Top Ten Comedies of the '90s
 

OK, it's getting enough chatter in The Royal Tenenbaums thread, how about everybody ponies up lists of their favorite comedies of the 1990s? I'll start it off...

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1. Rushmore (1998 - Wes Anderson)
"Also, you'll find a pair of saftey glasses and some earplugs under your seats. Please feel free to use them."

2. L.A. Story (1991 - Mick Jackson)
"I could never be a woman, 'cause I'd just sit at home and play with my breasts all day."

3. Defending Your Life (1991 - Albert Brooks)
"You remind me of my poodle."

4. To Die For (1995 - Gus Van Sant)
"You really aren't anybody in America if you're not on TV."

5. Joe vs. the Volcano (1990 - John Patrick Shanley)
"'Long ago, the delicate tangles of his hair covered the emptiness of my hand'....Would you like to hear it again?"

6. The Big Lebowski (1998 - Joel & Etan Coen)
"You think the carpet-pissers did this?"

7. Waiting for Guffman (1996 - Christopher Guest)
"I'm gonna go home and, and...bite my pillow!"

8. Quick Change (1990 - Howard Franklin & Bill Murray)
"They're ON a Blufftonie!"

9. The Freshman (1990 - Andrew Bergman)
"Carmine said one boy, here are two."

10. Grosse Pointe Blank (1997 - George Armitage)
"That punk's either in love with that guy's daughter or he has a newfound respect for life."


What are yours? Remember, there are no wrong answers.

1. City Slickers.
If hate were people, I'd be China!

2. Shakespeare in Love
You see -- comedy. Love, and a bit with a dog. That's what they want.

3. Groundhog Day
Rise and shine, campers, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today.

4. Kingpin
Who's done more research than the good people at the American Tobacco Industry? They say its harmless. Why would they lie? If you're dead, you can't smoke.

5. There's Something About Mary
Listen to this: 7... Minute... Abs.

6. Bowfinger
Oh, gosh, I'm really hoping to get a career running errands. That'd be a major boost for me.

7. Tommy Boy
I can practically hear you getting fatter!

8. The Nutty Professor
Can I get you anything? Juice? Coffee? Rack of lamb?

9. Dumb and Dumber
Yeah I called her up, she gave me a bunch of crap about me not listening to her, or something, I don't know, I wasn't really paying attention.

10. The Cable Guy
I'm the bastard son of Claire Huxtable!

I'm very sorry for the double post.

This new look site has got a lot of bugs.

There's all kinds of problems with the server, especially evident today.

If you go into "EDIT", you can actually delete your duplicate post if you want. The only time you have to be careful with this is if you delete the first post of a thread: it removes the entire thread.

Are you sure you didn't hit the button twice? That's far and away the top cause of double posts...if it's taking awhile to load, hitting the button again isn't usually the answer. And yes, Holden: our webhost is acting up. The MySQL server has gone to hell a couple times as of late...nothing I can do about it other than complain to them. Just want to make it clear...isn't a bug on my end or anything. :cool:

And yes, I'm thinking of disabling the "delete your own post" thing...because of the reason Holden mentioned. Might be better to just have Admins/Mods step in and do it.

I like the feature of deleteing your own post. But whatever you want to do, Bro.

Hmm..

1. Rushmore (no doubt)
2. L. A. Story (no doubt)
3. One Night at McCools (just a fav)
4. Four Rooms (I laughed, and laughed, and laughed)
5. Palmetto (although not many would call it a comedy, I think it is hilarious
6. Bottlerocket (I haven't even seen it, but it's going on my list)
7. Mallrats
8. Chasing Amy
9. Billy Madison (Laugh Out Loud funny)
10. Tommy Boy (Laugh Out Loud funny)

Putting Bottle Rocket on your list even though you haven't seen it - I've lost all respect for you OG.


