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EW.com Top 100 movies in the last 25 years

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  1. Dave2000

    Dave2000 Contributing Member

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    Entertainment Weekly put up a MASSIVE list of pretty much anything that covers pop culture the past 25 years, and the movie list is not bad, but still debate-able.

    http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207076_20207387_20207063,00.html

    1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
    2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)
    3. Titanic (1997)
    4. Blue Velvet (1986)
    5. Toy Story (1995)
    6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    7. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
    8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    9. Die Hard (1988)
    10. Moulin Rouge (2001)
    11. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
    12. The Matrix (1999)
    13. GoodFellas (1990)
    14. Crumb (1995)
    15. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
    16. Boogie Nights (1997)
    17. Jerry Maguire (1996)
    18. Do the Right Thing (1989)
    19. Casino Royale (2006)
    20. The Lion King (1994)
    21. Schindler's List (1993)
    22. Rushmore (1998)
    23. Memento (2001)
    24. A Room With a View (1986)
    25. Shrek (2001)
    26. Hoop Dreams (1994)
    27. Aliens (1986)
    28. Wings of Desire (1988)
    29. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
    30. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
    31. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    32. Fight Club (1999)
    33. The Breakfast Club (1985)
    34. Fargo (1996)
    35. The Incredibles (2004)
    36. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
    37. Pretty Woman (1990)
    38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
    39. The Sixth Sense (1999)
    40. Speed (1994)
    41. Dazed and Confused (1993)
    42. Clueless (1995)
    43. Gladiator (2000)
    44. The Player (1992)
    45. Rain Man (1988)
    46. Children of Men (2006)
    47. Men in Black (1997)
    48. Scarface (1983)
    49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    50. The Piano (1993)
    51. There Will Be Blood (2007)
    52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
    53. The Truman Show (1998)
    54. Fatal Attraction (1987)
    55. Risky Business (1983)
    56. The Lives of Others (2006)
    57. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
    58. Ghostbusters (1984)
    59. L.A. Confidential (1997)
    60. Scream (1996)
    61. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
    62. sex, lies and videotape (1989)
    63. Big (1988)
    64. No Country For Old Men (2007)
    65. Dirty Dancing (1987)
    66. Natural Born Killers (1994)
    67. Donnie Brasco (1997)
    68. Witness (1985)
    69. All About My Mother (1999)
    70. Broadcast News (1987)
    71. Unforgiven (1992)
    72. Thelma & Louise (1991)
    73. Office Space (1999)
    74. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
    75. Out of Africa (1985)
    76. The Departed (2006)
    77. Sid and Nancy (1986)
    78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
    79. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
    80. Michael Clayton (2007)
    81. Moonstruck (1987)
    82. Lost in Translation (2003)
    83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
    84. Sideways (2004)
    85. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
    86. Y Tu Mamá También (2002)
    87. Swingers (1996)
    88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
    89. Breaking the Waves (1996)
    90. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
    91. Back to the Future (1985)
    92. Menace II Society (1993)
    93. Ed Wood (1994)
    94. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
    95. In the Mood for Love (2001)
    96. Far From Heaven (2002)
    97. Glory (1989)
    98. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
    99. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
    100. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)

    Discuss. I agree with ALOT of movies on here, but hard to compose 100 movies in the past 25 years, with me being 26 and not seeing probably 1/3rd of them.

    Their technology list is interesting with the DVD player being number one, I thought MP3/Napster would be number 1 but DVD caught one to pretty much everybody now.
     
  2. CharlieMurphy

    CharlieMurphy Contributing Member

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    Please tell me I'm blind and that The Shawshank Redemption is on that list.
     
  3. Dave2000

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    wow... good call on that, yea, this list is well, nothing to me now that you mentioned that
     
  4. CharlieMurphy

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    I don't even see the Green Mile.

    Didn't mean to crap on your thread. Actually, I'm probably going to try to watch some of these movies I haven't seen yet.
     
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  5. Rocket River

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    I must agree
    Hell Pulp Fiction ahead of The Silence of the Lambs
    was enough to deter me

    Rocket Rvier
     
  6. peleincubus

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    i love both of those movies .

    and as the person said above. green mile is personally one of my top 10 movies ever...
     
  7. The Ming Dynasty

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    Hoosiers...not being # 1, let alone - not being on the list; made this list blasphemous.

    Untouchables - should be top 5 and I didn't see it either.

    Planes, Trains, Automobiles & Uncle Buck make my top 10.

    Rambo, First Blood Part 2, Raw, Coming to America, Trading Places should also be mentioned.

    Was this list created by critics? If so, I understand - if not, it sucks.
     
  8. Yaozer

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    Haven't heard of half of these... what is Pulp Fiction??
     
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    where's


    FRIDAY
     
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  11. Drexlerfan22

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    Where's "A Few Good Men"?
     
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    Blue Velvet is way too high up that list.
     
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    i sure hope missing Shawshank was an enormous oversight on their part.

    odd that two people on this thread have already mentioned The Green Mile. that wouldn't make my top 100 of the past 25 years either.
     
  14. CharlieMurphy

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    My head just blew up.
     
  15. clutch citizen

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    Where's Boondock Saints, Sandlot, and The Crow?
     
  16. NateNate

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    no forest gump? thats crazy
     
  17. kikimama

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    What? No "You Don't Mess With Zohan"? This list is bogus, this was a CF.net favorite.
     
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    The funny thing is that I noticed that omission immediately, and wondered if any other poster would notice too. One post later I got my answer. While I do think the list as a whole is pretty solid, leaving off Shawshank, as well as American History X, is a travesty.
     
  19. Ziggy

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    Napolean Dynamite over Hotel Rawanda?
     
  20. theogcasey

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    The Departed so low? This list sucks.
     

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