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=== Year-end lists === {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * 1st β Joan Vadeboncoeur, ''[[Syracuse Herald American]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Vadeboncoeur|first=Joan|date=January 8, 1995|title=Critically Acclaimed Best Movies of '94 Include Works from Tarantino, Burton, Demme, Redford, Disney and Speilberg|newspaper=Syracuse Herald American|page=16|edition=Final}}</ref> * 1st β John Hurley, ''[[Staten Island Advance]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Hurley|first=John|date=December 30, 1994|title=Movie Industry Hit Highs and Lows in '94|newspaper=Staten Island Advance|page=D11}}</ref> * 2nd β [[Peter Travers]], ''[[Rolling Stone]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Travers|first=Peter|date=December 29, 1994|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/the-best-and-worst-movies-of-1994-180969/|title=The Best and Worst Movies of 1994|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=July 20, 2020}}</ref> * 2nd β Sean P. Means, ''[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=P. Means|first=Sean|date=January 1, 1995|title='Pulp and Circumstance' After the Rise of Quentin Tarantino, Hollywood Would Never Be the Same|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|page=E1|edition=Final}}</ref> * 2nd β Craig Kopp, ''[[The Cincinnati Post]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Kopp|first=Craig|date=December 29, 1994 |title=OUR CRITIC'S PICKS '94's winners: from 'Clerks' to 'Pulp Fiction'|work=The Cincinnati Post|edition=Metro|page=3}}</ref> * 2nd β Terry Lawson, ''[[Dayton Daily News]]''<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lawson|first=Terry|date=December 25, 1994 |title=UNKNOWN QUALITIES Best Yet to Come Among Years Top 10 Movies|newspaper=Dayton Daily News|page=3C|edition=City}}</ref> * 2nd β Robert Denerstein, ''[[Rocky Mountain News]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Denerstein|first=Robert|date=January 1, 1995|title=Perhaps It Was Best to Simply Fade to Black|newspaper=Rocky Mountain News|page=61A|edition=Final}}</ref> * 2nd β Scott Schuldt, ''[[The Oklahoman]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Schuldt|first=Scott|date=January 1, 1995|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/2488346/oklahoman-movie-critics-rank-their-favorites-for-the-year-without-a-doubt-blue-ribbon-goes-to-pulp-fiction-scott-says|title=Oklahoman Movie Critics Rank Their Favorites for the Year Without a Doubt, Blue Ribbon Goes to "Pulp Fiction," Scott Says|work=The Oklahoman|access-date=July 20, 2020}}</ref> * 2nd β [[National Board of Review Awards 1994|National Board of Review]]<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125214358/http://nbrmp.org/awards/past.cfm?year=1994|url=http://nbrmp.org/awards/past.cfm?year=1994|title=Awards for 1994|archive-date=November 25, 2010|website=[[National Board of Review]]|access-date=July 20, 2020}}</ref> * 3rd β [[Kenneth Turan]], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|date=December 25, 1994|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-25-ca-12998-story.html|title=1994: YEAR IN REVIEW : No Weddings, No Lions, No Gumps |work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=July 20, 2020}}</ref> * 3rd β [[Janet Maslin]], ''[[The New York Times]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Maslin|first=Janet|date=December 27, 1994|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/27/movies/critic-s-notebook-the-good-bad-and-in-between-in-a-year-of-surprises-on-film.html|title=CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; The Good, Bad and In-Between In a Year of Surprises on Film|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> * 3rd β [[Desson Howe]], ''[[The Washington Post]]''<ref>{{citation|last=Howe|first=Desson|date=December 30, 1994|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/12/30/the-envelope-please-reel-winners-and-losers-of-1994/3cf88a79-b416-4c9a-8ff1-8e9c9a91df37/|title=The Envelope Please: Reel Winners and Losers of 1994|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> * 3rd β [[Stephen Hunter]], ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Hunter|first=Stephen|date=December 25, 1994|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-12-25-1994359091-story.html|title=Films worthy of the title 'best' in short supply MOVIES|work=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> * 3rd β David Stupich, ''[[The Milwaukee Journal]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Stupich|first=David|date=January 19, 1995|title=Even with gore, 'Pulp Fiction' was film experience of the year|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|page=3}}</ref> * 3rd β Michael Mills, ''[[The Palm Beach Post]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Mills|first=Michael|date=December 30, 1994|title=It's a Fact: 'Pulp Fiction' Year's Best|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=7|edition=Final}}</ref> * 3rd β Sandi Davis, ''The Oklahoman''<ref>{{cite web|last=Davis|first=Sandi|date=January 1, 1995|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/2488350/oklahoman-movie-critics-rank-their-favorites-for-the-year-forrest-gump-the-very-best-sandi-declares|title=Oklahoman Movie Critics Rank Their Favorites for the Year "Forrest Gump" The Very Best, Sandi Declares|work=The Oklahoman|access-date=July 20, 2020}}</ref> * 3rd β Mal Vincent, ''[[The Virginian-Pilot]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Vincent|first=Mal|date=January 7, 1995|edition=Final|title=Mal's 10 Best Movies of '94|work=[[The Virginian-Pilot]]|page=E1}}</ref> * 4th β Steve Persall, ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Persall|first=Steve|date=December 30, 1994|title=Fiction': The art of filmmaking|newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|page=8|edition=City}}</ref> * 4th β Christopher Sheid, ''[[The Munster Times]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Sheid|first=Christopher|date=December 30, 1994|title=A year in review: Movies|newspaper=The Munster Times}}</ref> * 5th β [[Gene Siskel]], ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Siskel|first=Gene|date=December 25, 1994|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-12-25-9412250050-story.html|title=The Year's Best Movies|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> * 6th β [[Michael MacCambridge]], ''[[Austin American-Statesman]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=MacCambridge|first=Michael|date=December 22, 1994|title=it's a LOVE-HATE thing|newspaper=[[Austin American-Statesman]]|page=38|edition=Final}}</ref> * 7th β Bob Strauss, ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Bob|date=December 30, 1994|title=At the Movies: Quantity Over Quality|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|page=L6|edition=Valley}}</ref> * 7th β Douglas Armstrong, ''The Milwaukee Journal''<ref>{{cite news|last=Armstrong|first=Douglas|date=January 1, 1995|title=End-of-year slump is not a happy ending|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|page=2}}</ref> * 7th β Jerry Roberts, ''[[Daily Breeze]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Jerry|date=December 30, 1994 |title= What kind of a movie year was it? It was mainly the pits Tom Hanks played "Forrest Gump" in one of the year's best. |work=Daily Breeze|page=K12}}</ref> * 8th β David Rahr, ''[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Rahr|first=David|date=December 30, 1994 |title=Tarantino Top's Rahr's List|work=The Santa Fe New Mexican|page=37}}</ref> * 9th β Mack Bates, ''The Milwaukee Journal''<ref>{{cite news|last=Bates|first=Mack|date=January 19, 1995|title=Originality of 'Hoop Dreams' makes it the movie of the year|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|page=3}}</ref> * 10th β [[Roger Ebert]], ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|date=December 31, 1994|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/the-best-10-movies-of-1994|title=The Best 10 Movies of 1994|website=RogerEbert.com|access-date=July 20, 2020}}</ref> * 10th β [[James Berardinelli]], ''ReelViews''<ref>{{cite web|last=Berardinelli|first=James|url=https://preview.reelviews.net/comment/010295.html|title=Rewinding 1994 -- The Year in Film|date=January 2, 1995|website=ReelViews|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> * Top 7 (not ranked) β Duane Dudek, ''[[Milwaukee Sentinel]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Dudek|first=Duane|date=December 30, 1994|title=1994 was a year of slim pickings|work=Milwaukee Sentinel|page=3}}</ref> * Top 9 (not ranked) β Dan Webster, ''[[The Spokesman-Review]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Webster|first=Dan|date=January 1, 1995|title=In Year of Disappointments, Some Movies Still Delivered|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|edition=Spokane|page=2}}</ref> * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) β Mike Clark, ''[[USA Today]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Clark|first=Mike|date=December 28, 1994 |title=Scoring with true life, 'True Lies' and 'Fiction.'