1992 Movies
Take a nostalgic look back at the top movies of 1992, celebrating the films, directors and actors that defined the year and left a lasting legacy in the world of entertainment.
Aladdin
Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
Starring: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman
Country: United States of America
Outline: When a street urchin vies for the love of a beautiful princess, he uses a genie's magic power to make himself off as a prince in order to marry her.
A Few Good Men
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon
Country: United States of America
Outline: Military lawyer Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder. They contend they were acting under orders.
Sitting Pretty
Directed by: Walter Lang
Starring: Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, Clifton Webb, Richard Haydn
Country: United States of America
Outline: Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter, and the ad is answered by Lynn ...
Wayne's World
Directed by: Penelope Spheeris
Starring: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere
Country: United States of America
Outline: Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.
Batman Returns
Directed by: Tim Burton
Starring: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken
Country: United States of America
Outline: When a corrupt businessman and the grotesque Penguin plot to take control of Gotham City, only Batman can stop them, while the Catwoman has her own agenda.
Basic Instinct
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Country: United States of America
Outline: A violent, suspended police detective investigates a brutal murder, in which a manipulative and seductive woman could be involved.
The Addams Family
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Hedaya
Country: United States of America
Outline: Con artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.
Lethal Weapon 3
Directed by: Richard Donner
Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo
Country: United States of America
Outline: Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh pursue a former LAPD officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara
Country: United States of America
Outline: One year after Kevin was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself in New York City, and the same criminals are not far behind.
Sister Act
Directed by: Emile Ardolino
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena
Country: United States of America
Outline: When a worldly singer witnesses a mob crime, the police hide her as a nun in a traditional convent where she has trouble fitting in.
The Bodyguard
Directed by: Mick Jackson
Starring: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs
Country: United States of America
Outline: A former Secret Service agent takes on the job of bodyguard to a pop singer, whose lifestyle is most unlike a President's.
Reservoir Dogs
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn
Country: United States of America
Outline: After a simple jewelry heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Unforgiven
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris
Country: United States of America
Outline: Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man.
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
Directed by: Mansoor Khan
Starring: Aamir Khan, Ayesha Jhulka, Deepak Tijori, Pooja Bedi
Outline: A rich brat and a poor chap try to woo a girl, with their rivalry culminating in the most prestigious college event - the marathon cycle race.
Roja
Directed by: Mani Ratnam
Starring: Arvind Swamy, Madhoo, Pankaj Kapur, Nassar
Outline: A woman from a village in Tamil Nadu marries a sophisticated city dweller and moves with him to Kashmir, where all is rosy - until he gets kidnapped by militants.
Farewell My Concubine
Directed by: Kaige Chen
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong, Qi Lü
Outline: The story of two men, who met as apprentices in the Peking Opera, and stayed friends for over 50 years.
Scent of a Woman
Directed by: Martin Brest
Starring: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar
Country: United States of America
Outline: A prep school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the job is not at all what he anticipated.
The Last of the Mohicans
Directed by: Michael Mann
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Eric Schweig
Country: United States of America
Outline: Three trappers protect a British Colonel's daughters in the midst of the French and Indian War.
Glengarry Glen Ross
Directed by: James Foley
Starring: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin
Country: United States of America
Outline: An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.
Malcolm X
Directed by: Spike Lee
Starring: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee
Country: United States of America
Outline: Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam.
The Dark Side of the Heart
Directed by: Eliseo Subiela
Starring: Darío Grandinetti, Sandra Ballesteros, Nacha Guevara, André Mélançon
Outline: Oliveiro is a young poet living in Buenos Aires where sometimes he has to sell his ideas to an advertising agency to make a living or exchange his poems for a steak. In Montevideo, he meets...
Psy
Directed by: Wladyslaw Pasikowski
Starring: Boguslaw Linda, Marek Kondrat, Cezary Pazura, Janusz Gajos
Outline: In good old days Franz Maurer and his partners from secret police used to live like kings. Now, they all must adapt to new post-communist environment where they are scorned and losing all ...
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Directed by: Brian Henson
Starring: Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson
Outline: The Muppet characters tell their version of the classic tale of an old and bitter miser's redemption on Christmas Eve.
Army of Darkness
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie
Country: United States of America
Outline: A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home.
Chaplin
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Paul Rhys, John Thaw
Country: United States of America
Outline: A film about the troubled and controversial life of the master comedy filmmaker Charles Chaplin.
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