1999 or 1994... which was a better year for movies?

[movieDUDE68686]

What year had better movies, 99 or 94?

Here is a few movies for each

1994
Forrest Gump The Shawshank Redeption Pulp Fiction Quiz Show Four Weddings and a Funeral The Lion King In The Name of the Father The Whole Red, Blue, and White series


1999
The Sixth Sense Magnolia (saw last night: A+++!!!!!!) Election American Beauty The Cider House Rules The Matrix Toy Story 2 Fight Club


Which year was better???

[Irene Manor]

I'd go with 1994.

Good topic -- I agree that these were two stong years for movies.

1994 holds a place in my heart:

Ed Wood
Heavenly Creatures
Shallow Grave
Hoop Dreams
The Hudsucker Proxy

Crumb, Clerks, and Red also came out this year.

1999 has the above mentioned and Being John Malkovich, and Eyes Wide Shut which I like very much. It was a very good year too.

My vote goes with '94 though.

[MixMasterMoose]

1994. Nothing can compare to a year that released Clerks, The Shawshank Redmeption, and Pulp Fiction.

Being John Malkovich should be on your 1999 list. I felt it was a much superior film to the estremely over-hyped Sixth Sense.

[notchreturns]

Nothing compares to the monster that was 1994...

Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
Hoop Dreams
Forrest Gump
The Crow
The Hudsucker Proxy
Four Weddings And A Funeral
The Client
Nobody's Fool
Ed Wood
Bullets Over Broadway
Heavenly Creatures
Legends Of The Fall
Interview With The Vampire
Maverick
Speed
Little Women
The Professional
Natural Born Killers
Clerks
Reality Bites
Clear and Present Danger
The Mask
The Last Seduction
Death and The Madien
Crumb
True Lies
Dumb and Dumber
When A Man Love's A Women
The River Wild
Immortal Beloved
The Lion King
Stargate
The Paper
The Ref
Swimming With Sharks
Serial Mom


Good god!I get tired just thinking of all those movies!


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[bluntman86]

1999 and 1994 were 2 really great years for movies.

i liked 19 flicks from 99...

American Pie
Analyze This
Austin Powers:The Spy Who Shagged Me
Big Daddy
Blue Streak
Bowfinger
Deep Blue Sea
Deuce Bigalow:Male Gigolo
Dogma
Fight Club
Galaxy Quest
Life
The Mummy
Mystery Men
The Sixth Sense
Sleepy Hollow
Star Wars:Episode 1-The Phantom Menace
South Park:Bigger Longer & Uncut
Toy Story 2


i liked 5 flicks from 94...

Clerks
Dumb & Dumber
Pulp Fiction
Reality Bites
The Shawshank Redemption

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[youngSL]

1999!!!!
It was the best year for movies in the decade in my opinon.

AMERICAN PIE
SOUTH PARK:BIGGER,LONGER,AND UNCUT
TOY STORY 2
AUSTIN POWERS THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME
THE GREEN MILE
MAN ON THE MOON
STAR WARS EPISODE 1 THE PHANTOM MENACE
AMERICAN BEAUTY
DOUBLE JEPORDY
BIG DADDY
THE HAUNTING
ENTRAPMENT
GREY OWL
DUECE BIGALOW MALE GIGALOW
THW WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
BEING JOHN MALKOHOVICH
MAGNOLIA
THE HURRICANE
FIGHT CLUB

Amazibg year,I will never forget it.


----youngSL----

[Lazy Boy]

1999, definitely.

I tried to make a top ten list for that year, and there were so many great movies that I couldn't find just ten!

Magnolia, The Sixth Sense, The Straight Story, Election, Eyes Wide Shut, Felicia's Journey, Toy Story 2...wow, so many good films, so many to choose!

[urbanlegend23]

1999...it was one of the only years where my list was almost completely filled up with A+'s and A's...

Monstrously well-rounded film year, that 1999 http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Strider]

1999. There were so many great films released that year. Every movie I saw got a grade of 8-10.

Strider

[Cyclonus]

I remember 1999 had some pretty good movies later on, but up till the last few months, it wasn't anything special. Therefore I'd have to go with '94.

