Greatest Year in Movies

Mikie August 22, 2024 at 17:12 900 views 5 comments

This didn’t fit in “what are you watching now” thread.

Why 1999 Was Hollywood’s Greatest Year

This got me thinking. 1999 really was a strong year. I would make a case for it being one of the best— but wondering about other years that I didn’t live through. What say y’all, if forced to choose?

Comments (5)

jgill August 22, 2024 at 21:12 #927306 0 likes

Paywall. I'm surprised people still go to movie houses to see a film. If one categorizes and focuses on westerns, for example, I suspect the Clint Eastwood spaghetti series might qualify. Just me. And not Hollywood.

Mikie August 23, 2024 at 10:08 #927376 0 likes

Quoting jgill

I suspect the Clint Eastwood spaghetti series might qualify. Just me.

I like some of those too, but I was looking for a year.

Tom Storm August 26, 2024 at 09:30 #928086 0 likes

Reply to Mikie Fin de siècle aside, I'm not especially keen on 1999's flicks. I don't have a favourite year, but my favourite decade is the 1970's. Most of those films I didn't see until the 1990's, when every film I saw from the 70's shat on the things being made then (and now). Or something like that.

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000019899/

AmadeusD August 27, 2024 at 06:39 #928284 0 likes

The answer is 1994:

- Leon: The Professional
- The Crow
- Natural Born Killers
- Interview with the Vampire
- Four Weddings and a Funeral
- Corina Corina
- Legends of the Fall
- The Lion King
- Forrest Gump
- True Lies
- Ed Wood
- Bulets over Broadway
- Pulp Fiction
- Farinelli
- Clear and Present Danger
- Only You
- Black Beauty
- Don Juan
- Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
- The Shawshank Redemption
- The River Wild
- Stargate
- It Could Happen To you
- Immortal Beloved

I could go on. Surely, this is a personal opinion. But its note debatable either ;)

Same goes from albums. 1994 was an absolute watershed.

Tom Storm August 27, 2024 at 07:59 #928290 0 likes

Reply to AmadeusD Fair enough. Of those, the only ones I liked/enjoyed were Leon; Natural Born Killers; Pulp Fiction. :wink: