Guest Choken One Report post Posted May 29, 2004 Highlight Movies from each season from * Some might not be placed in right year...mostly it's done by various websites and some by memory... 1980 to 2003 1980 Raging Bull Ordinary People Blues Brothers Empire Strikes Back Coal Miners Daughter 1981 My Dinner with Andre Chariots of Fire Gates of Heaven Body Heat Raiders of Lost Ark 1982 E.T Tootsie Sophies Choice Das Boot Moonlighting Diva 1983 The Right Stuff Terms of Endearment Risky Business Year of Living Dangerously Silkwood 1984 Amadeus Purple Rain Killing Fields 1985 Color Purple Prizzi's Honor Witness Blood Simple Ran Back to the Future 1986 Platoon Peggy Sue got Married Hannah and Her Sisters 1987 Full Metal Jacket Big Easy Last Emperor Radio Days Leathal Weapon 1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Bull Durham Accidential Tourist Mississipi Burning 1989 Do the right thing My Left Foot Field of Dreams Say Anything Driving Miss Daisy Born on the fourth of July Drugstore cowboy 1990 Goodfellas Dances with Wolves Die Hard 2 Awakenings Godfather 3 1991 JFK Boyz in the hood Beauty and the beast Grand Canyon Silence of the Lambs 1992 Malcom X Player Unforgiven Howards End 1993 Schindlers List Jurassic Park Age of Innocence Fugitive Menace II Society 1994 Shawshank Redemption quiz show Pulp Fiction 4 Weddings and Funeral Ed Wood Hoop Dreams Natural Born Killers 1995 Toy Story Crumb Babe Dead Man Walking Nixon Casino Leaving Las Vegas Apollo 13 1996 Fargo Secrets and Lies Lone Star English Paitent Breaking the Waves Bound Welcome to the Dollhouse 1997 L.A Confidential As Good as It gets Titanic Good Will Hunting Wag the Dog In the Company of Men Sweat Hereafter 1998 Thin Red Line Pleasantville Saving Private Ryan A Simple Plan Shakespere in Love Truman Show Primary Colors Babe: Pig in the city 1999 Talented Mr. Ripley Boys Dont Cry Man on the Moon American Beauty Being John Malkovich Matrix 2000 Almost Famous Gladiator Traffic Requiem for a Dream O Brother Where Art Thou? 2001 Beautiful Mind Memento Shrek Life as a House Mulholland Drive Moulin Rouge Monster's Ball Fellowship of the ring 2002 Chicago Adapation Gangs of New York Panic Room Two Towers One Hour Photo Catch Me if You Can 2003 American Splendor Last Samurai Mystic River Lost in Translation Phone Booth Return of King Kill Bill Vol. 1 The Movies I selected as representive of those years were based off what movies appeared most frequently on "best of" lists... What year is to you...the BEST year? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest I Got Banned for Sucking Report post Posted May 29, 2004 Every year had it's high point/s, but the years there that started churning out excellent flicks were the early 90s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaosrage 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2004 You forgot Fight Club for 99. '94 was the best. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted May 29, 2004 You forgot Fight Club for 99. '94 was the best. It should have but It never registred in my mind because most critics didn't give it its proper due. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted May 29, 2004 I'd have to go with '94 '80 - '00 is arguably the greatest 20 year period in film. It started getting alittle weak in the late 90s. I personally like the 70s the most Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HarleyQuinn 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2004 I'll vote 1994 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mandarin 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2004 I'm split between 1999 and 1994. Didn't 1994 also have Forrest Gump? Not that it was THAT good of a movie, but it did win the Oscar. 1996 is the worst. English "...zzz" Patient and the overrated Fargo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WrestlingDeacon 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2004 You miss a lot of good stuff from 1984. Starman, Places in the Heart, A Passage to India, The Karate Kid, The Natural, Beverly Hills Cop, Splash, Romancing the Stone, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Footloose and fucking GHOSTBUSTERS!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted May 29, 2004 I just went by what I saw on various Best of lists... i dont think i was counting the popcorn movies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2004 1994, definetely. 1999 and 1990 are runners up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godthedog 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2004 1999. being john malkovich, three kings, eyes wide shut, blair witch project, fight club, american beauty, boys don't cry, the war zone, magnolia, bringing out the dead, go, the insider, the straight story...no contest. greatgreatgreat year to work in a movie theater. '80 - '00 is arguably the greatest 20 year period in film. It started getting alittle weak in the late 90s. dude, come on. the 60s-70s had jean-luc godard, orson welles, kurosawa, luis bunuel, francois truffaut, the beatles, 'mary poppins', 'the graduate', 'bonnie & clyde', martin scorsese, francis ford coppola, and roman polanski. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted May 29, 2004 '80 - '00 is arguably the greatest 20 year period in film. It started getting alittle weak in the late 90s. dude, come on. the 60s-70s had jean-luc godard, orson welles, kurosawa, luis bunuel, francois truffaut, the beatles, 'mary poppins', 'the graduate', 'bonnie & clyde', martin scorsese, francis ford coppola, and roman polanski. Well, I did say arguably. Of course, you happen to give a good argument. Would the claim of 60's-00's being the greatest 4 decade period in film satisfy both of our arguments. Also I don't know what I was thinking, saying it got weak in late 90's. I think I meant to say the last few years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2004 Roger Rabbit was 88? Damn I feel old. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted May 29, 2004 Roger Rabbit was 88? Damn I feel old. pffft...I remembering seeing Back To The Future as a child and spending years wondering when they were going to fulfill the "to be continued" ending. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes Report post Posted May 30, 2004 I'm partial to anything from the 80's, especially teen movies that have a budget of $20 and the worst acting ever. But still, I find the stuff enjoyable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted May 30, 2004 1994 or 2003. I am inclined to go with 1994 only because my opinions on those films are pretty much set, whereas I could still be hyped up about 2003. I will give it a couple of years to get a better judgment. 2003 is the closest though. 1981 was pretty kickass too with Raiders of the Lost Ark and Chariots of Fire. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spiny norman 0 Report post Posted May 30, 2004 '80 - '00 is arguably the greatest 20 year period in film. It started getting alittle weak in the late 90s. dude, come on. the 60s-70s had jean-luc godard, orson welles, kurosawa, luis bunuel, francois truffaut, the beatles, 'mary poppins', 'the graduate', 'bonnie & clyde', martin scorsese, francis ford coppola, and roman polanski. Well, I did say arguably. Of course, you happen to give a good argument. Would the claim of 60's-00's being the greatest 4 decade period in film satisfy both of our arguments. Also I don't know what I was thinking, saying it got weak in late 90's. I think I meant to say the last few years. The 60s-00s being the best four decade period? That's a silly statement, who here has seen enough from any other four decades of film to verify such a thing? Yes, I agree it's the best four decades, but that's due partially to ignorance of the previous four decades and the fact that after that there aren't any major four decades to compare with. Best year ever is 1939: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington The Wizard Of Oz Gone With The Wind Stagecoach Of Mice And Men The Four Feathers Goodbye, Mr. Chips The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spiny norman 0 Report post Posted May 30, 2004 1994 or 2003. I am inclined to go with 1994 only because my opinions on those films are pretty much set, whereas I could still be hyped up about 2003. I will give it a couple of years to get a better judgment. 2003 is the closest though. 1981 was pretty kickass too with Raiders of the Lost Ark and Chariots of Fire. And I have to say, aside from Lost In Translation, Big Fish, City Of God and Return Of The King, 2003 was one of the more disappointing years in cinema. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe 0 Report post Posted May 30, 2004 You left off SCARFACE for 1983!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Crazy Dan Report post Posted May 30, 2004 And Sid and Nancy for 86 as well. I am sure there are many great eras before 80, but I didn't start getting into movies until the late 80's, and so I will pick the best year based on the films I did see and knew was out. And I give my vote to 1994, which had so many great movies, all different. A trully special year to say the least, even if Forrest Gump did beat out Shawshank and Pulp Fiction for best picture. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest I Got Banned for Sucking Report post Posted May 30, 2004 Seeing as we're still obviously not listening to Choken when he says that it's not his list, "Choken, where the fuck is Minority Report?" Semi-technical wonder, that film... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest jm29195 Report post Posted May 30, 2004 What about Reservoir Dogs in 92? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Salacious Crumb Report post Posted May 30, 2004 1999. being john malkovich, three kings, eyes wide shut, blair witch project, fight club, american beauty, boys don't cry, the war zone, magnolia, bringing out the dead, go, the insider, the straight story...no contest. I think 1999 saw the most overrated flicks to ever get released. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted May 30, 2004 2004 is quickly becoming the year of shitty blockbuster movies... kinda like 2000 was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Salacious Crumb Report post Posted May 30, 2004 I'm hoping Spider-Man 2, Shrek 2 and Harry Potter are enough to carry the summer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted May 30, 2004 They'll defintally help in money side of things (those three movies combined should all equal over a billion) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes Report post Posted May 30, 2004 You left off SCARFACE for 1983!!! How dare that movie be forgotten~! Grr...[/not sarcasm] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest I Got Banned for Sucking Report post Posted May 30, 2004 1999. being john malkovich, three kings, eyes wide shut, blair witch project, fight club, american beauty, boys don't cry, the war zone, magnolia, bringing out the dead, go, the insider, the straight story...no contest. I think 1999 saw the most overrated flicks to ever get released. That was the year when Hollywood tried to do arthouse. And for the most part, succeeded. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted May 30, 2004 1999. being john malkovich, three kings, eyes wide shut, blair witch project, fight club, american beauty, boys don't cry, the war zone, magnolia, bringing out the dead, go, the insider, the straight story...no contest. I think 1999 saw the most overrated flicks to ever get released. And for the most part, succeeded. Don't say things I agree with. It generates cognitive dissonance. I remember sitting around in September of 1999 just as most of these movies were starting to come out, and being really, really excited about the fall. Felt like it paid off, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godthedog 0 Report post Posted May 30, 2004 almost forgot...'the road home', possibly the most gorgeous movie i've ever seen, was also released in 1999. it was in china, & didn't make it to the US for two years, and i didn't see it until 2003, but i still say it counts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
