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

[Plain Old Tele]

40 minutes ago, Tower said:

I ended up seeing 31 films from 1989. Lethal Weapon 2, Field Of Dreams, Major League, and Always were bad, so here are the other 27 ranked:

1	Do The Right Thing
2	The Killer
3	Dead Poets Society
4	The Abyss
5	Indiana Jones 3
6	Heathers
7	Back To The Future 2
8	Glory
9	The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
10	UHF
11	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
12	The 'Burbs
13	Crimes And Misdemeanours
14	Licence To Kill
15	Batman
16	The Little Mermaid
17	Sex, Lies, And Videotape
18	My Left Foot
19	All Dogs Go To Heaven
20	Pet Sematary
21	The Gods Must Be Crazy 2
22	Kiki's Delivery Service
23	Steel Magnolias
24	Parenthood
25	Driving Miss Daisy
26	Black Rain
27	When Harry Met Sally

 

Respect for the UHF inclusion. It’s not on my list but it’s underappreciated.

[Tower]

36 minutes ago, Plain Old Tele said:

 

Respect for the UHF inclusion. It’s not on my list but it’s underappreciated.

It's a comedy that made me laugh, so it did its job.

[lorddemaxus]

I've only seen 10 movies from 1989. I was going to watch some extra films for the list but the only one I was able to watch after discovering the list was The Abyss.

 

1. Born on the 4th of July 10/10

2. Do the Right Thing 10/10

3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 9/10

4. The Abyss 9/10

5. Back to the Future Part II 8/10

6. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 7/10

7. The Little Mermaid 7/10

8. Dead Poet's Society 7/10

9. When Harry Met Sally 6/10

10. Honey I Shrunk the Kids 6/10

 

[cannastop]

8 hours ago, Plain Old Tele said:

 

Respect for the UHF inclusion. It’s not on my list but it’s underappreciated.

Weird Al is a national treasure. Ahead of his time.

[cannastop]

8 hours ago, Tower said:

19 All Dogs Go To Heaven

Movie with the most blasphemous title, even moreso than The Last Temptation of Christ.

[TalismanRing]

27 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Weird Al is a national treasure. Ahead of his time.

A treasure but he's been appreciated and has thrived for decades

 

 

[dxmatrixdt]

On 8/24/2019 at 4:23 PM, 2010s Painkiller Race said:

Do the Right Thing is tanking right now.  it's barely looking to make the top ten with this list.  The pizza joint setting is too familiar now with movies. If feels plucked right out of time.   The laughs are good 30 minutes in, but they can be easy to make.  If it gets an A, then it is going to have to rank above License to Kill, Star Trek, and Lethal Weapon.  

1 - Halloween

2 - Nightmare on Elm Street

3 - Friday the 13th

4 - The Abyss

5 - Batman

6 - Indiana Jones     

7 - License to Kill

(8 - Star Trek 5)

(9 - Lethal Weapon 2)

Do the Right Thing

Roger and Me

10 - Akira

11 - Dead Poet's Society

12 - Leviathan

13 - Glory

976-EVIL

Phantom of the Opera

14 - Pet Semetary

(16 - The Fly 2)

15 - Christmas Vacation

17 - Communion

18 - Casualties of War

19 - Always

(20 - Red Scorpion)

21 - Parenthood

22 - Ghostbusters 2

23 - The Punisher

Do the Right Thing tanked with a B  .  It is too contained, like Halloween 78.  

Redo your lists!!!

[lilmac]

My top 20


1 Batman
2 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
3 All Dogs Go to Heaven
4 Back to the Future Part II
5 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
6 Look Who's Talking
7 Glory
8 My Left Foot
9 Driving Miss Daisy
10 Lean on Me
11 The Little Mermaid
12 The Abyss
13 Born on the Fourth of July
14 Lethal Weapon 2
15 Field of Dreams
16 Do the Right Thing
17 Dead Poets Society
18 Turner & Hooch
19 Always
20 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

[dxmatrixdt]

18 hours ago, aabattery said:

1. Do the Right Thing
2. When Harry Met Sally
3. For All Mankind
4. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
5. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
6. Batman
7. The Abyss
8. The Mighty Quinn
9. Mystery Train
10. sex, lies and videotapes
11. The Little Mermaid
12. My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
13. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
14. Back to the Future II
15. Say Anything
16. Glory
17. Heathers
18. All Dogs Go to Heaven
19. Ghostbusters II
20. Always
21. Licence to Kill

no Field of Dreams in the top 30?

[Cap]

4 hours ago, cannastop said:

Weird Al is a national treasure. Ahead of his time.

