Best 1995 movies

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August 29, 2025
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Best 1995 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 1995 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. Get Shorty
- Stacker score: 83.8
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (votes: 95,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
- Actors: Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito
- Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $72,101,622

#19. Braveheart
- Stacker score: 84.4
- IMDb user rating: 8.3 (votes: 1.1 million)
- Metascore: 68
- Director: Mel Gibson
- Actors: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan
- Runtime: 2 hours 58 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $75,609,945

#18. Se7en
- Stacker score: 84.4
- IMDb user rating: 8.6 (votes: 1.9 million)
- Metascore: 65
- Director: David Fincher
- Actors: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey
- Runtime: 2 hours 7 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $101,040,643

#17. Babe
- Stacker score: 84.9
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (votes: 140,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Chris Noonan
- Actors: James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Christine Cavanaugh
- Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $63,658,910

#16. To Die For
- Stacker score: 86.0
- IMDb user rating: 6.8 (votes: 57,000)
- Metascore: 86
- Director: Gus Van Sant
- Actors: Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix
- Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $21,284,514

#15. Dead Man Walking
- Stacker score: 86.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 106,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Tim Robbins
- Actors: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky
- Runtime: 2 hours 2 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $39,363,635

#14. Apollo 13
- Stacker score: 86.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 329,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: Ron Howard
- Actors: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon
- Runtime: 2 hours 20 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $173,837,933

#13. Casino
- Stacker score: 86.6
- IMDb user rating: 8.2 (votes: 600,000)
- Metascore: 73
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- Actors: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci
- Runtime: 2 hours 58 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $42,512,375

#12. 12 Monkeys
- Stacker score: 86.6
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 668,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Terry Gilliam
- Actors: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt
- Runtime: 2 hours 9 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $57,141,459

#11. Living in Oblivion
- Stacker score: 87.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 21,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Tom DiCillo
- Actors: Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney
- Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $1,111,790

#10. Welcome to the Dollhouse
- Stacker score: 87.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 39,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Todd Solondz
- Actors: Heather Matarazzo, Christina Brucato, Victoria Davis
- Runtime: 1 hour 28 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $4,569,019

#9. Leaving Las Vegas
- Stacker score: 87.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 142,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Mike Figgis
- Actors: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands
- Runtime: 1 hour 51 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $32,029,928

#8. Richard III
- Stacker score: 88.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 16,000)
- Metascore: 86
- Director: Richard Loncraine
- Actors: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Christopher Bowen
- Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $2,684,904

#7. A Little Princess
- Stacker score: 88.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 38,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Alfonso Cuarón
- Actors: Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham
- Runtime: 1 hour 37 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $10,015,449

#6. Underground
- Stacker score: 88.8
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 63,000)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: Emir Kusturica
- Actors: Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic
- Runtime: 2 hours 47 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $171,082

#5. Heat
- Stacker score: 88.8
- IMDb user rating: 8.3 (votes: 771,000)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: Michael Mann
- Actors: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer
- Runtime: 2 hours 50 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $67,436,818

#4. Before Sunrise
- Stacker score: 89.4
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 365,000)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: Richard Linklater
- Actors: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert
- Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $5,535,405

#3. Sense and Sensibility
- Stacker score: 89.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 133,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Ang Lee
- Actors: Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, James Fleet
- Runtime: 2 hours 16 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $43,182,776

#2. The Usual Suspects
- Stacker score: 89.9
- IMDb user rating: 8.5 (votes: 1.2 million)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: Bryan Singer
- Actors: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri
- Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $23,341,568

#1. Toy Story
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.3 (votes: 1.1 million)
- Metascore: 96
- Director: John Lasseter
- Actors: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles
- Runtime: 1 hour 21 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $223,225,679

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