Films of 1994

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Last Updated: 4/23/25
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). Any of these categories may be left blank if I feel there's no deserving winner. A ranked list of films is presented afterwards.



Best Picture
The Shawshank Redemption

2. Interview with the Vampire
3. Clear and Present Danger
4. Fresh
5. Forrest Gump
Honorable Mentions: Pulp Fiction, Heavenly Creatures, Natural Born Killers, and Jason's Lyric


Best Actor
John Travolta (Pulp Fiction)

2. Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump)
3. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption)
4. Johnny Depp (Ed Wood)
5. Sean Nelson (Fresh)
Honorable Mentions: Alan Alda (White Mile), Michael Boatman (The Glass Shield), Ralph Fiennes (Quiz Show), Ed Harris (China Moon), Nigel Hawthorne (The Madness of King George), Duane Martin (Above the Rim), Brad Pitt (Interview with the Vampire), Brian O'Halloran (Clerks), and Massimo Troisi (Il postino)


Best Actress
Melanie Lynskey (Heavenly Creatures)

2. Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction)
3. Juliette Lewis (Natural Born Killers)
4. Guinevere Turner (Go Fish)
5. Kari Wuhrer (Sensation)
Honorable Mentions: Rebecca De Mornay (Getting Out)


Best Supporting Actor
Martin Landau (Ed Wood)

2. Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction)
3. Bokeem Woodbine (Jason's Lyric)
4. Bob Gunton (The Shawshank Redemption)
5. John Turturro and Paul Scofield (Quiz Show)
Honorable Mentions: Jeff Anderson (Clerks), Rowan Atkinson (Four Weddings and a Funeral), Antonio Banderas (Interview with the Vampire), Clancy Brown (The Shawshank Redemption), David Bower (Four Weddings and a Funeral), Tom Cruise (Interview with the Vampire), Henry Czerny (Clear and Present Danger), Giancarlo Esposito (Fresh), Rupert Everett (The Madness of King George), Kenneth Griffith (Four Weddings and a Funeral), Tommy Lee Jones (Natural Born Killers), Sihung Lung (Yin shi nan nu), Tupac Shakur (Above the Rim), Benicio Del Toro (China Moon), and James Whitmore (The Shawshank Redemption)


Best Supporting Actress
Kate Winslet (Heavenly Creatures)

2. Sharon Stone (Intersection)
3. Lisa Nicole Carson (Jason's Lyric)
4. V.S. Brodie and Anastasia Sharp (Go Fish)
5. Jada Pinkett Smith (Jason's Lyric)
Honorable Mentions: Ellen Burstyn (Getting Out), Charlotte Coleman (Four Weddings and a Funeral), Jamie Lee Curtis (True Lies), Rosie Perez (It Could Happen to You), Lori Petty (The Glass Shield), Kristin Scott Thomas (Four Weddings and a Funeral), and Chien-lien Wu (Yin shi nan nu)


Best Director
Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption)

2. James Cameron (True Lies)
3. Neil Jordan (Interview with the Vampire)
4. Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump)
5. Peter Jackson (Heavenly Creatures)
Honorable Mentions: Andrew Bergman (It Could Happen to You), Charles Burnett (The Glass Shield), Ang Lee (Yin shi nan nu), Doug McHenry (Jason's Lyric), Phillip Noyce (Clear and Present Danger), Michael Radford (Il postino), Mark Rydell (Intersection), Kevin Smith (Clerks), Oliver Stone (Natural Born Killers), Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), and Boaz Yakin (Fresh)


Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins (The Shawshank Redemption)

2. Philippe Rousselot (Interview with the Vampire)
3. Giuseppe Rotunno (Wolf)
4. Stefan Czapsky (Ed Wood)
5. Vilmos Zsigmond (Intersection)
Honorable Mentions: Jong Lin (Yin shi nan nu) and Ann T. Rossetti and Art Stone (Go Fish)


Best Editing
Brian Berdan and Hank Corwin (Natural Born Killers)

