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).