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Best Movies of 1991, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
54 films from 1991 are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is The Silence of the Lambs ('1991), at 8.6 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.0. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Backdraft, 6.7 on IMDb against 39 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Silence of the Lambs '1991 | Crime / Thriller / Drama | 8.6 | 95% | 86 | 8.3 | Jonathan Demme |
| 2 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day '1991 | Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi | 8.6 | 90% | 75 | 8.2 | James Cameron |
| 3 | Beauty and the Beast '1991 | Romance / Animation / Fantasy | 8.0 | 95% | 95 | 7.7 | Gary Trousdale |
| 4 | JFK '1991 | Drama / Thriller | 8.0 | 85% | 72 | 7.6 | Oliver Stone |
| 5 | Boyz n the Hood '1991 | Drama / Crime | 7.7 | 93% | 76 | 7.6 | John Singleton |
| 6 | Thelma & Louise '1991 | Drama / Crime | 7.6 | 87% | 89 | 7.6 | Ridley Scott |
| 7 | Barton Fink '1991 | Comedy / Drama / Thriller | 7.6 | 90% | 69 | 7.5 | Joel Coen |
| 8 | Fried Green Tomatoes '1991 | Drama / Comedy | 7.7 | 77% | 64 | 7.7 | Jon Avnet |
| 9 | Raise the Red Lantern '1991 | Drama | 8.1 | 97% | 81 | 7.9 | Zhang Yimou |
| 10 | The Fisher King '1991 | Comedy / Drama | 7.5 | 84% | 67 | 7.3 | Terry Gilliam |
| 11 | Night on Earth '1991 | Comedy / Drama | 7.6 | 77% | 68 | 7.5 | Jim Jarmusch |
| 12 | Delicatessen '1991 | Comedy / Sci-Fi / Fantasy | 7.5 | 90% | 66 | 7.3 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| 13 | Cape Fear '1991 | Drama / Crime / Thriller | 7.3 | 77% | 73 | 7.3 | Martin Scorsese |
| 14 | Point Break '1991 | Action / Thriller / Crime | 7.3 | 68% | 60 | 7.1 | Kathryn Bigelow |
| 15 | The Double Life of Véronique '1991 | Drama / Fantasy | 7.6 | 86% | 86 | 7.5 | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| 16 | Only Yesterday '1991 | Animation / Drama | 7.6 | 100% | 90 | 7.4 | Isao Takahata |
| 17 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country '1991 | Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller | 7.3 | 84% | 65 | 7.0 | Nicholas Meyer |
| 18 | The Doors '1991 | Musical / Drama | 7.2 | 58% | 62 | 7.1 | Oliver Stone |
| 19 | The Addams Family '1991 | Comedy / Fantasy | 7.0 | 67% | 57 | 7.1 | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| 20 | Mediterraneo '1991 | Comedy / Romance / War | 7.4 | 80% | - | 7.6 | Gabriele Salvatores |
| 21 | The Last Boy Scout '1991 | Action / Thriller | 7.0 | 48% | 52 | 6.8 | Tony Scott |
| 22 | Operation Condor '1991 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 7.2 | 71% | - | 7.3 | Jackie Chan |
| 23 | What About Bob? '1991 | Comedy | 7.0 | 71% | 60 | 6.9 | Frank Oz |
| 24 | Johnny Stecchino '1991 | Comedy | 7.2 | 46% | - | 7.3 | Roberto Benigni |
| 25 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves '1991 | Action / Drama | 6.9 | 52% | 51 | 6.9 | Kevin Reynolds |
| 26 | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear '1991 | Comedy / Crime | 6.9 | 77% | 65 | 6.8 | David Zucker |
| 27 | My Girl '1991 | Comedy / Drama | 6.9 | 57% | 56 | 7.4 | Howard Zieff |
| 28 | My Own Private Idaho '1991 | Drama | 6.9 | 79% | 77 | 7.0 | Gus Van Sant |
| 29 | Naked Lunch '1991 | Crime / Drama | 6.9 | 73% | 67 | 7.0 | David Cronenberg |
| 30 | Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge '1991 | Action / Animation / Sci-Fi | 7.0 | - | - | 7.0 | Mitsuo Hashimoto |
| 31 | Frankie and Johnny '1991 | Drama / Romance / Comedy | 6.8 | 69% | 66 | 6.8 | Garry Marshall |
| 32 | City Slickers '1991 | Comedy / Western | 6.8 | 84% | 70 | 6.5 | Ron Underwood |
| 33 | Hook '1991 | Fantasy / Comedy | 6.8 | 37% | 52 | 6.8 | Steven Spielberg |
| 34 | White Fang '1991 | Action / Drama | 6.7 | 71% | 62 | 6.7 | Randal Kleiser |
| 35 | Regarding Henry '1991 | Romance / Drama | 6.7 | 49% | 47 | 6.5 | Mike Nichols |
| 36 | New Jack City '1991 | Thriller / Crime / Drama | 6.7 | 81% | 61 | 6.7 | Mario Van Peebles |
| 37 | Backdraft '1991 | Drama / Thriller / Action / Crime | 6.7 | 72% | 39 | 6.7 | Ron Howard |
| 38 | Hot Shots! '1991 | Action / Comedy / War | 6.7 | 83% | 61 | 6.6 | Jim Abrahams |
| 39 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West '1991 | Animation / Western / Comedy | 6.5 | 59% | - | 6.3 | Simon Wells |
| 40 | The Rocketeer '1991 | Sci-Fi | 6.6 | 73% | 58 | 6.5 | Joe Johnston |
| 41 | Father of the Bride '1991 | Comedy / Romance | 6.6 | 73% | 51 | 6.5 | Charles Shyer |
| 42 | The People Under the Stairs '1991 | Horror / Comedy | 6.4 | 67% | 57 | 6.6 | Wes Craven |
| 43 | Doc Hollywood '1991 | Comedy / Romance | 6.3 | 67% | 56 | 6.4 | Michael Caton-Jones |
| 44 | Career Opportunities '1991 | Romance / Comedy | 5.8 | 37% | 41 | 6.9 | Bryan Gordon |
| 45 | Sleeping with the Enemy '1991 | Drama / Thriller | 6.3 | 24% | 48 | 6.5 | Joseph Ruben |
| 46 | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey '1991 | Comedy / Fantasy | 6.3 | 57% | 61 | 6.3 | Peter Hewitt |
| 47 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze '1991 | Sci-Fi / Action / Comedy | 6.1 | 37% | 45 | 6.2 | Michael Pressman |
| 48 | Return to the Blue Lagoon '1991 | Drama | 5.2 | 0% | 28 | 6.2 | William A. Graham |
| 49 | Double Impact '1991 | Thriller / Action / Crime / Drama | 5.7 | 33% | 40 | 6.2 | Sheldon Lettich |
| 50 | Problem Child 2 '1991 | Comedy | 5.0 | 7% | - | 6.0 | Brian Levant |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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