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Goodfellas

Directed by: Martin Scorsese



Starring: Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci





Misery

Directed by: Rob Reiner



Starring: James Caan, Kathy Bates

1991

1992

1993



  • Dazed and Confused

    Directed by: Richard Linklater



    Starring: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey





  • Groundhog Day

    Directed by: Harold Ramis



    Starring: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Stephen Tobolowsky





  • Schindler's List

    Directed by: Steven Spielberg



    Starring: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes

1994

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Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam)

Directed by: Wong Kar-Wai



Starring: Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Faye Wong





Ed Wood

Directed by: Tim Burton



Starring: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker





Forrest Gump

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis



Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise





Four Weddings and a Funeral

Directed by: Mike Newell



Starring: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Simon Callow





Pulp Fiction

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino



Starring: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis





The Shawshank Redemption

Directed by: Frank Darabont



Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman





Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge)

Directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski



Starring: Irene Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant

1995



  • Babe

    Directed by: Chris Noonan



    Starring: James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski





  • Before Sunrise

    Directed by: Richard Linklater



    Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy



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    Clueless

    Directed by: Amy Heckerling



    Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Brittany Murphy





  • Heat

    Directed by: Michael Mann



    Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer


  • Living in Oblivion

    Directed by: Tom DeCillo



    Starring: Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener





  • Sense and Sensibility

    Directed by: Ang Lee



    Starring: Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant



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    Toy Story

    Directed by: John Lasseter



    Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen
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    The Usual Suspects

    Directed by: Bryan Singer



    Starring: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri

1996



  • Big Night

    Directed by: Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci



    Starring: Tony Shaloub, Stanley Tucci, Ian Holm





  • Dead Man

    Directed by: Jim Jarmusch



    Starring: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Lance Henriksen



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    Fargo

    Directed by: Joel Coen



    Starring: Frances McDormand, William H. Macy





  • Ghost in the Shell (Kokaku kidotai)

    Directed by: Mamoru Oshii



    Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka





  • Lone Star

    Directed by: John Sayles



    Starring: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Pena, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey,



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    Scream

    Directed by: Wes Craven



    Starring: Neve Campbell, Drew Barrymore





  • Secrets & Lies

    Directed by: Mike Leigh



    Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall





  • Sling Blade

    Directed by: Billy Bob Thornton



    Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, Lucas Black





  • Swingers

    Directed by: Doug Liman



    Starring: Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Heather Graham





  • Trainspotting

    Directed by: Danny Boyle



    Starring: Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle

1997

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Boogie Nights

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson



Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore





Eve's Bayou

Directed by: Kasi Lemmons



Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan





L.A. Confidential

Directed by: Curtis Hanson



Starring: Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey





The Sweet Hereafter

Directed by: Atom Egoyan



Starring: Ian Holm, Bruce Greenwood, Sarah Polley



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Titanic

Directed by: James Cameron



Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet

1998



  • The Big Lebowski

    Directed by: Joel Coen



    Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore


  • Fireworks (Hana-bi)

    Directed by: Takeshi Kitano



    Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto



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    Out of Sight

    Directed by: Steven Soderbergh



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    Saving Private Ryan

    Directed by: Steven Spielberg



    Starring: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore





  • There's Something About Mary

    Directed by: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly



    Starring: Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller

1999



  • All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)

    Directed by: Pedro Almodovar



    Starring: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penelope Cruz





  • American Beauty

    Directed by: Sam Mendes



    Starring: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch





  • Being John Malkovich

    Directed by: Spike Jonze



    Starring: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich





  • Election

    Directed by: Alexander Payne



    Starring: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein



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    Fight Club

    Directed by: David Fincher



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    The Matrix

    Directed by: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski



    Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne





  • Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime)

    Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki



    Starring: Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida





  • Run Lola Run (Lola rennt)

    Directed by: Tom Tykwer



    Starring: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu





  • The Sixth Sense

    Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan



    Starring: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette





  • Three Kings

    Directed by: David O. Russell



    Starring: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube

2000



  • Almost Famous

    Directed by: Cameron Crowe



    Starring: Patrick Fugit, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson



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    Best in Show

    Directed by: Christopher Guest



    Starring: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara





  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)

    Directed by: Ang Lee



    Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang



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    Yi Yi

    Directed by: Edward Yang



    Starring: Wu Nien-jen, Issey Ogata, Elaine Jin

2001

2002



  • The Pianist

    Directed by: Roman Polanski



    Starring: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Emilia Fox





  • Y Tu Mama Tambien

    Directed by: Alfonso Cuaron



    Starring: Maribel Verdu, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna

2003



  • City of God (Cidade de Deus)

