Films of 1994

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Last Updated: 5/19/25
Total Films: 104
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. Marlon Brando (Don Juan DeMarco)
Honorable Mentions: Alan Alda (White Mile), Michael Boatman (The Glass Shield), Johnny Depp (Don Juan DeMarco), Ralph Fiennes (Quiz Show), Ed Harris (China Moon), Nigel Hawthorne (The Madness of King George), Duane Martin (Above the Rim), Sean Nelson (Fresh), 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), Faye Dunaway (Don Juan DeMarco), 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. Jeremy Leven (Don Juan DeMarco)
4. Bobby Smith, Jr. (Jason's Lyric)
5. Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson (Heavenly Creatures)
Honorable Mentions: David Veloz, Richard Rutowski, and Oliver Stone (Natural Born Killers) and Doug Wallace (Sensation)


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. Don Juan DeMarco

  11. Disclosure

  12. The Night and the Moment

  13. 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. The Chase

  2. The Professional

  3. Dumb and Dumber

  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. The Client

  5. Blown Away

  6. Little Giants

  7. Blue Sky

  8. 8 Seconds

  9. Confessions of a Sorority Girl

Films Rated '4'
  1. Blue Chips

  2. The Specialist

  3. The Mask

  4. Silent Fall

  5. Timecop

  6. I Love Trouble

  7. The Shadow

  8. Stargate

  9. Swimming with Sharks

  10. In the Army Now

  11. Exotica

  12. The Getaway

  13. Terminal Velocity

  14. 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. In the Mouth of Madness

  8. Bad Girls

  9. The Next Karate Kid

  10. Death Wish V: The Face of Death

  11. Oleanna

  12. The Hudsucker Proxy

  13. 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