What's the best MOVIE of the last 20 years

[charlie and algernon]

Poll question: What's the best MOVIE of the last 20 years

We did TV shows, now it's movies. I kinda expect Shawshank Redemption to run away with this, but ya never know, so vote!

[TZ]

1. The Green Mile

As much as I respect Schindler's list, I think this movie was a bit better

[madinmaryland]

2. We're watching "Soul Men" tonight.

[charlie and algernon]

6. ah yeah, I love that movie too

that spot was a fight between Schindler's, Green Mile, and Saving Private Ryan

[madinmaryland]

3. Soylent Green. nt

[Mike 03]

5. "Soylent Green"? Isn't that movie about thirty years old, at least? NT

[SoxFan]

21. Closer to 40

I think it's from 1971 or 1972.

[Mike 03]

4. You know what an impossible question this is.

Of the names on your list, I would vote for either "Fight Club" or "Silence of the Lambs." Other choices on the list are not ones I would think of in a million years ("No country for old men"? Please.)

How about:

"Casino"
"Se7en"
If you have to pick a Tarantino film, please consider, "Kill Bill"
"The Departed"
"Thin Red Line"
"Kundun"
"Eyes Wide Shut"

On edit: "JFK"

And about two dozen others I can't even think of right now.

[charlie and algernon]

7. lol, yeah, I know

we could have 30 spots and not have enough.

[northernlights]

8. Shakespeare in Love

fab movie, on so many levels!

[blue_onyx]

9. I going with my favorite movie, Titanic

It was on tv recently and was just as good as the first time I saw it.

[sammythecat]

10. Since 1989

Just going on immediate memory here, I'd say the movie that thoroughly engrossed me the most might have been "Dances with Wolves".

I liked all the ones on your list. "Fight Club" the least and "Pulp Fiction", "Silence of the Lambs", and NCFOM tied at the top.

[DS1]

11. Who Framed Roger Rabbit

:D

[TZ]

15. That's a funny ass movie!

:thumbsup:

[Mike 03]

12. Okay, my pick is "Se7en", by Fincher

But that's only because "Full Metal Jacket" would be two years too old to qualify.

But this is a fun question that really made me think.

Thank you. A real challenge.

[Waiting For Everyman]

13. Hearts in Atlantis

The Usual Suspects, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Carlito's Way, Sliding Doors, Rain Man, Before Sunrise, Stand By Me, Remains of the Day.

edit: definitely JFK. I thought it was too old but it isn't.

Oh, and Seabiscuit.

[charlie and algernon]

14. oh shit, forgot about Usual Suspects

[CatholicEdHead]

16. Ferris Buller's Day Off

Then Animal House and Blues Brothers

Other notables: Trading Places, Caddyshack, Spies Like Us

[likesmountains 52]

17. Chinatown

[begin_within]

22. that was released in 1974

[likesmountains 52]

27. oops, I'm old...

[Mike 03]

25. Chinatown is a masterpiece. The only problem is it is ancient. It was released more than thirty

years ago.

[likesmountains 52]

28. crap...I'm ancient too

[Mike 03]

30. Naw, sorry, I'm not talking about people.

Nobody here is "ancient."

I am just a little bit surprised how few people understand the parameters of the OP's question.

Twenty years means any film produced between 1989 and 2009, right?

That eliminates a lot of great films.

[likesmountains 52]

32. it just didn't seem that long ago...really. I thought it was only 15-20 years ago!

[begin_within]

18. Contact (1997)

[OmahaBlueDog]

19. Schindler's List

It's not even close. SL would get my vote for the best American film ever made (although it was shot outside America).

Yes, that means I think it's a better film than the Godfather (either part), Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Fantasia, Star Wars, The Wizard of Oz,or GWTW.

[Bennyboy]

23. No doubt about it....

Certainly ranks among the greatest movies of all time.

[BlueJazz]

41. It's Wonderful.

[SoxFan]

20. Saving Private Ryan

[nomorenomore08]

24. "Reservoir Dogs"

Okay, maybe it's not the *best* movie of the past 20 years, but it probably is my personal favorite. Though "Goodfellas" and "Jacob's Ladder" aren't far behind.

[pokerfan]

33. worth the price of admission just for the tip rant

Mr. Pink: I'm very sorry the government taxes their tips, that's fucked up. That ain't my fault. It would seem to me that waitresses are one of the many groups the government fucks in the ass on a regular basis. Look, if you ask me to sign something that says the government shouldn't do that, I'll sign it, put it to a vote, I'll vote for it, but what I won't do is play ball. And as for this non-college bullshit I got two words for that: learn to fuckin' type, 'cause if you're expecting me to help out with the rent you're in for a big fuckin' surprise.

[nomorenomore08]

38. And this: "The choice between doin' ten years, and takin' out some stupid motherfucker,

ain't no choice at all!"

[pokerfan]

40. Like a Virgin

The entire song is a metaphor for big dicks.

[bluesbassman]

26. Dude... The Big Lebowski!

[csziggy]

31. Damn straight, Dude

[pokerfan]

34. the Dude abides

[pokerfan]

29. No love for American Beauty?

[leeroysphitz]

35. Glengary Glenn Roass.

That movie wears a watch the cost more than your movie,s cars.

[MrSlayer]

36. Pulp Fiction

Great story, cast and writing. One of the most quotable movies ever.

[Javaman]

37. Freddie got fingered. nt

[dana_b]

39. oops!

I thought it was 30 years.