The EW Best Movies of the Last 25 Years

[Manny Calavera]

EW, indeed. It's like a list of all the horrible **** I've been forced to watch at parties or dragged to the movies to see:

100. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
99. The Blair Witch Project
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley
97. Glory
96. Far From Heaven
95. In the Mood for Love
94. Full Metal Jacket
93. Ed Wood
92. Menace II Society
91. Back to the Future
90. Napoleon Dynamite
89. Breaking the Waves
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
87. Swingers
86. Y Tu Mama Tambien
85. The 40 Year Old Virgin
84. Sideways
83. Evil Dead 2
82. Lost in Translation
81. Moonstruck
80. Michael Clayton
79. Waiting for Guffman
78. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
77. Sid and Nancy
76. The Departed
75. Out of Africa
74. Drugstore Cowboy
73. Office Space
72. Thelma & Louise
71. Unforgiven
70. Broadcast News
69. All About My Mother
68. Witness
67. Donnie Brasco
66. Natural Born Killers
65. Dirty Dancing
64. No Country for Old Men
63. Big
62. Sex, Lies and Videotape
61. Beverly Hills Cop
60. Scream
59. L.A. Confidential
58. Ghostbusters
57. There's Something About Mary
56. The Lives of Others
55. Risky Business
54. Fatal Attraction
53. The Truman Show
52. The Naked Gun
51. There Will Be Blood
50. The Piano
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
48. Scarface
47. Men in Black
46. Children of Men
45. Rain Man
44. The Player
43. Gladiator
42. Clueless
41. Dazed and Confused
40. Speed
39. The Sixth Sense
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
37. Pretty Woman
36. Spider-Man 2
35. The Incredibles
34. Fargo
33. The Breakfast Club
32. Fight Club
31. Brokeback Mountain
30. When Harry Met Sally...
29. The Bourne Supremacy
28. Wings of Desire
27. Aliens
26. Hoop Dreams
25. Shrek
24. A Room With A View
23. Memento
22. Rushmore
21. Schindler's List
20. The Lion King
19. Casino Royale
18. Do the Right Thing
17. Jerry Maguire
16. Boogie Nights
15. Edward Scissorhands
14. Crumb
13. Goodfellas
12. The Matrix
11. This is Spinal Tap
10. Moulin Rouge
9. Die Hard
8. The Silence of the Lambs
7. Hannah and Her Sisters
6. Saving Private Ryan
5. Toy Story
4. Blue Velvet
3. Titanic
2. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
1. Pulp Fiction

 

[Nouveau Pauvre]

I think it would have taken the last 25 years just to watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

 

[Go Surface]

Looks like they were trying to incorporate movies that they think their readers would have chosen. Some of the choices are laughable though. Men in Black/Beverly Hills Cop? What the ****.

 

[audiophilia]

LOTR. LOL True. What a frigging snoozefest. Dull nonsense in hushed tones.

 

[Hard2Fit]

I love Bond flicks but Casino Royale has no business in the top 20.

 

[oneblood]

Men In Black was rated 49 spots higher than Full Metal Jacket. That is all I have to say about this list.

 

[Nouveau Pauvre]

I just want to know what Speed is doing on any best-of list. Or clueless for that matter.

 

[Manny Calavera]

Originally Posted by jonglover

100. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
99. The Blair Witch Project
91. Back to the Future
90. Napoleon Dynamite
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
85. The 40 Year Old Virgin
78. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
60. Scream
57. There's Something About Mary
47. Men in Black
40. Speed
39. The Sixth Sense
37. Pretty Woman
29. The Bourne Supremacy
12. The Matrix
10. Moulin Rouge
9. Die Hard
3. Titanic

If I were to make a, "Worst Films I've Ever Seen" list, I'd say 80% of the movies I've culled above would be on there. I'm wondering if this was done by committee, or an intern just went onto IMDB and looked for a list of the highest rated films of the past 25 years. I particularly enjoyed films that came out not even a year ago ending up on the top half of the list and random goodness like In the Mood for Love somehow winding up on there. Entertainment Weekly: a pillar of American arts, entertainment and culture.

 

[whacked]

I stopped reading after the first entry.

But Napoleon Dynamite? wow

 

[GQgeek]

LOTR definitely belongs on that list.

 

[oneblood]

I must be the only person who didn't like The Incredibles.

 

[dusty]

Originally Posted by jonglover

If I were to make a, "Worst Films I've Ever Seen" list, I'd say 80% of the movies I've culled above would be on there. I'm wondering if this was done by committee, or an intern just went onto IMDB and looked for a list of the highest rated films of the past 25 years. I particularly enjoyed films that came out not even a year ago ending up on the top half of the list and random goodness like In the Mood for Love somehow winding up on there. Entertainment Weekly: a pillar of American arts, entertainment and culture.

Ok Back to the Future was good

 

[Manny Calavera]

Originally Posted by dusty

Ok Back to the Future was good

Well, I can see culturally significant films that I just don't dig like that and LotR being on the list, sure. But man, when those are some of this list's best movies...

 

[jerry34]

Originally Posted by jonglover

If I were to make a, "Worst Films I've Ever Seen" list, I'd say 80% of the movies I've culled above would be on there. I'm wondering if this was done by committee, or an intern just went onto IMDB and looked for a list of the highest rated films of the past 25 years. I particularly enjoyed films that came out not even a year ago ending up on the top half of the list and random goodness like In the Mood for Love somehow winding up on there. Entertainment Weekly: a pillar of American arts, entertainment and culture.
You know as much about film as you know about rocket science. I'll take a wager and guess you don't work for NASA. I work in the industry, and can tell you that some of the movies on your "terrible list" are viewed as all time classics by the majority of people in the industry. Stick to your day job, bud.

 

[LabelKing]

Best according to the Disneyland Crowd.