2. Richard Francis-Bruce (The Shawshank Redemption)
3. Arthur Schmidt (Forrest Gump)
4. Sally Menke (Pulp Fiction)
5. Jamie Selkirk (Heavenly Creatures)
Honorable Mentions: Mick Audsley and Joke van Wijk (Interview with the Vampire), Curtiss Clayton (The Glass Shield), Chris Lebenzon (Ed Wood), Andrew Mondshein (Jason's Lyric), Rose Troche (Go Fish), Mark Warner (Intersection), and John Wright (Speed)


Best Original Screenplay
Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction)

2. Boaz Yakin (Fresh)
3. Bobby Smith, Jr. (Jason's Lyric)
4. Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson (Heavenly Creatures)
5. Doug Wallace (Sensation)
Honorable Mentions: David Veloz, Richard Rutowski, and Oliver Stone (Natural Born Killers)


Best Adapted Screenplay
Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption)

2. Eric Roth (Forrest Gump)
3. Anne Rice (Interview with the Vampire)
4. Alan Bennett (The Madness of King George)
5. Donald E. Stewart, Steven Zaillian, and John Milius (Clear and Present Danger)
Honorable Mentions: Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (Ed Wood)


Best Documentary
Hoop Dreams

2. Crumb
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Honorable Mentions: None


Films Rated '10'
  1. The Shawshank Redemption

  2. Interview with the Vampire

  3. Clear and Present Danger

  4. Fresh

Films Rated '9'
  1. Forrest Gump

  2. Pulp Fiction

  3. Heavenly Creatures

  4. Natural Born Killers

  5. Jason's Lyric

  6. China Moon

  7. Intersection

  8. True Lies

  9. Il postino

  10. The Madness of King George

  11. Clerks

  12. Yin shi nan nu

  13. Go Fish

  14. The Glass Shield

Films Rated '8'
  1. Four Weddings and a Funeral

  2. Ed Wood

  3. It Could Happen to You

  4. Sensation

  5. Captives

  6. Speed

  7. Color of Night

  8. White Mile

  9. Quiz Show

  10. Disclosure

  11. The Night and the Moment

  12. Getting Out

Films Rated '7'
  1. Legends of the Fall

  2. Wolf

  3. No Escape

  4. Maverick

  5. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

  6. Major League II

  7. Airheads

  8. Above the Rim

  9. Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love

Films Rated '6'
  1. Don Juan DeMarco

  2. The Chase

  3. The Professional

  4. Trial by Jury

  5. The Paper

  6. The Enemy Within

  7. The Favor

  8. The Crow

  9. Little Odessa

  10. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

  11. Reality Bites

  12. Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

Films Rated '5'
  1. On Deadly Ground

  2. Against the Wall

  3. Cobb

  4. Dumb and Dumber

  5. The Client

  6. Blown Away

  7. Blue Sky

  8. 8 Seconds

  9. Confessions of a Sorority Girl

Films Rated '4'
  1. Blue Chips

  2. The Mask

  3. Silent Fall

  4. Timecop

  5. I Love Trouble

  6. The Shadow

  7. Stargate

  8. Swimming with Sharks

  9. In the Army Now

  10. Exotica

  11. The Getaway

  12. Terminal Velocity

  13. Dangerous Touch

Films Rated '3'
  1. Wyatt Earp

  2. Chung Hing sam lam

  3. The Last Seduction

  4. Jimmy Hollywood

  5. Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

  6. Cops and Robbersons

  7. PCU

  8. Beverly Hills Cop III

  9. Of Love and Shadows

  10. Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead

  11. North and South: Book III

Films Rated '2'
  1. When a Man Loves a Woman

  2. A Low Down Dirty Shame

  3. Cool and the Crazy

  4. Shallow Grave

  5. Drop Zone

  6. Car 54, Where Are You?

  7. The Specialist

  8. In the Mouth of Madness

  9. Bad Girls

  10. The Next Karate Kid

  11. Death Wish V: The Face of Death

  12. Oleanna

  13. The Hudsucker Proxy

  14. Immortal Beloved

Films Rated '1'
  1. New Nightmare

  2. Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

  3. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

  4. The NeverEnding Story III

  5. Crooklyn