"Few talk about the ’90s as a filmmaking renaissance on par with the late ’60s and early ’70s, but for many of the film critics at The A.V. Club, it was the decade when we were coming of age as cinephiles and writers, and we remember it with considerable affection. Those ’70s warhorses like Martin Scorsese and Robert Altman posted some of the strongest work of their careers, and an exciting new generation of filmmakers—Quentin Tarantino, Joel and Ethan Coen, Wong Kar-Wai, Olivier Assayas, David Fincher, and Wes Anderson among them—were staking out territory of their own. Presented over three days—with two 20-film lists, then a separate one for the top 10—our Top 50 survey was conducted in an effort to reflect group consensus and individual passion, with the disclaimer that all such lists have a degree of arbitrariness that can’t be avoided. (On Thursday, we’ll run a supplemental list of orphans, also-rans, and personal favorites that will undoubtedly be quirkier.) One more note before digging in: Filmmakers who had a particularly good decade were often divided against themselves in the voting. Which Coen brothers movie is the strongest? Which color from Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Three Colors trilogy shone the brightest? Peel slowly and see…"
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The Top 50:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-50-best-films-of-the-90s-1-of-3,86304/
http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-50-best-films-of-the-90s-2-of-3,86361/
http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-50-best-films-of-the-90s-3-of-3,86467/
Goodies:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-best-films-of-the-90s-orphans-outliers-and-per,86534/ (added them after rank 50)
http://www.avclub.com/articles/47-do-you-remember-the-90s,86583/
http://www.avclub.com/articles/our-mosthated-movies-of-the-90s,86560/
Imported with Trakt.tv List Importer.
From https://letterboxd.com/reelstats/list/the-1001-greatest-movies-of-all-time-according/
This is a list compiled as a result of a poll by Caimán Cuadernos de Cinema magazine, which is the Spanish branch of Cahiers du Cinéma.
350 experts were consulted: journalists, film critics, historians, professors, intellectuals, festival managers... People involved in the creative process were left out. According to the magazine, this way provides an external approach, a more objective one.
Source: https://www.caimanediciones.es/la-encuesta-caiman-listado-completo/
Welcome to our updated guide to the 300 Essential Movies To Watch Now, which features incredible must-watch movies from the 1920s to today! In our annual refresh, we’re sticking with the list’s original vision as a definitive source of movie guidance and education for all ages and stages, whether you’re a seasoned film buff or just starting out, while reflecting new trends and significant movies uncovered over the past year. We’re also just making sure we give you some really good movies to watch. The list is sorted by alphabetically.
Movies and TV shows
The best films of the 1990s came from filmmakers who not only had unique visions but who opened new doors to the endless possibilities of cinematic storytelling.
1-Canada: Incendies
2-United States: The Shawshank Redemption
3-Mexico: Los Olvidados
4-Antigua and Barbuda: Working Girl
5-Bahamas: Co-Incidence
6-Barbados: Vigilante: The Crossing
7-Belize: A Trivial Exclusion
8-Cayman Islands: Go Far: The Christopher Rush Story
9-Costa Rica: Un Regalo Esencial
10-Cuba: Soy Cuba
11-Dominica: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
12-Dominican Republic: Veneno
13-El Salvador: Jalón
14-Grenada: Blinded
