Top Movies of 1993


The top movies of 1993 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

31. Orlando

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Sally Potter
Actors: Tilda Swinton, Quentin Crisp, Jimmy Somerville, John Bott, Elaine Banham, Anna Farnworth
Plot: A young nobleman is granted eternal youth by Queen Elizabeth I and
examines his changing life, and own sex, as 400 years of history pass by.

32. Rudy

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David Anspaugh
Actors: Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Lili Taylor, Ned Beatty, Charles S. Dutton, Greta Lind
Plot: A young man dreams of playing for Notre Dame, but is too small, too slow and doesn't have anything but desire and heart.

33. And the Band Played On

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Actors: Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Patrick Bauchau, Phil Collins, Richard Gere, Anjelica Huston
Plot: A film that follows the early years of the AIDS epidemic in the US. A immunologist at the CDC tries to understand the virus while the government and their bureaucracy is slow to react to the threat. The San Francisco gay community decides how to handle the issue in their own way while an American and French virologist fight over who was the first to identity the virus.

34. A Perfect World

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern, T.J. Lowther, Bradley Whitford, Leo Burmester
Plot: An ex-con involved in a kidnapping plot finds himself with an immediate bond with the young boy they kidnap. Meanwhile and honorable U.S marshal and a female criminologist are in hot pursuit.

35. It's All True

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Portuguese
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Bill Krohn, Myron Meisel, Orson Welles, Richard Wilson, Norman Foster
Actors: Miguel Ferrer, Manuel 'Jacare' Olimpio Meira, Jeronimo André De Souza, Raimundo 'Tata' Correia Lima, Manuel 'Preto' Pereira Da Silva, Jose Sobrinho

36. The Piano

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jane Campion
Actors: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker, Geneviève Lemon
Plot: A mute woman and her daughter move from Scotland to the rugged forests of New Zealand's South Island for an arranged marriage. Her husband is not what she expected and she nearly breaks down after he sells her prized piano. Yet the new owner is willing to let her play if she gives him lessons, along with certain other arrangements. The relationship soon leads down a dangerous path.

37. Much Ado About Nothing

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Richard Briers, Keanu Reeves, Kate Beckinsale, Denzel Washington
Plot: As Hero and Claudio prepare for the upcoming nuptials, they conspire with Don Pedro to set up a "lover's trap" for confirmed bachelor Benedick and his long-suffering target Beatrice. Meanwhile, Don Jon attempts to break up the upcoming marriage by accusing Hero of infidelity.

38. Totally F***ed Up

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gregg Araki
Actors: James Duval, Roko Belic, Susan Behshid, Jenee Gill, Gilbert Luna, Lance May

39. Benny & Joon

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Actors: Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn, Julianne Moore, Oliver Platt, CCH Pounder
Plot: Benny has built his adult life around caring for his mentally ill sister, Joon. When Joon loses a poker game, Benny is obligated to take a friend's eccentric cousin, Sam, as a house guest. Sam's quiet and unusual ways grow on Joon and they find themselves drawn to each other. When Benny objects, Joon has a break down and refuses to leave the mental hospital. Can Benny learn to let go and allow Joon the one thing that makes her truly happy?

40. Mrs. Doubtfire

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Chris Columbus
Actors: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, Lisa Jakub, Matthew Lawrence
Plot: After a wild birthday party for his son gets out of hand, out-of-work voice actor Daniel Hillard is faced with a divorce. His wife gains custody of his three children, and, not satisfied with only visiting once a week, he uses his own talents, and those of his makeup artist brother, to create the perfect nanny/housekeeper.

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