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

Last updated May 16, 2021<\/em>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nAnimated Features<\/strong>
\nAladdin StillAladdin (1992)
\nBeauty and the Beast (1991)
\nChicken Run (2000)
\nCoco (2017)
\nFantasia 2000 (2000)
\nFinding Nemo (2004)
\nFrozen (2013)
\nIncredibles, The (2004)
\nInside Out (2015)
\nIron Giant, The (1999)
\nLilo and Stitch (2002)<\/a>
\nLion King, The (1994)
\nLittle Mermaid, The (1989)
\nMary and Max (2009)
\nMonsters, Inc. (2001)
\nNightmare Before Christmas, The (1993)
\nPainting, The (2011)
\nPersepolis (2007)
\nRatatouille (2007)
\nScanner Darkly, A (2006)
\nShrek (2001)
\nSita Sings the Blues (2008)
\nSouth Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1997)
\nSpirited Away (2002)
\nToy Story (1995)
\nTriplets of Belleville, The (2004)
\nWaking Life (2001)
\nWALL-E (2008)
\nWallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
\nWaltz With Bashir (2008)
\nZootopia (2015)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nDocumentaries<\/strong>
\nAmerican Movie StillAct of Killing, The (2013)
\nAging Out (2004)
\nAileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
\nAileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1992)
\nAmerican Movie (1999)
\nBest Kept Secret (2013)
\nBest Worst Movie (2009)
\nBetween the Folds (2008)
\nBorn Into Brothels (2004)
\nBowling For Columbine (2002)
\nBrother’s Keeper (1992)
\nBuck (2011)
\nBuena Vista Social Club, The (1999)
\nBus 174 (2002)
\nCameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
\nCapturing Reality (2008)
\nCapturing the Friedmans (2003)
\nCatfish (2010)
\nCave of Forgotten Dreams (2011)
\nCelluloid Closet, The (1995)
\nCentral Park Five, The (2012)
\nCinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill (1995)
\nCinemania (2002)
\nCinerama Adventure (2002)
\nCitizenfour (2014)
\nClara Bow: Discovering the ‘It’ Girl (1999)
\nCleanflix (2009)
\nCommon Threads: Stories From the Quilt (1989)
\nCorporation, The (2004)
\nCountdown to Zero (2010)
\nCove, The (2009)
\nCowboy del Amor (2005)
\nCrip Camp (2020)
\nCrumb (1994)
\nCutting Edge, The: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
\nDe Palma (2015)
\nDevil Came on Horseback, The (2007)
\nDomestic Violence (2001)
\nEncounters at the End of the World (2008)
\nExit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
\nEyes of Tammy Faye, The (2000)
\nFahrenheit 9\/11 (2004)
\n56 Up (2012)
\nFinding Vivian Maier (2014)
\nFire Next Time, The (2005)
\nFive Came Back (2018)
\nFog of War, The: Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003)
\nFor the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)
\nFree Solo (2018)
\nGideon’s Army (2013)
\nGleaners and I, The (2000)
\nGoing Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
\nGrizzly Man (2005)
\nHands on a Hard Body (1997)
\nHigh Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music (1994)
\nHoop Dreams (1994)
\nHow to Die in Oregon (2011)
\nHow to Survive a Plague (2012)
\nIn the Realms of the Unreal (2004)
\nInconvenient Truth, An (2006)
\nInside Job (2010)
