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Here was my list:

1 The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick, 1998)
2 Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)
3 Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994)
4 Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1994)
5 Office Space (Mike Judge, 1999)
6 The Terrorist (Santosh Sivan, 1999)
7 Three Colors: Blue (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993)
8 Il Postino (Michael Radford, 1994)
9 Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995)
10 Gattaca (Andrew Niccol, 1997)
11 Bad Boy Bubby (Rolf de Heer, 1993)
12 Little Dieter Needs to Fly (Werner Herzog, 1997)
13 Hands on a Hard Body (S.R. Bindler, 1997)
14 Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (Errol Morris, 1999)
15 Princess Mononoke (Hiyao Miyazaki, 1997)
16 Jesus’ Son (Alison Maclean, 1999)
17 The God of Cookery (Stephen Chow and Lee Lik-Chi, 1996)
18 Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
19 Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi, 1993)
20 Heat (Michael Mann, 1995)
21 Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999)
22 Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon, 1997)
23 Breaking the Waves (Lars von Trier, 1996)
24 Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997)
25 Pi (Darren Aronofsky, 1998)
26 Buffalo 66 (Vincent Gallo, 1998)
27 Election (Alexander Payne, 1999)
28 Mars Attacks! (Tim Burton, 1996)
29 The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1994)
30 Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998)

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)

1 - Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993) - Jimmy Mod
2 - Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999) - gabbneb
3 - The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999) - tremendoid
4 - Kids (Larry Clark, 1995) - LeCoq
5 - Sweet and Lowdown (Woody Allen, 1999) - Martin Skidmore
6 - Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995) - Mil
7 - Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997) - lemin
8 - Election (Alexander Payne, 1999) - milozauckerman
9 - Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994) - Jimmy Mod
10 - Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994) - David Merryweather

11 - Jesus' Son (Alison Maclean, 1999) - Jeff-PTTL
12 - Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay, 1999) - mark p
13 - Three Kings (David O. Russell, 1999) - n/a
14 - Cruel Intentions (Roger Kumble, 1999) - milozauckerman
15 - Slacker (Richard Linklater, 1991) - It's hard to kill a horse with a flute
16 - Goodbye, South Goodbye (Hsiao-hsien Hou, 1996) - o. nate
17 - Bound (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1996) - Pears can just fuck right off.
18 - Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998) - peter smith
19 - Scream (Wes Craven, 1996) - milozauckerman
20 - The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick, 1998) - Jeff-PTTL

21 - Tank Girl (Rachel Talalay, 1995) - milozauckerman
22 - Office Space (Mike Judge, 1999) - Jeff-PTTL
23 - Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990) - Allyzay Science Explosion
24 - Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994)- Pears can just fuck right off
25 - Hoop Dreams (Steve James, 1994) - Alex in SF
26 - Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995) - tremendoid
27 - Rounders (John Dahl, 1998) - Yanc3y
28 - Vincent and Theo (Robert Altman, 1990) - milozauckerman
29 - Twelve Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995) - hobart paving
30 - Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992) - Formerly Lee G

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 21:56 (twenty years ago)

I don't think I save mine. :(

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 21:56 (twenty years ago)

1. The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997) - derrick
2. Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993) - Jimmy Mod
3. All About My Mother (Pedro Almodovar, 1999) - Blair Dario
4. The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, 1999) - Tuomas
5. Days of Being Wild (Wong Kar-wai, 1991) - Remy Snush
6. Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay, 1999) - mark p
7. The Crying Game (Neil Jordan, 1992) - Remy Snush
8. Fucking Amal, aka Show Me Love (Lukas Moodysson, 1998) - Martin Skidmore
9. Flirting (John Duigan, 1991) - Remy Snush
10. Lone Star (John Sayles, 1996) - a banana
11. The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick, 1998) - Jeff-PTTL
12. Short Cuts (Robert Altman, 1993) - andrew s
13. The Fisher King (Terry Gilliam, 1991) - Tom May
14. Election
15. Insider
16. Jackie Brown

― Remy (null) (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 21:58 (twenty years ago)

1.Dead Man
2.The Cruise
3.Miller's Crossing
4.Rushmore
5.Pulp Fiction
6.Fargo
7.Beloved
8.The Blair Witch Project
9.Central Station
10.Boogie Nights
11.Schindler's List
12.The Straight Story
13.Goodfellas
14.Drunken Master II
15.Boyz N the Hood
16.Waiting for Guffman
17.Festen, aka The Celebration
18.Groundhog Day
19.Life Is Sweet
20.The Iron Giant
21.Leon, aka The Professional
22.The Silence of the Lambs
23.Swingers
24.Malcolm X
25.The Usual Suspects
26.Naked
27.Office Space
28.Pleasantville
29.Princess Mononoke
30.When We Were Kings

