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[grey ghost]

1) Schindler's List 

2) Groundhog Day

3) Demolition Man

4) The Fugitive 

5) The Firm

6) Point of No Return

7) Tombstone

😎 Perfect World

9) Cliffhanger 

10) A Bronx Tale

11) Adam Family Values

12) Menace 2 Society

13) Falling Down

14) True Romance

15) The Program

16) The Joy Luck Club

17) Jurassic Park

18) Carlito's Way

19) Heavan and Earth

20) Batman: The Mask of the Phantasm

21) In The Line Of Fire

22) Dazed and Confused

23) Mrs Doubtfire

24) Robin Hood Men In Tights

25) Searching For Bobby Fischer

26) The Good Son

27) Six Degrees of Separation 

28) Cool Runnings

29) Rising Sun

30) Posse

[abracadabra1998]

Watcher Falling Down in a plane as I’m catching up on some 1993 releases. Had never even heard of it, and ended up loving it. Michael Douglas is simply incredible

[Porthos]

4 hours ago, abracadabra1998 said:

Watcher Falling Down in a plane as I’m catching up on some 1993 releases. Had never even heard of it, and ended up loving it. Michael Douglas is simply incredible

 

Was huuuuuugely controversial the year it came out* and ended up being one of the more insightful/predictive films about the evolution of the American Culture Wars.

* And, let's be honest, still controversial today.

 

Just shows what a banger of a year 1993 was that it hadn't been mentioned until pg 2 of this thread.

Edited August 6, 2023 by Porthos

[4815162342]

Watched Cliffhanger for the first time last night and enjoyed it, but I couldn't stop thinking about a version made 20 years later once Tom Cruise turned into a stunt maniac and got IMAX cameras in play for at least a chunk of the movie

[Cap]

1 hour ago, 4815162342 said:

Watched Cliffhanger for the first time last night and enjoyed it, but I couldn't stop thinking about a version made 20 years later once Tom Cruise turned into a stunt maniac and got IMAX cameras in play for at least a chunk of the movie

I watched the Firm last night, speaking of Tom. Every 90s character actor is in that thing. 

[baumer]

1 hour ago, Cap said:

I watched the Firm last night, speaking of Tom. Every 90s character actor is in that thing. 

 

Did you happen to notice Tobin Bell in a very very quick cameo? Those are the kind of roles he had before he got Saw. He had a similar role in Mississippi burning,  and another one in Malice.

 

 

But yeah it's great seeing people like Ed Harris and Paul Sorvino and the porridge man LOL. 

 

Then of course the bigger ones like Gene Hackman Jean triple horn and even Holly hunter. And then Gary busey's in it for about 45 seconds as well LOL

[emoviefan]

3 hours ago, baumer said:

 

Did you happen to notice Tobin Bell in a very very quick cameo? Those are the kind of roles he had before he got Saw. He had a similar role in Mississippi burning,  and another one in Malice.

 

 

But yeah it's great seeing people like Ed Harris and Paul Sorvino and the porridge man LOL. 

 

Then of course the bigger ones like Gene Hackman Jean triple horn and even Holly hunter. And then Gary busey's in it for about 45 seconds as well LOL

Yeah the summer of 93. The Firm, In The Line of Fire and The Fugitive all big hits. I really miss the 90's sometimes. 

[Cap]

Looking to Catch Up? Here's a (partial) list of movies from 1993, and where they are streaming:

Disney+
 

Spoiler

• Cool Runnings
• Hocus Pocus
• Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
• The Adventures of Huck Finn
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
• The Three Musketeers

Hulu
 

Spoiler

• Mrs. Doubtfire
• Only The Strong
• Rising Sun
• Robin Hood: Men In Tights
• Rookie of the Year
• The Good Son (with Starz)
• The Sandlot (with Starz)
• The Vanishing

Max

• TBD

 

Netflix

• TBD

 

Paramount+/Showtime
 

Spoiler

• Addams Family Values
• Flesh and Bone
• The Firm
• The Thing Called Love
• What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Peacock

 

Spoiler

• Dazed and Confused

 

Prime Video (Included)
 

Spoiler

• Aaina
• Alien Intruder
• Benny and Joon
• Darr
• El Mariachi
• Flesh and Bone
• Free Willy
• Gumrah
• Indecent Proposal
• Love Bites
• Married To It
• Midnight Witness
• Posse
• Sliver
• Scorchers
• The Crush
• The Magic Voyage
• The Naked Truth
• Uzhaippali

 

[emoviefan]

Speaking of the Fugitive. Watched that for the umpteenth time again last night. This was its opening weekend anniversary. It still holds up so well. Tommy Lee Jones is so great. He def earned that Oscar.  And this may be my favorite Non Indy or Han Solo performance of  Harrison's. Andy Davis really peaked with this movie.was not  able to keep that momentum of having this and Under Siege back to back for some reason.

[Kalo]

I've seen 38 from 93. I'll see if I can get it to 45 before the deadline. not a very strong top 30.

[4815162342]

19 hours ago, Cap said:

I watched the Firm last night, speaking of Tom. Every 90s character actor is in that thing. 

 

Early to Mid 90s were very good for having populist dramas/thrillers with stacked casts

[baumer]

20 hours ago, 4815162342 said:

 

Early to Mid 90s were very good for having populist dramas/thrillers with stacked casts

 

JFK

Tombstone

 

Two of the best ensembles ever put together imo

[TalismanRing]

1. Schindler's List
2. Age Of Innocence
3. Groundhog Day
4. Strictly Ballroom
5. Much Ado About Nothing
6. The Scent of Green Papaya
7. The Nightmare Before Christmas
8. The Remains of the Day
9. The Fugitive
10. Philadelphia
11. In The Line Of Fire
12. The Wedding Banquet 
13. Dave
14. What's Love Got to Do with It
15. Sommersby
16. Ninja Scroll
17. In the Name of the Father
18. The Joy Luck Club
19. Farewell My Concubine 
20. Short Cuts
21. Iron Monkey
22. Addams Family Values
23. Searching For Bobby Fischer
24. Flesh and Bone
25. Kalifornia
26. Tombstone
27. Jurassic Park
28. Fearless
29. Grumpy Old Men
30. Heart & Soul

[baumer]

Dave is another forgotten gem from 1993. Ving Rhames even has a small role in it and this is pre pulp fiction. I think he even has hair LOL

 

 

[baumer]

Fugitive I think it's going to go down as a timeless classic. I think you could probably watch that film 30 years from now it will still be as perfect as it is today and is perfect as it was in 1993.

[Cap]

We had a question about Strictly Ballroom. Wikipedia, Letterboxd, and IMDb all have it listed as 1992. But the US release date was February 13, 1993. 
 

Do we want to count it or not? 

[4815162342]

Go by theatrical domestic release date 

[CoolioD1]

I always think it's easier to go by just the general IMDB/Wikipedia year, especially for international films back in the 90s some would be released in the US years after their original date. I feel like that's how we've done these retrospective ones in the past. it makes sense for a current year list to be US release date but after years have past nobody thinks of these films as from their US release years.

[Hildagarde25]

Really torn between ranking based on my personal favorites and ranking based on my movies I think are generally great regardless if they're one of my favs. There are some movies that would rank high on both lists, but there are others where I think the movie is great but I'm not the biggest fan, and then there are movies I don't think are "good" but I love them anyway. 

[dxmatrixdt]

FYI, in Jason Goes to Hell, Jason is supposed to be a deadite from Evil Dead, so if Jason Goes to Hell rubs you the wrong way, maybe this will help you rank it higher.