My 90's Top 50 List

The good folks over at the Criterion Forum put together a top 100 list of films from the 1990's as voted on by it's members. They have done these for every decade but this is the first time I have participated. So here is my list, the top two flip-flop pretty often.


50. Naked Lunch -1991 - David Cronenberg
49. The Wind Will Carry Us - 1999 - Abbas Kiarostami
48. Perfect Blue - 1998 - Satoshi Kon
47. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai - 1999 - Jim Jarmusch
46. A Brighter Summer Day - 1991 - Edward Yang
45. The Matrix - 1999 - Larry & Andy Wachowski
44. Naked - 1993 - Mike Leigh
43. Fargo - 1996 - Joel Coen
42. Once Upon a Time in China - 1991 - Tsui Hark
41. Hearts of Darkness - 1991 - Fax Bahr & George Hickenlooper
40. Happy Together - 1997 - Wong Kar-Wai
39. Vive L'Amour - 1994 -Tsai Ming-liang
38. Rushmore - 1998 - Wes Anderson
37. Metropolitan - 1990 - Whit Stillman
36. Go - 1999 - Doug Liman
35. eXistenZ - 1999 - David Cronenberg
34. Groundhog Day - 1993 - Harold Ramis
33. Dark City - 1998 - Alex Proyas
32. Red - 1994 - Krzysztof Kieslowski
31. The Sweet Hereafter - 1997 - Atom Egoyan
30. Chungking Express - 1994 - Wong Kar-Wai
29. Boogie Nights - 1997 - Paul Thomas Anderson
28. Trainspotting - 1996 - Danny Boyle
27. The Big Lebowski - 1998 - Joel Coen
26. Clerks - 1994 - Kevin Smith
25. Hana-Bi - 1997 - Takeshi Kitano
24. Ashes of Time - 1994 - Wong Kar-Wai
23. The Puppetmaster - 1993 - Hou Hsiao-Hsien
22. Glengarry GlenRoss - 1992 - James Foley
21. Heat - 1995 - Michael Mann
20. Festen - 1998 - Thomas Vinterberg
19. The Double Life of Veronique - 1991 - Krzysztof Kieslowski
18. Hoop Dreams - 1994 - Steve James
17. Omohide Poro Poro - 1991 - Isao Takahata
16. Short Cuts - 1993 - Robert Altman
15. Eyes Wide Shut - 1994 - Stanley Kubrick
14. Goodfellas - 1990 - Martin Scorsese
13. Blue - 1993 - Krzysztof Kieslowski
12. Flowers of Shanghai - 1998 - Hou Hsiao-Hsien
11. Dazed and Confused - 1993 - Richard Linklater
10. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - 1998 - Terry Gilliam
09. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me - 1992 - David Lynch
08. Rebels of the Neon God - 1992 - Tsai Ming-liang
07. Miller's Crossing - 1990 - Joel Coen
06. Days of Being Wild - 1990 - Wong Kar-Wai
05. Lost Highway - 1997 - David Lynch
04. Goodbye South, Goodbye - 1996 - Hou Hsiao-Hsien
03. The Virgin Suicides - 1999 - Sofia Coppola
02. Umi ga Kikoeru (Ocean Waves) - 1993 - Tomomi Mochizuki
01. Fallen Angels - 1995 - Wong Kar-Wai




You can see the final list here.