Favorite Movies of 1994?

Now that's what I call an eclectic taste.

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1. Pulp Fiction
2. Three Colors: Red
3. Crumb
4. The Secret of Roan Inish
5. Chungking Express
6. Exotica
7. The Shawshank Redemption
8. Heavenly Creatures
9. Speed
10. Ed Wood

Honorable Mentions: Quiz Show, Spanking the Monkey, The Crow, The Lion King, The Madness of King George

Variety, must have variety.

Four Weddings and a Funeral
Pulp Fiction
Shallow Grave
Forrest Gump
Natural Born Killers
The Shawshank Redemption
Bullets Over Broadway
The Mask
Nobody's Fool
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Really nice

‘94 was a good year for movies.

# 1 Pulp Fiction
# 2 Forrest Gump
# 3. Dumb & Dumber
# 4. Hoop Dreams
# 5. The Mask
# 6. Speed

So many people list Pulp Fiction, and it's one of the movies I've never seen. I guess I should put it on the list.

Siskel & Ebert - Best of 1994


Siskel:

1. Hoop Dreams
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Ed Wood
4. Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
5. Quiz Show
6. Forrest Gump
7. Vanya On 42nd Street
8. The Shawshank Redemption
9. Red Rock West
10. Little Women

Ebert:

1. Hoop Dreams
2. Blue / White / Red
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Forrest Gump
5. The Last Seduction
6. Fresh
7. The Blue Kite
8. Natural Born Killers
9. The New Age
10. Quiz Show

An amazing year at the movies

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Lion King
3. Interview With the Vampire
4. Leon, The Professional
5. Ref, The
6. Shawshank Redemption, The
7. Clerks
8. Speed
9. True Lies
10. Forrest Gump

Am I the first person to mention The Ref? I love that movie.

Super 8½
The Mammals of Victoria
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies

I posted a list of "best three of a particular year" but ordered them by what I thought was universally agreed. Herewith, in a different order based on silly personal preference:

Eat Drink Man Woman (early Ang Lee; very charming and rewatchable)
Forrest Gump (admittedly sentimental, but it does just get me every time)
The Secret of Roan Inish (delightful and fanciful)
The Professional (just for Natalie Portman's debut)

In my other post I noted that it struck me it was a year of notable debuts and other notable achievements. Here, in no particular order:

Double Happiness (Sandra Oh debut, one of those "I remember when first seeing her" moments)
Pulp Fiction (John Travolta resurrected; Tarantino cements his auteur status; I still have misgivings though)
The Shawshank Redemption (tops many lists for "best ever")
Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski's conclusion to Three Colors series; 100% on the Tomatometer)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (Hugh Grant breakthrough as heartthrob)
Little Women (Winona Ryder re-emerging)
Ed Wood (overdue recognition for Martin Landau)
Clerks (Kevin Smith's debut hit)
Hoop Dreams (some consider it the best doc ever)
Heavenly Creatures (first major role for Kate Winslet; breakthrough for Peter Jackson)
Speed (Sandra Bullock's first hit and major starring role)
Bullets Over Broadway (Jennifer Tilly standout)
Muriel's Wedding (Toni Colette breakthrough; Rachel Griffiths debut)
Il Postino (The Postman; not seen yet)

And without comment, but all notable for the attention they got:

Death and the Maiden
Crumb
Quiz Show
Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

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Ah, a great year for movies! Here’s my top ten:
1.The Shawshank Redemption
2.Pulp Fiction
3.Fresh
4.Natural Born Killers
5.The Lion King
6.Ed Wood
7.Immortal Beloved
8.Quiz Show
9.Speed
10.Bullets Over Broadway

Mark

Ed Wood and Frankenstein are awesome. Quiz Show and True Lies are entertaining. The rest I've seen aren't as good. I haven't seen a whole lot from 1994. I'm going to watch Quiz Show again. That seems like a good idea. The library has a copy so I requested it.

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I don't have a "ranked" list for 1994, but I do have my best picture and nominees listed in no particular order (other than the one at the top). I'll cut and paste that...


Nominees: Exotica, The Shawshank Redemption, Leon: The Professional, Quiz Show, Three Colors: White, Chungking Express, Pulp Fiction, Crumb, Before the Rain, Vanya on 42nd Street, Hoop Dreams, The Emigrant

Ed Wood
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction / Tarantula
The Lion King / Allers & Minkoff
Exotica / Egoyan
Shallow Grave / Boyle
The Last Seduction / Dahl

Heavenly Creatures / Jackson
In the Mouth of Madness / Carpenter
Under the Olive Trees / Kiarostami
Chungking Express / Kar-Wai
Speed / De Bont

One of my favourite years ever.

Thought so and deleted thanks for the response.

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Some other good ones I think haven't been mentioned yet:

Getting Any?
Little Odessa
The Madness of King George
To Live

In the immortal words of Frank Sinatra, it was a very good year.