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I made a topic of this a long time ago on the old forum and figured it was right to do another here and show the revised list (everyone has a revised list when it comes to any top ten list).

**EDIT** The list I had came from a year ago. To say the least, I highly disagree with all the choices I made. A very very old thread to return like this!

Interesting list, like all of those movies, but haven't seen Grave of the Fireflies or The Sweet Hereafter or Princess Mononoke.

Tough thread, I could list 10 movies I love but I find it near impossible to make a ranking list.

I've gotten a lot of people that have said Princess Mononoke is overrated to be where it is on my list but for me, it is what a lot of people put Star Wars up to be, so you could say it is my Star Wars since I never really cared for any of the movies.

Grave of the Fireflies hasn't been seen by most people on this entire forum but is one of the most simple and poetic films I have ever seen, and is easily the best film in the last 25 years for me.

Interesting though, that both of these movies belong to the category of anime but transcend what people have made that genre to be with only knowing Pokemon and Dragon Ball Z or whatever.

~rougerum

XL NEGRO's TOP 10 of the 1990's

1. Unforgiven
2. American Beauty
3. Goodfellas
4. Malcolm X
5. Rushmore
6. Fargo
7. Being John Malkovich
8. Crumb
9. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
10. Reservoir Dogs

Now that the '90s are well and truly over, here's my pick:

1. 1994
2. 1999
3. 1997
4. 1990
5. 1996
6. 1993
7. 1998
8. 1995
9. 1991
10. 1992[/list:u]

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 rough list of sorts:
1. Goodfellas
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Hana-Bi (Fireworks)
4. Lost Highway
5. Boogie Nights
6. Schizopolis
7. Breaking the Waves
8. Seul Contre Tous (I Stand Alone)
9. Silence of the Lambs
10. Buffalo '66

1. Bringing Out The Dead

2. Leaving Las Vegas

3. Goodfellas

4. Pulp Fiction

5. Natural Born Killers

6. Scent Of A Woman

7. Reservoir Dogs

8. Primal Fear

9. Trainspotting

10. Philadelphia

A top ten list would be too hard for me. But it would definetely have, Magnolia, Leon, Being John Malkovich, And All About My Mother.

1. Magnolia
2. Eyes Wide Shut
3. Boogie Nights
4. Titus
5. Fight Club
6. All About My Mother
7. Lost Highway
8. Pulp Fiction
9. The Truman Show
10. Jackie Brown

So very hard to choose, but here we go:

Magnolia (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
American Beauty (1999)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Contact (1997)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Groundhog Day (1992)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Trois Couleurs: Rouge (1994)

Rushmore should be on there somewhere.  As should The Ice Storm, Boogie Nights, Hard Eight, and Jackie Brown, and a whole bunch of films on others' lists here.  Can't ... seem ... to cram ... them in.

..the thin red line.....
.magnolia..
lost highway..
jackie brown............
FargO
.
leaving las vegas
....
casino....
jfk
...........American Beauty
Eyes. .Wid.e Shut.

Boogie Nights
Dazed and Confused
Pulp Fiction
Unforgiven
The Player
Reservoir Dogs
The People vs. Larry Flynt
True Romance
GoodFellas
Titanic

se7en
bjm
bottle rocket / rushmore
meeting people is easy (maybe?)
pulp fiction
dumb & dumber/kingpin
american beauty
eyes wide shut
groundhog day
magnolia

10 films i like a lot, not neccesarily the best

Usually changes but as of now:
1. Goodfellas
2. Pulp Fiction
3. JFK
4. Silence of the Lambs
5. Fargo
6. Malcolm X
7. Short Cuts
8. Three Colours (Red, if its not acceptable to lump them together)
9. Casino
10. Boogie Nights

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.

1) leaving las vegas
2) pulp fiction
3) silence of the lambs
4) breaking the waves
5) eyes wide shut
6) boogie nights
7) the big lebowski
8) die hard
9) the talented mr ripley
10) lost highway

1. Safe

2. Husbands and Wives

3. Magnolia

4. Naked

5. Exotica

6. Happiness

7. Goodfellas

8. Fargo

9. Citizen Ruth

10. L'Humanite

mine would be (in no particular order)

Interview with the Vamipre
American Beauty
Run Lola Run
Pulp Fiction
Mulan
Perfect Blue
Last Night
Trainspotting
Go
Kalifornia

but this is just my humble opinion I like to pick movies people would never want in their top fave, (even tho I got some such as AB and PF)

Can't make a list of the 90s... too hard...

01. magnolia
02. boogie nights
03. hard eight
04. magnolia outtakes
05. Cigarettes & Coffee
06. That Moment
07. Eyes Wide Shut (only the takes from the day PTA visited the set)
08. Flagpole Special
09. mag-no'li-a
10. Sydney.

u have to admit, that was pretty darn funny.

