Wednesday, October 19, 2005
IMDb turns 15, and the best movies of 1990-2005
This week marks the 15th anniversary of the invaluable Internet Movie Database, although the website itself didn't launch until 1993 (it existed on Usenet before that). To celebrate the occassion the site's editors have compiled lists of their favourite movies of the past fifteen years (1990-2005). Topping the collective list are: Fight Club, The Matrix, Pulp Fiction, The Usual Suspects, and The Shawshank Redemption. The individual editor's lists are also available.
That seemed like a challenge to me, so here's my not-entirely-thought-out list of my top fifteen movies of the last fifteen years.
- Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino, 1994
- The Three Colours Trilogy (Blue, White, Red)
Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993-1994
- Chungking Express
Wong Kar-Wai, 1994
- Mulholland Dr.
David Lynch, 2001
- Flowers of Shanghai
Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1998
- Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood, 1992
- Fargo
Joel Cohen, 1996
- The Thin Red Line
Terrence Malick, 1998 - Eyes Wide Shut
Stanley Kubrick, 1999- The Age of Innocence
Martin Scorsese, 1993
- Dark City
Alex Proyas, 1998 - Minority Report
Steven Spielberg, 2002 - Ed Wood
Tim Burton, 1994
- 12 Monkeys
Terry Gilliam, 1995
- Felicia's Journey
Atom Egoyan, 1999
To get this down to fifteen I limited it to one film per director -- even so, there's at least another fifteen movies that could easily make the list. Feel free to post your own list, or rip into mine, in the comments area.
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