The 90's were one of the best decades in cinema history, name your top 20 of the 90's in the best order you can with a maximum of 5 honorable mentions.


mine-

1)Titanic
2)Forrest Gump
3)Goodfellas
4)Fargo
5)JFK
6)Pulp Fiction
7)Casino
8)Saving Private Ryan
9)The Green Mile
10)Bugsy
11)Terminator 2
12)Dazed and Confused
13)Boogie Nights
14)A Time to Kill
15)Home Alone
16)Silence of the Lambs
17)The Doors
18)Heat
19)Jerry Maguire
20)American History X


Honorable Mentions:
Any Given Sunday
Hoffa
Fight Club
Nixon
Tombstone

I know that The Shawshank Redemption will make a lot of people's list. I hope everyone notices it didn't even make an honorable mention on my list. I think it's very overrated.

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Star Wars Episode I
3. Beauty and the Beast
4. Terminator 2 Judgment Day
5. True Lies
6. Braveheart
7. The Silence of the Lambs
8. The Lost World
9. Total Recall
10. Jurassic Park
11. The Mummy
12. Star Trek First Contact
13. Dances With Wolves
14. The Fugitive
15. Armageddon
16. Wyatt Earp
17. Schindler's List
18. Star Trek The Undiscovered Country
19. The Pelican Brief
20. Stalingrad

honorable mention
Star Trek Generations
Demolition Man
Tombstone
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
Independence Day
Men in Black

Shawshank Redemption has to be on there somewhere.

Also, Dumb and Dumber! How do you like that for variety!

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I know that The Shawshank Redemption will make a lot of people's list. I hope everyone notices it didn't even make an honorable mention on my list. I think it's very overrated.

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Blasphemy. You do somewhat redeem yourself by putting Dazed and Confused in your top 20 though.


And seriously? Men in Black and Independence Day (two AWFUL movies) get an honorable mention, but Shawshank doesn't?

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I know that The Shawshank Redemption will make a lot of people's list. I hope everyone notices it didn't even make an honorable mention on my list. I think it's very overrated.

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always thought you were kind of a dumbass. now it's been confirmed.

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And seriously? Men in Black and Independence Day (two AWFUL movies) get an honorable mention, but Shawshank doesn't?

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Seriously, take your movie snob attitude and shove it. He asked for my opinion. If you have an opinion, share it.

I saw Shawshank Redemption and considered it to be average at best. If you look at my list, you'll notice a preponderance of sci-fi and action/adventure type movies. This is what I like, along with war movies. If you don't like my list, post your own mf'ing list.

Too lazy for 20. My top American movies:

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Aladdin
3. Menace II Society
4. The Big Lebowski
5. Braveheart

In no particular order:

Bottle Rocket
Rushmore
Goodfellas
The Shawshank Redemption
Metropolitan
Boyz N The Hood
Dazed and Confused
Slacker
Good Will Hunting
Being John Malkovich
Pulp Fiction
Schindler's List
Life is Beautiful
Boogie Nights
Magnolia
The Truman Show
Fargo
The Big Lebowski
Election
Waiting for Guffman

Honorable Mention:
Miller's Crossing
Barton Fink
Clerks
The Usual Suspects
The Straight Story



[This message has been edited by Matt788 (edited 9/1/2010 1:51p).]

"Seriously, take your movie snob attitude and shove it. He asked for my opinion. If you have an opinion, share it."

Amen Cinco, your list is different but very personal and solid, which I like. Great call with The Pelican Brief.

Just ignore the ones who can't respect opinions. That's why I purposefully pointed out that Shawshank wasn't on my list. I wanted to see the posters who can't respect opinions which is why I pointed it out not being on my list. (notice the haters can't even name a top 10 much less 20)

Relax, I just REALLY hate those movies, but to each his own. As for my list, I'm too lazy to do a top 20 (and because I know that I'd be leaving out movies I forgot about), but it would include many that have already been mentioned: Forrest Gump, Shawshank, Dazed and Confused, Saving Private Ryan, Fugitive. Might also throw in The Sandlot, Toy Story, Office Space, American History X, Se7ven, and others I'm sure I'm forgetting off the top if my head.

