Tuesday 14 March 2017

Best of the Decade: 1990s

WINNER: L.A. Confidential
2. Goodfellas
3. The Thin Red Line
4. Schindler's List 
5. The Green Mile
6. Leon the Professional
7. Barton Fink
8. The Truman Show
9. Magnolia
10. Edward Scissorhands
11. Se7en
12. Fargo
13. The Crying Game
14. Ed Wood
15. Gettysburg
16. Jackie Brown
17. Silence of the Lambs
18. Boogie Nights
19. Toy Story 2
20. The Insider
21. The Shawshank Redemption
22. Dead Man Walking
23. Hamlet
24. The Remains of the Day
25. Misery
27. Braveheart
28. Pulp Fiction
29. Jurassic Park
30 Shakespeare in Love

Best Director
  1. Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Line
  2. Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas
  3. Curtis Hanson, L.A. Confidential
  4. Paul Thomas Anderson, Magnolia
  5. Steven Speilberg, Schindler's List
  6. Frank Darabont, The Green Mile
  7. The Coen Brothers, Fargo
  8. David Fincher, Se7en
  9. The Coen Brothers, Barton Fink
  10. Tim Burton, Ed Wood
Best Actor
  1. Johnny Depp, Edward Scissorhands
  2. Samuel L. Jackson, Pulp Fiction
  3. Richard Farnsworth, The Straight Story
  4. Ian McKellen, Richard III
  5. Morgan Freeman, Se7en
  6. John Turturro, Barton Fink
  7. Guy Pearce, L.A. Confidential
  8. Russell Crowe, L.A. Confidential
  9. Anthony Hopkins, Shadowlands
  10. Stephen Rea, The Crying Game
Best Actress
  1. Kathy Bates, Misery
  2. Pam Grief, Jackie Brown
  3. Holly Hunter, The Piano
  4. Natalie Portman, Leon: The Professional
  5. Frances McDormand, Fargo
  6. Jodie Foster, Silence of the Lambs
  7. Sigourney Weaver, Alien 3
  8. Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking
  9. Tilda Swinton, Orlando
  10. Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth
Best Supporting Actor
  1. Martin Landau, Ed Wood
  2. Kevin Spacey, L.A. Confidential
  3. John Goodman, Barton Fink
  4. Gary Oldman, Leon the Professional
  5. Richard Jordan, Gettysburg
  6. Steve Buscemi, Fargo
  7. Jim Caviezel, The Thin Red Line
  8. Elias Koteas, The Thin Red Line
  9. Michael Clarke Duncan, The Green Mile
  10. Tom Cruise, Magnolia
HM: Joe Pesci and Robert de Niro, Goodfellas
Best Supporting Actress
  1. Melora Walters, Magnolia
  2. Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny
  3. Julianne Moore, Boogie Nights
  4. Lorraine Bracco, Goodfellas
  5. Christina Ricci as Wednesday Addams (both films)
  6. Darlene Cates, What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
  7. Kirsten Dunst, Interview with the Vampire
  8. Miranda Richardson, The Crying Game
  9. Courtney Love, The People v.s. Larry Flynt
  10. Emma Thompson, In the Name of the Father
Best Original Screenplay
  1. The Crying Game
  2. The Truman Show
  3. Barton Fink
  4. Ed Wood
  5. Fargo
  6. Shakespeare in Love
  7. Pulp Fiction
  8. Magnolia
  9. The Big Lebowski
  10. Before Sunrise

Best Adapted Screenplay
  1. L.A. Confidential
  2. Goodfellas
  3. The Remains of the Day
  4. Jackie Brown
  5. The Shawshank Redemption
  6. The Green Mile
  7. The Thin Red Line
  8. Schindler's List
  9. Misery
  10. The Age of Innocence

Best Cinematography
  1. The Thin Red Line
  2. Schindler's List
  3. Boogie Nights
  4. Miller's Crossing
  5. Goodfellas
  6. The Shawshank Redemption
  7. L.A. Confidential
  8. Fargo
  9. Leon: The Professional
  10. Se7en
Best Editing
  1. Goodfellas
  2. The Green Mile
  3. L.A. Confidential
  4. Magnolia
  5. Leon: The Professional
  6. Schindler's List
  7. Pulp Fiction
  8. Jurassic Park
  9. The Truman Show
  10. The Insider
Best Sound Editing
  1. Leon: The Professional
  2. The Thin Red Line
  3. Braveheart
  4. Fargo
  5. Jurassic Park
  6. The Green Mile
  7. Goodfellas
  8. L.A. Confidential
  9. Barton Fink
  10. Se7en
Best Sound Mixing
  1. The Thin Red Line
  2. Braveheart
  3. Schindler's List
  4. The Shawshank Redemption
  5. Leon the Professional
  6. Se7en
  7. L.A. Confidential
  8. Gettysburg
  9. Jurassic Park
  10. The Green Mile

