Best Movies of 1992 by Rank
74
1
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett
Western / Drama / Crime
USA
English
301
3
Neil Jordan
Forest Whitaker, Stephen Rea
Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller
UK / Japan
English
614
4
Quentin Tarantino
Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi
Crime / Thriller / Mystery / Gangster / Cult
USA
English
647
5
James Ivory
Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave
Drama / Period Film
UK / Japan
English
737
6
Spike Lee
Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr.
Drama / Biography
USA
English
784
7
Carl Franklin
Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Cynda Williams, Michael Beach
Thriller / Crime / Drama / Detective / Post-Noir
USA
English
832
8
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Quesheng Lei
Comedy / Drama
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
978
9
Baz Luhrmann
Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Pat Thomson
Comedy / Romance / Drama
Australia
English
991
10
James Foley
Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey
Drama
USA
English
1121
11
Ron Clements, John Musker
Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman
Animation / Family / Musical / Fantasy / Comedy / Adventure
USA
English
1123
12
John Woo
Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Philip Kwok
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1169
13
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis, Sydney Pollack
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
1269
14
Michael Mann
Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Eric Schweig
Adventure / Romance / War / Western
USA
English
1274
15
Terence Davies
Marjorie Yates, Leigh McCormack, Anthony Watson, Nicholas Lamont
Biography / Drama
UK
English
1293
16
Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde
Benoît Poelvoorde, Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert
Horror / Comedy / Crime / Drama
Belgium
French
1526
17
Alfonso Arau
Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné
Drama / Romance
Mexico
Spanish
1555
18
Claude Sautet
Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, André Dussollier
Drama / Romance / Music
France
French
1594
19
Gianni Amelio
Enrico Lo Verso, Valentina Scalici, Giuseppe Ieracitano
Drama / Adventure
France / Switzerland / Germany / Italy
Italian
1760
20
Eric Rohmer
Charlotte Véry, Frédéric van den Driessche
Drama / Romance
France
French
1762
21
Régis Wargnier
Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez
Drama / Romance / Epic
France
French
1771
22
Víctor Erice
Antonio López García, Marina Moreno, Enrique Gran
Documentary / Drama
Spain
Spanish
1811
23
Jean-Claude Lauzon
Maxime Collin, Ginette Reno, Gilbert Sicotte, Julien Guiomar
Comedy / Drama
France / Canada
French
1884
24
Abel Ferrara
Harvey Keitel, Frankie Thorn, Zoe Tamerlis, Anthony Ruggiero
Crime / Drama
USA
English
1928
25
Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
Delbert Ward, Connie Chung, John Teeple, Lyman Ward
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2021
26
Rob Reiner
Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon
Drama / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
2042
27
Bille August
Samuel Fröler, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Biography
Sweden / Germany / UK / Italy / France / Denmark / Finland / Norway / Iceland
Swedish
2104
28
Stanley Kwan
Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Tony Leung Kar-Fai
Biography / Drama / Romance
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2115
29
Fernando Trueba
Penélope Cruz, Fernando Fernán Gómez,
Comedy / Romance
Spain / Portugal / France
Spanish
2118
30
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Alphonsia Emmanuel
Comedy / Drama
UK
English
2141
31
Allison Anders
Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk, James Brolin
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2144
32
Sally Potter
Tilda Swinton, Quentin Crisp, Jimmy Somerville, John Bott
Drama / Romance / Fantasy / Period Film
UK / Russia / France / Italy / Netherlands
English
2243
33
Robert Rodriguez
Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Jaime de Hoyos
Action / Thriller / Crime / Gangster
Mexico / USA
Spanish
2269
34
Martin Brest
Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar
Drama / Comedy
USA
English
2303
35
Nick Broomfield
Nick Broomfield, Aileen Wuornos, Arlene Pralle, Steven Glaser
Documentary / Biography / Crime
UK
English
2303
35
Geoffrey Wright
Russell Crowe, Daniel Pollock, Jacqueline McKenzie, Alex Scott, Leigh Russell
Action / Drama
Australia
English
2304
36
Penny Marshall
Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna, Lori Petty, Jon Lovitz
Comedy / Drama / Sports / Family
USA
English
2316
37
Mike Newell
Miranda Richardson, Alfred Molina, Josie Lawrence, Neville Phillips
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Period Film
UK
English
2329
38
Pedro Olea
Omero Antonutti, Assumpta Serna, Joaquim de Almeida
History / Thriller / Period Film
Spain
Spanish
2360
39
Danny DeVito
Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante, J.T. Walsh, John C. Reilly
Biography / Crime / Drama / Gangster
France / USA
English
2387
40
Neal Jimenez, Michael Steinberg
Eric Stoltz, Helen Hunt, Wesley Snipes, William Forsythe
Drama
USA
English
2402
41
Francis Ford Coppola
Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves
Horror / Romance / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2415
42
Stuart Samuels, Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy, Andrew Glassman
Ernest R. Dickerson, Michael Chapman, Allen Daviau, Caleb Deschanel
Documentary / History
USA / Japan
English
2466
43
Paul Schrader
Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, Dana Delany, David Clennon
Drama / Crime
USA
English
2505
44
John Dahl
Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle, J.T. Walsh, Timothy Carhart
Thriller / Crime / Post-Noir
USA
English
2513
45
Claude Miller
Richard Bohringer, Yelena Safonova, Romane Bohringer
Drama / War / Period Film
France
French
2515
46
Helmut Dietl
Götz George, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Christiane Hörbiger
Comedy
Germany
German
2536
47
Edward James Olmos
Sal Lopez, Vira Montes, Roberto Martín Márquez, Dyana Ortelli
Biography / Drama / Crime / Gangster / Thriller
USA
English
2547
48
Agnieszka Holland
Frédéric Quiring, Faye Gatteau, Emmanuel Morozof
Drama
France
French
2556
49
Mukul Anand
Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Shilpa Shirodkar, Kiran Kumar
Action / Adventure / Drama / Epic / Romance / Crime
India
Hindi
2556
49
John Schlesinger
James Fox, David Calder, Geoffrey Palmer, Prunella Scales, Jason Flemyng, Ann Beach
Drama / Thriller / Biography / Spy
UK
English
2600
50
Craig Baldwin
Sean Kilkoyne
Comedy / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2608
51
Jonathan Demme
Robert W. Castle
Documentary / Biography / Religion
USA / Spain
English
2608
51
Keith Gordon
Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross, Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise, Frank Whaley
Drama / War
USA
English
2608
51
Antonio Tibaldi
Matthew Ferguson, Judy Davis, David McIlwraith, Jan Rubes, Michele Melega
Drama
Italy / Canada / Australia
English
2616
52
Djibril Diop Mambéty
Ami Diakhate, Mansour Diouf, Djibril Diop Mambéty
Drama / Comedy
Senegal
Wolof
2635
53
Ousmane Sembene
Thierno Ndiaye, Isseu Niang, Abou Camara, Ndiawar Diop
Drama
France / Germany / Senegal
French
2636
54
Bernard Rose
Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Williams
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
2656
55
Andrew Bergman
James Caan, Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker, Pat Morita
Comedy / Romance / Thriller
USA
English
2662
56
Bill Duke
Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Victoria Dillard
Action / Crime / Thriller / Post-Noir
USA
English
2667
57
Louis Malle
Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson, Rupert Graves
Drama / Romance
UK / France
English
2685
58
Abbas Kiarostami
Farhad Kheradmand, Pouya Payvar, Behrouz Abedini, Shahin Abzan, Ziba Babayi
Documentary / Drama / Adventure
Iran
Persian
2691
59
Cyril Collard
Cyril Collard, Romane Bohringer, Carlos López, Corine Blue, Claude Winter
Biography / Drama / Romance
UK / Italy / France
French
2691
59
Penelope Spheeris
Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Lara Flynn Boyle, Colleen Camp, Tia Carrere
Comedy / Music
USA
English
2692
60
Mick Jackson
Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs, Ralph Waite, Tomas Arana
Romance / Drama / Thriller / Music
USA
English
2692
60
Richard Attenborough
Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Paul Rhys, John Thaw, Moira Kelly
Biography / Drama / Period Film
UK / USA / France / Italy
English
2712
61
Stijn Coninx
Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, Johan Leysen
Drama / Biography / Period Film / Religion
Belgium / France / Netherlands
Dutch
2712
61
Paul Turner
Huw Garmon, Catrin Fychan, Ceri Cunnington, Llio Silyn
Drama / Biography
UK
Welsh
2712
61
Adolfo Aristarain
José Sacristán, Federico Luppi, Leonor Benedetto
Drama / Action / Western
Argentina / Spain / Uruguay
Spanish
2742
62
Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise
Comedy
USA / UK
English
2751
63
David Lynch
Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Phoebe Augustine
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Cult
France / USA
English
2765
64
Robert Redford
Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Lloyd, Edie McClurg
Biography / Drama
USA
English
2771
65
Chris Marker
Alexander Medvedkin, Léonor Graser, Rhona Campbell
Documentary / Biography / History
France
French
2785
66
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp, Mariel Hemingway, Claude Akins, Dub Taylor, Kay Lenz
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2785
66
George Miller
Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov, Kathleen Wilhoite, Gerry Bamman
Drama
USA
English
2785
66
John Sayles
Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, Lenore Banks, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Will Mahoney