\nInterrupters, The (2011)
\nInto the Arms of Strangers (2000)
\nInvisible War, The (2012)
\nIt Came From Kuchar (2009)
\nJesus Camp (2006)
\nJiro Dreams of Sushi (2012)
\nJoan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010)
\nJohn Waters: This Filthy World (2006)
\nKing of Kong (2007)
\nLast Hijack (2014)
\nLet the Fire Burn (2013)
\nLiberia: An Uncivil War (2004)
\nLicensed to Kill (1997)
\nLife Itself (2014)
\nLine King, The: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996)
\nLost Boys of Sudan (2004)
\nLost in La Mancha (2002)
\nMachete Maidens Unleashed (2010)
\nMad Hot Ballroom (2005)
\nMarch of the Penguins (2005)
\nMadonna: Truth or Dare (1991)<\/a>
\nMan on Wire (2008)
\nMarwencol (2010)
\nMeru (2015)
\nMicrocosmos (1996)
\nMissing Picture, The (2013)
\nMurder on a Sunday Morning (2001)
\nMurderball (2005)
\nMy Best Fiend (1999)
\nOne Child Nation (2019)
\nPanama Deception, The (1992)
\nParadise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
\nParis is Burning (1990)
\nPrivate Violence (2014)
\nRape of Europa, The (2006)
\nReel Injun (2009)
\nRivers and Tides (2001)
\nRKO Production 601: The Making of ‘Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World’ (2005)
\nRoger and Me (1989)
\nRoman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
\nRoom 237 (2012)
\nSearching for Sugar Man (2012)
\n78\/52: Hitchcock\u2019s Shower Scene (2017)
\nSide By Side (2012)
\nSilverlake Life: The View From Here (1993)
\nSlanted Screen, The (2006)
\nSpellbound (2002)
\nSquare, The (2013)
\nState of Mind, A (2004)
\nStories We Tell (2012)
\nSuper-Size Me (2004)
\nSurfwise (2007)
\nSweetest Sound, The (2001)
\nTarnation (2003)
\nTaxi to the Dark Side (2007)
\nThat Guy Dick Miller (2014)
\nThat Guy… Who Was In That Thing (2012)
\nTheremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1993)
\nThese Amazing Shadows (2011)
\nThin Blue Line, The (1988)
\nThis Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
\nThis Is It (2009)
\nTouching the Void (2003)
\nTower (2016)
\nUnreal Dream, An: The Michael Morton Story (2013)
\nVietnam War, The (2017)
\nVirunga (2014)
\nVisions of Light (1992)
\nWar Room, The (1993)
\nWell-Founded Fear (2000)
\nWild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995)
\nWinged Migration (2003)
\nWonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, The (1993)
\nWon’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nForeign (non-English) Films<\/strong>
\nAbre Los Ojos StillAbre los Ojos (1997, Spanish)
\nAll About My Mother (1999, Spanish)
\nAmelie (2001, French)
\nAmores Perros (2000, Mexican)
\nAntonia’s Line (1995, Dutch)
\nAriel (1988, Finnish)
\nAu Revoir, Les Enfants (1987, French)
\nAudition (1999, Japanese)
\nBabette’s Feast (1987, Danish)
\nBlackboards (2000, Iranian)
\nBlue (1992, French)
\nBrodre (2004, Danish)
\nCelebration, The (1998, Danish)
\nChungking Express (1994, Hong Kong)
\nCity of God (2003, Brazilian)
\nCity of Lost Children (1996, French)
\nCoeur en Hiver, Un (1992, French)
\nCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, Taiwanese)
\nDecalogue, The (1989, Polish)
