100 Filme der 90er für die Ewigkeit - das Ergebnis

[Bronx Bull]

Endlich ist es soweit, alle 51 abgegebenen Listen sind ausgezählt und die Präsentation der 100 Filme der 90er für die Ewigkeit kann beginnen!

Zunächst ein paar Fakten: Es wurden 377 verschiedene Filme genannt, dabei gab es keine ungültigen Nennungen. Davon wurden 195 Werke zumindest von zwei Teilnehmern gewählt. Präsentiert wird die Top 150, für die man mindestens 47 Punkte erreichen musste - die Grenze für die Top 200 waren 30 Punkte.

Auf den Plätzen 151 bis 366 finden sich neun Filme wieder, die dreimal genannt wurden, zwei kamen sogar auf vier Stimmen. Im Laufe der Präsentation wurden diese Positionen nachgereicht, zu finden gibt es sie hier: Top 151-366.

Die Platzierungen basieren auf den folgenden, altbekannten Kriterien:

01. Anzahl der Punkte
02. Anzahl der Nennungen
03. Höchste Einzelplatzierung (bei Gleichstand: zweithöchste Einzelplatzierung usw.)

In diesem Beitrag findet ihr wie gewohnt eine Übersicht aller präsentierten Filme als reine Liste ohne Bilder und Zusatzinformationen. Bei einem Klick auf den Filmtitel werdet ihr auf die zugehörige IMDb-Seite weitergeleitet:


Platz / Titel / Punkte / Anzahl Nennungen / Höchste Einzelplatzierung

150. Mononoke-hime (1997) 47 P. (2 / 10)
149. Delicatessen (1991) 47 P. (2 / 8)
148. Seul Contre Tous (1998) 47 P. (2 / 3)
147. Short Cuts (1993) 47 P. (2 / 1)
147. Stephen King’s It (1990) 47 P. (2 / 1)
145. Bob Roberts (1992) 48 P. (2 / 5)
144. The Mummy (1999) 49 P. (3 / 16)
143. A Few Good Men (1992) 50 P. (2 / 9)
142. True Romance (1993) 50 P. (3 / 9)
141. Batman Returns (1992) 51 P. (2 / 3)
140. Nattevagten (1994) 52 P. (2 / 8)

139. I Kina spiser de Hunde (1999) 53 P. (3 / 12)
138. Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) 54 P. (2 / 6)
137. Duo luo tian shi (1995) 54 P. (2 / 2)
136. Speed (1994) 55 P. (2 / 5)
135. Taxi (1998) 55 P. (3 / 3)
134. ******* Åmål (1998) 56 P. (2 / 4)
133. L.A. Story (1991) 56 P. (3 / 12)
132. Before Sunrise (1995) 56 P. (3 / 11)
131. Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace (1999) 57 P. (3 / 12)
130. Menace II Society (1993) 58 P. (5 / 9)

129. Con Air (1997) 58 P. (6 / 16)
128. A Bronx Tale (1993) 60 P. (3 / 7)
127. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) 61 P. (3 / 5)
126. Donnie Brasco (1997) 61 P. (4 / 13)
125. Last Action Hero (1993) 62 P. (3 / 7)
124. White Men Can't Jump (1992) 62 P. (4 / 8)
123. Kleine Haie (1992) 63 P. (2 / 3)
122. Strange Days (1995) 63 P. (2 / 1)
121. There's Something About Mary (1998) 63 P. (3 / 13)
120. American Pie (1999) 63 P. (3 / 2)

119. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) 64 P. (2 / 4)
118. In the Name of the Father (1993) 66 P. (3 / 11)
117. Contact (1997) 66 P. (3 / 10)
116. Enemy of the State (1998) 66 P. (3 / 4)
115. Cool Runnings (1993) 66 P. (4 / 3)
114. Hot Shots! (1991) 66 P. (5 / 22)
113. Armageddon (1998) 67 P. (3 / 10)
112. Awakenings (1990) 67 P. (3 / 7)
111. Malcolm X (1991) 68 P. (3 / 12)
110. True Lies (1994) 68 P. (4 / 15)

