Poll

What are your top five?

Near Death
0 (0%)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
4 (6.2%)
For All Mankind
1 (1.5%)
A City of Sadness
2 (3.1%)
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
0 (0%)
Dead Poets Society
4 (6.2%)
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1 (1.5%)
Black Rain [Imamura]
1 (1.5%)
Homework
0 (0%)
Margarit i Margarita
0 (0%)
Do the Right Thing
8 (12.3%)
Glory
2 (3.1%)
Kiki's Delivery Service
2 (3.1%)
My Left Foot
1 (1.5%)
The Killer
2 (3.1%)
Back to the Future Part II
0 (0%)
The Seventh Continent
1 (1.5%)
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
0 (0%)
Henry V
1 (1.5%)
Santa Sangre
1 (1.5%)
Monsieur Hire
0 (0%)
Recollections of the Yellow House
0 (0%)
Batman
2 (3.1%)
The Little Mermaid
3 (4.6%)
The Abyss
2 (3.1%)
When Harry Met Sally...
1 (1.5%)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
0 (0%)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
3 (4.6%)
Mystery Train
2 (3.1%)
Life and Nothing But
0 (0%)
Blood
0 (0%)
Pedicab Driver
0 (0%)
Field of Dreams
0 (0%)
Roger & Me
1 (1.5%)
Longtime Companion
1 (1.5%)
The Unbelievable Truth
1 (1.5%)
Jesus of Montreal
0 (0%)
Driving Miss Daisy
1 (1.5%)
Say Anything...
0 (0%)
Lean on Me
0 (0%)
Drugstore Cowboy
1 (1.5%)
God of Gamblers
0 (0%)
Music Box
0 (0%)
Visitor of a Museum
0 (0%)
The Gang of Four
1 (1.5%)
All About Ah-Long
0 (0%)
And Then There Was Light
0 (0%)
Steel Magnolias
0 (0%)
Born on the Fourth of July
0 (0%)
Major League
0 (0%)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
1 (1.5%)
Lethal Weapon 2
2 (3.1%)
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
0 (0%)
Violent Cop
0 (0%)
Patlabor: The Movie
0 (0%)
Casualties of War
0 (0%)
Les baisers de secours
0 (0%)
Konec starych casu
0 (0%)
Parenthood
1 (1.5%)
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
0 (0%)
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
1 (1.5%)
UHF
0 (0%)
Boris Godounov
1 (1.5%)
Noce blanche
1 (1.5%)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
0 (0%)
The 'Burbs
0 (0%)
Sweetie
0 (0%)
Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed
0 (0%)
Road House
0 (0%)
Ghostbusters II
1 (1.5%)
My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days
1 (1.5%)
Dekalog [tv]
3 (4.6%)
Lonesome Dove [tv]
1 (1.5%)
Isle of Flowers [short]
0 (0%)
Balance [short]
0 (0%)
Darkness Light Darkness [short]
0 (0%)
A Grand Day Out [short]
1 (1.5%)
Creature Comforts [short]
0 (0%)
Knick Knack [short]
1 (1.5%)

Total Members Voted: 15

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Re: Best Film of 1989
« Reply #40 on: March 17, 2009, 02:11:06 PM »
Hopefully Dekalog voters will support Band of Brothers in the 2001 poll.

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Shhh on that one too - Lynch's failed TV series is winning!
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Re: Best Film of 1989
« Reply #41 on: December 26, 2010, 10:41:42 AM »
1. The Cook the Thief His Wife and Her Lover
2. The Decalogue
3. Do The Right Thing
4. Drugstore Cowboy
5. Leningrad Cowboys Go America

Honorable: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, For All Mankind, Black Rain, Kiki's Delivery Service, Crimes and Misdemeanors, A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit, Santa sangre, Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

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Re: Best Film of 1989
« Reply #42 on: December 26, 2010, 11:28:37 AM »
1. Batman
2. My Left Foot
3. Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
4. When Harry Met Sally...
5. Crimes And Misdemeanors

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Re: Best Film of 1989
« Reply #43 on: September 02, 2014, 11:49:21 PM »
One of my favorite years for the variety of great work.