\nDelicatessen (1991, French)
\nDilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge (1995, Indian)
\nDogtooth (2010, Greek)
\nDownfall (2004, German)
\nEl Mariachi (1992, Mexican)
\nEnfant, L’ (2006, Belgian)
\nEuropa, Europa (1990, German)
\nFantastic Woman, A (2017, Chilean)
\nFarinelli Il Castrato (1994, Italian)
\nFast Runner (2001, Inuit)
\nGirl With the Dragon Tattoo, The (2009, Swedish)
\nGrbavica: The Land of My Dreams (2006, Bosnian)
\nHard-Boiled (1992)
\nHero (2002, Hong Kong)
\nHijacking, A (2012, Danish)
\nHouse of Flying Daggers (2004, Chinese)
\nIn the Mood for Love (2000, Hong Kong)
\nInsomnia (1997, Norwegian)
\nKandahar (2001, Iranian)
\nKontroll (2003, Hungarian)
\nLamerica (1994, Albanian)
\nLaw of Desire (1987, Spanish)
\nLet the Right One In (2008, Swedish)
\nLike Water for Chocolate (1993, Mexican)
\nLittle Otik (2000, Czech)
\nLive-In Maid (2004, Argentinian)
\nLives of Others, The (2006, German)
\nMaid, The (2009, Chilean)
\nMaria Full of Grace (2004, Mexican)
\nMoolaade (2004, Senegalese)
\nMother (2009, South Korean)
\nMy Father’s Glory (1990, French)
\nMy Life as a Dog (1987, Swedish)
\nMy Mother’s Castle (1990, French)
\nNo Man’s Land (2001, Bosnian)
\nNowhere in Africa (2003, German)
\nOldboy (2003, Korean)
\nOsama (2003, Iranian)
\nPan’s Labyrinth (2006, Spanish)
\nParadise Now (2005, Palestinian)
\nPeking Opera Blues (1986, Hong Kong)
\nPonette (1996, French)
\nPure Formality, A (1994, French)
\nRaise the Red Lantern (1991, Chinese)
\nRead My Lips (2001, French)
\nRed (1994, French)
\nRequiem (2006, German)
\nRingu (1998, Japanese)
\nRosetta (1999, Belgian)
\nRun Lola Run (1998, German)
\nRussian Ark (2002, Russian)
\nSalaam Bombay! (1988, Indian)
\nSaraband (2003, Swedish)
\nScent of Green Papaya, The (1993, Vietnamese)
\nSeparation, A (2011, Iranian)
\nSkin I Live In, The (2011, Spanish)
\nSon, The (2002, Belgian)
\nSophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005, German)
\nTale of Two Sisters, A (2003, Korean)
\nTalk to Her (2002, Spanish)
\nTime to Live and the Time to Die, The (1985, Taiwanese)
\nTous les Matins du Monde (1991)
\nVanishing, The (1988, Dutch)
\nVolver (2006, Spanish)
\nWedding Banquet, The (1993, Taiwanese)
\nWhite (1994, French)
\nWhite Balloon, The (1995, Iranian)
\nWings of Desire (1987, German)
\nWomen on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988, Spanish)
\nY Tu Mama Tambien (2001, Mexican)
\nYi Yi (2000, Chinese)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\nOther Titles<\/strong>
\nAbyss StillAbyss, The (1989)
\nAccidental Tourist, The (1988)
\nAccused, The (1988)
\nAdventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The (1994)
\nAfter Dark My Sweet (1990)
\nAffliction (1998)
\nAlmost Famous (2000)
\nAmerican Beauty (1999)
\nAmerican History X (1998)
\nAmerican Pie (1999)
\nAmerican Psycho (2000)
\nAmerican Splendor (2003)
\nAnalyze This (1999)
\nAngel At My Table, An (1990)
\nAnimal Kingdom (2010)
\nAnother Year (2011)
\nApollo 13 (1995)
\nApostle, The (1997)
\nArachnophobia (1989)
\nArgo (2012)
\nArtist, The (2011)
\nAs Good as it Gets (1997)
\nAvatar (2009)
\nAviator, The (2004)
