BJK&E

Last weekend saw another Bond film and another cinema box office record smashed!  The previous record, held by Mr. Potter, sat at a considerable £14,933,901; showing how powerful a family movie can be in today’s society.  Marc Forster’s latest spy instalment again reinforces where the money is - proving cinema, and film more generally, is still a force to be reckoned with, with opening weekend box office of £15,384,217.

So, with cinema proving its worth, its no surprise we see so many “top-film” lists.  Most notable of which was Empire magazine’s recently conducted survey, which featured the top 500 films of all time.  With this in mind, I think its important we have our say on which films should make a top-10 list.  So, over the next few weeks I’ll be asking for your opinions on films over the past 30 years - starting with this week’s “the top films of the 1990s”.

Please send your top 10 (in order, 1 = best) to Matthew.waghorn@bjke.co.uk by Friday 7th lunchtime!

So, the results are in.  485* votes checked and verified (*Some films were excluded as they were not released 1990-1999).  The great debate may never be settled but at least we now have the collective view of BJK&E, together with some invited guests from such fine film authorities as Empire magazine, Carlton Screen advertising, and Lovefilm to name a few.

So without further ado, here’s are the top 10 films of the 1990s as voted by you:

1) Pulp Fiction (1994)
2) Goodfellas (1990)
3) The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
 -) Fight Club (1999)
4) Trainspotting (1996)
5) The Usual Suspects (1995)
 -) The Matrix (1995)
6) Leon (1994)
7) Forrest Gump (1994)
8.) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
9) Schindler’s List (1993)
 -) American History X (1998)
10) Toy Story (1995)
 -) The Silence of The Lambs (1991)
 -) Se7en (1995)
 -) Saving Private Ryan (1998)
 -) American Beauty (1999)

Other nominations included:

7 Votes: True Romance, The Big Lebowski, Pretty Woman, L.A. Confidential, Fargo, Clueless

6 Votes: The Green Mile, Braveheart

5 Votes: The Sixth Sense, The Lion King, Reservoir Dogs, Heat

4 Votes: The Truman Show, The Full Monty, Jurassic Park, Home Alone, Groundhog day, Grosse Pointe Blank, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, Edward Scissorhands, Dumb & Dumber, Boogie Nights

3 Votes: Unforgiven, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Life is Beautiful (La Vita e Bella), Kids, Happy Gilmore, Face/Off, Donnie Brasco, Casino, Aladdin

2 Votes: Wayne’s World, There’s Something About Mary, The Last of the Mohicans, Ten Things I Hate About You, Sliding Doors, Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt), Romeo + Juliet, Office Space, My Girl, Mallrats, Jackie Brown , Good Will Hunting, Ghost, Empire Records, Dazed and Confused, Clerks, Boyz n the Hood, Beauty and the Beast

1 Vote: Wild at Heart, When we were kings, True Lies, Titanic, Thelma & Louise, The Witches, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Thin Red Line, The Rugrats Movie, The Piano, The Ice Storm, The Hurricane, The Game, The Fugitive, The Devil’s Advocate, The Craft, The Bodyguard, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Spice World, Sleepers, Shallow Grave, Point Break, Philadelphia, Once Upon a time in China (Wong Fei Hung), Natural Born Killers, Men in Black, Mars Attacks!, Lost in Space, Life is Sweet, Legends of the Fall, leaving las Vegas, la Haine (The Hate), Jerry Maguire, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, Independence Day, In the Name of The Father, Human Traffic, Hot Shots!, Highlander II: The Quickening, Hard-Boiled (Lat Sau San Taam), Happiness, Hackers, Glengarry Glen Ross, Gattaca, Friday, Father of the Bride, Enemy of The State, Dark City, Dances with Wolves, Cruel Intentions, Cool Runnings, Con Air, Chasing Amy, Chaplin, Carlito’s Way, Buffalo ‘66, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, Being John Malkovich, Before Sunrise, Batman and Robin, American Pie, Alien: Resurrection, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Abre los Ojos (Open Your Eyes/Permanent Midnight)
A Few Good Men

 

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