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The Best Film of the 90's?

Fargo (1996)
15 (60%)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
10 (40%)

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roujin

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TSPDT Best of the 90's
« on: February 25, 2016, 08:27:42 AM »
Vote for the best films of the 90's as chosen in the They Shoot Pictures Don't They? top 1000.

The following films are the top seeds and have moved to the second round:

1. Goodfellas (#73)
2. Close-Up (#84)
3. Pulp Fiction (#88)
4. Satantango (#97)
5. A Brighter Summer Day (#98)
6. Histoire(s) du Cinema (#111)
7. Beau Travail (#157)
8. Chungking Express (#192)
9. Fargo (#208)

Here's the Bracket
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Re: TSPDT Best of the 90's
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2016, 10:20:35 AM »
Forrest Gump vs. Abraham's Valley

ugh, why you did make me do this?

The Idiots vs. The Last Bolshevik

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Re: TSPDT Best of the 90's
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2016, 09:30:53 PM »
I can't vote for any of these. Is this your job ?
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Re: TSPDT Best of the 90's
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2016, 10:05:48 AM »
The Age of Innocence (#603) - Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (#650)

Miller's Crossing (#616) - An Angel at My Table (#624)

Dead Man (#578) - Vive L'Amour (#670)


All good movies, but all easy choices

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Re: TSPDT Best of the 90's
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2016, 10:49:26 AM »
I'm going to restart this once we finish the 21st century one (my 15000th post).
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Re: TSPDT Best of the 90's
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2016, 11:20:51 AM »
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Re: TSPDT Best of the 90's
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2016, 11:25:47 AM »
Meh. Could have been better.

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Re: TSPDT Best of the 90's
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2016, 11:29:19 AM »
But it has historical relevance.
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Re: TSPDT Best of the 90's
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2017, 08:56:43 AM »
This bracket is up next. Here's the entire list. I'm going to watch some of these before the bracket starts:

Goodfellas (#73) 
Close-Up (#84) 
Pulp Fiction (#88) 
Satantango (#97) 
A Brighter Summer Day (#98) 
Histoire(s) du Cinema (#111) 
Beau Travail (#157) 
Chungking Express (#192) 
Fargo (#208) 
The Big Lebowski (#215) 
Breaking the Waves (#219) 
The Thin Red Line (#223) 
Three Colors: Blue (#230) 
The Piano (#233) 
Underground (#241) 
Schindler's List (#243) 
Groundhog Day (#245) 
Three Colors: Red (#282) 
Unforgiven (#283) 
Reservoir Dogs (#288) 
Magnolia (#297) 
The Matrix (#316) 
The Double Life of Veronique (#319) 
Days of Being Wild (#324) 
The Puppetmaster (#325) 
Heat (#332) 
The Celebration (#358) 
All About My Mother (#362) 
Through the Olive Trees (#364) 
Lost Highway (#378) 
The Shawshank Redemption (#381) 
Hoop Dreams (#387) 
Happy Together (#401) 
Toy Story (#403) 
Short Cuts (#415) 
Raise the Red Lantern (#421) 
Eyes Wide Shut (#437) 
Trainspotting (#447) 
Farewell My Concubine (#453) 
Quince Tree of the Sun (#455) 
Fight Club (#458) 
Taste of Cherry (#464) 
Casino (#469) 
Rosetta (#478) 
The Wind Will Carry Us (#480) 
The Silence of the Lambs (#481) 
Barton Fink (#482) 
Flowers of Shanghai (#485) 
Safe (#488) 
A Moment of Innocence (#511) 
Naked (#519) 
Boogie Nights (#521) 
Nouvelle Vague (#522) 
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (#546) 
Funny Games (#551) 
Forrest Gump (#553) 
My Own Private Idaho (#571) 
Dead Man (#578) 
Dazed and Confused (#591) 
The Age of Innocence (#603) 
The Idiots (#609) 
Mother and Son (#614) 
Miller's Crossing (#616) 
Titanic (#619) 
Thelma & Louise (#623) 
An Angel at My Table (#624) 
La Haine (#634) 
The Last Bolshevik (#642) 
Les Amants du Pont Neuf (#650) 
La Belle Noiseuse (#662) 
Vive L'Amour (#670) 
Secrets & Lies (#679) 
Abraham's Valley (#681) 
Sicilia! (#682) 
Ashes of Time (#686) 
The Ice Storm (#692) 
Orlando (#698) 
Gummo (#702) 
Princess Mononoke (#711) 
Edward Scissorhands (#719) 
After Life (#728) 
Outer Space (#732) 
Se7en (#743) 
L.A. Confidential (#756) 
Crash (#757) 
When We Were Kings (#766) 
Blue (#772) 
D'est (#788) 
Ulysses' Gaze (#796) 
Rushmore (#797) 
The River (#816) 
Fireworks (#829) 
The Night Before Christmas (#835) 
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (#838) 
And Life Goes On... (#843) 
To Live (#846) 
Starship Troopers (#853) 
Exotica (#856) 
The Usual Suspects (#870) 
Burnt By the Sun (#876) 
Topsy-Turvy (#881) 
American Beauty (#888) 
The Sweet Hereafter (#894) 
The Long Day Closes (#895) 
The Straight Story (#896) 
JFK (#899) 
Lone Star (#900) 
Run Lola Run (#916) 
Audition (#918) 
The Godfather Part III (#922) 
Ju Dou (#937) 
Caro Diario (#945) 
Van Gogh (#949) 
The Insider (#954) 
Sonatine (#965) 
Hyenes (#970) 
The Match Factory Girl (#973) 
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (#979) 
Goodbye South Goodbye (#992)

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Re: TSPDT Best of the 90's
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2017, 10:51:55 AM »
Seen all of those except Ulysses' Gaze. I count 10 from my personal top 100, several more from my expanded list of 250.