Interesting to compare Holden Pike's to my own. It seems you prefer a more passive, intelligent sort of comedy. My picks had laughs coming from the gut, often the movies are crude and dumb, but comedy has always appealed to a baser instinct. Quite simply, our sense of humours differ. I'm not completely anti your choice, though, don't get me wrong. I thought To Die For was an expert black comedy and The Big Lebowski was very close to being on my list. But films like Rushmore, Waiting for Guffman, This is Spinal Tap, and Best in Show (I know the last two weren't on your list but I'm guessing you're a fan), don't do it for me. Those movies are a form of elitist comedy, so smart, so well thought-out that you know the writers had spent ages working on it. I don't know; I prefer a more spontaneous laugh.

Let me ask you if you're a Marx Brothers fan. I've watched a couple of their best movies - A Night at the Opera, At the Circus, etc. - and while I can see where the laughs are coming from, it doesn't get me to laugh out loud. After one of Groucho's double entendres, I'll think about it for a second and smile - good one Groucho. My funniest Marx Brothers moment was in A Night at the Opera, I think, when the Brothers and most of the cast were stuck in a very small cabin and fell out. Physical comedy, that was, at its best. That's why Harpo has always been my favourite.

Of the older comedians, I'm a Laurel and Hardy fan. Slapstick is so much purer, to me, than Marxist word-wrangling.

Big Bob Hope fan. Love the work of Danny Kaye.

Seeing as you're a bit of a film buff, I'd like to know Holden, who are your favourite classic comedians.

I'll post my top ten in a bit...but for now, I must weigh in: if you don't think "Duck Soup" is laugh-out-loud funny, have your head examined! :) The "mirror scene" is one of the absolute funniest scenes in the history of cinema. Anyway, in that tiny room scene, I thought the funniest parts were the smart-a** one-liners Grouch kept spewing.

Um, you do know that a lot of those movies (Best in Show, Spinal Tap and Waiting for Guffman) are highly improvisational, right? :) I could be wrong about some of them, but I know "Best in Show" is...and I'm fairly sure the others are.

Everybody's senses of humor are different, and hard to define.

I didn't even crack a smile at any Farrelly Brother or Adam Sandler movie, and I've seen most of them. Yet it's not that I only groove on Albert Brooks and Groucho Marx. I also think for example Airplane!, Young Frankenstein, Caddyshack and Animal House are among of the funniest movies ever made, and they aren't at all full of subdued, intelligent, subtle comedy.

And as was already pointed out, This Is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show are masterpieces of Improvisation. They are barely scripted at all, the dialogue and characters are left to the creation of each individual performer. Fascinating stuff. And yes, I do absolutely LOVE all three of those films.


Favorite classic comedians? Don't know what your cut-off criteria for "classic" is, but I prefer The Marx Brothers to The Three Stooges - and I love all three of the principal Marx Bros., equally too. I like Chaplin a lot, but don't care a lick for W.C. Fields. Laurel & Hardy are OK, but Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd are both geniuses. Abbott & Costello get me every time, while Martin & Lewis usually leave me cold. Hope & Crosby Road Pictures (I love solo Hope too, as in The Paleface) can be hysterical, yet I'd probably take most Cary Grant comedies over their work eight times out of ten. Never really laughed at Uncle Milty, but Sid Caesar can have me rolling on the floor.

I know they're improvisational but you don't think all those jokes are worked out in the first take. Those actors go through labourous rehearsals and numerous takes before they're satisfied. Improvisational comedy is as honed as anything that is scripted; it's just not written down.

No, if you've ever listened to the commentary tracks available on the LD or DVDs of Spinal Tap, Guffman and Best In Show, the Improvisation is done in front of the camera. Multiple takes of scenes are done, sure, but they are riffing off each other in the moment, that's how they work and it's the whole point of the exercise. Whenever possible they aim to use the first takes, those spontaneous creative moments, as if they were working live on-stage. That's what they're aiming for by working this way in the first place.