109. Kingpin (1996) 70 P. (3 / 1)
108. Sleepers (1996) 73 P. (5 / 12)
107. Dark City (1998) 73 P. (5 / 5)
106. Lola rennt (1998) 74 P. (5 / 15)
105. Breaking the Waves (1996) 75 P. (3 / 6)
104. Gattaca (1997) 75 P. (4 / 7)
103. The Game (1997) 76 P. (5 / 14)
102. Hook (1991) 77 P. (4 / 6)
101. Nothing to Lose (1997) 77 P. (5 / 4)
100. Lat sau san taam (1992) 79 P. (4 / 11)

099. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) 79 P. (4 / 11)
098. As Good as it Gets (1997) 79 P. (4 / 4)
097. Scream (1996) 79 P. (5 / 8)
096. Army of Darkness (1992) 80 P. (4 / 5)
095. Total Recall (1990) 83 P. (4 / 4)
094. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) 83 P. (4 / 2)
093. Cape Fear (1991) 83 P. (5 / 11)
092. Braindead (1992) 83 P. (5 / 3)
091. The Last of the Mohicans (1992) 85 P. (4 / 2)
090. The Fugitive (1993) 85 P. (6 / 10)

089. Insider (1999) 86 P. (4 / 1)
088. Edward Scissorhands (1990) 86 P. (5 / 9)
087. Natural Born Killers (1994) 88 P. (5 / 1)
086. Primal Fear (1996) 89 P. (5 / 12)
085. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997) 90 P. (5 / 11)
084. The Hunt for Red October (1990) 92 P. (4 / 2)
083. The Thin Red Line (1998) 92 P. (6 / 14)
082. Boyz n the Hood (1991) 93 P. (5 / 4)
081. Funny Games (1997) 95 P. (5 / 4)
080. La Haine (1995) 97 P. (4 / 3)

079. Jackie Brown (1997) 97 P. (6 / 9)
078. Demoltion Man (1993) 101 P. (6 / 10)
077. Rushmore (1998) 102 P. (4 / 1)
076. The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) 103 P. (6 / 5)
075. Ed Wood (1994) 103 P. (6 / 5)
074. The Godfather: Part III (1990) 105 P. (5 / 11)
073. Bad Boys (1995) 105 P. (5 / 6)
072. Boogie Nights (1997) 105 P. (6 / 6)
071. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) 105 P. (6 / 1)
070. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) 107 P. (5 / 5)

069. Blood In, Blood Out: Bound by Honor (1993) 108 P. (4 / 1)
068. Carlito's Way (1993) 108 P. (5 / 2)
067. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 108 P. (5 / 1)
066. The Rock (1996) 112 P. (5 / 11)
065. Philadelphia (1993) 114 P. (6 / 7)
064. Home Alone (1990) 114 P. (7 / 7)
063. Event Horizon (1997) 115 P. (5 / 5)
062. The Player (1992) 118 P. (4 / 2)
061. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) 120 P. (4 / 1)
060. The Devil's Advocate (1997) 124 P. (6 / 6)

059. Starship Troopers (1997) 125 P. (9 / 14)
058. Toy Story (1995) 129 P. (7 / 9)
057. The Last Boy Scout (1991) 135 P. (7 / 3)
056. Sleepy Hollow (1999) 143 P. (8 / 9)
055. JFK (1991) 150 P. (7 / 3)
054. Back to the Future Part III (1990) 151 P. (6 / 5)
053. Magnolia (1999) 155 P. (8 / 9)
052. The Sixth Sense (1999) 155 P. (9 / 5)
051. Titanic (1997) 159 P. (8 / 4)
050. Pi (1998) 160 P. (7 / 2)

049. Scent of a Woman (1992) 161 P. (7 / 4)
048. Die Hard 2 (1990) 162 P. (7 / 1)
047. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) 168 P. (7 / 1)
046. Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) 173 P. (10 / 4)
045. Dead Man (1995) 178 P. (7 / 2)
044. Jurassic Park (1993) 187 P. (11 / 2)
043. Dogma (1999) 192 P. (9 / 1)
042. Star Trek: First Contact (1996) 196 P. (9 / 3)
041. Barton Fink (1991) 197 P. (8 / 7)
040. Falling Down (1993) 206 P. (12 / 10)

039. Being John Malkovich (1998) 214 P. (11 / 6)
038. Casino (1995) 218 P. (9 / 3)
037. Dances with Wolves (1990) 218 P. (9 / 3)
036. The Fifth Element (1997) 222 P. (11 / 1)
035. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) 225 P. (9 / 5)
034. Night on Earth (1991) 231 P. (11 / 4)
033. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) 246 P. (14 / 2)
032. Braveheart (1995) 251 P. (12 / 3)
031. La Vita é Bella (1997) 254 P. (11 / 1)
030. The Green Mile (1999) 264 P. (15 / 8)