\nAway From Her (2006)
\nAway We Go (2009)
\nBabe (1995)
\nBad Lieutenant (1992)
\nBad Santa (2003)
\nBagdad Cafe (1988)
\nBarton Fink (1991)
\nBatman (1989)
\nBatman Begins (2005)
\nBeasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
\nBeautiful Mind, A (2001)
\nBeetlejuice (1988)
\nBefore Sunrise (1995)
\nBeing John Malkovich (1999)
\nBeliever, The (2001)
\nBend it Like Beckham (2002)
\nBest in Show (2000)
\nBig (1988)
\nBig Lebowski, The (1998)
\nBig Night (1996)
\nBig Short, The (2015)
\nBirdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
\nBirdman (2014)
\nBlack Hawk Down (2001)
\nBlack Swan (2010)
\nBlair Witch Project, The (1999)
\nBlind Side, The (2009)
\nBlue Ruin (2013)
\nBoiler Room (2000)
\nBoogie Nights (1997)
\nBorat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
\nBorat: Subsequent Movie Film (2020)
\nBorn on the Fourth of July (1989)
\nBound (1996)
\nBourne Identity, The (2002)
\nBourne Supremacy, The (2004)
\nBourne Ultimatum, The (2007)
\nBoys Don’t Cry (1999)
\nBoyz ‘N the Hood (1991)
\nBraveheart (1995)
\nBreach (2006)
\nBreaking the Waves (1996)
\nBrick (2005)
\nBridesmaids (2011)
\nBridge of Spies (2015)
\nBroadcast News (1987)
\nBrokeback Mountain (2005)
\nBrooklyn (2015)
\nBrothers McMullen, The (1995)
\nBull Durham (1988)
\nBulworth (1998)
\nCape Fear (1991)
\nCapote (2005)
\nCaptain Phillips (2013)
\nCarlito’s Way (1993)
\nCasino (1995)
\nCasino Royale (2006)
\nCast Away (2000)
\nCasualties of War (1989)
\nCatch Me If You Can (2002)
\nChaplin (1992)
\nChicago (2002)
\nChildren of Men (2006)
\nChocolat (2000)
\nChuck and Buck (2000)
\nCitizen Ruth (1996)
\nClean and Sober (1988)
\nClerks (1994)
\nClueless (1995)
\nCon-Air (1997)
\nContact (1997)
\nContagion (2011)
\nContender, The (2000)
\nCook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, The (1989)<\/a>
\nCrash (1996)
\nCrash (2005)
\nCrazy Heart (2009)
\nCrimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
\nCry Baby (1990)
\nCrying Game, The (1992)
\nCurious Case of Benjamin Button, The (2008)
\nDallas Buyers Club (2013)
\nDancer in the Dark (2000)
\nDances With Wolves (1990)
\nDangerous Liaisons (1988)
\nDazed and Confused (1993)
\nDead Man Walking (1995)
\nDead Poets Society (1989)
\nDear White People (2014)
\nDeath Becomes Her (1992)
\nDeparted, The (2006)
\nDie Hard (1988)
\nDirty Dancing (1987)
\nDirty Pretty Things (2002)
\nDistrict 9 (2009)
\nDiving Bell and the Butterfly, The (2007)
\nDjango Unchained (2012)
\nDo the Right Thing (1989)
\nDogfight (1991)
\nDogma (1999)
\nDonnie Darko (2001)
\nDoubt (2008)
\nDown to the Bone (2004)
\nDown With Love (2003)
\nDreamgirls (2006)
\nDrive (2011)
\nDriving Miss Daisy (1989)
\nDrop, The (2014)
\nDrugstore Cowboy (1989)
\nDumb and Dumber (1994)
\nEast Side Story (1997)
\nEating (1990)
\nEd Wood (1994)
\nEducation, An (2009)
\nEdward Scissorhands (1990)
\nElection (1999)
\nEmma (1996)
\nEnglish Patient, The (1996)
\nErin Brockovich (2000)
\nEve’s Bayou (1997)
\nExorcism of Emily Rose, The (2005)
\nEyes Wide Shut (1999)
\nFar From Heaven (2002)
\nFargo (1996)
\nFatal Attraction (1987)
\nFew Good Men, A (1992)
