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You guys have opinions on everything, right? This is as good a topic as any to argue over.

And that decade brought us some classics. Saving Private Ryan. Balto (I'll always have a soft spot for Balto, the heroic husky). Braveheart. Edward Scissorhands. A Few Good Men. The Big Lebowski.

Share your favorites and bash other peoples'.

I love The Big Lebowski, and probably think it's my favorite. As far as animation goes, Miyazaki hit a high, and A Bug's Life was superb. Let's also mention Bottle Rocket and Rushmore, Barton Fink, Point Break, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Eyes Wide Shut.

I like The Matrix.

Terminator 2.

I suppose I forgot Fight Club.

Y'know, I never understood why The Big Lebowski has such a cult following. I mean, I enjoyed it and everything, but I can't see why people would call it one of the best movies of the 90's.

The phrase "90's movies" makes me think of the "classics" for kids who were my age, like Cool Runnings and Brink. I certainly wouldn't call them the best movies of the 90's, but I do consider them to be quintessential examples of movies of that time.

My favorites are Forrest Gump, Toy Story, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Lion King, Groundhog Day, and Boogie Nights.

Bio-dome. Pauly Shore is the best actor ever.

The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element

and also Man on the Moon
and also The Birdcage

Tsukatu wrote:Y'know, I never understood why The Big Lebowski has such a cult following. I mean, I enjoyed it and everything, but I can't see why people would call it one of the best movies of the 90's.

QFE.

Anyway, I'm surprised no-one mentioned Schindler's List, or, come to that, my personal favourite film of the 90s, L.A. Confidential. Also making it into my top 8 are Barton Fink, Toy Story, After Life, Saving Private Ryan, Princess Mononoke and The Matrix, but I admit that I haven't seen many movies from the 90s, unfortunately.

The Big Lebowski is so fantastic, but I don't know how I could argue that. Rewatch it, maybe? It took me two watchings to fall in love.

And Schindler's List is classic Spielberg.

No love for Se7en? Really?

xVxCrushloaderusSupremusxVx wrote:No love for Se7en? Really?

Sesevenin was too predictable for me to agree with you.

I love 7, it's the atmosphere rather than the twists that get me. Fincher is great with atmosphere.

sheganican wrote:The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element

I remember loving that film, watched it again recently and aside from some wonderful visuals and costume design it's a real mess of a film. Clunky childish narrative and over-acting plus a phoned in performance from The Man Willis. Really lacklustre, imo.



After some research, I can safely say my favourite 90s films are as follows:

T2, The Matrix, Se7en, Scream, American History X, Princess Mononoke, Leon, and Clerks.

a happy song wrote:Clerks.

Wasn't Clerks 2 the iconic movie in which a man fucks a horse? Or ... yeah I think that was it. That series was a little offbeat.

Watched this so many times when I was younger.

Heartattack wrote:My favorites are Forrest Gump, Toy Story, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Lion King, Groundhog Day, and Boogie Nights.

Are you fucking psychic?

Techno wrote:

Watched this so many times when I was younger.

I have very distinct memories of playing SimTower while watching this and thinking that that was really awesome. I was building ballrooms in my tower when the monkey was making a mess of the ballroom.
Because I was ~12 in 1999, I enjoyed the crap out of Starship Troopers. I saw it again a few years ago and was extremely embarrassed to have been my past self.

Techno wrote:

Watched this so many times when I was younger.

I had this on VHS!

flagmyidol wrote:

a happy song wrote:Clerks.

Wasn't Clerks 2 the iconic movie in which a man fucks a horse? Or ... yeah I think that was it. That series was a little offbeat.

Clerks 2 is a pile of cash-in turds. Clerks one is a low-fi, understated comedy of subtle brilliance. Have you seen the first? You really should.

Clerks 2 was a Kevin Smith movie, but unfortunately, what a Kevin Smith is movie changed some time after Dogma.

a happy song wrote:

sheganican wrote:The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element

I remember loving that film, watched it again recently and aside from some wonderful visuals and costume design it's a real mess of a film. Clunky childish narrative and over-acting plus a phoned in performance from The Man Willis. Really lacklustre, imo.

Well i don't adore it because i think it's a cinematic masterpiece. The style is just fun. It's like bubblegum music. Sure it's flawed, but what isn't?

sheganican wrote:Sure it's flawed, but what isn't?

Aliens.

First, lacklustre is hilariously British. :)

Second, the Fifth Element does not really work on reviewings, mostly because Jovavich or however her name is spelled is functionally retarded. And that blue chick scene goes on for forever.