Films of 1991

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Last Updated: 6/26/25
Total Films: 100
Note: The year of each film is according to IMDb. It sometimes changes without my knowledge. When I become aware, I will make adjustments. Like the Oscars, I select the best for each category: picture, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, director, cinematography, editing, original screenplay, adapted screenplay, and documentary. This is based on the movies I've actually seen, and miniseries and telefilms are fair game. Each winner is named along with the next four ordered runner-ups (which may be less) and honorable mentions (if any). These categories may be left blank if I feel there's no deserving winner. A ranked list of films is presented afterwards.



Best Picture
JFK

2. Boyz n the Hood
3. Not Without My Daughter
4. Separate But Equal
5. Point Break
Honorable Mentions: The Prince of Tides, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and Cape Fear


Best Actor
Val Kilmer (The Doors)

2. Kevin Costner (JFK)
3. Robert De Niro (Cape Fear)
4. Wesley Snipes (New Jack City)
5. John Cusack (True Colors)
Honorable Mentions: Armand Assante (Fever), Patrick Bergin (Sleeping with the Enemy), Billy Crystal (City Slickers), Harrison Ford (Regarding Henry), Gene Hackman (Class Action), Kevin Kline (Soapdish), Alfred Molina (Not Without My Daughter), Liam Neeson (Under Suspicion), Nick Nolte (Cape Fear), River Phoenix (My Own Private Idaho), Sidney Poitier (Separate But Equal), and Keanu Reeves (My Own Private Idaho)


Best Actress
Lynn Whitfield (The Josephine Baker Story)

2. Sally Field (Not Without My Daughter)
3. Julia Roberts (Sleeping with the Enemy)
4. Mary Mastrantonio (Class Action)
5. Sally Field (Soapdish)
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Supporting Actor
Ice Cube (Boyz n the Hood)

2. Donald Sutherland (JFK)
3. Patrick Swayze (Point Break)
4. Alan Rickman (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)
5. Samuel L. Jackson (Jungle Fever)
Honorable Mentions: Kevin Bacon (JFK), Joe Don Baker (Cape Fear), Hugh Grant (Impromptu), Ice-T (New Jack City), Derek Jacobi (Dead Again), Tommy Lee Jones (JFK), Bruno Kirby (City Slickers), Bill Nunn (Regarding Henry), Joe Pesci (JFK), Daniel Stern (City Slickers), and John Turturro (Jungle Fever)


Best Supporting Actress
Juliette Lewis (Cape Fear)

2. Tyra Ferrell (Boyz n the Hood)
3. Illeana Douglas (Cape Fear)
4. Annette Bening (Regarding Henry)
5. Jessica Lange (Cape Fear)
Honorable Mentions: Cathy Moriarty (Soapdish)


Best Director
Oliver Stone (JFK)

2. John Singleton (Boyz n the Hood)
3. Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break)
4. Martin Scorsese (Cape Fear)
5. Michael Hoffman (Soapdish)
Honorable Mentions: Michael Apted (Class Action), Kenneth Branagh (Dead Again), Brian Gilbert (Not Without My Daughter), Kevin Reynolds (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), Mike Robe (Son of the Morning Star), George Stevens, Jr. (Separate But Equal), and Oliver Stone (The Doors)


Best Cinematography
Douglas Milsome (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)

2. Peter James (Black Robe)
3. Charles Mills (Boyz n the Hood)
4. Peter Hannan (Not Without My Daughter)
5. Tak Fujimoto (The Silence of the Lambs)
Honorable Mentions: Bojan Bazelli (Fever) and Robert Richardson (JFK)


Best Editing
Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia (JFK)

2. Howard E. Smith (Point Break)
3. Thelma Schoonmaker (Cape Fear)
4. Steven Kemper (New Jack City)
5. Peter Boyle (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)
Honorable Mentions: Peter E. Berger (Dead Again), George Bowers (Sleeping with the Enemy), David Brenner and Joe Hutshing (The Doors), Curtiss Clayton (My Own Private Idaho), Garth Craven (Soapdish), Martin Hunter (Liebestraum), and Benjamin A. Weissman (Son of the Morning Star)


