Your Ten Best of the 90's

[Johann]

I wanna see everyone's lists for the best films of the last decade.
It could be grounds for a killer thread...
Here's mine:

Eyes Wide Shut
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
Trainspotting
Dead Man
Breaking The Waves
Natural Born Killers
Ed Wood
Pulp Fiction
The Pillow Book
Malcolm X

[JustaFied]

Good idea, I'll throw something together off the top of my head here (in no particular order):


Pulp Fiction - How did it lose to Forest Gump?
Miller's Crossing - Huge Coens fan
Short Cuts - Altman, this film is mesmerizing
Bottle Rocket - Scorsese agrees Top 10
Fisher King - Still looking for The Holy Grail
Rushmore - Gets better with each viewing
Fargo - Their most popular film
Being John Malkovich - '99, right?
The Big Lebowski - of course, the funniest movie of all time
American Beauty - This is a beautiful film


Tough to leave off any Coen Brothers films, but a couple couldn't crack the list (Barton Fink and The Hudsucker Proxy).

All American movies for me; shows my film ignorance. Now, how about best of the '80's, and John Hughes not allowed. That would be harder.

[JustaFied]

You have some interesting picks Johann. Natural Born Killers is a movie I want to see again. It seemed to be a movie that critics (and people) either really loved or absolutely abhored. I saw it on several "worst of the year" lists that year. I myself liked it; it's a parody, in a way, of the American Way of Life, and maybe some people couldn't see that. I guess they had to pan it just to show how offended their sensabilities were.

I'll try to catch The Pillow Book, one of the ever elusive Greenaway films I'm after.

[SinjinSB]

My Top Ten of 1990s
Boyz N the Hood (91)
Pulp Fiction (94)
GoodFellas (90)
Silence of the Lambs (91)
Shawshank Redemption (94)
Life is Beautiful (97)
Magnolia (99)
Reservoir Dogs (92)
Apollo 13 (95)
Saving Private Ryan (98)

[oscar jubis]

I'm cheating by listing 10 in English and 10 subtitled.

A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY
ACTRESS
ASHES OF TIME
BEFORE THE RAIN
IRMA VEP
THE PUPPETMASTER
THREE COLORS:Blue/White/Red
TOTO THE HERO
UNDERGROUND
THE WIND WILL CARRY US

Close behind: Caidos del Cielo, Butterfly Wings, La Promesse.

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BOYS OF SAINT VINCENT
BREAKING THE WAVES
CRUMB
DEAD MAN
EYES WIDE SHUT
EXOTICA
THE LONG DAY CLOSES
NIGHTJOHN
SAFE
THE SWEET HEREAFTER


Close behind:Visions of Light:The Art of Cinematography, Rushmore, Kids, Schindler's List, Happiness, Goodfellas

[Johann]

It's hard to narrow it down to just 10 from about 4000 films.

Goodfellas, Happiness, Reservoir Dogs, Life is Beautiful, American Beauty, Malkovich. All worthy.

I wrestled with Egoyan and the Coens for my list. Excellent filmmakers who made some beautiful movies in the 90's.
Not enough room!

The Pillow Book is probably more popular than "Cook Thief" because teenage girls love seeing Ewan McGregor's willy.
(Lucky bastard is hung like a mule)

NBK is a bonafide masterpiece. Scathing satire. I watch it a lot for the mind-blowing visuals and heavy soundtrack. When I'm angry with the daily grind I throw on Killers and all of my anger goes away...

Best of the 80's? Easy.

The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
Amadeus
The Last Emperor
Platoon
Born on the Fourth of July
The Last Temptation of Christ
Raging Bull
Do The Right Thing
Batman

[anduril]

1. Eyes Wide Shut
2. Schindler's List
3. Double Life of Veronique, The (1991)
4. Breaking the Waves
5. Age of Innocence
6. Europa Europa
7. Three Colors: Red (1994)
8. Elizabeth
9. Saving Private Ryan
10. Hard Boiled

[anduril]

11. Immortal Beloved
12. Three Colors: Blue (1993)
13. Three Colors: White (1993)
14. Kundun
15. Dances with Wolves
16. Unforgiven
17. Thin Red Line, The
18. Zentropa (1991)
19. Dark City
20. Lola Rennt (1998)

[anduril]

Originally posted by Johann
Eyes Wide Shut
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
Trainspotting
Dead Man
Breaking The Waves
Natural Born Killers
Ed Wood
Pulp Fiction
The Pillow Book
Malcolm X

J: Where's Titus (1999)?

[Johann]

If there's anyone on these boards who can call me out, it's anduril. He knows me better than my fucking parents..

I must have packed the bowl a little too tight the day I posted that...

Titus is a glaring oversight on my part. Check your gray matter, J.

[anduril]

Originally posted by Johann
Best of the 80's? Easy.

The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
Amadeus
The Last Emperor
Platoon
Born on the Fourth of July
The Last Temptation of Christ
Raging Bull
Do The Right Thing
Batman

No Dekalog??????

Here's my Best of the 80's:

1. Last Temptation of Christ, The
2. Dekalog
3. Raging Bull
4. Empire Strikes Back, The
5. Born on the Fourth of July
6. Amadeus
7. Last Emperor, The
8. Ran
9. Das Boot
10. Shining, The (1980)

[anduril]

1. Godfather, The
2. Barry Lyndon
3. Godfather II, The
4. Star Wars: A New Hope
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. Apocalypse Now
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
8. Patton
9. Macbeth
10. Alien

[anduril]

1. Dr. Strangelove
2. Lawrence of Arabia
3. Persona (1966)
4. Fellini's 8 1/2
5. Judgment at Nuremburg
6. La Dolce Vita (1960)
7. 2001: A Space Odyssey
8. Great Escape, The
9. To Kill a Mockingbird
10. Spartacus

[anduril]

1. Seven Samurai
2. Rashomon
3. Ordet (1955)
4. Diary of a Country Priest
5. Paths of Glory
6. Seventh Seal, The (1956)
7. Bridge, The
8. Touch of Evil (1958)
9. Hidden Fortress, The (1958)
10. Bridge on the River Kwai, The

[Johann]

You make it difficult to criticize, Ken.

Damn you!