15-Guatemala: Evidencia invisible
16-Haiti: I Love You Anne
17-Honduras: Un lugar en el Caribe
18-Jamaica: Out the Gate
19-Nicaragua: Big Brother Volcano
20-Panama: Escribiendo el General
21-Saint Lucia: Harvest
22-Saint Vincent & The Grenades: Voodoo Man
23-Trinidad and Tobago: Zesser The Movie
24-Argentina: El secreto de sus ojos
25-Bolivia: El cementerio de los elefantes
26-Brasil: Cidade de Deus
27-Chile: Machuca
28-Colombia: El abrazo de la serpiente
29-Ecuador: 24 horas de placer
30-Guyana: Karma: A Love Story
31-Peru: Wiñaypacha
32-Paraguay: Latas Vacías
33-Suriname: Wiren
34-Uruguay: La noche de 12 años
35-Venezuela: Lejos de Casa Pelicula Venezolana
36-Greenland: Unnuap Taarnerpaaffiani
37-South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: The Beachcomber
38-Albania: Njeriu Me Top
39-Andorra: Nick
40-Austria: India
41-Belarus: Brestskaya krepost
42-Belgium: Mr. Nobody
43-Bosnia and Herzegovina: Savrseni krug
44-Bulgaria: Vchera
45-Croatia: Za ona dobra stara vremena
46-Cyprus: Melos oikogeneias
47-Czech Republic: Pelísky
48-Denmark: Jagten
49-Estonia: Tõde ja õigus
50-Finland: Tuntematon sotilas
51-France: Intouchables
52-Georgia: Ekvtime: Man of God
53-Germany: Das Leben der Anderen
54-Greece: Istoria mias kalpikis liras
55-Hungary: Az ötödik pecsét
56-Iceland: Sódóma Reykjavík
57-Ireland: The Song of the Sea
58-Italy: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
59-Kosovo: Kesulat
60-Latvia: Kriminalas ekselences fonds
61-Liechtenstein: Sex Charade
62-Lithuania: Eksursante
63-Luxembourg: Superjhemp retörns
64-Malta: Qlub Imwegggha
65-Moldova: Botez
66-Monaco: Incompatibles
67-Montenegro: Zlatne Caklje
68-Netherlands: Simon
69-North Macedonia: Preku ezeroto
70-Norway: Flåklypa Grand Prix
71-Poland: Krótki film o milosci
72-Portugal: O Pátio das Cantigas
73-Romania: Morometii
74-Serbia: Profesionalac
75-Slovakia: Záhrada
76-Slovenia: Outsider
77-Spain: Klaus
78-Sweden: Höstsonaten
79-Switzerland: Trois couleurs: Rouge
80-Ukraine: Nashi Kotyky
81-United Kingdom: The Prestige
82-Algeria: Héliopolis
83-Angola: Sambizanga
84-Benin: Barbecue-Pejo
85-Botswana: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (S01e01 The Big Bonanza)
86-Burkina Faso: Kounandi
87-Burundi: Journal D'Un Cooperant
88-Cameroon: Ninah's Dowry
89-Cape Verde: Coração Atlântico
90-Central African Republic: Camille
91-Chad: Dry Season
92-Comoros: Orkney Snork Nie! 2 (Nog N' Movie)
93-Democratic Republic of the Congo: John of God the Movie
94-Djibouti: Dhalinyaro
95-Egypt: The Blue Elephant 2
96-Equatorial Guinea: Bella, La Salvaje
97-Eritrea: Minister
98-Ethiopia: Running Against the Wind
99-Gabon: La cage
100-Gambia: Medan vi lever
101-Ghana: Love or Something Like That
102-Guinea: Il va pleuvoir sur Conakry
103-Guinea-Bissau: Mortu Nega
104-Ivory Coast: La nuit des rois
105-Kenya: The Distant Boat
106-Lesotho: This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
107-Liberia: Murder in the Cassava Patch
108-Libya: Al-risâlah
109-Madagascar: Malagasy Mankany
110-Malawi: The Road to Sunrise
111-Mali: Kabala
112-Mauritania: Timbuktu
113-Mauritius: Divana-e-Ishq
114-Morroco: Majid
115-Mozambique: Desobediência
116-Namibia: The White Line
117-Niger: L'éxilé
118-Nigeria: B for Boy
119-Republic of the Congo: Heart of Africa
120-Rwanda: Ace of Hearts: Bwana Y'umutima
121-São Tomé e Príncipe: A Ilha dos Cães
122-Senegal: Cas Communautaire
123-Seychelles: The Amazing Race (s16e08 You're Like Jason Bourne, Right?)
124-Sierra Leone: Paradise Island
125-Somalia: The Pirates of Somalia
126-South Africa: District 9
127-Sudan: Barakat Al-Sheikh
128-Swaziland: Umshana
129-Tanzania: Going Bongo
130-Togo: Blue Bird
131-Tunisia: Look at Me
132-Uganda: Who Killed Captain Alex?
