Best movies of 1991

Actors : Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen, Michael Ironside,
Directors : Russell Mulcahy,

In the future, Highlander Connor MacLeod must prevent the destruction of Earth under an anti-ozone shield.

Actors : Giuseppe Cederna, Claudio Bisio, Claudio Bigagli, Diego Abatantuono,
Directors : Gabriele Salvatores,

In WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war.

Actors : Astrid Hadad, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Claudia Ramírez, Luis de Icaza,
Directors : Alfonso Cuarón,

Yuppie and womanizer Tomas is caught in a trap when falsely diagnosed with A.I.D.S. by Silvia, a nurse who finds herself cheated by the young Casanova. Looking for a quick death (putting ...

Actors : Angeline Ball, Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Maria Doyle Kennedy,
Directors : Alan Parker,

When Jimmy Rabbitte wants to start a band, he has open auditions at his house.

Actors : Joan Plowright, Polly Walker, Alfred Molina, Miranda Richardson,
Directors : Mike Newell,

This slow-paced gem is about the civilizing influence of Italy on beleaguered Londoners both male and female and has its own civilizing influence on the viewer. It's almost like taking a ...

Actors : Peter Riegert, Sylvester Stallone, Chazz Palminteri, Ornella Muti,
Directors : John Landis,

A gangster attempts to keep the promise he made to his dying father: that he would give up his life of crime and "go straight".

Actors : Jeffrey Tambor, Stuart Pankin, Mel Brooks, Lesley Ann Warren,
Directors : Mel Brooks,

A filthy rich businessman bets a corporate rival that he can live on the streets of L.A. without the comforts of home or money, which proves to be tougher than he thought.

Actors : Raymond Burr, John Candy, Emma Samms, Mariel Hemingway,
Directors : Tom Mankiewicz,

A soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.

Actors : David Morse, Patricia Arquette, Viggo Mortensen, Valeria Golino,
Directors : Sean Penn,

A Vietnam vet comes home to his small town and finds himself in conflict with rules that his brother has vowed to uphold.

Actors : Emmanuelle Béart, Marianne Denicourt, Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

The former famous painter Frenhofer revisits an abandoned project using the girlfriend of a young visiting artist. Questions about truth, life, and artistic limits are explored.

Actors : Dermot Mulroney, Frank Whaley, Jennifer Connelly, Kieran Mulroney,
Directors : Bryan Gordon,

Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave home, but is disorientated. Her decision is finalized after she falls asleep in a Target...

Actors : Li Gong, Saifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma,
Directors : Yimou Zhang,

A young woman becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy lord, and must learn to live with the strict rules and tensions within the household.

Actors : Pietro Falcone, Enzo Turrin, Solveig Dommartin, William Hurt,
Directors : Wim Wenders,

In 1999, Claire's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash. She rescues Sam and starts traveling around the world with him. Writer Eugene follows them and writes their story, as a way of recording dreams is being invented.

Actors : Gregory Peck, Danny DeVito, Piper Laurie, Penelope Ann Miller,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

A corporate raider threatens a hostile take-over of a "mom and pop" company. The patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's daughter, who is a lawyer, to try and protect the ...

Actors : John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc, Erland Josephson,
Directors : Peter Greenaway,

An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The...

Actors : Hulk Hogan, Larry Miller, Shelley Duvall, Christopher Lloyd,
Directors : Burt Kennedy,

An interstellar hero from a distant world visits earth and tries to fit in with a mundane yet kind suburban family.

Actors : Mimi Rogers, Darwyn Carson, David Duchovny, Patrick Bauchau,
Directors : Michael Tolkin,

A telephone operator living an empty, amoral life finds God and loses him again.

Actors : John Candy, Demi Moore, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Dan Aykroyd,

A businessman finds he and his friends the prisoners of a sadistic judge and his equally odd family in the backwoods of a bizarre mansion.

Actors : Nicoletta Braschi, Paolo Bonacelli, Franco Volpi, Roberto Benigni,
Directors : Roberto Benigni,

A kindhearted but bumbling idiot who likes to steal bananas, is passed off for a snitch hiding from the mob.

Actors : Tom Courtenay, Christopher Eccleston, Eileen Atkins, Rebecca Eccleston,
Directors : Peter Medak,

In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship...