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)

[KarmaPolice]

Besides people's personal preference in those comedies and action movies listed, here are some movies that I thought would get the biggest "HTF did this not make the countdown?"s:

Reservoir Dogs, Tombstone, True Romance, Gump, Rounders, Jerry Magurie, Beautiful Girls

 

[KarmaPolice]

KP, judging by ur preference in movies, you are too serious....

Sincerely,

P. Gallery

IRL?  Surprisingly no.   Not sure why my escape in movies leans that way.  

 

[KarmaPolice]

I have a feeling if I had rewatched it Titanic would have made it's way to the 100 too. 

 

[BeTheMatch]

I have a feeling if I had rewatched it Titanic would have made it's way to the 100 too. 

Never seen it. Never will. It's my personal stand against society at large.

 

[That one guy]

Listen, I’m glad the steaming pile of movie about a big boat that sinks is not here, mainly because I got friend-zoned so hard by my HS crush after taking her to theater to see it…

…but Forrest Gump too?!?  It’s not top 10 or anything, but damn Tom Hanks freaking owned the 90s even if they weren’t the best ever movies.  Also, this may be one of the few times where movie was beyond superior to book.

1994 had about as many potential top 100s as any single year:  Natural Born Killer, Jurassic Park, Pulp Fiction, Dumb and Dumber, Leon, Shawshank, Above the Rim, Usual Suspects, Stargate (shut up, it’s great!), others because I’m not going through the whole list 

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Besides people's personal preference in those comedies and action movies listed, here are some movies that I thought would get the biggest "HTF did this not make the countdown?"s:

Reservoir Dogs, Tombstone, True Romance, Gump, Rounders, Jerry Magurie, Beautiful Girls

Yeah, those 2 should have been there!

 

[scorchy]

Thanks for doing this KP and 80s.  It's been an enjoyable trip - gonna have to watch a bunch I haven't seen and rewatch some where it's just been too long.

Biggest omissions (no schtick division): True Romance and 12 Monkeys

Biggest omission (nostalgia division): Singles

Biggest omission (classic indie division): Walking and Talking 

Biggest omission (Parker Posey division): House of Yes

Biggest omission (guilty pleasure division): Empire Records

 

[That one guy]

Where the eff is Tremors?!?

 

[BeTheMatch]

Biggest omission (nostalgia division): Singles

Thank you

 

[KarmaPolice]

Where the eff is Tremors?!?

That's in the "I didn't get to it" pile.    Never seen it.  

 

[TripItUp]

Reservoir Dogs, Tombstone, True Romance, Gump, Rounders, Jerry Magurie, Beautiful Girls

All of these sans McGuire make my top 100

tombstone top 50

 

[shuke]

The rest of 80s' Top 100:

HOME ALONE

SCENT OF A WOMAN

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY

DAYS OF BEING WILD

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

BUFFALO 66

THE PIANO

GREMLINS 2

ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER 

PASSION FISH

SENSE & SENSIBILITY 

FALLEN ANGELS 

BAD LIEUTENANT 

IN THE LINE OF FIRE

HOWARD'S END

HARD BOILED 

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN

REMAINS OF THE DAY

GET SHORTY

JERRY MAGUIRE 

OFFICE SPACE

A SIMPLE PLAN

CLOSE-UP

BREAKDOWN

METROPOLITAN 

THE ROCK

The rest of KP's Top 100:

KINGPIN

SHINE

CONTACT

TOTAL RECALL

GATTACA

GROSSE POINT BLANK

SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISHER 

THREE KINGS

STARSHIP TROOPERS

NOTTING HILL

12 MONKEYS 

4 WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL

A TIME TO KILL

THE STRAIGHT STORY

AMERICAN HISTORY X

THE WEDDING SINGER 

THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT

THREE COLORS:  BLUE

MEN IN BLACK 

RUN LOLA RUN

MY NEIGHBOR TORORO 

Well, so much for doing a next 100.

 

[TripItUp]

Biggest omissions (no schtick division): True Romance and 12 Monkeys

Biggest omission (nostalgia division): Singles

These all make my top 100

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Face off was a horrible movie

my buddy used to throw in a copy of face off in our white elephant Xmas gift.  We’d do a lot  of regifting and he must have gotten them back a few times because one year I got like 3 copies.  I think I gave my last one away this year and the others were properly disposed of.  Great bad movie though 

our best rotating gift though was a vintage penthouse, I think it was from the 80s but possibly 70s.  Anyway one guy finally ended it by cutting out the best parts and decoupage them to a set of pint glasses

Besides people's personal preference in those comedies and action movies listed, here are some movies that I thought would get the biggest "HTF did this not make the countdown?"s:

Reservoir Dogs, Tombstone, True Romance, Gump, Rounders, Jerry Magurie, Beautiful Girls

holy #### I almost forgot rounders..as a degenerate gambler this one would be highly rated 

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Yeah, big thanks to @KarmaPoliceand @Ilov80sfor doing this. Peanut Gallery approved.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Great job both of you!

The disagreements are always part of the fun.

 

[shuke]

Ridiculous omissions:

Reservoir Dogs
True Romance
Clerks
Tombstone

Others that would have made my list off the top of my head:

Lost Highway
Wild at Heart
Sleepers
Primal Fear
Crash
Trees Lounge
Army of Darkness
 

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I was going to kick my list off with Troll 2

Quite literally the worst movie ever made, but a 10/10 on the shtick factor.  First off it was like some first time Italian director directing Americans that probably were the understudy for their high school play.  Oh and it has nothing to do with trolls but it was so ####ty the studio decided to market it as a sequel.  I guess the only link is people being turned into plants/goo to be eaten by the baddies (Original Troll was scary as hell to little Lambskin)

Michael : [an angry Michael is carrying Joshua to his room and explains the doors' signs]  Do you see this writing...? Do you know what it means...? Hospitality. [he goes into Joshua's bedroom and drops him down on the bed]  Michael : And you can't piss on hospitality! I WON'T ALLOW IT! [he starts to adjust his belt]  Joshua : [fearfully]  What are you going to do to me, Daddy? Michael : Tightening my belt, by one loop, so I don't feel hunger pains and your sister and mother will have to do likewise. Okay, Joshua, you wanna get rough with me? You wanna show me that you don't like the choice of this house for our vacation by going on a hunger strike? Well, I'll accept the challenge. But, just remember, when I was your age, I really did suffer from hunger. We'll see who gets through this, but, just remember, I've got more practice than you. I'll see you tomorrow.

Oh my Gawwwwdddddddd

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Meesa wanta know where de Phantom Menace was

 

[Ilov80s]

Meesa wanta know where de Phantom Menace was

I was a total Star Wars fanatic as a kid but after seeing Phantom Menace, I snapped out of it.  That was such a boring, lame movie. 

 

[KarmaPolice]

If we would have allowed documentaries, those would have pushed a handful of movies off my list and would have changed the top 30 or so.  

When We Were Kings, Hoop Dreams, Paradise Lost, Beyond the Mat, Hearts of Darkness, American Movie, Brother's Keeper, 4 Little Girls, Buena Vista Social Club, and the movie KP saw the most in the movie theater:  Madonna - Truth or Dare.     That's just what I wrote down off the top of my head when we first discussed this.  

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Biggest omissions IMO

12 Monkeys

American History X

Edward Scissorhands

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas what kind of a rat ******* leaves this off 

Green Mile

Home Alone - this is one of the few “old” movies my kids like.

Leon The Professional 
 

Office Space

The Lion King
 

True Romance

 

[KarmaPolice]

Ridiculous omissions:

Reservoir Dogs
True Romance
Clerks
Tombstone

Others that would have made my list off the top of my head:

Lost Highway
Wild at Heart
Sleepers
Primal Fear
Crash
Trees Lounge
Army of Darkness
 

All of the bolded were right on the edge of my list.    I still haven't watched Wild at Heart or True Romance.  

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Ridiculous omissions:

Reservoir Dogs
True Romance
Clerks
Tombstone

Others that would have made my list off the top of my head:

Lost Highway
Wild at Heart
Sleepers
Primal Fear
Crash
Trees Lounge
Army of Darkness
 

that’s the Cronenberg one where Spader and Holly Hunter get into car accidents and bang, right?  I’ve still never seen it, would like to some day

 

[krista4]

Great job, @Ilov80s and @KarmaPolice!  I mean, I don't know how you didn't manage to squeeze 300 movies into a top 101 countdown or have Lebowski, Shawshank, Pulp Fiction, and literally every other pick simultaneously both higher and lower in order to please everyone, but other than that, adequate job I guess.   

 

[sports_fan]

Leon the Professional is probably the most surprising omission to me

 

[krista4]

Hold on, "Babe" wasn't on your list?!  You guys suck.

 

[Ilov80s]

Leon the Professional is probably the most surprising omission to me

The main relationship is weird and Gary Oldman is absurd. Just like he was in True Romance and Bram Stoker's,). I just don't understand what he is doing in those movies. 

 

[Manster]

That was fun!  I might even try to watch some I haven't seen.....what was that three colors thing?  Taupe, tan, and red.....right?

 

[foxco]

Great list and fun as hell thread. Echo the True Romance/Tombstone fans. Both of those are great and can be re-watched innumerable times. 

