SF's Best Films of the Last 25 Years or, How Fievel Goes West Entered the Canon

[Manny Calavera]

Take this, Entertainment Weekly! OK, list your top ten films of the last twenty-five years. List them in order, as I'll be assigning 1-10 points to the choices based on their ranking. All films that don't fit the criteria will not be counted. Don't rag on someone else's list, even if its comprised totally of Michael Bay flicks. Let's see if we can do better than Entertainment Weekly (I'm slightly worried).

Edit: This thread is dead and done. Boo-hoo(s) abound.

 

[Thracozaag]

Are we including foreign films?

 

[Manny Calavera]

Sweet, a sucker. Yes. We're not operating under EW's Anglo-centric guidelines. Most if not all of my list will be foreign films.

 

[Thracozaag]

I'll opt out then, it'd be impossible to choose ten, much less rank them.

 

[Go Surface]

^Agreed.

Also, I think a 'Ten worst' would be more fun.

 

[Hard2Fit]

Off the top of my head (in order):

Downfall
Fargo
Murder on a Sunday Morning
Pulp Fiction
The Matrix
Traffic
Hoop Dreams
The Piano
Full Metal Jacket
Lost in Translation
Aliens

Wait, I think that's eleven. . .

 

[Manny Calavera]

Let's just post pictures of our dicks in here.

 

[apocalypse later]

Originally Posted by Thracozaag

I'll opt out then, it'd be impossible to choose ten, much less rank them.
You're right. SF internet movie lists=serious business. 1. Pulp Fiction 2. Fight Club 3. The Matrix 4. Goodfellas 5. American Psycho 6. The Departed 7. Children of Men 8. Silence of the Lambs 9. Fargo 10. Seven

 

[Fuuma]

1-\tSans soleil (Marker)
2-\tThree colors : blue (Kieslowski)
3-\tHappy together (Wong)
4-\tTo our loves (Pialat)
5-\tParis, Texas (Wenders)
6-\tLa haine (Kassovitz)
7-\tThe mission (To)
8-\t37,2 le matin (Beinex)
9-\tCode unknown (Haneke)
10-\tKings and queen (Desplechin)

I was lazy and just went through the top100 I posted here, which had glaring omissions itself. The short amount of films selected made me leave out good stuff like Goodfellas, Regular lovers and Sonatine, among others.

 

[Connemara]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

1- Sans soleil (Marker) 2- Three colors : blue (Kieslowski) 3- Happy together (Wong) 4- To our loves (Pialat) 5- Paris, Texas (Wenders) 6- La haine (Kassovitz) 7- The mission (To) 8- 37,2 le matin (Beinex) 9- Code unknown (Haneke) 10- Kings and queen (Desplechin) I was lazy and just went through the top100 I posted here, which had glaring omissions itself. The short amount of films selected made me leave out good stuff like Goodfellas, Regular lovers and Sonatine, among others.
What is this, some fruity list of French films about surrendering and fine cheeses? This is America. We want blood, guts, sex and violence. I don't even know what a plot is.

 

[Fuuma]

The mission has loads of gunfights and is a gangster movie, I know you're being ironic but maybe watch this one? I also like The killer, hard boiled and even face/off.

 

[eidolon]

Don't be hating on Fievel.

 

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by Thracozaag

I'll opt out then, it'd be impossible to choose ten, much less rank them.

Just go with what inspires you, you'll leave out most of the good stuff. There's at least ten good movies made every year so how are you going to fit 250 movies in a top 10 anyway...

 

[Tokyo Slim]

1: Leon
2: True Romance
3: Lost in Translation
4: Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
5:Fight Club
6: The Lives Of Others
7: The Shawshank Redemption
8: Audition
9: Groundhog Day
10: Pulp Fiction


11: Die Hard
12:The Princess Bride
13: City Of God
14: Scarface
15: Robocop
16: Visitor Q
17: Edward Scissorhands
18: American Beauty
19: Spirited Away
20: Cinema Paradiso

 

[LabelKing]

The Devil Wears Prada.