The MoFos Top 100 of the 90s Countdown - Redux

Home Alone ranked ahead of Veronique based on total ballots (7 to 6)

Home Alone was huge, I remember that. (And I remember my wife and I seeing it after hearing all the hype, and afterwards saying, "well, that was decidedly average" - lol, Sorry, I've tried to not to be overly critical with these - but it was more a m'eh, so not too mean)

A lot of interesting notes on the casting at wiki, where they mention that John Mulaney was asked to audition for the role of Kevin after being scouted in a children's sketch comedy group, but his parents refused the opportunity. Culkin would get the role and would rocket to stardom.

Hunting earned Damon and Affleck a Screenplay Oscar, though their original concept had it as a "thriller about a young man in the rough-and-tumble streets of South Boston who possesses a superior intelligence and is targeted by the government with heavy-handed recruitment". It was Rob Reiner who convinced them to ditch the thriller angle and focus on the relationship between Will and his therapist.

Good Will was #27 on the previous 90s countdown, while Home failed to make the grade in the last one.

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Home Alone - good family fun film but really nowhere near my list objectively as a great film of the 90s.

Good Will Hunting. I mean it's a pretty average film written by the egos of Affleck and Damon. "Do you like apples? how do you like them apples"? Yikes.

I really hope scream makes this list while it was #89 on the old 90s list, if it don't, @Captain Quint be prepared

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Hey, there were 79 other people who made this mess, it's not all on me. lol

Though I will admit that Scream aint my thing... so if it fails to show, by all means, storm my castle, that seems fair.

Good Will Hunting was my 14 and it's my second movie to show. Robin Williams is incredible in it.

Home Alone is dreadful, but that's hardly surprising since anything Chris Columbus touches turns into lukewarm bathwater.


Good Will Hunting is better than most 'insert generic crowd pleaser here' movies. Probably has a little to do with Van Sant, but mostly has to do with Williams. For awhile he was the king of making these kinds of bland, quietly optimistic movies better than they should be.

haven't seen home alone, at least not in adulthood and despite having seen good will hunting fairly recently, i can't recall much of anything about it.

Seen both, voted for neither. Home Alone is fun and enjoyable, but I didn't care for Good Will Hunting.

Seen: 32/32

Seen Home Alone, not seen Good Will Hunting. Not a fan of Affleck or Damon.

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Home Alone was at the bottom of the MoFo Top 100 Comedies at #97 while Good Will Hunting was #27 on the first MoFo Top 100 of the 1990s as well as #90 on the very first MoFo Top 100. How do ya like dem apples?

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Didn't rewatch Home Alone. Don't think I've seen Good Will Hunting all the way through.

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I have no attachment to Home Alone. I’m sure due to my age. Seen it plenty though. Surprised it’s here, but maybe I shouldn’t be.

Good Will Hunting was my 16. Loved this one from first watch. I think it’s really funny and heartbreaking. Has a handful of scenes I think about often. One of those movies that when people hate on it I truly don’t get it.

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Home Alone is fine, but it's never been a favorite. Part of this is probably due to having been shown the film so many times throughout grade school and being tired of it at this point. It's like The Polar Express in that sense.

Good Will Hunting is pretty good. In terms of Van Sant's 90's films, I prefer My Own Private Idaho and Drugstore Cowboy by decent margins and hope they'll make this list as well.

You know, sometimes I wonder just what the hell I am thinking when I look over my final ballot and hit send. I recall cutting Good Will Hunting near the time I submitted, and it was one of the last five flicks I cut. Looking at my final ballot now, there are at least three films that should have been cut instead.

I don't like dem apples!

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A twofer again.

I must've watched Home Alone 30 times as a kid at my dad's house. He normally didn't get Christmas movies so that was rare if him. Definitely one of the best post-Golfen Age attempts at slapstick filmmaking. 90.

Good Will Hunting was an easy one to relate to being the math guy throughout my school life, especially with my autism in account. It really makes a person feel good when a movie can be about discovering genius in the most unpredictable places. 95.

Seen 21/32.

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Love Home Alone. We watch it every year around the holidays and my daughter is a bad fan, also. That said, I never even considered it for a ballot of the best films of the 90s.