Sometimes two actors may pair-off together for prep work with their characters or ideas for scenes if they are supposed to have known each other for a long time, to build certain points of common understanding between the characters, as in the obvious couplings for Best In Show. But in general all the work is done with the camera rolling, and more often after those simple understandings of each other are 'set', they really want to try to surprise and flow with the actors they're working with. Guest, as the director (or Rob Reiner in Spinal Tap), can say he liked this or that between takes if something really excites him, but basically all the decisions are made much later, in the editing room, and nothing is really refined or any such thing on the set.

The scenarios and characters are only broadly defined before filming. The other actors then react, in character, to what they're presented with moment to moment. The task of editing these projects is Herculean, and to find basically linear stories from all that wonderful basically spontaneous chaos is amazing.

Whatever you're reacting to negatively in these movies, it is NOT scripting.

Yeah, absolutely. To be honest, I'm not a big fan of Improv...I think that unless it's done REALLY well, it's embarassing and very unfunny. I'll watch the American version of "Who's Line Is It Anyway?" and I dig these Christopher Guest films...but anything less isn't usually worth watching.

BUT, when it's done well...it's amazing. "Best in Show" is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. I'm sure basic points were decided upon: this character has this reputation, these basic events need to take place in this sort of way...but the details, and the specific dialogue, etc, is highly improv. To be honest, even without that, "Best in Show" is hilarious. What was the guy's name, Bud Adams? The commentator? Oh man, he cracked me up so bad. I'm actually cracking a smile just thinking about it now.

I'm sort of wandering now, so I'll end this post by saying that those movies are, indeed, highly improvisational...they're incredibly UNscripted compared to the majority of movies you see.

Just out of curiosity, is there some site that can give you a list of movies by genre? I've seen so many movies I can't remember the years and stuff like that to list my top ten.

I go with these, and I add:
-Parenthood
-Father of the Bride
-There's Something About Mary

Ron Howard's Parenthood was released in the Summer of 1989.

Damn Holden...couldn't you let it squeek by?*sigh* all right...I pick Election. I laughed pretty hard at certian parts. Oh! I liked Rat Race too.

1. Dogma
2. office space
3. dirty work
4. there's something about mary
5. baseketball
6. clerks
7. rushmore
8. austin powers
9. happy gilmore
10. Liar Liar

And Sades, Rat Race was just released earlier this year. Surely even you can conceed a 2001 release is not eligible for a discussion about films of the 1990s.

...and Holden, when are you going to catch on...I'm messin' with you buddy.;)

Timing, here's a partial list of film comedy in the '90s. Which ones were actually funny is your call...

1990: The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Another 48 Hrs., Betsy's Wedding, Cadillac Man, Cry-Baby, Dick Tracy, Downtown, Edwrad Scissorhands, Ernest Goes to Jail, The Freshman, Green Card, Home Alone, House Party, Joe vs. the Volcano, Kindergarten Cop, Loose Cannons, Men at Work, Miami Blues, Nuns on the Run, Postcards from the Edge, Pretty Woman, Problem Child, Quick Change, Repossessed, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, Texasville, Tremors, Wild at Heart

1991: The Addams Family, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, The Dark Backward, Defending Your Life, Delicatessen, Doc Hollywood, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Ernest Scared Stupid, Father of the Bride, The Hard Way, He Said,She Said, Hear My Song, Hot Shots!, House Party 2, Hudson Hawk, I Love You to Death, L.A. Story, The Marrying Man, The Naked Gun 21/2: the Smell of Fear, Night On Earth, Nothing But Trouble, Other People's Money, Shakes the Clown, A Shock to the System, Soapdish, What About Bob?

