Monday, October 21, 2013

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?
 

Tuesday, October 08, 2013

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?