\nField of Dreams (1989)
\nFifth Element, The (1997)
\nFight Club (1999)
\nFish Called Wanda, A (1988)
\nFish Tank (2009)
\nFlight (2012)
\nFlirting (1991)
\nFlirting With Disaster (1996)
\nFlorida Project, The (2017)
\nFly Away Home (1996)
\nForrest Gump (1994)
\nForty Year Old Virgin, The (2005)
\nFour Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
\nFreeway (1996)
\nFrost\/Nixon (2008)
\nFrozen River (2008)
\nFruitvale Station (2013)
\nFugitive, The (1993)
\nFull Monty, The (1997)
\nFunny Ha Ha (2005)
\nGalaxy Quest (1999)
\nGame, The (1997)
\nGas, Food, Lodging (1992)
\nGattaca (1997)
\nGet Out (2017)
\nGet Shorty (1995)
\nGhost (1990)
\nGhost World (2001)
\nGhost Writer, The (2010)
\nGirlfight (2000)
\nGladiator (2000)
\nGlengarry Glen Ross (1992)
\nGlory (1989)
\nGo (1999)
\nGo Fish (1994)
\nGods and Monsters (1998)
\nGood Morning, Vietnam (1987)
\nGood Night, and Good Luck (2005)
\nGood Will Hunting (1997)
\nGoodFellas (1990)
\nGorillas in the Mist (1988)
\nGosford Park (2001)
\nGran Torino (2008)
\nGrand Canyon (1991)
\nGravity (2013)
\nGrifters, The (1990)
\nGrindhouse: Planet Terror and Death Proof (2007)
\nGroundhog Day (1993)
\nHairspray (1988)
\nHamlet (1996)
\nHangover, The (2009)
\nHappiness (1998)
\nHarry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone (2001)
\nHeat (1995)
\nHeathers (1989)
\nHeavenly Creatures (1994)
\nHedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
\nHeist (2001)
\nHenry V (1989)
\nHenry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990)
\nHer (2013)
\nHigh Tide (1987)
\nHilary and Jackie (1998)
\nHistory of Violence, A (2005)
\nHome Alone (1990)
\nHope and Glory (1987)
\nHotel Rwanda (2004)
\nHours, The (2002)
\nHouse of Games (1987)
\nHowards End (1992)
\nHudsucker Proxy (1994)
\nHunger Games, The (2012)
\nHurt Locker (2009)
\nHustle and Flow (2005)
\nI Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
\nIce Storm, The (1997)
\nImmortal Beloved (1994)
\nImpromptu (1991)
\nIn America (2002)
\nIn Bruges (2008)
\nIn the Name of the Father (1993)
\nIn the Valley of Elah (2007)
\nIndecent Proposal (1993)
\nInfamous (2006)
\nInglorious Basterds (2009)
\nInsider, The (1999)
\nInterstellar (2014)
\nIris (2001)
\nIron Man (2008)
\nIshtar (1987)
\nJackie Brown (1997)
\nJerry Maguire (1996)
\nJFK (1991)
\nJoy Luck Club, The (1993)
\nJulia (2008)
\nJunebug (2005)
\nJuno (2007)
\nJurassic Park (1993)
\nKids (1995)
\nKill Bill: Volume I and II (2003)
\nKing’s Speech, The (2010)
\nKiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)
\nKnives Out (2019)
\nL.A. Confidential (1997)
\nLa Bamba (1987)
\nLady Bird (2017)
\nLantana (2001)
\nLast Emperor, The (1987)
\nLast King of Scotland, The (2006)
\nLast Seduction, The (1994)
\nLast Temptation of Christ, The (1988)
\nLawless Heart (2001)
\nLeague of Their Own, A (1992)
\nLeaving Las Vegas (1995)
\nLeon \/ Professional, The (1994)
\nLethal Weapon (1987)
\nLetters From Iwo Jima (2006)
\nLife is Sweet (1990)
\nLincoln (2012)
\nLiving in Oblivion (1996)
\nLock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
\nLocke (2013)
\nLone Star (1996)
\nLongtime Companion (1990)