    Directed by: Fernando Meirelles



    Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino De Hora Phellipe, Seu Jorge



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    Elephant

    Directed by: Gus Van Sant



    Starring: Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson





  • Finding Nemo

    Directed by: Andrew Stanton



    Starring: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres

2004

2005



  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin

    Directed by: Judd Apatow



    Starring: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Seth Rogen



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    Brokeback Mountain

    Directed by: Ang Lee



    Starring: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal





  • A History of Violence

    Directed by: David Cronenberg



    Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris



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    Oldboy

    Directed by: Park Chan-wook



    Starring: Choi Min-shik, Kang Hye-jeong

2006

2007

2008



  • The Dark Knight

    Directed by: Christopher Nolan



    Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart





  • Slumdog Millionaire

    Directed by: Danny Boyle



    Starring: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Freida Pinto



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    WALL-E

    Directed by: Andrew Stanton



    Starring: Fred Willard, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Garlin

2009



  • Avatar

    Directed by: James Cameron



    Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver



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    The Hurt Locker

    Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow



    Starring: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty





  • Inglourious Basterds

    Directed by: Quentin Tarantino



    Starring: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Melanie Laurent

SO HOW MANY HAVE YOU SEEN AND HOW MANY DO YOU AGREE WITH???????

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I've seen all but 11 of these. I watch a LOT of movies. My boyfriend and I own over 400 DVDs LOL :lol:

LOVED some: Goodfellas, Terminator, Toy Story, The Big Lebowski (Awesome!!!), Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Memento

HATED others: Sling Blade, Best in Show, The Royal Tenebaums, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Some on the list are just confusing as to why they're on the list: Scream, Almost Famous, Election, Borat, Brokeback Mountain.

What a random and eclectic list! I highly disagree, a lot of those movies would just be a waste of your time.

These are the movies you need to see before you die:

The Fifth Element

S natch

House of Flying Daggers

Zombieland

The Princess Bride

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25... was there 100 there? o_O Didn't seem like it.

Princess Mononoke is by FAR one of the best animated films of ALL TIME! So heart touching, anything that Studio Ghibli does. If you strongly believe in preserving the world and the animals of the world, you should really give it a watch. Phenomenal. Howl's Moving Castle is another amazing Ghibli film, love it!

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25... was there 100 there? o_O Didn't seem like it.

Princess Mononoke is by FAR one of the best animated films of ALL TIME! So heart touching, anything that Studio Ghibli does. If you strongly believe in preserving the world and the animals of the world, you should really give it a watch. Phenomenal. Howl's Moving Castle is another amazing Ghibli film, love it!

"Ponyo " and "Spirited Away" (both Ghibli films) were also excellent! :D

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Goodfellas

Directed by: Martin Scorsese



Starring: Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci





Misery

Directed by: Rob Reiner



Starring: James Caan, Kathy Bates

1991

1992

1993



  • Dazed and Confused

    Directed by: Richard Linklater



    Starring: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey


  • Groundhog Day

    Directed by: Harold Ramis



    Starring: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Stephen Tobolowsky


  • Schindler's List

    Directed by: Steven Spielberg



    Starring: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes

1994

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Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam)

Directed by: Wong Kar-Wai



Starring: Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Faye Wong





Ed Wood

Directed by: Tim Burton



Starring: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker

Forrest Gump

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis



Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Directed by: Mike Newell



Starring: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Simon Callow

Pulp Fiction

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino



Starring: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis

The Shawshank Redemption

Directed by: Frank Darabont



Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman

Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge)

Directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski



Starring: Irene Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant

1995



  • Babe

    Directed by: Chris Noonan



    Starring: James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski


  • Before Sunrise

    Directed by: Richard Linklater



    Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy



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    Clueless

    Directed by: Amy Heckerling



    Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Brittany Murphy


  • Heat

    Directed by: Michael Mann



    Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer


  • Living in Oblivion

    Directed by: Tom DeCillo



    Starring: Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener


  • Sense and Sensibility

    Directed by: Ang Lee



    Starring: Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant
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    Toy Story

    Directed by: John Lasseter



    Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen
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    The Usual Suspects

    Directed by: Bryan Singer



    Starring: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri

1996



  • Big Night

    Directed by: Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci



    Starring: Tony Shaloub, Stanley Tucci, Ian Holm


  • Dead Man

    Directed by: Jim Jarmusch



    Starring: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Lance Henriksen



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    Fargo

    Directed by: Joel Coen



    Starring: Frances McDormand, William H. Macy


  • Ghost in the Shell (Kokaku kidotai)