It just dawned on me I totally overlooked 'Friday' WTF

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:06 (twenty years ago)

1 Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
2 Three Colors: Blue (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993)
3 Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993)
4 Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1994)
5 Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994)
6 Lone Star (John Sayles, 1996)
7 The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998)
8 The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997)
9 The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, 1999)
10 Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
11 Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994)
12 Miller's Crossing (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1990)
13 Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998)
14 Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest, 1996)
15 Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994)
16 Delicatessen (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, 1991)
17 Election (Alexander Payne, 1999)
18 Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995)
19 Festen, aka The Celebration (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998)
20 Dead Alive, aka Braindead (Peter Jackson, 1992)
21 Barton Fink (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1991)
22 Dreams (Akira Kurosawa, 1990)
23 City of the Lost Children (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, 1995)
24 Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995)
25 Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996)
26 Quiz Show (Robert Redford, 1994)
27 L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997)
28 Jesus' Son (Alison Maclean, 1999)
29 Metropolitan (Whit Stillman, 1990)
30 Buffalo 66 (Vincent Gallo, 1998)

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:13 (twenty years ago)

Hoorah I found mine:

1. Election (Alexander Payne, 1999) - milozauckerman
2. Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest, 1996) -
Sanjay McDougal
3. Barton Fink (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1991) - lemin
4. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993) - n/a
5. Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996) - ailsa
6. Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998) - peter smith
7. Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995) - Billy Dods
8. Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993) -
Jimmy Mod
9. Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1994) - a banana
10. Velvet Goldmine (Todd Haynes, 1998) - Girolamo
Savonarola
11. Dead Alive, aka Braindead (Peter Jackson, 1992) -
Dan I
12. Babe (Chris Noonan, 1995) - Casuistry
13. Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson, 1996) - Big Baby
Bingo
14. City of the Lost Children (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and
Marc Caro, 1995) - nickalicious
15. Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994)- Pears can just fuck
right off
16. Hoop Dreams (Steve James, 1994) - Alex in SF
17. To Die For (Gus Van Sant, 1995) - Doobie Keebler
18. Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995) - Mil
19. Amateur (Hal Hartley, 1994) - youn
20. Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi, 1993) - n/a
21. Metropolitan (Whit Stillman, 1990) - Shmool
McShmool
22. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick,
1994) - nickalicious
23. The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998) -
Billy Dods
24. Delicatessen (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro,
1991) - emil.y
25. Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994) - David
Merryweather
26. In the Company of Men (Neil LaBute, 1997) -
Michael B
27. Three Kings (David O. Russell, 1999) - n/a
28. Pi (Darren Aronofsky, 1998) - todd swiss
29. Office Space (Mike Judge, 1999) - Jeff-PTTL
30. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (Trey
Parker, 1999) - Dom Passantino

Hmm, it's pretty standard ILX. I am the every-ILXor.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:16 (twenty years ago)

Reading that now, I'm like "Wait, I don't even like that movie that much." Weird. It seems like somebody else's list. Though I did put it together really quickly.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:17 (twenty years ago)

1. Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest, 1996)
2. Buffalo 66 (Vincent Gallo, 1998)
3. Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995)
4. King of the Hill (Steven Soderbergh, 1993)
5. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
6. The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997)
7. Secrets and Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996)
8. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
9. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)
10. The Spanish Prisoner (David Mamet, 1998)
11. The Dreamlife of Angels (Erick Zonca, 1998)
12. The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998)
13. Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1994)
14. Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995)
15. The Limey (Steven Soderbergh, 1999)
16. Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996)
17. Malcolm X (Spike Lee, 1992)
18. Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994)
19. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999)
20. Sweet and Lowdown (Woody Allen, 1999)
21. Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)
22. Short Cuts (Robert Altman, 1993)
23. The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
24. Jesus' Son (Alison Maclean, 1999)
25. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)
26. Kicking and Screaming (Noah Baumbach, 1995)
27. Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson, 1996)
28. Gummo (Harmony Korine, 1997)
29. Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control (Errol Morris, 1997)
30. Fucking Amal, aka Show Me Love (Lukas Moodysson, 1998)

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:18 (twenty years ago)

I'm kind of embarassed now that the South Park movie is on my list, even if it is #30.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:19 (twenty years ago)

Polls are dumb.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:20 (twenty years ago)

where's the results thread? i can't find it.