1. JFK (1991) – Oliver Stone
2. Magnolia (1999) – Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Jungle Fever (1991) – Spike Lee
4. Heat (1995) – Michael Mann
5. Unforgiven (1992) – Clint Eastwood
6. Goodfellas (1990) – Martin Scorsese
7. Primary Colors (1998) – Mike Nichols
8. The Straight Story (1999) – David Lynch
9. Malcolm X (1992) – Spike Lee
10. Naked (1993) – Mike Leigh

1. Magnolia
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Boogie Nights
4. Big Lebowski
5. Being John Malkovich
6. Forrest Gump
7. Pi ( if it's from the 90s)
8. Lost Highway
9. American Beauty
10. Reservoir Dogs

Quote from: Jeremy Blackman1. Magnolia
2. Eyes Wide Shut

Quote from: The Silver Bullet03. Naked (1993) dir. Mike Leigh

Quote from: phlmrlwe4) breaking the waves

Quote from: NEON MERCURYlost highway..
.
leaving las vegas
....
casino....

Quote from: Withnail08. Pulp Fiction

Quote from: SHAFTRThe Matrix

Quote from: The Silver Bullet10. JFK (1991) dir. Oliver Stone

1. Magnolia
2. Glengarry Glen Ross
3. Boogie Nights
4. LA Confidential
5. Jackie Brown
6. Short Cuts
7. Buffalo '66
8. The Big Lebowski
9. Casino
10. Fight Club


with honorable mention to all the other Scorsese movies (minus Cape Fear)

Well, hopefully there will be another time like the 90s.

Off the top of my head without tremendous research...

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.)

This time tomorrow, this list will undoubtedly change.  Rushmore, Miller's Crossing and Barton Fink need to go in there somewhere as well. AARRRGGGHHH!  Too many movies!!!

magnolia
goodfellas
pulp fiction
eyes wide shut
three kings
three colors: blue
malcolm X
schindler's list
husbands and wives
*TIE* dazed and confused and unforgiven

the 90s are so over.

-Magnolia
-Rushmore
-Jerry Maguire
-Eyes Wide Shut
-Toy Story
-Total Recall
-Forrest Gump
-Pulp Fiction
-Fight Club
-Big Lebowski

Quote from: ©bradthe 90s are so over.

But the 00s are the new 90s.

I'll limit the PTA count to one to make this interesting.....

boogie nights
edward scissorhands
gummo
what's eating gilbert grape?
there's something about mary
my own private idaho
flirting with disaster
goodfellas
short cuts
welcome to the dollhouse

blue white red (didn't like blue that much, but it keeps the trilogy intact)
to live
hard boiled
crooklyn
crimson hog
dark city
a time for drunken horses
when we were kings
pulp fiction
rushmore

Did anyone say 12 monkeys, Gump, Virgin Suicides, Tommy Boy, True Romance :)

id say my favorite is Sydney, but Magnolia really changed my view on movies~

In no particular order...

Magnolia
Rushmore
Eyes Wide Shut
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
Unforgiven
Fight Club
JFK
Jerry Maguire
Forrest Gump

Quote from: Reed RothchildDid anyone say 12 monkeys, Gump, Virgin Suicides, Tommy Boy, True Romance :)

12 Monkeys was in the back of my mind... but The Virgin Suicides is 2000.

Quote from: pete
crooklyn

:yabbse-thumbup:

Quote from: godardian

Quote from: pete
crooklyn

:yabbse-thumbup:

Holy cow!  There are other people besides me who liked Crooklyn!  Long have I dreamed of this day!

Quote from: ©bradthe 90s are so over.

Oh my god..

They are so over!

Taste of Cherry
Underground
Magnolia
La Belle noiseuse
Bottle Rocket
The Idiots
Three Colors: Blue
Eyes Wide Shut
The Big Lebowski
Safe

90-99
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10 Big Lebowski
9 Rushmore
8 Election
7 Buffalo '66
6 Schizopolis
5 Pulp Fiction
4 Being John Malkovich
3 Magnolia
2 American Beauty
1 Boogie Nights

parajanov: the last spring
to live
farewell my concubine
the blade (not to be confused with blade)
drunken master 2
red
three kings
pulp fiction
rushmore

Magnolia
American Beauty
Pulp Fiction
Goodfellas
JFK
Rushmore
The Big Lebowski
Eyes Wide Shut
Short Cuts
Fight Club and 12 monkeys tied

best american films of the 90's

REVISED

goodfellas
short cuts
julien-donkey boy
happiness
magnolia
buffalo '66
schizopolis
husbands and wives
eyes wide shut
malcolm x

Quote from: ewardbest american films of the 90's

pulp fiction
three kings
three colors: blue
schindler's list
*TIE* dazed and confused and unforgiven

REVISED

short cuts
julien-donkey boy
happiness
buffalo '66
schizopolis

umm... i think you had it right the first time.  :roll:

I'll go with the second.

first.

Third.

See you all Aug '05.

hey mod, tastes change...i still love the films omitted if that helps ya sleep any

here is my revised list.
and i will provide a visual aid becuase i love you


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Is it just me, or is there no title on the Ice Storm poster?

