POLL RESULTS: TOP 100 FILMS OF THE 1990's

(Bulworth is more tragedy than satire from 2012's view)

frankly, I'd readjust my ballot even ten weeks later (I finally resaw a couple on the 100 I'd likely drop altogether now); I'll give you the top 20 tho.

1. A Moment of Innocence
2. The Decalogue
3. Underground
4. Goodfellas
5. Close-Up
6. Cure
7. Rushmore
8. The Butcher Boy
9. Flowers of Shanghai
10. Topsy-Turvy

11. The Portrait of a Lady
12. Paris Is Burning
13. My Own Private Idaho
14. JLG/JLG
15. Groundhog Day
16. Conspirators of Pleasure
17. Being John Malkovich
18. The Iron Giant
19. Slacker
20. Poison

I found it interesting to compare Slant's list with the AVClub one from a few weeks ago.

Bulworth is post-funny.

sadistic recycling of pre-adolescent pop images, wow, how exciting.

my response to Eyes Wide Shut

I had EWS #73, I have no idea if this reclamation by the poll has legs. Or just masks.

My ballot:

1.	Showgirls
2.	Satantango
3.	Eyes Wide Shut
4.	Paris Is Burning
5.	Taste of Cherry
6.	Short Cuts
7.	Carlito's Way
8.	Bitter Moon
9.	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
10.	The Last Bolshevik
11.	Jackie Brown
12.	Breaking the Waves
13.	Crash
14.	Close-up
15.	The Hole
16.	Run Lola Run
17.	Poison
18.	JFK
19.	Serial Mom
20.	My Own Private Idaho
21.	American Movie
22.	Spiritual Voices
23.	Husbands and Wives
24.	Waiting for Guffman
25.	Fargo

It's The Thin Red Line at #1 that I'm bummed about. (I had it at #84.)

1. Crumb
2. Boogie Nights
3. Jackie Brown
4. Rushmore
5. The Virgin Suicides
6. Fargo
7. American Beauty
8. The Straight Story
9. Nixon
10. Smoke
11. The Ice Storm
12. Hoop Dreams
13. Miller’s Crossing
14. Affliction
15. Reservoir Dogs
16. Goodfellas
17. Jungle Fever
18. Short Cuts
19. Boyz n the Hood
20. Blue
21. Dazed and Confused
22. Menace II Society
23. Election
24. Histoire(s) du Cinéma
25. Visions of Light

Yes, I know--American, American, American, American Beauty, American Beauty, etc., etc. Whatever.

i just watched 'affliction' a day or so ago - prob wouldnt crack my top hundred but it's p good

praise of 'bitter moon' is p odd 2 me, maybe need to revisit

I actually remember liking Bitter Moon at the time but thought its current reputation was as a camp curio and was surprised to see it listed.

ILX's Top Films of the 1990s list on Letterboxd:

https://boxd.it/2bG6m

Pretty good list looking back at it. My #1 would have been Fargo had I voted at the time.

Huh, I wouldn't have thought Pulp Fiction would win a list on this board.

Some interesting lists here:

https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-movies-90s-stars-lists/

ARI ASTER, writer-director (“Midsommar”)
“Goodfellas”
“Eyes Wide Shut”
“Topsy-Turvy”
“Starship Troopers”
“And Life Goes On” (aka “Life, And Nothing More”)
“Defending Your Life”
“Safe”
“The Kingdom” & “The Kingdom II” (aka “Riget” & “Riget II”)
“Raise the Red Lantern”
“The Hudsucker Proxy”

CARRIE COON, actress (“The Gilded Age”)
In chronological order:

“To Sleep With Anger”
“Light Sleeper”
“Naked”
“The Remains of the Day”
“The Story of Qui Ju”
“Chungking Express”
“Three Colors: Blue”
“American Movie”
“Topsy-Turvy”
“35 Up/42 Up” (1991/1998)

ROBERT GREENE, writer, director, editor (“Procession”)
“Frost” (Fred Kelemen)
“A Moment of Innocence” (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
“Beau Travail” (Claie Denis)
“From the East” (Chantal Akerman)
“Belfast, Maine” (Frederick Wiseman)
“After Life” (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
“Happy Together” (Wong Kar Wai)
“Hoop Dreams” (Steve James)
“Paris Is Burning” (Jennie Livingston, et al.)
“How to Live in the German Federal Republic” (Harun Farocki)

SANDI TAN, director (“Shirkers”)
“Bitter Moon”
“Lovers on the Bridge”
“My Own Private Idaho”
“Leolo”
“Boogie Nights”
“The Double Life of Veronique” / “Center Stage” aka “Actress” (tied”)
“In the Heat of the Sun”
“Man on the Moon”
“Portrait of a Lady”
“Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me”

Paul Schrader has Affliction on his list; I'd have to agree with him.