029. Trainspotting (1996) 265 P. (14 / 1)
028. Good Will Hunting (1997) 274 P. (13 / 3)
027. The Truman Show (1998) 275 P. (14 / 5)
026. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 280 P. (13 / 10)
025. The Boondock Saints (1999) 283 P. (13 / 2)
024. Fargo (1996) 284 P. (12 / 1)
023. L.A. Confidential (1997) 292 P. (15 / 7)
022. The Lion King (1994) 294 P. (13 / 1)
021. Lost Highway (1997) 313 P. (11 / 1)
020. Reservoir Dogs (1992) 333 P. (16 / 2)

019. Twelve Monkeys (1995) 338 P. (17 / 3)
018. Unforgiven (1992) 341 P. (15 / 4)
017. The Usual Suspects (1995) 370 P. (18 / 1)
016. Groundhog Day (1993) 445 P. (21 / 1)
015. American Beauty (1999) 446 P. (17 / 1)
014. Heat (1995) 459 P. (20 / 1)
013. Schindler's List (1993) 465 P. (18 / 1)
012. Léon (1994) 488 P. (21 / 2)
011. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 537 P. (24 / 2)
010. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 541 P. (23 / 1)

009. GoodFellas (1990) 547 P. (24 / 2)
008. The Matrix (1999) 607 P. (25 / 1)
007. American History X (1998) 609 P. (29 / 2)

006. Forrest Gump (1994) 712 P. (28 / 1)
005. The Big Lebowski (1998) 719 P. (29 / 1)
004. Fight Club (1999) 738 P. (29 / 1)

003. Se7en (1995) 793 P. (34 / 1)
002. Pulp Fiction (1994) 821 P. (31 / 1)
001. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 833 P. (31 / 1)

 

[Bronx Bull]

Platz / Titel / Punkte / Anzahl Nennungen / Höchste Einzelplatzierung

150. Mononoke-hime (1997) 47 P. (2 / 10)

"Even if you were a woman, you'd still be an idiot!"

Japan, 1997
Regie: Hayao Miyazaki / Drehbuch: Hayao Miyazaki
Stars: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka
Trailer

Hayao Miyazaki is a great animator, and his "Princess Mononoke" is a great film. Do not allow conventional thoughts about animation to prevent you from seeing it. It tells an epic story set in medieval Japan, at the dawn of the Iron Age, when some men still lived in harmony with nature and others were trying to tame and defeat it. It is not a simplistic tale of good and evil, but the story of how humans, forest animals and nature gods all fight for their share of the new emerging order. It is one of the most visually inventive films I have ever seen.
(Roger Ebert)


149. Delicatessen (1991) 47 P. (2 / 8)

"You think this is a safari, bitch?"

Frankreich, 1991
Regie: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet / Drehbuch: Gilles Adrien, Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Stars: Marie-Laure Dougnac, Dominique Pinon, Pascal Benezech
Trailer

The directors are constantly playing curveball with the audience's expectations and nothing can prepare you for the sheer weirdness of it all. Every so often, the plot stops to watch a scene spiral off at a tangent, such as a rhythm of creaking beds rippling out through the hotel, or two boys spying on a old man breeding escargots in his flooded apartment.
(Matt Ford, BBC)


148. Seul Contre Tous (1998) 47 P. (2 / 3)

"People are like animals. You love them, you bury them and then it's over."

Frankreich, 1998
Regie: Gaspar Noé / Drehbuch: Gaspar Noé
Stars: Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Frankie Pain
Trailer

The effect is both disturbing and moving. "I Stand Alone" is for adventurous but tough-minded moviegoers. People who are likely to be offended probably should stay away, unless they enjoy taking their indignation out for a walk. "I Stand Alone" ("Seul contre tous" in French) is a portrait of a pathetic soul, but it is also a cautionary tale. The butcher cannot be dismissed as a monster, nor is this a creep show. Something like the butcher's story can be found almost every day in newspaper crime reports.
(Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle)


147. Short Cuts (1993) 47 P. (2 / 1)

"I hate L.A. All they do is snort coke and talk."

