AV Club's top 50 movies of the 90s

[CountDeMoney]

Oh come on, cute French girl, adorable accent, in her panties... That's easily worth listening to a couple minutes of nonsense.

I wanted to beat her head in with a tire iron.

[katmai]

enough of your fantasies seedy.

[Sheilbh]

Naked is possibly my favourite Mike Leigh film.  Personally I'd have Naked, Secrets and Lies and Topsy-Turvy in my top 50 films of the 90s

Did you ever watch Vera Drake CdM?  With your love of women's rights () I think you'd find it very interesting.

[Queequeg]

Oh come on, cute French girl, adorable accent, in her panties... That's easily worth listening to a couple minutes of nonsense.

France gave us Catherine Denuve and Audrey Tautou. It can do better.

Babe:Pig in the City and Princess Mononoke would be in the top 50. Barton Fink.

[Eddie Teach]

It can do better.

Sure, but she's hardly a reason to knock an otherwise "fucking fantastic movie" out of the top 50. Though I'm not sure Tautou is better.

[Josquius]

No Truman Show, no Gattaca, no Three Kings, no relevance.

Hell yes on Gattaca, OK for Truman Show (as long as we're talking top 50 and not the upper reaches), but Three Kings?

After further consideration here are the ones that I think are definite:

Goodfellas
One of the Toy Stories
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs

Strong Possibilities (based primarily on my own tastes and what I know about the AV Club staff):

12 Monkeys
American Beauty
Bottle Rocket or Rushmore
Casino
Life is Beautiful
Magnolia
Out of Sight
Pi
Princess Mononoke
Rounders
Shakespeare in Love
Unforgiven

Goodfellas- Been a while but I'm sure I recall that was good.
One of the Toy Stories- yes.
Pulp Fiction- Definitely
Reservoir Dogs- Yes
Shawshank Redemption - I can't recall having seen it actually
Silence of the Lambs - Myeh. Its well regarded by everyone so will probally be on the list but I didn't like it.

12 Monkeys- Definitely
American Beauty- Yes
Bottle Rocket or Rushmore- Bottle Rocket- what? That sucked. Rushmore- Yes, that was cool.
Casino, Rounders, Life is Beautiful,Magnolia,Out of Sight, Pi - Don't know them
Princess Mononoke- Myeh. It is the usual token anime but....not my choice.
Shakespeare in Love- God no. Terrible film.
Unforgiven- I'm sure I recall it being pretty generic

[Queequeg]

She's gorgeous and far more talented.

The Bruce Willis segment is a huge drag on the movie, and tbh the entire second half doesn't measure up. Everything Pulp Fiction does well, Boogie Nights and Chongking do better and more consistently, and generally with more feeling.

[Eddie Teach]

Truman Show = Best Jim Carrey movie of the 90s. Though Man on the Moon and Batman Forever are close.

Not sure I'd include it. Eternal Sunshine would make my top 10 of 2000s though.

[Liep]

10. Being John Malkovich
9. Rushmore
8. Unforgiven
7. Reservoir Dogs
6. Out Of Sight
5. Chungking Express
4. Dazed And Confused
3. Toy Story 2
2. Pulp Fiction
1. Goodfellas

Out of Sight is the one that strikes me as weirdest in that part of the list, good but not that good.

[Admiral Yi]

She's gorgeous and far more talented.

The Bruce Willis segment is a huge drag on the movie, and tbh the entire second half doesn't measure up. Everything Pulp Fiction does well, Boogie Nights and Chongking do better and more consistently, and generally with more feeling.

What Pulp Fiction does best is deliver crackling diaogue.

[Eddie Teach]

She's gorgeous and far more talented.

The Bruce Willis segment is a huge drag on the movie, and tbh the entire second half doesn't measure up. Everything Pulp Fiction does well, Boogie Nights and Chongking do better and more consistently, and generally with more feeling.

The only thing Boogie Nights does better than Pulp Fiction is show off Heather Graham's body.

[Martinus]

AV Club is listing the 50 top movies of the 90s, and they've already done Part 1 and Part 2. With only the top 10 to go there's a few notable trends so far.

Tarantino hasn't shown up at all yet. He could end up with three of the top ten (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown), which sounds excessive. Particularly since the Coen Bros. are presumably not cracking the top ten. Only Hudsucker Proxy hasn't made the list, and even though I like the movie I wouldn't seriously consider it for a list like this. I'm assuming at least one movie will be animated, since they haven't put any in yet. I'm hoping for Princess Mononoke, but I wouldn't be surprised by either of the Toy Stories or Iron Giant.

Going off my personal list of the favorites from the 90s, here's the top 20 they haven't mentioned yet:

12 Monkeys
Being John Malkovich
Dark City
Fifth Element
From Dusk till Dawn
Goodfellas
Gross Point Blank
Iron Giant
Office Space
Out of Sight
Pi
Princess Mononoke
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Rounders
Run Lola Run
Shawshank Redemption
South Park
Toy Story 2
Usual Suspects

I don't think Usual Suspects is making it as it's frequently unfavorably compared to LA Confidential and that already made the list. Dark City, Fifth Element and From Dusk till Dawn almost certainly not. I think Goodfellas, Shawshank and at least one of Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs are locks. I'm also expecting some number of Silence of the Lambs, American History X, American Beauty and Life is Beautiful to show up. I really hope Forrest Gump doesn't make it.

Any other strong contenders I've missed? I know I'm light on foreign films, so there has to be some spots there.

Yeah, I can't imaine Shawshank, Pulp Fiction, Silence of the Lambs and American Beauty not being included in top 10.

[clandestino]

Oh come on, cute French girl, adorable accent, in her panties... That's easily worth listening to a couple minutes of nonsense.

she's portuguese (maria de medeiros) and yes, her part of the film is subpar, but she's a decent actress. not comparable with deneuve or tatou though. i believe that tarantino didn't wanted that kind of actress for a role like butch' gf.

[CountDeMoney]

enough of your fantasies seedy.

Don't gimme that.  She was a crybaby that turned on the waterworks at moment's notice.  Fucking hate that.

[Eddie Teach]

Yeah, I can't imaine Shawshank, Pulp Fiction, Silence of the Lambs and American Beauty not being included in top 10.

So apparently 1 for 4.

Seems there's a bunch of contrarians in charge of the thing, they ignored the masses' picks(Titanic, Jurassic Park, etc), the mass of movie nerds' pick(Shawshank) and most of the Academy's picks.