EW's Top 100 movies of the past 25 years

[Funk]

The list is meh, in my opinion. Here it is:

1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)
3. Titanic (1997)
4. Blue Velvet (1986)
5. Toy Story (1995)
6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
7. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
9. Die Hard (1988)
10. Moulin Rouge (2001)
11. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
12. The Matrix (1999)
13. GoodFellas (1990)
14. Crumb (1995)
15. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
16. Boogie Nights (1997)
17. Jerry Maguire (1996)
18. Do the Right Thing (1989)
19. Casino Royale (2006)
20. The Lion King (1994)
21. Schindler's List (1993)
22. Rushmore (1998)
23. Memento (2001)
24. A Room With a View (1986)
25. Shrek (2001)
26. Hoop Dreams (1994)
27. Aliens (1986)
28. Wings of Desire (1988)
29. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
30. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
31. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
32. Fight Club (1999)
33. The Breakfast Club (1985)
34. Fargo (1996)
35. The Incredibles (2004)
36. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
37. Pretty Woman (1990)
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
39. The Sixth Sense (1999)
40. Speed (1994)
41. Dazed and Confused (1993)
42. Clueless (1995)
43. Gladiator (2000)
44. The Player (1992)
45. Rain Man (1988)
46. Children of Men (2006)
47. Men in Black (1997)
48. Scarface (1983)
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
50. The Piano (1993)
51. There Will Be Blood (2007)
52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
53. The Truman Show (1998)
54. Fatal Attraction (1987)
55. Risky Business (1983)
56. The Lives of Others (2006)
57. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
58. Ghostbusters (1984)
59. L.A. Confidential (1997)
60. Scream (1996)
61. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
62. sex, lies and videotape (1989)
63. Big (1988)
64. No Country For Old Men (2007)
65. Dirty Dancing (1987)
66. Natural Born Killers (1994)
67. Donnie Brasco (1997)
68. Witness (1985)
69. All About My Mother (1999)
70. Broadcast News (1987)
71. Unforgiven (1992)
72. Thelma & Louise (1991)
73. Office Space (1999)
74. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
75. Out of Africa (1985)
76. The Departed (2006)
77. Sid and Nancy (1986)
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
79. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
80. Michael Clayton (2007)
81. Moonstruck (1987)
82. Lost in Translation (2003)
83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
84. Sideways (2004)
85. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
86. Y Tu Mamá También (2002)
87. Swingers (1996)
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
89. Breaking the Waves (1996)
90. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
91. Back to the Future (1985)
92. Menace II Society (1993)
93. Ed Wood (1994)
94. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
95. In the Mood for Love (2001)
96. Far From Heaven (2002)
97. Glory (1989)
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
99. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
100. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)

Pulp Fiction at #1 is good. BUT NO SHAWSHANK? Fargo and Schindler's List outside the Top 10? And Moulin Rouge where it is?

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Here's my favorite 25 films of the last 25 years (note: FAVORITE movies. Not top movies):

25) The Goonies (1985)
24) Chasing Amy (1997)
23) Dark City (1998)
22) Schindler's List (1993)
21) The Princess Bride (1987)
20) Raising Arizona (1987)
19) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
18) Jurassic Park (1993)
17) The Incredibles (2004)
16) Fargo (1996)
15) Dogma (1999)
14) As Good As It Gets (1997)
13) Back To The Future (1985)
12) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
11) Office Space (1999)
10) The Usual Suspects (1995)
9) Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
8) This Is Spinal Tap! (1984)
7) Austin Powers (1997)
6) The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
5) A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
4) Goodfellas (1990)
3) Pulp Fiction (1994)
2) L.A. Confidential (1997)
1) The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

[John Mora]

Re: EW's Top 100 movies of the past 25 years

I have no idea why they chose the movies and ordered them how they did.

[DK]

Re: EW's Top 100 movies of the past 25 years

NO THE FOUNTAIN?!

[Funk]

Re: EW's Top 100 movies of the past 25 years

I have no idea why they chose the movies and ordered them how they did.

QFT. Titanic #3? Maybe if you factor in box office success but that movie on a quality scale was not even Top 25 material.

[DK]

Re: EW's Top 100 movies of the past 25 years

I'm pretty sure no shawshank is a federal offense.

[Funk]

Re: EW's Top 100 movies of the past 25 years

**** yeah. I bet if EW was thrown in jail they couldn't Dufresne their way out of it.

[Hyper Dingo]

Re: EW's Top 100 movies of the past 25 years

Napoleon dynamite higher than Back to the future is a slap in the face.

[Hikari no Kaze]

Re: EW's Top 100 movies of the past 25 years

Napoleon dynamite higher than Back to the future is a slap in the face.

Indeed.

TIME TO WRITE AN ANGRY LETTER.

[Sejon]

Re: EW's Top 100 movies of the past 25 years

Napoleon Dynamite anywhere on that list is a slap in the face.

That movie was rubbish.

[Duel]

Re: EW's Top 100 movies of the past 25 years

I do not agree with Scream's number.

[Big Country]

Re: EW's Top 100 movies of the past 25 years

8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
9. Die Hard (1988)
20. The Lion King (1994)
25. Shrek (2001)
33. The Breakfast Club (1985)
35. The Incredibles (2004)
37. Pretty Woman (1990)
45. Rain Man (1988)
51. There Will Be Blood (2007)
58. Ghostbusters (1984)
63. Big (1988)
64. No Country For Old Men (2007)
90. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
91. Back to the Future (1985)
100. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)

From that list those were the actual decent movies. For my top 5 it'd be like:

5. Holes
4. Forrest Gump
3. Taladega Knights: Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
4. Saw
1. Transformers

[jvrlopez]

Re: EW's Top 100 movies of the past 25 years

That list is horrible.

[Funk]

Re: EW's Top 100 movies of the past 25 years

No Pulp Fiction, Muse? I assume it's because you haven't seen it, so I suggest you go out and rent it, pronto.

[Big Country]

Re: EW's Top 100 movies of the past 25 years

No Pulp Fiction, Muse? I assume it's because you haven't seen it, so I suggest you go out and rent it, pronto.

Yeah, I haven't seen like 30 of those movies, and that would be one of them.

[jvrlopez]

Re: EW's Top 100 movies of the past 25 years

Speed is on that list but Rocky, Taxi Driver, Platoon, The Godfather aren't?

That list is just stupid.