The '90's: My Top 20 Films

So after your kind interest in my favourite films from the 70's and 80's, it was inevitable to move onto the 90's. A decade within touching distance of new technologies and potential as we neared the new millennium - that manifested itself on the big screen with varying degrees of success and out right rubbish!

As with my other lists I hope you enjoy reminiscing over films that mean something to me as well as provoking discussion of what would make your list. I make no apologies for what makes my Top 20 as this is my list - yours may include Batman and Robin (although I doubt it) and that would be okay as it's all just opinion right - it's not a competition, no one wins but it sure is fun to debate!

Okay so lets get to it, here are my top 20 favourite movies from the '90's:

1. Good Will Hunting

2. The Shawshank Redemption

3. Saving Private Ryan

4. LA Confidential

5. Terminator 2: Judgement Day

6. Braveheart

7. Heat

8. Leon: The Professional

9. A Time to Kill

10. The Big Lebowski

11. The Silence of the Lambs

12. Dumb And Dumber

 

13. Se7en

 

14. Toy Story 1 & 2

15. Forrest Gump

16. Home Alone 1 & 2

17. Point Break

18. Jerry Maguire

19. Scream 1 & 2

20. Jurassic Park 

Runner's Up:

Schindler's List, The Matrix, The Lion King, Notting Hill, Groundhog Day, The Iron Giant, 

The Last of the Mohicans, Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World, Carlito's Way, 

Boyz n the Hood, True Romance, What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Grosse Point Blank, 

Out of Sight, Office Space, Ace Ventura 1 & 2, Austin Powers 1 & 2, The Game, True Lies, 

The Devil's Advocate, Blade, Clueless, Wayne's World, Pretty Woman, Happy Gilmore, 

Misery, Mr. Hollands Opus, Tremors, Tombstone, Aladdin, The Insider, A Bug's Life, 

So I Married an Axe Murderer, Shakespeare in Love, There's Something About Mary, 

The Fugitive, Cool Runnings, Crimson Tide, Dead Man Walking, Rounders, La Haine,  

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Usual Suspects, Four Weddings and a Funeral 

and Kindergarten Cop.

*Also since I forgot these (I don't know how) when I first wrote this.... Any Given Sunday, 

A Few Good Men and Beauty and the Beast (for Jamie.P)!

What was your favourite 90's film?
 

The '70's: My Top 10 Films

 

After doing my 80's post I was asked about the 1970's. There are a ton of classics but on the whole its not my favourite period for movies. Never the less...

 Here are my top 10 movies from the '70's:

1. Jaws

2. Dirty Harry

3. Star Wars

4. The Sting

5. Alien

6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail / Life of Brian (I couldn't split them!)

 7. Animal House

8. Halloween

  
9. Rocky

10. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

 
What are your favourites?

The '80's: My Top 20 Films

I am a sucker for 80's movies even if they are terrible like Summer School or Kickboxer but I thought it was time to put them in a definitive list. Seeing as it was the best decade for films ever!

Now I know I am going to offend some of you by not including some of your favourites - it was a very hard decision and I could easily go back and forth on a few of them but remember this is only my opinion. Anyway I hope you enjoy reminiscing with me!

 Here are my top 20 favourite movies from the '80's:

1. Aliens (Special Edition)

  2. The Goonies

3. Empire Strikes Back

4. Back to the Future

5. Ferris Buellers Day Off

6. Raiders of the Lost Ark

7. Die Hard

8. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial

 9. Predator

10. Deads Poets Society

11. The Untouchables

12. Stand by Me

13. Big 

14. The Terminator

15. Ghostbusters

16. Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade

17. Lethal Weapon

18. Uncle Buck

19. The Karate Kid

20. The Great Outdoors

Runner's Up: Gremlins, The Thing, Trading Places, The Breakfast Club, Good Morning Vietnam, Return of the Jedi, Blade Runner, Beverly Hills Cop, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, The lost Boys, Coming to America, Romancing the Stone, RoboCop, First Blood, Mad Max, The Blues Brothers, Rain man, National Lampoons Vacation and Xmas Vacation, Pretty in Pink, Scarface, Weird Science, Field of Dreams, Glory, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, April Fools Day, Risky Business, Revenge of the Nerds, Rocky 4, The Big Blue, The Naked Gun, Crocodile Dundee, Mississippi Burning, Witness, Stripes, Parenthood, The Burbs, Twins, Dragnet, Monster Squad, 3 Men and a Baby and Brewsters Millions. 

See I told you it was a great decade!!