Back to the 90s!

slightly 'lesser known' ones from me:
Days of Being Wild 1990
The Commitments 1991
The Player 1992
Rebels of the Neon God 1992
Vive L'Amour 1994
Il Postino 1994
A Moment of Innocence 1996
Trees Lounge 1996
Voices Through Time 1996
Taste of Cherry 1997

I haven’t seen Rebels of a Neon God yet, so I couldn’t say if one is better than the other.

I like 90's music the most. 90's movies are not necessarily my favorite.

I'm not a big fan of 80's music, but I saw some 80's movies while growing up in the 90's on TV. But obviously I prefer 90's popular culture over 80's.

So glad you mentioned Flowers of Shanghai I had been meaning to watch that, then it slipped my mind. Good list, thanks!

Thanks GBG, I will check out your custom list.

The Player is in strong contention for my ballot. You're the third person to mention liking Vive L'Amour, I need to watch that!

Actually The Postman / Il Postino has been mentioned by three mofos; Jc, Quint and Robert. Vive L'Amour by two; Wyldesyde and Robertx2.

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The Postman is a movie that I really liked, but for some reason I'm hesitant to watch it again as I don't want to find out I know don't like it. That's happened to me before with movies.

Great list! I'll second some titles that I think are going to need some help with points:

Presumed Innocent
The Hunt for Red October
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Fugitive
Dances with Wolves
Tremors
Space Jam
Galaxy Quest
Good Will Hunting
Primal Fear
Air Force One

Going to re-watch these two; Mr. Holland's Opus and Only You.

I highly recommend this movie too!
A lock for my ballot.

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I don't know if you were counting me among those three, since my statements could be considered vague on the matter (technically I guess I didn't even state if I've seen either of the Tsai films). My recollection is I slightly prefer Rebels of the Neon God, but I recall the ending of Vive L'Amour hitting harder (and like them both, but there's a lot of stuff from the 90s that I like), so I don't know if both would be able to make my ballot, they're both on my shortlist. My gut says you'd like Vive L'Amour more, but I don't know what my basis is for why I think that.

Lol my taste in the 90s cinema scene are chick flicks (mainly teen films), action films and historical.

I can do chick flicks and historical and my wife like those too. Action films don't often work for me, but sometimes they do.

I'm currently watching Clueless.

There is 10 Things I Hate About You.
She's All That
Never Been Kissed
Cruel Intentions


Just to name a few.

They aren't great but enjoyable.

Tremors! That's a great one!

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Here is another rec. I do highly recommend this!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pusher...29?wprov=sfla1

I wonder if any of Woody Allen's films will make the 90s countdown? I've watched two in a row and liked them both.

I don't think any of Woody's 90s films are great or thought of as great in the cinema fan culture and therefore votes will be spread out. Versus 70s and 80s Woody which has some excellent films. So I'm leaning to no Woody making the cut.

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If you watch one 90s action film for the countdown make sure it's Die Hard with a Vengeance.

I have no idea why I didn't list Happy Together along with Fallen Angels or Days of Being Wild. Moments of it certainly seemed like a precursor effort to In the Mood for Love. Maybe I forgot it was in the 90s, but I saw it in the 90s, so that seems unlikely.

I have a custom MoFo List with my favorites HERE. If you haven't seen many or maybe even any films from these renowned filmmakers, here are my top recommendations from each of them in the 1990s that are all excellent films as well as wonderful introductions to the directors...

• Pedro Almodóvar, All About My Mother (1999)
• Robert Altman, Short Cuts (1993)
• Wes Anderson, Rushmore (1998)
• Claude Chabrol, La Cérémonie (1995)
• Claire Denis, Beau Travail (1999)
• Jim Jarmusch, Dead Man (1995)
• Neil Jordan, The Butcher Boy (1996)
• Abbas Kiarostami, Close-Up (1990)
• Krzysztof Kieślowski, Three Colours: Red (1994)
• Mike Leigh, Naked (1993)
• David Lynch, The Straight Story (1999)
• Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Line (1998)
• Roman Polanski, Death and the Maiden (1994)
• John Sayles, Lone Star (1996)
• Todd Solondz, Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)
• Lars Von Trier, Breaking the Waves (1996)
• Wong Kar-wai, Chungking Express (1994)

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