          4 Stars
1.   Do the Right Thing
2.   Lethal Weapon 2
3.   The Killer
4.   The Abyss
5.   Parenthood

          3 ½ Stars
6.   When Harry Met Sally…
7.   Casualties of War
8.   Field of Dreams
9.   Crimes and Misdemeanors
10.   The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
11.   Meet the Feebles
12.   Sex, Lies and Videotape
13.   Glory
14.   Henry V
15.   Tetsuo: The Iron Man

          3 Stars
16.   Sea of Love
17.   Roger & Me
18.   Traffik (TV Mini Series)
19.   Kiki’s Delivery Service
20.   Major League
21.   Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
22.   Batman
23.   Dead Calm
24.   Lonesome Dove (TV Mini Series)


I debated about including the brilliant short "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone", which is an episode of Tales From the Crypt starring Joe Pantoliano and directed by Richard Donner. It's brilliant. Anyone building a Shocktober list, this is on YouTube.
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Re: Best Film of 1989
« Reply #44 on: April 21, 2015, 09:19:50 AM »
Out of 59 films. Top shame is the Killer. Most mainstream film I haven't seen is Lethal Weapon 2.

1.   Do The Right Thing
2.   Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
3.   Field of Dreams
4.   Near Death
5.   Lonesome Dove
6.   When Harry Met Sally
7.   Common Threads
8.   Drugstore Cowboy
9.   For All Mankind
10.   National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
11.   Jesus of Montreal
12.   The Unbelievable Truth
13.   Batman
14.   Glory
15.   Chameleon Street

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Re: Best Film of 1989
« Reply #45 on: April 21, 2015, 10:53:53 AM »
1. The Cook the Thief His Wife and Her Lover
2. The Decalogue
3. Do The Right Thing
4. Drugstore Cowboy
5. Leningrad Cowboys Go America

Honorable: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, For All Mankind, Black Rain, Kiki's Delivery Service, Crimes and Misdemeanors, A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit, Santa sangre, Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

It's been almost 5 years, so I guess I'll update these along with Bondo.  Some reshuffling and a new entry in my top 5.

1. Do The Right Thing
2. Drugstore Cowboy
3. A Tale of the Wind
4. The Decalogue
5. Leningrad Cowboys Go America

Biggest shame: Jesus of Montreal/The Asthenic Syndrome (tie)
Most popular I haven't seen: Back to the Future Part II

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Re: Best Film of 1989
« Reply #46 on: October 19, 2016, 03:31:10 PM »
My birth year. What a sad showing. The first might make my top 100, but I think I like the other two W&G shorts more.

1. A Grand Day Out (Short)
2. Homework (Short)
3. Crimes and Misdemeanors
4. Balance (Short)
5. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
6. Say Anything...
7. The Abyss
8. The Little Mermaid
9. Dead Poet Society
10. Batman
11. Licence to Kill
12. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
13. Kiki's Delivery Service
14. Blue Steel
15. Lethal Weapon 2
16. Sweetie
17. A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
18. Driving Miss Daisy
19. Friday the 14th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
20. Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?: A Zen Fable
21.The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
22. Knick Knack (Short)
23. Back to the Future Part II
24. Black Rain
25. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
26. Turner & Hooch
27. Glory

Need to rewatch:
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Do the Right Thing
The Killer
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Re: Best Film of 1989
« Reply #47 on: August 07, 2017, 08:13:24 PM »
New poll. Vote for your top five!

Previous results for best single film:

Film
          Votes          
Do The Right Thing
15
The Decalogue
8
Crimes and Misdemeanors
4
When Harry Met Sally
3
Drugstore Cowboy
3
Say Anything
2
Field of Dreams
2
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
2
Dead Poets Society
2
The Abyss
1
Lethal Weapon 2
1
Jesus of Montreal
1
The Little Mermaid
1
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
1
UHF
1
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
1
Roger & Me
1
Ghostbusters 2
1
Glory
1
Major League
1
A City of Sadness
1

A Tale of the Wind is included in the 1988 poll.

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Re: Best Film of 1989
« Reply #48 on: August 07, 2017, 09:18:54 PM »
My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days (Zulawski)
The Unbelievable Truth (Hartley)
The Gang of Four (Rivette)
Boris Godunov (Zulawski)
Noce blanche (Brisseau)

Only Hartley and Rivette are in the poll.

HM: Sweetie (Campion), Visitor to a Museum (Konstantin Lopushansky), Winter's Child (Assayas), The Seventh Continent (Haneke), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Almodóvar), The Philosopher (Rudolf Thome)

Needs revisit: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (Greenaway)


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Re: Best Film of 1989
« Reply #49 on: August 07, 2017, 09:36:55 PM »
Noce blanche (Brisseau)

I was wondering if Brisseau would show up eventually. Or maybe he did already and I just forgot.

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