A Few Good Men Cruise vs. Nicholson in courtroom showdown
Air Force One President Ford gets fighting mad in skyjacking nailbiter
Alien In space, no one can hear you scream
The American President Michael Douglas woos Annette Benning
Apocalypse Now Coppola’s lush, bizarre Oscar-winning Vietnam war story
Apollo 13 Hanks-led heroes struggle to return home in crippled moon shot
Armageddon Can oilmen-made-astronauts save earth from meteor?
As Good As It Gets Oscar winners Nicholson/Hunt learn to love the one you hate
Austin Powers Groooooooovy, baby!
Ben Hur 11-time Oscar winner; Heston drives his own chariot in climatic race
The Big Chill Seminal coming-of-middle-age film for the ‘60s generation
Braveheart "Freedom!" Gibson stirs 13th-century Scots to revolt; 5 Oscars
Bridge on the River Kwai True Brit grit in WWII Japanese prison camp; 7 Oscars
Bull Durham Sweet, sassy tale of soulmates finding love one baseball season
Citizen Kane Ranked #1 best U.S. film by the American Film Institute
Close Encounters of the Third Kind We’re not alone, but they’re kind of cute
Dances with Wolves Costner’s epic lament for the Plains Indians; 7 Oscars
Dirty Dancing Young love breaks class barriers at Catskills resort; irresistible
Elizabeth Absorbing story of the young Queen’s rise to power; stars Cate Blanchett
Enemy of the State Super-paranoid actioner pits Smith/Hackman against gov’t spies
The English Patient Oscar-draped tale of love against all odds
Extreme Measures Gene Hackman, Hugh Grant star in high stakes medical drama
Fabulous Baker Boys Musicians vie for songstress Michelle Pfeiffer
Fargo Spare, witty winter tale of murder solved by pregnant police chief; 2 Oscars
Field of Dreams Dead baseball legends return to play on Costner’s cornfield diamond
Forrest Gump Virtuoso performance by Tom Hanks as idiot savant; 6 Oscars
Four Weddings and a Funeral Touching, playful, surprising friends film
The Fugitive Convicted murderer on the run, with Tommy Lee Jones right behind
Giant James Dean, Rock Hudson in American classic; 10 Oscars
Godfather Marlon Brando trades favors in gorgeous mob story; 3 Oscars
Godfather II The story continues; 6 Oscars
Godfather III The story concludes
Good Will Hunting Fight-prone, young math genius finds himself
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Landmark race-relations film; 2 Oscars
Horatio Hornblower All hands on deck for this riveting, recent made-for-TV series
Hunt for Red October Tense sub-vs.-sub Cold War drama starring Sean Connery
Lawrence of Arabia Majestic tale of eccentric mid-East scholar turned military hero
Legends of the Fall Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt are father/son in tragic family epic
Life is Beautiful Roberto Bennini makes the most of a bad situation; 3 Oscars
Mask of Zorro Aging masked avenger (Hopkins) trains a successor (Banderas)
Men in Black Alien fun, as Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones save the universe
The Mummy Hunk adventurer Brendan Fraser battles an ancient curse
Outbreak Town drops dead as viral-fighters Hoffman/Russo work against the clock
Philadelphia Story Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart comedy; 2 Oscars
Pretty Woman Prostitute and tycoon find common ground in romantic comedy
The Princess Bride Well-told swashbuckling fairy tale of good vs. nasty
Raging Bull Biopic of tormented boxer earned DeNiro Best Actor Oscar
Rob Roy Men in kilts: Liam Neeson avenges Highland wrongs
The Rock Stolen biowarfare weapons pit Cage/Connery against patriot/rogue Ed Harris
Saving Private Ryan D-Day Redux starring teacher-turned-commando Tom Hanks
Schindler’s List Spielberg’s 7-Oscar tribute to unlikely savior of WWII Jews
Shakespeare in Love Behind-the-scenes romance inspires Romeo and Juliet
Silence of the Lambs Cannibal helps FBI agent get her man; 5 Oscars
Silverado Good triumphs in this wonderful Wild West buddy film introducing Costner
The Sting Redford/Newman pull the wool in this devilish romp; 7 Oscars
Strictly Ballroom Great dancing, great music, great cast, beguiling love story
Terminator 2 Schwarzenegger comes back as a good robot this time
Thomas Crown Affair In the original stylish Steve McQueen foils Faye Dunaway
Thomas Crown Affair The clever remake, with Pierce Brosnan and Renee Russo
Titanic Hey, isn’t that iceberg pretty close? DiCaprio chills out
Top Gun Boys and their supersonic toys
Unforgiven Clint Eastwood directed himself in this moody, revisionist Western; 4 Oscars
The Untouchables Irish cop Connery teaches idealistic Fed Costner how to fight dirty
The Way We Were Bittersweet Redford/Streisand romance won Oscar for Best Song
When Harry Met Sally Man discovers that women fake orgasms