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Best Movies of 1993, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
88 films from 1993 are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is Schindler's List ('1993), at 9.0 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.5. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Bound by Honor, 7.9 on IMDb against 47 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schindler's List '1993 | Drama / War | 9.0 | 98% | 95 | 8.6 | Steven Spielberg |
| 2 | Jurassic Park '1993 | Sci-Fi | 8.2 | 91% | 68 | 8.0 | Steven Spielberg |
| 3 | Groundhog Day '1993 | Romance / Fantasy / Comedy | 8.0 | 93% | 72 | 7.6 | Harold Ramis |
| 4 | In the Name of the Father '1993 | Drama | 8.1 | 94% | 84 | 7.9 | Jim Sheridan |
| 5 | The Nightmare Before Christmas '1993 | Fantasy / Animation | 7.9 | 95% | 82 | 7.8 | Henry Selick |
| 6 | True Romance '1993 | Action / Crime / Romance | 7.9 | 93% | 59 | 7.5 | Tony Scott |
| 7 | Carlito's Way '1993 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.9 | 84% | 66 | 7.8 | Brian De Palma |
| 8 | The Fugitive '1993 | Action / Thriller / Drama | 7.8 | 96% | 87 | 7.5 | Andrew Davis |
| 9 | The Wrong Trousers '1993 | Animation / Comedy | 8.3 | - | - | 7.8 | Nick Park |
| 10 | Tombstone '1993 | Western / Action | 7.8 | 76% | 50 | 7.6 | George P. Cosmatos |
| 11 | A Bronx Tale '1993 | Drama / Crime | 7.8 | 97% | 80 | 7.9 | Robert De Niro |
| 12 | Philadelphia '1993 | Drama | 7.7 | 81% | 66 | 7.7 | Jonathan Demme |
| 13 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape '1993 | Romance / Drama | 7.7 | 90% | 73 | 7.7 | Lasse Hallström |
| 14 | Three Colors: Blue '1993 | Drama | 7.8 | 98% | 87 | 7.6 | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| 15 | The Sandlot '1993 | Comedy / Drama | 7.8 | 66% | 55 | 7.6 | David Mickey Evans |
| 16 | Dazed and Confused '1993 | Comedy / Drama | 7.6 | 94% | 82 | 7.3 | Richard Linklater |
| 17 | The Remains of the Day '1993 | Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 96% | 86 | 7.4 | James Ivory |
| 18 | Falling Down '1993 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.5 | 77% | 56 | 7.4 | Joel Schumacher |
| 19 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm '1993 | Animation / Crime / Mystery | 7.8 | 83% | 65 | 7.5 | Bruce Timm |
| 20 | Farewell My Concubine '1993 | Drama | 8.1 | 90% | 84 | 8.0 | Chen Kaige |
| 21 | The Piano '1993 | Drama / Romance | 7.5 | 90% | 89 | 7.4 | Jane Campion |
| 22 | Ninja Scroll '1993 | Fantasy / Animation / Action / Horror | 7.8 | 90% | - | 7.8 | Yoshiaki Kawajiri |
| 23 | Bound by Honor '1993 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.9 | 64% | 47 | 8.2 | Taylor Hackford |
| 24 | A Perfect World '1993 | Drama / Crime / Thriller | 7.5 | 77% | 71 | 7.5 | Clint Eastwood |
| 25 | Rudy '1993 | Drama | 7.5 | 80% | 71 | 7.4 | David Anspaugh |
| 26 | Menace II Society '1993 | Drama / Crime / Thriller | 7.5 | 84% | 76 | 7.5 | Albert Hughes |
| 27 | Short Cuts '1993 | Drama / Comedy | 7.6 | 95% | 81 | 7.2 | Robert Altman |
| 28 | Naked '1993 | Drama / Comedy | 7.6 | 88% | 85 | 7.3 | Mike Leigh |
| 29 | Stalingrad '1993 | Drama / War | 7.5 | - | - | 7.3 | Joseph Vilsmaier |
| 30 | In the Line of Fire '1993 | Action / Drama / Thriller / Crime / Mystery | 7.2 | 96% | 74 | 7.0 | Wolfgang Petersen |
| 31 | Much Ado About Nothing '1993 | Drama / Comedy / Romance | 7.3 | 90% | 80 | 7.0 | Kenneth Branagh |
| 32 | Mrs. Doubtfire '1993 | Comedy / Drama | 7.1 | 71% | 54 | 7.2 | Chris Columbus |
| 33 | The Secret Garden '1993 | Drama / Fantasy | 7.3 | 89% | 74 | 7.4 | Agnieszka Holland |
| 34 | Manhattan Murder Mystery '1993 | Comedy / Mystery | 7.3 | 94% | 71 | 7.3 | Woody Allen |
| 35 | The Age of Innocence '1993 | Drama / Romance | 7.2 | 88% | 90 | 7.0 | Martin Scorsese |
| 36 | Searching for Bobby Fischer '1993 | Drama | 7.3 | 98% | 89 | 7.1 | Steven Zaillian |
| 37 | This Boy's Life '1993 | Drama | 7.2 | 76% | 60 | 7.1 | Michael Caton-Jones |
| 38 | Sonatine '1993 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 7.4 | 93% | 73 | 7.5 | Takeshi Kitano |
| 39 | Arizona Dream '1993 | Comedy / Drama / Romance / Fantasy | 7.2 | 87% | 62 | 7.1 | Emir Kusturica |
| 40 | Alive '1993 | Drama | 7.1 | 63% | 56 | 6.9 | Frank Marshall |
| 41 | Benny & Joon '1993 | Comedy / Drama | 7.1 | 75% | 57 | 7.0 | Jeremiah S. Chechik |
| 42 | Cool Runnings '1993 | Comedy / Drama | 7.0 | 75% | 60 | 7.0 | Jon Turteltaub |
| 43 | Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan '1993 | Animation / Sci-Fi / Action | 7.3 | - | - | 7.3 | Shigeyasu Yamauchi |
| 44 | Grumpy Old Men '1993 | Comedy / Romance | 7.0 | 67% | 53 | 6.7 | Donald Petrie |
| 45 | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey '1993 | Comedy | 7.0 | 87% | - | 7.0 | Duwayne Dunham |
| 46 | The Visitors '1993 | Fantasy / Comedy | 7.0 | 31% | - | 7.1 | Jean-Marie Poiré |
| 47 | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story '1993 | Drama / Action | 7.0 | 75% | 69 | 6.9 | Rob Cohen |
| 48 | Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound '1993 | Action / Animation / Sci-Fi | 7.1 | - | - | 7.2 | Yoshihiro Ueda |
| 49 | Hocus Pocus '1993 | Fantasy / Comedy | 6.9 | 42% | 43 | 7.0 | Kenny Ortega |
| 50 | The Firm '1993 | Drama / Mystery / Thriller | 6.9 | 77% | 58 | 6.7 | Sydney Pollack |
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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