Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

[3] I guess we were lucky to get five good Freddy movies before the franchise finally shit the bed. In Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, there's only one remaining teenager (Shon Greenblatt) in the neighborhood and Freddy uses him to gain access…
The Rocketeer (1991)

The Rocketeer (1991)

[9] Based on a graphic novel by Dave Stevens, The Rocketeer stars Bill Campbell as a young pilot in 1938 Los Angeles who comes into possession of a mysterious jetpack prototype and uses it to become a masked, flying hero. Pursued by…
Backdraft (1991)

Backdraft (1991)

[6] Director Ron Howard (Cocoon, Apollo 13) delivers peak-level pyrotechnics wrapped in corny melodrama with Backdraft. Kurt Russell and Daniel Baldwin co-star as quarreling brothers who follow their late father into firefighting careers. Baldwin plays the younger brother, embarrassed by a series…
The Hard Way (1991)

The Hard Way (1991)

[5] Michael J. Fox and James Woods star in this middling action-comedy from director John Badham (Short Circuit, Wargames). Fox plays a famous actor researching a new cop role by shadowing Woods's character, a cranky but cool New York cop. Woods hates…
Class Action (1991)

Class Action (1991)

[5] Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (The Abyss, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves) star as an estranged father and daughter, both lawyers, who find themselves as opposing counsel on a court case involving automobile manufacturer negligence. Despite her bitterness for Hackman's…
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

[9] Here we have a horror film so well executed, it swept the Academy Awards. Anthony Hopkins (The Lion in Winter) and Jodie Foster (The Accused) each deliver career-defining performances as cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter and neophyte FBI agent Clarice Starling.…
My Own Private Idaho (1991)

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

[7] River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves co-star in Gus Van Sant's Shakespearean street odyssey about two hustlers who quest from Portland, Oregon to Rome, Italy in search of the mother who abandoned Phoenix when he was a baby. Reeves' character, meanwhile, is…
Soapdish (1991)

Soapdish (1991)

[8] Sally Field leads a spectacular ensemble in Soapdish, a comedy that lampoons daytime TV melodramas, or 'soap operas'. Field plays an insecure soap star who fears her career may begin to wane as she enters middle-age. Little does she realize that…
Once Around (1991)

Once Around (1991)

[6] Holly Hunter stars as the youngest daughter in a tight-knit Boston family that's eager to see her married. But when she finally brings a man home to meet them, he's not quite who they expected. Richard Dreyfuss plays the boyfriend, a…
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

[4] Kevin Costner headlines this big summer popcorn muncher about the legendary archer-turned-rebel who rallies his outcast merry men to battle the greedy Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman) and fall in love with the fair maid Marian (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio). The script…