Classics likeThe Shawshank RedemptionandPulp Fictioncame out in ‘94, cementing it as a landmark year in modern cinema.

Still, it’s a damn sight better than some ofthe other trash comediescritics would lump it in with.

It’s an overstuffed murder mystery comedy that would make a killer double feature withClue.

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His next film,Serial Mom, was Waters with his feet firmly planted in both worlds.

The media circus surrounding Beverly when she goes on trial predated the infamousO.J.

Simpsontrial that would dominate the news cycle a year later.

Brian Benben looks disheveled amongst a crowd in Radioland Murders

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8’Cemetery Man’ (1994)

Directed by Michele Soavi

Cemetery Mandefies classification.

Its offbeat charms have won it plenty ofacclaim from other filmmakers, such asMartin Scorsese.

Hanson keeps the tension building before unleashing it during the climactic ride down the rapids.

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Shallow Graveshows all the promises that Boyle would make good on with his acclaimed follow-up.

Inspired by the works ofH.P.

The Last Seductionisa steamy, violent affair that never pulls its punches.

Beverly Sutphin (Kathleen Turner) holding a knife about to stab Mrs. Jensen (Patsy Grady Abrams) in Serial Mom

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This choice stunted the film’s visibility with audiences when itshould be counted among the absolute best of 1994.

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Cemetery Man Francesco Dellamorte (Rupert Everett) with Angel Wings

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Kevin Bacon points a gun while in a raft with Meryl Streep and Joseph Mazzello in The River Wild

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Two men and a woman looking confused in the same direction in Shallow Grave

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Sam Neill as John Trent smiling while watching a movie at a theater in In the Mouth of Madness

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Sean Nelson Fresh pointing a gun at a person offscreen in ‘Fresh’

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Juliet (Kate Winslet) and Pauline (Melanie Lynskey) looking at a charm in Heavenly Creatures

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Tim Robbins as Norville Barnes posing with Paul Newman as Sidney Mussburger in The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

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Linda Fiorentino sitting down at a table with a cigarette in her hand looking up at someone standing in front of her in The Last Seduction (1994)

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