1990-1999: A Decade of Cinema
By: Mike
My 100 favorite films of the decade, organized roughly by personal preference.
Mike Leigh’s Naked (1993)
No matter how many books you read, there are some things in this world that you will never, ever, ever, ever, ever fucking understand.
Harmony Korine’s Gummo (1997)
Life is beautiful. Really, it is. Full of beauty and illusions. Life is great. Without it, you’d be dead.
Vincent Gallo’s Buffalo ’66 (1998)
Want to know the truth? I could have had any girl l wanted in school. Any girl l wanted. You know why l didn’t have a girlfriend? Huh? Because there was nobody that l liked. Nobody that l liked. That’s the truth. I could have had anybody. There was nobody that l liked, because girls stink. They stink. They’re evil. And they’re all bad, all of them. They’re backstabbers like you.
Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho (1991)
I’m a connoisseur of roads. I’ve been tasting roads my whole life. This road will never end. It probably goes all around the world.
Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
If you men only knew…
Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line (1998)
In this world, a man, himself, is nothing. And there ain’t no world but this one.
Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Three Colors (1993/1994)
Deciding what is true and what isn’t now seems to me…a lack of modesty.
Larry Clark’s Kids (1995)
Jesus Christ, what happened?
Martin Scorsese’s GoodFellas (1990)
Look what this fucking mutt did to my shoes.
Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Sheltering Sky (1990)
Other people’s dreams are so dull.
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01Mike Leigh
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02Harmony Korine
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03Vincent Gallo
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04Gus Van Sant
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05Stanley Kubrick
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06Terrence Malick
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07Krzysztof Kieślowski
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08Krzysztof Kieślowski
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09Krzysztof Kieślowski
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10Larry Clark
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11Martin Scorsese
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12Bernardo Bertolucci
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13Anthony Drazan
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14Harmony Korine
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15Bernardo Bertolucci
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16Michael Mann
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17Martin Scorsese
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18Gregg Araki
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19Todd Haynes
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20Claire Denis
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21Sofia Coppola
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22Wong Kar-wai
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23Lars von Trier
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24Neil LaBute
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25Anthony Minghella
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26David Cronenberg
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27James Foley
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28Francis Ford Coppola
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29Jane Campion
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30Darren Aronofsky
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31Abel Ferrara
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32David Cronenberg
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33James Cameron
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34Gus Van Sant
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35Jim Jarmusch
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36David Cronenberg
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37Gregg Araki
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38Gus Van Sant
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39Ang Lee
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40Peter Weir
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41Mike Leigh
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42Oliver Stone
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43David Lynch
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44Richard Linklater
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45Joel Coen
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46Sam Mendes
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47Todd Haynes
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48Todd Solondz
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49George A. Romero
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50Peter Weir
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51Martin Scorsese
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52Mike Leigh
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53Anthony Minghella
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54Scott Kalvert
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55Jim Jarmusch
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56Mathieu Kassovitz
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57Lasse Hallström
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58Frank Darabont
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59Terry Gilliam
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60Martin Scorsese
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61Michael Mann
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62Oliver Stone
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63Clint Eastwood
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64Abel Ferrara
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65Martin Scorsese
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66Curtis Hanson
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67David Fincher
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68Frank Darabont
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69John Carpenter
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70Spike Jonze
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71Joel Coen
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72Jonathan Demme
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73Joel Coen
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74Woody Allen
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75Michael Caton-Jones
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76Wes Anderson
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77Barry Levinson
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78Joel Coen
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79Paul Thomas Anderson
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80Danny Boyle
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81Tim Burton
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82David Fincher
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83Paul Thomas Anderson
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84Nick Cassavetes
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85Bryan Singer
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86Wes Anderson
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87Rob Reiner
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88Peter Jackson
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89Agnieszka Holland
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90Woody Allen
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91Mike Figgis
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92Danny Boyle
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93David O. Russell
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94Harold Ramis
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95Alexander Payne
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96Spike Lee
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97Brian De Palma
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98Martin Brest
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99Quentin Tarantino
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100Quentin Tarantino