91. SOPHIE'S CHOICE (1997 Rank: NEW)
Universal, 1982 PRINCIPAL CAST Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol
DIRECTOR Alan J. Pakula
PRODUCERS Keith Barish, Alan J. Pakula
SCREENWRITER Alan J. Pakula Streep is a Polish immigrant living in Brooklyn with her flamboyant lover, played by Kline, and their Southern writer friend, Stingo. The more Sophie reflects on her painful life, the more she is haunted by her years in a concentration camp and the unthinkable decision she was forced to make.
 92. GOODFELLAS (1997 Rank: 94)
Warner Bros., 1990
PRINCIPAL CAST Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci
DIRECTOR Martin Scorsese
PRODUCER Irwin Winkler
SCREENWRITERS Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese This gangster film for modern day is based on the true story of Henry Hill, played by Liotta, who dreamed as a kid of becoming a member of the glamorous mob who ran his New York City neighborhood. De Niro and Pesci are members of the family he ascends to, until he breaks the code and eventually falls from grace.
93. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1997 Rank: 70)
Twentieth Century-Fox, 1971
PRINCIPAL CAST Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey
DIRECTOR William Friedkin
PRODUCER Philip D’Antoni
SCREENWRITER Ernest Tidyman Hackman’s Popeye Doyle is based on a NYC cop who busted a heroin-smuggling operation with a French connection. His character is in sharp contrast with that of his nemesis, the elegant and dapper Alain Charnier. They play a game of cat and mouse all over the Big Apple, culminating in one of the most gripping car chases on film.
94. PULP FICTION (1997 Rank: 95)
Miramax, 1994
PRINCIPAL CAST John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis
DIRECTOR Quentin Tarantino
PRODUCER Lawrence Bender
SCREENWRITERS Roger Avery, Quentin Tarantino Tarantino’s tale of violence, corruption and redemption broke new ground with his non-linear story of two hit men who live by a strict moral code. They intersect the lives of a boxer, a crime boss, his drug-using wife, a couple of small-time crooks and of course—the Gimp!
95. THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1997 Rank: NEW)
Columbia, 1971 PRINCIPAL CAST Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson
DIRECTOR Peter Bogdanovich
PRODUCER Stephen J. Friedman
SCREENWRITERS Peter Bodganovich, Larry McMurtry The closing of a movie theatre in a small Texas town during the 1950s marks the changes that face a group of young people coming of age.
. 96. DO THE RIGHT THING (1997 Rank: NEW)
Universal, 1989 PRINCIPAL CAST Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, John Turturro
DIRECTOR Spike Lee
PRODUCERS Spike Lee, Monty Ross
SCREENWRITER Spike Lee It’s a sweltering summer day in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, and Sal’s Famous Pizzeria becomes a lightning rod for racial tensions. The much discussed close to the film presents different views on the conflict with quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X.
97. BLADE RUNNER (1997 Rank: NEW)
Warner Bros., 1982 PRINCIPAL CAST Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos
DIRECTOR Ridley Scott
PRODUCER Michael Deely
SCREENWRITER Hampton Fancher The dark, rainy opening shot of Los Angeles in 2019 sets the stage for Scott’s futuristic thriller, where “replicants,” a powerful human-like species, have mutinied in an attempt to prolong their lifespans. Ford is the cop Blade Runner cop called on to hunt them down.
98. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1997 Rank: 100)
Warner Brothers, 1942
99. TOY STORY (1997 Rank: NEW)
Disney, 1995 PRINCIPAL CAST Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Annie Potts (voices)
DIRECTOR John Lasseter
PRODUCERS Ralph J. Guggenhein, Bonnie Arnold
SCREENWRITERS Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow Groundbreaking computer animation creates the world of Woody, a toy cowboy who suddenly finds himself as the second-favorite toy. Replaced by the newer and very high tech, but doltish, Buzz Lightyear, Woody gets accused of killing Buzz by tossing him out the window. It’s a race to get him back. “To infinity and beyond!”
100. BEN-HUR (1997 Rank: 72)
MGM, 1959 PRINCIPAL CAST Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Jack Hawkins
DIRECTOR William Wyler
PRODUCER Sam Zimbalist
SCREENWRITER Karl Tunberg This is a tale of two friends on the opposite side of politics and power, who come face to face in the film’s explosive chariot race. Heston, the young Jewish Prince, seeks revenge for himself and his family, only to find forgiveness and redemption when he tries to help Jesus Christ, the man who once saved him.
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