Some of the best films I've seen from the 90's:

Ashes of Time, Wong Kar Wai
The Actress, Stanley Kwan
A Brighter Summer Day, Edward Yang
The Puppetmaster, Hou Hsiao Hsien 
Eat Drink Man Woman and The Wedding Banquet, Ang Lee
Sopyonje, Im Kwon Taek
Hana-Bi and Sonatine, Beat Takeshi Kitano
The Eel, Shohei Imamura
Maborosi and After Life, Hirokazu Koreeda
Raise The Red Lantern, Zhang Yimou
Ju Dou, To Live and Not One Less, Zhang Yimou
The Blue Kite, Tian Zhuangzhuang 
Through the Olive Trees, Abbas Kiarostami
Live Flesh, Pedro Almodovar
Three Colors: Red, Krzysztof Kieslowski  
The Sweet Hereafter, Atom Egoyan 
An Autumn Tale and A Summer Tale, Eric Rohmer
A Heart in Winter and Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud, Claude Sautet
Secrets and Lies, Mike Leigh