Films Released in the 1990s and 2000s
Across
- 2. A 2000 neo-noir psychological mystery film directed by Christopher Nolan following a man with anterograde amnesia who uses tattoos and polaroids to hunt his wife's killer.
- 5. A 1991 fantasy adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg starring Robin Williams as an adult Peter Pan who must return to Neverland to rescue his children.
- 6. A 1993 science fiction action film directed by Michael Bay where a crew of deep-core drillers are sent by NASA to stop a massive asteroid on a collision course with Earth.
- 12. A 2007 live-action/animated musical fantasy romantic comedy directed by Kevin Lima, following a Disney princess thrust into real-world New York City.
- 14. A 2008 biographical drama directed by Gus Van Sant starring Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to public office in California.
- 15. A 2005 biographical war drama directed by Sam Mendes based on Anthony Swofford's memoir about a US Marine sniper deployed during the Gulf War.
- 20. A 2002 biographical drama directed by Julie Taymor starring Salma Hayek, depicting the surrealist Mexican painter and her tumultuous relationship with Diego Rivera.
- 21. A 2007 Pixar animated comedy film directed by Brad Bird about a Parisian rat named Remy who dreams of becoming a professional chef.
- 24. A 1993 legal drama directed by Jonathan Demme starring Tom Hanks as an attorney who sues his law firm for wrongful termination after contracting HIV.
- 26. A 2007 psychological thriller directed by D. J. Caruso starring Shia LaBeouf as a teenager under house arrest who suspects his neighbor is a serial killer.
- 28. A 2004 epic historical war film directed by Wolfgang Petersen adapting Homer's Iliad, focusing on the invasion of the titular city by united Greek forces.
- 29. A 2007 Spanish found-footage horror film directed by Jaume Balaguero following a television reporter and her cameraman trapped inside a quarantined apartment building with infected residents.
- 30. A 1990 romantic fantasy thriller directed by Jerry Zucker starring Patrick Swayze as a murdered banker who protects his girlfriend through a psychic medium.
- 32. A 2004 biographical musical drama directed by Taylor Hackford starring Jamie Foxx, chronicling thirty years in the life of rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles.
- 34. A 2007 coming-of-age comedy-drama directed by Jason Reitman starring Elliot Page as an independent-minded teenager facing an unplanned pregnancy.
- 35. A 2007 coming-of-age comedy directed by Greg Mottola about two co-dependent high school seniors trying to buy alcohol for a party before graduation.
- 36. A 2006 psychological drama directed by Alejandro G. Inarritu featuring four intertwining stories set in Morocco, Japan, Mexico, and the United States, sparked by a single rifle shot.
- 37. A 2010 science fiction heist thriller directed by Christopher Nolan centered on a professional thief who extracts secrets from deep within the subconscious mind during dreams.
- 39. A 1999 satirical drama film directed by David Fincher starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton as founders of an underground recreational combat club.
- 40. A 1992 Disney animated musical fantasy film featuring a blue genie voiced by Robin Williams who grants three wishes to a street urchin.
- 41. A 1995 historical fiction war film directed by and starring Mel Gibson as William Wallace, a late 13th-century Scottish warrior leading a war for independence.
- 43. A 2004 drama directed by Paul Haggis that won Best Picture, exploring racial and social tensions in Los Angeles through several interlocking stories over a 36-hour period.
- 44. A 2009 stop-motion animated dark fantasy film directed by Henry Selick based on a Neil Gaiman novella about a girl who finds a parallel world behind a secret door.
- 45. A 2002 comedy-drama directed by Finn Taylor following a woman placed under house arrest in a San Francisco apartment who becomes obsessed with a radio request line.
- 47. A 1998 action thriller directed by John Frankenheimer starring Robert De Niro, following a team of former secret agents hired to retrieve a mysterious, heavily guarded briefcase.
Down
- 1. A 1992 revisionist Western film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood as an aging outlaw who takes on one last job to collect a bounty in Wyoming.
- 3. A 1995 crime thriller directed by David Fincher following two detectives tracking a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as motifs for his murders.
- 4. A 2005 historical action drama directed by Steven Spielberg detailing the secret Israeli government retaliation following the 1972 Summer Olympics massacre.
- 6. A 2001 French romantic comedy directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet following a whimsical Parisian waitress who decides to orchestrate the lives of the people around her.
- 7. A 1995 fantasy adventure film directed by Joe Johnston starring Robin Williams, where a supernatural board game unleashes jungle hazards upon its players.
- 8. A 2000 British crime comedy directed by Guy Ritchie centered on interconnected tracks involving a search for a stolen diamond and the world of illegal bare-knuckle boxing.
- 9. A 2000 romantic comedy-drama directed by Lasse Hallstrom about a woman who opens a small confectionery shop in a repressed French village during Lent.
- 10. A 1996 musical drama film directed by Alan Parker starring Madonna as Eva Peron, chronicling her rise from a poor background to the spiritual leader of Argentina.
- 11. A 1994 action thriller directed by Jan de Bont starring Keanu Reeves as a SWAT officer trapped on a Los Angeles transit bus rigged with a bomb set to detonate if speed drops below fifty miles per hour.
- 13. A 2000 crime drama directed by Steven Soderbergh exploring the illegal drug trade through multiple interconnected perspectives, including a conservative judge and a drug lord's wife.
- 14. A 1999 science fiction action film directed by the Wachowskis depicting a dystopian future where humanity is trapped in a simulated reality by sentient machines.
- 16. A 1997 epic romance film directed by James Cameron that won eleven Academy Awards and dramatizes the tragic sinking of the RMS passenger liner.
- 17. A 2014 dark fantasy film directed by Robert Stromberg that reimagines the classic Sleeping Beauty antagonist as a misunderstood protector of the moors.
- 18. A 1995 epic crime film directed by Martin Scorsese starring Robert De Niro as a gambling handicapper overseer at the Tangiers Casino in Las Vegas.
- 19. A 2000 epic historical drama directed by Ridley Scott starring Russell Crowe as a betrayed Roman general seeking vengeance against a corrupt emperor in the Colosseum.
- 22. A 2009 Pixar animated comedy-drama directed by Pete Docter following an elderly widower who ties thousands of balloons to his house to fulfill a promise to his late wife.
- 23. A 1996 neo-noir black comedy crime film directed by the Coen brothers starring Frances McDormand as a pregnant Minnesota police chief investigating roadside homicides.
- 25. A 2003 fantasy adventure film directed by P. J. Hogan that serves as a live-action adaptation of J. M. Barrie's classic tale about a boy who refuses to grow up.
- 27. A 2007 3D digital performance-capture fantasy film directed by Robert Zemeckis, adapting an Old English epic poem about a geatish warrior slaying Grendel.
- 30. A 1990 epic crime film directed by Martin Scorsese chronicling the rise and fall of mob associate Henry Hill and his friends in the Lucchese crime family.
- 31. A 2002 science fiction thriller directed by M. Night Shyamalan starring Mel Gibson as a former priest who discovers crop circles appearing in his cornfields.
- 33. A 2009 epic science fiction film directed by James Cameron that became the highest-grossing film of all time, set on the alien moon Pandora.
- 38. A 2006 science fiction comedy directed by Frank Coraci starring Adam Sandler as an architect who discovers a universal remote control that can fast-forward through life.
- 42. A 2009 drama directed by Lee Daniels about an illiterate, abused teenager in Harlem who finds hope through an alternative school program.
- 46. A 2001 psychological thriller directed by Ridley Scott serving as a sequel to Silence of the Lambs, tracking the cannibalistic titular character hiding out in Florence.