Quote from: ebeamanedward scissorhands
what's eating gilbert grape?
there's something about mary
flirting with disaster
goodfellas
short cuts
welcome to the dollhouse

REVISED

the celebration
short cuts
buffalo '66
julien-donkey boy
the idiots
fucking amal
dumb and dumber

umm.... nevermind.  :roll:

ummm...ok, whatever. roll your eyes, i don't really care.

Quote from: NEON MERCURYhere is my revised list.
and i will provide a visual aid becuase i love you

Are those in order? If so, EWS is way too low, besides that, it's a neat list.

Edit: Not one PTA film...

BANNED!

Quote from: petefarewell my concubine

That's an amazing flim, it deserves and needs criterion treatment.

Quote from: Fernando

Quote from: petefarewell my concubine

That's an amazing flim, it deserves and needs criterion treatment.

I still have to see the rest of that.  I got an hour or so into it and wound up getting into a big fight with my girlfriend over it.  The sounds of children being beaten every 2 minutes was freaking her out (I had just recently shown her City of God and she was really disturbed by it) and she wanted me to shut it off (she wasn't even in the room).  It got ugly after that.  We resolved everything but I haven't had an opportunity to watch it since.  What I had seen of it, though, was incredible and, provided that the second half was as good as the first half, then I agree that it deserves Criterion treatment, as does Chen Kaige's The Emperor and the Assassin.

1. Magnolia
2. Eyes Wide Shut
3. Boogie Nights
4. Lost Highway
5. Titus
6. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
7. Fight Club
8. All About My Mother
9. Pulp Fiction
10. Jackie Brown

Quote from: ebeamanummm...ok, whatever. roll your eyes, i don't really care.

well, you did replace goodfellas with dumb and dumber

Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanIs it just me, or is there no title on the Ice Storm poster?

it's not just you, and it's kinda freaking me out.

Quote from: ©brad

Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanIs it just me, or is there no title on the Ice Storm poster?

it's not just you, and it's kinda freaking me out.

You mean it isn't called Selections?

Quote from: Pedro the Alpaca

Quote from: ebeamanummm...ok, whatever. roll your eyes, i don't really care.

well, you did replace goodfellas with dumb and dumber

perhaps you should look at his list again, closer this time...

Quote from: The Silver BulletTOP 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...

Quote from: SHAFTRClerks
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

Quote from: hacksparrow1. 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

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.

in no order...

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

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

Wait, what?

I LIKE WHAT I'M HEARING

Quote from: wantautopia?Wait, what?

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

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

Quote from: joebuckBad Lieutenant

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

Favorites, alphabetically ...

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

Quote from: themodernage02

Quote from: joebuckBad 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?

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?  :roll:

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

Quote from: FjodorPretty mainstream, huh?  :roll:

No need to excuse yourself.

Quote from: Fjodor

Pretty mainstream, huh?  :roll:

I didn't care until you said that.

You are such a mainstream conformist.  Try watching some Godard and Truffaut, if you want to know what cinema is.

Quote from: Walrus, Kookookajoob

Quote from: Fjodor

Pretty mainstream, huh?  :roll:

I didn't care until you said that.

You are such a mainstream conformist.  Try watching some Godard and Truffaut, if you want to know what cinema is.

I hope you understand I was trying to say that my top '90 list wouldn't helt any suprises, not that I don't want to watch other foreign movies (since you're referring to French movie directors), if that is what you mean :o

Quote from: eward(except for one)...just my opinion of course

which? (just curious)

Quote from: Fjodor
I hope you understand I was trying to say that my top '90 list wouldn't helt any suprises,

I hope you understand the amount of sarcasm I layered onto my statement.

Quote from: Fjodor
which? (just curious)

matrix.  i've always hated these movies, even the first, for some reason.

Quote from: eward

Quote from: Fjodor
which? (just curious)

matrix.  i've always hated these movies, even the first, for some reason.

ha! then you should listen to the critic commentaries on revolutions and reloaded....i like reloaded as my favorite but they slam that shit hard..makes me feel bad for liking it....as for revolutions that one does suck ass.

dont listen to eward.  check back with him every 6 months and probability states that eventually his list will look like yours does today.  :wink:

Quote from: themodernage02dont listen to eward.  check back with him every 6 months and probability states that eventually his list will look like yours he who shall not be named's does today.  :wink:

Or is it the other way around?  Either way, it finally justifies, in some twisted way (hah), the Ouroborous, or the ending of Lost Highway.  It's like Persona, but with dudes.

lists suck anyways.  and like i said, i still love the movies originally on my list, im just more INTO the ones i listed recently at this time.  i'm a kid for chrissakes!  my tastes are supposed to wildly fluctuate and eventually settle.  but i have never ever liked the matrix, so i dont know what to tell you with that one.

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Best of 90's - from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1999:

In order of preference:

1.  Boogie Nights
2.  Dazed and Confused
3.  Pulp Fiction
4.  The Player
5.  Unforgiven
6.  Reservoir Dogs
7.  True Romance
8.  The People vs. Larry Flynt
9.  Short Cuts
10.  Casino