Entertainment Weekly's New Movie Classics

This is a Movie meme I saw over on Sunshine and Lemonade's site...here's how to play:

Copy and paste this list. If you’ve seen the movie, put the title in bold type.Put asterisks next to the movies you’ve seen and liked. Pretty simple, huh?

The following list comes from the current double issue of Entertainment Weekly in which they list the 100 best movies of the last 25 years (aka: The New Classics).


1.) Pulp Fiction 1994 * (Quentin Tarintino, need I say more?)

2.) The Lord of the Rings trilogy 2001-03 ** (Classics)

3.) Titanic 1997 *

4.) Blue Velvet 1986 (David Lynch weird)

5.) Toy Story 1995 * (Great animation)

6.) Saving Private Ryan 1998 *

7.) Hannah and Her Sisters 1986

8.) The Silence of the Lambs 1991 ** (One of the scariest I've seen)

9.) Die Hard 1988 ** (Great action)

10.) Moulin Rouge 2001

11.) This Is Spinal Tap 1984 *

12.) The Matrix 1999 *

13.) GoodFellas 1990 *

14.) Crumb 1995

15.) Edward Scissorhands 1990 * (Tim Burton, must see)

16.) Boogie Nights 1997 *

17.) Jerry Maguire 1996*

18.) Do the Right Thing 1989

19.) Casino Royale 2006 * (Bond, James Bond)

20.) The Lion King 1994 * (Made me cry)

21.) Schindler’s List 1993 * (Made me cry)

22.) Rushmore 1998

23.) Memento 2001 * (Interesting)

24.) A Room With a View 1986

25.) Shrek 2001 ** (Funny and cute)

26.) Hoop Dreams 1994

27.) Aliens 1986 *

28.) Wings of Desire 1988

29.) The Bourne Supremacy 2004 *

30.) When Harry Met Sally 1989*

31.) Brokeback Mountain 2005 *

32.) Fight Club 1999

33.) The Breakfast Club 1985 ** (Great coming of age)

34.) Fargo 1996 * (Funny drama)

35.) The Incredibles 2004 *

36.) Spider-Man 2 2004 *

37.) Pretty Woman 1990 *

38.) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 *

39.) The Sixth Sense 1999 ** (Loved the twist at the end)

40.) Speed 1994 *

41.) Dazed and Confused 1993

42.) Clueless 1995*

43.) Gladiator 2000

44.) The Player 1992

45.) Rain Man 1988 ** (Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise - can't ask for more)

46.) Children of Men 2006

47.) Men in Black 1997 ** (Started my love affair with Will Smith)

48.) Scarface 1983

49.) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000

50.) The Piano 1993 (One of the dullest films I've seen)

51.) There Will Be Blood 2007

52.) The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad 1988 (I don't like potty humor)

53.) The Truman Show 1998 ** (Interesting concept)

54.) Fatal Attraction 1987 * (Rabbit anyone?)

55.) Risky Business 1983* (Tom Cruise in tighty whiteys)

56.) The Lives of Others 2006

57.) There’s Something About Mary 1998 (Again with the potty humor)

58.) Ghostbusters 1984 **

59.) L.A. Confidential 1997

60.) Scream 1996

61.) Beverly Hills Cop 1984 *

62.) sex, lies and videotape 1989 * (James Spader - great)

63.) Big 1988 *

64.) No Country For Old Men 2007

65.) Dirty Dancing 1987 ** (Classic)

66.) Natural Born Killers 1994 * (Truly chilling)

67.) Donnie Brasco 1997

68.) Witness 1985 *

69.) All About My Mother 1999

70.) Broadcast News 1987 *

71.) Unforgiven 1992 *

72.) Thelma & Louise 1991 *

73.) Office Space 1999

74.) Drugstore Cowboy 1989

75.) Out of Africa 1985

76.)The Departed 2006

77.) Sid and Nancy 1986

78.) Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 * (He'll be back)

79.) Waiting for Guffman 1996

80.) Michael Clayton 2007

81.) Moonstruck 1987 *

82.) Lost in Translation 2003 *

83.) Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn 1987

84.) Sideways 2004

85.) The 40 Year-Old Virgin 2005 (More potty humor)

86.) Y Tu Mamá También 2002 (Never heard of it)

87.) Swingers 1996

88.) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997 (Potty humor)

89.) Breaking the Waves 1996

90.) Napoleon Dynamite 2004 *

91.) Back to the Future 1985 *

92.) Menace II Society 1993

93.) Ed Wood 1994 * (Johnny Depp in drag)

94.) Full Metal Jacket 1987

95.) In the Mood for Love 2001

96.) Far From Heaven 2002

97.) Glory 1989

98.) The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 *

99.)The Blair Witch Project 1999 *

100.) South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut 1999 (Not a South Park fan)

I don't know whether to be ashamed or pleased, but of the 100 classic movies, I've seen 79. Of the 79 I've seen, I really enjoyed 54 of them.