Best Films of the 90's

Submitted by AfterHours on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 15:59
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  1. 9/10
  2. Underground-Kusturica (1995)
  3. The Kingdom-Von Trier (1995)
  4. Lost Highway-Lynch (1997)

  6. 8/10
  7. Satantango-Tarr (1994)
  8. Pulp Fiction-Tarrantino (1994)
  9. Leon: The Professional-Besson (1994)
  10. City of Lost Children-Jeunet (1995)
  11. Face/Off-Woo (1997)
  12. LA Confidential-Hanson (1998)
  13. Dogma-Smith (1999)
  14. Leaving Las Vegas-Figgis (1995)
  15. Breaking The Waves-Von Trier (1996)
  16. Maborosi-Kore-eda (1995)
  17. Schindler's List-Spielberg (1993)
  18. Dead Man-Jarmusch (1995)
  19. Being John Malkovich-Jonze (1999)
  20. Red-Kieslowski (1994)

  22. 7.5/10
  23. All About My Mother-Almodovar (1999)
  24. Life Is Beautiful-Benigni (1998)
  25. Twelve Monkeys-Gilliam (1995)
  26. Resevoir Dogs-Tarrantino (1992)
  27. Silence of the Lambs-Demme (1991)
  28. Following-Nolan (1999)
  29. Pi-Aronofsky (1998)
  30. Blue-Kieslowski (1993)
  31. Magnolia-Anderson (1999)
  32. American Beauty-Mendes (1999)
  33. Fight Club-Fincher (1999)
  34. The Devil's Advocate-Hackford (1998)
  35. The Piano-Campion (1993)
  36. The Sweet Hereafter-Egoyan (1998)
  37. The Truman Show-Weir (1998)
  38. Trainspotting-Boyle (1996)
  39. The Game-Fincher (1998)
  40. Wayne's World-Spheeris (1992)
  41. The Big Lebowksi-Coen (1998)
  42. Thelma & Louise-Scott (1991)

callanyvegetable08/18/2009

I'd suggest Crumb, Boogie Nights, Man Bites Dog, Big Lebowski, Before Sunrise, Goodfellas, Barton Fink, Dazed and Confused, Terminator 2, and Rushmore. Maybe Office Space. And maybe Casino for 7.5. And, possibly Groundhog Day (though I'm sure I overrate it a bit).

Great list as always!

AfterHours08/19/2009

hmmm, great choices

Haven't seen...

Crumb, Man Bites Dog, Dazed & Confused

Have seen...

-Boogie Nights 7/10
-Big Lebowksi...I forgot this one but it's now added. Thanks for the reminder.
-Before Sunrise...actually not sure if I've seen it or not...want to though...
-Goodfellas 7/10, though it's been a long time and I should see it again to be sure
-Barton Fink...I'm actually unfinished on this one...so I should finish it and get back to you...
-Terminator 2...6.5/10, possibly 7/10...I think the first one is better (much more suspenseful)
-Rushmore...7/10
-Office Space...7/10
-Casino...probably 7/10

callanyvegetable08/19/2009

Crumb is possibly the best documentary film of all time. Man Bites Dog is a brazen mockumentary satirizing media obsession with violence. And Dazed & Confused is perhaps the ultimate recollection of adolescence. Definitely see Before Sunrise, the only convincing romance in the 90's.

I just remembered Pete Jackson's Braindead (aka Dead Alive), a gem of splatter and comedy horror. That's it for now. My only disagreement is Magnolia over Boogie Nights, I still find the latter to be Anderson's masterpiece. It just steals so well from the masters (Altman, Scorsese, Demme) that you want to high-five Anderson the next time you see him. You might be right about Goodfellas, though, I recently realized there's something lacking there. T2 is still an impressive technological achievement, but it's not as suspenseful, that's true. That's all for now.

Marquee08/18/2009

Can't really argue with a list that has such fine selections in its uppermost tier.

This list does need Bela Tarr's Satantango, the Coen Bros' Fargo and Miller's Crossing, David Cronenberg's Crash, Bernardo Bertolucci's Besieged, Jean-Luc Godard's Nouvelle Vague and John Singleton's Boyz n the Hood... maybe Tim Burton's Ed Wood. I second the Goodfellas and Crumb nominations. I'm probably missing a good few, release dates never really stick in my mind.

I don't know how you could tolerate Life is Beautiful, though; it was so saccharine I could feel cavities developing.

AfterHours08/19/2009

Haven't finished the monumental task of Satantango yet but I'm sure it will be on here (probably a 9) once I do.

I just recently re-rated Fargo from 7.5 to 7

Boyz n the Hood would get about a 6.5

Haven't seen the rest though they look promising

Guess we'll have to agree to disagree on Life Is Beautiful. Similar to Chaplin, if you watch it more as theater (which is how it's presented) than as a strictly cinematic experience it works much better.

callanyvegetable08/19/2009

Face/Off, haha, nice! That really is an excellent film, probably the most artistic straight-up action film of the 90's (and definitely my favorite Woo behind Hard Boiled). I remember seeing that in Scaruffi's top 100 and laughing. But he may have a point, it's pretty damn good.

x37llnoise10/31/2009

Pulp Fiction not a 9 anymore, Blasphemy! ;-)