jo3's fave films of the 90's


i was so disgusted by the austin chronicle's film reviewers' top 10 films of the 90's that i felt i had to come up with my own to stand up for films i feel deserve to be on these kind of lists, yet seem to need some form of representation. to be honest i think most of the chronicle's critics' top 10 picks are crap. even their reviewer i most respect, marc savlov, disappointed me. oh well. would be interested in hearing your top 10 films of the 90's, especially if they diverge from the norm. oh by the way, absolutely none of these films are on any of the reviewers' top 10 film lists at the chronicle. i simply can't understand it. i know not everybody would appreciate nadja or gattaca, but come on, secrets & lies and heavenly creatures belong on any person with half-a-loaf-of-brain's list.

1. toto the hero by jaco vandormael in 1991
2. secrets & lies by mike leigh in 1996
3. surviving desire by hal hartley in 1991
4. fallen angels by wong kar-wai in 1995
5. heavenly creatures by peter jackson in 1994
6. fearless by peter weir in 1993
7. nadja by michael almereyda in 1995
8. rushmore by wes anderson in 1998
9. gattaca by andrew niccol in 1997
10. visions of light by a. glassman/t. mccarthy in 1992

honorable mentions

  • fight club by david fincher in 1999
  • the matrix by the wachowski bros. in 2099

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