The 100 Greatest movies of the 1990s #29. The Big Lebowski (36 Viewers)

[KarmaPolice]

I liked As Good As It Gets. I watched it again maybe 2-3 years ago. It’s overstated here here but I still liked it a lot.

Is it in your top 40? 100?

Wait I actually did this with KP so I can look and I put it at…47. Looking at the list now, I think I had it maybe 20 spots too high.

LOL. I was about to reply "if only you made a list of your top 100 90s movies to refer to".

 

[KarmaPolice]

Although I think Hunt is a tremendous actor, I don't consider this her best role and was surprised she won the Oscar for this.

You seem like a Twister guy.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Is the 90s generally considered a good, bad, or average decade for movies?

I think the 90s were good — much better than the 80s. Rise of independent film led to a lot of films that would not have been made only a decade earlier.

Yeah I would say 90s is considered one of the best decades ever. Right?

I think so, but it's also the decade many of us in here were moving from adolescence to adulthood, the first time many of the movies we watched involved topics germane to our own lives. We were kids in the 80s and by the aughts many of us were having kids.

So the 90s is a decade that marked our journeys into independence and we could identify with many of the characters in many of the films as they too struggled with things like finances, love, sexuality, infidelity, addiction and trying to find purpose and meaning. At least for me.

So while I sure did enjoy movies like Forrest Gump or Independence Day, movies like Swingers, As Good as it Gets etc really resonated with me. Movies about real people dealing with real issues and the struggle for identity and acceptance.

I didn't need more car chases or explosions. I needed films to speak to me and the 90s delivered these in droves.

I think you just might like Sound of Metal.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Lebowski would be in my top 5 for the decade for sure. Possibly #1.

I didn’t love it the first time I saw it I think it gets better every time I watch it

This is my reaction as well. It is also why I rewatch movies - some movies (and musicians) need to grow on me, and those often turn into my all-time favorites. I also really disliked Pulp Fiction when I first saw it.

 

[BeTheMatch]

Lebowski is #1. This isn't 'Nam!!

 

[TripItUp]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

No comments necessary.

Trip's Official Ruling: Appropriately Ranked

 

[General Malaise]

Lebowski would be in my top 5 for the decade for sure. Possibly #1.

Is the 90s generally considered a good, bad, or average decade for movies?

I think the 90s were good — much better than the 80s. Rise of independent film led to a lot of films that would not have been made only a decade earlier.

Yeah I would say 90s is considered one of the best decades ever. Right?

I think so, but it's also the decade many of us in here were moving from adolescence to adulthood, the first time many of the movies we watched involved topics germane to our own lives. We were kids in the 80s and by the aughts many of us were having kids.

So the 90s is a decade that marked our journeys into independence and we could identify with many of the characters in many of the films as they too struggled with things like finances, love, sexuality, infidelity, addiction and trying to find purpose and meaning. At least for me.

So while I sure did enjoy movies like Forrest Gump or Independence Day, movies like Swingers, As Good as it Gets etc really resonated with me. Movies about real people dealing with real issues and the struggle for identity and acceptance.

I didn't need more car chases or explosions. I needed films to speak to me and the 90s delivered these in droves.

I think you just might like Sound of Metal.

I'm going to watch this tonight. Thanks GB!

Also, sorry for being mean.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Lebowski would be in my top 5 for the decade for sure. Possibly #1.

Is the 90s generally considered a good, bad, or average decade for movies?

I think the 90s were good — much better than the 80s. Rise of independent film led to a lot of films that would not have been made only a decade earlier.

Yeah I would say 90s is considered one of the best decades ever. Right?

I think so, but it's also the decade many of us in here were moving from adolescence to adulthood, the first time many of the movies we watched involved topics germane to our own lives. We were kids in the 80s and by the aughts many of us were having kids.

So the 90s is a decade that marked our journeys into independence and we could identify with many of the characters in many of the films as they too struggled with things like finances, love, sexuality, infidelity, addiction and trying to find purpose and meaning. At least for me.

So while I sure did enjoy movies like Forrest Gump or Independence Day, movies like Swingers, As Good as it Gets etc really resonated with me. Movies about real people dealing with real issues and the struggle for identity and acceptance.

I didn't need more car chases or explosions. I needed films to speak to me and the 90s delivered these in droves.

I think you just might like Sound of Metal.

I'm going to watch this tonight. Thanks GB!

