Various Top Ten Lists
The following lists are simply my Top Ten films from various years, without explanation. Someday, I'll expand at least some of these and give them their own pages, but for now, this is it.
1987
1. The Untouchables
2. The Princess Bride
3. Lethal Weapon
4. Hope and Glory
5. Moonstruck
6. Broadcast News
7. Wall Street
8. No Way Out
9. Robocop
10. Predator
1988
1. Die Hard
2. A Fish Called Wanda
3. Rainman
4. Stand and Deliver
5. Eight Men Out
6. Beetle Juice
7. Mississippi Burning
8. Working Girl
9. Bull Durham
10. Young Guns
1989
1. Glory
2. The Abyss
3. Henry V
4. Field of Dreams
5. Driving Miss Daisy
6. The Killer
7. License to Kill
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
9. Dead Poet's Society
10. Parenthood
1990
1. Miller's Crossing
2. The Hunt For Red October
3. Goodfellas
4. The Godfather Part III
5. Ghost
6. Cyrano de Bergerac
7. Hamlet
8. Dances With Wolves
9. Awakenings
10. Young Guns II
As a note, #s 1 and 2 were switched not too long ago. On an impulse, I gave the Coen Brothers' masterpiece the top spot, but I feel unsure. I think I merely need to rewatch those two back to back. And after that, I'l'l probably end up just flipping a coin to see what wins.
1991
1. Silence of the Lambs
2. Beauty and the Beast
3. JFK
4. Bugsy
5. Proof
6. Point Break
7. Hot Shots!
8. Dead Again
9. Thelma and Louise
10. Boyz n the Hood
Runner-Up: Hudson Hawk
Yes, I seriously put Hudson Hawk, the multiple Razzie-winner, the critically reviled, on my top ten list of 1991. When I write my review, I'll try to explain. Not that it will matter, since just putting it there already lost me any minor level of credibility I could have pretended to have. Not that I had any anyway after putting Goodfellas lower than The Hunt For Red October...
1992
1. Last of the Mohicans
2. Reservoir Dogs
3. Unforgiven
4. Glengarry Glen Ross
5. A Few Good Men
6. Howard's End
7. The Muppet Christmas Carol
8. Aladdin
9. Strictly Ballroom
10. Candyman
1993
1. Gettysburg
2. Much Ado About Nothing
3. Schindler's List
4. The Remains of the Day
5. Carlito's Way
6. Tombstone
7. Kalifornia
8. Jurassic Park
9. Groundhog Day
10. Cliffhanger
1994
1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. The Lion King
3. The Crow
4. Pulp Fiction
5. Immortal Beloved
6. Wes Craven's New Nightmare
7. Forest Gump
8. Clerks
9. Leon (The Professional)
10. True Lies
1995
1. Braveheart
2. Heat
3. Twelve Monkeys
4. Rob Roy
5. Apollo 13
6. Sense and Sensibility
7. Se7en
8. The Usual Suspects
9. Toy Story
10. Crimson Tide
1996
1. Fargo
2. Star Trek: First Contact
3. Hamlet
4. The Rock
5. Sleepers
6. Independence Day
7. Ransom
8. Bound
9. A Time To Kill
10. Dragonheart
1997
NOTE: Life Is Beautiful was released in Italy in December 1997. However, since its international release was not until 1998, and 99% of the 23 million awards it won were given for that year, it appears in the '98 list. If you want to know, though, it would maek #3 on this list.
1. L.A. Confidential
2. Wings of the Dove
3. The Apostle
4. The Devil's Advocate
5. Gattaca
6. Good Will Hunting
7. Princess Mononoke
8. As Good As It Gets
9. Men In Black
10. The Fifth Element
1998
1. The Mask of Zorro
2. Shakespeare in Love
3. Life Is Beautiful
4. Enemy of the State
5. American History X
6. The Prince of Egypt
7. Out of Sight
8. Saving Private Ryan
9. The Siege
10. Rush Hour
1999
1. American Beauty
2. Fight Club
3. The Matrix
4. Being John Malkovich
5. The Sixth Sense
6. The Insider
7. Star Wars Episode One: The Phamtom Menace
8. Run, Lola, Run
9. Girl, Interrupted
10. Life
2000
1. Gladiator
2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
3. The Patriot
4. Requiem For A Dream
5. O Brother Where Art Thou?
6. Pitch Black
7. Chicken Run
8. Shanghai Noon
9. Space Cowboys
10. Snatch.
2001
1. A Beautiful Mind
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. Memento
4. Monsters, Inc.
5. Shrek
6. Amelie
7. Black Hawk Down
8. The Score
9. Spirited Away
10. Bridget Jones's Diary
SPECIAL MENTION: Band of Brothers, which, as a TV miniseries, doesn't count. But it undeniably deserves mention.
2002
1. The Pianist
2. We Were Soldiers
3. Road to Perdition
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
5. Minority Report
6. Catch Me If You Can
7. 28 Days Later
8. About a Boy
9. The Bourne Identity
10. The Hours
2003
1. Mystic River
2. Master and Commander: The Far Side Of The World
3. The Last Samurai
4. Open Range
5. Tears of the Sun
6. Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
7. Matchstick Men
8. House of Sand and Fog
9. Finding Nemo
10. Big Fish
2004
1. Million Dollar Baby
2. The Passion of the Christ
3. Collateral
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5. Finding Neverland
6. Shaun of the Dead
7. The Incredibles
8. The Aviator
9. Kill Bill Vol. 2
10. Hidalgo
2005
1. Sin City
2. Crash
3. Serenity
4. Good Night, and Good Luck
5. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
6. King Kong
7. Pride and Prejudice
8. Lord of War
9. March of the Penguins
10. Match Point
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