[KornKidJedi]

My favorites of 1999:
Fight Club
Magnolia
Dogma
The Matrix
American Beauty
Ghost Dog:The Way of The Samurai
Man on the Moon
Being John Malkovich
The Phantom Menace
Election
American Pie
South Park:Bigger,Longer and Uncut

My favorites of 1994:
Pulp Fiction
Natural Born Killers
Forrest Gump
Ed Wood
Heavenly Creatures
Clerks
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Serial Mom
Terminator 2 Special Edition

[bob]

I am not a fan of Pulp Fiction or The Shawshank Redemption (Holy Excessive Praise, Batman!) And think that 1994, aside from Clerks and Bullets over Broadway, was OVERHYPED.

1999 had...
Fight Club
Dogma
Eyes Wide Shut
Being John Malkovich
Three Kings

1999 all the way.

[chinton]

Id have to go with 99 but I do reeally like 94 because ED WOOD has a special place in my heart. And it was not overhyped.

[Jasonite]

They're both good years, but I'd give it to '99. 194 had a lot of good movies too, but a lot of the ones that you mentioned in '94 I thought were crap. *shrug*

In 1999:

American Beauty
The Insider
Sixth Sense
Fight Club
Magnolia
the Matrix
The World is not Enough

Imho these are better offerings than '94:

Lion King
Pulp Fiction
Forrest Gump
Shawshank Redemption
Clerks

Jasonite

P.S. The best year in movies though is still, of course, 1939.

[TheMoviegoer]

Clearly 1999.

It's not even close if the criteria is challenging, original cinema.

1999:
1 - Julien Donkey Boy
2 - The Settlement
3 - Following
4 - Best Laid Plans
5 - The Limey
6 - The War Zone
7 - Blair Witch Project
8 - It's the Rage
9 - Go
10 - South Park
11 - American Beauty
12 - Titus

1994:
1 - Love and a .45
2 - Pulp Fiction
3 - Killing Zoe
4 - The Getaway
5 - Forrest Gump

[Moviefreek]

1999.....becouse The Matrix was released. http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif

[sleekproductions]

I think it's a tie

[Hannibal21]

1994 by a LONG country mile. The Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Fresh, Heavenly Creatures, Interview with the Vampire, Quiz Show, etc. etc. etc. The year has produced many excellent movies, the best year of the 1990's.

1999 was the WORST year ever for movies IMO. Not only were there only VERY few good ones, there were many of o******d ones as well, a lot of mediocre ones and a TON of godawful cringe inducing ones (5 of which from that year are in my bottom 20 of all time). Yuck!

[Jules Winnfield]

Both were great years for movies. I don't think Bringing out the Dead has been mentioned, one of the most underrated movies of '99. Being John Malkovich also came out, Charlie Kaufman's first movie.

But, I think '94 was the better of the two years. Pulp Fiction, Natural Born Killers, and Clerks are all modern classics.

[ilovemovies]

1999 has the most * * * * movies for me. It's one of the only years in which my entire top 10 are * * * * movies (American Beauty, Magnolia, The Sixth Sense, The Cider House Rules, The Insider, Fight Club, The Green Mile, Bringing Out the Dead, Girl Interrupted and Arlington Road) and other excellent movies such as 8mm, Analyze This, The Matrix, Go, Forces of Nature, 10 Things I Hate About You, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Manace, The Thirteenth Floor, South Park: Bigger Louder Uncut, American Pie, Eyes Wide Shut, Dick, The Muse, The Blair Witch Project, Mickey Blue Eyes, An Ideal Husband, The Hurricane, Toy Story 2, Man on the Moon, October Sky, Dogma, Snow Falling on Cedars, Cradle Will Rock, The End of the Affair, Galaxy Quest, The Red Violin, The Story of Us, Three Kings and more I could list of movies that I really like and love!

