Top 30 films of 1989 (baumer's favourite year)IMDB is the source...if it's 1989 on IMDb it qualifies...Aug 25th is deadline

[Jake Gittes]

Spent last week catching up on some unseen '89 films to get to at least 20 I'd feel pretty good about so here goes.

 

1. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

2. Do the Right Thing

3. Monsieur Hire

4. Mystery Train

5. The Killer

6. Crimes and Misdemeanors

7. Kiki's Delivery Service

8. sex, lies, and videotape.

9. The Woman in Black

10. Henry V

11. The Fabulous Baker Boys

12. Sea of Love

13. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

14. When Harry Met Sally...

15. Road House

16. For All Mankind

17. Meet the Feebles

18. The Unbelievable Truth

19. Johnny Handsome

20. Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds

[LonePirate]

Will anyone be running a 2009 countdown, given how we’ve had a 1999 countdown and we’re still submitting lists for this 1989 countdown?

[Jake Gittes]

7 minutes ago, LonePirate said:

Will anyone be running a 2009 countdown, given how we’ve had a 1999 countdown and we’re still submitting lists for this 1989 countdown?

@Eric! appears to have wanted to do it, at least as of a month ago.

 

[Eric Duncan]

1 hour ago, Jake Gittes said:

@Eric! appears to have wanted to do it, at least as of a month ago.

 

I am still interested, but I haven't fully committed to it yet, nor talk to grim or baumer yet. I'm pretty sure both cannastop and captainwondy are both doing countdown lists in the coming months too, and even if there might be a window of time, I don't really want people to be "listed out" as it were

[DAR]

Just submitted

 

1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
2. Glory
3. Batman 
4. Do the Right Thing
5. Major League 
6. Born on the Fourth of July
7. When Harry Met Sally
8. Lethal Weapon 2
9. The Little Mermaid 
10. Say Anything 
11. Parenthood 
12. Lean on Me
13. Tango and Cash
14. Christmas Vacation 
15. Field of Dreams 
16. Uncle Buck
17. Road House
18. License to Kill
19. Prisoners of War
20. Driving Miss Daisy

[Fancyarcher]

My final list!

1. Do The Right Thing

2. Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade

3. Glory

4. The Killer

5. Kiki’s Delivery Service 

6. The Burbs

7. Back to the Future Part II 

8. Santa Sangre 

9. Born On The Fourth of July 

10. When Harry Met Sally

11. Parenthood

12. The Cook, The Thief & Her Lover

13. Dead Poets Society

14. My Left Foot 

15. Field of Dreams 

16. Sea of Love 

17. Henry V

18. The Little Mermaid 

19. Christmas Vacation

20. Crimes & Misdemeanors

21. Say Anything

22. Batman

23. Casualties of War 

24. The Abyss

25. Roger & Me

26. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 

27. License to Kill

28. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 

29. Uncle Buck 

30. How to Get Ahead in Advertising 

Edited August 20, 2019 by Fancyarcher

[cannastop]

11 hours ago, Eric! said:

I am still interested, but I haven't fully committed to it yet, nor talk to grim or baumer yet. I'm pretty sure both cannastop and captainwondy are both doing countdown lists in the coming months too, and even if there might be a window of time, I don't really want people to be "listed out" as it were

Hmm. I might suggest October or something? Or maybe even December?

[kitik]

Has anybody voted for Society yet? A wonderful little late-80's horror flick full of excess.

What about Sleepaway Camp 3?

 

Loved The Abyss. I never watched Road House until this century, but I wish I would've watched it sooner. It worked.

 

But seriously, Society.

[baumer]

So the deadline is fast approaching. We have gotten a fair bit of lists already and for that I thank you guys. Keep them coming and I'm hoping we can get somewhere close to 20 lists.

[baumer]

@kitik I enjoyed the sleepaway Camp trilogy. But I don't think part 3 is quite good enough to get into my top 30.

[JJ-8]

On 8/19/2019 at 10:34 PM, baumer said:

 

I love this list and I'm glad that you included sex lies and videotape as well. I totally unseen and underrated gem

so true.. unfortunately it was a gem i never caught till much later in life... being 12 and and all  in 1989 (for at least part of the year)

 

[baumer]

14 lists so far.  Pretty confident we'll get more than 20.

[terrestrial]

21 minutes ago, baumer said:

14 lists so far.  Pretty confident we'll get more than 20.

acc to my mail box neither you nor grim opened my mail I send you both at 11 August

 

=  is that typical or is it possible it got missed/overlooked?

 

[baumer]

2 minutes ago, terrestrial said:

acc to my mail box neither you nor grim opened my mail I send you both at 11 August

 

=  is that typical or is it possible it got missed/overlooked?

 

 

We got your list.  Thank you.  

[Plain Old Tele]

Here's my list. Honestly, a bunch of these could change positions next time I do it, but this is a snapshot for right now at least.  

 

 

1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

2. Field of Dreams

3. The Abyss

4. Do the Right Thing

5. Dead Poets Society

6. When Harry Met Sally...

7. The Killer

8. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

9. The Tall Guy

10. How to Get Ahead in Advertising

11. Weekend at Bernie's

12. Lethal Weapon 2

13. Batman

14. Kiki's Delivery Service

15. Henry V

16. The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

17. Major League

18. Dead Calm

19. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

20. Look Who's Talking

21. The Big Picture

22. Blind Fury

23. Communion

24. Warlock 

25. Farewell to the King

[terrestrial]

49 minutes ago, Plain Old Tele said:

25.

as seemingly often the lists are top 25, but the 1989 is a top 30 version, not sure if you are aware

= just in case

( I am new to the ranking lists thing, not sure what was tpical, also am maybe a bit too enthisiastic, as its about older movies... )

[Plain Old Tele]

13 minutes ago, terrestrial said:

as seemingly often the lists are top 25, but the 1989 is a top 30 version, not sure if you are aware

= just in case

( I am new to the ranking lists thing, not sure what was tpical, also am maybe a bit too enthisiastic, as its about older movies... )

 

26. Born on the Fourth of July

27. Say Anything...

28. The Dream Team

29. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids!

30. Driving Miss Daisy

 

 

[TalismanRing]

1. The Little Mermaid
2. The Fabulous Baker Boys
3. When Harry Met Sally
4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
5. Roger and Me
6. The War of the Roses
7. Sex, Lies and Videotape
8. Heathers
9. Field Of Dreams
10. Crimes and Misdemeanors
11. My Left Foot
12. Do the Right Thing
13. Driving Miss Daisy
14. Dead Poets Society
15. Henry V
16. Dead Calm
17. Chances Are
18. Sea of Love
19. Blind Fury
20. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
21. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
22. Parenthood
23. The Killer
24. Glory
25. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
26. The Mighty Quinn
27. How To Get Ahead In Advertising
28. Kiki's Delivery Service
29. Say Anything
30. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

[Plain Old Tele]

Oh shit, I need to amend....  

[terrestrial]

13 minutes ago, Plain Old Tele said:

 

whispers silently: is it too much to ask if he remembers to have to send the list to Baumer and grim to count or borders that to being obtrusive?