The MoFo 1990s Countdown pt II - Preliminary Thread

Here you go:

12 Monkeys
Dark City
Delicatessen
eXistenZ
Gattaca
Ghost in the Shell
Pi
The City of Lost Children
The Iron Giant

Been years, but yup I should watch that again for nostalgic sake.

And is "MoFo Top 100 of the 1990s Part II" the official title we are going with? I would much prefer "Redux" or "Part Deux". And I must preemptively insist the inevitable redo of the 1980s list be dubbed "Electric Boogaloo".

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Here are a few that didn't make the previous 90s countdown that are worth a watch imho:

Contact 1997


Gattaca 1997


Tremors 1990


Stargate 1994

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The film i nominated for the 34th Hall of Fame is from the 90s and doesn't get enough recognition because it's pretty much an unknown.

If anyone is interested, Before The Rain (1994).

It's 7.8/10 on IMDB and 92% on Rotten Tomatoes. On Ebert's site, 4 out of 5 stars.

Thanks Holden and Torgo for the sci-fi list. I'm looking those movies up at IMDB and seeing which I want to watch. I've seen some of course. I just rewatched 12 Monkeys and liked that. Hope to watch another sci fi tonight.

Hell yes! So much awesome shit from the 90's. I'm in.

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In general, comedies usually get short shrift on these sorts of lists. I implore all of you to consider more than just one or two obligatory laughers. Comedy is a genre that most of us have on high rewatch, yet when it comes to "best of" lists they are underrepresented.

I have eight movies that can be considered comedies on my ballot.

The 1990s titles that made the MoFo Top 100 Comedies were The Big Lebowski (#1), Groundhog Day (#7), Galaxy Quest (#14), Office Space (#18), Dumb & Dumber (#43), Being John Malkovich (#45), My Cousin Vinny (#53), Rushmore (#54), Happy Gilmore (#64), Clerks (#65), Ed Wood (#69), Dazed & Confused (#76), Wayne's World (#82), When Harry Met Sally... (#85), Clueless (#88), Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (#96), Home Alone (#97), Fargo (#98), and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (#99).

My favorites from that crop are Rushmore, Being John Malkovich, When Harry Met Sally..., Galaxy Quest, and Groundhog Day. Some personal all-time favorites that have somehow never made a previous MoFo list include Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), L.A. Story (1991), Defending Your Life (1991), The Freshman (1990), Quick Change (1990), Barcelona (1994), Waiting for Guffman (1996), Get Shorty (1995), and Grosse Pointe Blank (1997).

I have one comedy on my list. I'm sure ppl who know me will say, "Why is THAT on your list?"

Because I can relate to it.

Mrs. Doubtfire and Happy Gilmore must make this!

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Most definitely this one that I just rewatched... https://www.movieforums.com/communit...90#post2522890

Dark City

**Oscar clip**

Doubtfire didn't even make the comedy list, but we shall see.

I would think Good Will Hunting and possibly Aladdin are the closest thing Robin Williams has to locks on the Redux ballot. Matt & Ben's opus was the only Robin movie to make the original '90s countdown.

praying for Clueless

Voting for it will probably help more.

I know several of mine won't make it but I'm ok with that.

New host rules, they select the title. And if I get any guff, I'll stop this car and turn right around, and no Disneyland for any of you kids!

Seriously, I'm calling it officially "Redux" as in the first post header.

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I liked but not loved Dark City the last time I seen it, but it's been years and I don't know if I watched the director's cut or not. I might give it another look.

Director's cut is a must