1994 was good too though. My favs from 94: Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption, Little Women, True Lies, When a Man Loves a Woman, Quiz Show, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Clear and Present Danger, Junior, Dumb and Dumber, Speed, The Lion King, Maverick, Oleanna, Legends of the Fall, Doleres Claiborne, Death and the Maiden

Another great year:

1995: Se7en, The American President, Little Princess, Apollo 13, Exotica, BraveHeart, Crimson Tide, Dead Man Walking, Get Shorty, 12 Monkeys, The Usual Suspects, Strange Days, Leaving Las Vegas, Mr. Holland's Opus, Heat, Rob Roy, Toy Story, The Bridges of Madison County, Babe, Devil in a Blue Dress, Nixon

[Scarface98.9]

I think 1999 was the better year for movies. It had more 9/10's and 10/10's for me that year than any other year I can recall

[Annie Hall]

About a tie. 1994 had more diversity, but 1999 had great flicks that settled in the "dark" category.

[zeppelin]

1994, definitely. I personally don't think that 1999 was a great year for movies, but that's just me I guess.

[TheGodSon]

No love for The Insider. I swear.


:rolleyes:

[blankpage]

I'm not quite sure, actually. Hmmm.


Pulp Fiction, Shawshank, Clerks, Ed Wood, Natural Born Killers

V.S.


The Insider, Fight Club, Magnolia, The Matrix, Man on the Moon, Toy Story 2



It's close, real close. A tie.

[Hucksta G]

Movies on Top 100 from 1999 and 1994


1999
1. Fight Club
3. American Beauty
30. Magnolia
37. The Green Mile
52. October Sky
70. The Matrix
77. Three Kings
79. The Sixth Sense
90. Bringing Out the Dead
92. Man on the Moon
94. American Pie
96. Detroit Rock City
98. Cruel Intentions

1994
16. The Shawshank Redemption
45. The Crow
59. Pulp Fiction
67. Forrest Gump
83. Clerks

1999 was the better year IMO.

[LedFloyd]

1999 and 1994 blew me away, but 99 was superior. Two of my top 5 films come from that year (Fight Club and American Beauty). Sure 94 had a better Oscar nomination set, but 1999 has an assload of great films.:D

[arby19]

1994

Pulp Fiction - 10/10
Clerks - 10/10
The Crow - 9/10
True Lies - 8/10
Speed - 8/10
Dumb and Dumber - 8/10
The Mask - 8/10

1999

Fight Club - 10/10
South Park - Bigger, Longer, Uncut - 10/10
Magnolia - 9/10
Eyes Wide Shut - 8.5/10
The Sixth Sense - 8/10
Dogma - 8/10
Sleepy Hollow - 8/10
Toy Story 2 - 7/10
American Pie - 7/10(Rating gets lower everytime I see it)
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo - 6/10(Rating gets lower everytime I see it)

Gotta go with 99. 94 is very close though.

[Guy Strong]

99's Best:

Three Kings
Magnolia
Fight Club
American Beauty
The Matrix
Beringing Out the Dead
Dogma
Eyes Wide Shut
Sleepy Hollow
Man on the Moon
The Green Mile
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
The Insider
The Cider House Rules
The Sixth Sense
Go

94's Best:

Pulp Fiction
The Shawshank Redemption
Ed Wood
True Lies
Clerks
Natural Born Killers
The Crow
Quiz Show


... 1999 wins!

[El Bracamonti]

Originally posted by sleekproductions
I think it's a tie

seriously. how can i choose?!?!?!

[Antonio]

1994 for PULP FICTION and HOOP DREAMS alone.

Although I do think that 1999 was one of the better movie years from that decade.

[Trinity]

TOP 10 OF 1994
1. Pulp Fiction 10/10
2. Little Women 9/10
3. Clerks 9/10
4. The Shawshank Redemption 9/10
5. The Last Seduction 9/10
6. Heavenly Creautres 8/10
7. The Professional 8/10
8. Nell 8/10
9. Forrest Gump 8/10
10. Reality Bites 8/10

TOP 10 of 1999
1. The End of the Affair 10/10
2. The Matrix 10/10
3. Magnolia 9/10
4. The Talented Mr. Ripley 9/10
5. Girl, Interrupted 9/10
6. American Beauty 9/10
7. Being John Malkovich 9/10
8. Dogma 8/10
9. eXistenZ 8/10
10. Playing by Heart 8/10

Both great, great years... I guess I'd have to go with 1999 because it had one of my favorite movies of all time, The End of the Affair.