Best Original Screenplay
John Singleton (Boyz n the Hood)

2. George Stevens, Jr. (Separate But Equal)
3. Rick Natkin and David Fuller (Necessary Roughness)
4. Pen Densham and John Watson (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)
5. W. Peter Iliff (Point Break)
Honorable Mentions: Shane Black (The Last Boy Scout), Lawrence J. Cohen and Fred Freeman (Delirious), Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (City Slickers), Robert Harling and Andrew Bergman (Soapdish), Kevin Wade (True Colors), and Thomas Lee Wright and Barry Michael Cooper (New Jack City)


Best Adapted Screenplay
Oliver Stone and Zachary Sklar (JFK)

2. Wesley Strick (Cape Fear)
3. Melissa Mathison (Son of the Morning Star)
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Honorable Mentions: None


Best Documentary
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

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Honorable Mentions: None


Films Rated '10'
  1. JFK

  2. Boyz n the Hood

  3. Not Without My Daughter

Films Rated '9'
  1. Separate But Equal

  2. Point Break

  3. The Prince of Tides

  4. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

  5. Cape Fear

  6. The Doors

  7. Soapdish

  8. Regarding Henry

  9. New Jack City

  10. Class Action

  11. The Fisher King

Films Rated '8'
  1. Out for Justice

  2. True Colors

  3. Changes

  4. Liebestraum

  5. Sleeping with the Enemy

  6. My Own Private Idaho

  7. Dead Again

  8. Guilty by Suspicion

  9. The Josephine Baker Story

  10. Necessary Roughness

  11. City Slickers

  12. Son of the Morning Star

  13. Straight Out of Brooklyn

  14. Fever

Films Rated '7'
  1. Shattered

  2. Delirious

  3. The Silence of the Lambs

  4. Mississippi Masala

  5. Toy Soldiers

  6. Under Suspicion

  7. Pure Luck

  8. Frankie & Johnny

  9. The Object of Beauty

  10. The Adjuster

  11. The Last Boy Scout

  12. Oscar

  13. Carolina Skeletons

  14. Rush

  15. Defending Your Life

  16. Johnny Suede

  17. Terminator 2: Judgment Day

  18. Jungle Fever

  19. Ricochet

  20. If Looks Could Kill

  21. Cool As Ice

  22. King Ralph

  23. Impromptu

Films Rated '6'
  1. Once Around

  2. Mystery Date

  3. Mortal Thoughts

  4. Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil

  5. A Kiss Before Dying

  6. Double Impact

  7. Tiger Claws

Films Rated '5'
  1. Backdraft

  2. Showdown in Little Tokyo

  3. Eyes of an Angel

  4. Hot Shots!

  5. The Doctor

  6. Les amants du Pont-Neuf

  7. What About Bob?

  8. Ironclads

  9. Talent for the Game

  10. The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

  11. Drop Dead Fred

Films Rated '4'
  1. Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

  2. Dogfight

  3. Grand Canyon

  4. Black Robe

  5. Hook

  6. Bugsy

Films Rated '3'
  1. Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

  2. Deceived

  3. Homicide

  4. Thelma & Louise

  5. The People Under the Stairs

  6. Dolly Dearest

  7. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

  8. Billy Bathgate

  9. Mobsters

  10. Other People's Money

  11. Only the Lonely

Films Rated '2'
  1. The Super

  2. The Addams Family

  3. Nothing But Trouble

  4. The Perfect Weapon

  5. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

  6. The Five Heartbeats

  7. Omen IV: The Awakening

  8. Closet Land

  9. 976-EVIL II

  10. Convicts

  11. Child's Play 3

Films Rated '1'
  1. Dying Young

  2. Hudson Hawk

  3. Curly Sue