Top 100 Films of the 1990's - MORE NOMINATIONS!!! (Low-carb, too!)

Speed
My Own Private Idaho
The Matrix

Good call on Insider, Todd!

again, thank you gear.

(I'd be pleased if someone nominated Husbands And Wives, Funny Games and Toy Story 2 as well)

There.

Cheers.

Fearless (Weir, 1993)
Proof (Moorhouse, 1991)
Hudson Hawk (Lehmann, 1991)

Bravo!

I really doubt the sincerity of some of these noms...

Fearless (Weir, 1993)

Already done. So I guess you still have 1 more.

Other two to come soon.

Uh-oh.

Plus, I have five nominations still, right? I mean, should I choose to use them?

As for sincerity and so forth - I don't see how you can determine this realistically, consistently, and accurately. Therefore it's a moot point in my mind. If you have suggestions, nonetheless, I'd ask that you discuss it in this ancillary thread and leave this one to the actual nominations process. Thanks!

1) Flirting
2) Ratcatcher
2) Crying Game
3) Days of Being Wild (yeah, yeah, yeah)

two more -- open to suggestions? got some ideas, but I'm wondering if there's anything big still overlooked.

Vincent & Theo (Altman, 90 or 91)
Tank Girl (?, 95-6)
Cruel Intentions (?, 99)

Six Degrees of Separation (Schepisi, 1993)
Boys Don't Cry (Peirce, 1999)

Already done. So I guess you still have 1 more.

None of the three colors have been nominated yet?

Blue (Kieslowski, 1993)

The Fisher King (1991, Gilliam) (surprised no one has yet nominated this)

Twelfth Night (1996, Nunn) (mainly for a magnificent performance by Ben Kingsley as the clown Feste... but generally a suitably wistful, autumnal version of this play)

A Room for Romeo Brass (1999, Meadows) (it would appear this hasn't been seen by enough people... questionable though the ending tactic is, it's a remarkably gripping piece of slightly surreal British naturalism)

TRUE ROMANCE(SCOTT, 1993)

L.A. Confidential
What's Love Got To Do With It
Beloved

Grosse Point Blank

and i'll hang on a bit longer for my last one

Let me think about #5

Velvet Goldmine (Haynes, 1997)

5th nomination later.

Jeez, I suck. Alright I know nobody has nominated:

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (Mallon, 1996)

and that's my final.

OK then...

Pleasantville
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Drop Dead Gorgeous

Pete, sorry but you'll just have to wait for the 80's poll to get in the original version of The Vanishing.

I'm a little disappointed that we haven't had more replies to this thread so far, but I'm uncertain whether to chalk it up to holiday season or just ennui after it being dragged out so long. *shurg*

(and *shrug*)

I'll be dropping a new list sometime tomorrow. Maybe I'll finally be able to have it 100% verified 90's films, too. Maybe.

