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Friday, July 4, 2008

Revelation 22: So, the Best 100 Movies of the Past 25 Years are...



For those of you who are reading the baseball list, understand that my warrant about that Top 100 is distinct from this list. I have only rudimentary knowledge of film, really limited to the United States; I feel stronger on documentaries than fiction, stronger on the quality of sports films than other types of fiction - this list is a product of multiple posts deconstructing the Entertainment Weekly list of the Top 100 movies since 1983. I think my list is better than theres, but, honestly, that's all the warrant I'll give it.

I'm currently at 159 on my baseball list. When I get to the top 100, I am flat going to say that is the definitive list of the best 100 major league baseball players who ever lived.

With that - this isn't in any order outside of the top 10; perhaps I'll rank them beyond that at some point, that point will not be today.

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Do The Right Thing
3. Boogie Nights
4. Raising Arizona
5. Adaptation
6. Say Anything
7. JFK
8. Clerks
9. Silence of the Lambs
10. Fahrenheit 9-11.

And the rest, again, in no particular order.
-Blue Velvet
-True Romance
-Philadelphia
-Saving Private Ryan
-Platoon
-Waiting for Guffman
-Hannah and Her Sisters
-Crimes and Misdemeanors
-Goodfellas
-Full Metal Jacket
-Swimming to Cambodia
-Die Hard
-Bull Durham
-Dangerous Liaisons
-Midnight Run
-A Fish Called Wanda
-This is Spinal Tap
-Barton Fink
-Millers Crossing
-Bob Roberts
-Election
-Ferris Bueller's Day Off
-The Color of Money
-Crumb
-Hearts of Darkness
-Bowling for Columbine
-American Movie
-Hoop Dreams
-Roger&Me
-When We Were Kings
-Why We Fight
-Murder on a Sunday Morning
-The Thin Blue Line
-Magnolia
-Swingers
-Shawshank Redemption
-Rushmore
-Lost in Translation
-Heathers
-Memento
-Lone Star
-Stop Making Sense (yeah, I know this is the 12th doc. and I said I'd limit it to 10, I lied)
-Better off Dead
-What Happened Was
-Breaking the Waves
-When Harry Met Sally
-Wag the Dog
-American Beauty
-Fight Club
-Three Kings
-Pleasantville
-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
-Being John Malkovich
-The Spanish Prisoner
-House of Games
-Glengarry Glen Ross
-Death of a Salesman
-You Can Count on Me
-Dazed and Confused
-Leaving Las Vegas
-The Player
-Short Cuts
-Rain Man
-The Accidental Tourist
-Broadcast News
-Reservoir Dogs
-The Princess Bride
-The Usual Suspects
-The Truman Show
-Risky Business
-The Big Chill
-The Right Stuff
-L.A. Confidential (I think this is #100, were I to make a change, this is the film that loses its spot. In my head, Brazil, Donnie Darko, The River's Edge all all sitting just outside the list, I could probably be convinced to swap any of them in this spot)
-Prizzi's Honor
-Sex, Lies, and Videotape
-No Country for Old Men
-Fargo
-Natural Born Killers
-The Grifters
-Donnie Brasco
-Boyz n the Hood
-The Fisher King
-Unforgiven
-Thelma and Louise
-Quiz Show
-The Departed
-In the Company of Men
-Go
-Sideways
-The 40 Year Old Virgin

5 comments:

  1. Since the final 90 are in no particular order, and I appreciate order, here's that list redone in alphabetical order:

    A Fish Called Wanda
    American Beauty
    American Movie
    Barton Fink
    Being John Malkovich
    Better off Dead
    Blue Velvet
    Bob Roberts
    Bowling for Columbine
    Boyz n the Hood
    Breaking the Waves
    Broadcast News
    Bull Durham
    Crimes and Misdemeanors
    Crumb
    Dangerous Liaisons
    Dazed and Confused
    Death of a Salesman
    Die Hard
    Donnie Brasco
    Election
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    Fargo
    Ferris Bueller's Day Off
    Fight Club
    Full Metal Jacket
    Glengarry Glen Ross
    Go
    Goodfellas
    Hannah and Her Sisters
    Hearts of Darkness
    Heathers
    Hoop Dreams
    House of Games
    In the Company of Men
    L.A. Confidential
    Leaving Las Vegas
    Lone Star
    Lost in Translation
    Magnolia
    Memento
    Midnight Run
    Millers Crossing
    Murder on a Sunday Morning
    Natural Born Killers
    No Country for Old Men
    Philadelphia
    Platoon
    Pleasantville
    Prizzi's Honor
    Quiz Show
    Rain Man
    Reservoir Dogs
    Risky Business
    Roger&Me
    Rushmore
    Saving Private Ryan
    Sex, Lies, and Videotape
    Shawshank Redemption
    Short Cuts
    Sideways
    Stop Making Sense
    Swimming to Cambodia
    Swingers
    The 40 Year Old Virgin
    The Accidental Tourist
    The Big Chill
    The Color of Money
    The Departed
    The Fisher King
    The Grifters
    The Player
    The Princess Bride
    The Right Stuff
    The Spanish Prisoner
    The Thin Blue Line
    The Truman Show
    The Usual Suspects
    Thelma and Louise
    This is Spinal Tap
    Three Kings
    True Romance
    Unforgiven
    Wag the Dog
    Waiting for Guffman
    What Happened Was
    When Harry Met Sally
    When We Were Kings
    Why We Fight
    You Can Count on Me

    Still can't believe that "Backdoor Sluts 9" didn't make the cut.

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  2. My list, admittedly, contains a shocking lack of porn. Another flaw.

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  3. Looking forward to your followup list of the top 100 porn movies of the VHS era in the near future.

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  4. You forgot Star Wars Episode I : The Phantom Menace

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  5. On Star Wars - there's reasonable agreement, right, as to the 2 best of the 6 films:

    Star Wars
    Empire

    One could argue which was 1 and which was 2, but I'm right that there's broad agreement about the top two.

    Jedi was in the relevant time period, so all of the last 4 films were eligible for the list.

    I didn't consider any of them; I don't think I'd call any of them good movies, but how is it that one would rank them?

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