Best 1991 movies
Stacker compiled a list of the best 1991 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.
#20. Fried Green Tomatoes
- Stacker score: 79.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 89,000)
- Metascore: 64
- Director: Jon Avnet
- Actors: Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson
- Runtime: 2 hours 10 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $82,418,501
#19. The Fisher King
- Stacker score: 80.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 95,000)
- Metascore: 67
- Director: Terry Gilliam
- Actors: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Adam Bryant
- Runtime: 2 hours 17 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $41,895,491
#18. Jungle Fever
- Stacker score: 81.4
- IMDb user rating: 6.6 (votes: 21,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: Spike Lee
- Actors: Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee
- Runtime: 2 hours 12 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $32,482,682
#17. Europa
- Stacker score: 81.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 24,000)
- Metascore: 69
- Director: Lars von Trier
- Actors: Barbara Sukowa, Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier
- Runtime: 1 hour 48 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $1,007,001
#16. The Man in the Moon
- Stacker score: 81.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 21,000)
- Metascore: 73
- Director: Robert Mulligan
- Actors: Sam Waterston, Tess Harper, Gail Strickland
- Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $2,853,801
#15. Night on Earth
- Stacker score: 81.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 69,000)
- Metascore: 68
- Director: Jim Jarmusch
- Actors: Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Lisanne Falk
- Runtime: 2 hours 9 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $2,015,810
#14. Barton Fink
- Stacker score: 81.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 133,000)
- Metascore: 69
- Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- Actors: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis
- Runtime: 1 hour 56 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $6,153,939
#13. My Own Private Idaho
- Stacker score: 82.5
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (votes: 65,000)
- Metascore: 77
- Director: Gus Van Sant
- Actors: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo
- Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $6,401,336
#12. Cape Fear
- Stacker score: 82.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 233,000)
- Metascore: 73
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- Actors: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange
- Runtime: 2 hours 8 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $79,091,969
#11. Bugsy
- Stacker score: 83.6
- IMDb user rating: 6.8 (votes: 32,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Barry Levinson
- Actors: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel
- Runtime: 2 hours 16 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $49,114,016
#10. The Commitments
- Stacker score: 84.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 41,000)
- Metascore: 73
- Director: Alan Parker
- Actors: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball
- Runtime: 1 hour 58 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $14,919,570
#9. JFK
- Stacker score: 85.9
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 178,000)
- Metascore: 72
- Director: Oliver Stone
- Actors: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Jack Lemmon
- Runtime: 3 hours 9 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $70,405,498
#8. Boyz n the Hood
- Stacker score: 87.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 164,000)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: John Singleton
- Actors: Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Hudhail Al-Amir
- Runtime: 1 hour 52 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $57,504,069
#7. One False Move
- Stacker score: 89.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 16,000)
- Metascore: 87
- Director: Carl Franklin
- Actors: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Cynda Williams
- Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $1,543,112
#6. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Stacker score: 91.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.6 (votes: 1.2 million)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: James Cameron
- Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong
- Runtime: 2 hours 17 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $205,881,154
#5. Thelma & Louise
- Stacker score: 93.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 186,000)
- Metascore: 89
- Director: Ridley Scott
- Actors: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel
- Runtime: 2 hours 10 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $45,360,915
#4. The Silence of the Lambs
- Stacker score: 97.2
- IMDb user rating: 8.6 (votes: 1.7 million)
- Metascore: 86
- Director: Jonathan Demme
- Actors: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn
- Runtime: 1 hour 58 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $130,742,922
#3. A Brighter Summer Day
- Stacker score: 97.7
- IMDb user rating: 8.2 (votes: 14,000)
- Metascore: 91
- Director: Edward Yang
- Actors: Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Kuo-Chu Chang
- Runtime: 3 hours 57 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: N/A
#2. Beauty and the Beast
- Stacker score: 98.9
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 496,000)
- Metascore: 95
- Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
- Actors: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jesse Corti
- Runtime: 1 hour 24 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $218,967,620
#1. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 25,000)
- Metascore: 96
- Director: Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola
- Actors: Dennis Hopper, Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando
- Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $1,318,449