    Directed by: Mamoru Oshii



    Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka


  • Lone Star

    Directed by: John Sayles



    Starring: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Pena, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey,



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    Scream

    Directed by: Wes Craven



    Starring: Neve Campbell, Drew Barrymore


  • Secrets & Lies

    Directed by: Mike Leigh



    Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall


  • Sling Blade

    Directed by: Billy Bob Thornton



    Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, Lucas Black


  • Swingers

    Directed by: Doug Liman



    Starring: Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Heather Graham


  • Trainspotting

    Directed by: Danny Boyle



    Starring: Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle

1997

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Boogie Nights

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson



Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore





Eve's Bayou

Directed by: Kasi Lemmons



Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan

L.A. Confidential

Directed by: Curtis Hanson



Starring: Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey

The Sweet Hereafter

Directed by: Atom Egoyan



Starring: Ian Holm, Bruce Greenwood, Sarah Polley 100_titanic.jpg

Titanic

Directed by: James Cameron



Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet

1998



  • The Big Lebowski

    Directed by: Joel Coen



    Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore


  • Fireworks (Hana-bi)

    Directed by: Takeshi Kitano



    Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto
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    Out of Sight

    Directed by: Steven Soderbergh



    Starring: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Catherine Keener <LI class="editors-pick clearfix">100_savingprivateryan.jpg

    Saving Private Ryan

    Directed by: Steven Spielberg



    Starring: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore


  • There's Something About Mary

    Directed by: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly



    Starring: Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller

1999



  • All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)

    Directed by: Pedro Almodovar



    Starring: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penelope Cruz


  • American Beauty

    Directed by: Sam Mendes



    Starring: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch


  • Being John Malkovich

    Directed by: Spike Jonze



    Starring: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich


  • Election

    Directed by: Alexander Payne



    Starring: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein
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    Fight Club

    Directed by: David Fincher



    Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton <LI class="editors-pick clearfix">modernclassics_matrix83.jpg

    The Matrix

    Directed by: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski



    Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne


  • Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime)

    Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki



    Starring: Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida


  • Run Lola Run (Lola rennt)

    Directed by: Tom Tykwer



    Starring: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu


  • The Sixth Sense

    Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan



    Starring: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette


  • Three Kings

    Directed by: David O. Russell



    Starring: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube

2000



  • Almost Famous

    Directed by: Cameron Crowe



    Starring: Patrick Fugit, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson



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    Best in Show

    Directed by: Christopher Guest



    Starring: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara


  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)

    Directed by: Ang Lee



    Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang
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    Yi Yi

    Directed by: Edward Yang



    Starring: Wu Nien-jen, Issey Ogata, Elaine Jin

2001

2002



  • The Pianist

    Directed by: Roman Polanski



    Starring: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Emilia Fox


  • Y Tu Mama Tambien

    Directed by: Alfonso Cuaron



    Starring: Maribel Verdu, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna

2003



  • City of God (Cidade de Deus)

    Directed by: Fernando Meirelles



    Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino De Hora Phellipe, Seu Jorge



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    Elephant

    Directed by: Gus Van Sant



    Starring: Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson


  • Finding Nemo

    Directed by: Andrew Stanton



    Starring: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres

2004

2005



  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin

    Directed by: Judd Apatow



    Starring: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Seth Rogen



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    Brokeback Mountain

    Directed by: Ang Lee



    Starring: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal


  • A History of Violence

    Directed by: David Cronenberg



    Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris
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    Oldboy

    Directed by: Park Chan-wook



    Starring: Choi Min-shik, Kang Hye-jeong

2006

2007

2008



  • The Dark Knight

    Directed by: Christopher Nolan



    Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart


  • Slumdog Millionaire

    Directed by: Danny Boyle



    Starring: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Freida Pinto
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    WALL-E

    Directed by: Andrew Stanton



    Starring: Fred Willard, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Garlin

2009



  • Avatar

    Directed by: James Cameron



    Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver



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    The Hurt Locker

    Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow



    Starring: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty


  • Inglourious Basterds

    Directed by: Quentin Tarantino



    Starring: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Melanie Laurent

SO HOW MANY HAVE YOU SEEN AND HOW MANY DO YOU AGREE WITH???????

