1994

1. Satantango- Bela Tarr
2. Three Colors: Red- Krzystzof Kieslowski
3. Heavenly Creatures- Peter Jackson
4. Joan the Maid: The Battles/The Prisons- Jacques Rivette
5. Exotica- Atom Egoyan
6. Hoop Dreams- Steve James
7. Pulp Fiction- Quentin Tarantino
8. Crumb- Terry Zwigoff
9. Cold Water- Olivier Assayas
10. Chungking Express- Wong Kar-Wai
11. Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana- Aki Kaurismäki
12. Ed Wood- Tim Burton
13. Wild Reeds- Andre Techine
14. The Secret of Roan Inish- John Sayles
15. The Kingdom- Lars von Trier and Morten Arnfred
16. Nobody’s Fool- Robert Benton
17. Bullets Over Broadway- Woody Allen
18. Vanya on 42nd Street- Louis Malle
19. Ladybird Ladybird- Ken Loach
20. U.S. Go Home- Claire Denis
21. Three Colors: White- Krzystzof Kieslowski
22. Once Were Warriors- Lee Tamahori

Notable shorts: Altair (Lewis Klahr)

Ripe for re-appraisal: Clean, Shaven (Lodge H. Kerrigan), I’ll Do Anything (James L. Brooks), In the Mouth of Madness (John Carpenter), Little Odessa (James Gray), Quiz Show (Robert Redford), Vive l’Amour (Tsai Ming-liang)

Need to see: Angel Dust (Sogo Ishii), Before the Rain (Milcho Manchevski), Burnt by the Sun (Nikita Mikhalkov), Caro Diario (Nanni Moretti), The Color of Love (Peggy Ahwesh), A Confucian Confusion (Edward Yang), Faust (Jan Svankmajer), The Freethinker (Peter Watkins), Fresh (Boaz Yakin), The Glass Shield (Charles Burnett), I Like It Like That (Darnell Martin), Lamerica (Gianni Amelio), Nadja (Michael Almereyda), Nobody Loves Me (Doris Dorrie), Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the 1960s in Brussels (Chantal Akerman), Through the Olive Trees (Abbas Kiarostami), To Live (Zhang Yimou), An Unforgettable Summer (Lucien Pintilie), What Happened Was… (Tom Noonan), Whispering Pages (Aleksandr Sokurov)

Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis)
BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: Four Weddings and a Funeral (Mike Newell)
César Awards, Best Film: Wild Reeds
Cannes, Palme d’Or: Pulp Fiction
Venice, Golden Lion: (tie) Vive l’Amour and Before the Rain
Berlin, Golden Bear: In the Name of the Father (Jim Sheridan)
Sundance, Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic): What Happened Was… (Tom Noonan)
Toronto, Audience Award: Priest (Antonia Bird)