The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux

Veronique's a lovely film. I had it somewhere between 10 and 15.

Heard of: 24/30
Started: 21/30
Finished: 11/30
In my ballot: 2/30
Maximum films from my ballot that can still make the list: 25/25


Today for the first time I have finished more of the films that I've started, than not finished.

The Fugitive is a very good action thriller. One of those that every time it's on TV, I will probably end up watching most, if not all of it. Solid performances, great characters, superb direction; it's all one nice package. I had it on my mind when I started to make my list, but end up not voting for it. I'm glad it showed up, though.

The Double Life of Veronique was a recent watch for me and one of my very last cuts. It's a film that really, really hit me hard when I watched it. You can read my full review here, but here's a snippet of it:

So yeah, a very powerful and emotional film and, again, one of the very last ones I cut from my list, so I'm glad it showed up.


SEEN: 16/30
MY BALLOT: 4/25

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I much prefer the old one. There are a lot of my favorite movies of the decade in the bottom 30 of the old list, including a bunch that I voted for this time as well. I'm hoping that means they'll rank higher this time, but I doubt that's the case.

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Doh! I forgot that! (Wasn't in my list anyway)


The Fugitive is a fun popcorn movie. I always thought of it more of a Tommy Lee Jones movie than a Harrison Ford one. It works well, even if the villains are meh and you can see the twist coming from a long ways away. Didn't make my list.


I've never heard of the Double Life of Veronique.


Seen: 18/28
List: 3/25

Top 10 combined (old list)

10. (96. Edward Scissorhands)
9. (72. Donnie Brasco)
8. 79. Point Break (1991) (83. Point Break)
7. 73. Close-Up (1990) (80. Close-Up)
6. 94. True Romance (1993)
5. 76. A Moment of Innocence (1996)
4. 75. The Remains of the Day (1993)
3. 71. The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
2. (93. Short Cuts)
1. (84. The Player)

I have seen The Fugitive, which is a well made thriller. No vote, however.

Kieslowski is a huge blind spot for me that I plan on remedying eventually.
I am ashamed.

Alright time to touch on this update...so of these 14 films ones that ranked me were...

7. True Romance (1993)
9. My Cousin Vinny (1992)
20. Sonatine (1993)
23. Porco Rosso (1992)
25. Stay Tuned (1992) (1 pointer)

None...

Close Up - This one just put me to sleep, Middle-eastern cinema either really works for me or just bores me and this is my defacto thought for just dullness.

A Moment of Innocence - I reviewed this one for the Hall of Fame. I found it to be unusually student film esque. Some might think that's a bad thing but I think it's an admirable one.

Strange Days is a solid neo-noir a good little forbearer to The Matrix which the concept doesn't really pay off with the film but it's still a good watch.

Lost Highway is one of Lynch's best films a nice little hidden gem of a film. I think it's somewhat hurt by having a cast of C-listers but Robert Blake is terrifying in this.

Dumb and Dumber is a comedy I hate, Election is a comedy I love neither made my list not surprised to see them as they were very popular films. I wonder where Lebowski is going to show up or if Half Baked will also pop up.

Beauty and the Beast...wow that was low I would have thought it would be a top ten film.

Before Sunrise, yeah I figured that would make it and be at around that spot. I like films like this, I picked Vanya on 42nd Street which has no chance at making the cut.

Blair Witch Project, phenomenal film as the years go by I appreciate it so much more for capturing the vibe of a horror film that other films just haven't been able to get.

The Fugitive has been 40 years since I saw this, I think this might be the only showing for Harrison Ford on this countdown, I think you can make the arguement that this was the last of the 80's neo-noir films and that the genre switched it up after this.

Point Break is one of those films that's a lot of fun, I think the trailer is better than the film. Bigelow's oeuvre has a number of gems in it and this is one of them.

The Remains of the Day, I'm actually rewatching that one along with Howards End and a Room with a View becayse TCM is running the Merchant Ivory films this month. And I was too young when I watched them the first time.

A Few Good Men is classic Hollywood and this is our second Trial movie. Liar Liar might show up but I think JFK might be the winner of this subgenre.

The Double Life of Véronique (1991) - is one I need to rewatch because I forgot everything about it.

28/30 seen and remembered

And just for fun and for people to steal if they wish...my ratings

Sonatine (1993), True Romance (1993), Porco Rosso (1992), My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Total Recall (1990), Beauty and the Beast (1991),
Interview with the Vampire (1994), Before Sunrise (1995), The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Celebration (1998), Office Space(1999), Lost Highway (1997), The Crow (1994), Gattaca (1997), Strange Days (1995), The Remains of the Day (1993), Election (1999),
Sleepless in Seattle (1993), A Few Good Men (1992), Point Break (1991). A Moment of Innocence (1996), The Fugitive (1993)
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Three Colors: Red (1994), Dead Man (1995),
Dumb and Dumber (1994), Close-Up (1990)
none
Gummo (1997)
I doubt anything will show up as bad as Gummo

A Moment of Innocence

If you ask me, this movie expanded on the postmodernist traits that made Close-Up such a unique concept with a stronger sense of technique and heavier explorations of the characters involved. It was a lot of fun just listening to the talk to each other. But it's missing a couple things: more interaction between the cop and the director, more of that fantastic music, and

89/100

Seen 19/30

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One of the all-time great trailers:





6. The Remains of the Day
11. The Fugitive

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I liked the Fugitive, great suspense movie. Great pairing, Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford. Gravitas for days. It was not on my list.
I love The Double Life of Veronique, I do not know why it wasn't on my list.

I just like your post because it mentioned Meatballs.
It wasn't summer till Meatballs was on TV.

The Fugitive is a solid action/thriller/drama film with a solid script and two standout performances and you can tell Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford are having the time of their life on this film. It's so well paced and clips along perfectly and while it did not make my list I think it's deserving of a spot in the top 100 of any 90's list.

Oh and also, yeah I'm a Glock guy, soooo.... yeppers lots and lots of Glocks in this film and also in the lesser, but still fun and entertaining and very watchable sequel US Marshals.

https://www.imfdb.org/wiki/The_Fugitive_(1993)

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Now that we've hit the third pit stop (70), we can bite our thumbs at the films that didn't make it, and quarrel with them while we check out these stats:

Decade Breakdown

• 1990 = 2
• 1991 = 3
• 1992 = 3
• 1993 = 6
• 1994 = 4
• 1995 = 4
• 1996 = 1
• 1997 = 3
• 1998 = 1
• 1999 = 3

A trio of entries from 1991, but 1994 took the lead again with a pair. Also, first showing for 1996 and a couple for 1999.

Repeating Directors

• Krzystof Kieslowski = 2
• Kathryn Bigelow = 2

We also got our first pair of directors with multiple entries in Kieslowski and Bigelow. Who will come next? Will these two directors have any more entries?

Finally, we add three (3) more foreign films for a total of eight (8), plus an additional animated film for a grand total of two (2). How many animated films will we end up with?

Fugitive is awesome. I'm a bit saturated on watching it though. It's on my ballot somewhere.

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Natural Born Killers and The Fifth Element will show next.

The Fugitive was in the last round of cuts from my list. I'm hit or miss with action movies, but this is one of my favorites. I wanted to include it on my list, but I just couldn't find room for it. I'm glad that it made the countdown without my help.


I've never heard of The Double Life of Véronique.

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Even the train derailment sequence? It's one of the great "cause-and-effect" action sequences in a movie, if you ask me:

The Double Life of Veronique was my #12. A beautiful, melancholy movie with a dream-like quality.


Seen: 28/30
My list: 6/25