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Best Movies of 1994, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
71 films from 1994 are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is The Shawshank Redemption ('1994), at 9.3 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.2. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Dumb and Dumber, 7.3 on IMDb against 41 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Shawshank Redemption '1994 | Drama / Crime | 9.3 | 89% | 82 | 8.7 | Frank Darabont |
| 2 | Forrest Gump '1994 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 8.8 | 75% | 82 | 8.5 | Robert Zemeckis |
| 3 | Pulp Fiction '1994 | Thriller / Crime / Comedy | 8.8 | 92% | 95 | 8.5 | Quentin Tarantino |
| 4 | Léon: The Professional '1994 | Crime / Drama / Action | 8.5 | 76% | 64 | 8.3 | Luc Besson |
| 5 | The Lion King '1994 | Animation / Drama | 8.5 | 92% | 88 | 8.3 | Roger Allers |
| 6 | Three Colors: Red '1994 | Drama / Mystery / Romance | 8.0 | 100% | 100 | 7.9 | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| 7 | Ed Wood '1994 | Comedy / Drama | 7.8 | 92% | 71 | 7.5 | Tim Burton |
| 8 | Clerks '1994 | Comedy | 7.7 | 90% | 70 | 7.4 | Kevin Smith |
| 9 | Chungking Express '1994 | Drama / Comedy / Romance | 7.9 | 89% | 78 | 8.0 | Wong Kar-Wai |
| 10 | Interview with the Vampire '1994 | Horror / Drama / Fantasy | 7.5 | 66% | 62 | 7.4 | Neil Jordan |
| 11 | The Crow '1994 | Fantasy / Action / Thriller | 7.5 | 88% | 72 | 7.5 | Alex Proyas |
| 12 | Legends of the Fall '1994 | Drama / Western / Romance / War | 7.5 | - | 45 | 7.4 | Edward Zwick |
| 13 | Dumb and Dumber '1994 | Comedy | 7.3 | 69% | 41 | 6.7 | Peter Farrelly |
| 14 | Speed '1994 | Action / Thriller | 7.3 | 95% | 78 | 7.2 | Jan de Bont |
| 15 | Three Colors: White '1994 | Comedy / Drama / Mystery | 7.6 | 91% | 91 | 7.4 | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| 16 | True Lies '1994 | Action / Thriller | 7.3 | 77% | 63 | 7.1 | James Cameron |
| 17 | Quiz Show '1994 | Drama | 7.5 | 97% | 92 | 7.2 | Robert Redford |
| 18 | The Postman '1994 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 92% | 81 | 7.9 | Michael Radford |
| 19 | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert '1994 | Drama / Comedy | 7.5 | 94% | 70 | 7.3 | Stephan Elliott |
| 20 | Natural Born Killers '1994 | Crime / Thriller / Drama | 7.2 | 52% | 74 | 7.0 | Oliver Stone |
| 21 | The Legend of Drunken Master '1994 | Action / Comedy | 7.5 | 85% | 74 | 7.5 | Lau Kar-leung |
| 22 | Little Women '1994 | Drama / Romance | 7.3 | - | 87 | 7.3 | Gillian Armstrong |
| 23 | The Hudsucker Proxy '1994 | Comedy / Drama / Fantasy | 7.2 | 61% | 53 | 7.1 | Joel Coen |
| 24 | Bullets Over Broadway '1994 | Comedy / Crime | 7.4 | 95% | - | 7.1 | Woody Allen |
| 25 | Four Weddings and a Funeral '1994 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.1 | 92% | 81 | 6.8 | Mike Newell |
| 26 | Shallow Grave '1994 | Crime / Thriller | 7.2 | 72% | 69 | 7.0 | Danny Boyle |
| 27 | Heavenly Creatures '1994 | Drama / Fantasy | 7.2 | 95% | 86 | 7.0 | Peter Jackson |
| 28 | The Mask '1994 | Comedy / Fantasy / Crime / Romance | 7.0 | 82% | 59 | 7.0 | Chuck Russell |
| 29 | Stargate '1994 | Action / Sci-Fi | 7.0 | 53% | 42 | 7.0 | Roland Emmerich |
| 30 | Pom Poko '1994 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.2 | 87% | 77 | 7.2 | Isao Takahata |
| 31 | Maverick '1994 | Action / Comedy / Drama / Western | 7.0 | 67% | 62 | 6.9 | Richard Donner |
| 32 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective '1994 | Comedy / Crime / Mystery | 6.9 | 48% | 37 | 6.6 | Tom Shadyac |
| 33 | Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy '1994 | Comedy | 7.5 | - | - | 7.5 | Alain Berbérian |
| 34 | Clear and Present Danger '1994 | Action / Drama / Thriller | 6.9 | 81% | 72 | 6.6 | Phillip Noyce |
| 35 | The Monster '1994 | Comedy | 7.3 | 40% | - | 6.9 | Roberto Benigni |
| 36 | Serial Mom '1994 | Comedy / Crime | 6.9 | 62% | 64 | 6.7 | John Waters |
| 37 | Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming '1994 | Animation / Action / Sci-Fi | 6.5 | - | - | 6.8 | Shigeyasu Yamauchi |
| 38 | Miracle on 34th Street '1994 | Fantasy / Drama | 6.7 | 59% | - | 6.8 | Les Mayfield |
| 39 | Don Juan DeMarco '1994 | Romance / Drama / Comedy | 6.7 | 70% | 63 | 6.8 | Jeremy Leven |
| 40 | Wyatt Earp '1994 | Western / Drama | 6.7 | 33% | 47 | 6.8 | Lawrence Kasdan |
| 41 | The Client '1994 | Drama / Thriller / Crime / Mystery | 6.7 | 78% | 65 | 6.7 | Joel Schumacher |
| 42 | Little Indian, Big City '1994 | Drama / Comedy | 5.7 | 13% | - | 6.0 | Hervé Palud |
| 43 | Reality Bites '1994 | Drama / Romance / Comedy | 6.6 | 62% | 67 | 6.5 | Ben Stiller |
| 44 | The Swan Princess '1994 | Animation / Fantasy / Comedy | 6.5 | 46% | 70 | 6.6 | Richard Rich |
| 45 | Star Trek: Generations '1994 | Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller | 6.6 | 48% | 55 | 6.5 | David Carson |
| 46 | Asterix Conquers America '1994 | Animation / Comedy | 5.9 | - | - | 6.2 | Gerhard Hahn |
| 47 | The Santa Clause '1994 | Fantasy / Drama / Comedy | 6.6 | 73% | 57 | 6.5 | John Pasquin |
| 48 | The River Wild '1994 | Thriller / Drama | 6.5 | 65% | 63 | 6.5 | Curtis Hanson |
| 49 | It Could Happen to You '1994 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 6.4 | 75% | 64 | 6.7 | Andrew Bergman |
| 50 | Blown Away '1994 | Action | 6.3 | 39% | - | 6.2 | Stephen Hopkins |
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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