Best of 1994

A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.

12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.

When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.

A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger.

The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Publisher Will Randall becomes a demon wolf and has to fight to keep his job.

A banker convicted of uxoricide forms a friendship over a quarter century with a hardened convict, while maintaining his innocence and trying to remain hopeful through simple compassion.

After three kidnappers lose the baby they have kidnapped, both the cops and kidnappers go looking for the baby.

A young martial artist is caught between respecting his pacifist father's wishes or stopping a group of disrespectful foreigners from stealing precious artifacts.

An exotic and legendary battle between the forces of good and evil comes to life when the celebrated disciples of the Shaolin Temple fight against the evil followers of China's Manchu rulers.

The night before his wedding, musician Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally murdered by members of a violent gang. On the anniversary of their death, Eric rises from the grave and assumes the mantle of the Crow, a supernatural avenger.

A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.

Lion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself.

A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof.

Max Walker, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who's intent on changing the past to control the future.

CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.

Three band members hoping for a big break head to a radio station to play their demo tape and wind up holding everyone hostage with plastic guns when the head D.J. refuses to play them.

A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?

A blowout firefighter takes on an environmentally destructive oil corporation by causing many deaths and explosions in Alaska.

Bret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief.

A Navy sailor is tasked with escorting a beautiful female to prison. She attempts various tactics to escape during the journey, while he tries to ensure her successful transfer.

An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.

An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.

A cemetery man must kill the dead a second time when they become zombies.