Top 20 films of the 1990's POLL

[dallywhitty]

01. Batman Returns (1992) - 20 points
02. The Godfather Part III (1990) - 19 points
03. American Beauty (1999) - 18 points
04. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) - 17 points
05. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - 16 points
06. Toy Story (1995) - 15 points
07. Alien 3 (1992) - 14 points
08. Fight Club (1999) - 13 points
09. GoodFellas (1990) - 12 points
10. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - 11 points
11. Trainspotting (1995) - 10 points
12. Boys Don’t Cry (1999) - 9 points
13. Crash (1996) - 8 points
14. Shallow Grave (1994) - 7 points
15. Se7en (1995) - 6 points
16. Toy Story 2 (1999) - 5 points
17. A Bug’s Life (1998) - 4 points
18. William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996) - 3 points
19. Candyman (1992) - 2 points
20. Delicatessen (1991) - 1 point

[spolcyc]

Jurassic Park
Batman Returns
A League of their Own
Schindlers List
Heat
Braveheart
Saving Private Ryan
The Shadow
Seven
The Game
The Big Lebowski
Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
Apollo 13
Glengarry Glen Ross
True Lies
L.A. Confidential
Fargo
The Matrix
Primal Fear

[Astro Zombie]

I might change one or two movies because I want to watch a couple more before the deadline, but the bulk of the list it pretty solid.

Please give 10 points for each film.

Top 20 Films of the 1990's:

01. Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
02. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
03. The Matrix (The Wachowski Brothers, 1999)
04. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
05. Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995)
06. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
07. Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg, 1998)
08. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (James Cameron, 1991)
09. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
10. The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)
11. Se7en (David Fincher, 1995)
12. Braveheart (Mel Gibson, 1995)
13. Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi, 1992)
14. The Rock (Michael Bay, 1996)
15. Fargo (The Coen Brothers, 1996)
16. Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven, 1990)
17. Men In Black (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997)
18. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
19. Payback (Brian Helgeland, 1999)
20. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992)

[Scottie]

Chinese Water Torture seems like it'd be easier than making this list...

01. The Double Life Of Véronique (1991)
02. Chungking Express (1994)
03. Fargo (1996)
04. The Matrix (1999)
05. The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
06. Se7en (1995)
07. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
08. Good Will Hunting (1997)
09. Being John Malkovich (1999)
10. American Beauty (1999)
11. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
12. Léon, The Professional (1994)
13. The Usual Suspects (1995)
14. American History X (1998)
15. Toy Story (1995)
16. Pulp Fiction (1994)
17. Fallen Angels (1995)
18. GoodFellas (1990)
19. Magnolia (1999)
20. Exotica (1994)

[Scourge]

Well, I guess this is my list. In chronological order, of course. I can't rank them any other way, it would take me forever to decide.

01. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991).
02. Singles (Cameron Crowe, 1992).
03. Sneakers (Paul Alden Robinson, 1992).
04. Cliffhanger (Renny Harlin, 1993).
05. Last Action Hero (John McTiernan, 1993).
06. The Fugitive (Andrew Davis, 1993).
07. Clear and Present Danger (Phillip Noyce, 1994).
08. True Lies (James Cameron, 1994).
09. Bad Boys (Michael Bay, 1995).
10. Die Hard with a Vengeance (John McTiernan, 1995).
11. Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow, 1995).
12. The Rock (Michael Bay, 1996).
13. L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997).
14. The Game (David Fincher, 1997).
15. Dark City (Alex Proyas, 1998).
16. Enemy of the State (Tony Scott, 1998).
17. Deep Blue Sea (Renny Harlin, 1999).
18. Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)
19. The Insider (Michael Mann, 1999).
20. The Matrix (The Wachowskis, 1999).

[Abdrewes]

Scourge, what about in the name of the father?

[Scourge]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Scourge, what about in the name of the father?

Great movie! But I had to make a decision! Don't hate me!

I needed to pick twenty films and not all of them could make it to the list. Maybe if it was a Top 30 list...

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by Scourge

Great movie! But I had to make a decision! Don't hate me!

I needed to pick twenty films and not all of them could make it to the list. Maybe if it was a Top 30 list...

No worries. I just thought its omission was odd because I think it was on your top 25 a few months ago. I think I imported it from the UK because of your strong rec.

