It’s not uncommon for a director to release multiple films in a single year.
From Alfred Hitchcock to Ingmar Bergman and Francis Ford Coppola to Ridley Scott, a number of master filmmakers can lay claim to such a feat.
Steven Spielberg is no exception to this distinction, having released two films in one year on six occasions throughout his prolific career.
But it was the year 1993 that his one-two-punch of directing wrote a new chapter in his body of work and the history of cinema in general.
With Jurassic Park and Schindler’s List, films released just six months apart that couldn’t be more different, Spielberg enjoyed what’s likely his most commercially and critically successful year to date.
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