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

I already posted my comments, but I'll just put the entirety of my email here:

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From: [me]
Subject: re: ILX 1990s FILMS POLL
Date: January 31, 2005 1:36:51 AM CST
To: ilxfilm90s@yahoo.com
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I remember when I called everyone else voting in this poll a big retard. Oh well, at least I still get to look like a huge asshole by putting my own picks down as the top 5 (and only offering comments for those same 5), and not bothering with anything further than fifteen slots (most of what would show up down there doesn't need my "help," like Rushmore)...

BALLOT
01. Bitter Moon (Roman Polanski, 1992)
02. Titanic (James Cameron, 1997)
03. Uncle Sam (William Lustig, 1997)
04. Red to Kill (Billy Tang, 1994)
05. Death Becomes Her (Robert Zemeckis, 1992)
06. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)
07. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)
08. Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997)
09. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (David Lynch, 1992)
10. Short Cuts (Robert Altman, 1993)
11. Candyman (Bernard Rose, 1992)
12. The Idiots (Lars von Trier, 1998)
13. Happy Together (Wong Kar-wai, 1997)
14. Ravenous (Antonia Bird, 1999)
15. Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer, 1998)

COMMENTS (I dunno why I bother; I don't expect any of my picks to make the final 100.)
Bitter Moon -- Polanski's sick coup is that, while everyone's busy looking with disdain at Peter Coyote's liver-spotted tongue do cartwheels inside his quivering, puckered maw, he's also slyly letting Hugh Grant's limited scope as an actor ("No, Hugh, I think this scene works well with you doing the befuddlement thing.") and the consequent untenability of moral outrage tip the balance back in favor of corruption.

Titanic -- I loved watching the action jocks, who had spent the previous decade slapping each other on their backs and paying lip service to Cameron's brand of "feminism" (i.e. forcing Linda Hamilton and Sigourney Weaver to suck it up and learn how do do chin-ups) suddenly go apeshit at the perceived sellout found within Kate Winslet's gorgeously-curved, indolently feminine form and the fact that, as I heard one meathead lamenting on the way out of the employee screening I attended, "that boat should've caught FIRE on the way down!" I know I more-or-less railed against genre dilettantism in the nominations thread, but Titanic has become that retrospective anomaly: the blockbuster no one apparently wants to take the blame for canonizing.

Uncle Sam -- Stuff like Three Kings (which I don't particularly like), Small Soldiers and even Starship Troopers (which I do) don't feel particularly transgressive as satires because it's pretty clear in all three cases that the director's main point is that war is unfortunate. Wow, I'm impressed; you can really clear the bases with THAT sort of statement, can't you? Uncle Sam (script by the always awesome Larry Cohen) has the edge as far as I'm concerned for tackling a far juicier topic: the sort of lazy jingoism and self-righteous, unquestioning heroic image the home front puts on the face of the fallen soldier. Unlike the vague smug sense of superiority the other three films I mentioned engender, Uncle Sam puts passive, overseas observation to shame.

Red to Kill -- What I wrote in my film journal upon seeing this jawdropper: "Something tells me I should be more offended by this: a movie about a muscle-bound human tornado who, due to a childhood trauma, turns into The Incredible Rapist whenever he sees a woman wearing red (which means, naturally, that he's on roughly his 369,511th rape at the start of this film... right?). That he sweats buckets of what I assume is a colloidal cocktail of testosterone and KY is a nice touch, but here's the great part: he works at a retard shelter and rapes his 'patients' until one of the retards chastizes herself in the shower as 'dirty, dirty' and then proceeds to slash pubic hair (and flesh) away from her dirty, retarded vagina. I'd be more likely to keep my glee for this lurid shit to myself if I weren't pretty sure this is supposed to be a satire of the distressingly commonplace HK rape film subgenre."

Death Becomes Her -- I'm not above a catfight, and any movie where Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn voice the following exchange -- "I've raised more than a few eyebrows in my day, you FORMER FATSO!" "That's because you could SHAKE and RAISE your hips faster than ANYONE!" -- certainly earns its place next to Mommie Dearest and Desperate Living in the pantheon of movies your gay best friend will continue to annoy you with quotes from until you're both old and gray.

