Movies Of 1993

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The Films I Saw From 1993 Ranked From Best To Worst

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1. Jurassic Park (1993)

PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

68 Metascore

A pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough

Votes: 1,067,716 | Gross: $402.45M

10/10

2. Braindead (1992)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

54 Metascore

A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin

Votes: 103,337 | Gross: $0.24M

10/10

3. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

PG | 76 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

82 Metascore

Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.

Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey

Votes: 375,277 | Gross: $75.08M

9/10

4. Freaked (1993)

PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

58 Metascore

A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.

Directors: Tom Stern, Alex Winter | Stars: Brooke Shields, William Sadler, Eduardo Ricard, Henry Carbo

Votes: 8,147 | Gross: $0.03M

9/10

5. Army of Darkness (1992)

R | 81 min | Comedy, Horror

59 Metascore

When Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.

Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie

Votes: 194,435 | Gross: $11.50M

9/10

6. Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)

119 min | Documentary

A film account about the military 1990 siege of a Native American reserve near Oka, Quebec, Canada and its causes.

Director: Alanis Obomsawin | Stars: Jack Burning, Herbie Barnes, Alanis Obomsawin, Ethel Blondin

Votes: 482

8/10

7. Groundhog Day (1993)

PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

72 Metascore

A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.

Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky

Votes: 685,372 | Gross: $70.91M

8/10

8. Where Is the Friend's House? (1987)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Family

Eight-year-old Ahmed has mistakenly taken his friend Mohammad's notebook. He wants to return it, or else his friend will be expelled from school. The boy determinedly sets out to find Mohammad's home in the neighbouring village.

Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Khodabakhsh Defaei, Iran Outari

Votes: 18,727

8/10

9. El Mariachi (1992)

R | 81 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

73 Metascore

A traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him.

Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Jaime de Hoyos, Peter Marquardt

Votes: 71,326 | Gross: $2.04M

8/10

10. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)

PG | 76 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

65 Metascore

Batman is wrongly implicated in a series of murders of mob bosses actually committed by a new vigilante assassin.

Directors: Kevin Altieri, Boyd Kirkland, Frank Paur, Dan Riba, Eric Radomski, Bruce Timm | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Stacy Keach

Votes: 56,887 | Gross: $5.62M

8/10

11. Addams Family Values (1993)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy

61 Metascore

The Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie.

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack

Votes: 109,657 | Gross: $48.92M

8/10

12. Blue (1993)

Not Rated | 79 min | Biography, Drama

In his final - and most daring - cinematic statement, Jarman the romantic meets Jarman the iconoclast in a lush soundscape pulsing against a purely blue screen, laying bare his physical and spiritual state.

Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton, John Quentin, Nigel Terry

Votes: 2,736 | Gross: $1.72M

8/10

13. Baraka (1992)

Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary

A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.

Director: Ron Fricke | Star: Patrick Disanto

Votes: 40,999 | Gross: $1.33M

7/10

14. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

PG-13 | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical

44 Metascore

A spoof of Robin Hood in general, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) in particular.

Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck

Votes: 136,919 | Gross: $35.74M

7/10

15. Body Bags (1993 TV Movie)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

54 Metascore

Three short stories in the horror genre: the first about a serial killer, the second about a hair transplant gone wrong, and the third about a baseball player.

Directors: John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, Larry Sulkis | Stars: John Carpenter, Tom Arnold, Tobe Hooper, Robert Carradine

Votes: 12,615

6/10

16. Dark Waters (1993)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A girl travels to an island, after the death of her father, to find out why the father funded a monestary on the island.

Director: Mariano Baino | Stars: Louise Salter, Venera Simmons, Mariya Kapnist, Lubov Snegur

Votes: 3,047

6/10

17. Visions of Light (1992)

92 min | Documentary, History

Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography, illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from The Birth of a Nation (1915) to Do the Right Thing (1989).

