Best Director Lineups of the 1990s

1990
1. GOODFELLAS – Martin Scorsese
2. DANCES WITH WOLVES – Kevin Costner
3. ¡ÁTAME! – Pedro Almodovar
4. CONTE DE PRINTEMPS – Eric Rohmer
5. DREAMS – Akira Kurosawa

1991
1. JFK – Oliver Stone
2. LA DOUBLE VIE DE VERONIQUE – Krzysztof Kieslowski
3. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS – Jonathan Demme
4. BARTON FINK – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
5. URGA – Nikita Mikhahlkov

1992
1. TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME – David Lynch
2. THE BEST INTENTIONS – Bille August
3. UNFORGIVEN – Clint Eastwood
4. CONTE D’HIVER – Eric Rohmer
5. MALCOLM X – Spike Lee

1993
1. SCHINDLER’S LIST – Steven Spielberg
2. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE – Martin Scorsese
3. JURASSIC PARK – Steven Spielberg
4. TROIS COULEURS: BLEU – Krzysztof Kieslowski
5. THE PIANO – Jane Campion

1994
1. PULP FICTION – Quentin Tarantino
2. TROIS COULEURS: ROUGE – Krzysztof Kieslowski
3. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION – Frank Darabont
4. FORREST GUMP – Robert Zemeckis
5. ED WOOD – Tim Burton

1995
1. CASINO – Martin Scorsese
2. UNDERGROUND – Emir Kusturica
3. SE7EN – David Fincher
4. APOLLO 13 – Ron Howard
5. BRAVEHEART – Mel Gibson

1996
1. FARGO – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
2. SECRETS & LIES – Mike Leigh
3. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – Brian De Palma
4. THE ENGLISH PATIENT – Anthony Minghella
5. CONTE D'ÉTÉ – Eric Rohmer

1997
1. JACKIE BROWN – Quentin Tarantino
2. TITANIC – James Cameron
3. BOOGIE NIGHTS – Paul Thomas Anderson
4. PRINCESS MONONOKE – Hayao Miyazaki
5. AMISTAD – Steven Spielberg

1998
1. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN – Steven Spielberg
2. THE THIN RED LINE – Terrence Malick
3. THE TRUMAN SHOW – Peter Weir
4. THE HOLE – Ming-liang Tsai
5. CONTE D'AUTOMNE – Eric Rohmer

1999
1. THE STRAIGHT STORY – David Lynch
2. MAGNOLIA – Paul Thomas Anderson
3. THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY – Anthony Minghella
4. EYES WIDE SHUT – Stanley Kubrick
5. BRINGING OUT THE DEAD – Martin Scorsese

1990
Joel and Ethan Coen, Miller’s Crossing
Adrian Lyne, Jacob’s Ladder
John McTiernan, The Hunt for Red October
Barbet Schroeder, Reversal of Fortune
Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas

1991
James Cameron, Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Joel and Ethan Coen, Barton Fink
Krzysztof Kieslowski, The Double Life of Veronique
Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
Isao Takahata, Only Yesterday

1992
Robert Altman, The Player
Terence Davies, The Long Day Closes
Neil Jordan, The Crying Game
Roman Polanski, Bitter Moon
Sally Potter, Orlando

1993
Robert Altman, Short Cuts
James Ivory, The Remains of the Day
Krzysztof Kieslowski, Three Colors: Blue
Steven Spielberg, Schindler’s List
Peter Weir, Fearless

1994
Peter Jackson, Heavenly Creatures
Krzysztof Kieslowski, Three Colors: Red
Krzysztof Kieslowski, Three Colors: White
Milcho Manchevski, Before the Rain
Béla Tarr, Sátántangó

1995
Mike Figgis, Leaving Las Vegas
David Fincher, Se7en
Terry Gilliam, Twelve Monkeys
Lodge Kerrigan, Clean, Shaven
Michael Mann, Heat

1996
Carroll Ballard, Fly Away Home
Kenneth Branagh, Hamlet
Joel and Ethan Coen, Fargo
Mike Leigh, Secrets & Lies
Lars von Trier, Breaking the Waves

1997
Alejandro Amenábar, Open Your Eyes
Paul Thomas Anderson, Boogie Nights
Curtis Hanson, L.A. Confidential
David Lynch, Lost Highway
Hayao Miyazaki, Princess Mononoke

1998
Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner and Simon Wells, The Prince of Egypt
Satoshi Kon, Perfect Blue
Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Line
Todd Solondz, Happiness
Peter Weir, The Truman Show

1999
Pedro Almodóvar, All About My Mother
David Fincher, Fight Club
Stanley Kubrick, Eyes Wide Shut
Michael Mann, The Insider
Julie Taymor, Titus

It's not the decade I care for the most, but from time to time I watch a movie released in this period and encourage me to watch more stuff, if I do it is another story... haha

1990.
Abbas Kiarostami, Close Up
Stephen Frears, The Grifters
Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas
Pedro Almodóvar, Tie Me Up ! Tie Me Down !
Wong Kar Wai, Days of Being Wild

1991.
Krzysztof Kieslowski, The Double Life of Veronique
Joel Coen, Barton Fink
David Cronenberg, Naked Lunch
Gus Van Sant, My Own Private Idaho
Zhang Yimou, Raise the Red Lantern
Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs

1992. 
Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven
Victor Erice, The Quince Tree Sun
Neil Jordan, The Crying Game
Spike Lee, Malcolm X
Woody Allen, Husbands and Wives
Sally Potter, Orlando
Terence Davies, The Long Day Closes

1993.
Mike Leigh, Naked
Jane Campion, The Piano
James Ivory, The Remains of the Day
Martin Scorsese, The Age of Innocence
Jim Sheridan, In the Name of the Father
Krzysztof Kieslowski, Three Colors: Blue
Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List

1994.
Krzysztof Kieslowski, Three Colors: Red
Atom Egoyan, Exotica
Isao Takahata, Pom Poko
Krzysztof Kieslowski, Three Colors: White
Wong Kar-wai, Chungking Express
Tim Burton, Ed Wood
Olivier Assayas, Cold Water

1995.
Emir Kusturica, Underground
Claude Chabrol, La cérémonie
Jim Jarmusch, Dead Man
Ang Lee, Sense and Sensibility
Gus van Sant, To Die For

1996.
Olivier Assayas, Irma Vep
Lars von Trier, Breaking the Waves
Joel Coen, Fargo
David Cronenberg, Crash
Mike Leigh, Secrets & Lies

1997.
David Lynch, Lost Highway
Ang Lee, The Ice Storm
Hayao Miyazaki, Princess Mononoke
Paul Thomas Anderson, Boogie Nights
James Cameron, Titanic
Wong Kar-wai, Happy Together

1998.
Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Line
Thomas Vinterberg, The Celebration
Wes Anderson, Rushmore
Hou Hsiao-hsien, Flowers of Shanghai
Tom Tykwer, Ru Lola Run
Vincent Gallo, Buffalo '66

1999.
Michael Mann, The Insider
Spike Jonze, Being John Malkovich
Alexander Payne, Election
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Rosetta
Tim Burton, Sleepy Hollow
Mike Leigh, Topsy-Turvy