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Topic: Films of the 1990s

With the benefit of hindsight it seems that this was a good decade for film.

Below are a few:

- Shawshank Redemption
- Pulp Fiction
- Schindlers List
- Fight Club
- Usual Suspects
- Silence of the Lambs
- Seven
- Leon
- American Beauty
- Reservoir Dogs
- The Green Mile
- Fargo
- Big Lebowski
- Barton Fink
- Sixth Sense
- Trainspotting
- Lock Stock
- Remains of the Day
- Carlitos Way
- Jurassic Park
- Boogie Nights
- Sleepy Hollow
- Total Recall
- Husbands and Wives
- Hudsucker Proxy
- Thelma and Louise
- Manhattan Murder Mystery
- Full Monty
- Jerry Maguire
- Face Off
- Talented Mister Ripley
- Eyes Wide Shut
- Goldeneye
- Austin Powers
- Four Weddings and a Funeral
- El Mariachi

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Re: Films of the 1990s

One great film missing and requires urgent watching is LA Confidential. An excellent film noir thriller!

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Re: Films of the 1990s

Lots of good stuff in the 90s. My favorites from the list above would be The Usual Suspects, Silence of the Lambs, and American Beauty. Four Weddings and a Funeral almost makes it into the finals for this scene alone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_a-eXIoyYA

Unfortunately it lost too many points for the presence of Hugh Grant's hair.

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Re: Films of the 1990s

Absolutely, the 90s were a terrific film decade!

Films that I liked a lot (also partially posted elsewhere)

-Festen
-Forrest Gump
-C'est arrivé près de chez vous
-Terminator 2
-Fucking Åmål
-Lost Highway
-Leaving Las Vegas
-Goodfellas
-Groundhog Day
-Kadosh
-Twelve Monkeys
-The Truman Show
-The Titanic (sorry)

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Re: Films of the 1990s

I know this is thread drift, and I apologize, but seeing The Titanic on the list above made me think....

When I walked out of the theater, having just seen "Avatar" in 2-D, I was thinking that it was not only a spectacular visual achievement but pretty damned good story-telling as well, and I told myself I'd go back and see it again, in 3-D, before it left the theaters.

I haven't.

In fact, there has always been something much more compelling that has kept me from returning to the theater for the full Avatar experience. Like, you know, laundry and stuff.

Just eye candy, I guess.

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Re: Films of the 1990s

I see James Cameron is doing a 3d remake of Titanic that he plans to release in 2012 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the sinking...wasn't excited about the first one, not particularly excited about the re-release.

A couple of more films to add to the list (in no particular order):

Il Postino
Meditteraneo
La Haine
The Fifth Element
Ghost in the Shell
The Big Lebowski
Office Space
The Crow

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Re: Films of the 1990s

1990 is the amazing decade for films.  My favorites of that decade are here...
Terminator 2
Goldeneye
American Beauty
Big Lebowski
Jurassic Park.