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Top 101 Movies of the 90s. We are done. If I knock out Amadeus/Brazil/Ran, We get to have an 80s countdown!! (1 Viewer)

Major said:
Can we all agree the 90s was the best decade for films?  Making a Top 10 or even Top 25 list without omitting classics is near impossible.  
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Hell, making this list of 100 was a chore.  I know people are going to rip off another 100+ movies that I am going to nod my head and not argue that it's on their list.  

That said, I did a brief list of my top movies of the 80s, and I that is going to be harder.   Or maybe it's not that there are as many, but when I started I think I am way more opinionated or set in my ways about the first 50-70.   

 
Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

#5:  THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

My #3, and 80s' #16.   The last of the movies we were 10+ points apart on, so it's at the 5 spot.  Not sure what else there are to say about these movies at the top.   This has to be one of the top examples of a movie being better than the source material.   Darabont tightened it up and made great choices like having the warden be the same throughout the story.   Speaking of Darabont - how about this for a debut movie?  :bow:  

 
KarmaPolice said:
Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

#5:  THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

My #3, and 80s' #16.   The last of the movies we were 10+ points apart on, so it's at the 5 spot.  Not sure what else there are to say about these movies at the top.   This has to be one of the top examples of a movie being better than the source material.   Darabont tightened it up and made great choices like having the warden be the same throughout the story.   Speaking of Darabont - how about this for a debut movie?  :bow:  
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Likely would have been my #1.

A masterpiece.

 
I will say - I was expecting way more blowback of Boogie Nights and others being above Goodfellas.  Seems like a few talking about their tops of the decade didn't have Goodfellas in their top 5 either.  

 
KarmaPolice said:
I will say - I was expecting way more blowback of Boogie Nights and others being above Goodfellas.  Seems like a few talking about their tops of the decade didn't have Goodfellas in their top 5 either.  
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I have GoodFellas high but Boogie Nights is a film I have a ton of respect for.  Borderline Top 5.  Of all time

 
KarmaPolice said:
I will say - I was expecting way more blowback of Boogie Nights and others being above Goodfellas.  Seems like a few talking about their tops of the decade didn't have Goodfellas in their top 5 either.  
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20 years ago i think it would have been a huge whoa to put any movie over Goodfellas. but in the last 20 years there have been so many similarly great movies in that genre and with very much the same cast with a combination of dinero liota and pesci, that the grandeur wore off a little with me.

 
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Not a fan of him in general, and don't love his character either.  I am more of a Donny, so I don't appreciate him yelling at him all movie.  :lol:   

That said, Goodman proves his acting chops in this movie.  Those subtle changes in tone as he yells then calmly says something to Dude are great to watch.   
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The scenes with the Dude, Donny, and Walter are pure comic genius.

 
Ilov80s said:
Interesting, wasn’t even on my radar. I liked the movie in middle school but not sure I’ve seen it since. I’ll take L from the peanut gallery.
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My goth bona fides in the mid-90s were pretty well established.  I saw The Crow on opening night with a crew of black-clad weirdos and probably rewatched it in the theater another half-dozen times.  It was the first movie I bought on laser disc.  On Record Stay a few years ago, I woke up and got in line early to make sure I would be able to grab the re-release of the soundtrack on vinyl (and I knew from the beginning that My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult's After the Flesh was a sped up remake of their song Nervous Xians from an earlier record).  

All that said... when I sat down to watch it with my teenager a few years back (after telling him how amazing it was), my lord was it bad.  I still loved the vibe, and the music, but the rest... it was beyond not holding up... more like actively ungood.  It actually made me sad.  And my son still brings it up as an example of my horrible taste.

 
KarmaPolice said:
Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

#5:  THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

My #3, and 80s' #16.   The last of the movies we were 10+ points apart on, so it's at the 5 spot.  Not sure what else there are to say about these movies at the top.   This has to be one of the top examples of a movie being better than the source material.   Darabont tightened it up and made great choices like having the warden be the same throughout the story.   Speaking of Darabont - how about this for a debut movie?  :bow:  
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We've all seen it so I will just highlight my favorite part of the film:

It's right after Red gets dropped off by the pickup in Buxton and when he heads to the oak tree.

The loneliness of the beautiful scenery, Thomas Newman's perfect score and Morgan Freeman's soothing voice.

All of these things combine to make a harmonious, unforgettable, cinema event. And these types of events are one of the things that I enjoy most in life.

 
KarmaPolice said:
I will say - I was expecting way more blowback of Boogie Nights and others being above Goodfellas.  Seems like a few talking about their tops of the decade didn't have Goodfellas in their top 5 either.  
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I have to admit I didn't even realize Boogie Nights hadn't been picked yet.  I wouldn't put it in the top 10

 
 Yeah, but, John, if The Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists.

#4:  JURASSIC PARK

My #4 and 80s' #14.     This one still gets me and makes me feel like a damn kid looking at the dinosaurs in amazement.    IMO has to be in the conversation of best summer blockbusters of all time.    Any movie that still taps into that sense of wonder and makes me feel like a kid for a couple hours is going to get high marks.    About the only other movies that still do that for me are my core of 80s loves.  

 
I think I said it before, but the top 3 were the only ones that appeared on both of our top 10 lists, which is why they vaulted over others.  

 
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Jurassic Park has to be one of the last gasps of big budget movies to go mostly practical, right or am I missing stuff?  

Bond movies?  Nolan movies?  Fury Road?    

 
KarmaPolice said:
 Yeah, but, John, if The Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists.

#4:  JURASSIC PARK

My #4 and 80s' #14.     This one still gets me and makes me feel like a damn kid looking at the dinosaurs in amazement.    IMO has to be in the conversation of best summer blockbusters of all time.    Any movie that still taps into that sense of wonder and makes me feel like a kid for a couple hours is going to get high marks.    About the only other movies that still do that for me are my core of 80s loves.  
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It’s not my favorite movie of the decade, but it’s my #1 simply because of how it made 14yo me feel first time seeing it…our generation’s Star Wars, IMO (including crap sequels and reboots)

This movie was simply larger than life.  That score when the gates open on the island for the first time, goosebumps still to this day

 
KarmaPolice said:
Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

#5:  THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

My #3, and 80s' #16.   The last of the movies we were 10+ points apart on, so it's at the 5 spot.  Not sure what else there are to say about these movies at the top.   This has to be one of the top examples of a movie being better than the source material.   Darabont tightened it up and made great choices like having the warden be the same throughout the story.   Speaking of Darabont - how about this for a debut movie?  :bow:  
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My #3, obviously can make an argument for #1.  Hard to quibble here.

 
KarmaPolice said:
Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

#5:  THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

My #3, and 80s' #16.   The last of the movies we were 10+ points apart on, so it's at the 5 spot.  Not sure what else there are to say about these movies at the top.   This has to be one of the top examples of a movie being better than the source material.   Darabont tightened it up and made great choices like having the warden be the same throughout the story.   Speaking of Darabont - how about this for a debut movie?  :bow:  
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Not to pick on my boy 80s but there’s no chance there’s 15 better movies in the 90’s than Shawshank.  I could make a compelling argument that there’s not 15 movies ever better.

 
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KarmaPolice said:
I will say - I was expecting way more blowback of Boogie Nights and others being above Goodfellas.  Seems like a few talking about their tops of the decade didn't have Goodfellas in their top 5 either.  
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I love Goodfellas (Top 20) but have another criminally underrated Gangster film in my Top 10 (not Bronx Tale).

 
KarmaPolice said:
Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

#5:  THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

My #3, and 80s' #16.   The last of the movies we were 10+ points apart on, so it's at the 5 spot.  Not sure what else there are to say about these movies at the top.   This has to be one of the top examples of a movie being better than the source material.   Darabont tightened it up and made great choices like having the warden be the same throughout the story.   Speaking of Darabont - how about this for a debut movie?  :bow:  
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Might be the most overrated movie of all time

dont get me wrong it’s a good flick but some people have it in the best ever status 

 
KarmaPolice said:
 Yeah, but, John, if The Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists.

#4:  JURASSIC PARK

My #4 and 80s' #14.     This one still gets me and makes me feel like a damn kid looking at the dinosaurs in amazement.    IMO has to be in the conversation of best summer blockbusters of all time.    Any movie that still taps into that sense of wonder and makes me feel like a kid for a couple hours is going to get high marks.    About the only other movies that still do that for me are my core of 80s loves.  
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Hasn't aged as well for me because the groundbreaking CGI isn't as groundbreaking anymore, also the child characters became less relevant for me.

Still an all time classic.  I'd have it in the 10-20 range.

 
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KarmaPolice said:
Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

#5:  THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

My #3, and 80s' #16.   The last of the movies we were 10+ points apart on, so it's at the 5 spot.  Not sure what else there are to say about these movies at the top.   This has to be one of the top examples of a movie being better than the source material.   Darabont tightened it up and made great choices like having the warden be the same throughout the story.   Speaking of Darabont - how about this for a debut movie?  :bow:  
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I remember when the AV Club reviewers did a list of the top (50? 100?) movies of the 90s and this wasn’t on it. And like 6 or 7 people contributed to those rankings. The commenters tore them to shreds. 

It’s not in my GREATEST MOVIES EVAR! category but it’s really well done and has a lot of heart.

 
KarmaPolice said:
We're about to make film history, right here... on videotape.

#7:  BOOGIE NIGHTS

The only reason this is higher than a couple is because 80s likes this one just a tick more than I liked his #1.  Yes, this is my #1 - big shock, 80s had it at #28.   Ripping off a little Scorsese here with the long take opening, but these characters are PTA.  I've always been drawn to his weird take on family and father figures.  One of my favorite directors and a collection of some of my favorite actors.  How can I not love this one?  The coke deal gone south is one of my favorite scenes of the 90s.  
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I didn't like this movie as much as I liked Magnolia.

 
Pip's Invitation said:
I remember when the AV Club reviewers did a list of the top (50? 100?) movies of the 90s and this wasn’t on it. And like 6 or 7 people contributed to those rankings. The commenters tore them to shreds. 

It’s not in my GREATEST MOVIES EVAR! category but it’s really well done and has a lot of heart.
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:lol:    I need to track this down.  

 
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