General Discussion : Top 20 movies since 1992 (Tarantino's versus mine)

[mwgerb]

Schindler's List
Unforgiven
Children of Men
Saving Private Ryan
12 Monkeys
Pan's Labyrinth
Pulp Fiction
Memento
There Will Be Blood
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Lord of the Rings series
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
American History X
The Matrix
Se7en
Being John Malkovich
Inglourious Basterds
Little Miss Sunshine
Tied for 19 and 20:
United 93, The Wrestler, Fight Club, The Sixth Sense

[Rumplesink]

Alphabetical:

Bab'Aziz (Nacer Khemir - 2005)
Casino (Martin Scorsese - 1995)
Cyclo (Ahn-Hung Tran - 1995)
Il Divo (Paolo Sorrentino - 2008)
The Five Obstructions (Lars von Trier - 1996)
Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis - 1993)
Inland Empire (David Lynch - 2006)
Magnolia (P.T Anderson - 1999)
Memories of Murder (Bong Joon-ho - 2003)
No Country For Old Men (Joel Coen - 2007)
OldBoy (Park Chan-wook - 2003)
Owning Mahowny (Richard Kwietniowski - 2003)
Peppermint Candy (Lee Chang-dong - 1999)
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino - 1994)
Songs From The Second Floor (Roy Andersson - 2000)
Syndromes & A Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul - 2006)
There Will Be Blood (P.T.Anderson - 2007)
Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr - 2000)
The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke - 2008)
Yi Yi (Edward Yang - 2000)

[djross]

Here is my updated list of the twenty best movies since 1992 (since this thread is back in vogue here), which now only contains what in my view are masterpieces.
On the other hand, it is now more than 18 months since Tarantino announced his list, and my updated version includes one movie that had not yet been released at that time.
Some of the fine grading at the very top of my list is not completely satisfying to me, and I think I will review all these rankings soon, perhaps in a few months. But this will not result in major changes, I don't think.


Breaking the Waves (100)
The Thin Red Line (100)
Irreversible (96)
Husbands and Wives (95)
The Century of the Self (94)
The Wind Will Carry Us (94)
Dogville (93)
I Stand Alone (93)
The Idiots (93)
Lost Highway (93)
Ten (93)
There Will Be Blood (93)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (93)
Manderlay (92)
Mulholland Drive (92)
The New World, extended version (92)
The Power of Nightmares (92)
A Taste of Cherry (92)
Black Swan (91)
Dancer in the Dark (91)

[TheDenizen]

I've had Breaking the Waves on my "must see" list for a while now.

[Jerky]

Pulp Fiction (1994) 100
Memento (2001) 100
Schindler's List (1993) 99
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 98
Shaun of the Dead (2004) 97
Swingers (1996) 97
Aladdin (1992) 96
Dazed and Confused (1993) 96
The Lion King (1994) 96
Shrek (2001) 95
Toy Story (1995) 94
Toy Story 2 (1999) 94
Fargo (1996) 91
Requiem for a Dream (2000) 90
Unbreakable (2000) 90
You Can Count On Me (2000) 90
Lost in Translation (2003) 88
Reservoir Dogs (1992) 88
Seven (1995) 86
Amelie (2001) 85

[snallygaster]

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Primer (2004)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)
The Squid & the Whale (2005)
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
Sexy Beast (2000)
The Taste of Tea (2004)
The World (2004)
25th Hour (2002)
Summer Hours (2008)
Baraka (1992)
The Big Lebowski (1992)
Ghost World (2001)
4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (2007)
Amreeka (2009)
Blissfully Yours (2002)
Oldboy (2003)

Definitely weighted towards 21st-century movies, due mainly to the fact that almost all my Criticker ratings are movies I've watched in the past 5 years or so. I didn't really expect Ghost World (& lower) to make the top 20; I guess I need to rewatch more 90s movies.

[BullyFanatic]

Amelie
American Psycho
The Big Lebowski
City of God
Ed Wood
Magnolia
Oldboy
Pulp Fiction
Shaun of the Dead
American Beauty
American Movie
Boogie Nights
The Departed
Short Cuts
Hard Boiled
Dead Alive
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Toy Story
Toy Story 3
Sexy Beast

[GodlessNoble]

I'll Include Documentaries:

The Aristocrats (2005)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Birth (2004)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Hulk (2003)
The Thief and the Cobbler: The Recobbled Cut (2006)
Crumb (1994)
Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
Osmosis Jones (2001)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
A Serious Man (2009)
The Happiness of Katakuris (2001)
The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
Symbol (Shinoboru) (2009)
Swimming Pool (2003)
A History of Violence (2005)
Yi Yi (2000)

[abcdefgh]

1. The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994) 100
2. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994) 100
3. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2002) 99
4. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, 2006) 99
5. Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich, 2010) 99
6. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004) 99
7. Ed Wood (Tim Burton. 1994) 99
8. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996) 99
9. Monsters, Inc. (Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich & David Silverman, 2001) 98
9. Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997) 98
10. American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999) 98
11. Whisper Of The Heart (Yoshifumi Kondo, 1995) 98
12. The Bridges Of Madison County (Clint Eastwood, 1995) 98
13. Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon, 1998) 98
14. Beautiful Girls (Ted Demme, 1996) 98
15. Babe (Chris Noonan, 1995) 98
16. WALL·E (Andrew Stanton, 2008) 98
17. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004) 98
18. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993) 98
19. Aladdin (John Musker & Ron Clements, 1995) 98
20. The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002) 98

BONUS: The Secret In Their Eyes (Juan José Campanella, 2009) 98

[AAAutin]

Top 20, 1992-2009

20.) SEVEN (1995)
19.) ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER (1999)
18.) BRONSON (2009)
17.) BUS 174 (2002)
16.) THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES [...] (2007)
15.) LA HAINE (1995)
14.) THE WAY OF THE GUN (2000)
13.) BLOW (2001)
12.) THE RULES OF ATTRACTION (2002)
11.) SUBURBIA (1996)
10.) 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE (2002)
09.) FEAR & LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (1998)
08.) TRAFFIC (2000)
07.) CLERKS (1994)
06.) L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (1997)
05.) HEAT (1995)
04.) DARK DAYS (2000)
03.) CASINO (1995)
02.) MEMENTO (2001)
01.) FIGHT CLUB (1999)