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Posted by Thomas Dafnides (Member # 1851) on October 13, 2012, 07:14 PM:

Name one of the most outstanding films you saw that was produced in the last 20 years....and if you want to elaborate...why was it so?

Posted by John Yapp (Member # 2873) on October 14, 2012, 04:41 AM:

As a Beatles fan, I was recently directed towards the film "I am Sam" starring Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer. There are several Beatles songs throughout the movie. The synopsis is that the main character Sam has a mental age of seven, yet somehow manages to end up looking after his daughter after the mother runs out on him. The courts try to take the daughter away from Sam as they feel it is in her best interests, and Michelle pfeiffer, playing a lawyer, grudgingly tries to help Sam in his battle to keep her. A terrific film and one I can heartily recommend.

Posted by Richard Bock (Member # 1926) on October 14, 2012, 10:10 AM:

I can't think of just one. There are many more!

Topsy Turvey, Secrets and Lies-Mike Leigh

Fargo, The Big Lebowski-Coen Bros

Brokeback Mountain

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo-Swedish version

Let the Right One In

Match Point

Clockers

The Wrestler

All About My Mother

Avatar in 3D

Kung Fu Panda in 3D

A Scanner Darkly

The Sweet Hereafter

Inland Empire

Mulholland Drive

Lost Highway

[ October 14, 2012, 12:34 PM: Message edited by: Richard Bock ]

Posted by Tim Robinson-Ayer (Member # 2521) on October 14, 2012, 01:01 PM:

Restricting my answer to 2000 going forward:
Red Betsy (Wish this was available on dvd)
Goodbye, Lenin
The Tree of Life
Julie & Julia
The Muppets
Prometheus

That's what has really impressed me.

Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on October 14, 2012, 03:30 PM:

Hi Thomas,one of the most entertaining films for me, of the last
20 years would be the remake of "Godzilla",it was a bubblegum
film that was pure entertainment,didn't have any messages or
hidden meanings.I actually enjoyed this film far more than the
"Jurassic Park" series,it was worth the price of admission just
for Jean Reno doing the Elvis impersonation at the checkpoint.
Totally silly but great fun, with the added bonus of a very cool
looking monster.

Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on October 15, 2012, 03:32 PM:

On a more serious note,I must say that I enjoy any film made by
Michael Moore, the last one I viewed had him revealing the
unfair system in place whereby ordinary folks lost their homes
to the Banks, and the plight of one poor man who had to empty
his family home of his belongings for a pitance the Bank had
allowed for doing the job, actually moved me to tears.May they
roast in hell.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on October 16, 2012, 01:41 PM:

Yeah, right, how do I measure favorite? It's not by "most desired" as, though I have been looking for a good color print of "Grizzly Adams" for seven years, it's not my favorite.

Top five or so in my collection, that I rank as "favorites", (all features, and all scope!)

1. STAR WARS
2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
3. Alien
4. Poltergeist
5. Die Hard

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on October 16, 2012, 04:46 PM:

Valley Of The Dolls [Wink]

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on October 17, 2012, 01:36 PM:

Funny Passquale!

Did you know that the sequel "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" was written by none other than the film critic, Roger Ebert?

Good thing he stuck to being critic, eh?

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on October 17, 2012, 01:42 PM:

yes I did OZ and your right. It was aweful. I just seem to escape into VOTD. I love Barbara parkins in it and Patti Duke was terrific. The scenes in the New England winter really grab me for some reason. maybe because they were filmed here.

Posted by Richard Bock (Member # 1926) on October 17, 2012, 02:01 PM:

ever see the film The Ice Storm? I think that takes place in a bitter New England winter.

Posted by Jean-Christophe Deblock (Member # 792) on October 17, 2012, 02:57 PM:

AIRPORT, of course.

Posted by Wayne Tuell (Member # 1689) on October 17, 2012, 03:39 PM:

Deathproof
Planet Terror

I saw them as the double feature

Posted by Desmond Godwin (Member # 2530) on October 18, 2012, 10:58 AM:

Oppps.. Sorry your thread was for in last 20 yrs. (Post deleated) Desmond [Embarrassed]

[ October 21, 2012, 05:10 PM: Message edited by: Desmond Godwin ]

Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on October 20, 2012, 03:40 PM:

Desmond have sent you an email

Posted by Jonathan Trevithick (Member # 3066) on October 20, 2012, 05:31 PM:

My favorites in no particular order....
1. Brazil
2. Lawrence of Arabia
3. Life of Brian
4. Being There
5. The Ladykillers (original)
6. Airplane
7. The Untouchables
8. Picnic at Hanging Rock
9. The Man With The Golden Gun
10.The Producers (original)

Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on October 20, 2012, 05:40 PM:

My top 10 films:

1. Vertigo
2. Shane
3. 42nd Street
4. Casablanca
5. Singin' in the Rain
6. Fall of the House of Usher ( Vincent Price)
7. Notorious ( Hitchcock)
8. The Carpet Baggers
9. The Public Enemy (Cagney)
10. This Sporting Life

Posted by John Capazzo (Member # 157) on October 20, 2012, 08:40 PM:

The Insider 1999. How Michael Mann who usually has violent themes to his films has an impressive, intelligent drama with this one.

Posted by Jonathan Trevithick (Member # 3066) on October 20, 2012, 09:38 PM:

I misread the heading. In the last 20 years?
Schindler's List and Avatar in Imax 3D.

Posted by Dino Everette (Member # 1378) on October 21, 2012, 12:00 AM:

This is hard as I have to say I don't have many favorites from the past 20 years.
Maybe - Punch Drunk Love, The English Patient, Memento, Ted

Overall I would say

1 - Napoleon (1927)
2 - Wings (1927)
3 - The Dove (1927)
4 - Alibi (1929)
5 - Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
6 - Intolerance (1916)
7 - It Happened One Night (1934)
8 - Dawn of the Dead (1978)
9 - Starcrash (1978)
10- Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910)

Posted by Gerald Santana (Member # 2362) on October 21, 2012, 02:50 AM:

Something I noticed was that in my list, nothing of note was produced after 2006. I would say the only exception is 'Moonrise Kingdom' from Wes Anderson released earlier this year.

However, there is another film of his that tops my list of personal favorites. Within the last 20 years, I most remembered:

Country Boys (2006)
Rushmore (1998)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Gummo (1997)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Krzysztof Kieślowski's "Red/White/Blue" Trilogy (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
JFK (1991)
The Crying Game (1992)

Honorable mentions would be: The Ice Storm (1992) and The Big Lebowski (1998), a film I did not really like at first but, have grown to love.

In case anyone may want to know my all time favorites, this list is always changing. Here are the first dozen that come to mind, in no particular order, simply years released:

The Chaplin Mutuals (1917)
Variety (1925)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Red Shoes (1948)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The Godfather (1972)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Annie Hall (1977)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Hairspray (1988)
The Decalogue (1988)

Honorable mentions for me in this category would be way to long but I would like to add that the Bray Studios released some of the most entertaining short films ever. And oh yeah...King Kong would have made it onto my list but have only seen it a couple of times, not yet an "all time favorite".

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on October 21, 2012, 04:36 PM:

Thomas asked:

quote:
Name one of the most outstanding films you saw that was produced in the last 20 years....

Well, 4 out of 14 ain't bad!

Mulholland Drive....after I watched it the first time I couldn't get it out of my head. Tragic story really.

Bill [Smile]

Posted by Dino Everette (Member # 1378) on October 21, 2012, 10:40 PM:

Bill
actually you make it 10 out of 14, some of us just gave extra information... [Smile]

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