THE RANKING
The movies of 1993
Four Empire writers. Ten movies. Ordered definitively.
Illustration: Jacey
Chris: Here we are, in 2023. It’s time to go back 30 years and look back to 1993. Where were you guys in 1993? Dan: I was having the time of my life. 1993 was a seminal year for me. It was pretty much the year that I realised that writing about film was what I wanted to do.
Chris: So 1993 is to blame.
Dan: Yeah. The passion was always there for film. But that was the year that it really crystallised.
Nick: I was 13 years old, and spent most of 1993 poring over the Making Of Jurassic Park book, which I was obsessed with. I was at the peak of my Jurassic Park obsession. I was basically just talking about dinosaurs to anyone who met me.
Chris: Nothing’s changed.
Helen: I was in school. I was a grunge kid, and getting into films as well. Jurassic Park was huge for us. I had many brothers and sisters and therefore tried to stay out of the house as much as possible. Going to the cinema was the way to do that, because there was nothing else you were allowed to do.