1992: Aladdin, Beethoven, Bob Roberts, Boomerang, Brain Donors, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Captain Ron, City Slickers, Death Becomes Her, Diggstown, The Distinguished Gentleman, Encino Man, Hero, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Housesitter, A League of Their Own, Leap of Faith, The Mighty Ducks, Mistress, Mo Money, My Cousin Vinny, Peter's Friend's, The Playboys, Singles, Sister Act, Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot, Toys, Wayne's World, White Men Can't Jump

1993: Addams Family Values, Amos & Andrew, Benny & Joon, CB4, Cool Runnings, Dave, Fatal Instinct, Fear of Black Hat, For Love or Money, Groundhog Day, Grumpy Old Men, Heart & Souls, Hot Shots! Part Deux, House Party 3, Mad Dog & Glory, Made in America, Matinee, Meteor Man, Much Ado About Nothing, National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Six Degrees of Separation, Sleepless in Seattle, Son In Law, Wayne's World 2

1994: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Adventures of Priscilla,Queen of the Desert, Airheads, Barcelona, Blankman, Bullets Over Broadway, Cabin Boy, City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly's Gold, Clerks, Crooklyn, Dumb & Dumber, Ernest Goes to School, Exit to Eden, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Gurading Tess, Heavyweights, The Hudsucker Proxy, I.Q., In the Army Now, It Could Happen to You, Junior, The Mask, Muriel's Wedding, The Naked Gun 331/3: the Final Insult, Natural Born Killers, Nobody's Fool, Only You, PCU, Radioland Murders, The Ref, The Santa Clause, Serial Mom, Sirens, Spanking the Monkey, Speechless

1995: Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, The American President, Babe, Billy Madison, The Brady Bunch Movie, The Brothers McMullen, Canadian Bacon, Clueless, Cold Comfort Farm, Destiny Turns on the Radio, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, Empire Records, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain, Father of the Bride Part II, Forget Paris, Four Rooms, French Kiss, Friday, Funny Bones, Get Shorty, Grumpier Old Men, Home for the Holidays, The Jerky Boys, Jury Duty, Mallrats, Nine Months, Sabrina, Something to Talk About, Swimming with Sharks, To Die For, Tommy Boy, Toy Story, While You Were Sleeping

1996: Beautiful Girls, Beavis & Butt-head Do America, Big Night, Bio-Dome, The Birdcage, Black Sheep, Bottle Rocket, The Cable Guy, Citizen Ruth, Emma, The First Wive's Club, Flirting with Disaster, Happy Gilmore, Kingpin, Mad Dog Time, Mars Attacks!, Mother, Multiplicity, The Nutty Professor, The Pallbearer, Schizopolis, Spy Hard, Tin Cup, The Truth About Cats & Dogs, The Van

1997: Addicted to Love, As Good As It Gets, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Beautician & the Beast, Beverly Hills Ninja, Booty Call, Chasing Amy, The Daytrippers, 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, Fierce Creatures, Fools Rush In, George of the Jungle, Grosse Pointe Blank, Howard Stern's Private Parts, In & Out, Liar,Liar, A Life Less Ordinary, The Man Who Knew Too Little, The Matchmaker, Men In Black, Mouse Hunt, My Best Friend's Wedding, Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion, That Old Feeling, Touch, Vegas Vacation, Wag the Dog, Waiting for Guffman

1998: Antz, The Big Lebowski, Bulworth, The Butcher Boy, Can't Hardly Wait, Clay Pigeons, Dirty Work, Dr. Dolittle, Half Baked, Happiness, Home Fries, The Impostors, Jane Austin's Mafia, Lawn Dogs, The Object of My Affection, The Opposite of Sex, Paulie, Pecker, Pleasantville, Primary Colors, Rushmore, The Slums of Beverly Hills, Shakespeare in Love, Sour Grapes, Spice World, There's Something About Mary, The Truman Show, Very Bad Things, Waking Ned Devine, The Waterboy, The Wedding Singer, You've Got Mail, Zero Effect

