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Drama films early 1990s

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Tokyo Decadence (村上龍)

Tokyo Decadence (トパーズ, Topāzu) is Ryu Murakami's 1992 Japanese drama adapted from his own novel, starring Miho Nikaido as an S&M call girl, with music by Ryuichi Sakamoto, an NC-17 US release in 1993, and a Taormina Silver Charybdis win.

True Colors (film)

True Colors is a 1991 American political drama directed by Herbert Ross, written by Kevin Wade, starring John Cusack and James Spader as law-school friends turned enemies; Paramount released it March 15, 1991.

Urga

Urga (Close to Eden) is a 1991 France–Soviet drama directed by Nikita Mikhalkov about a Mongolian herder and a Russian trucker; it won the Venice Golden Lion and an Oscar nomination.

Vive L'Amour (爱情万岁)

Vive L'Amour (愛情萬歲, Ai qing wan sui) is Tsai Ming-liang's 1994 Taiwanese drama about three strangers sharing a vacant Taipei apartment. It won the 1994 Venice Golden Lion and Golden Horse Best Film, and returned in a 4K restoration in 2025.

War of the Buttons

War of the Buttons (1994), John Roberts film produced by David Puttnam, written by Colin Welland from Louis Pergaud's novel; rival Irish village boys' gangs fight over buttons; blocked briefly by a 1994 nudity injunction.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a 1993 Paramount comedy-drama directed by Lasse Hallström, adapted by Peter Hedges from his 1991 novel, starring Johnny Depp and Oscar-nominated Leonardo DiCaprio as brothers in Endora, Iowa.

When a Man Loves a Woman (film)

When a Man Loves a Woman is a 1994 American drama directed by Luis Mandoki, starring Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia as a couple strained by alcoholism.

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken is a 1991 Walt Disney family drama directed by Steve Miner, starring Gabrielle Anwar as diving-horse rider Sonora Webster Carver, based on her memoir A Girl and Five Brave Horses.

Without Warning (1994 film)

Without Warning (1994) is a CBS TV movie by Robert Iscove, written by Peter Lance and David Seltzer (as Jeremy Thorn), simulating a live newscast of alien asteroid strikes, echoing Welles's 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast.

Woman Sesame Oil Maker (香魂女)

Woman Sesame Oil Maker (香魂女, Xiang hun nü) is Xie Fei's 1993 Chinese drama, adapted from Zhou Daxin's novella, starring Siqin Gaowa; it shared the 1993 Berlin Golden Bear with The Wedding Banquet.