"list ONE glaring omission from the nominees list"
Why no one nominated Carlito's Way (Brian De Palma, 93) is totally beyond me.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:32 (twenty years ago)

1. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
2. The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995)
3. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (James Cameron, 1991)
4. Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
5. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)
6. The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998)
7. Hoop Dreams (Steve James, 1994)
8. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992)
9. The Matrix (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1999)
10. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)

11. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (Trey Parker, 1999)
12. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
13. Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, 1991)
14. Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996)
15. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999)
16. Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1994)
17. Clerks (Kevin Smith, 1994)
18. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)
19. Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (Errol Morris, 1999)
20. Dead Alive, aka Braindead (Peter Jackson, 1992)

21. The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, 1999)
22. My Cousin Vinny (Jonathan Lynn, 1992)
23. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)
24. Kids (Larry Clark, 1995)
25. Cruel Intentions (Roger Kumble, 1999)
26. Quiz Show (Robert Redford, 1994)
27. Swingers (Doug Liman, 1996)
28. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)
29. Malcolm X (Spike Lee, 1992)
30. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:34 (twenty years ago)

1. Barton Fink (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1991) - lemin
2. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990) - Allyzay Science Explosion
3. Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994) - Jimmy Mod
4. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994) - Frankenstein on Ice
5. Naked (Mike Leigh, 1993) - Dr. Morbius
6. Fallen Angels (Wong Kar-wai, 1995) - gypsy mothra
7. After Life (Hirokazu Koreeda, 1998) - Simon H.
8. Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993) - Jimmy Mod
9. The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998) - Billy Dods
10. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997) - peter smith
11. Goodbye, South Goodbye (Hsiao-hsien Hou, 1996) - o. nate
12. Days of Being Wild (Wong Kar-wai, 1991) - Remy Snush
13. Slacker (Richard Linklater, 1991) - It's hard to kill a horse with
a flute
14. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992) - Pete Scholtes
15. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991) - o. nate
16. Happy Together (Wong Kar-wai, 1997) - Alex in SF
17. Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1994) - a banana
18. Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996) - ailsa
19. The Butcher Boy (Neil Jordan, 1997) - Dr Morbius
20. Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998) - peter smith
21. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (Trey Parker, 1999) - Dom
Passantino
22. Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven, 1997) - TIM@KFC.EDU
23. The Wind Will Carry Us (Abbas Kiarostami, 1999) - todd swiss
24. Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg, 1991) - The Ghost of Dan Perry
25. Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi, 1993) - n/a
26. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995) - Kevin Gilchrist
27. Sweet and Lowdown (Woody Allen, 1999) - Martin Skidmore
28. Hands on a Hard Body (S.R. Bindler, 1997) - brian patrick
29. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992) - Formerly Lee G
30. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Stephan Elliott,
1994) - Film Frank

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:38 (twenty years ago)

Mine were:
1. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999)
2. Delicatessen (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, 1991)
3. The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998)
4. Election (Alexander Payne, 1999)
5. Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996)
6. Fucking Amal, aka Show Me Love (Lukas Moodysson, 1998)
7. Barton Fink (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1991)
8. Ghost Dog (Jim Jarmusch, 1999)
9. Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998)
10. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992)
11. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
12. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
13. After Life (Hirokazu Koreeda, 1998)
14. Cyrano de Bergerac (Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1990)
15. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
16. Casino (Martin Scorsese, 1995)
17. Once Upon a Time in China (Tsui Hark, 1991)
18. The Player (Robert Altman, 1992)
19. The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, 1999)
20. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
21. A Chinese Ghost Story II (Ching Siu-tung, 1990)
22. City of the Lost Children (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, 1995)
23. The Hudsucker Proxy (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1994)
24. Sweet and Lowdown (Woody Allen, 1999)
25. Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (David Mirkin, 1997)
26. Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995)
27. Twelve Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995)
28. Dreams (Akira Kurosawa, 1990)
29. Grosse Pointe Blank (George Armitage, 1997)
30. Naked (Mike Leigh, 1993)

glaring omission: Toy Story 2

That still looks a pretty good representation of my favourites, even though it was knocked out quickly.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

