31. Fist of Legend ( Jing wu ying xiong )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gordon Chan
Actors: Jet Li, Shinobu Nakayama, Siu-hou Chin, Billy Chow, Yasuaki Kurata, Paul Chun
Plot: Chen Zhen leaves Shanghai for Kyoto and finds nothing but insult and abuse
from the Japanese, especially after pursuing Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of
the director. Yet when he learns of the death of his old kung fu master -
he returns home determined to prove his master died not in a fight, but
through poisoning. The honor of Chen and Japan are at stake, leading to
one final, epic battle that will settle the score once and for all.
32. True Lies
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Cameron
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Charlton Heston, Tia Carrere
Plot: Harry Trasker, his wife Helen and daughter Dana live in perfect, boring suburban happiness - but Harry is actually part of an ultra-secret organization and when he finds out his wife is having an affair with a "spy" he uses his resources to keep tabs on her, but they both end up in the hands of terrorists.
33. Four Weddings and a Funeral
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Newell
Actors: Hugh Grant, James Fleet, Simon Callow, John Hannah, Kristin Scott Thomas, Andie MacDowell
Plot: Charles and is circle of friends ponder love and marriage - even as they attend weddings (and one funeral). Miss right may be right there - but will Charles be able to admit he has found love?
34. Clear and Present Danger
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Phillip Noyce
Actors: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Joaquim de Almeida, Henry Czerny, Benjamin Bratt
Plot: An adaptation of the novel of the same title.
35. Defender, The ( Zhong Nan Hai bao biao )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kazuya Konaka, Corey Yuen
Actors: Jet Li, Collin Chou, Christy Chung, William Chu, Kent Cheng, Wai-Kwok Ng
Plot: A woman with close ties to the Chinese government witnesses a murder by a corrupt businessman and, before she can testify, it is decided to put her in protective custody of the police and a bodyguard. But while protecting her, the defender finds himself falling for her.
36. Blue Kite, The ( Lan feng zheng )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Zhuangzhuang Tian
Actors: Tian Yi, Wenyao Zhang, Xiaoman Chen, Liping Lu, Quanxin Pu, Xuejian Li
37. Stargate
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Viveca Lindfors, Alexis Cruz, Mili Avital, Leon Rippy
Plot: A strange device found in Egypt lies dormant for decades until a brilliant language specialist deciphers the Stargate and transports him and a military team to a far-off world where an alien race holds power.
38. Heavenly Creatures
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Diana Kent, Jed Brophy, Peter Elliott, Sarah Peirse
Plot: A pair of girls take revenge on their parents for seperating them.
39. Raccoon War, The aka Pom Poko ( Heisei tanuki gassen pompoko )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Isao Takahata
Actors: Shinchô Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura, Shigeru Izumiya, Akira Kamiya, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Yuriko Ishida
Plot: Urban encroachment threatens a magical, shapeshifting raccoons and they launch a desperate struggle in order to prevent their extinction.
40. The Hudsucker Proxy
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joel Coen
Actors: Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman, Charles Durning, John Mahoney, Bruce Campbell
Plot: After the death of the president of highly successful Hudsucker industries, the board comes up with a plan to employ a moron as the next president, drive down the stock, buy up all the shares, then take it back over and make a healthy profit.
