December 7th, 2004

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Top 100 Overlooked Films of the 1990s

The Online Film Critic’s Society (who?) has compiled a list of the top 100 overlooked films of the nineties:

It was the decade of Tarantino and Titanic. From Schindler’s List to The Blair Witch Project, movies and the hype that went with them seemed bigger than ever. However, too many great films somehow got lost in the shuffle. While some were recalled by Oscar voters and many managed to squeak out a modest box office return, these films nonetheless failed to click in the memory banks of both the critics and with audiences.

I’d definitely vote in favour of Miller’s Crossing as an underwatched gem. Other personal favourites include The Sweet Hereafter, Waiting for Guffman, Dead Again and (especially) The Spanish Prisoner.

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Mike Morales
December 8th, 2004
12:06 am

I totally agree with you about Dead Again.

In my opinion, this was the first film that had the guts to use metaphysical subject matter, namely reincarnation.

I believe that it opened the door to much more important films like M. Night’s Sixth Sense and Signs, as well as Val Kilmer’s Thunderheart.

Now, such subject matter is even part of television–Touched by An Angel, Angels in America, the SciFi Channel, etc.

It opened up a whole new world of beliefs that most of us were afraid to admit to, but secretly hoped existed.

Besides…

Robin Williams’ role in Dead Again as the metaphysical interpreter for the rules of reincarnation was such a kick!

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andrew
December 8th, 2004
9:25 am

hey he picked Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbour Totoro…a pretty cool Japanese animation movie. Mostly for kids, Maya’s little neice is entranced by it whenever they put it on.

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Adriana
December 8th, 2004
1:54 pm

I loved the Red Violin, glad to see it at least made this list. I also didn’t realise that they’d made version of A Little Princess (one of my fav childhood stories), now I’ll have to try and find it.

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