133-Zambia: Gräset sjunger
134-Zimbabwe: Camarada presidente
135-Afghanistan: Lina
136-Armenia: Bari Luys
137-Bahrain: DranDeh (another story from Saeed Shad)
138-Bangladesh: Jibon Theke Neya
139-Bhutan: Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
140-Brunei: Ada Apa Dengan Rina
141-Cambodia: Red Wedding
142-China: Huo zhe
143-Hong Kong: Fa yeung nin wah
144-India: Soorarai Pottru
145-Indonesia: A Man Called Ahok
146-Iran: Marmoulak
147-Iraq: Path of Maryam
148-Israel: Gett
149-Japan: Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
150-Jordan: Morning of the night
151-Kazakhstan: Uroki garmonii
152-Kuwait: Bye Bye London
153-Kyrgyzstan: Asman aldynda
154-Laos: At the Horizon
155-Lebanon: Capharnaüm
156-Malasya: Ejen Ali the Movie
157-Maldives: Zaharu
158-Mongolia: Khökhö
159-Myanmar: Mudras Calling
160-Nepal: Pashupati Prasad
161-North Korea: Sogum
162-Oman: Al-boom
163-Pakistan: Manto
164-Palestine: Between Heaven and Earth
165-Philippines: Miss Granny
166-Qatar: A Memory in Khaki
167-Russia: Vozvrashchenie
168-Saudi Arabia: Shams Al-Ma'arif
169-Singapore: Wo lai zi Niu Yue
170-South Korea: Gisaengchung
171-Sri Lanka: Aloko Udapadi
172-Syria: Syrian Metal Is War
173-Taiwan: Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian
174-Tajikistan: Luna Papa
175-Thailand: Fan chan
176-Timor-Leste: A Guerra da Beatriz
177-Turkey: Hababam Sinifi
178-Turkmenistan: Angelochek sdelay radost
179-United Arab Emirates: Khorfakkan
180-Uzebkistan: Tinchlik ortida
181-Vietnam: Song Lang
182-Yemen: 10 Days Before the Wedding
183-Australia: Hacksaw Ridge
184-Fiji: Adhura Sapna
185-Kiribati: Pacific Banana
Nauru: Pacific Banana
186-Marshall Islands : Ña Noniep
187-New Caledonia: Ni 28 - Strate I
188-New Zealand: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
189-Palau: Todo sobre mi madre
190-Papua New Guinea: Lukim Yu
191-Samoa: Flying Fox in a Fredom Tree
192-Tonga: When the Man Went South
193-Tuvalu: ThuleTuvalu
194-Vanuatu: The Love Boat (S05e08 Farnsworth's Fling)
Source:
Years 1931-2018 come from:
The New York Times: Book of Movies
the essential 1,000 films to see
2019 ed
Years after 2018 come from NYT website.
work in progress
There are discrepancies between the website and the book, particular for years after 2003. Please leave a comment for any errors you find.
LGBTQ+ movies
Tearjerkers
I made this list to remind me before watching or rewatching so I can prepare myself. Some provoke happy tears but I still want to know ahead of time. I hate crying. It causes headaches and stuffy noses.
In celebration of their 30th anniversary, in 2016, the London LGBT Film Festival BFI Flare conducted a poll of over 100 programmers, critics and filmmakers asking for a top 10 list of the best LGBT films. Contains all films with at least 3 votes.
Source: http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/30-best-lgbt-films-all-time
Cinematographic productions shot by Spaniards or in Spain.
Deutschland. France. España. Skandinavia.
The European Film Awards are presented annually by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in over ten categories of which the most important is the Film of the year. They are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors.
The awards were originally called the Felix Awards but the name was changed to the European Film Awards.
Source: http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/
The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many people from Spain and world to be the Spanish equivalent to the Academy Awards from the United States.
Bons e Excelentes filmes fora de Hollywood!
This list contains the 100 finest examples of 20th century filmmaking, according to Taschen. From horror to romance, noir to slapstick, adventure to tragedy, epic to musical, western to new wave, all genres are represented in this wide-ranging compendium.
Source: https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/film/all/44902/facts.100_all_time_favorite_movies.htm
https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/essential-comedy-movies/
UPDATED: 1/29/24
Concepts like the Blockbuster is introduced. 1980s is called 'one of the weaker decades in cinema'. The rise of independent films revive cinema again in the 1990s.
[This is a series of lists listing films deemed important based on their technical, artistic, historical or cultural significance. This shall also serve as a good resource for film studies however it is extensively based on my own personal preferences.
Resources:
[1]r/truefilm, IMDb, AFI's top 100, Sight & Sound Critic's Directors' Top 100, and various others.
[2] Looking at Movies: https://www.amazon.com/Looking-Movies-Fifth-Richard-Barsam/dp/0393600653 and The Movie Book:
https://www.amazon.com/Movie-Book-Ideas-Simply-Explained-ebook/dp/B017AR0MUS
[3] Download Links:Qxr, Sartre, Garshasp for more iconic ones. Yify and others for the rest. (Piracy Is Illegal ffs & I shall not be responsible)
Excerpt From https://www.imdb.com/user/ur73738276/watchlist?sort=release_date%2Casc&view=detail listing films from 1981's *Christiane F to 2000's Traffic
PS: Trakt has incorrect dates for a great many titles. so use IMDb or wikipedia! This list uses IMDb and 'Rank' is the correct order. ]
Films already watched have been exempted. Imported 274/276
A.V. Club's Best films of the '90s
by hulkhorgen