The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux

These were knotted up, points and most ballots - the tie was broken up by highest ranking (#2 to #4)

* Trainspotting gets 1996 back on the countdown (the first since A Moment of Innocence at #76) - For the look of the film, Boyle was influenced by the colors of Francis Bacon's paintings, which represented "a sort of in-between land – part reality, part fantasy". The scene where Renton (McGregor) dives into a toilet is a reference to Thomas Pynchon's 1973 novel Gravity's Rainbow.

* Jackie Brown frequently alludes to Pam Grier's career - The film's poster resembles those of Grier's films Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974) and includes quotes from both films. The typeface for the film's opening titles was also used for those of Foxy Brown; some of the background music is taken from these films, including four songs from Roy Ayers's original score for Coffy. Others - the film's opening sequence recreates the scene from The Graduate (1967).

Robert Forster earned his first and only Oscar nod, in the category of Best Supporting Actor (the film’s sole nomination).

Trainspotting was previously #33, Jackie #44

Trainspotting (1996) was #19 on my list.

both of these are a big nope for me

Dang, I've only seen Foxy Brown, and Foxy Brown was ridiculous.

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48. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Never seen it all the way through but looks fun


47. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Hugely overrated film, can't believe it is this high


46. Starship Troopers (1997)
Need a rewatch can't rememebr it.


45. American Beauty (1999)
Quite good at the time but not sure if it still holds up. Is it poignant or dated?


44. Jackie Brown (1997)
Probably among Tarantino's best.


43. Trainspotting (1996)
Again, hugely overrated and good on release but not sure it is as good as the fawning over it at the time


No votes in that lot for me.

44. Jackie Brown (1997) - I was a little disappointed when Jackie Brown came out - not that I didn't like it or enjoy watching it. The film is quite good - exceptional by any other filmmaker's standard, but this was Quentin Tarantino post-Pulp Fiction, and I was expecting at least one of the greatest films ever made. Yeah - expectations that high are sometimes unfair and not amenable to a good film-watching experience. I've probably watched it the least out of Tarantino's oeuvre, and I'm well overdue another look at it. Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson, Pam Grier, Robert Forster - he still got the maximum out of the actors he worked with. A friend of mine gave me the novel Rum Punch, but I've yet to read it - not for want of starting it and not finishing. To those who love Jackie Brown - you're probably spot on. I've just never quite got over my feeling of deflation when it came time to rush out and see it - and that casts a shadow over the film to this day. So, unfortunately not on my ballot - maybe I should stop comparing it to the likes of Pulp Fiction.

43. Trainspotting (1996) - If you're going to use Iggy Pop's "Lust For Life" and Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" in your movie, you've certainly got my attention. If you make a movie like Trainspotting my attention will not waver for a moment. A deluge of imitators followed on it's heels, and I guess if you go back now it's harder to see just how razor sharp and original this was. I doubt anything could express the dirtiest side of the dirtiest kinds of addiction as well to a person who has never gone through it themselves, or do it with quite the same brash and brilliant soundtrack, or find the quality kinds of actors/actresses and get the performances out of them - ever again. Look, the movie is brilliant, doesn't pussyfoot, and is probably a better anti-smack advertisement as has ever been shown (aside from also forthrightly mentioning how good it feels to use it.) As long as you've got the stomach to take some of Trainspotting's more horrific moments it's a thrilling yet nauseating watch - and I found it such and still find it such. Love it, still do. It was #19 on my ballot.

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Seen : 57/58
I'd never even heard of : 1/58
Movies that had been on my radar, but I haven't seen yet : 0/58
Films from my list : 11 + 1 pointer

#43 - My #19 - Trainspotting (1996)
#45 - My #16 - American Beauty (1999)
#51 - My #7 - Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
#53 - My #13 - The Thin Red Line (1998)
#57 - My #17 - Barton Fink (1991)
#66 - My #6 - Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
#68 - My #23 - Apollo 13 (1995)
#74 - My #18 - Election (1999)
#78 - My #2 - The Blair Witch Project (1999)
#81 - My #22 - Before Sunrise (1995)
#96 - My #15 - Fallen Angels (1995)
1-pointer - Deep Crimson (1996)

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I like Jackie Brown, but didn't vote for it. I'm not a fan of Trainspotting.

Seen: 58/58

Trainspotting's only other appearance was #33 on the MoFo '90s Prime while Jackie Brown was #44 there as well as #18 on the MoFo Top 100 Neo-Noirs.

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I liked Fiennes in it, but I agree Lewis wasn't the right fit.

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Jackie Brown is great and I had it at 21. Tarantino's best for me.

Trainspotting is not. I'll leave it at that.

I toyed with putting Trainspotting at nr1. Not because I think it's the best film of the 90s. It isn't. But because for someone from the UK it's the best slice of the 90s, including the soundtrack.
I do though also think it's an absolutely cracking highly original low budget film. I think I had it at nr 3.
Jackie Brown would have been in my top 50 I'd guess.

I haven't seen Jackie Brown yet, but it's on my watchlist and I hope to get to it soon.

Trainspotting is great, though it's been years since I've seen it.

I haven't seen Jackie Brown, but I should because Pam Grier is awesome.

I have seen Trainspotting--it's another really very good movie, just not quite good enough to make my list. My list is quite exclusive, you know.

Jackie Brown is the only Quentin Tarantino movie I haven't seen. Why is this?

Trainspotting is just shy of my ballot, but man, I love it. If I had to make a list of the most"'90s" '90s movies, if you know what I mean, it would be on it. While its exploration of addict life is fascinating, it's just as valuable as a movie about how hard it is to free yourself from a crabs in a barrel friend group. The soundtrack is also a bright spot in a not so great part of the '90s for music. The sequel (T2 Trainspotting) is also worth watching.

Jackie Brown is fantastic, but I made room for one Tarantino that I won’t reveal yet.

Trainspotting was fine. Been a minute and I don’t really have a desire to revisit. Maybe eventually.

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Trainspotting was a no-brainer for the 90s list but didn't get my vote.
Last year I watched it for the first time and I felt slightly underwhelmed. Apart from a little bit of nostalgia it wasn't as outrageous as I hoped it would be.
Don't get me wrong, it's very watchable, but not distinctively "cult" enough.
Trainspotting 2, however, is a cracker, and would definitely make my ballot for a 2010 decade countdown.

I watched some of Jackie Brown but stopped after 30 minutes. Nothing beats the original 1970s blaxploitation movies, imo.

I watched Jackie Brown one time years ago and didn't really care for it, though I don't remember the specifics of why I felt that way.

I haven't seen Trainspotting. Looks like it's relatively short, so maybe I'll give it a shot.


Seen: 47/58
My Balllot:
7. A Perfect World (#61)
9. Point Break (#79)
10. Edward Scissorhands (#64)
12. True Romance (#94)
17. The Fifth Element (#56)
24. Interview With the Vampire (#92)
25. Untamed Heart (One Pointer)

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I like Jackie Brown a lot and it's one of Tarantino's best, top 3 or 4 depending on my mood, but it didn't make my list. The only thing wrong with the whole film is that there's too much of it. It was the first time I thought he'd benefit from a strict editor, a feeling which has grown with every film he's made since. Of that one's I've seen, that is, but I have no doubt those I haven't seen suffer the same fate given the length of them.

Trainspotting is, and always will be, absolute toilet.

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