\nLookout, The (2007)
\nLord of the Rings, The: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
\nLord of the Rings, The: The Return of the King (2003)
\nLord of the Rings, The: The Two Towers (2002)
\nLost in Translation (2004)
\nMachinist, The (2004)
\nMadness of King George, The (1994)
\nMalcolm X (1992)
\nMan in the Moon, The (1991)
\nMan Who Wasn’t There, The (2001)
\nManhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
\nManny and Lo (1996)
\nMargaret (2011)
\nMarie Antoinette (2006)
\nMarried to the Mob (1988)
\nMask, The (1994)
\nMaster, The (2012)
\nMaster and Commander (2003)
\nMatrix, The (1999)
\nMatch Point (2005)
\nMatchstick Men (2004)
\nMe and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
\nMean Girls (2004)
\nMeek’s Cutoff (2011)
\nMemento (2000)
\nMen Don’t Leave (1990)
\nMen in Black (1997)
\nMessenger, The (2009)
\nMetropolitan (1990)
\nMighty Aphrodite (1995)
\nMighty Heart, A (2006)
\nMighty Wind, A (2003)
\nMilk (2008)
\nMiller’s Crossing (1990)
\nMillion Dollar Baby (2004)
\nMinority Report (2002)
\nMisery (1990)
\nMississippi Burning (1988)
\nMoneyball (2011)
\nMonsoon Wedding (2001)
\nMonster (2003)
\nMonster’s Ball (2001)
\nMoon (2009)
\nMoonstruck (1987)
\nMother, The (2003)
\nMoulin Rouge (2001)
\nMr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990)
\nMrs. Brown (1997)
\nMrs. Dalloway (1998)
\nMrs. Doubtfire (1993)
\nMulholland Drive (2001)
\nMunich (2005)
\nMuriel’s Wedding (1994)
\nMy Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
\nMy Left Foot (1989)
\nMy Own Private Idaho (1991)
\nMy Summer of Love (2005)
\nMy Week With Marilyn (2011)
\nMystery Train (1989)
\nMystic River (2003)
\nNaked (1993)
\nNaked Gun, The (1988)
\nNaked Lunch (1991)
\nNapoleon Dynamite (2004)
\nNatural Born Killers (1994)
\nNebraska (2013)
\nNew Jack City (1991)
\n99 Homes (2014)
\nNo Country for Old Men (2007)
\nNotting Hill (1999)
\nO Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
\nOcean’s Eleven (2001)
\nOffice Space (1999)
\nOnce Were Warriors (1994)
\n127 Hours (2011)
\nOut of Sight (1998)
\nParkland (2013)
\nPassion of the Christ, The (2004)
\nPerfect World, A (1993)
\nPerfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
\nPhilomena (2013)
\nPiano, The (1993)
\nPieces of April (2003)
\nPirates of the Caribbean (2003)
\nPlayer, The (1992)
\nPleasantville (1998)
\nPollock (2000)
\nPostcards From the Edge (1990)
\nPrecious (2009)
\nPredator (1987)
\nPretty Woman (1990)
\nPrimal Fear (1996)
\nPrincess Bride, The (1987)
\nPromising Young Woman (2020)
\nPulp Fiction (1994)
\nQueen, The (2006)
\nRabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
\nRain Man (1988)
\nRapture, The (1991)
\nRay (2004)
\nRed Road (2006)
\nRed Rock West (1992)
\nRemains of the Day, The (1993)
\nRequiem for a Dream (2000)
\nReservoir Dogs (1992)
\nRevenant, The (2015)
\nReversal of Fortune (1990)
\nRipley’s Game (2002)
\nRoboCop (1987)
\nRoom (2015)
\nRuby in Paradise (1993)
\nRunning on Empty (1988)
\nRushmore (1998)
\nSafe (1995)
\nSaving Mr. Banks (2014)
\nSaving Private Ryan (1998)
\nSay Anything… (1989)
\nScent of a Woman (1992)
