This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on December 8, 2004). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.
I stumbled across this list of the 100 most overlooked films of the 1990’s yesterday, meant to do a meme-style “seen it” list, and then spaced it. I was reminded today when DeAnna beat me to the punch — so here’s mine. Bold title films I’ve seen…
- Miller’s Crossing (Been meaning to see this one for ages.)
- Safe
- The Sweet Hereafter
- Lone Star
- Heavenly Creatures (Another that’s been on my “need to see” list.)
- Waiting for Guffman (So far, I’ve really enjoyed all of Guest’s mockumentaries that I’ve seen.)
- The Hudsucker Proxy (One of my favorites.)
- Babe: Pig in the City
- Dead Man (Another that’s been on my “need to see” list.)
- Fearless
- Bound (Though it’s been a long time, I remember enjoying it.)
- Chungking Express
- The Straight Story
- Searching for Bobby Fischer
- Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai
- That Thing You Do!
- Dead Again (Quite the fun little thriller, and it’s fun to see Branagh and Thompson in something non-Shakespearean.)
- Sneakers
- Zero Effect
- The Butcher Boy
- Truly, Madly, Deeply
- In the Company of Men
- Devil in a Blue Dress
- The Red Violin (Beautiful film.)
- Cemetery Man
- Hamlet (This so needs to come out on DVD.)
- Breakdown
- Welcome to the Dollhouse (This one, I don’t remember liking at all. Maybe I need to give it another chance someday?)
- The Apostle
- Eve’s Bayou
- Hard Eight
- Defending Your Life
- A Little Princess
- Bringing Out the Dead
- Fireworks
- Jacob’s Ladder (Hated this the first time I saw it, then watched it again and saw everything I missed the first time. Great film.)
- The Spanish Prisoner
- Pump Up The Volume (Talk Hard! Love this one. And I really need more women coming on to me like the girl in here does….)
- Beautiful Girls
- The Double Life of Veronique
- Very Bad Things (One of the blackest comedies I’ve seen. Love it, and own it.)
- Richard III (Another one that really needs to be on DVD.)
- October Sky
- Strange Days (Had me really freaked about the Y2K turnover for a while.)
- My Neighbor Totoro (I want a catbus!)
- L.A. Story (Surreal and cute romantic comedy don’t always go together, but they work well here.)
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
- A Bronx Tale
- The Limey
- A Perfect World
- Before Sunrise
- Bob Roberts (One of my favorite political comedy/mockumentaries. Own it.)
- Dick
- Raise the Red Lantern
- One False Move
- The Ref (Another wonderful black comedy.)
- Exotica
- Sonatine
- Joe Versus the Volcano
- Matinee (Saw it when it was in the theatre, and don’t really remember much of it.)
- The Ice Storm
- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (“Oh, that’s the last thing we need. A cock. In a frock. On a rock.”)
- Croupier
- The Winslow Boy
- Girl on the Bridge
- Bullet in the Head
- Darkman (Been ages since I’ve seen it, but remember enjoying it more than I expected.)
- Cannibal! The Musical
- Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
- Smoke (All I really remember is thinking that it was interesting…should re-rent it sometime.)
- The Last Days of Disco
- Fresh
- Eye of God
- Flirting With Disaster
- Bottle Rocket
- Ashes of Time
- Fallen Angels
- Great Expectations
- Kundun
- A Midnight Clear
- Deep Cover
- Ravenous
- Twin Falls, Idaho
- The People vs. Larry Flynt (Another one I don’t really remember.)
- Quick Change
- The Secret of Roan Inish
- Beloved
- Big Night (This one’s been on my “need to see” list since I fell in love with The Impostors.)
- Topsy-Turvy
- Living in Oblivion
- Jesus’ Son
- Glengarry Glen Ross (Didn’t like it at all when I saw it — another one to give another chance.)
- Chaplin (Loved this one.)
- Dead Alive (Another that’s been on my “need to see” list.)
- Jude
- Cradle Will Rock
- Proof
- The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
- Titus (So, so good.)
- Mystery Men (Much better and funnier than I expected it to be.)
Wow — that’s kind of depressing, actually. Figured I’d have seen more than a quarter of them (just over, actually, at 28). Looks like I’ve got a lot to add to my Netflix queue!
“Crablouse, The (Sample to the Lab)” by Lords of Acid from the album Crablouse, The (1994, 8:34).