By now, you’ve probably clicked your way through our galleries counting down EW’s 100 "new classic" movies, the magazine’s picks for the best films released in the last 25 years. (Here’s the list for easy reference.) Three questions:
(1) How did we do?
(2) How many of the movies have you seen (counting the Lord of the Ringstrilogy as one, like we did)? I’m going to be escorted out of thebuilding for admitting this, but I’ve only seen 66 of them. No need tochastise me, I’m on it. (Good thing I’m in the TV department…)
(3) Anyone else get a little giddy reading that run of Die Hard, Moulin Rouge, This is Spinal Tap, and The Matrix (starring Laurence Fishburne, pictured)? Perfect marathon, right? It’s kind of fun to read the list and see what titles give you the warmest fuzzies (Out of Africa and Waiting for Guffman, who knew?).
Did I miss the Princess Bride? Honestly – I must have. If it is really not on there I don’t know what to say – I’m even at a loss for sarcasm.
If I counted right, I have seen 79 out of the 100 movies. Pretty good list and I agree with most of it. But more importanly, I agree with you #1 movie, Pulp Fiction. Hands down the best movie on this list, IMO.
No Fast Times at Ridgemont High or any John Hughes 80′s movies??
I’ve seen 95 out of 100.
i got 99 out of 100…that whole lack of a social life thing….
1)I like the list. I do not agree 100%, but overall (and not stricly for comparison, I know they’re not the same topic!)I like it better than the AFI lists that just came out. I would like to see more foreign movie. What about Amelie?
2)58 not so bad, I think and I have seen most of the top 25.
3)I was way too excited to see Speed on your list…
All in all, the list is not bad. I’m glad PULP FICTION was chosen as number #1 because I thought that was the single best film of the ’90s. There is, however, no excuse for linking crap movies like SOUTH PARK, THE 40 YEAR-OLD VIRGIN, AUSTIN POWERS and SPIDERMAN 2 with the word “classic”. Shame on you!
Where’s The Princess Bride? Seriously, there’s no excuse for omitting that movie. Also, Who Framed Roger Rabbit should have made it.
49. Almost half.
Only 67 out of 100. I’m disappointed in myself, but then I realized that if you made a list of the 100 worst movies of the past 25 years, I’d have probably seen more of those than of these. I’m not sure whether that makes me more or less pleased with myself.
PS. Thanks for including “In the Mood for Love” on your list. LOVE that movie. But where’s the love for a bunch of other foreign classics? Run Lola Run anyone?
89 – I am soooo amazed! AND I have a social life….
I agree with the movies you chose although I did find a lot of the ranking really odd. Casino Royale so high? Unforgiven so low? (Although I do think the Top 3 are right on.) I would have liked to see some more foreign films (Run Lola Run perhaps) and some deserving Best Pictures (Million Dollar Baby and–I can’t wait for the message board skewering–Crash) but there’s not a blatant poor choice among the 100.
1) I agree with it more than I usually do with lists of these types. I was glad to see the “pretentious art films” kept to a minimum and a lot of comedies taken into consideration.
2) Surprisingly, I only got 63 out of 100. Guess I haven’t seen as many movies as I thought.
3) I was happy to see Pulp Fiction at number one. Having Clueless come immediately above Gladiator was a bit of a sacrilege though.
1. Pretty happy with it. Though surprised I didn’t see such classics as The Princess Bride or Clerks.
2. 48, but I see it as now having a list for summer movie watching.
3. As an animation nut, I also got giddy seeing The Incredibles (yay Brad Bird!) and The Lion King on there.
I’ve seen 52.
X- Men or X2 not included? For shame!
Where the hell is the Color Purple?!