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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991 · 96m
Documentary
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the…
Movies of 1991
60 movies from 1991. Includes Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, A Brighter Summer Day, and The Silence of the Lambs.
Common vibes here: Based on a True Story · Coming-of-Age · Coming of Age
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A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · 237m
Coming-of-AgeBiopicHigh School
A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · 119m
Psychological ThrillerNeo-Noir & Film NoirTrue Crime
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy.
86
Disney+
Beauty and the Beast
1991 · 84m
RomanceFamilyAnimation
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast.
85
Max
Paris Is Burning
1991 · 78m
DocumentaryHistory
Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade?
84
Prime
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · 137m
Dystopian Sci-FiCyberpunkTime-Travel Sci-Fi
Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000.
84
Max
Only Yesterday
1991 · 119m
Coming-of-AgeAnimeComing of Age
In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of…
84
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · 125m
Drama
In 1920s China, 19-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.
83
Tubi
La Belle Noiseuse
1991 · 238m
Art & LiteratureDrama
The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on a countryside residence in the French Provence.
83
Center Stage
1991 · 155m
Based on a True StoryDramaRomance
Based on the tragic true story of China's first prima donna of the silver screen, Ruan Lingyu, chronicling her rise to fame as a movie actress in…
81
Prime
Thelma & Louise
1991 · 130m
HeistRoad TripDrama
Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating…
80
Boyz n the Hood
1991 · 112m
Mob / MafiaComing-of-AgeMafia & Mob
Three friends growing up in South Central Los Angeles navigate a neighborhood plagued by violence, unemployment, and crime, each responding…
80
The Double Life of Véronique
1991 · 98m
DramaFantasy
Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks…
80
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Prime
JFK
1991 · 189m
ProceduralConspiracy & Political ThrillerLegal Drama
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F.
78
Peacock
The Commitments
1991 · 118m
MusicComedyDrama
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin.
78
The Lovers on the Bridge
1991 · 126m
Romantic ComedyPrisonDrama
Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a…
78
Pappa ante Portas
1991 · 84m
Comedy
Heinrich Lohse, a strict and highly efficient purchasing manager at a company bulk-orders 40 tons of mustard and enough typewriting paper for 40…
78
Max
A Brief History of Time
1991 · 80m
Based on a True StoryDocumentary
Partly adapted from cosmologist Stephen Hawking's popular book about his theories of the universe, this in-depth documentary also presents…
77
Barton Fink
1991 · 117m
Neo-Noir & Film NoirHollywood & ShowbizComedy
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
77
Max
Once Upon a Time in China
1991 · 133m
Martial ArtsActionDrama
In late 19th-century Canton, legendary hero Wong Fei-Hung battles foreign forces' (English, French and American) plundering of China.
77
Tubi
The Man in the Moon
1991 · 99m
Coming-of-AgeComing of AgeDrama
Maureen Trant and her younger sibling Dani share a strong connection, but local boy Court Foster threatens to throw their bond off balance.
77
Tubi
Proof
1991 · 90m
DramaRomance
Martin, a young blind photographer, is divided between his friendship with restaurant worker Andy and the exclusive love that Celia—who is…
77
Flirting
1991 · 99m
Coming-of-AgeHigh SchoolComing of Age
Two freethinking teenagers - a boy and a girl - confront with authoritarian teachers in their boarding schools.
76
Tubi
Delicatessen
1991 · 99m
Dystopian Sci-FiDark ComedyDystopian
In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low…
76
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The Fisher King
1991 · 138m
ComedyDrama
Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save…
75
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
1991 · 93m
Martial ArtsPrisonAction
In 2001, where all correctional facilities have been privatized, martial artist Ricky finds himself victim to the corrupt system, found "guilty"…
75
Europa
1991 · 113m
CrimeDramaThriller
In 1945 Germany, following the end of World War II, Leopold Kessler, an American of German descent, is hired by his uncle as a sleeping car…
75
A Scene at the Sea
1991 · 101m
SportsDramaRomance
A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard.
75
Homicide
1991 · 101m
ProceduralDetectiveDrama
While investigating the ruthless murder of an elderly woman, a Jewish police detective unravels a bizarre conspiracy involving a Zionist organization.
75
Prime
Black Robe
1991 · 101m
AdventureDramaHistory
Missionary Father LaForgue travels to the New World in hopes of converting Algonquin Indians to Catholicism.
75
Tubi
Riff-Raff
1991 · 95m
ComedyDrama
Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site.
74
Prime
Cape Fear
1991 · 128m
Psychological ThrillerLegal DramaPrison
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney.
74
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991 · 130m
DramaComedy
Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison,…
74
Max
Night on Earth
1991 · 129m
Road TripComedyDrama
A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
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Max
Mississippi Masala
1991 · 118m
DramaRomance
Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their Uganda home, twentysomething Mina finds herself co-operating a motel in the faraway land of…
73
Paramount+
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991 · 110m
Space OperaSpaceConspiracy
After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace summit when a Klingon ship is nearly destroyed…
73
My Own Private Idaho
1991 · 104m
HeistRoad TripDrama
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy.
73
Tubi
Bugsy
1991 · 136m
Mob / MafiaBased on a True StoryMafia & Mob
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles.
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Operation Condor
1991 · 107m
ActionAdventureCrime
Hired by a Spanish baron, Hong Kong treasure hunter Jackie, a.k.a.
71
City Slickers
1991 · 114m
ComedyWestern
Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.
71
L.A. Story
1991 · 95m
ComedyFantasyRomance
With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to…
71
Until the End of the World
1991 · 158m
Road TripDramaScience Fiction
In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop…
70
Paramount+
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991 · 85m
Dark ComedyComedyCrime
Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of…
70
Naked Lunch
1991 · 115m
PsychologicalCrimeDrama
Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals.
70
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
1991 · 48m
Alien InvasionMartial ArtsRevenge Thriller
After defeating Frieza, Goku returns to Earth and goes on a camping trip with Gohan and Krillin.
70
Dead Again
1991 · 107m
Romantic ComedyPsychological ThrillerMystery
In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife.
69
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Point Break
1991 · 122m
HeistActionThriller
In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and…
69
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New Jack City
1991 · 101m
ThrillerCrimeDrama
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack.
69
Prime
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991 · 117m
ComedyDrama
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, minor characters from the play 'Hamlet', find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of…
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Frankie and Johnny
1991 · 118m
DramaRomanceComedy
When Johnny is released from prison following a forgery charge, he quickly lands a job as a short-order cook at a New York diner.
68
Tubi
67
Paramount+
The Addams Family
1991 · 100m
ComedyFantasy
When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead.
67
The Doors
1991 · 140m
Based on a True StoryMusicDrama
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
67
Disney+
White Fang
1991 · 107m
ActionAdventureDrama
Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands…
67
The Hard Way
1991 · 111m
ProceduralDetectiveAction
Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with…