American Job
Schindler's List
Metal and Melancholy

OFFICIAL NOMINATIONS AS OF NOW
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Stephan Elliott, 1994) - Film Frank
After Life (Hirokazu Koreeda, 1998) - Simon H.
Aimee and Jaguar (Max Farberbock, 1999) - Leeter van den Hoogenband
All About My Mother (Pedro Almodovar, 1999) - Blair Dario
Amateur (Hal Hartley, 1994) - youn
American Dream (Barbara Kopple, 1991) - Pete Scholtes
American Job (Chris Smith, 1995) - Pete Scholtes
An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990) - TIM@KFC.EDU
The Apostle (Robert Duvall, 1997) - :|
Arlington Road (Mark Pellington, 1999) - dave 225
Armageddon (Michael Bay, 1998) - andrew s
Autumn Sun (Eduardo Mignogna, 1996) - Collardio Gelatinous
Babe (Chris Noonan, 1995) - Casuistry
Bad Boy Bubby (Rolf de Heer, 1993) - Mil
Barton Fink (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1991) - lemin
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Eric Radomski and Bruce W. Timm, 1993) - Leeter van den Hoogenband
Beau travail (Claire Denis, 1999) - daria g
Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, 1991) - Film Frank
Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995) - Mil
Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999) - hobart paving
Belle Epoque (Fernando Trueba, 1992) - Blair Dario
Beloved (Jonathan Demme, 1998) - The Ghost of Dan Perry
The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998) - Billy Dods
Big Night (Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott, 1996) - Tom May
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (Peter Hewitt, 1991) - ailsa
Bio-Dome (Jason Bloom, 1996) - latebloomer
The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, 1999) - David Merryweather
Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997) - peter smith
Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson, 1996) - Big Baby Bingo
Box of Moonlight (Tom DiCillo, 1996) - gabbneb
Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999) - jaymc
Boyz N the Hood (John Singleton, 1991)- jim wentworth
Breaking the Waves (Lars von Trier, 1996) - Simon H.
Buffalo 66 (Vincent Gallo, 1998) - Sanjay McDougal
Bullet in the Head (John Woo, 1990) - Film Frank
Candyman (Bernard Rose, 1992) - Film Frank
Career Opportunities (Bryan Gordon, 1991) - jill schoelen is the queen...
Casino (Martin Scorsese, 1995) - Riot Gear!
Central Station (Walter Salles, 1998) - mark p
A Chinese Ghost Story II (Ching Siu-tung, 1990) - Martin Skidmore
Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994) - Jimmy Mod
City of Hope (John Sayles, 1991) - Girolamo Savonarola
City of the Lost Children (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, 1995) - nickalicious
Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995) - Kevin Gilchrist
Cruel Intentions (Roger Kumble, 1999) - milozauckerman
The Cruise (Bennett Miller, 1998) - dan
Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1994) - a banana
The Crying Game (Neil Jordan, 1992) - Remy Snush
Cure (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1997) - :|
Cyclo (Anh Hung Tran, 1995) - gypsy mothra
Cyrano de Bergerac (Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1990) - jocelyn
Days of Being Wild (Wong Kar-wai, 1991) - Remy Snush
Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993) - Jimmy Mod
Dead Alive, aka Braindead (Peter Jackson, 1992) - Dan I
Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995) - tremendoid
Delicatessen (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, 1991) - emil.y
The Distinguished Gentleman (Jonathan Lynn, 1992) - Yanc3y
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (Stephen Herek, 1991) - jill schoelen is the queen...
The Dreamlife of Angels (Erick Zonca, 1998) - youn
Dreams (Akira Kurosawa, 1990) - Martin Skidmore
Drop Dead Gorgeous (Michael Patrick Jann, 1999) - ailsa
Drunken Master II (Chia-Liang Liu, 1994) - a banana
Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994)- Pears can just fuck right off
Election (Alexander Payne, 1999) - milozauckerman
Europa (Lars von Trier, 1991) - Haibun
Exotica (Atom Egoyan, 1994) - zaxxon25
Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999) - gabbneb
Fallen Angels (Wong Kar-wai, 1995) - gypsy mothra
Farewell My Concubine (Chen Kaige, 1993) - Tuomas
Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996) - ailsa
Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control (Errol Morris, 1997) - chris herrington
Fearless (Peter Weir, 1993) - mookieproof
Festen, aka The Celebration (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998) - The Lex
The Fifth Element (Luc Besson, 1997) - TOMBOT
The Fisher King (Terry Gilliam, 1991) - Tom May
Flirting (John Duigan, 1991) - Remy Snush
Flowers of Shanghai (Hsiao-hsien Hou, 1998) - daria g
Fresh (Boaz Yakin, 1994) - LeCoq
Fucking Amal, aka Show Me Love (Lukas Moodysson, 1998) - Martin Skidmore
Full Contact (Ringo Lam, 1992) - Riot Gear!
Gattaca (Andrew Niccol, 1997)- derrick
The General (John Boorman, 1998) - Tom May
