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Philadelphia (film)
Philadelphia (1993), Jonathan Demme's legal drama written by Ron Nyswaner, stars Tom Hanks as Andrew Beckett, a lawyer with AIDS suing his firm, with Denzel Washington; first major Hollywood AIDS film, two Oscars, National Film Registry 2025.
Poison (1991 film)
Poison (1991) is Todd Haynes's feature debut, an 85-minute experimental drama intercutting three Genet-inspired tales (Hero, Horror, Homo), Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, NEA-funded, and a landmark of New Queer Cinema.
Postmen in the Mountains (那山、那人、那狗)
Postmen in the Mountains (那山、那人、那狗) is a 1999 Chinese drama directed by Huo Jianqi, adapted from Peng Jianming's short story, about a retiring Hunan mountain postman and his son. A domestic flop that became a record-breaking hit in Japan and won Golden Rooster Best Picture.
Priest (1994 film)
Priest (1994) is a British drama directed by Antonia Bird, written by Jimmy McGovern, starring Linus Roache as a gay Liverpool Catholic priest; Toronto People's Choice and Berlin Teddy Award winner, boycotted by the Catholic League.
Private Parts (1997 film)
Private Parts (1997) is a biographical comedy film directed by Betty Thomas in which Howard Stern plays himself, adapting his 1993 bestselling autobiography; released by Paramount on March 7, 1997, it grossed $41.2 million.
Puzzle (2018 film)
Puzzle is a 2018 American drama directed by Marc Turtletaub, starring Kelly Macdonald as Agnes, a suburban wife and mother who discovers a talent for assembling jigsaw puzzles.
Radio Flyer (film)
Radio Flyer is a 1992 American fantasy-drama directed by Richard Donner, written by David Mickey Evans, starring Elijah Wood, Joseph Mazzello, Lorraine Bracco, and narrated by Tom Hanks; two brothers build a flying machine from a red wagon to escape an abusive stepfather. Box office flop, 35% Tomatometer.
Random Hearts
Random Hearts is a 1999 American romantic drama directed by Sydney Pollack. It stars Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas as two strangers whose spouses die in a plane crash.
Rebels of the Neon God
Rebels of the Neon God (青少年哪吒) is Tsai Ming-liang's 1992 Taiwanese feature debut, following cram-school dropout Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-sheng) stalking petty thief Ah-tze through Taipei's Ximending; it won Tokyo Bronze, Torino Best Film, and a Golden Horse score award.
Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (炮打双灯)
Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (炮打双灯) is He Ping's 1994 Chinese drama, adapted from Feng Jicai's novella, starring Ning Jing as Chunzhi, a woman raised as a man to head a firecracker dynasty, who loves painter Niu Bao (Wu Gang); it won San Sebastián Best Actress and Golden Rooster Best Director.
Red Rose White Rose (1992 film)
Red Rose White Rose (紅玫瑰白玫瑰) is Stanley Kwan's 1994 Hong Kong drama, released December 1994, adapting Eileen Chang's 1944 novella; starring Joan Chen, Winston Chao, and Veronica Yip, it won five Golden Horse Awards and a 1995 Golden Bear nomination.
Regarding Henry
Regarding Henry is a 1991 American drama directed by Mike Nichols, written by J.J. Abrams, starring Harrison Ford as a ruthless lawyer who relearns life after a shooting leaves him amnesic; grossed $43 million on a $25 million budget.
Restoration (1995 film)
Restoration (1995) is Michael Hoffman's period drama based on Rose Tremain's novel, starring Robert Downey Jr. as physician Robert Merivel at the court of King Charles II (Sam Neill); it won 1996 Oscars for art direction and costume design.
Return to Paradise (1998 film)
Return to Paradise is a 1998 American drama-thriller directed by Joseph Ruben, starring Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Joaquin Phoenix, and David Conrad; a remake of the French film Force majeure about two men deciding whether to serve prison time to save a friend from execution.