Drama / Comedy
USA
English
2785
66
Howard Franklin
Joe Pesci, Richard Riehle, Bryan Travis Smith, Max Brooks, Richard Schiff
Thriller / Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
2790
67
Pekka Lehto
Christine Larson, Otto Hakala, Dick Idman, Katariina Kaitue
Drama / Thriller
Finland / Sweden / Denmark
Finnish
2791
68
Guy Maddin
Kyle McCulloch, Gosia Dobrowolska, Sarah Neville, Paul Cox
Comedy / Horror / Drama
Canada
English
2791
68
Emile Ardolino
Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena
Comedy / Crime / Musical / Religion / Family
USA
English
2794
69
Paul Verhoeven
Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Drama / Thriller
USA / France
English
2794
69
Roman Polanski
Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Peter Coyote
Drama / Comedy
France / UK
English
2794
69
Robert Busch, Edgar Reitz
Henry Arnold, Anke Sevenich, Daniel Smith, Michael Schonborn
Drama / Epic
Germany
German
2798
70
Sam Raimi
Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie, Richard Grove
Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Romance / Cult
USA
English
2802
71
Vitali Kanevski
Pavel Nazarov, Dinara Drukarova, Toshihiro Vatanabe
Drama / Biography
Russia / France
Russian
2803
72
Claude Chabrol
Marie Trintignant, Stéphane Audran, Jean-François Garreaud
Drama
France
French
2803
72
Mike Newell
Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Ciarán Fitzgerald
Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Ireland / UK
English
2803
72
Bigas Luna
Stefania Sandrelli, Anna Galiena, Juan Diego, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem
Drama / Comedy / Romance
Spain
Spanish
2803
72
Gillian Armstrong
Lisa Harrow, Bruno Ganz, Kerry Fox, Miranda Otto, Kiri Paramore, Bill Hunter
Drama / Comedy
Australia
English
2803
72
John Turturro
Nicholas Turturro, Matthew Sussman, Steven Randazzo, Ellen Barkin, Olek Krupa
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2803
72
Arne Glimcher
Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty, Maruschka Detmers
Drama / Musical
France / USA
English
2803
72
Gary Sinise
John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, Ray Walston, Casey Siemaszko, Sherilyn Fenn
Drama
USA
English
2803
72
Mark Frost
James Spader, Joanne Whalley, Jason Robards, Charlotte Lewis, Michael Warren
Drama / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
2803
72
Michael Apted
Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward, Fred Dalton Thompson
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2803
72
Ron Shelton
Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez, Tyra Ferrell, Cylk Cozart
Comedy / Drama / Sports
USA
English
2809
73
Matthew Seig
Count Basie, Harry Edison, Al Grey, Illinois Jacquet, Jay McShann, Buddy Tate
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
2809
73
John Landis
Anne Parillaud, Anthony LaPaglia, Robert Loggia, David Proval, Rocco Sisto
Action | Comedy | Crime | Horror | Romance
USA
English
2809
73
Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick
Mark Achbar, Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman, William F. Buckley, Kelvin Flook
Documentary / Biography
Canada
English
2809
73
Brian Henson
Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, David Rudman
Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Musical
USA
English
2809
73
Peter Bogdanovich
Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Denholm Elliott, Julie Hagerty, Marilu Henner
Comedy
USA
English
2809
73
Robert Morin
Gildor Roy, Jean-Guy Bouchard, Brigitte Paquette, Sabrina Boudot, Klimbo
Drama / Crime
Canada
French
2809
73
Will Cowan, John Sherwood
Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Tex Beneke, Glenn Miller, Harry James
Music / Documentary
USA
English
2842
74
Alexandre Rockwell
Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Jennifer Beals, Pat Moya
Comedy / Drama
USA / France / Germany / Japan / Italy
English
2844
75
Barbara Hammer
Jerre, Maria, Ruth, Sandy Binford, Peter Cramer, Barbara Hammer
Documentary / Experimental
USA
English
2854
76
Martin Bell
Jeff Bridges, Edward Furlong, Lucinda Jenney, Don Harvey, Tracey Kapisky
Crime / Drama
USA
English
2854
76
Lina Wertmüller
Paolo Villaggio, Isa Danieli, Gigio Morra, Sergio Solli, Ester Carloni
Comedy
Italy
Italian
2854
76
Colin Nutley
Helena Bergström, Rikard Wolff, Sven Wollter, Reine Brynolfsson,
Comedy
Sweden / Denmark / Norway
Swedish
2854
76
Norman René
Alec Baldwin, Meg Ryan, Kathy Bates, Ned Beatty, Patty Duke, Richard Riehle
Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
USA
English
2854
76
Daniel Bergman
Thommy Berggren, Henrik Linnros, Lena Endre, Jacob Leygraf, Anna Linnros
Adventure / Drama / Biography
Sweden / Denmark / Finland / Iceland / Norway
Swedish
2860
77
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Documentary / Sci-Fi / History
France / UK / Germany
German
NR
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Richard Donner
Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Stuart Wilson
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