Best Original Score
  1. Braveheart (tough choice)
  2. Jurassic Park
  3. The Shawshank Redemption
  4. The Thin Red Line
  5. Schindler's List
  6. Titanic
  7. Fargo
  8. Edward Scissorhands
  9. The Last of the Mohicans
  10. Miller's Crossing
Best Costume Design
  1. Shakespeare in Love
  2. The Age of Innocence
  3. Braveheart
  4. Boogie Nights
  5. The Big Lebowski
  6. L.A. Confidential
  7. The Addams Family
  8. Goodfellas
  9. Pulp Fiction
  10. Gettysburg
Best Makeup/Hairstyling
  1. Bram Stoker's Dracula
  2. Ed Wood
  3. The Green Mile
  4. L.A. Confidential
  5. Edward Scissorhands
  6. The Thin Red Line
  7. Gettysburg
  8. Silence of the Lambs
  9. Braveheart
  10. The Last of the Mohicans
Best Production Design
  1. L.A. Confidential
  2. Bram Stoker's Dracula
  3. Pulp Fiction
  4. Schindler's List
  5. Edward Scissorhands
  6. Goodfellas
  7. Boogie Nights
  8. Hamlet
  9. Braveheart
  10. Se7en
Best Visual Effects
  1. Jurassic Park
  2. The Matrix
  3. Babe
  4. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
  5. Forrest Gump
  6. The City of Lost Children
  7. The Nightmare Before Christmas
  8. The Mask
  9. Total Recall
  10. Independence Day
Best Music Compilation
  1. Goodfellas
  2. Magnolia
  3. Pulp Fiction
  4. Tarzan (Sing Street got one thing wrong😏)
  5. Jackie Brown
  6. Beauty and the Beast
  7. The Crying Game
  8. Reservoir Dogs
  9. Boogie Nights
  10. Aladdin
Best Disney Songs
  1. 'I'll Make a Man Out of You', Mulan
  2. 'Son of Man', Tarzan
  3. 'Circle of Life', The Lion King
  4. 'Beauty and the Beast', Beauty and the Beast
  5. 'Friend Like Me', Aladdin
  6. 'You'll Be in My Heart', Tarzan
  7. 'Out There', The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  8. 'Can You Feel the Love Tonight', The Lion King
  9. 'A Whole New World', Aladdin
  10. 'I Just Can't Wait to be King', The Lion King

2 comments:

  1. I need to rewatch many of these (and I still haven't watched Scissorhands), but excellent picks. My pick for Actor would probably be Thewlis (Naked), and Watson (Breaking the waves) for Best Actress, and Malick for director.

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  2. My rankings:

    Picture:
    1. Pulp Fiction
    2. Goodfellas
    3. The Full Monty
    4. L.A. Confidential
    5. Magnolia
    6. The Thin Red Line
    7. Breaking The Waves
    8. Barton Fink
    9. Boogie Nights
    10. Unforgiven
    11. Wild at Heart

    Actor:
    1. Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction
    2. Jack Lemmon - Glengarry Glen Ross
    3. Russell Crowe - L.A. Confidential
    4. Ray Liotta - Goodfellas
    5. Timothy Spall - Sectres & Lies

    Actress:
    1. Emily Watson - Breaking The Waves
    2. Jennifer Jason Leigh - Georgia
    3. Elizabeth Shue - Leaving Las Vegas
    4. Jennifer Jason Leigh - Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
    5. Brenda Blethyn - Secrets & Lies
    6. Kathy Bates - Misery
    7. Frances McDormand - Fargo
    8. Sandrine Bonnaire - La Cerémonie
    9. Jodie Foster - The Silence of The Lambs
    10. Laura Dern - Wild at Heart

    Supporting Actor:
    1. Gene Hackman - Unforgiven
    2. Mark Addy - The Full Monty
    3. Joe Pesci - Goodfellas
    4. John Goodman - Barton Fink
    5. Robert Deniro - Goodfellas
    6. Elias Koteas - The Thin Red Line
    7. John Goodman - The Big Lebowski
    8. Steve Buscemi - Fargo
    9. John C. Reilly- Magnolia
    10. Jim Caviezel - The Thin Red Line

    Best Supporting Actress:
    1. Uma Thurman - Pulp Fiction
    2. Isabelle Huppert - La Cerémonie
    3. Melora Walters - Magnolia
    4. Julianne Moore, Boogie Nights
    5. Lorraine Bracco, Goodfellas
    6. Courtney Love, The People v.s. Larry Flynt
    7. Darlene Cates - What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?


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