Stephen King movies, Unforgiven ( a LOT of Clint Eastwood movies!) Hard Boiled and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon(Chow Yun Fat is a really good actor in action as well as drama) Heat, Groundhog Day-also What about Bob, Lord of the Rings, Fargo, Silence of the Lambs series

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Goodfellas

Directed by: Martin Scorsese



Starring: Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci





Misery

Directed by: Rob Reiner



Starring: James Caan, Kathy Bates

1991

1992

1993



  • Dazed and Confused

    Directed by: Richard Linklater



    Starring: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey


  • Groundhog Day

    Directed by: Harold Ramis



    Starring: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Stephen Tobolowsky


  • Schindler's List

    Directed by: Steven Spielberg



    Starring: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes

1994

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Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam)

Directed by: Wong Kar-Wai



Starring: Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Faye Wong





Ed Wood

Directed by: Tim Burton



Starring: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker

Forrest Gump

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis



Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Directed by: Mike Newell



Starring: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Simon Callow

Pulp Fiction

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino



Starring: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis

The Shawshank Redemption

Directed by: Frank Darabont



Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman

Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge)

Directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski



Starring: Irene Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant

1995



  • Babe

    Directed by: Chris Noonan



    Starring: James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski


  • Before Sunrise

    Directed by: Richard Linklater



    Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy



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    Clueless

    Directed by: Amy Heckerling



    Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Brittany Murphy


  • Heat

    Directed by: Michael Mann



    Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer


  • Living in Oblivion

    Directed by: Tom DeCillo



    Starring: Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener


  • Sense and Sensibility

    Directed by: Ang Lee



    Starring: Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant
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    Toy Story

    Directed by: John Lasseter



    Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen
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    The Usual Suspects

    Directed by: Bryan Singer



    Starring: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri

1996



  • Big Night

    Directed by: Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci



    Starring: Tony Shaloub, Stanley Tucci, Ian Holm


  • Dead Man

    Directed by: Jim Jarmusch



    Starring: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Lance Henriksen



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    Fargo

    Directed by: Joel Coen



    Starring: Frances McDormand, William H. Macy


  • Ghost in the Shell (Kokaku kidotai)

    Directed by: Mamoru Oshii



    Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka


  • Lone Star

    Directed by: John Sayles



    Starring: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Pena, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey,



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    Scream

    Directed by: Wes Craven



    Starring: Neve Campbell, Drew Barrymore


  • Secrets & Lies

    Directed by: Mike Leigh



    Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall


  • Sling Blade

    Directed by: Billy Bob Thornton



    Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, Lucas Black


  • Swingers

    Directed by: Doug Liman



    Starring: Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Heather Graham


  • Trainspotting

    Directed by: Danny Boyle



    Starring: Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle

1997

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Boogie Nights

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson



Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore





Eve's Bayou

Directed by: Kasi Lemmons



Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan

L.A. Confidential

Directed by: Curtis Hanson



Starring: Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey

The Sweet Hereafter

Directed by: Atom Egoyan



Starring: Ian Holm, Bruce Greenwood, Sarah Polley 100_titanic.jpg

Titanic

Directed by: James Cameron



Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet

1998



  • The Big Lebowski

    Directed by: Joel Coen



    Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore


  • Fireworks (Hana-bi)

    Directed by: Takeshi Kitano



    Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto
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    Out of Sight

    Directed by: Steven Soderbergh



    Starring: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Catherine Keener <LI class="editors-pick clearfix">100_savingprivateryan.jpg

    Saving Private Ryan

    Directed by: Steven Spielberg



    Starring: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore


  • There's Something About Mary

    Directed by: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly



    Starring: Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller

1999



  • All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)

    Directed by: Pedro Almodovar



    Starring: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penelope Cruz


  • American Beauty

    Directed by: Sam Mendes



    Starring: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch


  • Being John Malkovich

    Directed by: Spike Jonze



    Starring: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich


  • Election

    Directed by: Alexander Payne



    Starring: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein
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    Fight Club

    Directed by: David Fincher



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    The Matrix

    Directed by: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski



    Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne


  • Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime)

    Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki



    Starring: Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida


  • Run Lola Run (Lola rennt)

    Directed by: Tom Tykwer



    Starring: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu


  • The Sixth Sense

    Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan



    Starring: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette


  • Three Kings

    Directed by: David O. Russell



    Starring: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube

2000



  • Almost Famous

    Directed by: Cameron Crowe



    Starring: Patrick Fugit, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson



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    Best in Show

    Directed by: Christopher Guest



    Starring: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara


  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)

    Directed by: Ang Lee



    Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang
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    Yi Yi

    Directed by: Edward Yang



    Starring: Wu Nien-jen, Issey Ogata, Elaine Jin

2001

2002



  • The Pianist

    Directed by: Roman Polanski



    Starring: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Emilia Fox


  • Y Tu Mama Tambien

    Directed by: Alfonso Cuaron



    Starring: Maribel Verdu, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna

2003



  • City of God (Cidade de Deus)

