GMD Social Poll: Top Ten Films of 1996

[challenge_everything]

I still need to see The Funeral but it is proving hard to track down.

 

[CiG]

Havent seen Scream and Escape From LA in years. I'll probably rewatch those before this thread wraps up

 

[no country for old wainds]

1. Thesis [Tesis] - Alejandro Amenabar
2. Lone Star - John Sayles
3. Fargo - Joel Coen
4. Trainspotting - Danny Boyle
5. A Moment of Innocence aka Bread and Flowers [Noon e Goldoon] - Mohsen Makhmalbaf
6. Scream - Wes Craven
7. Crash - David Cronenberg
8. The English Patient - Anthony Minghella

Not a particularly deep year. Thesis is definitely my top pick- such a tense, grimy Argento influenced thriller without the cartoonish elements of giallo. Amenabar never came close to matching it.

glad someone mentioned lone star and a moment of innocence, both great.

 

[CiG]

I still need to see The Funeral but it is proving hard to track down.

You can get it pretty cheap from the UK in a pack with Road to Perdition and Miller's Crossing. Not sure about the quality though, but I've definitely seen it around quite a lot.

I'd offer to loan you my copy through the mail but that'd be pretty weird.

 

[challenge_everything]

glad someone mentioned lone star and a moment of innocence, both great.

I think it was you that recommended the latter to me when we were talking about Persian cinema.

I think a lot of people here would like Lone Star. A mystery that unravels itself through really well-structured flashbacks, but a bit like Memories of Murder and its ilk, the resolution of the mystery is less important than the personal evolution of the characters.

 

[challenge_everything]

I'd offer to loan you my copy through the mail but that'd be pretty weird.

I'll manage

 

[CiG]

Wrapping this up soon, probably this weekend.

 

[challenge_everything]

Really lame participation effort this round guys

 

[CiG]

8 lists is only a bit below average turnout tbh. @MetalAges got anything for 1996?

 

[no country for old wainds]

i will get back to participating in these soon but at this time of year i'm too preoccupied with new stuff sry

 

[CiG]

No worries. I myself only rewatched a couple from my list for this, I'll wrap this up tomorrow then.

 

[RadicalThrasher]

Just seeing this.....will try to get you a list by tomorrow

 

[RadicalThrasher]

1. The Substitute
2. The Ghost and the Darkness
3. From Dusk till Dawn
4. The Quest
5. Bad Moon
6. Michael Collins
7. Executive Decision
8. The Fan
9. Escape from L.A.
10. Muppet Treasure Island

 

[CiG]

.:TIED FOR 10th PLACE: 12 POINTS:.​

The Stendhal Syndrome directed by Dario Argento



Voted for by:
@Oblivious Maximus (3rd place)
@CiG (7th place)

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Main cast:

Asia Argento


Thomas Kretschmann

From Dusk till Dawn directed by Robert Rodriguez



Voted for by:
@RadicalThrasher (3rd place)
@dwellerINTHEdark (8th place)
@Slammed (10th place)

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Main cast:

George Clooney


Quentin Tarantino


Juliette Lewis


Harvey Keitel

 

[CiG]

9th) Fudoh: The New Generation directed by Takashi Miike



Voted for by:
@CiG (4th place)
@Bloopy (7th place)
@Oblivious Maximus (9th place)

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Main cast:

Shōsuke Tanihara


Riki Takeuchi

TOTAL POINTS: 13

 

[CiG]

I'm so happy Fudoh managed to slip in and make the list.

 

[CiG]

8th) The Rock directed by Michael Bay



Voted for by:
@Bloopy (3rd place)
@dwellerINTHEdark (6th place)
@TechnicalBarbarity (10th place)

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Main cast:

Sean Connery


Nicolas Cage


Ed Harris

TOTAL POINTS: 14

 

[CiG]

7th) Twister directed by Jan de Bont



Voted for by:
@dwellerINTHEdark (3rd place)
@TechnicalBarbarity (4th place)

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Main cast:

Helen Hunt


Bill Paxton

TOTAL POINTS: 15

 

[CiG]

6th) Independence Day directed by Roland Emmerich



Voted for by:
@dwellerINTHEdark (2nd place)
@TechnicalBarbarity (3rd place)

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Main cast:

Will Smith


Bill Pullman


Jeff Goldblum

TOTAL POINTS: 17

 

[CiG]

5th) Scream directed by Wes Craven



Voted for by:
@dwellerINTHEdark (1st place)
@Bloopy (6th place)
@challenge_everything (6th place)

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Main cast:

David Arquette


Neve Campbell


Courteney Cox


Matthew Lillard


Rose McGowan


Skeet Ulrich


Drew Barrymore

TOTAL POINTS: 20