[This message has been edited by FPS Doug (edited 9/1/2010 2:25p).]

Did not look at any of the other list in order to notprejudice my selections. I'm sure I completely left off something obvious.

Schindler's List
GoodFellas
Braveheart
Shawshank Redemption
The Silence of the Lambs
Toy Story 2
L.A. Confidential
Saving Private Ryan
Life Is Beautiful
Forrest Gump
Unforgiven
Fargo
The Usual Suspects
Quiz Show
Groundhog Day
Lone Star
Apollo 13
Dead Man Walking
Scent of a Woman
Pulp Fiction


Honorable Mentions

American History X
Babe
The Fisher King
A Midnight Clear
The Iron Giant

[This message has been edited by jkag89 (edited 9/1/2010 2:30p).]

Dumb and Dumber, then some others.

Interesting question with good lists.

I'd have to make a list of my top 100 of all time, and then pull out the 90s. There would only be 20 - 30 movies from the 90s on my all time list. My list would really only be about 3 1/2 decades. There are very few prior to 1975 that would make my list.

"jkag89"

nice list...

I'm guessing from most of these lists that they're a "My favorites of the 90s" as opposed to what we think are the actual BEST movies of the 90s.

My list of the best movies of the 90s:

1) Schindler's List (this one is far and above the winner)

The rest are unranked but numbered just for organization:
2) Shawshank Redemption
3) Dances With Wolves
4) JFK
5) Silence of the Lambs
6) Shine
7) LA Confidential
8) Saving Private Ryan
9) The Thin Red Line
10) American Beauty
11) Unforgiven
12) Pulp Fiction
13) Goodfellas
14) Fargo
15) Quiz Show
16) Magnolia
17) Short Cuts
18) The Fugitive
19) American History X
20) Reservoir Dogs

Honorable Mention:
The Usual Suspects
The English Patient
Titanic
The Professional
Boyz N the Hood

Here we go, in no particular order:

Last of the Mohicans
Lion King
Dumb and Dumber
Forrest Gump
Saving Private Ryan
Apollo 13
Aladdin
Pulp Fiction
Office Space
American History X
Jurassic Park
Braveheart
Boondock Saints
Unforgiven
The Fugitive
A Few Good Men
The Sandlot
Interview with a Vampire
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Tombstone

And honorable mention:
Starship Troopers
White Men Can't Jump
American Pie
American Beauty
True Lies

*Edit for Braveheart being on both lists

"First in Sight, Ready to Fight"

[This message has been edited by n-1knightzip06 (edited 9/1/2010 5:27p).]

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"My favorites of the 90s" as opposed to what we think are the actual BEST movies of the 90s

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It seems I just had this conversation with a neighbor regarding the definition of "fact" and "opinion" ... but wouldn't "My favorites of the 90s" = "what we think are the actual BEST movies of the 90s"

Who is deciding what the "actual BEST movies" are?

I typically get slammed for expressing my opinions on Episode I. Is it as good as Episode IV or V? No, but it was still a damn fine movie in my opinion. Note that last prepositional phrase there - "in my opinion". Everyone's got one as the saying kinda goes (leaving the other part of that saying off because I don't think people are a'holes for having differing opinions).

I listed my opinion above regarding movies of the 90s. From looking at other responses, I've overlooked some movies - Apollo 13 and the Toy Story movies come to mind immediately now. Great movie. I had some omissions that others have pointed out. Others have movies on their lists that I absolutely abhor but to each his own.

[This message has been edited by Cinco Ranch Aggie (edited 9/1/2010 5:08p).]

I can't believe I forgot The Sandlot.

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Just ignore the ones who can't respect opinions. That's why I purposefully pointed out that Shawshank wasn't on my list. I wanted to see the posters who can't respect opinions which is why I pointed it out not being on my list. (notice the haters can't even name a top 10 much less 20)

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Sure ya did. So you are saying you wanted to pick fight?