\nSchindler’s List (1993)
\nScream (1996)
\nSeabiscuit (2003)
\nSe7en (1995)
\nSecretary (2002)
\nSecrets and Lies (1996)
\nSense and Sensibility (1995)
\nSerial Mom (1994)
\nSerious Man, A (2009)
\nsex, lies and videotape (1989)
\nSexy Beast (2000)
\nShadow of the Vampire (2000)
\nShakespeare in Love (1998)
\nShame (2011)
\nShaun of the Dead (2004)
\nShawshank Redemption, The (1994)
\nShine (1996)
\nShowgirls (1995)
\nSide Effects (2013)
\nSideways (2005)
\nSilence of the Lambs, The (1991)
\nSimple Plan, A (1998)
\nSin City (2005)
\nSixth Sense, The (1999)
\nSlacker (1991)
\nSleepless in Seattle (1993)
\nSleepy Hollow (1999)
\nSling Blade (1996)
\nSlumdog Millionaire (2008)
\nSmall Time Crooks (2000)
\nSmoke Signals (1998)
\nSocial Network, The (2010)
\nSomething’s Gotta Give (2003)
\nSource Code (2010)
\nSpanish Prisoner, The (1997)
\nSpeed (1994)
\nSpider-Man (2002)
\nSpotlight (2015)
\nStand and Deliver (1988)
\nStar is Born, A (2018)
\nStar Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)
\nState and Main (2000)
\nStation Agent, The (2005)
\nSteve Jobs (2015)
\nStrictly Ballroom (1992)
\nSugar (2009)
\nSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
\nSweet and Lowdown (1999)
\nSweet Sixteen (2002)
\nSwingers (1996)
\nSyriana (2005)
\nT2: Judgment Day (1991)
\nTake Shelter (2011)
\nTank Girl (1995)
\nThelma and Louise (1991)
\nThere Will Be Blood (2007)
\nThere’s Something About Mary (1998)
\nThin Red Line, The (1998)
\nThirteen (2004)
\n32 Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
\nThis Boy’s Life (1993)
\nThis is England (2006)
\nThomas Crown Affair, The (1999)
\nThree Kings (1999)
\n3:10 to Yuma (2007)
\nTitanic (1997)
\nTitus (1999)
\nTo Die For (1995)
\nTo Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)
\nTopsy-Turvy (1999)
\nTotal Recall (1990)
\nTraffic (2000)
\nTraining Day (2001)
\nTrainspotting (1996)
\nTransamerica (2005)
\nTree of Life, The (2012)
\nTroll 2 (1990)
\nTrue Grit (2010)
\nTrue Love (1989)
\nTrue Romance (1993)
\nTruman Show, The (1998)
\nTrust (1990)
\n12 Years a Slave (2013)
\n28 Days Later (2002)
\nTwilight (2008)
\nUnforgiven (1992)
\nUnited 93 (2006)
\nUsual Suspects, The (1995)
\nValmont (1989)
\nVincent and Theo (1990)
\nVera Drake (2004)
\nWag the Dog (1997)
\nWaiting for Guffman (1996)
\nWalk the Line (2005)
\nWalking and Talking (1996)
\nWall Street (1987)
\nWar of the Roses, The (1989)
\nWelcome to the Dollhouse (1996)
\nWhale Rider (2003)
\nWhat Alice Found (2003)
\nWhen Harry Met Sally… (1989)
\nWhite Men Can’t Jump (1992)
\nWho Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
\nWild at Heart (1990)
\nWilliam Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (1996)
\nWitches, The (1990)
\nWithnail and I (1987)
\nWoodsman, The (2004)
\nWorking Girl (1988)
\nWorld Apart, A (1988)
\nWorld Trade Center (2006)
\nWrestler, The (2008)
\nX-Men (2000)
\nYou Can Count on Me (2000)
\nZero Dark Thirty (2012)
\nZombieland (2009)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 (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…<\/p>\n

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