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

[georgia sam]

I'll throw my hat in: My top 20 since 1992 ranked, as best as humanly possible, in order of favoritism:

1. Inland Empire (2006, David Lynch)
2. I'm Not There (2007, Todd Haynes)
3. Eyes Wide Shut (1999, Stanley Kubrick)
4. Synecdoche, New York (2008, Charlie Kaufman)
5. Time Indefinite (1994, Ross McElwee)
6. Adaptation. (2002, Spike Jonze)
7. The Big Lebowski (1998, Joel Coen)
8. Mulholland Dr. (2001, David Lynch)
9. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005, Martin Scorsese)
10. Dead Man (1995, Jim Jarmusch)
11. The Corporation (2003, Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott)
12. L.A. Confidential (1997, Curtis Hansen)
13. Sátántangó (1994, Bela Tarr)
14. Werckmeister Harmonies (2000, Bela Tarr)
15. Underground (1995, Emir Kusturica)
16. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993, Woody Allen)
17. American Movie (1999, Chris Smith)
18. Wag the Dog (1997, Barry Levinson)
19. Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control (1997, Errol Morris)
20. Scream (1996, Wes Craven)

[lionesque]

Major edit caused by a major fail :

Fight Club
Gladiator
Dogville
Reservoir Dogs
Traffic
The Wrestler
Eyes Wide Shut
Fargo
Pulp Fiction
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
The Virgin Suicides
Bad Lieutenant
City of God
12 Monkeys
The Talented mr Ripley
Wild Innocence
Memento
Glengarry Glen Ross
No Country for Old Men

[Pickpocket]

Adaptation
City of God
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dead Man
Lost in Translation
The Thin Red Line
The Shawshank Redemption
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Punch Drunk Love
Up
Crumb
The Departed
Match Point
Pulp Fiction
The Science of Sleep
American Splendor
In July
Arizona Dream
Short Cuts

[Spunkie]

Couldn't resist the temptation.

Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Naked (1993)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Before Sunrise (1995)
The City of Lost Children (1995)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000)
Mind Game (2004)
Rushmore (1998)
The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Clerks (1994)
Ed Wood (1994)
Grizzly Man (2005)
The Ice Storm (1997)
In the Heat of the Sun (1994)
Pom Poko (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Science of Sleep (2006)

[BullyFanatic]

No order:

True Romance
Pulp Fiction
Ed Wood
Jackie Brown
The Big Lebowski
Fight Club
American Psycho
City of God
Oldboy
Kill Bill vol. 2
Shaun of the Dead
Sin City
The Departed
Inglorious Basterds
Casino
Clerks
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Kill Bill vol 1
Pan's Labyrinth
Toy Story

[MadcapLaughs]

I've still got A LOT of stuff to see (hence the list being so '00s-centric), but this is my list so far;

1 The Fountain (2006)
2 Brick (2005)
3 Eureka (2000)
4 Oldboy (2003)
5 Spirited Away (2002)
6 Synecdoche, NY (2008)
7 Aladdin (1992)
8 Let the Right One In (2008)
9 Three Colours Red (1994)
10 The Wrestler (2008)
11 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
12 3-Iron (2004)
13 Amelie (2001)
14 The New World (2005)
15 United 93 (2006)
16 The Heart of the World (2000)
17 American Beauty (1999)
18 Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
19 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
20 Lady Vengeance (2005)

[Pickpocket]

I've still got A LOT of stuff to see (hence the list being so '00s-centric), but this is my list so far;

1 The Fountain (2006)

haaha hell yes you do

[MadcapLaughs]

I've still got A LOT of stuff to see (hence the list being so '00s-centric), but this is my list so far;

1 The Fountain (2006)

haaha hell yes you do

It is absolutely incredible. Most films try to succeed via plot or characters or atmosphere. The Fountain does succeed because of the path rarely trod that is raw emotion. Part of the reason why I think the film is so divisive is because if you don’t click with the raw emotion and get drawn in by it then the film doesn’t seem to be offering all that much. However if you do click with it then the film is one hell of a ride – for a film to simultaneously make me cry so profusely and elevate me to an almost otherworldly level of tranquility is truly amazing. It is an incredibly moving, spiritual (and this is coming from an atheist!), beautiful, personal film.

In fact I don’t think there’s anything to ‘get’ in The Fountain; it is far too intuitive for that - it either clicks with you, or it doesn’t and no amount of work will make someone 'get' it. It has little in common with the traditional narrative – it is more of a poem, a meditation, a reflection. It offers experiences rather than answers. Those are some of the reasons why I absolutely adore it.

[prowler]

heh the fountain didn't make me cry but i enjoyed it for what it was. it left me feeling much better than the wrestler.

[djross]

Having now viewed the extended cut of The New World, Malick's movie breaks into my top 20 since 1992 (with a score of 91), pushing out von Trier's Kingdom.