The Best of the 1990s: 61 - 70

61) RESEVOIR DOGS
Director: Quenton Tarrentino
Love him or hate him, Quenton really was a seminal director. No doubt about it

62) FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL
Director: Mike Newell
Romantic comedies are rarely more romantically comedic than this.

63) THE RED VIOLIN
Director: Francois Gerard
A great little independent film with the span of time and a work of art as the background.

64) THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
Director: Myrick + Sanchez
Okay, so the filmakers were not especially talented, but they lucked into one of the scariest things ever projected on the screen.

65) JURASSIC PARK
Director: Steven Spielberg
Like Terminator 2, this ushered in the age of digitization. It's also an homage to imagination.

66) WAITING FOR GUFFMAN
Director: Christopher Guest
Guest has made a career out of this style of comedy. They've all been good so far, so I sure don't fault him for it.

67) APOLLO 13
Director: Ron Howard
How many great adventure tales involve 3 guys in a 10' X 10' metal capsule? Tough to do.

68) BEFORE SUNRISE
Director: Richart Linklater
I can't admit to being an enormous fan of romantic film, but I can admit that this is a great one.

69) A FEW GOOD MEN
Director: Ron Howard
You can't handle the truth. It really is an entertaining and well-crafted flick.

70) THE LION KING
Director: Allers + Minkoff
Disney had a streak of successes in the 90s that has rarely been matched. They found a formula that worked and milked it dry. This was one of the least successful, but it's still a very good movie.

11/23/2005