Directors: Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy, Stuart Samuels | Stars: Conrad L. Hall, John Bailey, Vilmos Zsigmond, Charles Lang

Votes: 3,336 | Gross: $0.80M

6/10

18. Free Willy (1993)

PG | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

79 Metascore

When a boy learns that a beloved killer whale is to be killed by the aquarium owners, the boy risks everything to free the whale.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Jason James Richter, Lori Petty, Michael Madsen, Jayne Atkinson

Votes: 83,009 | Gross: $77.70M

6/10

19. Robot Wars (1993)

PG | 72 min | Action, Sci-Fi

A renegade Megarobot pilot and an archaeologist must team up to thwart the Centro's attempts to resurrect a hidden Megarobot, with which they can challenge the prevailing order.

Director: Albert Band | Stars: Don Michael Paul, Barbara Crampton, James Staley, Lisa Rinna

Votes: 1,594

5/10

20. Coneheads (1993)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

49 Metascore

Aliens with conical crania crash-land on Earth.

Director: Steve Barron | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Robert Knott, Jonathan Penner

Votes: 58,013 | Gross: $21.27M

4/10

21. Star Time (1992)

85 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A delusional misfit becomes suicidal when his favorite TV show is cancelled. An agent promises to make him a TV star if he kills certain people, so he becomes "The Baby Mask Killer."

Director: Alexander Cassini | Stars: John P. Ryan, Michael St. Gerard, Maureen Teefy, Dana Dantine

Votes: 428

4/10

22. Elvis in Hollywood (1993)

60 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

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Director: Frank Martin | Stars: Elvis Presley, Trude Forsher, June Juanico, Hal Kanter

Votes: 65

4/10

23. Zombie Bloodbath (1993 Video)

Unrated | 70 min | Horror, Comedy

A meltdown at a nuclear power plant turns a bunch of folks into lethal shambling flesh-eating zombies who go on a gory rampage.

Director: Todd Sheets | Stars: Auggi Alvarez, Chris Harris, Frank Dunlay, Jerry Angell

Votes: 458

3/10

24. Hocus Pocus (1993)

PG | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

43 Metascore

A teenage boy named Max and his little sister move to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.

Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz

Votes: 155,981 | Gross: $44.34M

3/10

25. Ticks (1993)

R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

43 Metascore

A group of troubled teenagers are led by social workers on a California wilderness retreat, not knowing that the woods they are camping in have become infested by mutated, blood-sucking ticks.

Director: Tony Randel | Stars: Rosalind Allen, Ami Dolenz, Seth Green, Virginya Keehne

Votes: 5,751

3/10

26. Jason Goes to Hell (1993)

R | 87 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

17 Metascore

Serial killer Jason Voorhees' supernatural origins are revealed.

Director: Adam Marcus | Stars: John D. LeMay, Kari Keegan, Kane Hodder, Steven Williams

Votes: 36,826 | Gross: $15.94M

2/10

27. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)

PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

40 Metascore

When journalist April O'Neil discovers an ancient scepter with magical powers, the Turtles must cow-a-bunga their way back to 17th century Japan to rescue her from the evil clutches of Lord Norinaga.

Director: Stuart Gillard | Stars: Elias Koteas, Paige Turco, Stuart Wilson, Sab Shimono

Votes: 36,452 | Gross: $42.66M

2/10

28. Leprechaun (1992)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

17 Metascore

An evil, sadistic Leprechaun goes on a killing rampage in search of his beloved pot of gold.

Director: Mark Jones | Stars: Warwick Davis, Jennifer Aniston, Ken Olandt, Mark Holton

Votes: 30,513 | Gross: $8.56M

2/10

29. Zipperface (1992)

90 min | Thriller, Horror, Mystery

Lisa Ryder is a young policewoman recently promoted to detective when she has her first case in tracking down and identifying a serial killer in her small California town.

Director: Mansour Pourmand | Stars: Dona Adams, Jonathan Mandell, David Clover, Trisha Melynkov

Votes: 429

1/10



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