 

[dxmatrixdt]

right now got Deepstar Six and Born on the Fourth of July on demand for #29 and #30.  Field of Dreams will tie with The Punisher at the bottom of the list with a C-  

will finish these around 4am, then i'll catch consecutive movies to burn more time and bump some movies out of the top 30

[dxmatrixdt]

1 - Halloween

2 - Nightmare on Elm Street

3 - Friday the 13th

4 - The Abyss

5 - Batman

6 - Indiana Jones     

7 - License to Kill

(8 - Star Trek 5)

(9 - Lethal Weapon 2)

10 - Do the Right Thing

11 - Roger and Me

12 - Akira

13 - Dead Poet's Society

14 - Born on the Fourth of July

15 - Leviathan

16 - Glory

17 - 976-Evil

18 - Phantom of the Opera

19 - Pet Semetary

(20 - The Fly 2)

21 - Christmas Vacation

22 - Communion

23 - Casualties of War

24 - Always

(25 - Red Scorpion)

26 - Deepstar Six

27 - Ghostbusters 2

28 - Parenthood

28 - The Punisher

30 - Field of Dreams

 

and the binge continues.

 

 

[dxmatrixdt]

On 8/4/2019 at 7:13 PM, aabattery said:

Denzel fans of the forum are doing themselves a disservice if they don't watch THE MIGHTY QUINN.

 

 

I get to it in 8 hours if Baumer will take the late submission for the ranking boost.  

is Akira going on them too or what?  @baumer

what about 976-EVIL directed by Robert Englund?  It's IMDB is 1988 for the foreign release thing, and I got it there on the list somewhere for points.  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094597/

Earth Girls are Easy w/ Jeff Golblum is 1988 too and i'm skipping it if they are

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097257/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

 

*same w/ Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Edited August 26, 2019 by 2010s Painkiller Race

[baumer]

Hey guys I have been without internet most of the weekend. I'm just getting back from weekend at my friend's cottage. I'm going to extend the deadline until tonight when I get home from dinner. That should be around 10 p.m. eastern time. So if anybody has any late additions or wants to make any changes go ahead and do it you have until around 10 p.m. Eastern standard time tonight.

[dxmatrixdt]

7 - The Fly II - 20.0
7 - Shocker - 16.6
7 - Back to the Future II - 118.5
7 - Millennium - 5.8
7 - Glory - 26.8
7 - Deepstar Six - 8.1
7 - 976-Evil - 3.0
7 - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - 40.5
7 - Relentless - 7.0
7 - Fright Night II - 3.0
7 - Stepfather 2 - 1.5
7 - Say Anything - 20.8
7 - Tango & Cash - 63.4
7 - Leviathan - 15.7
7 - The Terror Within - 0.9
7 - Harlem Nights - 60.9
7 - The Little Mermaid - 84.4
7 - Dead Calm - 7.8
7 - Lean on Me - 31.9
7 - Cyborg - 10.2
7 - Earth Girls Are Easy - 3.9

don't forget Puppet Master

 

The Fly 2, Millennium, Deepstar Six, 976-Evil, Leviathan, Dead Calm have really disappointed with the killings so the pressure is on with the rest of the horrors

Edited August 26, 2019 by 2010s Painkiller Race

[lorddemaxus]

4 hours ago, baumer said:

Hey guys I have been without internet most of the weekend. I'm just getting back from weekend at my friend's cottage. I'm going to extend the deadline until tonight when I get home from dinner. That should be around 10 p.m. eastern time. So if anybody has any late additions or wants to make any changes go ahead and do it you have until around 10 p.m. Eastern standard time tonight.

Managed to watch another film (Crimes and Misdemeanors) and change my list a bit (I actually didn't realise I put 4th of July above Do the Right Thing when I first wrote this list eventhough I love the latter more than the former so I switched those around) within this time: 

 

1. Do the Right Thing 10/10
2. Crimes and Misdemeanors 10/10

3. Born on the 4th of July 10/10

4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 9/10

5. The Abyss 9/10

6. Back to the Future Part II 8/10

7. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 7/10

8. The Little Mermaid 7/10

9. Dead Poet's Society 7/10

10. When Harry Met Sally 6/10

11. Honey I Shrunk the Kids 6/10

Edited August 26, 2019 by lorddemaxus

[baumer]

Ok, I'm home.  Deadline has come and gone.  I'll get the countdown started in a day or two.  

 

Thanks for all the submissions.

[grim22]

8 minutes ago, baumer said:

Ok, I'm home.  Deadline has come and gone.  I'll get the countdown started in a day or two.  

 

Thanks for all the submissions.

Start it on Thursday. I’m almost done tabulating but will be traveling the next 2 days on work, so will have the top 25 to you by Wednesday 

[baumer]

Just now, grim22 said:

Start it on Thursday. I’m almost done tabulating but will be traveling the next 2 days on work, so will have the top 25 to you by Wednesday 

 

I have my fantasy football draft on Thursday....so I'll begin the countdown on Friday night at around 8PST.

[Avatree]

Wow it's already 27 August. Oops. Forgot to send my list.

 

As long as Indiana Jones wins, I don't mind. (And, odds are in its favour of doing that anyway)

 

If it doesn't win, I will feel ashamed of not sending the list.