    Directed by: Fernando Meirelles



    Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino De Hora Phellipe, Seu Jorge



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    Elephant

    Directed by: Gus Van Sant



    Starring: Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson


  • Finding Nemo

    Directed by: Andrew Stanton



    Starring: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres

2004

2005



  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin

    Directed by: Judd Apatow



    Starring: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Seth Rogen



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    Brokeback Mountain

    Directed by: Ang Lee



    Starring: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal


  • A History of Violence

    Directed by: David Cronenberg



    Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris
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    Oldboy

    Directed by: Park Chan-wook



    Starring: Choi Min-shik, Kang Hye-jeong

2006

2007

2008



  • The Dark Knight

    Directed by: Christopher Nolan



    Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart


  • Slumdog Millionaire

    Directed by: Danny Boyle



    Starring: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Freida Pinto
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    WALL-E

    Directed by: Andrew Stanton



    Starring: Fred Willard, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Garlin

2009



  • Avatar

    Directed by: James Cameron



    Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver



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    The Hurt Locker

    Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow



    Starring: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty


  • Inglourious Basterds

    Directed by: Quentin Tarantino



    Starring: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Melanie Laurent

SO HOW MANY HAVE YOU SEEN AND HOW MANY DO YOU AGREE WITH???????

Stephen King movies, Unforgiven ( a LOT of Clint Eastwood movies!) Hard Boiled and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon(Chow Yun Fat is a really good actor in action as well as drama) Heat, Groundhog Day-also What about Bob, Lord of the Rings, Fargo, Silence of the Lambs series

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The Princess Bride is one of the best movies of all time!!! And I don't think I saw Splash or the Labyrinth on there either.

I love a lot of Miyazaki films and have to say that Mononoke Hime and Howl's Moving Castle (which is far better than the book!) are my faves. I didn't much like Ponyo, it was cute but lacked sustenance but I did like the alternative happy ending in contrast to Hans Christian Anderson's a Little Mermaid (1975) (a far better tale than Disney and little harder to find). Paprika is also a great animated movie and will blow your mind!

I've seen a lot of the movies on the list but I really don't think that a lot of them should be ranked Best (blah blah)... I mean, Anchorman, while a funny movie the first time around, is just kinda forgettable but a lot of movies are forgettable for me. I just like seeing movies that aren't like any I've seen before. Like when I first saw Sin City, I had no words. Same with Planet Terror, the Girl Who Leapt Through Time (another animated favorite!), etc

I guess to be fair, the title of the thread is ... of the Past 20 Years and my favorite classics are from a little further back. Take Fright Night, the Last Dragon, or Red Dawn for example. Perfect movies, brilliant. There is absolutely nothing wrong with these, they're awesome. But Hollywood is remaking them for dollar signs. Kurt Russell was THE MAN in the Thing (1986 was it?) but the remake is coming out later this year and I have a feeling that it's going blow.

I don't know how this turned into a rant but I do apologize... I just woke up and am a bit grumpy.

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I've seen exactly half of them.

Some of the films on the list I haven't seen because they just don't interest me (Finding Nemo, Babe, Four Weddings, Sense and Sensibility, Titanic, There's Something about Mary, Avatar).

Some of my favourite films are definitely missing though - Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, ******, and Rock'n'Rolla should be in there. So should Shane Meadows amazing Dead Man's Shoes and This Is England - brilliant films.

Mick

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I've seen every film on that list except Red and all about my mother .......OMG how sad am i .................... i just worked out why i'm single laugh.gif

Films that shouldn't be on there

Beauty and the beast

Avatar

Slumdog millionaire

lord of the rings

royal tenenbaums

The pianist

Ed Wood

Babe

Stand out films

Hard boiled

big lebowski

all the supercop films

donnie darko

usual suspects

no country for old men

old boy

the player

Obvious ones if you haven't seen these go buy all 3 on dvd right now you should own these films

Shawshank redemption

Fight club

Goodfellas

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Lord of the Rings Trilogy.....best movies ever!

Love The Dark Knight too,The Day Aftr Tomorrow, Memoirs of a Geisha, 300, Shutter Island....

I really dislike the 'time-filler' films we seem to get a lot of..the ones that are in between the real awesome ones. There are so few awesome films that have been out in recent years.

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Woo Hoo Shelley i'm not the only sad ahem ahem sorry i mean film buff on here lmao which 3 haven't you seen ??

I did some work for Peter Jackson a few years ago, he was very down to earth ... still hate lord of the rings though laugh.gif

LMAO

I haven't seen-

Hard Boiled

Chung king express

Fargo

I've met Sean Bean, he is lovely and also very down to earth biggrin.gif

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