01 The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998) - Billy Dod
02 Heat (Michael Mann, 1995) - TOMBOT
03 Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993) - Jimmy Mod
04 Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996) - ailsa
05 The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991) - o. nate
06 The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995) - Michael
07 In the Company of Men (Neil LaBute, 1997) - Michael B
08 Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995) - Mil
09 Office Space (Mike Judge, 1999) - Jeff-PTTL
10 Miller's Crossing (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1990) - henry jones
11 Hana-Bi (Takeshi Kitano, 1997) - Riot Gear!
12 Hard Boiled (John Woo, 1992) - andrew s
13 Barton Fink (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1991) - lemin
14 Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest, 1996) - Sanjay McDougal
15 Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon, 1997) - Mil
16 Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990) - Allyzay Science Explosion
17 Bad Boy Bubby (Rolf de Heer, 1993) - Mil
18 Iron Monkey (Yuen Woo-ping, 1993) - Mil
19 Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley, 1992) - peepee
20 The Story of Ricky (Ngai Kai Lam, 1991) - Mil
21 Ghost Dog (Jim Jarmusch, 1999) - gabbneb
22 The God of Cookery (Stephen Chow and Lee Lik-Chi, 1996) - Jeff-PTTL
23 Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi, 1993) - n/a
24 Hoop Dreams (Steve James, 1994) - Alex in SF
25 Election (Alexander Payne, 1999) - milozauckerman
26 Casino (Martin Scorsese, 1995) - Riot Gear!
27 Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998) - peter smith
28 Drunken Master II (Chia-Liang Liu, 1994) - a banana
29 Bullet in the Head (John Woo, 1990) - Film Frank
30 Cyclo (Anh Hung Tran, 1995) - gypsy mothra

― Mil (Mil), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

I have to say, Eric, that you have very interesting film tastes. Your list is mostly smaller films that I haven't seen but I think I would probably enjoy (at least on an artistic level), but then you have Titanic and Eyes Wide Shut, both of which I detested, and Death Becomes Her, which I like but I still think is an odd choice, and Run Lola Run, which I thought was another fine movie but not one I would pick as a favorite.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)

1 Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1994) - a banana
2 Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (Errol Morris, 1999) - n/a
3 Lone Star (John Sayles, 1996) - a banana
4 Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999) - gabbneb
5 Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993) - n/a
6 Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995) - tremendoid
7 The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998) - Billy Dods
8 Drunken Master II (Chia-Liang Liu, 1994) - a banana
9 South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (Trey Parker, 1999) - Dom Passantino
10 Exotica (Atom Egoyan, 1994) - zaxxon25
11 Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994) - David Merryweather
12 Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990) - Allyzay Science Explosion
13 Terminator 2: Judgement Day (James Cameron, 1991) - zaxxon25
14 The Matrix (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1999) - a banana
15 The Hudsucker Proxy (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1994) - Shmool McShmool
16 My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant, 1991) - a banana
17 Titanic (James Cameron, 1997) - Eric H.
18 Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994)- Pears can just fuck right off
19 Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995) - Mil
20 Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg, 1991) - The Ghost of Dan Perry
21 The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1994) - nickalicious
22 Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994) - Frankenstein on Ice
23 Three Kings (David O. Russell, 1999) - n/a
24 Bound (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1996) - Pears can just fuck right off.
25 Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995) - Billy Dods
26 Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh, 1999) - s1ocki
27 Mars Attacks! (Tim Burton, 1996) - andrew s
28 Contact (Robert Zemeckis, 1997) - Frankenstein On Ice
29 Pleasantville (Gary Ross, 1998) - ailsa
30 L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997) - The Ghost of Dan Perry

glaring omission: Edward Scissorhands

today, I would remove Groundhog Day and insert Leon.

― a banana (alanbanana), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)

To be absolutely fair, n/a, the ballot was sort of expostulated in a mild fit of petulance, with a knowing nod towards movies I liked that I was fairly certain wouldn't make the poll top 100***...

... and at the same time, I could probably live with that list as a representation of my favorite 90s films, despite its handicap of being culled from a severely limited representation of "nominees" from the decade.

*** = so I'm the one with egg on my face now, since nearly half of my picks actually ended up placing. Color me foolish.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 23:08 (twenty years ago)

1. Pi (Darren Aronofsky, 1998)
2. Ghost Dog (Jim Jarmusch, 1999)
3. Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998)
4. The Insider (Michael Mann, 1999)
5. Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)
6. Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997)
7. The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998)
8. Underground (Emir Kusturica, 1995)
9. Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995)
10. Three Colors: Blue (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993)
11. Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay, 1999)
12. The Wind Will Carry Us (Abbas Kiarostami, 1999)
13. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
14. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
15. The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995)
16. The Opposite of Sex (Don Roos, 1998)
17. Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg, 1991)
18. Contact (Robert Zemeckis, 1997)
19. Man Bites Dog (Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde, 1992)
20. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (David Lynch, 1992)
21. Gattaca (Andrew Niccol, 1997)
22. L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997)
23. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)
24. Twelve Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995)
25. Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990)