1999: Analyze This, Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me, American Pie, Being John Malkovich, Big Daddy, Blast from the Past, Blue Streak, Bowfinger, Cookie's Fortune, Dick, Dogma, EdTV, Election, Forces of Nature, Galaxy Quest, Go, Goodbye Lover, Happy,Texas, Life, Lock,Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Lost & Found, Mumford, Mystery Men, Never Been Kissed, Notting Hill, Office Space, Pushing Tin, Runaway Bride, She's All That, Simply Irresistible, South Park: Bigger,Longer & Uncut, 10 Things I Hate About You, Toy Story 2, 200 Cigarettes

Holden,

I can't believe you made such an informative list off the top of your head. Is there a web site with such a category of listings or something?

Looking through my list I left a lot of the best movies out.

Well duh bigval. If Holden had all that s*** in his head all the time, he'd be clinical. Rainman.;)

"Uh-oh....I'm an excellent driver....Quantis never crashed....Wet....K-Mart sucks."


I did 1990-1996 with the aid of Microsoft's Cinemania '97, a defunct CD-Rom product that was quite handy before the IMDb hit the net scene. It has a filter you can set by year and genre. For 1997-1999 I used a site that lists all the films released theatrically in the U.S. by year and simply pulled out the ones I recognized as comedies.

Tah-dah. :yawn:

see...:D

Ah ha!
He's not really smart at all!!

Hail to your new leader!! ME!!

I mean. Um.
Yeah.

Silver B...now don't go tooting your own horn yet...lots of people just play on here using knowledge in their head, Holden is the ONLY one that I know of that uses an alternate source. Could be wrong though. However...If you would just lead them to victory, they would follow you...and so would I.<<<< Name that movie.;)

Okay, you win, Sades.

SADES IS THE NEW RULER!!
FOLLOW HER TO VICTORY!!

Or something.

What movie? :)

if i had that kind of a movie memory, I'd shoot myself.

Braveheart.:)

I use Movie Hound Golden Retriever myself.

1. The Big Lebowski
2. Bottle Rocket
3. Rushmore
4. Wayne's World
5. Lock, Stock, and two Smoking Barrels
6. Happy Gilmore
7. Billy Madison
8. Flirting With Disaster
9. Grosse Pointe Blank
10. Office Space
11. (I have to) Mars Attacks!

Some of my favorites
(In No Order)

Happy Gilmore (1996)
He doesn't play golf... he destroys it.

Shooter McGavin: Damn you people. Go back to your shanties.

Tommy Boy (1995)
Tommy: Does this suit make me look fat?
Richard: No, your face does.

Shadows and Fog (1992)
Irmy: I slept with one person for money. Does that makes me a whore?
Kleinmann: No, only by the dictionary definition.

Groundhog Day (1993)
Phil Connors: It's the same things your whole life. "Clean up your room!", "Stand up straight!", "Pick up your feet!", "Take it like a man!", "Be nice to your sister!", "Don't mix beer and wine, ever!". Oh yeah, "Don't drive on the railroad track!"
Gus: Eh, Phil. That's one I happen to agree with.

What About Bob? (1991)
Bob's a special kind of friend. The kind that drives you crazy!

Hard Way, The (1991)
John Moss: Why don't you go tie your dick in a knot?

Blue in the Face (1995)
Tommy: I don't eat ****. It's against my religion.
Pete: What religion is that?
Tommy: The religion of sanity, Peter. You should try it some time.

Diggstown (1992)
Where the pros meet the cons.

Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
Dr. Ellison: And what did you do in the fire department?
Joe: Well... I put out fires.

Joe: So I'm not sick? Except for this terminal disease?

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
Guildenstern: I think I have it. A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.
Rosencrantz: Or just as mad.
Guildenstern: Or just as mad.
Rosencrantz: And he does both.
Guildenstern: So there you are.
Rosencrantz: Stark raving sane.

plus tons more thoughts are just a few
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BwHaHaMWAAHAA-:laugh::yup: I love those movies too.
Shooter:I eat pieces of s*** like you for breakfast!
Billy: You eat pieces of s*** for breakfast?

What About Bob:
*" All I want is some peace and quiet!"
*"I'll be peace."
*" I'll be quiet."

Naw naw, that's backwards. Bob says "I'll be quiet" and then Zigmund replies, while holding up two fingers, "I'll be peace." Giggling ensues. :) That's a great, great, great movie. Bill Murray is THE man. Well, one of the men, at least.

"I'm sailing! I sail!"

There, I fixed it. I didn't know all the character's names, so I just...whatever, I had it right, it just looked wrong.:)

Howabout Uncle Buck? I love John Candy, and that's when Culkin was still cute.

Uncle Buck: You sure ask a lot of questions
Culkin: I'm a kid; that's my job.


And we might as well include Home Alone

Big Brother: I wouldn't let you sleep in my bed, if you were growing on my @ss.

Mom: Say goodnight Kevin.
Kevin: Goodnight Kevin.

Yeah, "Uncle Buck" is a great movie. My brother seems to hate it, though. Oh, and you didn't fix the quote, actually. I don't care (I ain't gonna go all Holden on ya'), just wanted to mention it, though. :) John Candy was the man...

"THOSE AREN'T PILLOWS!"

my list has some cliche ones and some not mentioned here!


10- Bowfinger
9- The Man Who Knew Too Little
8- Rush Hour
7- Election
6- Rushmore
5- There's Something About Mary
4- Groundhog Day
3- Dumb and Dumber
2- Bean
1- Analyze This

Geez, I never made my list. Ah well, here goes...hardly set in stone, though:

• 10. Kingpin
  "What? I got a boog hangin'?"
  
• 9. Being John Malkovich
  "Malkovich Malkovich, Malkovich Malkovich!"
  
• 8. The Hudsucker Proxy
  "You know, for kids."
  
• 7. Office Space
  "PC Load Letter? What the f*ck does that mean?"
  
• 6. Multiplicity
  "Rule number two: no more Dougs!"
  
• 5. Rushmore
  "I got punched in the face. What's your excuse?"
  
• 4. What About Bob?
  "Take a vacation...from my PROBLEMS!"
  
• 3. The Man Who Knew Too Little
  "My dog is dead."
  
• 2. Mystery Men
  "I'm just saying: when you split the check evenly the steak eater picks the pocket of the salad man."
  
• 1. There's Something About Mary
  "I work with retards."

Wow, that was harder than I thought. I'll probably change my mind on a few soon anyway.

10 great comedies from the 90's this of course is in no particular order and is missing ton's of others a respect and love as much.
this list will change every second like any lists it's always moving.

Manhattan Murder Mystery
Carol Lipton: Larry, I think it's time we reevaluated our lives.
Larry Lipton: I've reevaluated our lives; I got a 10, you got a 6.

Delicatessen
A futuristic comic feast

The Hudsucker Proxy
You know, for kids.

Bullets Over Broadway
Rita: For me, love is very deep, but sex only has to go a few inches

Rushmore
Max: I've applied for early admission to Oxford and the Sorbonne. Harvard is my safety.

The Big Lebowski
Walter Sobchak: You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me.
The Dude: Yeah, but Walter--
Walter Sobchak: Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon--with nail polish.

Night On Earth
Five Taxis. Five Cities. One Night.

Joe vs. the Volcano
Patricia: You mean you were diagnosed with something called a brain cloud and didn't ask for a second opinion?

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
Guildenstern: I think I have it. A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.
Rosencrantz: Or just as mad.
Guildenstern: Or just as mad.
Rosencrantz: And he does both.
Guildenstern: So there you are.
Rosencrantz: Stark raving sane.

Beautiful Girls
Andera: Are you drunk?
Willie: I'm not sure. But the two of you look beautiful tonight.

The Big Lebowski
"F*ck it Dude, let's go bowling"

Office Space
"Well, at least I didn't sleep with Lumberg!"

