Films of 1991

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Last Updated: 11/30/25
Total Films: 103
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. Terminator: Judgment Day
5. Separate But Equal
Honorable Mentions: Point Break, 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: F. Murray Abraham (By the Sword), 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), Keanu Reeves (My Own Private Idaho), Eric Roberts (By the Sword), and Steven Seagal (Out for Justice)


Best Actress
Lynn Whitfield (The Josephine Baker Story)

2. Sally Field (Not Without My Daughter)
3. Julia Roberts (Sleeping with the Enemy)
4. Linda Hamilton (Terminator: Judgment Day)
5. Mary Mastrantonio (Class Action)
Honorable Mentions: Sally Field (Soapdish)


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. Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator: Judgment Day)
Honorable Mentions: Kevin Bacon (JFK), Joe Don Baker (Cape Fear), Hugh Grant (Impromptu), Ice-T (New Jack City), Derek Jacobi (Dead Again), Samuel L. Jackson (Jungle Fever), Tommy Lee Jones (JFK), Bruno Kirby (City Slickers), Bill Nunn (Regarding Henry), Robert Patrick (Terminator: Judgment Day), 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. James Cameron (Terminator: Judgment Day)
5. Martin Scorsese (Cape Fear)
Honorable Mentions: Michael Apted (Class Action), Kenneth Branagh (Dead Again), Brian Gilbert (Not Without My Daughter), Michael Hoffman (Soapdish), 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
Adam Greenberg (Terminator: Judgment Day)

2. Douglas Milsome (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)
3. Peter James (Black Robe)
4. Charles Mills (Boyz n the Hood)
5. Peter Hannan (Not Without My Daughter)
Honorable Mentions: Bojan Bazelli (Fever), Tak Fujimoto (The Silence of the Lambs), 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), Don Brochu and Robert A. Ferretti (Out for Justice), Conrad Buff IV, Mark Goldblatt, and Richard A. Harris (Terminator: Judgment Day), 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), James Cameron and William Wisher (Terminator: Judgment Day), 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. Terminator 2: Judgment Day

  2. Separate But Equal

  3. Point Break

  4. The Prince of Tides

  5. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

  6. Cape Fear

  7. The Doors

  8. Soapdish

  9. Regarding Henry

  10. New Jack City

  11. Out for Justice

  12. Class Action

  13. The Fisher King

Films Rated '8'
  1. True Colors

  2. Changes

  3. Liebestraum

  4. Sleeping with the Enemy

  5. My Own Private Idaho

  6. Dead Again

  7. Guilty by Suspicion

  8. The Josephine Baker Story

  9. Necessary Roughness

  10. By the Sword

  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. One Good Cop

  14. Carolina Skeletons

  15. Rush

  16. Defending Your Life

  17. Johnny Suede

  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. Where Sleeping Dogs Lie

  6. The People Under the Stairs

  7. Dolly Dearest

  8. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

  9. Billy Bathgate

  10. Mobsters

  11. Other People's Money

  12. 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