GMD Social Poll: Top Ten Films of 1996

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.
 
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. :lol:
 
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.
 
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
 
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The Stendhal Syndrome directed by Dario Argento

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

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Asia Argento
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Thomas Kretschmann
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From Dusk till Dawn directed by Robert Rodriguez

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

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Main cast:

George Clooney
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Quentin Tarantino
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Juliette Lewis
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Harvey Keitel
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