[Holmes]

1. Velvet Goldmine - 20
2. Heat - 19
3. Chungking Express - 18
4. Interview with the Vampire - 17
5. The Portrait of a Lady - 16
6. Bringing Out the Dead - 15
7. Howards End - 14
8. In the Name of the Father - 13
9. Trainspotting - 12
10. My Own Private Idaho - 11
11. The Truman Show - 10
12. Leaving Las Vegas - 9
13. The English Patient - 8
14. Gattaca - 7
15. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - 6
16. Jackie Brown - 5
17. The Piano - 4
18. Sleepy Hollow - 3
19. The Crying Game - 2
20. Miller's Crossing - 1

[Dr. Feelgood]

1. Goodfellas - 20
2. Eyes Wide Shut - 19
3. American Beauty - 18
4. Casino - 17
5. The Big Lebowski - 16
6. Husbands and Wives - 15
7. Pulp Fiction - 14
8. Barton Fink - 13
9. JFK - 12
10. Mighty Aphrodite - 11
11. Forrest Gump - 10
12. Apollo 13 - 9
13. Fight Club - 8
14. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - 7
15. L.A. Story - 6
16. The Usual Suspects - 5
17. L.A. Confidential - 4
18. Boogie Nights - 3
19. Rushmore - 2
20. The Virgin Suicides - 1

[Chrysagon]

Favorite Top 20 of the 1990's

1. The Double Life of Veronique -20
2. The Matrix -19
3. Goodfellas -18
4. Three Colors: Red -17
5. Jurassic Park-16
6. Pulp Fiction -15
7. The Fifth Element-14
8. Tombstone -13
9. The Hunt for Red October -12
10. Beauty and the Beast -11
11. Eyes Wide Shut -10
12. Dark City -9
13. Stargate -8
14.The Last of the Mohican -7
15. Three Colors: Blue -6
16. Terminator 2: Judgement Day-5
17. The Ninth Gate -4
18. Star Trek: First Contact -3
19. Groundhog Days -2
20. To Live -1

[Kevin Holly]

Very tough. Subject to change, but I do feel pretty good:

1. Bad Lieutenant (1992, Abel Ferrara) (20 points)
2. Wild at Heart (1990, David Lynch)(19 points)
3. Lost Highway (1997, David Lynch) (18 points)
4. King of New York (1990, Abel Ferrara) (17 points)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994, Quentin Tarantino) (16 points)
6. Casino (1995, Martin Scorsese) (15 points)
7. Leaving Las Vegas (1995, Mike Figgis) (14 points)
8. Eyes Wide Shut (1999, Stanley Kubrick) (13 points)
9. Reservoir Dogs (1992, Quentin Tarantino) (12 points)
10. Magnolia (1999, Paul Thomas Anderson) (11 points)
11. Kafka (1991, Steven Soderbergh) (10 points)
12. Goodfellas (1990, Martin Scorsese) (9 points)
13. eXistenZ (1999, David Cronenberg) (8points)
14. True Romance (1993, Tony Scott) (7 points)
15. Suicide Kings (1997, Peter O'Fallon) (6points)
16. Heat (1995, Michael Mann) (5 points)
17. JFK (1991, Olvier Stone) (4 points)
18. Falling Down (1993, Joel Schumacher) (3 points)
19. Hard Boiled (1992, John Woo) (2 points)
20. Mulholland Falls (1996, Lee Tamahori) (1 point)

There are about 100 runners-up that come immediately to mind. Including such underrated classics as Mad Dog and Glory, The Funeral, Swingers, Man Bites Dog and The Hot Spot.

[SilentDawn]

Originally Posted by Kevin Holly

Very tough. Subject to change, but I do feel pretty good:

[Show spoiler]1. Bad Lieutenant (1992, Abel Ferrara) (20 points)
2. Wild at Heart (1990, David Lynch)(19 points)
3. Lost Highway (1997, David Lynch) (18 points)
4. King of New York (1990, Abel Ferrara) (17 points)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994, Quentin Tarantino) (16 points)
6. Casino (1995, Martin Scorsese) (15 points)
7. Leaving Las Vegas (1995, Mike Figgis) (14 points)
8. Eyes Wide Shut (1999, Stanley Kubrick) (13 points)
9. Reservoir Dogs (1992, Quentin Tarantino) (12 points)
10. Magnolia (1999, Paul Thomas Anderson) (11 points)
11. Kafka (1991, Steven Soderbergh) (10 points)
12. Goodfellas (1990, Martin Scorsese) (9 points)
13. eXistenZ (1999, David Cronenberg) (8points)
14. True Romance (1993, Tony Scott) (7 points)
15. Suicide Kings (1997, Peter O'Fallon) (6points)
16. Heat (1995, Michael Mann) (5 points)
17. JFK (1991, Olvier Stone) (4 points)
18. Falling Down (1993, Joel Schumacher) (3 points)
19. Hard Boiled (1992, John Woo) (2 points)
20. Mulholland Falls (1996, Lee Tamahori) (1 point)

There are about 100 runners-up that come immediately to mind. Including such underrated classics as Mad Dog and Glory, The Funeral, Swingers, Man Bites Dog and The Hot Spot.