― t0dd swiss, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 23:21 (twenty years ago)

1. The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick, 1998)
2. Schizopolis (Steven Soderbergh, 1996)
3. Mars Attacks! (Tim Burton, 1996)
4. Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh, 1998)
5. Days of Being Wild (Wong Kar-wai, 1991)
6. Armageddon (Michael Bay, 1998)
7. Three Kings (David O. Russell, 1999)
8. Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995)
9. Hard Boiled (John Woo, 1992)
10. Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998)

11. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
12. Underground (Emir Kusturica, 1995)
13. The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, 1999)
14. Heat (Michael Mann, 1995)
15. Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997)
16. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)
17. The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998)
18. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
19. My Best Fiend (Werner Herzog, 1999)
20. The Fifth Element (Luc Besson, 1997)

21. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)
22. Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993)
23. Beau travail (Claire Denis, 1999)
24. Office Space (Mike Judge, 1999)
25. Hands on a Hard Body (S.R. Bindler, 1997)
26. Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest, 1996)
27. Slacker (Richard Linklater, 1991)
28. Hoop Dreams (Steve James, 1994)
29. The Limey (Steven Soderbergh, 1999)
30. Irma Vep (Olivier Assayas, 1996)

― andrew s (andrew s), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 23:46 (twenty years ago)

Movie I most regret not having seen before turning in a ballot: Close Up.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 00:07 (twenty years ago)

I still haven't seen Close Up but hope to soon. I hadn't seen Chungking Express when i submitted my ballot but have now & would probably place it in my top 5. Of the final top 20, I haven't seen Crumb or Naked.

― andrew s (andrew s), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 00:32 (twenty years ago)

1 Three Kings (David O. Russell, 1999)
2 Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
3 Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996)
4 The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, 1999)
5 Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
6 The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
7 The Butcher Boy (Neil Jordan, 1997)
8 Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)
9 Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1994)
10 The Crying Game (Neil Jordan, 1992)
11 The Apostle (Robert Duvall, 1997)
12 Dead Alive, aka Braindead (Peter Jackson, 1992)
13 Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995)
14 Drunken Master II (Chia-Liang Liu, 1994)
15 Election (Alexander Payne, 1999)
16 Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994)
17 Fresh (Boaz Yakin, 1994)
18 Ghost Dog (Jim Jarmusch, 1999) -
19 Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley, 1992) -
20 Hoop Dreams (Steve James, 1994)
21 Once Upon a Time in China (Tsui Hark, 1991)
22 Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992)
23 Babe (Chris Noonan, 1995)
24 Iron Monkey (Yuen Woo-ping, 1993)
25 Ghost in the Shell (Momoru Oshii, 1995) -
26 The Matrix (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1999
27 My Cousin Vinny (Jonathan Lynn, 1992)
28 Princess Mononoke (Hiyao Miyazaki, 1997
29 Buffalo 66 (Vincent Gallo, 1998)
30 Man Bites Dog (Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde, 1992)

― David Beckhouse (David Beckhouse), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 00:34 (twenty years ago)

1. Magnolia
2. Rushmore
3. The Apostle
4. Three Kings
5. Glengarry Glen Ross
6. Ed Wood
7. Fargo
8. Schindler's List
9. Bottle Rocket
10. Pulp Fiction
11. Goodfellas
12. Out of Sight
13. The Shawshank Redemption
14. The Usual Suspects
15. The Insider
16. Boogie Nights
17. The Player
18. The Silence of the Lambs
19. The Straight Story
20. Reservoir Dogs
21. The Piano
22. Run Lola Run
23. Twelve Monkeys
24. Being John Malkovich
25. The Big Lebowski
26. Quiz Show
27. Toy Story
28. Casino
29. Barton Fink
30. Pleasantville

Glaring omission: Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels

― peepee (peepee), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 00:46 (twenty years ago)

1. Fallen Angels
2. Dead Man
3. Cyclo
4. Ruby in Paradise
5. The Butcher Boy
6. Being John Malkovich
7. Babe
8. Election
9. Goodfellas
10. Farewell My Concubine
11. Fearless
12. The Apostle
13. Heavenly Creatures
14. The Ice Storm
15. Magnolia
16. Malcolm X
17. Menace II Society
18. Pulp Fiction
19. Quiz Show
20. The Rapture
21. Ratcatcher
22. The Big Lebowski
23. South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
24. The Terrorist
25. Three Kings
26. When We Were Kings
27. Trainspotting
28. Unforgiven
29. Velvet Goldmine
30. Toy Story

