EW's Top 100 Movies of the Last 25 Years

[cqb101]

Another list, this one far screwier than the "10 Top 10", IMO.

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207076_20207387_20207063,00.html


1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)
3. Titanic (1997)
4. Blue Velvet (1986)
5. Toy Story (1995)
6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
7. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
9. Die Hard (1988)
10. Moulin Rouge (2001)
11. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
12. The Matrix (1999)
13. GoodFellas (1990)
14. Crumb (1995)
15. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
16. Boogie Nights (1997)
17. Jerry Maguire (1996)
18. Do the Right Thing (1989)
19. Casino Royale (2006)
20. The Lion King (1994)
21. Schindler's List (1993)
22. Rushmore (1998)
23. Memento (2001)
24. A Room With a View (1986)
25. Shrek (2001)
26. Hoop Dreams (1994)
27. Aliens (1986)
28. Wings of Desire (1988)
29. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
30. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
31. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
32. Fight Club (1999)
33. The Breakfast Club (1985)
34. Fargo (1996)
35. The Incredibles (2004)
36. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
37. Pretty Woman (1990)
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
39. The Sixth Sense (1999)
40. Speed (1994)
41. Dazed and Confused (1993)
42. Clueless (1995)
43. Gladiator (2000)
44. The Player (1992)
45. Rain Man (1988)
46. Children of Men (2006)
47. Men in Black (1997)
48. Scarface (1983)
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
50. The Piano (1993)
51. There Will Be Blood (2007)
52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
53. The Truman Show (1998)
54. Fatal Attraction (1987)
55. Risky Business (1983)
56. The Lives of Others (2006)
57. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
58. Ghostbusters (1984)
59. L.A. Confidential (1997)
60. Scream (1996)
61. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
62. sex, lies and videotape (1989)
63. Big (1988)
64. No Country For Old Men (2007)
65. Dirty Dancing (1987)
66. Natural Born Killers (1994)
67. Donnie Brasco (1997)
68. Witness (1985)
69. All About My Mother (1999)
70. Broadcast News (1987)
71. Unforgiven (1992)
72. Thelma & Louise (1991)
73. Office Space (1999)
74. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
75. Out of Africa (1985)
76. The Departed (2006)
77. Sid and Nancy (1986)
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
79. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
80. Michael Clayton (2007)
81. Moonstruck (1987)
82. Lost in Translation (2003)
83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
84. Sideways (2004)
85. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
86. Y Tu Mamá También (2002)
87. Swingers (1996)
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
89. Breaking the Waves (1996)
90. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
91. Back to the Future (1985)
92. Menace II Society (1993)
93. Ed Wood (1994)
94. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
95. In the Mood for Love (2001)
96. Far From Heaven (2002)
97. Glory (1989)
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
99. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
100. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)

It's nice to see Scream and The Blair Witch Project get mentions. No surprise with Pulp Fiction being number 1. Speed and Napoleon Dynamite shouldn't be on that list. Die Hard shouldn't be so high up (neither should Casino Royale, f0r that matter). Full Metal Jacket is way too low. Where's Platoon, Clerks, Chasing Amy, Jurassic Park, and The Shawshank Redemption?

[PAAATE]

Well, at least Naked Gun and Blue Velvet are on there :P

But Blue Velvet.. Seriously.. Lost Highway was way better.. At least I think so.. :ohwell:

[cqb101]

Well, at least Naked Gun and Blue Velvet are on there :P

But Blue Velvet.. Seriously.. Lost Highway was way better.. At least I think so.. :ohwell:

Naked Gun should not be on this list. I'm sorry, but it really shouldn't.

While I do like Lost Highway more than Blue Velvet, most people would disagree, and Blue Velvet is far better known to the general public. I'm just happy David Lynch got a mention, especially so high on the list.

[Jon]

And there-in lies the problem. Like your above "this shouldn't be on the list" stuff, where you state your opinions, but in such a way that it's like 'fact'.

As people will have different opinions (as you say in the second post, cqb).

[That Matt Guy]

people sure love lists.

blue velvet is great, frank booth is my idol.

[poiuytre]

I think there must have been some typos. The top three movies don't say The Breakfast Club, Rain Man and Fight Club.

[Mecha Cow]

Where the hell is Shawhank? And Pulp Fiction at #1? Really?

And there-in lies the problem. Like your above "this shouldn't be on the list" stuff, where you state your opinions, but in such a way that it's like 'fact'.
True, but some movies are objectively better than others.

[Mr. Snackpants]

lulz @ Spider-Man 2 even being on the list and even more more so for being ahead of movies such as No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood.

[Sewer Bull]

I don't even know where to start bitching from.

... I wonder if someone's going to cry about TMNT 1 A.D. 1990 not being there.

[ToxicRevolution]

I don't know, but Men In Black, Speed, Scream, The Blair Witch Project, etc., etc., should be nowhere in the vicinity of that list.

[poiuytre]

How did I miss this?

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/6194/hooooolyshivn7.jpg

[Jester]

I don't even know where to start bitching from.

... I wonder if someone's going to cry about TMNT 1 A.D. 1990 not being there.
What! N0 TMNT! Teh 1nhuman1ty!! :P

[JetsAndHeels]

Sorry, but Titanic is NOT better than Saving Private Ryan.

[ToTheNines]

Sh*t list! Making a list like this is near impossible tho, props for trying!

[cqb101]

And there-in lies the problem. Like your above "this shouldn't be on the list" stuff, where you state your opinions, but in such a way that it's like 'fact'.

As people will have different opinions (as you say in the second post, cqb).

