Rate these 31 "Great" Movies -

[A Random]

There was a set of movies released back in the late 90s within a collection, implying that these were movies nobody should miss. Well, I'm twenty years older and curious as to whether they actually fit. I'm gonna mark the movies I did see here, and I'd like to see if people can give their opinions on this.

–Don Juan DeMarco
–Indochina
–The Piano
–Nobody's Fool*
–The Madness of King George*
–Body of Evidence (1993/Madonna version)
–E La Nave Va
–The House of the Spirits
–Damage (1992)
–Bitter Moon
–Glengarry Glenn Ross
–The Crying Game
–Farewell My Concubine
–The Crossing Guard
–Matinee*
–Misery
–Naked in New York
–Blue in the Face
–A Stranger Among Us
–A Bronx Tale
–Night and the City
–French Kiss
–Moonlight and Valentino
–The Getaway
–Stealing Beauty
–The Threepenny Opera*
–Schtonk!
–Death and the Maiden
–Sparrow
–The Man Without A Face*
–A Pure Formality

 

[Bugaboo]

I have not heard of a single one of these movies bro

 

[exball]

Literally only heard of the crying game because Chris bitched about it. Never heard of the rest.

 

[Spooky_Scary]

I read the original Glengarry Glenn Ross, but I never saw the movie... A good load of these are on Netflix so I may as well get cracking

 

[XYZpdq]

equal helpings of "meh" "who" and "who the fuck even cares about that movie?"

 

[nad7155]

–Don Juan DeMarco Did not see.
–Indochina DNS
–The Piano 7
–Nobody's Fool* 6
–The Madness of King George* DNS
–Body of Evidence (1993/Madonna version) 4
–E La Nave Va DNS
–The House of the Spirits DNS
–Damage (1992) 7
–Bitter Moon DNS
–Glengarry Glenn Ross 8
–The Crying Game 7
–Farewell My Concubine 7
–Matinee* DNS
–Misery 8
–Naked in New York DNS
–Blue in the Face DNS
–A Stranger Among Us DNS
–A Bronx Tale 8
–Night and the City 6
–French Kiss DNS
–Moonlight and Valentino DNS
–The Getaway 5
–Stealing Beauty DNS
–The Threepenny Opera* DNS
–Schtonk! DNS
–Death and the Maiden
–Sparrow DNS
–The Man Without A Face* 7
–A Pure Formality DNS

 

[Tragi-Chan]

–Don Juan DeMarco - Never heard of
–Indochina - I think I saw a poster once.
–The Piano - Not seen
–Nobody's Fool* - Never heard of.
–The Madness of King George* - Not a bad film, I wouldn't consider it a must-see though.
–Body of Evidence (1993/Madonna version) - Not seen
–E La Nave Va - Never heard of.
–The House of the Spirits - Never heard of
–Damage (1992) - Not seen
–Bitter Moon - Not seen
–Glengarry Glenn Ross - Great cast, great dialogue, but it is kind of obvious that it was adapted from a play. The best seen is the Alec Baldwin one.
–The Crying Game - Not seen, keep meaning to. Some woman turns out to be a dude?
–Farewell My Concubine - Not seen.
–The Crossing Guard - Not seen.
–Matinee* - Not seen.
–Misery - Very good psychological horror, the film that basically made Kathy Bates a star.
–Naked in New York - Not seen
–Blue in the Face - Never heard of
–A Stranger Among Us - Not seen
–A Bronx Tale - Not seen
–Night and the City - I read the book but apparently it's completely different from the film.
–French Kiss - Not seen
–Moonlight and Valentino - Not seen
–The Getaway - Not seen
–Stealing Beauty - Seen, but that's only because Liy Tyler gets 'em out and it was the 90s.
–The Threepenny Opera* - Seen the play
–Schtonk! - What? Sounds filthy.
–Death and the Maiden - Not seen
–Sparrow - Never heard of
–The Man Without A Face* - Only head of it because The Simpsons made a joke about it.
–A Pure Formality - Never heard of

Of the very few I've seen, I wouldn't consider any of them to be all-time greats. I recommend Glengarry Glen Ross and Misery, Madness of George III is good if you like British costume dramas and/or early 19th century politics. Stealing Beauty is only worth seeing if you want to see Liv Tyler's nipples, although the pre-Internet practice of renting a movie just for a few seconds of nudity has now largely ended. As has the pre-Internet practice of renting a movie. What was I talking about again?

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

Literally the only one I've heard of was Matinee (which I haven't seen outside of the Mant movie within it). I know next to nothing about the others.

 

[Shadow Fox]

I quite liked Misery when I saw it, but that was many, many years ago. Not sure how it would hold up to a repeat viewing.

Saw French Kiss with some of my galpals back in college and thought it was sort of cute, if largely forgettable. The only part I really remember is Gerard Depardeaux's line "Bub? You know, like Bub Dylan?" I can't remember the context, something like he thought all American men were named Bob.

The Crying Game is on my Netflix to-watch list, and I might have seen Don Juan DeMarco (one of my buds in college really loved rom-coms, so I saw quite a few back in the day). I've heard of Body of Evidence, Glengarry Glenn Ross, A Bronx Tale, The Madness of King George, and The Piano, but couldn't tell you anything significant about them.

All in all, I can't say that any of these movies are must-sees, but those kinds of lists are largely subjective anyway, so.

 

[Payday]

if i've never heard of them how could they possibly be great

 

[Lepus]

Never seen any of those except Misery (one of my faves) The Man Without A Face (hated it) and the Crying Game (hated it)

 

[Yawning Asperchu]

A Bronx Tale is a great movie. Chazz Palminteri is the man. Great soundtrack, direction, characters...and this: