Post-1986 “Must See” Movies

Post-1986 “Must See” Movies

Since the publication of Peary’s Guide for the Film Fanatic in 1986, hundreds of new “must see” films have been released. Below are my nominations; click here to see a list of additional recommended post-1986 titles.

Last updated May 16, 2021

Animated Features
Aladdin StillAladdin (1992)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Chicken Run (2000)
Coco (2017)
Fantasia 2000 (2000)
Finding Nemo (2004)
Frozen (2013)
Incredibles, The (2004)
Inside Out (2015)
Iron Giant, The (1999)
Lilo and Stitch (2002)
Lion King, The (1994)
Little Mermaid, The (1989)
Mary and Max (2009)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993)
Painting, The (2011)
Persepolis (2007)
Ratatouille (2007)
Scanner Darkly, A (2006)
Shrek (2001)
Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1997)
Spirited Away (2002)
Toy Story (1995)
Triplets of Belleville, The (2004)
Waking Life (2001)
WALL-E (2008)
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Waltz With Bashir (2008)
Zootopia (2015)

Documentaries
American Movie StillAct of Killing, The (2013)
Aging Out (2004)
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1992)
American Movie (1999)
Best Kept Secret (2013)
Best Worst Movie (2009)
Between the Folds (2008)
Born Into Brothels (2004)
Bowling For Columbine (2002)
Brother’s Keeper (1992)
Buck (2011)
Buena Vista Social Club, The (1999)
Bus 174 (2002)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
Capturing Reality (2008)
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Catfish (2010)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2011)
Celluloid Closet, The (1995)
Central Park Five, The (2012)
Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill (1995)
Cinemania (2002)
Cinerama Adventure (2002)
Citizenfour (2014)
Clara Bow: Discovering the ‘It’ Girl (1999)
Cleanflix (2009)
Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt (1989)
Corporation, The (2004)
Countdown to Zero (2010)
Cove, The (2009)
Cowboy del Amor (2005)
Crip Camp (2020)
Crumb (1994)
Cutting Edge, The: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
De Palma (2015)
Devil Came on Horseback, The (2007)
Domestic Violence (2001)
Encounters at the End of the World (2008)
Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
Eyes of Tammy Faye, The (2000)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
56 Up (2012)
Finding Vivian Maier (2014)
Fire Next Time, The (2005)
Five Came Back (2018)
Fog of War, The: Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003)
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)
Free Solo (2018)
Gideon’s Army (2013)
Gleaners and I, The (2000)
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
Grizzly Man (2005)
Hands on a Hard Body (1997)
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music (1994)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
How to Die in Oregon (2011)
How to Survive a Plague (2012)
In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)
Inconvenient Truth, An (2006)
Inside Job (2010)
Interrupters, The (2011)
Into the Arms of Strangers (2000)
Invisible War, The (2012)
It Came From Kuchar (2009)
Jesus Camp (2006)
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2012)
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010)
John Waters: This Filthy World (2006)
King of Kong (2007)
Last Hijack (2014)
Let the Fire Burn (2013)
Liberia: An Uncivil War (2004)
Licensed to Kill (1997)
Life Itself (2014)
Line King, The: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996)
Lost Boys of Sudan (2004)
Lost in La Mancha (2002)
Machete Maidens Unleashed (2010)
Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)
March of the Penguins (2005)
Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)
Man on Wire (2008)
Marwencol (2010)
Meru (2015)
Microcosmos (1996)
Missing Picture, The (2013)
Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001)
Murderball (2005)
My Best Fiend (1999)
One Child Nation (2019)
Panama Deception, The (1992)
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
Paris is Burning (1990)
Private Violence (2014)
Rape of Europa, The (2006)
Reel Injun (2009)
Rivers and Tides (2001)
RKO Production 601: The Making of ‘Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World’ (2005)
Roger and Me (1989)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
Room 237 (2012)
Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene (2017)
Side By Side (2012)
Silverlake Life: The View From Here (1993)
Slanted Screen, The (2006)
Spellbound (2002)
Square, The (2013)
State of Mind, A (2004)
Stories We Tell (2012)
Super-Size Me (2004)
Surfwise (2007)
Sweetest Sound, The (2001)
Tarnation (2003)
Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
That Guy Dick Miller (2014)
That Guy… Who Was In That Thing (2012)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1993)
These Amazing Shadows (2011)
Thin Blue Line, The (1988)
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
This Is It (2009)
Touching the Void (2003)
Tower (2016)
Unreal Dream, An: The Michael Morton Story (2013)
Vietnam War, The (2017)
Virunga (2014)
Visions of Light (1992)
War Room, The (1993)
Well-Founded Fear (2000)
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995)
Winged Migration (2003)
Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, The (1993)
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018)

Foreign (non-English) Films
Abre Los Ojos StillAbre los Ojos (1997, Spanish)
All About My Mother (1999, Spanish)
Amelie (2001, French)
Amores Perros (2000, Mexican)
Antonia’s Line (1995, Dutch)
Ariel (1988, Finnish)
Au Revoir, Les Enfants (1987, French)
Audition (1999, Japanese)
Babette’s Feast (1987, Danish)
Blackboards (2000, Iranian)
Blue (1992, French)
Brodre (2004, Danish)
Celebration, The (1998, Danish)
Chungking Express (1994, Hong Kong)
City of God (2003, Brazilian)
City of Lost Children (1996, French)
Coeur en Hiver, Un (1992, French)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, Taiwanese)
Decalogue, The (1989, Polish)
Delicatessen (1991, French)
Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (1995, Indian)
Dogtooth (2010, Greek)
Downfall (2004, German)
El Mariachi (1992, Mexican)
Enfant, L’ (2006, Belgian)
Europa, Europa (1990, German)
Fantastic Woman, A (2017, Chilean)
Farinelli Il Castrato (1994, Italian)
Fast Runner (2001, Inuit)
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The (2009, Swedish)
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams (2006, Bosnian)
Hard-Boiled (1992)
Hero (2002, Hong Kong)
Hijacking, A (2012, Danish)
House of Flying Daggers (2004, Chinese)
In the Mood for Love (2000, Hong Kong)
Insomnia (1997, Norwegian)
Kandahar (2001, Iranian)
Kontroll (2003, Hungarian)
Lamerica (1994, Albanian)
Law of Desire (1987, Spanish)
Let the Right One In (2008, Swedish)
Like Water for Chocolate (1993, Mexican)
Little Otik (2000, Czech)
Live-In Maid (2004, Argentinian)
Lives of Others, The (2006, German)
Maid, The (2009, Chilean)
Maria Full of Grace (2004, Mexican)
Moolaade (2004, Senegalese)
Mother (2009, South Korean)
My Father’s Glory (1990, French)
My Life as a Dog (1987, Swedish)
My Mother’s Castle (1990, French)
No Man’s Land (2001, Bosnian)
Nowhere in Africa (2003, German)
Oldboy (2003, Korean)
Osama (2003, Iranian)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006, Spanish)
Paradise Now (2005, Palestinian)
Peking Opera Blues (1986, Hong Kong)
Ponette (1996, French)
Pure Formality, A (1994, French)
Raise the Red Lantern (1991, Chinese)
Read My Lips (2001, French)
Red (1994, French)
Requiem (2006, German)
Ringu (1998, Japanese)
Rosetta (1999, Belgian)
Run Lola Run (1998, German)
Russian Ark (2002, Russian)
Salaam Bombay! (1988, Indian)
Saraband (2003, Swedish)
Scent of Green Papaya, The (1993, Vietnamese)
Separation, A (2011, Iranian)
Skin I Live In, The (2011, Spanish)
Son, The (2002, Belgian)
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005, German)
Tale of Two Sisters, A (2003, Korean)
Talk to Her (2002, Spanish)
Time to Live and the Time to Die, The (1985, Taiwanese)
Tous les Matins du Monde (1991)
Vanishing, The (1988, Dutch)
Volver (2006, Spanish)
Wedding Banquet, The (1993, Taiwanese)
White (1994, French)
White Balloon, The (1995, Iranian)
Wings of Desire (1987, German)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988, Spanish)
Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001, Mexican)
Yi Yi (2000, Chinese)

Other Titles
Abyss StillAbyss, The (1989)
Accidental Tourist, The (1988)
Accused, The (1988)
Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The (1994)
After Dark My Sweet (1990)
Affliction (1998)
Almost Famous (2000)
American Beauty (1999)
American History X (1998)
American Pie (1999)
American Psycho (2000)
American Splendor (2003)
Analyze This (1999)
Angel At My Table, An (1990)
Animal Kingdom (2010)
Another Year (2011)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Apostle, The (1997)
Arachnophobia (1989)
Argo (2012)
Artist, The (2011)
As Good as it Gets (1997)
Avatar (2009)
Aviator, The (2004)
Away From Her (2006)
Away We Go (2009)
Babe (1995)
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Bad Santa (2003)
Bagdad Cafe (1988)
Barton Fink (1991)
Batman (1989)
Batman Begins (2005)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Beautiful Mind, A (2001)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Before Sunrise (1995)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Believer, The (2001)
Bend it Like Beckham (2002)
Best in Show (2000)
Big (1988)
Big Lebowski, The (1998)
Big Night (1996)
Big Short, The (2015)
Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
Birdman (2014)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Black Swan (2010)
Blair Witch Project, The (1999)
Blind Side, The (2009)
Blue Ruin (2013)
Boiler Room (2000)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Borat: Subsequent Movie Film (2020)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Bound (1996)
Bourne Identity, The (2002)
Bourne Supremacy, The (2004)
Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007)
Boys Don’t Cry (1999)
Boyz ‘N the Hood (1991)
Braveheart (1995)
Breach (2006)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Brick (2005)
Bridesmaids (2011)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Broadcast News (1987)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Brooklyn (2015)
Brothers McMullen, The (1995)
Bull Durham (1988)
Bulworth (1998)
Cape Fear (1991)
Capote (2005)
Captain Phillips (2013)
Carlito’s Way (1993)
Casino (1995)
Casino Royale (2006)
Cast Away (2000)
Casualties of War (1989)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Chaplin (1992)
Chicago (2002)
Children of Men (2006)
Chocolat (2000)
Chuck and Buck (2000)
Citizen Ruth (1996)
Clean and Sober (1988)
Clerks (1994)
Clueless (1995)
Con-Air (1997)
Contact (1997)
Contagion (2011)
Contender, The (2000)
Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, The (1989)
Crash (1996)
Crash (2005)
Crazy Heart (2009)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Cry Baby (1990)
Crying Game, The (1992)
Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The (2008)
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Dances With Wolves (1990)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Dear White People (2014)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Departed, The (2006)
Die Hard (1988)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
District 9 (2009)
Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The (2007)
Django Unchained (2012)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Dogfight (1991)
Dogma (1999)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Doubt (2008)
Down to the Bone (2004)
Down With Love (2003)
Dreamgirls (2006)
Drive (2011)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Drop, The (2014)
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
East Side Story (1997)
Eating (1990)
Ed Wood (1994)
Education, An (2009)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Election (1999)
Emma (1996)
English Patient, The (1996)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Eve’s Bayou (1997)
Exorcism of Emily Rose, The (2005)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Far From Heaven (2002)
Fargo (1996)
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Few Good Men, A (1992)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Fifth Element, The (1997)
Fight Club (1999)
Fish Called Wanda, A (1988)
Fish Tank (2009)
Flight (2012)
Flirting (1991)
Flirting With Disaster (1996)
Florida Project, The (2017)
Fly Away Home (1996)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Forty Year Old Virgin, The (2005)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Freeway (1996)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Frozen River (2008)
Fruitvale Station (2013)
Fugitive, The (1993)
Full Monty, The (1997)
Funny Ha Ha (2005)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Game, The (1997)
Gas, Food, Lodging (1992)
Gattaca (1997)
Get Out (2017)
Get Shorty (1995)
Ghost (1990)
Ghost World (2001)
Ghost Writer, The (2010)
Girlfight (2000)
Gladiator (2000)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Glory (1989)
Go (1999)
Go Fish (1994)
Gods and Monsters (1998)
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
GoodFellas (1990)
Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
Gosford Park (2001)
Gran Torino (2008)
Grand Canyon (1991)
Gravity (2013)
Grifters, The (1990)
Grindhouse: Planet Terror and Death Proof (2007)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Hairspray (1988)
Hamlet (1996)
Hangover, The (2009)
Happiness (1998)
Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone (2001)
Heat (1995)
Heathers (1989)
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Heist (2001)
Henry V (1989)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990)
Her (2013)
High Tide (1987)
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
History of Violence, A (2005)
Home Alone (1990)
Hope and Glory (1987)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Hours, The (2002)
House of Games (1987)
Howards End (1992)
Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Hunger Games, The (2012)
Hurt Locker (2009)
Hustle and Flow (2005)
I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
Ice Storm, The (1997)
Immortal Beloved (1994)
Impromptu (1991)
In America (2002)
In Bruges (2008)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
Indecent Proposal (1993)
Infamous (2006)
Inglorious Basterds (2009)
Insider, The (1999)
Interstellar (2014)
Iris (2001)
Iron Man (2008)
Ishtar (1987)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
JFK (1991)
Joy Luck Club, The (1993)
Julia (2008)
Junebug (2005)
Juno (2007)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Kids (1995)
Kill Bill: Volume I and II (2003)
King’s Speech, The (2010)
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)
Knives Out (2019)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
La Bamba (1987)
Lady Bird (2017)
Lantana (2001)
Last Emperor, The (1987)
Last King of Scotland, The (2006)
Last Seduction, The (1994)
Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988)
Lawless Heart (2001)
League of Their Own, A (1992)
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Leon / Professional, The (1994)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Life is Sweet (1990)
Lincoln (2012)
Living in Oblivion (1996)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Locke (2013)
Lone Star (1996)
Longtime Companion (1990)
Lookout, The (2007)
Lord of the Rings, The: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Lord of the Rings, The: The Return of the King (2003)
Lord of the Rings, The: The Two Towers (2002)
Lost in Translation (2004)
Machinist, The (2004)
Madness of King George, The (1994)
Malcolm X (1992)
Man in the Moon, The (1991)
Man Who Wasn’t There, The (2001)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Manny and Lo (1996)
Margaret (2011)
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Married to the Mob (1988)
Mask, The (1994)
Master, The (2012)
Master and Commander (2003)
Matrix, The (1999)
Match Point (2005)
Matchstick Men (2004)
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
Mean Girls (2004)
Meek’s Cutoff (2011)
Memento (2000)
Men Don’t Leave (1990)
Men in Black (1997)
Messenger, The (2009)
Metropolitan (1990)
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Mighty Heart, A (2006)
Mighty Wind, A (2003)
Milk (2008)
Miller’s Crossing (1990)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Minority Report (2002)
Misery (1990)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Moneyball (2011)
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Monster (2003)
Monster’s Ball (2001)
Moon (2009)
Moonstruck (1987)
Mother, The (2003)
Moulin Rouge (2001)
Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990)
Mrs. Brown (1997)
Mrs. Dalloway (1998)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Munich (2005)
Muriel’s Wedding (1994)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
My Left Foot (1989)
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
My Summer of Love (2005)
My Week With Marilyn (2011)
Mystery Train (1989)
Mystic River (2003)
Naked (1993)
Naked Gun, The (1988)
Naked Lunch (1991)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Nebraska (2013)
New Jack City (1991)
99 Homes (2014)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Notting Hill (1999)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
Office Space (1999)
Once Were Warriors (1994)
127 Hours (2011)
Out of Sight (1998)
Parkland (2013)
Passion of the Christ, The (2004)
Perfect World, A (1993)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Philomena (2013)
Piano, The (1993)
Pieces of April (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)
Player, The (1992)
Pleasantville (1998)
Pollock (2000)
Postcards From the Edge (1990)
Precious (2009)
Predator (1987)
Pretty Woman (1990)
Primal Fear (1996)
Princess Bride, The (1987)
Promising Young Woman (2020)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Queen, The (2006)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Rain Man (1988)
Rapture, The (1991)
Ray (2004)
Red Road (2006)
Red Rock West (1992)
Remains of the Day, The (1993)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Revenant, The (2015)
Reversal of Fortune (1990)
Ripley’s Game (2002)
RoboCop (1987)
Room (2015)
Ruby in Paradise (1993)
Running on Empty (1988)
Rushmore (1998)
Safe (1995)
Saving Mr. Banks (2014)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Say Anything… (1989)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Scream (1996)
Seabiscuit (2003)
Se7en (1995)
Secretary (2002)
Secrets and Lies (1996)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Serial Mom (1994)
Serious Man, A (2009)
sex, lies and videotape (1989)
Sexy Beast (2000)
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Shame (2011)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
Shine (1996)
Showgirls (1995)
Side Effects (2013)
Sideways (2005)
Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
Simple Plan, A (1998)
Sin City (2005)
Sixth Sense, The (1999)
Slacker (1991)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Sling Blade (1996)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Small Time Crooks (2000)
Smoke Signals (1998)
Social Network, The (2010)
Something’s Gotta Give (2003)
Source Code (2010)
Spanish Prisoner, The (1997)
Speed (1994)
Spider-Man (2002)
Spotlight (2015)
Stand and Deliver (1988)
Star is Born, A (2018)
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)
State and Main (2000)
Station Agent, The (2005)
Steve Jobs (2015)
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Sugar (2009)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Sweet Sixteen (2002)
Swingers (1996)
Syriana (2005)
T2: Judgment Day (1991)
Take Shelter (2011)
Tank Girl (1995)
Thelma and Louise (1991)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
There’s Something About Mary (1998)
Thin Red Line, The (1998)
Thirteen (2004)
32 Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
This Boy’s Life (1993)
This is England (2006)
Thomas Crown Affair, The (1999)
Three Kings (1999)
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Titanic (1997)
Titus (1999)
To Die For (1995)
To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Total Recall (1990)
Traffic (2000)
Training Day (2001)
Trainspotting (1996)
Transamerica (2005)
Tree of Life, The (2012)
Troll 2 (1990)
True Grit (2010)
True Love (1989)
True Romance (1993)
Truman Show, The (1998)
Trust (1990)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
28 Days Later (2002)
Twilight (2008)
Unforgiven (1992)
United 93 (2006)
Usual Suspects, The (1995)
Valmont (1989)
Vincent and Theo (1990)
Vera Drake (2004)
Wag the Dog (1997)
Waiting for Guffman (1996)
Walk the Line (2005)
Walking and Talking (1996)
Wall Street (1987)
War of the Roses, The (1989)
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)
Whale Rider (2003)
What Alice Found (2003)
When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
White Men Can’t Jump (1992)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Wild at Heart (1990)
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (1996)
Witches, The (1990)
Withnail and I (1987)
Woodsman, The (2004)
Working Girl (1988)
World Apart, A (1988)
World Trade Center (2006)
Wrestler, The (2008)
X-Men (2000)
You Can Count on Me (2000)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Zombieland (2009)

3 thoughts on “Post-1986 “Must See” Movies

  1. the list is pretty good but i can’t agree with all of them. waynes world , austin powers ? seriously?

  2. You’re possibly right — I’ve included them here simply as cult favorites (in the spirit of Peary!), but need to revisit them to say for sure.

  3. A few titles I’d suggest that would be worth of addition:

    Non-English
    Asthenic Syndrome, The (1990, Russia)
    Battle Royale (2000, Japan)
    Chekist (1991, Russia)
    Daughter of the Nile (1987, Taiwan)
    Fallen Angels (1995, Hong Kong)
    Farewell, my concubine (1993, China)
    Flowers of Shanghai (2000, Taiwan)
    Gomorra (2008, Italy)
    Gorod Zero (1989, Russia)
    Haut, Bas, Fragile (1995, France)
    Kingdom, The (1994, Denmark)
    Miserables, Les (1996, France)
    Moment of Innocence, A (1996, Iran)
    Red Sorghum (1987, China)
    Reine Margot, La (1994, France)
    Satantango (1994, Hungary)
    Sonatine (1993, Japan)

    Rest
    Dogville (2003)
    Mountains of the Moon (1990)
    The New World (2005)
    Romeo + Juliet (1996)

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