Top 10 Movies of the 1990s

Rocketman95 · 08-22-2000, 02:56 PM

Inspired by Roger Ebert and Martin Scorsese, I decided to pick my top 10 movies of the last decade.

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Fargo
3. The Usual Suspects
4. American Beauty
5. Good Will Hunting
6. Mallrats
7. Lone Star
8. The Player
9. Kingpin
10.Grosse Pointe Blank

Honorable Mention: Bottle Rocket, Goodfellas, The Big Lebowski, Rushmore, Dumb and Dumber, Get Shorty, Three Kings, Out of Sight, Carlito's Way, Boyz in the Hood

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dc sports · 08-22-2000, 03:08 PM

Are these the top ten good movies, or bad movies?

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TheFreak · 08-22-2000, 03:10 PM

How bout a Top 6. I reserve the right to change this list at any time:

1. Tommy Boy
2. Swingers
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Office Space
5. Boogie Nights
6. The Shawshank Redemption

Honorable Mention (so far):
Waiting for Guffman
Heat
Speed
Clerks
American Beauty
X-Files The Movie
The Game
Private Parts

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Rocketman95 · 08-22-2000, 03:12 PM

That would be good dc.

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Lord Tree · 08-22-2000, 03:13 PM

I have to put in a vote for Fight Club. With all the previews, I thought it was just another "a bunch of guys get together to fight." Boy was I pleasantly surprised. The movie was a raging, inflammatory ride through what our place is in society. Truly an amazing movie.

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mrpaige · 08-22-2000, 03:25 PM

Get Shorty has to be on my list. I also really enjoyed Saving Private Ryan, The Big Lebowski, Wag The Dog, Outbreak (I likes the Dustin Hoffman), Clerks, The Firm (I don't know why, but I really liked this movie. Hated the book), Kingpin (Greatness!), Goodfellas (Also Greatness!), Swingers.... I guess that's 10.

I'd also put Mallrats, Fargo, The Player, Boogie Nights, Three Kings, Out of Sight, Rushmore and Bottle Rocket as close contenders (and I could probably think of another ten movies that I really liked, too, if I kept thinking about it.)

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Pole · 08-22-2000, 03:29 PM

Mine would be:

1) Forrest Gump
2) Dances with Wolves (Yes, I realize I'm alone here)
3) Pulp Fiction
4) Dazed and Confused
5) Shawshank Redemption
6) LA Confidential
7) Clerks
8) Farinelli
9) Grosse Point Blank
10) Braveheart

I reserver the right to change this list at any time, and just a reminder: Rocketman said these were HIS Top Ten favorites, and I'm just following suit. This is a very subjective topic, so don't blast me too hard for Dances with Wolves.

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Pole · 08-22-2000, 03:31 PM

Lord Tree--I resisted temptation to put Fight Club somewhere in my list. I really enjoyed that flick, but I have so many friends who had nothing but loathing for it. I guess I'm a follower not a leader.

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dc sports · 08-22-2000, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rocketman95:
That would be good dc.

Cool.

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PhiSlammaJamma · 08-22-2000, 04:48 PM

Fight Club was horrible. Either it was WAY WAY ahead of it's time, or it really just stunk up the place. I'd vote for the latter.

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Surfguy · 08-22-2000, 05:14 PM

Pole, your not alone...Dances with Wolves broke new ground and was a great film in my opinion. A little long maybe...but still a great film. I would rank it right up there, too. Only the Kevin Costner bashers would berate this film. Ta-ton-ka = buffalo.

As for Dazed and Confused filmed in Austin, I was amused by this movie but I thought it was a stinker. I had a friend as an extra in this film...one of those drugged out hippie alternative dudes. I think you could do better than to include this on your top 10 list(put down the bong and think a little more about it

). Of course, this is your Top 10...who cares what I think? I don't even have a top 10 for you to rag on.

I thought Fight Club was good...except for the lame ending. Some people thought it was too violent but those are the people that always got beat up bad at the playground or near the buses in high school

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Surf

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Joe Joe · 08-22-2000, 07:10 PM

Pole,

What;s Farinelli? I liked the others on your list.

My Top Movies-no order
Good Will Hunting
Saving Private Ryan
Matrix
Star trek First Contact
LA Confidential
StarGate
Toy Story
NJ Trilogy
Batman
Lion King
Phantom Menace
Galaxy Quest
Independence day

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Achebe · 08-22-2000, 07:21 PM

MallRats
American Beauty
Shaving Ryan's Privates
Sex Trek: The Next Penetration
Sex Trek II: The Wrath of Bob

I can't think of any others right now.

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RocketsPimp · 08-22-2000, 07:31 PM

Achebe, don't forget about Pulp Friction and The Varsity Cheerleader Blues.

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Steve_Francis_rules · 08-22-2000, 08:10 PM

Did I see the same Pulp Fiction and American Beauty as everyone else? I thought those movies sucked!
my top 5:
The Shawshank Redemption
Malcolm X
Saving Private Ryan
The Distinguished Gentlemen
Above the Rim
Of course, these are changing constantly and I can't even think of most of the movies I've seen from the last decade.

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Azim da Dream · 08-22-2000, 10:17 PM

In no particular order;

- The Fugitive
- Shawshank Redemption
- Dumb and Dumber
- Independence Day
- Austin Powers I
- The Usual Suspects
- Hot Shots Part Deux
- Malcolm X

Thats all I could think off the top of my head, I know I'm missing a crapload of good movies, but The Fugitive is one flick that definatley ranks among the best for me.

Azim da Dream

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AntiSonic · 08-22-2000, 10:35 PM

In no particular order...

Pulp Fiction
The Whole Nine Yards
Gattaca
Dogma
Boyz In The Hood
Goodfellas
Forrest Gump
There's Something About Mary
My Blue Heaven

And there was some Lauwrence Fishburne movie I saw a couple of weeks ago. He played an ex-con named Socrates trying to make a decent living and help his community... Anyone know the name?

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Rocket101 · 08-22-2000, 10:57 PM

Forest Gump
Malcolm X
Saving Private Ryan
ShawShank Redemption
Philadelphia
Schindler's List
BACK TO THE FUTURE 3
INCINO MAN

HOW ABOUT BEST TV MOVIE SERIES..LONESOME DOVE

How about the worst movie ever made during any time period.... TRON

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Almu · 08-23-2000, 12:27 AM

1) BraveHeart

Personally, every other movie pales.

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outlaw · 08-23-2000, 12:33 AM

By genre:
Sci-Fi: The Matrix
Comedy: Chasing Amy
Horror: Scream
Drama: The Talented Mr. Ripley
Action: Speed
Animated: South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
Chick-Flick: Boys On The Side

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