Totally stole this from Avitable.
Entertainment Weekly came up with a list of the top 100 movies of the last 25 years.
I’ve bolded the movies that I’ve watched and put asterisks next to the ones that I liked. Also, I’ve listed the movies I DIDN’T like in red print. Feel free to do this yourself!
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)
Interesting that “Aliens” is listed but not “Alien.” Oh wait, it’s a list of movies from the last 25 years. Never mind. Like Adam, I’m also surprised that “The Princess Bride” is left out of this list. And “The Shawshank Redemption.” Seriously? How can you leave out the “Redemption?”
4 out of the 5 movies that you didn’t like are some of my favorites on the whole list. Especially “Dazed and Confused”. Love that film!
I’ve seen all of them except for maybe 5 or 6, and the only one I really disliked is “There Will Be Blood”.
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So glad you did the meme also
Yay! I thought I was the only one who didn’t like Fight Club and Something About Mary.
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You didn’t like Fight Club? Did you get it? Have you ever read the book?
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yeah, how could they not included ’shawshank redemption’ really liked that one. Yeah, the fight club was just so-so…though I like the actors.
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Dude, go out and rent Y Tu Mamá También, very hot sex scenes!! Also, I am with you on Shawshank. That is one of my all time favorites and to leave it out, but put a number of those ‘Dogs’ on the list is just wrong!
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wait…. u didn’t like fight club?? heh, won’t say it’s one of my faves, but I loved how it totally screwed with my mind
I’ll probably steal this over the weekend – thanks!!
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I’ll bet you didn’t like Fight Club for the same reason I didn’t… I figured it out way before the end and after that the fighting just seemed booooring. And the movie I think should be on there is Heat. Gawd, I love that movie.
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You really didn’t like “The Talented Mr. Ripley”? I didn’t like it the first time I saw it (in theaters), but I watched it again when it was released on DVD, and I thought it was brilliant.
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As you know from posts of my own, I’m right there with you on There’s Something About Mary. So’s Katie. So we’ll be the three-man minority.
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B.E. Earl – well, to each his own. I don’t fault anyone for liking them. Just don’t get the fascination with some of those films.
Elfenkate – Some people don’t like a lot of movies I like, so it all equals out in the end.
Avitable – Yeah, I got it. And no, haven’t read the book, but I’d be willing to.
Patty – I like the actors, too. I can’t fault the acting at all. I just thought that it was so-so.
James – Agreed. I’ll have to check out the Tambien movie. Hot sex and I get along great. Well, not lately, but in theory.
Lynne – Yeah, it was a mindfuck, but I didn’t think it was enough of a mindfuck to carry an entire feature length film.
Winter – I can’t say I figured it out ahead of time. But when the “twist” came I was thinking, “Really? That’s it?”
akeorlando – Blecch. I wouldn’t watch that movie again if you paid me. Well, wait…how much would you pay me?
Kapgar – I often am disappointed by movies that people rave on and on about. Donnie Darko is another case in point. I just felt “meh” about it.
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