On lists like this you have to take into account more than just personal opinion, which is where facts come in. For example, I could say, without a doubt (and if anybody wants to argue with me, go right ahead) that Pulp Fiction has had a much bigger influence on the film industry, television and pop culture, has made more money, is more universally renowned, has won more awards, etc. than something like True Romance. I would consider Pulp Fiction a far better film and much more deserving of being on any sort of "top" list. But I personally like True Romance far more than I have ever and will ever like Pulp Fiction. My opinion isn't that Pulp Fiction is a better film, that's a fact. I don't even care that much for Pulp Fiction. Hell, It's not even close to being my favorite Tarantino film, but there's no denying the impact that it's had, and thus that it deserves the spot it gets. You'd be hard pressed to find a film critic that would argue that Pulp Fiction isn't the best film of the last 25 years. Critics call it this generations Citizen Kane.

Anyway, I guess my point is that when I look at a list like this, you have to take into account both personal opinion and look at the facts of the movie. While I find Naked Gun to be a really funny movie, it does not deserve to be on this list when films such as Clerks, The Shawshank Redemption, Jurassic Park, Platoon, Black Hawk Down, Little Miss Sunshine, and Crash (which I dislike) were left off. All of those films were more critically well-received, better made, have had a bigger impact, etc. than Naked Gun.

[raphael_is_cool]

I don't understand why you can think someone is stating something as fact. It's obvious cqb101 is stating his personal opinion. How can he unequivocally say a film is more deserving of another?

Objectively, you can do things like look at box office figures and balance that with review scores and such but that's not foolproof either. Film historians would look at the cultural impact films have had, be it on the industry, film-makers or just the general public. Things which are not always apparent.

And please, I'm just stating my thoughts here. Not the honest to god truth.

[Tinuvielsdreams]

It seems like these list included movies that are actually very good, and then some movies that just got a lot of attention when they came out but didn't really have a huge impact later.
It is fun to just go over the list even if you don't agree with it and count how many of the movies you have actually seen. I think I counted 87 out of 100 on this one.

[cqb101]

It seems like these list included movies that are actually very good, and then some movies that just got a lot of attention when they came out but didn't really have a huge impact later.
It is fun to just go over the list even if you don't agree with it and count how many of the movies you have actually seen. I think I counted 87 out of 100 on this one.

I've seen 89 of them, more than I thought.

[MrPliggins]

I don't know why these lists are even made since the subject is so subjective. Oh yeah, to sell magazines.

[Drtooth]

May I just say one thing? Who's sick and tired of these overly specific and random "We think we're AFI, but we're not, since we don't have any of the same pull that they do" top blankies blank lists? These lists don't make things great. They just make people think they're great and we wind up with "Why is X on the list and Y isn't on the list" conversations.

Make your OWN personal lists.

Secondly, I hate to be hypocritical now, but...

Why in the hell is Blair Witch even on there? I never thought it was that good. Novel idea yes, good film, no. All they did was talk about which Gilligan's Island characters they'd be or something like that. Plus, I kinda got sick of the millions of unfunny knockoffs they started crapping out. it was funny the first 20 times.

[cqb101]

Why in the hell is Blair Witch even on there? I never thought it was that good. Novel idea yes, good film, no. All they did was talk about which Gilligan's Island characters they'd be or something like that. Plus, I kinda got sick of the millions of unfunny knockoffs they started crapping out. it was funny the first 20 times.

My guess? The simplicity of the movie+tiny budget+huge box office. Plus, it was the first of its kind (camcorder "this actually happened" kind of horror) and look at all of the other films done in the same style it's spawned (Cloverfield, Diary of the Dead, The Poughkeepsie Tapes, Quarantine), and it was pretty revolutionary at the time. And remember how they had people convinced that it was real? It was a pretty big deal at the time and it was definitely a breath of fresh air from all of the teen slasher movies that were popping up at the time thanks to the success of Scream. Does it deserve to be on the top 100? Maybe not, but it atleast deserves a mention.

[DrSpengler]

Biased as I may be, I think Ghostbusters deserved a lot better than #58.

[Ninjinister]

I've only seen 27 of the list. I don't spend a lot of time watching films.

I agree with those that are questioning Clerks' exclusion. It is at least as influential as Office Space.

[Drtooth]

Biased as I may be, I think Ghostbusters deserved a lot better than #58.

Yer a company man, Dr. Spengler! Of COURSE you'd say that :tlol: Course, if I had anything to say, it would be at the top of the list.

I'd say Clerks is a lot more influencial than Blair Witch. I mean, it was an indie film that made it big, and it was as revolutionary as the handy cam style of Blair Witch

[cqb101]

Yer a company man, Dr. Spengler! Of COURSE you'd say that :tlol: Course, if I had anything to say, it would be at the top of the list.

I'd say Clerks is a lot more influencial than Blair Witch. I mean, it was an indie film that made it big, and it was as revolutionary as the handy cam style of Blair Witch

I totally agree. Clerks is one of the biggest omissions on the list, but it's still nice to see Blair Witch mentioned.

[Jester]

OK, it's time for the Drome's top 100 movies!!

Let's go...complie a list...

And no TMNT doesn't have to be #1.


Just in the top 10. :P

[cowabunga14]

Biased as I may be, I think Ghostbusters deserved a lot better than #58.
Evil Dead 2 should've gotten a higher rating as well.

[Jack Skellington]

south park and toy story YAAAAYYY!!!!!

[Spitfire]

I've seen almost every movie on that list. I own quite a few of them actually. I don't need to say I agree or disagree with anything it's a few editors at a magazine that write celebrity gossip. Their movie tastes seem more or so to mirror those of critics or popularity.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Dribble written solely for the sake of raking up website hits.

WALL-E--best movie ever FTW.