Genghis Blues (Roko Belic, 1999) - nickalicious
Ghost Dog (Jim Jarmusch, 1999) - gabbneb
Ghost in the Shell (Momoru Oshii, 1995) - Leeter van den Hoogenband
Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley, 1992) - peepee
The God of Cookery (Stephen Chow and Lee Lik-Chi, 1996) - Jeff-PTTL
Goodbye, South Goodbye (Hsiao-hsien Hou, 1996) - o. nate
Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990) - Allyzay Science Explosion
Gossip - Gravel Puzzleworth (I could only find some old titles and two 2000 films)
Grosse Pointe Blank (George Armitage, 1997) - Frankenstein on Ice
Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993) - n/a
Gummo (Harmony Korine, 1997) - Dadaismus
La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995) - Gravel Puzzleworth
Hana-Bi (Takeshi Kitano, 1997) - Riot Gear!
Happiness (Todd Solondz, 1998) - It's hard to kill a horse with a flute
Happy Together (Wong Kar-wai, 1997) - Alex in SF
Hard Boiled (John Woo, 1992) - andrew s
Heat (Michael Mann, 1995) - TOMBOT
Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994) - David Merryweather
Hoop Dreams (Steve James, 1994) - Alex in SF
Hudson Hawk (Michael Lehmann, 1991) - zaxxon25
The Hudsucker Proxy (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1994) - Shmool McShmool
Human Resources (Laurent Cantet, 1999)- Tuomas
HYPE! (Doug Pray, 1996) - Doobie Keebler
The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997) - derrick
The Idiots (Lars von Trier, 1998) - emil.y
In the Company of Men (Neil LaBute, 1997) - Michael B
The Insider (Michael Mann, 1999) - todd swiss
The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, 1999) - Tuomas
Iron Monkey (Yuen Woo-ping, 1993) - Mil
Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997) - lemin
Jacob's Ladder (Adrian Lyne, 1990) - :|
Jesus' Son (Alison Maclean, 1999) - Jeff-PTTL
JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991) - jim wentworth
Joe Versus the Volcano (John Patrick Shanley, 1990) - Pears can just fuck right off
Kicking and Screaming (Noah Baumbach, 1995) - Big Baby Bingo
Kids (Larry Clark, 1995) - LeCoq
King of New York (Abel Ferrara, 1990) - :|
King of the Hill (Steven Soderbergh, 1993) - jaymc
L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997) - The Ghost of Dan Perry
Leon, aka The Professional (Luc Besson, 1994) - Dan I
Liberty Heights (Barry Levinson, 1999) - jocelyn
Life Is Sweet (Mike Leigh, 1990) - youn
The Limey (Steven Soderbergh, 1999) - Doobie Keebler
Little Dieter Needs to Fly (Werner Herzog, 1997) - Jeff-PTTL
Live Flesh (Pedro Almodovar, 1997) - Zimmer026
The Long Day Closes (Terence Davies, 1992) - jed_
Ma vie en rose (Alain Berliner, 1997)- Arthur
Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999) - peepee
Malcolm X (Spike Lee, 1992) - The Ghost of Dan Perry
Mars Attacks! (Tim Burton, 1996) - andrew s
The Match Factory Girl (Aki Kaurismaki, 1990) - youn
The Matrix (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1999) - a banana
Menace II Society (Albert and Allen Hughes, 1993) - gypsy mothra
Metal and Melancholy (Heddy Honigmann, 1993) - Pete Scholtes
Metropolitan (Whit Stillman, 1990) - Shmool McShmool
Miller's Crossing (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1990) - henry jones jr
The Mission (Johnny To, 1999) - :|
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (Errol Morris, 1999) - n/a
My Best Fiend (Werner Herzog, 1999) - s1ocki
My Cousin Vinny (Jonathan Lynn, 1992) - gabbneb
My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant, 1991) - a banana
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (Jim Mallon, 1996) - zaxxon25
Naked (Mike Leigh, 1993) - Dr. Morbius
Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg, 1991) - The Ghost of Dan Perry
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1994) - nickalicious
No One Writes to the Colonel (Arturo Ripstein, 1999) - Tuomas
Office Space (Mike Judge, 1999) - Jeff-PTTL
Once Upon a Time in China (Tsui Hark, 1991) - Martin Skidmore
The Opposite of Sex (Don Roos, 1998) - The Lex
Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992) - Casuistry
Oscar and Lucinda (Gillian Armstrong, 1997) - Leeter van den Hoogenband
Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh, 1998) - andrew s
Pecker (John Waters, 1998) - nickalicious
Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon, 1997) - Mil
Pi (Darren Aronofsky, 1998) - todd swiss
The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993) - jocelyn
The Player (Robert Altman, 1992) - Collardio Gelatinous
Pleasantville (Gary Ross, 1998) - ailsa
The Portrait of a Lady (Jane Campion, 1996) - Dr Morbius
Il Postino (Michael Radford, 1994) - Dom Passantino
Princess Mononoke (Hiyao Miyazaki, 1997) - stewart downes
Proof (Jocelyn Moorhouse, 1991) - zaxxon25
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994) - Frankenstein on Ice
Quiz Show (Robert Redford, 1994) - jed_
The Rapture (Michael Tolkin, 1991) - Arthur
Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay, 1999) - mark p