USA, 1993
Regie: Robert Altman / Drehbuch: Robert Altman, Raymond Carver, Frank Barhydt
Stars: Andie MacDowell, Julianne Moore, Tim Robbins, Jack Lemmon, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Penn
Trailer

Twenty-two characters and ten tales -- it would take a master to interweave all of these into a seamless whole. There are few directors who would tackle the challenge, and fewer still who could succeed. Not only has Robert Altman faced the Herculean task, but he has emerged victorious. Short Cuts is a magnificent triumph, an example that dramas can still be found that don't make use of the time-honored tactics of manipulation and oversentimentalization.
(James Berardinelli, Reelviews)


147. Stephen King’s It (1990) 47 P. (2 / 1)

"I am the eater of worlds, and of children. And you are next!"

USA, 1990
Regie: Tommy Lee Wallace / Drehbuch: Stephen King, Tommy Lee Wallace, Lawrence D. Cohen
Stars: Richard Thomas, Tim Reid, Annette O'Toole
Trailer

As far as the script goes, It remains very true to the heart of the book. Much has been eliminated, some seemingly for content, some for lack of time. What It becomes at the end isn't as frightening as what I imagined It to be, but I kind of like that in a way. What we are frightened of, truly rarely is. More time is spent emphasizing the Pennywise version of It then what I remember from my reading, but this is effective because Pennywise is effective. Some details, such as the background stories of It and Derry, are extremely condensed or missing, and while this is understandable, it is also disappointing. Like all adaptations, the movie is never As Much as the book. Yet, often when making a movie, it becomes something else entirely which It avoids.
(Elizabeth Sanderson, Classic Horror)


145. Bob Roberts (1992) 48 P. (2 / 5)

"The times they are a-changin' back!"

USA, UK, 1992
Regie: Tim Robbins / Drehbuch: Tim Robbins
Stars: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman
Trailer

Tim Robbins could have been high on Bill's Big Bus fumes or GOP convention balloon gas when he created "Bob Roberts," a startlingly prescient satire of American politics. Robbins wrote, directed and stars in this gleeful tirade against today's politicians as flag-flapping, poll-taking pop culture icons. Filmed in the mock-documentary style pioneered by acknowledged mentor Robert Altman, it does for baby-kissing phonies what "This Is Spinal Tap" did for heavy metal poseurs.
(Rita Kempley, Washington Post)


144. The Mummy (1999) 49 P. (3 / 16)

"I only gamble with my life, never my money."

USA, 1999
Regie: Stephen Sommers / Drehbuch: Stephen Sommers
Stars: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah
Trailer

There is good reason not to disturb the mummy, named Imhotep. If he is brought back to life, he will "arise a walking disease," we learn, and unleash the 10 proverbial plagues upon Egypt, of which in the course of the movie I counted locusts, fireballs from the sky, rivers running with blood, earthquakes, and flies. Also of course the flesh-eating beetles, although I was not certain whether they were a plague or came with the territory.
(Roger Ebert)


143. A Few Good Men (1992) 50 P. (2 / 9)

"You can't handle the truth!"

USA, 1992
Regie: Rob Reiner / Drehbuch: Aaron Sorkin
Stars: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollack
Trailer

While stars (which the movie is packed with) Demi Moore and Tom Cruise are outstanding together, it's the struggle Cruise goes through and final confrontation with Jack Nicholson that makes this film. The ending is flawless, and the dialogue an icon of pop culture. Even the supporting cast is incredible, and Kevin Bacon has rarely been better. Leading up to that is a wonderful drama, one that builds its characters slowly, yet efficiently. No scene or word is wasted. Any details the viewer needs to know are provided, and you're not left to wonder about anything that happens. You know these people well enough to know where they're going when it's over.
(Matt Paprocki, Blogcritics)


142. True Romance (1993) 50 P. (3 / 9)

"I eat the pussy, I eat the butt, I eat every motherfuckin' thang."