Clerks
"Cute cat, what's it callet?"
"Annoying customer"

There's Something about Mary
"If this chick turns up with a toe-tag, I'm rollin over on you, big guy"

Dumb and Dumber
"Did you get a gun?"

Mallrats
"That kid is back on the escalator (sp)"

Chasing Amy
"Because the other three are figments of you f*cking imagination!"

Boogie Nights
"Nobody's gonna tell me what to listen to, when to listen to it or [tape stops]....f*ck it"

Dogma
"Beautiful big breasted naked chicks don't just fall out of the f*cking sky you know"

Adam och Eva (Swedish)
"They go to dagis för fan"

I guess we can say your a fan just out of curosity what order to do put his films in.

Ah, I've tried putting them in order a lot of times, and I come up with different results every single time (usually the one I watched last is at the top)
Anyway, I'll make today's list:

Clerks The one that started it all
Chasing Amy The best plot
Mallrats Simply a very funny movie
Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back Gotta love those Miramax scenes
Dogma It's been several months sinse I last saw this one, hece the low rank

1. Rushmore 1998
"I understand you're a neurosurgeon."
" No, I'm a barber, but a lot of people make that mistake."

2. Ed Wood 1994
"Welcome to the fold, brother. Do you reject Satan and all his evils?"
"Sure."

3. The Big Lebowski 1994
"I don't see any connection to Vietnam, Walter."
"Well, there isn't a literal connection, Dude. "
"Walter, face it, there isn't any connection."

4. Office Space 1999
Like in Superman 3.

5. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead] 1990
"Shouldn't we be doing something... constructive? "
"What did you have in mind? A short, blunt human pyramid?"

6. South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut 1999
"Haven't you heard of the Emancipation Proclamation? "
"I don't listen to hip-hop."

Zero Effect 1998
Now, a few words on looking for things. When you go looking for something specific, your chances of finding it are very bad. Because of all the things in the world, you're only looking for one of them. When you go looking for anything at all, your chances of finding it are very good. Because of all the things in the world, you're sure to find some of them.

8. Grosse Pointe Blank 1997
I'll go put these in some rubbing alcohol.

9. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998
With a bit of luck, his life was ruined forever. Always thinking that just behind some narrow door in all of his favorite bars, men in red woolen shirts are getting incredible kicks from things he'll never know.

10. L.A. Story 1991
Hello, this is Harris. I'm in right now, so you can talk to me personally. Please start talking at the sound of the beep.

11. American Pie (1999)
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10. The Late Shift (1996)
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9. Wayne's World 2 (1993)
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8. The Castle (1997)
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7. Office Space (1999)
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6. Wayne's World (1992)
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5. You've Got Mail (1998)
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4. My Blue Heaven (1990)
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3. Mallrats (1995)
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2. The Big Lebowski (1998)
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1. Clerks (1994)
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I found it very hard to decide, I kept on changing it, well here goes, :rolleyes:

1. The Big Lebowski

2. City clickers

3. Something about Mary

4. Best in show

5. The Castle

6. Austin Powers

7. Edward Scissor Hands

8. My Cousin Vinny

9. What about Bob

10. L A Story

At last but do feel like changing it already.:)

the big lebowski is proving popular. and is in the majority of peoples votes.

Oh man, I can't believe I forgot The Castle and Ed Wood!!! Those movies are a riot. Thanks to those who refreshed my memory. By the way, any word on when Ed Wood is coming to DVD?

Ed Wood is on DVD I saw it advertised on an internet site, it is Australian, if we have it then you have it there. :yup:

The Castle is my pick for the movie club you should join. :D

Tim Burton's Ed Wood has been released on DVD just about everywhere except here in Region 1. A special edition DVD is indeed coming, and seems like it'll have all the features the recent excellent R2 disc had, but the release date keeps getting pushed back. Should be ready by the end of the year though.

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