Best Movies of 1993
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
Schindler's ListSpielberg strips away every trick he owns and lets the ledger, the faces and the ash do the work.Read the review
The Age of InnocenceThe most violent film Scorsese made in the nineties, fought entirely with place settings, invitations and pauses.
Batman: Mask of the PhantasmThe best Batman origin story is a seventy six minute cartoon that nobody went to see in 1993.
What's Eating Gilbert GrapeA patient, beautifully photographed film about caretaking that trusts its family completely and its girlfriend character not at all.
Groundhog DayA comedy with the structure of a philosophy problem, and it never once stops to explain the rules.
Jurassic ParkThe last great practical monster movie and the first great digital one, and the kitchen scene still works.
TombstoneA troubled production held together entirely by Val Kilmer, who gives the western one of its great performances.
This Boy's LifeDe Niro's petty tyrant and DiCaprio's practised liar turn abuse into a study of how cruelty teaches its own tactics.
In the Name of the FatherA furious and superbly acted film that loses its nerve and invents the courtroom vindication the real case never got.
Swing KidsA teen picture about fascism that only turns serious when Bale stops playing the loyal friend.