Looks like 2/3 of mine made the top 100; but 2 of my top 4 didn't.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 00:54 (twenty years ago)

1. Three Colors: Red
2. Heat
3. The Thin Red Line
4. Ghost in the Shell
5. Titus
6. Aimee and Jaguar
7. Oscar and Lucinda
8. Groundhog Day
9. The Insider
10. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
11. Pulp Fiction
12. Toy Story
13. City of the Lost Children

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 02:26 (twenty years ago)

Wow, aside from Red, I don't think anyone but me voted for my nominations.

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 02:32 (twenty years ago)

1. The Big Lebowski
2. Office Space
3. Slacker
4. Metropolitan
5. Velvet Goldmine
6. Ed Wood
7. Trainspotting
8. Goodfellas
9. Happiness
10. Reservoir Dogs
11. Pulp Fiction
12. Natural Born Killers
13. Naked Lunch
14. Barton Fink
15. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
16. Gummo
17. Crumb
18. Eyes Wide Shut
19. Ghost In The Shell
20. Being John Malkovich
21. Election
22. Beau Travail
23. Army of Darkness
24. Rushmore
25. The Player
26. Waiting For Guffman
27. Pi
28. Pecker
29. Quiz Show
30. Glengarry Glenn Ross

Glaring Omission: "Spanking the Monkey"

― Anyone Who Can Pick Up A Frying Pan Pwns Death (AaronHz), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 06:58 (twenty years ago)

Two votes for my nominations. I should have voted. I won't let this happen for the 80s poll. But I'm happy about the two votes.

― youn, Wednesday, 23 February 2005 08:01 (twenty years ago)

unsubmitted, unformatted, unintelligible ballot:

1. Underground
2. Miller’s Crossing
3. Slacker
4. Beau Travail
5. The Big Lebowski
6. The Thin Red Line
7. Buffalo 66
8. Ghost Dog
9. Joe Versus the Volcano
10. Three Colors: Red

The Hole

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 08:21 (twenty years ago)

1. Exotica (Atom Egoyan, 1994) - zaxxon25
2. Fearless (Peter Weir, 1993) - mookieproof
3. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (James Cameron, 1991) - zaxxon25
4. Slacker (Richard Linklater, 1991) - It's hard to kill a horse with a flute
5. Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995) - Formerly Lee G
6. Three Colors: Blue (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993) - gabbneb
7. Proof (Jocelyn Moorhouse, 1991) - zaxxon25
8. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994) - Frankenstein on Ice
9. Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998) - peter smith
10. Twelve Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995) - hobart paving
11. Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993) - Jimmy Mod
12. Smoke (Wayne Wang, 1995) - Tuomas
13. Heat (Michael Mann, 1995) - TOMBOT
14. Naked (Mike Leigh, 1993) - Dr. Morbius
15. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999) - peepee
16. Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1994) - a banana
17. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (Jim Mallon, 1996) - zaxxon25
18. Hudson Hawk (Michael Lehmann, 1991) - zaxxon25
19. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996) - Frankenstein on Ice
20. True Romance (Tony Scott, 1993) - Big Baby Bingo
21. Pi (Darren Aronofsky, 1998) - todd swiss
22. The General (John Boorman, 1998) - Tom May
23. Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994) - Leeter van den Hoogenband
24. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995) - Kevin Gilchrist
25. Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994) - Jimmy Mod
26. The Fifth Element (Luc Besson, 1997) - TOMBOT
27. Gattaca (Andrew Niccol, 1997)- derrick
28. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993) - jocelyn
29. Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995) - Billy Dods
30. Flirting (John Duigan, 1991) - Remy Snush

My top two didn't make it on the final list, oh well.