Kevin, your inclusion of Hard Boiled is awesome; totally forgot about that one. Forgot about Swingers as well, that is one funny comedy.

Plus, Casino over Goodfellas? Oh yeah!

[Hucksta G]

Yeah, Kevin your list is awesome

[spanky87]

Originally Posted by Chrysagon

Favorite Top 20 of the 1990's

1. The Double Life of Veronique -20
2. The Matrix -19
3. Goodfellas -18
4. Three Colors: Red -17
5. Jurassic Park-16
6. Pulp Fiction -15
7. The Fifth Element-14
8. Tombstone -13
9. The Hunt for Red October -12
10. Beauty and the Beast -11
11. Eyes Wide Shut -10
12. Dark City -9
13. The Last of the Mohicans -8
14. To Live -7
15. Three Colors: Blue -6
16. Terminator 2: Judgement Day-5
17. The Ninth Gate -4
18. Star Trek: First Contact -3
19. Groundhog Days -2
20. Raise the Red Lantern -1

Thank you. I was starting to get sad when I noticed this film being excluded from all the lists so far. In my top 5 of the 1990's for sure.

[Kevin Holly]

Originally Posted by SilentDawn

Kevin, your inclusion of Hard Boiled is awesome; totally forgot about that one. Forgot about Swingers as well, that is one funny comedy.

Plus, Casino over Goodfellas? Oh yeah!

Originally Posted by Hucksta G

Yeah, Kevin your list is awesome

Cheers guys. Yes, Casino over Goodfellas, and, also yes, my list is around half full of crime films, and I easily could have done at top 50 1990s crime films and not even got through the ones I adore.

And yeah, can't forget Hard Boiled, John Woo is golden, it just is too bad I had to exclude Face/Off, because the Woo/Cage/Travolta combo is unspeakable great (it's my favorite of the CAGE ACTION TRILOGY).

Your lists are both outstanding as well, I like how you both include La Haine; I unfortunately had to cut it, but it was in the top 40.

I also see some people putting in GEMS like The Fugitive and Dark City and Pi and more, I am glad that all these films will at least get some points.

[SilentDawn]

Originally Posted by Kevin Holly

Cheers guys. Yes, Casino over Goodfellas, and, also yes, my list is around half full of crime films, and I easily could have done at top 50 1990s crime films and not even got through the ones I adore.

And yeah, can't forget Hard Boiled, John Woo is golden, it just is too bad I had to exclude Face/Off, because the Woo/Cage/Travolta combo is unspeakable great (it's my favorite of the CAGE ACTION TRILOGY).

The hospital scene in Hard Boiled alone deserves a place on this list!

[Arvin Clone]

1. Dark City (1998)
2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
3. Toy Story (1995)
4. Toy Story 2 (1999)
5. The Green Mile (1999)
6. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
7. The Sixth Sense (1999)
8. The Mummy (1999)
9. Die Hard 2 (1990)
10. Jurassic Park (1993)
11. Forrest Gump (1994)
12. Speed (1994)
13. Se7en (1995)
14. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
15. Back to the Future Part III (1990)
16. Scream (1996)
17. Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
18. Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
19. Lost Highway (1997)
20. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

[SammymeBlu]

1. Terminator 2 Judgement Day
2. Total Recall
3. True Lies
4. Forrest Gump
5. The Matrix
6. Jurassic Park
7. Titanic
8. Se7en
9. The Crow
10. Saving Private Ryan
11. Con Air
12. The Rock
13. Contact
14. American History X
15. Starship Troopers
16. Crimson Tide
17. The Shawshank Redemption
18. Braveheart
19. Air Force One
20. The Mask

[hasslein]

1. 1492 20
2. One False Move 19
3. JFK 18
4. Unforgiven 17
5. The Quick & The Dead 16
6. Jackie Brown 15
7. Reservoir Dogs 14
8. Heat 13
9. Quick Change 12
10. U-Turn 11
11. Trespass 10
12. Shawshank Redemption 9
13. Thelma & Louise 8
14. Army of Darkness 7
15. A Simple Plan 6
16. Once Were Warriors 5
17. Office Space 4
18. Presumed Innocent 3
19. People Vs Larry Flint 2
20. Man on the Moon 1