The Best and Worst of 1994

The author’s considered best/worst in each category are listed in bold italics with an asterisk (*). The listed links will take you to more detailed reviews of each film.


The 10 Best Films

  1. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
  2. The Hudsucker Proxy
  3. The Crow
  4. Ed Wood
  5. Nightwatch
  6. The Lion King
  7. The Thief and the Cobbler
  8. The Kingdom
  9. Natural Born Killers
  10. Pom Poko

Worst Films

  1. Prehysteria! 2
  2. Making Waves
  3. The Neverending Story III
  4. Night of the Demons 2
  5. Project Shadowchaser III

Best Director

Ethan Coen – The Hudsucker Proxy
Neil Jordan – Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
Russell Mulcahy – The Shadow
Alex Proyas – The Crow
Oliver Stone – Natural Born Killers (*)


Best Original Screenplay

The Hudsucker Proxy
The Secret of Roan Inish
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (*)
Wolf


Best Adapted Screenplay

The Crow
Ed Wood
Fun
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (*)
Timecop


Best Actor

Johnny Depp – Ed Wood
Woody Harrelson – Natural Born Killers
Ernst Hugo Järegård – The Kingdom (*)
Brandon Lee – The Crow
Jack Nicholson – Wolf


Best Actress

Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hudsucker Proxy
Juliette Lewis – Natural Born Killers
Demi Moore – Disclosure (*)
Kirsten Rolffes – The Kingdom
Kate Winslet – Heavenly Creatures


Best Supporting Actor

Robert De Niro – Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Tom Cruise – Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
Martin Landau – Ed Wood (*)
John Lone – The Shadow
Paul Newman – The Hudsucker Proxy


Best Supporting Actress

Kirsten Dunst – Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (*)
Bai Ling – The Crow
Melanie Lynskey – Heavenly Creatures
Ming Na Wen – Street Fighter
Alicia Witt – Fun


Best Cinematography

The Crow
Heavenly Creatures
The Jungle Book (*)
Nadja
The Shadow


Best Music

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
The Jungle Book
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
The Shadow (*)


Best Special Effects

The Flintstones
The Mask
The Shadow
Star Trek: Generations
Stargate (*)


Best Makeup Effects

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Night of the Demons 2
The Puppet Masters (*)
Wolf


Best Production Design

The Flintstones
The Hudsucker Proxy (*)
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
The Shadow
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