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 16:27 (twenty years ago)

1. Heavenly Creatures
2. Swingers
3. Groundhog Day
4. Gattaca
5. Rushmore
6. Twin Peaks
7. Jackie Brown
8. The Blair Witch Project
9. Boogie Nights
10. Out of Sight
11. The Nightmare Before Christmas
12. Dazed & Confused
13. The Thin Red Line
14. Glengarry Glen Ross
15. Iron Giant
16. Heat
17. Barton Fink
18. Election
19. The Matrix
20. Office Space
21. Ratcatcher
22. Leon
23. Magnolia
24. Starship Troopers
25. Pi
26. A Room For Romeo Brass
27. ed wood
28. The Limey
29. Menace II Society
30. The Piano

― David Merryweather (DavidM), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 17:08 (twenty years ago)

1) Human Resources (Laurent Cantet, 1999)
2) Farewell My Concubine (Chen Kaige, 1993)
3) No One Writes to the Colonel (Arturo Ripstein, 1999)
4) Fucking Åmål, aka Show Me Love (Lukas Moodysson, 1998)
5) Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
6) Festen, aka The Celebration (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998)
7) The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, 1999)
8) Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995)
9) La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)
10) Smoke (Wayne Wang, 1995)
11) Delicatessen (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, 1991)
12) The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997)
13) Beau travail (Claire Denis, 1999)
14) Pi (Darren Aronofsky, 1998)
15) All About My Mother (Pedro Almodovar, 1999)
16) The Fisher King (Terry Gilliam, 1991)
17) In the Company of Men (Neil LaBute, 1997)
18) The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1994)
19) The Terrorist (Santosh Sivan, 1999)
20) An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990)
21) The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
22) Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994)
23) Lone Star (John Sayles, 1996)
24) Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control (Errol Morris, 1997)
25) The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998)
26) Live Flesh (Pedro Almodovar, 1997)
27) Bringing Out the Dead (Martin Scorsese, 1999)
28) South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (Trey Parker, 1999)
29) Natural Born Killers (Oliver Stone, 1994)
30) Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)

Maybe half of the films I voted for ended up on the list, but I wasn't expecting anything more. Still, I'm kinda surprised Smoke didn't make it at all, wasn't it a him in the US/UK?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

"a him" = "a hit"

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

Is it just me, or is Rushmore like just about the first entry without commentary by Pete Scholtes, who I'm now convinced is the personification of the results of this poll. (No offense, bud.)

so I'm the one with egg on my face now, since nearly half of my picks actually ended up placing.

Ha, that's about how it breaks down for me if you look at my whole Top 100 (sorry, I lost my ballot):

http://babelogue.citypages.com:8080/pscholtes/stories/storyReader$597

― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 23 February 2005 21:40 (twenty years ago)

Other movies I liked that didn't place:

American Dream
American Job
Metal and Melancholy
The Vanishing (disqualified)
Swingers
Flirting With Disaster
Hard Eight
In the Name of the Father
The Dreamlife of Angels
Husbands and Wives
Breaking the Waves
Point Break
Six Degrees of Separation
American Movie
La Femme Nikita
Good Will Hunting
When We Were Kings
Manhattan Murder Mystery
The Sixth Sense
Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control
Men in Black
Se7en
Tremors
4 Little Girls
Fear of a Black Hat
Booty Call
Beauty and the Beast
El Mariachi
Crash
Bad Lieutenant
Mon Homme
Life Is Sweet
Speed
Fresh
Jerry Maguire
The Remains of the Day
Freeway
My Best Friend's Wedding
Berkeley In the Sixties
The Fugitive
A Few Good Men
Titanic
Leaving Las Vegas
Life Is Beautiful
Crimson Tide
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Career Girls
Highway Patrolman
My Own Private Idaho
The Truman Show
True Crime
Driver 23
Proof
Defending Your Life
Crazy
Supercop: Police Story 3
The Killer
Thelma and Louise
Man Bites Dog
I Was a Teenage Serial Killer [short]
From Dusk Till Dawn
The Nasty Girl
Notting Hill
Body Snatchers
Crooklyn
O Amor Natural
Vanya on 42 nd Street
The Story of Qui Ju
Of Mice and Men
The Full Monty
Europa Europa

― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 23 February 2005 21:48 (twenty years ago)

Didn't see:

Sweet and Lowdown
Secrets and Lies
After Life
Happy Together
Gattaca
Fucking Amal
Chungking Express
Fallen Angels
Ratcatcher
The City of Lost Children
Dead Alive (aka Braindead)
The Butcher Boy
Beau Travail
Festen (aka The Celebration)
The Iron Giant

― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 23 February 2005 22:01 (twenty years ago)

four years pass...

Can anyone point me in the direction of the actual results thread for this?

― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 02:50 (fifteen years ago)

Sorry, don't trouble yourselves, found it.

― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 02:55 (fifteen years ago)

Memories.

― really senile old crap shit (Eric H.), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 03:05 (fifteen years ago)

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