[The Delfonics]

1999 by a long shot

<-- My top 3 alone has 2 from it.

[night prowler]

1994
Forrest Gump- 10/10
The Shawshank Redeption-10/10
Pulp Fiction- 8/10
Quiz Show- 7.5/10
Four Weddings and a Funeral- N/A
The Lion King- 10/10
In The Name of the Father- N/A
The Whole Red, Blue, and White series- N/A

1999

The Sixth Sense- 9.5/10
Magnolia - N/A
Election- N/A
American Beauty- 10/10
The Cider House Rules- 8/10
The Matrix- 10/10
Toy Story 2- 9.5/10
Fight Club- 8/10

[Folco]

Jesus H. Christ, based on the original post, both years would have sucked bad.

This is what those years had to offer in terms of real quality:

1999
Eyes Wide Shut (Kubrick)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Jarmusch)
Summer of Sam (Lee)
The Straight Story (Lynch)
The Wind Will Take Us (Kiarostami)

1994
Pulp Fiction (Tarantino)
Heavenly Creatures (Jackson)
Red (Kieslowski)
Ed Wood (Burton)
Chungking Express (Kar-Wai)

[chasingbanky]

PULP FICTION, SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, And LEON all in the same year....That may be the greatest year of all-time and is easily the greatest year of my life.....99 only had American Beauty and fight club, but because of Being John Malkovich that year is dead to me.......DIG IT

[Jon Lyrik]

Originally posted by Hannibal21
1999 was the WORST year ever for movies IMO. Not only were there only VERY few good ones, there were many of o******d ones as well, a lot of mediocre ones and a TON of godawful cringe inducing ones (5 of which from that year are in my bottom 20 of all time). Yuck!

Holy shit, you are the only person I've ever met who found 1999 to be a poor year for film.

I think it's a tie.

[bowieee]

1999

just barely

[Folco]

Also, this "best movie year" crap is irrelevant. Every year has it's share of great movies, decent movies and crappy movies. Until you see ALL of those, deciding between one year and another is pointless. Subjectivity too, etc.

[Jules Winnfield]

Originally posted by Folco
Also, this "best movie year" crap is irrelevant. Every year has it's share of great movies, decent movies and crappy movies. Until you see ALL of those, deciding between one year and another is pointless. Subjectivity too, etc.

So you are saying, for example, that if we haven't seen all the great films of 2002, we can't say that 1939, the year that brought us Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, is a better year for movies?

[Folco]

Originally posted by Jules Winnfield
So you are saying, for example, that if we haven't seen all the great films of 2002, we can't say that 1939, the year that brought us Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, is a better year for movies?

You would also have to see all 1939 movies to compare too.

That's not the point. What I'm saying is that it's purely subjective, it depends how many films you saw that year, how many you liked, how many you didn't like, and how does it compare to other peoples.

For example, I heard someone say that 2000 was one of the worst films in history. Most of the movies I loved from 2000, he didn't, and vice-versa. Who's right, then? You know? It's pointless.

I thought 4 films from 2000 were masterpieces, that's more than any other year I've seen movies from, so 2000 basically my favorite movie year so far.

[Jules Winnfield]

Originally posted by Folco
You would also have to see all 1939 movies to compare too.

That's not the point. What I'm saying is that it's purely subjective, it depends how many films you saw that year, how many you liked, how many you didn't like, and how does it compare to other peoples.

OK, I see your point.

Originally posted by Folco
Who's right, then? You know? It's pointless.


Neither side is right. It's opinion.

[Folco]

Originally posted by Jules Winnfield
OK, I see your point.



Neither side is right. It's opinion.

Exactly. So it's impossible to side which year is better.