|newspaper=USA Today|page=5D|edition=Final}}</ref> * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) β William Arnold, ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Arnold|first=William|date=December 30, 1994|title='94 Movies: Best and Worst|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|page=20|edition=Final}}</ref> * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) β [[Matt Zoller Seitz]], ''[[Dallas Observer]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Zoller Seitz|first=Matt|date=January 12, 1995 |title= Personal best From a year full of startling and memorable movies, here are our favorites |work=[[Dallas Observer]]}}</ref> * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) β Eleanor Ringel, ''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]''<ref name="AtlantaYE">{{cite news|title=The Year's Best|newspaper=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|date=December 25, 1994 |page=K/1}}</ref> * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) β Steve Murray, ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution''<ref name="AtlantaYE"/> * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) β Jeff Simon, ''[[The Buffalo News]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Simon|first=Jeff|date=January 1, 1995|url=https://buffalonews.com/news/movies-once-more-with-feeling/article_b73e9a1a-9f60-5d7a-a05c-289243ba0483.html|title=Movies: Once More, with Feeling|work=[[The Buffalo News]]|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) β Bob Ross, ''[[The Tampa Tribune]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Ross|first=Bob|date=December 30, 1994|title=1994 The Year in Entertainment|newspaper=[[The Tampa Tribune]]|page=18|edition=Final}}</ref> * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) β Eric Harrison, ''[[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Harrison|first=Eric|date=January 8, 1995|title=Movie Magic|work=[[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]]|page=1E}}</ref> * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) β Mike Mayo, ''[[The Roanoke Times]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Mayo|first=Mike|date=December 30, 1994|title=The Hits and Misses at the Movies in '94|newspaper=The Roanoke Times|page=1|edition=Metro}}</ref> * Top 10 (not ranked) β Betsy Pickle, ''[[Knoxville News-Sentinel]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Pickle|first=Betsy|date=December 30, 1994|title=Searching for the Top 10... Whenever They May Be|newspaper=Knoxville News-Sentinel|page=3}}</ref> * Top 10 (not ranked) β Bob Carlton, ''[[The Birmingham News]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Carlton|first=Bob|date=December 29, 1994|title=It Was a Good Year at Movies|work=[[The Birmingham News]]|page=12-01}}</ref> * Top 10 (not ranked) β Jim Delmont and Jim Minge, ''[[Omaha World-Herald]]''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Delmont|first1=Jim|last2=Minge|first2=Jim|date=December 30, 1994|title=A Critical Look Back 'Gump,' 'Little Women' Among Top Films of '94 Can You Still See Them?|newspaper=Omaha World-Herald|edition=Sunrise|page=31sf}}</ref> * Top 10 (not ranked) β Howie Movshovitz, ''[[The Denver Post]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Movshovitz|first=Howie|date= December 25, 1994 |title=Memorable Movies of '94 Independents, fringes filled out a lean year|newspaper=[[The Denver Post]]|page=E-1|edition=Rockies}}</ref> * Top 10 (not ranked) β George Meyer, ''[[The Ledger]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Meyer|first=George|date=December 30, 1994|title=The Year of the Middling Movie|newspaper=The Ledger|page=6TO}}</ref> * "Next Best" 10 (not ranked) β Gary Arnold, ''[[The Washington Times]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Arnold|first=Gary|date=January 1, 1995|title=Film|work=The Washington Times|page=D3|edition=2}}</ref> * Top 10 Runner-up β Dan Craft, ''[[The Pantagraph]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Craft|first=Dan|date=December 30, 1994 |title=Success, Failure and a Lot of In-between; Movies '94|newspaper=[[The Pantagraph]]|page=B1}}</ref> * Best of the year (not ranked) - [[Michael Medved]], ''[[Sneak Previews]]''<ref>{{cite episode|host1=Lyons, Jeffrey (host)|host2=Medved, Michael (host)|title=Best & Worst of 1994|air-date=January 6, 1995|series=[[Sneak Previews]]|season=20|network=[[WTTW]]|access-date=February 20, 2024|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO4SqV43_O4}}</ref> * Honorable mention β Glenn Lovell, ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Lovell|first=Glenn|date=December 25, 1994 |title=The Past Picture Show the Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- a Year Worth's of Movie Memories|newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|page=3|edition=Morning Final}}</ref> * Honorable mention β Dennis King, ''[[Tulsa World]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=King|first=Dennis|date=December 25, 1994|title=SCREEN SAVERS In a Year of Faulty Epics, The Oddest Little Movies Made The Biggest Impact|newspaper=[[Tulsa World]]|page=E1|edition=Final Home}}</ref> * Honorable mention β David Elliott, ''[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Elliott|first=David|date=December 25, 1994|title=On the big screen, color it a satisfying time|newspaper=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|edition=1, 2|page=E=8}}</ref> {{div col end}}
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