Revised Top Ten List for 90s

[The Silver Bullet]

TOP TEN OF THE 1990s

01. Pulp Fiction (1994) dir. Quentin Tarantino
02. Fargo (1996) dir. Joel Coen
03. Naked (1993) dir. Mike Leigh
04. GoodFellas (1990) dir. Martin Scorsese
05. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) dir. Stanley Kubrick
06. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) dir. Anthony Minghella
07. Magnolia (1999) dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
08. A Perfect World (1993) dir. Clint Eastwood
09. Rushmore (1998) dir. Wes Anderson
10. JFK (1991) dir. Oliver Stone

A REVISION (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Boogie Nights (d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)
Crumb (d. Terry Zwigoff, 1994)
Dead Man (d. Jim Jarmusch, 1995)
Eyes Wide Shut (d. Stanley Kubrick, 1999)
Fargo (d. Joel Coen, 1996)
GoodFellas (d. Martin Scorsese, 1990)
Irma Vep (d. Olivier Assayas, 1996)
Naked (d. Mike Leigh, 1993)
Pulp Fiction (d. Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (d. Anthony Minghella, 1999)

And what's sad is that The Piano just misses out...

[SHAFTR]

Clerks
Pulp Fiction
Boogie Nights
Rushmore
Unforgiven
Fargo
Chungking Express
Beauty and the Beast
The Matrix
Silence of the Lambs

I own the Three Colors trilogy, seen Blue & White, haven't seen Red yet.

I hate my list, so this is a revision with 2 rules
1) Only American films, makes it easier.
2) Only one film per director.


Boogie Nights
Pulp Fiction
Silence of the Lambs
Rushmore
Unforgiven


....stay on the list.


Election
Husbands and Wives
Three Kings
Eyes Wide Shut
Casino


...are new

[grand theft sparrow]

1. TRAINSPOTTING
2. PULP FICTION
3. MAGNOLIA
4. GOODFELLAS
5. FIGHT CLUB
6. MALCOLM X
7. HAPPY TOGETHER (honorable mention: CHUNGKING EXPRESS)
8. CYCLO (has anyone else seen this?)
9. THE BIG LEBOWSKI
10. TOY STORY 2 (what can I say? It floored me.)

Revised:

1. SHALLOW GRAVE
2. JACKIE BROWN
3. MAGNOLIA
4. KUNDUN
5. SEVEN
6. HE GOT GAME
7. FALLEN ANGELS
8. THE SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA
9. BARTON FINK
10. A BUG'S LIFE

[Ernie]

i'd like to revise my list and put "dumb and dumber" at the top now, of the list. in fact, that movie is my list. that's the best comedy of all-time.

[Slick Shoes]

in no order...

Rushmore
Boogie Nights
Happy Together
Being John Malkovich
Breaking The Waves
Eyes Wide Shut
Barton Fink
Buffalo '66
Election
Safe

[brockly]

Boogie Nights
Jackie Brown
Rushmore
Eyes Wide Shut
Breaking the Waves
Leaving Las Vegas
Casino
Three Kings
Being John Malkovich
Barton Fink

[ono]

Wait, what?

[Sleuth]

I LIKE WHAT I'M HEARING

[brockly]

Wait, what?

if that was in regards to my final comment, the list contains only one movie per director.

[joebuck]

Sheesh, this was a tough list to compile.  My favorite films from the '90s (in no particular order):

Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
Bad Lieutenant
The Big Lebowski
Naked
Boogie Nights
The Thin Red Line
The Matrix
Clerks
Breaking the Waves

[modage]

Bad Lieutenant

i just watched this a few weeks ago.  it seemed pretty terrible.  do you want to tell me what you loved about it?

[Find Your Magali]

Favorites, alphabetically ...

Babe
Boogie Nights
Forrest Gump
Groundhog Day
Magnolia
Out of Sight
Se7en
The Shawshank Redemption
The Sixth Sense
Three Kings

[joebuck]

Bad Lieutenant

i just watched this a few weeks ago.  it seemed pretty terrible.  do you want to tell me what you loved about it?

I just liked the fact that Abel Ferrara was able to construct this nightmarish vision of NYC as the personal living hell of a corrupted cop played admirably by Harvey Keitel.  I think Harvey let it all hang out in that performance, and if you've seen the movie then you know i also mean that literally.  I also like the religious symbolism that Ferrera used throughout the movie, as a way to show the Bad Lieutenant character a way to redemption.  I mean, i know having Jesus pop up is pretty obvious, but then Ferrara subverts his appearance by having Keitel call him a "ratf*ck".  I know that was out there, but its moments like that, and Keitel's performance overall, that really blew my mind about that movie.

What did you not like about it?

[Fjodor]

My small list:

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Rushmore
3. Schindler's List
4. The Matrix
5. American Beauty
6. Reservoir Dogs
7. Fargo
8. Silence of the Lambs
9. The Nightmare Before Christmas
10. L.A. Confidentional

Pretty mainstream, huh?  

[Alethia]

it's okay, a couple of them are pretty great, and they're all at the very least slightly decent (except for one)...just my opinion of course