USA, 1993
Regie: Tony Scott / Drehbuch: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Brad Pitt, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Samuel L. Jackson
Trailer

Color me shocked, because I did not expect to love True Romance as much as I did. The low expectations I had going into the film were due to the two men behind the film, writer Quintin Tarantino and director Tony Scott. It’s no secret to anyone that knows me that I don’t hold Tarantino in any high regard and am mostly put off by his too slick dialogue and flash for the sake of flash direction. Scott on the other hand is pretty inoffensive to me, but he’s just that, an inoffensive director who excels at making middle of the road Hollywood films. Sometimes the work of either man reaches the level of average or good, but for the most part they are held down by their faults within their crafts. True Romance ends up being some sort of mysterious force, a film where the two men meet and manage to bring out the best in each other and move beyond the failings of their respective styles that usually don’t do much for me.
(Bill Thompson)


141. Batman Returns (1992) 51 P. (2 / 3)

"You're Beauty and the Beast in one luscious Christmas gift pack."

USA, UK, 1992
Regie: Tim Burton / Drehbuch: Daniel Waters
Stars: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken
Trailer

With the Christmas setting, Batman Returns is almost a Dickensian fantasy – in this fantasy, people are cast into one or either extreme – the very rich or the down-and-out. The contrast between Batman and Cat Woman becomes an amusing play on class war. She comes with a working class background – the film making amusing and deliberate parallels between he smoothly changing in the Batcave and she fumbling to get into costume in her beat-up VW. This version of Cat Woman may be the only comic book character we have seen in a film actually sewing their own costume, as opposed to Batman’s question about how he will repair the Batmobile, something that the film pointedly never deigns to answer. The mood of the film is seamless. The design team create an extraordinary fairy-tale metropolis, filled with cathedral-like sewer systems, Gothic mansions, city roofs where crowded black cross-girders stitch together over a navy blue skyline and a zoo filled with statues of black metallic crustaceans, all in a singular colouration of black metal dusted with perpetual white snow. There is another moody and magnificent score where Danny Elfman obtains great mileage out of the darkly thematic use of Christmas carols.
(Richard Scheib, Moria)


140. Nattevagten (1994) 52 P. (2 / 8)

"This is the night watchman. The alarm just went off."

Dänemark, 1994
Regie: Ole Bornedal / Drehbuch: Ole Bornedal
Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sofie Gråbøl, Kim Bodnia
Trailer

From Denmark, the land that may have invented the Danish, comes Nattevagten (English translation: Nightwatch), a suspense thriller in the vein of Hitchcock and De Palma. Now, when most people think of a Danish thriller they conjure up visions of poisoned pastries, but now, thanks to Nattevagten, they can also think of this movie. This film was selected for the "Semaine Internationale De La Critique Francaise" at the Cannes Film Festival 1994 and took Europe by storm at the box-office. Noting the success of this film, Miramax bought the property up and promptly put it on their shelves so that they could release the insipid Ewan McGregor version stateside. For those afraid to tread those stagnant waters again, rest assured this version is better, i.e. watchable.
(Andrew Hershberger, Mania)

 

[Lassiter]

Yeah, ich hab schon zwei Treffer.

 

[theGegen]

Ich leider schon einen.

 

[twinpeaks]

Oh Mann, Short Cuts hat gerade einmal so viele Punkte wie Es - und der ist nun wirklich kompletter Müll.

 

[Knocksta]

In der ersten Runde ist nichts von mir dabei.
Stephen Kings Es und True Romance standen bei mir in der engeren Auswahl, die aus 79 Filmen bestand, relativ weit hinten.

Ansonsten finde ich von den genannten Prinzessin Mononoke (8,5/10), Eine Frage der Ehre (8/10) und Menschenfeind (8/10) erwähnenswert.

Delicatessen und Nightwatch würde ich eine gute 7/10 geben.

Mit den Batman-Filmen aus den 90ern kann ich nicht viel anfangen.

Short Cuts und Bob Roberts habe ich nicht gesehen.

 

[GHOSTDOG]

Ein Treffer: "Nachtwache". Viel zu früh. Welcher Filmfreund mit gutem Geschmack hatte ihn noch in seiner Liste?

 

[Tuco]

Ich leider schon einen.

Immerhin ist er drin. Mehr Stimmen hätten mich jetzt auch überrascht. Gilt auch für

Oh Mann, Short Cuts hat gerade einmal so viele Punkte wie Es - und der ist nun wirklich kompletter Müll.

Mein dritter Film ist "Mononoke", also einiges schon recht früh, wie fast immer in den bisherigen Wahlen.

 

[maveric]

the mummy habe ich im rennen.

true romance sehr knapp am cut gescheitert. in der erweiterten auswahl waren bei mir noch nattevagten (nightwatch) und a feew good men.

