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Huh, Before I had read anything past the thread title, the first year that popped into my mind was 1994, too. For most years I can only think of 7 or 8 films that I'd consider to truly be excellent, but for 1994 I can think of no less than 15:

Chungking Express (Wong Kar-Wai)
Crumb (Terry Zwigoff)
Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (Mike Newell)
Hoop Dreams (Steve James)
Lamerica (Gianni Amelio)
Léon: The Professional (Luc Besson)
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)
Quiz Show (Robert Redford)
Sátántangó (Béla Tarr)
The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont)
Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieślowski)
Three Colors: White (Krzysztof Kieślowski)
Through the Olive Trees (Abbas Kiarostami)
To Live (Zhang Yimou)


Honorable Mentions for other great years would include 1955, 1961 & 1962, but I still think that none of those come close to high number of excellent films released in 1994.

It's interesting however that even though we both think that 1994 was the best year, and both (I swear, completely coincidentally) named 15 films, there were still only 4 films in common between the two of us. Is it possible that 1994 was a great year for even for people of varying tastes and preferences? And what is it that made 1994 so great? Were there particular changes or trends in the industry that led to a drastic spike in creative output, or is it just an outlier?


EDIT: I've realised I completely forgot Tsai Ming-Liang's masterful 1994 film Vive L'Amour. Make that 16 (!) excellent films from 1994.