Gonna go back and watch a few on this list I haven't seen in a while. 

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Here’s a few underrated (I think) ones that would have made my list

Blood In Blood Out AKA Bound By Honor - I probably haven’t seen this in 25 years but if you’re a fan of the mob genre give the Chicano version a try

Boondock Saints - probably not underrated since I think this has a huge cult following.  It’s not the pinnacle of cinema by any means but it was damn entertaining and one I was always recommending at the video store

 

[scorchy]

Wild at Heart

Did I ever tell ya that this here snakeskin jacket represents a symbol of my individuality, and my belief in personal freedom?

Love this movie for so many reasons.

 

[belljr]

Good stuff. I have very different tastes so I won't tell you how wrong you were but good stuff 

 

[Dan Lambskin]

The main relationship is weird and Gary Oldman is absurd. Just like he was in True Romance and Bram Stoker's,). I just don't understand what he is doing in those movies. 

EVVVVVVREEEYYYYYYYYYYYONNNNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!11!!!1!1!!1! 
 

FWIW im one that will overlook a lot as long as I get some epic action scenes 

 

[belljr]

Hard to Kill,Marked for Death, Under Seige are American classics

 

[Major]

Two movies in my Top 20 that didn't make the Top 100:  Trainspotting and Carlitos Way (criminally underrated).

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Continuing the underrated theme

Boxing Helena - this movie is pretty f’d up, but it watch peak Sherilyn Fenn do just about anything 

Carlitos Way - it’s no Goodfellas and I watched this within the last year or so and it wasn’t quite as good as I remembered but a coked out Sean Penn and Viggo Mortensen have some good roles.  Also kind of a gut punch of an ending

Cube - if you’re a fan of the SciFi Horror genre and haven’t seen this one it’s definitely worth checking out

will probably do more underrated ones tomorrow 

 

[KarmaPolice]

Hold on, "Babe" wasn't on your list?!  You guys suck.

Never seen this or Home Alone. 

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Hold on, "Babe" wasn't on your list?!  You guys suck.

That's the spirit.

 

[Ilov80s]

EVVVVVVREEEYYYYYYYYYYYONNNNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!11!!!1!1!!1! 
 

FWIW im one that will overlook a lot as long as I get some epic action scenes 

They are very entertaining movies that is for sure. 

 

[Manster]

Horrible in the best way possible. One of the funniest movies of the 90s.

So I guess it's like an ironic watch.....I tried watching it when it came out turned it off never thought about it again

 

[Keith R]

Not naming omissions without also naming who they would replace.

So in the recount, please add LEAVING LAS VEGAS, TRUE ROMANCE, GET SHORTY, ROUNDERS and AMERICAN ME

And have them replace THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, POINT BREAK, SWINGERS (sorry fanboys), BOOMERANG (which I like but is in over its head) and WHAT ABOUT BOB

Sincerely, 

Good Taste

 

[Manster]

Never seen this or Home Alone. 

You've got to be ####### kidding?

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I did not realize that "Reservoir Dogs" wasn't in the top 100 ...

honestly ...I just can't imagine a world where that happens

 

[KarmaPolice]

You've got to be ####### kidding?

   I was in HS when these came out, and had 0 reason or desire to see them.   Still have had 0 desire to see them.   I am guessing I've seen quite a bit of Home Alone, but never have sat down to watch it.  

 

[Binky The Doormat]

@KarmaPolice ... 80s 

thanks - very fun

 

[wikkidpissah]

Ed Wood & Three Kings are mystifying omissions, but Gump is unforgiveable.

Being John Malkovich - Sorry Wikkid, but I hated this film. A clever starting idea with a weak ending. Keener plays one of the most obnoxious movie characters ever, but despite this we're stuck watching Cusack stay obsessed with her (?) right through the end. It sucked.

 BJM is probably my favorite movie that i dont mind other people not liking, so no skin, GB

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

#7:  BOOGIE NIGHTS

Easily the movie i've partially watched the most times.

 

[Gr00vus]

Two movies in my Top 20 that didn't make the Top 100:  Trainspotting and Carlitos Way (criminally underrated).

Trainspotting is one that came immediately to mind for me also. One of my all time favorites.

 

[Ilov80s]

So I guess it's like an ironic watch.....I tried watching it when it came out turned it off never thought about it again

Yes, you have to treat it like a comedy and laugh at the ridiculousness of it. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

   I was in HS when these came out, and had 0 reason or desire to see them.   Still have had 0 desire to see them.   I am guessing I've seen quite a bit of Home Alone, but never have sat down to watch it.  

awesome as a part of a family Christmas movie watching set

I mean at least top 10 ...