Also, sorry for being mean.

Whatchu talkin' about, Willis?

 

[Gr00vus]

This countdown needs some Jonny Lee Miller soon

And no not that one

Do you see the beast moneypenny?

 

[FarFromHome]

Lebowski would be in my top 5 for the decade for sure. Possibly #1.

Yeah, well. Your know, that's like your opinion man .

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

No comments necessary.

Trip's Official Ruling: Appropriately Ranked

well that's just your "opinion" man - and from your contributions over the years that "opinion" has earned you a 2 thumbs down

 

[Nick Vermeil]

A movie can be good without being memorable but a movie being memorable or quoteable doesn't necessarily make it good either.

Can you blow me where the Pampers is?

 

[Gr00vus]

Lebowski would be in my top 5 for the decade for sure. Possibly #1.

Yeah, well. Your know, that's like your opinion man .

This aggression will not stand.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

A movie can be good without being memorable but a movie being memorable or quoteable doesn't necessarily make it good either.

Can you blow me where the Pampers is?

hey, I liked PCU!

 

[KarmaPolice]

Does this place look like I'm ****ing married? The toilet seat's up, man!

 

[BeTheMatch]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

No comments necessary.

Trip's Official Ruling: Appropriately Ranked

well that's just your "opinion" man - and from your contributions over the years that "opinion" has earned you a 2 thumbs down

You have no frame of reference. You're like a child who wanders into a movie and wants to know.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

No comments necessary.

Trip's Official Ruling: Appropriately Ranked

well that's just your "opinion" man - and from your contributions over the years that "opinion" has earned you a 2 thumbs down

You have no frame of reference. You're like a child who wanders into a movie and wants to know.

Don’t be fatuous Jeffrey

 

[Manster]

Lebowski is #1. This isn't 'Nam!!

Obviously, Tims not a golfer

 

[KarmaPolice]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

No comments necessary.

Trip's Official Ruling: Appropriately Ranked

well that's just your "opinion" man - and from your contributions over the years that "opinion" has earned you a 2 thumbs down

You have no frame of reference. You're like a child who wanders into a movie and wants to know.

Don’t be fatuous Jeffrey

My favorite Maude is "the story is ludicrous"

 

[Manster]

Where does Logjammin' show up on this list? Might be Jackie Treehorn's finest work.

 

[rockaction]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

Synopsis: After a slacker is mistaken for a millionaire, he is hired to free the millionaire’s wife from a hostage situation.

Nihilists! **** me! I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, dude, at least it’s an ethos. - John Goodman as Walter Sobchak

I probably really messed up the synopsis for this one. It sounds convoluted. But this is one of the films on this list, like Fight Club and Becoming John Malkovich where the plot matters less than the overall feel…which is quite bizarre. But awesome. So many great lines in this film. I hate the ****ing Eagles! (Speaking of music the soundtrack is great too.)

You got the synopsis, but the plot itself is a breath away from being a MacGuffin. The whole thing is a weirdly wonderful mix of a slacker movie meeting an elective requirement for your political science major.

 

[shuke]

29?

In a row?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

Synopsis: After a slacker is mistaken for a millionaire, he is hired to free the millionaire’s wife from a hostage situation.

Nihilists! **** me! I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, dude, at least it’s an ethos. - John Goodman as Walter Sobchak

I probably really messed up the synopsis for this one. It sounds convoluted. But this is one of the films on this list, like Fight Club and Becoming John Malkovich where the plot matters less than the overall feel…which is quite bizarre. But awesome. So many great lines in this film. I hate the ****ing Eagles! (Speaking of music the soundtrack is great too.)

Like Office Space, I have basically memorized this movie and it is one of my favorites.

The plot is not the point, like, at all. The Dude gets dragged into the storyline by accident. It's about how he and his friends respond to it.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Leads, yeah, sure. I'll just check with the boys down at the crime lab, they've got four more detectives working on the case. They got us working in shifts!

 

[Pip's Invitation]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

No comments necessary.

Trip's Official Ruling: Appropriately Ranked

well that's just your "opinion" man - and from your contributions over the years that "opinion" has earned you a 2 thumbs down

You have no frame of reference. You're like a child who wanders into a movie and wants to know.

Don’t be fatuous Jeffrey

My favorite Maude is "the story is ludicrous"

"You can IMAGINE what happens next."

"He fixes the cable?"