton, and Michael Caine, about a man shown the richer life he would have had if he had not struck out in a high school baseball championship.
Mr. Nanny
Mr. Nanny is a 1993 American family comedy starring Terry "Hulk" Hogan. He plays Sean Armstrong, a former wrestler hired as a nanny to two mischievous children.
Mrs. Doubtfire
Mrs. Doubtfire, 1993 Chris Columbus comedy starring Robin Williams as a divorced father disguised as a British nanny, adapted from Anne Fine's Madame Doubtfire; $441 million worldwide, Oscar for Best Makeup, two Golden Globes.
My Cousin Vinny
My Cousin Vinny is a 1992 courtroom comedy directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Joe Pesci and Oscar winner Marisa Tomei, about a rookie Brooklyn lawyer defending his cousin on a murder charge in Alabama; noted for legal accuracy.
My Girl (film)
My Girl is a 1991 American comedy-drama directed by Howard Zieff, starring Anna Chlumsky and Macaulay Culkin, about a girl coping with her friend's death.
My Girl 2
My Girl 2 is a 1994 American comedy-drama directed by Howard Zieff, starring Anna Chlumsky as Vada Sultenfuss, who researches her late mother in Los Angeles.
Night on Earth
Night on Earth (1991) is Jim Jarmusch's anthology comedy-drama of five taxi rides in Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome, and Helsinki on one night, starring Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, and Roberto Benigni, with music by Tom Waits.
Nobody's Fool (1994 film)
Nobody's Fool (1994) is Robert Benton's comedy-drama adapted from Richard Russo's 1993 novel, starring Paul Newman as Sully, with Jessica Tandy, Bruce Willis, and Melanie Griffith; Paramount release grossing $39.5 million domestically and earning Newman his final Oscar nomination.
Nothing but Trouble (1991 film)
Nothing but Trouble is a 1991 American comedy horror film and Dan Aykroyd's directorial debut, starring Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, John Candy, and Aykroyd as a grotesque judge.
Only the Lonely (film)
Only the Lonely is a 1991 American romantic comedy-drama directed by Chris Columbus, starring John Candy as a Chicago policeman torn between his mother and a sweetheart.
Only You (1994 film)
Only You (オンリー・ユー) is a 1994 Norman Jewison romantic comedy starring Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr., about a woman chasing her Ouija-board-predicted soulmate Damon Bradley across Italy; TriStar released it October 7, 1994.
Oscar (1991 film)
Oscar is a 1991 John Landis gangster comedy starring Sylvester Stallone as Snaps Provolone, a Touchstone remake of Claude Magnier's French farce, released April 26, 1991, hit by the Universal backlot fire and a 12% Tomatometer.
Pappa ante Portas
Pappa ante Portas is a 1991 German comedy film written and directed by Loriot, who plays a department director pushed into early retirement alongside Evelyn Hamann.
PCU (film)
PCU is a 1994 American college comedy directed by Hart Bochner, written by Wesleyan alumni Adam Leff and Zak Penn, satirizing political correctness at fictional Port Chester University; a box office bomb that became a cable cult classic.
Poetic Justice (film)
Poetic Justice is a 1993 American romantic drama directed and written by John Singleton, starring Janet Jackson in her film debut and Tupac Shakur in a road-trip romance.
Postcards from the Edge (film)
Postcards from the Edge is a 1990 American comedy-drama directed by Mike Nichols, adapted by Carrie Fisher from her novel, starring Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine.
Prêt-à-Porter (film)
Prêt-à-Porter (Ready to Wear) is Robert Altman's 1994 satirical ensemble comedy-mystery set during Paris Fashion Week, starring Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, and Kim Basinger, with real designers and supermodels as themselves; critically panned but Golden Globe-nominated.
Pretty Woman
Pretty Woman is a 1990 American romantic comedy directed by Garry Marshall, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere as a sex worker and a businessman who fall in love.