Temporal Top Ten – 1995

Number of movies seen from this year – 146
Number of movies reviewed – 131 (Including 17 Encore Reviews)

As you’ll see and be reminded of shortly, 1995 was a great year in cinema because it gave us so many wonderful and memorable movies that touch a wide variety of genres.

It was the year where Mel Gibson came out of nowhere to win Best Director and Picture at the Oscars for his epic Braveheart and remains one of the biggest Oscar blindsides in history. (Yes, the surprise two years later was a much bigger snub).

Everyone thought that Ron Howard’s Patriotic Apollo 13 would win Best Picture, but the fact that Howard himself was snubbed for a Best Director nomination despite winning at both the Globes and DGA made it easier for Gibson and Braveheart to prevail.

Only 3 of the 5 BP nominees made my list and you might be slightly surprised where each of them fit in and how I rank them.

My list this year features, action movies, historical dramas, a courtroom drama, an animated movie that opened the floodgates, a crime thriller that remains to this day as a masterfully woven tale of suspense and a fictional account of how a teacher can affect one’s life.

My Top Ten

10. Truman

9. Die Hard With a Vengeance

8. Indictment: The McMartin Trial

7. Crimson Tide

6. Braveheart

5. Sense and Sensibility

4. The Usual Suspects

3. Toy Story

2. Apollo 13

1. Mr. Holland’s Opus

Here’s a complete list of movies that I’ve seen from 1995

 

1. 1. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
   2. The American President
   3. Anne Frank Remembered
   4. Apollo 13   Encore Review  Encore Review 2 Encore Review 3
   5. Assassins
   6. Babe
   7. Bad Boys
   8. Bad Company
   9. Batman Forever
   10. Before Sunrise
   11. Beyond Rangoon
   12. Billy Madison
   13. Blue in the Face
   14. Boys on the Side
   15. The Brady Bunch Movie
   16. Braveheart  Encore Review   Encore Review 2
   17. The Bridges of Madison County
   18. The Brothers McMullen
   19. Bye Bye Love
   20. Canadian Bacon
   21. Carrington
   22. Casino
   23. Casper
   24. Circle of Friends
   25. Citizen X
   26. Clockers
   27. Clueless
   28. Congo
   29. Copycat
   30. Crimson Tide  Encore Review
   31. The Crossing Guard
   32. Cry, the Beloved Country
   33. Cutthroat Island
   34. Dangerous Minds
   35. Dead Man
   36. Dead Man Walking
   37. Destiny Turns on the Radio
   38. Devil in a Blue Dress
   39. Die Hard with a Vengeance     Encore Review    Encore Review 2  Encore Review 3
   40. Dolores Claiborne
   41. Dracula: Dead and Loving It
   42. Empire Records
   43. Extraordinary Voyages of Jules Verne, The
   44. Fair Game
   45. Father of the Bride Part II
   46. First Knight
   47. Forget Paris
   48. Four Rooms
   49. French Kiss
   50. Georgia
   51. Get Shorty
   52. Ghost in the Shell
   53. GoldenEye
   54. Grumpier Old Men
   55. Hackers
   56. Heat
   57. Higher Learning
   58. Home for the Holidays
   59. How to make an American Quilt
   60. Indian in the Cupboard, The
   61. Indictment: The McMartin Trial
   62. In Pursuit of Honor
   63. In the Line of Duty: Hunt For Justice
   64. It Takes Two
   65. Jade
   66. Jefferson in Paris
   67. Jeffrey
   68. The Jerky Boys: The Movie
   69. Johnny Mnemonic
   70. Joseph
   71. Judge Dredd
   72. Jumanji
   73. Jury Duty
   74. Just Cause
   75. Kidnapped: In The Line of Duty
   76. A Kid in King Arthur’s Court
   77. Kids
   78. Kiss of Death
   79. Langoliers, The
   80. Leaving Las Vegas
   81. Les Miserables
   82. Lieberman in Love
   83. Little Princess, A
   84. Living in Oblivion
   85. Lord of Illusions
   86. Losing Isaiah
   87. Mad Love
   88. Major Payne
   89. Mallrats
   90. Miami Rhapsody
   91. Mighty Aphrodite
   92. Money Train
   93. Moonlight and Valentino
   94. Mortal Kombat
   95. Mr. Holland’s Opus  Encore Review  Encore Review 2 Encore Review 3
   96. Multi-Facial
   97. Murder in the First
   98. My Family
   99. The Net
   100. Nick of Time
   101. Nine Months
   102. Nixon
   103. Now and Then
   104. Operation Dumbo Drop
   105. Othello
   106. Outbreak         Encore Review
   107. Pocahontas
   108. Powder
   109. The Quick and the Dead
   110. Remembrances
   111. Rob Roy
   112. Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
   113. Sabrina
   114. The Scarlet Letter
   115. Sense and Sensibility
   116. Se7en
   117. Showgirls
   118. Smoke
   119. Something to Talk About
   120. Species
   121. Star Trek Voyager: Caretaker
   122. Steal Big Steal Little
   123. Strange Days
   124. Sudden Death
   125. Tank Girl
   126. Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead
   127. Three Wishes
   128. To Die For
   129. To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar
   130. Tom and Huck
   131. Tommy Boy
   132. Toy Story  Encore Review Encore Review 2
   133. Truman
   134. Tuskegee Airmen, The
   135. Twelve Monkeys
   136. Two Much
   137. Unstrung Heroes
   138. Usual Suspects, The     Encore Review
   139. Vampire in Brooklyn
   140. Village of the Damned
   141. Virtuosity
   142. Waiting to Exhale
   143. A Walk in the Clouds
   144. Waterworld
   145. While You Were Sleeping
   146. White Man’s Burden