Revenge (1990 film)
Revenge (1990) is a Tony Scott romantic thriller starring Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn, and Madeleine Stowe, adapted from Jim Harrison's novella; a Columbia Pictures release that flopped commercially and critically before a 2007 director's cut.
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff is Ken Loach's 1991 British comedy-drama, written by former construction worker Bill Jesse, starring Robert Carlyle and Ricky Tomlinson on a London building site converting a hospital into luxury flats; winner of the 1991 Cannes FIPRESCI prize and European Film Award.
Rob Roy (1995 film)
Rob Roy is a 1995 historical adventure film directed by Michael Caton-Jones, starring Liam Neeson as Scottish outlaw Robert Roy MacGregor and Jessica Lange as his wife Mary.
Romper Stomper
Romper Stomper (1992) is Geoffrey Wright's Australian drama about neo-Nazi skinheads in Footscray, Melbourne, attacking Vietnamese Australians, starring Russell Crowe, Daniel Pollock, and Jacqueline McKenzie; R 18+, A$3.18 million gross, controversial on release.
Rosetta (1999 film)
Rosetta is a 1999 Belgian-French drama by the Dardenne brothers about a poor teenage girl seeking work; it won the 1999 Cannes Palme d'Or and Best Actress for Émilie Dequenne, and inspired Belgium's Rosetta Law.
Safe (1995 film)
Safe (1995) is Todd Haynes's second feature drama, starring Julianne Moore as Carol White, a San Fernando Valley housewife with environmental illness who retreats to a New Mexico clinic; a $1 million indie later named the 1990s' best film by Village Voice critics.
Scent of a Woman (1992 film)
Scent of a Woman (1992), Martin Brest's remake of Profumo di donna, stars Al Pacino as blind Lt. Col. Frank Slade and Chris O'Donnell; it won Pacino his first Best Actor Oscar and three Golden Globes.
Schlafes Bruder
Schlafes Bruder (Brother of Sleep) is a 1995 German-Austrian drama by Joseph Vilsmaier based on Robert Schneider's novel, about musical genius Elias Alder who stops sleeping and dies at 22; it won German Film Awards and a Golden Globe nomination.
School Ties
School Ties is a 1992 Paramount drama directed by Robert Mandel, starring Brendan Fraser as David Greene, a Jewish quarterback hiding his religion at a 1950s New England prep school, with Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell, and Ben Affleck.
Secrets & Lies (film)
Secrets & Lies (Secrets et mensonges) is Mike Leigh's 1996 British-French comedy-drama in which optometrist Hortense finds her white birth mother Cynthia. It won the 1996 Cannes Palme d'Or and earned five Oscar nominations.
Selena (film)
Selena is a 1997 American biographical drama directed by Gregory Nava, starring Jennifer Lopez as the Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez and grossing $35 million for Warner Bros.
Seventeen Years (过年回家)
Seventeen Years (过年回家, Guonian huijia) is Zhang Yuan's 1999 China-Italy drama about a woman furloughed after 17 years in prison for killing her stepsister; it won Venice's Special Prize for Direction and was the first film allowed inside a Chinese prison.
Shine (film)
Shine is a 1996 Australian biographical drama directed by Scott Hicks, tracing pianist David Helfgott's life from a domineering father through mental breakdown to comeback; Geoffrey Rush won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Short Cuts
Short Cuts is a 1993 American ensemble comedy-drama directed by Robert Altman, interweaving the lives of twenty-two Los Angeles characters and adapted from nine Raymond Carver short stories. It won the Golden Lion at Venice.
Sling Blade
Sling Blade is a 1996 Miramax drama written, directed by, and starring Billy Bob Thornton as Karl Childers, adapted from his stage play and the 1993 short Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade; it won Thornton the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar.
Solas
Solas is a 1999 Spanish drama, Benito Zambrano's debut feature, starring María Galiana, Ana Fernández, and Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa as a mother, daughter, and widowed neighbor in Seville. It won the 1999 Berlin Panorama Audience Award and five Goyas from eleven nominations.