Ravenous (Antonia Bird, 1999) - henry jones jr
Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992) - Pete Scholtes
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (David Mirkin, 1997) - Haibun
A Room for Romeo Brass (Shane Meadows, 1999) - Tom May
Rounders (John Dahl, 1998) - Yanc3y
Ruby in Paradise (Victor Nunez, 1993) - gypsy mothra
Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer, 1998) - ailsa
Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998) - peter smith
Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995) - Formerly Lee G
Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993) - Pete Scholtes
Schizopolis (Steven Soderbergh, 1996) - Girolamo Savonarola
Scream (Wes Craven, 1996) - milozauckerman
Secrets and Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996) - stewart downes
Shallow Grave (Danny Boyle, 1994) - Doobie Keebler
The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994) - Film Frank
Short Cuts (Robert Altman, 1993) - andrew s
The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991) - o. nate
Six Degrees of Separation (Fred Schepisi, 1993) - jaymc
Slacker (Richard Linklater, 1991) - It's hard to kill a horse with a flute
Small Soldiers (Joe Dante, 1998) - chris herrington
Smoke (Wayne Wang, 1995) - Tuomas
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (Trey Parker, 1999) - Dom Passantino
The Spanish Prisoner (David Mamet, 1997) - dave225
Speed (Jan de Bont, 1994) - a banana
Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven, 1997) - TIM@KFC.EDU
The Story of Ricky (Ngai Kai Lam, 1991) - Mil
The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999) - tremendoid
Suicide Kings (Peter O'Fallon, 1997) - Big Baby Bingo
Sweet and Lowdown (Woody Allen, 1999) - Martin Skidmore
Swingers (Doug Liman, 1996) - Big Baby Bingo
Tank Girl (Rachel Talalay, 1995) - milozauckerman
Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997) - todd swiss
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (James Cameron, 1991) - zaxxon25
The Terrorist (Santosh Sivan, 1999) - gypsy mothra
The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick, 1998) - Jeff-PTTL
Three Colors: Blue (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993) - gabbneb
Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994) - Leeter van den Hoogenband
Titus (Julie Taymor, 1999) - jocelyn
To Die For (Gus Van Sant, 1995) - Doobie Keebler
Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (Wai Ka-Fai, 1997) - Riot Gear!
Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh, 1999) - s1ocki
Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995) - Billy Dods
Toys (Barry Levinson, 1992) - nickalicious
Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996) - Frankenstein on Ice
True Romance (Tony Scott, 1993) - Big Baby Bingo
Truly, Madly, Deeply (Anthony Minghella, 1991) - hobart paving
Twelfth Night (Trevor Nunn, 1996) - Tom May
Twelve Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995) - hobart paving
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (David Lynch, 1992) - Kevin Gilchrist
U-Turn (Oliver Stone, 1997) - Frankenstein on Ice
Underground (Emir Kusturica, 1995) - todd swiss
Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992) - Formerly Lee G
The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995) - Michael B
Velvet Goldmine (Todd Haynes, 1998) - Girolamo Savonarola
Vincent and Theo (Robert Altman, 1990) - milozauckerman
Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest, 1996) - Sanjay McDougal
Wayne's World (Penelope Spheeris, 1992) - jocelyn
What's Love Got to Do with It (Brian Gibson, 1993) - The Ghost of Dan Perry
When We Were Kings (Leon Gast, 1996) - dan
The Wild Reeds (Andre Techine, 1994) - youn
The Wind Will Carry Us (Abbas Kiarostami, 1999) - todd swiss
Winter Sleepers (Tom Tykwer, 1997) - Zimmer026
Wonderland (Michael Winterbottom, 1999) - s1ocki

Bitter Moon (Roman Polanski, 92)
The Last Bolshevik (Chris Marker, 92)
Showgirls (Paul Verhoeven, 95)
Crash (David Cronenberg, 96)
L'Humanité (Bruno Dumont, 99)

Death Becomes Her (Robert Zemeckis, 92)
Red to Kill (Billy Tang Hin Shing, 94)
Titanic (James Cameron, 97)
Uncle Sam (William Lustig, 97)

I was going to put Carlito's Way (Brian De Palma, 93), but I expect someone to swoop at the last second and rescue it. Same with Crash.

Clerks (Smith 1994)

make it Contact (1997, Robert Zemeckis)

neither of these are as good as Manhattan Murder Mystery or Husbands and Wives, neither of which was that great in the first place.

As far as satires of the Hollywood mentality from within the system go, I'd expect Death Becomes Her needs more help, reputation-wise, these days than Showgirls.

I cannot believe you mentioned these two in the same breath.

what an interesting subject for a movie

The most gadflyish thing about my nominations is that I know I'll be the only one voting for them and that suits me just fine.

I'd like to switch out Bullets Over Broadway, plz. Although I do love to watch Cusack yell "I'M A WHORE" out the window.