 

[theGegen]

Immerhin ist er drin. Mehr Stimmen hätten mich jetzt auch überrascht......

"Bob Roberts" dürfte vielen recht unbekannt sein. Ich hatte halt die Hoffnung, dass es dennoch zu mehr als 2 Nominierungen gereicht hätte.
Eine ganz, ganz böse Satire ist das. Höchstwertung kam von mir.

Tim Robbins ist bei mir am "zahlreichsten" vertreten, mit 6 Beteiligungen, wobei auf "Bob Roberts" schon 3 entfallen, mit Regie, Drehbuch und Hauptrolle. Drei weitere Filme mit ihm als Schauspieler habe ich noch in petto. Wäre "Short Cuts" nicht zum Schluss bei mir noch gestrichen worden, wären es 7 gewesen. Und "Shawshank Redemption" mit Robbins in der Hauptrolle finde ich nicht sooo toll, was aber nicht an Tim Robbins liegt. Er ist einer meiner absoluten Lieblingsschauspieler, wobei er in "IQ - Liebe ist relativ" allerdings genauso läppisch ist wie dieser Film.

Durch 3 Nominierungen habe ich einen Autor vertreten auf Rang 2.

 

[Sisko19801]

1 Treffer bisher.

 

[Shakey Lo]

Noch kein Treffer, das werte ich jetzt mal als positives Zeichen. Hab meine Liste überflogen und denke, bis auf 8 dürften alle Filme kommen ("Muttertag" ist noch in der Schwebe, dann wären es 9). Das heißt, umso länger es dauert, umso besser für meine Liste Sollte ich mich nicht komplett verschätzt haben, zumindest...

 

[Laimbeer]

Oh Mann, Short Cuts hat gerade einmal so viele Punkte wie Es - und der ist nun wirklich kompletter Müll.

stimmt, es ist wirklich nicht gerade ein highlight - ich finde aber selbst als altman-sympathisant short cuts nicht soooo toll.
sonst von mir noch nix dabei...und wehe es kommen noch mehr solche animegeschmacksverirrungen wie platz 150...

danke fürs auswerten übrigens, bronx bull.

 

[Bronx Bull]

Platz / Titel / Punkte / Anzahl Nennungen / Höchste Einzelplatzierung

139. I Kina spiser de Hunde (1999) 53 P. (3 / 12)

"Maybe you're right, lets use less explosives the next time."

Dänemark, 1999
Regie: Lasse Spang Olsen / Drehbuch: Anders Thomas Jensen
Stars: Kim Bodnia, Dejan Cukic, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Trailer

One thing is for sure, no one can accuse Lasse Spang Olsen of directing an artsy-fartsy, Danish dogme film. In fact, this movie is the dogme-school director's worst nightmare, perhaps even the archetypical anti-dogme. I went into this movie with no idea what it would be about, not a clue as to what sort of picture I would be watching. The beginning of the picture was slow and morose. It seemed to be heading into that territory of bleak, violent drama that pretends to be a black comedy. Arvid is a clueless, henpecked schmuck in a dead-end job, and he is about to pull off a hare-brained scheme that we all know will end in tears. But the movie tacks in a different direction when Arvid hooks up with his estranged brother, the phlegmatic, pragmatically homicidal Harald. The story slowly mutates into a violent, farcical action-drama as Harald draws Arvid into his amoral orbit. Arvid is ensnared by his brother's psychopathic yet charismatic personality, but we also see brotherly camaraderie. Harald may be a maniac, but he does love his kid brother.
(Russell Engebretson, DVD Verdict)


138. Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) 54 P. (2 / 6)

"We're investigating a felony, Miss Demeanor."

USA, 1993
Regie: Gene Quintano / Drehbuch: Don Holley, Gene Quintano
Stars: Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Lovitz
Trailer

As expected, Loaded Weapon 1 is pure spoof. While its obvious target is the Lethal Weapon series (with Estevez playing a Riggs-type, Jackson playing a Murtaugh-type, and Lovitz doing a bad impression of Joe Pesci), it sets a few other recent films in its sites as well, including Silence of the Lambs, Basic Instinct, and Wayne's World (parodying a parody?). There are cameos galore (by such notables as Whoopi Goldberg, Charlie Sheen, Bruce Willis, James Doohan, Dr. Joyce Brothers, and others), and a seemingly endless supply of puns and sight gags.
(James Berardinelli, Reelviews)


137. Duo luo tian shi (1995) 54 P. (2 / 2)

"The best thing about my profession is that there's no need to make any decision."