No.

favs as a kid:
aladdin
lion king
toy story
blank check
might ducks 2
the sandlot
jurassic park
ace ventura

the rest:
T2
true lies
independence day (no troll)
pulp fiction
titanic (still not trolling)
american beauty
eyes wide shut
magnolia
boogie nights
the phantom menace (yes, seriously)
the matrix

[This message has been edited by sharkenleo (edited 9/1/2010 10:04p).]

Is there a reason that The Matrix is being left off of everybody's list here.

I think it was an extremely influential movie both in pop culture and in movie making (i.e. special effects.)

those awesome movies make me realize there have not been many good movies released in a long time

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Is there a reason that The Matrix is being left off of everybody's list here.

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Cinco Ag, I have no difficulties differentiating between what's a high quality film and what I personally find very entertaining. I assume you must get mad every year at the Oscars because movies like Old School and The Hangover don't get nominated or win for Best Picture? There's a difference between the best films and our favorites. Doesn't mean anybody should belittle others favorites, however.

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movies like Old School and The Hangover don't get nominated or win for Best Picture?

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You know what they say about assumptions? Those were two of the worst movies I've ever seen. Really good comedies died in the early 80s in my opinion. As for best picture, I quit giving a rat's behind when the Oscars became a political thing. One can argue legitimately whether Annie Hall truly was the best picture over Star Wars, but when you have presenter/winner after presenter/winner making all kinds of political statements - all of which I would likely disagree with - I just don't care. Those silly awards are essentially a big "look at me" photo op and are, again, opinions. I recognize that the winners are voted upon, and I don't have a problem with that; but I don't have to agree with the outcome of their votes, and those votes don't invalidate my own opinion.

I'd have picked Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Saving Private Ryan over the movies that did win best picture. I would not have picked Titanic. While Silence of the Lambs was a fine movie, I think I would have taken Beauty and the Beast that year because it was a more family-friendly, wholesome movie.

Your differentiation is an eye of the beholder thing

sw, raiders, spv, pulp fiction, and titanic all deserved to win.

too bad only one did.

[This message has been edited by sharkenleo (edited 9/2/2010 8:54a).]

1)Heat
2)The Big Lebowski
3)True Romance
4)Braveheart
5)The Sixth Sense
6)Pulp Fiction
7)Shawshank Redemption
8)Good Will Hunting
9)Saving Private Ryan
10)American History X
11)Forrest Gump
12)Dumb and Dumber
13)Tombstone
14)Bottle Rocket
15)The Usual Suspects
16)Goodfellas
17)Fargo
18)The Lion King
19)A Few Good Men
20)Sandlot

Honorable Mention

Jerry Maguire
Office Space
Unforgiven
Beautiful Girls
Dazed and Confused

Some great movies not yet mentioned:

Clerks (and Chasing Amy)
Strange Days
Twelve Monkeys
Pi

The Big Lebowski
Fargo
Terminator 2
Jurassic Park
12 Monkeys
Donnie Darko
The Matrix
Desperado
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Forest Gump
Shawshank Redemption
Goodfellas
Schindler's List
Good Will Hunting
The Usual Suspects
Braveheart
The Fifth Element
Unforgiven
The Fugitive

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And seriously? Men in Black and Independence Day (two AWFUL movies) get an honorable mention, but Shawshank doesn't?

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WTF are you talking about? Men in Black was amazing, what are you talking about? good action and lots of good humor with a good storyline. It would probably be towards the bottom of my 20 or in my 25 in the 90s at least. Men In Black 2 however, was garbage.

Any movie that gets recreated into a TV show or cartoon means that its good

Yes! Wtf are you talking about??? What are you talking about???

P.S. MIB was a fluff flick that was just a carrier for Will Smith.

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name your top 20 of the 90's in the best order you can with a maximum of 5 honorable mentions.

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Why not just do a top 25 then?

Big Lebowski
Quigley Down Under
Menace 2 Society
In the Mouth of Madness
eXistenZ
Last of the Dogmen
Dark City
The Crow
Magnolia
Strange Days
Office Space
Tombstone
Sling Blade
Twelve Monkeys
Very Bad Things
Fight Club
Fallen
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
L.A. Confidential

Honorable Mention:

Jacob's Ladder
Naked Lunch
Event Horizon
Rushmore
Donnie Brasco