Hong Kong, 1995
Regie: Kar Wai Wong / Drehbuch: Kar Wai Wong
Stars: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro
Trailer

Wong Chi-Ming (Leon Lai) is a two-fisted hit man who approaches his job with lazy detachment. His colleague, identified as the Agent (Michele Reis), is a babe in fishnet stockings who schedules his hits, cleans up after him and gets to perform a self-pleasuring dance to a Laurie Anderson song. There's also a mute ex-con (Takeshi Kaneshiro) who works the graveyard shift at various jobs and performs an elaborate body massage on a dead pig, the ex-con's father (Chen Wanlei), a punk girl named Baby (Karen Mok) and another disaffected waif named Cherry (Charlie Young).
(Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle)


136. Speed (1994) 55 P. (2 / 5)

"Poor people are crazy, Jack. I'm eccentric."

USA, 1994
Regie: Jan de Bont / Drehbuch: Graham Yost
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock
Trailer

Films like "Speed" belong to the genre I call Bruised Forearm Movies, because you're always grabbing the arm of the person sitting next to you. Done wrong, they seem like tired replays of old chase cliches. Done well, they're fun. Done as well as "Speed," they generate a kind of manic exhilaration. The director, Jan De Bont, has worked as a cinematographer on many action classics, including "Total Recall" and "Die Hard." Here he shows his own mastery, in a great entertainment.
(Roger Ebert)


135. Taxi (1998) 55 P. (3 / 3)

“Flowers! Can we smoke them?"

Frankreich, 1998
Regie: Gérard Pirès / Drehbuch: Luc Besson
Stars: Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard
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The story is cheesy, I know, but the chemistry between our two leads is on screen gold and is the element that carries "Taxi" through most of its play time. The story is basic and seemingly goes through the motions, but the characters are fun enough to really make it worth. Not to mention that there is enough caricature driven supporting characters (the guy who never knocks is the best) that it really creates a great dynamic for the film that makes it work even if the story tries too hard to be clever when it really isn't. As a bonus, the driving sequences are surprisingly fun and solid despite the obviously limited budget of the film. The shootout in the street between the cops grabs just the right amount of outrageousness to make it a humorous action sequence and "Taxi" does a decent job at performing this balance through out the film. Although I would have liked the finale to be stronger when it comes to being an action focused sequence (sometimes I wondered if Luc Besson really wrote this by the finale), it works for what it is.
(Matt Reifschneider, Blood Brothers)


134. ******* Åmål (1998) 56 P. (2 / 4)

“We're, like, grounded just because I happened to wear no pants!"

Schweden, Dänemark, 1998
Regie: Lukas Moodysson / Drehbuch: Lukas Moodysson
Stars: Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson
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Where in standard teen romances, the characters are rendered in shorthand (jocks and nerds are stock characters, as are the so-called “outcasts” who are so clearly real-life prom queens and kings), Show Me Love gets beyond types. Instead, characters are allowed depth and frailty. Agnes is intense and lonely, her misery palpable. She also has an inner strength that lets her take great leaps of faith, such as trusting Elin after her deceptions and reversals. Agnes’ refusal to give up hope isn’t only naive: she knows full well the possible consequences (having been through them before), and the audience sees her waiver at each choice (to trust or not to trust).
(Beth Armitage, Pop Matters)


133. L.A. Story (1991) 56 P. (3 / 12)

“Let your mind go and your body will follow."

USA, 1991
Regie: Mick Jackson / Drehbuch: Steve Martin
Stars: Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kevin Pollak
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This is probably one of the most quotable films of all time. It's not as good as Martin's "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (1987), but I'll admit that Martin's writing lends better one-liners than the former (which is strangely funnier, though). I just can't get enough of Steve Martin's wonderful wit. Every time you think that "L.A. Story" is settling down to go into the typical romantic comedy cliches, such as the slow-motion shower scene with the beautiful woman splashing her wet hair over the camera, something happens. (In this case, we see Harris in HIS shower, bathing himself and glancing down at the tap. One knob says "Slow Motion," he turns it, and suddenly he's splashing over his hair and the camera in slow motion.)
(John Ulmer, Movie Vault)


132. Before Sunrise (1995) 56 P. (3 / 11)

“Isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?"

USA, Österreich, Schweiz 1995
Regie: Richard Linklater / Drehbuch: Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan
Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert
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It's all about moments, and the seizing of chances as they come along. This movie is dialogue laden, but it doesn't bore. The characters discuss a vast range of topics, from their fears, family, their past relationships, and of course, love. They flirt with each other through an overnight stay in Vienna, Austria, all the while conscious that their impromptu and spontaneous decision to join each other in a night about town, will have to end come the next morning, with each going about their separate ways.
(A Nutshell Review)


131. Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace (1999) 57 P. (3 / 12)

"The situation has become much more complicated."

USA, 1999
Regie: George Lucas / Drehbuch: George Lucas
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman
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"Star Wars: Episode I--The Phantom Menace," to cite its full title, is an astonishing achievement in imaginative filmmaking. If some of the characters are less than compelling, perhaps that's inevitable: This is the first story in the chronology and has to set up characters who (we already know) will become more interesting with the passage of time. Here we first see Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Yoda and R2-D2 and C-3PO. Anakin is only a fresh-faced kid in Episode I; in IV, V and VI, he has become Darth Vader.
(Roger Ebert)


130. Menace II Society (1993) 58 P. (5 / 9)

"Now O-Dog was the craziest nigga alive. America's nightmare."

USA, 1993
Regie: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes / Drehbuch: Tyger Williams
Stars: Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, June Kyoto Lu, Samuel L. Jackson, Jada Pinkett Smith
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Menace II Society has a fantastic unbroken shot, one that moves through a house in which a party is taking place. Outside a fight is breaking out, inside people are kissing and groping each other in the open, and deeper in, drugs and illegal gambling occur. It creates a metaphor for Caine’s (Tyrin Turner) life, stuck in the ghettos of Los Angeles. He is surrounded by crime and cannot get away, even to have his own graduation party. The Hughes Brothers direct a harsh, brutal film, one that hardly turns a blind eye to the events that occur regularly within the toughest sections of city. Violence here is forceful, completely on camera. When one of Caine’s family members is murdered in a drive-by, the body twitches and convulses as it lies on the street. It is an unforgettable image.
(Matt Paprocki, DoBlu)

 

[Gelöschtes Mitglied 31]

Oh Mann, Short Cuts hat gerade einmal so viele Punkte wie Es - und der ist nun wirklich kompletter Müll.

Kompletter Müll würde ich nicht sagen, der erste Teil ist in meinen Augen sogar recht gut. Teil 2 zieht den Film dann natürlich richtung Abgrund.

 

[theGegen]

Nix dabei, bis auf LA Story. Bei mir auf Platz 13 eingekommen.
Ich mag den sehr, prima Gags und Sprüche. Nicht auf die plumpe Tour, wie bei zahlreichen früheren Steve Martin - Filmen (obwohl ich nix gegen plumpen Humor habe ). Hier hat es auch einfach schöne Momente, die sich gut mit dem Witz ergänzen.

 

[wwi24]

Von mir bisher nur "Fallen Angels" dabei. Den hatte ich immerhin auf 16.

Ansonsten auch nicht viel, was in der engeren Auswahl stand. True Romance mag ich sehr gerne, aber geschafft hat er es dann doch nicht. Ich bin kein großer Anime Fan und Mononoke Hime fand ich von den gesehen Miyazakis auch eher einen der schwächeren. Short Cuts hätte ich auch wesentlich weiter oben erwartet, auch wenn ich ihn selbst nicht sonderlich mag (wie merkwürdigerweise die meisten Altmans..).

 

[GHOSTDOG]

...von mir nichts dabei.

 

[Knocksta]

Diesmal ist mit Speed ein Film von mir dabei. Die Höchstplatzierung (fünf) stammt von mir.

 

[theGegen]

"Speed" mag ich auch, so als Popcorn-Action-Unterhaltungsfilm. Für meine Liste hat's halt weit nicht gereicht, aber ich kann dem durchaus etwas abgewinnen.
Während ich mit "A few good men" rein gar nichts anfangen kann und den ziemlich schrottig finde.
Einige Filme kenne ich nicht, aber bis jetzt mindestens die Hälfte. Das ist schonmal ein himmelweiter Unterschied zur 2000er Wahl. :laugh2: