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This is something that came up while out with friends - what are movies that are still popular and/or regularly referred to (or quoted from), from the 15 years prior to 1996 i.e. 1/1/81 - 31/12/95? Some movies from that time frame are better known for a few quotes than the movie itself, but that's ok. That said, this isn't about movies that you personally liked, necessarily.
A few off the top of my head (where a movie is from a series, I've just listed one):
Jurassic Park
Schindler's List
ET
Forrest Gump
Big
When Harry Met Sally
Back to the Future
Die Hard
Terminator
Alien
Lethal Weapon
Ghostbusters
Neverending Story
Silence of the Lambs
Poltergeist
Breakfast Club
Blade Runner
Home Alone
Highlander
Nightmare on Elm St
Friday the 13th
Revenge of the Nerds
Indiana Jones
Pulp Fiction
Tron
Evil Dead
Full Metal Jacket
Braveheart
Top Gun
Princess Bride
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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2011, 09:07:32 pm » |
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The Usual Suspects http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VPuXWtDx9gI wanted to link the ending but there must be some fool who hasn't seen the movie yet. |
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2011, 09:08:22 pm » |
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Return of the Jedi
Spaceballs
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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2011, 10:23:13 pm » |
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The Hunt for Red October
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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2011, 10:43:17 pm » |
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Two of my favorites fall in that range, Ghostbusters and The Fugitive.
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« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2011, 10:43:19 am » |
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big trouble in little china
tango and cash
the last boy scout
jacob's ladder
casino
the big lebowski
platoon
the lost boys
the thing
prince of darkness
they live
WALL STREET
the crow
my cousin vinny
bachelor party
bull durham
beverly hills cop
last man standing
waterworld
that's a few of the older DVD's on my watchable shelf, there's about 400 more in another cabinet that I don't usually dust off unless I want to see them.
Any John Carpenter film is pretty much the tits from that era.
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« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2011, 02:58:03 pm » |
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I note that this isn't about watchable movies from the time, it's about movies that are still, to some extent at least, popular and/or referenced.
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« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2011, 05:28:41 pm » |
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big trouble in little china
tango and cash
the last boy scout
jacob's ladder
casino
the big lebowski
platoon
the lost boys
the thing
prince of darkness
they live
WALL STREET
the crow
my cousin vinny
bachelor party
bull durham
beverly hills cop
last man standing
waterworld
that's a few of the older DVD's on my watchable shelf, there's about 400 more in another cabinet that I don't usually dust off unless I want to see them.
Any John Carpenter film is pretty much the tits from that era.
A list filled with failure to read. Even the several of the ones that I didn't bold are marginal cases, at best. |
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« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2011, 05:50:48 pm » |
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What's wrong with the Thing?
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« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2011, 06:23:13 pm » |
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big trouble in little china
tango and cash
the last boy scout
jacob's ladder
casino
the big lebowski
platoon
the lost boys
the thing
prince of darkness
they live
WALL STREET
the crow
my cousin vinny
bachelor party
bull durham
beverly hills cop
last man standing
waterworld
that's a few of the older DVD's on my watchable shelf, there's about 400 more in another cabinet that I don't usually dust off unless I want to see them.
Any John Carpenter film is pretty much the tits from that era.
A list filled with failure to read. Even the several of the ones that I didn't bold are marginal cases, at best. Obviously you just have shit taste in movies. That's my opinion of your opinion douchebag. CAN YA READ THAT????? Warning for flaming. Further infractions will result in a ban. Can you read that?
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« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2011, 07:09:18 pm » |
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« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2011, 07:13:23 pm » |
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Goodfellas
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Karate Kid
The Goonies
The Sandlot
Apollo 13
SCARFACE
Fargo
The Nightmare Before Christmas
RoboCop
Gremlins
Kindergarten Cop
Note: Big Lebowski was 1998
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« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2011, 07:13:58 pm » |
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« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2011, 07:18:49 pm » |
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« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2011, 07:21:57 pm » |
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There is an episode of South Park that parodies The Thing.
EDIT:
Also
Billy Madison
Tommy Boy
Wayne's World
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« Reply #15 on: January 18, 2011, 09:09:05 pm » |
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The thing, they live, Halloween, and big trouble are all amazing. Especially the Thing.
Basically every applicable Coen bros film too.
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« Reply #16 on: January 18, 2011, 10:22:56 pm » |
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"After these years of arguing I've conceded that Merchant Scroll in particular can be an exception to this rule because it is a card that you NEVER want to see in multiples, under any circumstances. Merchant Scroll can be seen as restricted in a way because should you have 2 in a hand, only one is really useful (that is, only one can get Ancestral)."
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« Reply #17 on: January 19, 2011, 02:39:01 am » |
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First things first - I wasn't saying those weren't "bad" movies. I was saying they're not culturally relevant.
Lebowski isn't in bold. I only bolded things that were essentially irrelevant in today's context.
And yes, My Cousin Vinny is essentially irrelevant today. It's the kind of cut-to that Family Guy will do and have nobody laugh (not that Family Guy's been funny in 5 years anyway, but I digress). I think it's remembered more for Marisa Tomei's bullshit Academy victory than for anything that's actually in the film.
I think we should better define cultural relevance though; I would draw the line between Casino and Goodfellas. The former is a great movie; the latter is a classic.
Additions to the list -
The Shawshank Redemption (surprised nobody noted this yet)
Stand by Me
Reservoir Dogs
A Christmas Story
Hoosiers
Aladdin
Beauty and the Beast
The Lion King
Dead Poets' Society
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« Reply #18 on: January 19, 2011, 08:34:26 am » |
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Star Wars is probably a decent metric for "culturally relevant" - for example, even if you're not one of the people who has an opinion on things like Jar-Jar Binks, Lucas' constant digital remakes (occasional retcons), or whether or not it steals some of the magic to know that the Force is something to do with midi-chlorians, you know about Jedis, lightsabers, the Force, etc. Many of its words and phrases have transcended the movie. "Jedi mind tricks", "use the Force/MTFBWU" "Luke, I am your father", etc.
Especially that last one - I dunno if there's an English speaker named Luke in the entire world who can risk meeting new people without sort of going "...wait for it..." in the back of their head, at least that's my personal experience :/
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« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2011, 10:11:45 am » |
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Coneheads.
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« Reply #20 on: January 19, 2011, 11:15:25 am » |
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Batman and Batman Returns are still watched, they're on TV still.
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
The Color Purple (Hugely popular still)
Rain Man (another that's on TV all the time)
Mississippi Burning (a big netflix watch)
FIELD OF FUCKING DREAMS -- again, another classic that is still on TV
The Godfather Part III
Dances with Wolves
UNFORGIVEN -- still hugely popular
A FEW GOOD MEN -- God how many times is this on TV a year? a billion? How could anyone forget about this film.
Aaron Sorkin wrote it -- Mr. Social Network/West Wing
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« Reply #21 on: January 19, 2011, 11:15:59 am » |
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I got the blue ray for Christmas. I agree with this guy. I think the lists so far are fairly comprehensive, though imdb could be used for additional movies. |
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« Reply #22 on: January 19, 2011, 11:41:05 am » |
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We ought to keep in mind that "culturally relevant" is highly subjective. If we were doing a Top 20 list it would be easier, but as things are it's just a spectrum.
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« Reply #23 on: January 19, 2011, 08:44:30 pm » |
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Batman and Batman Returns are still watched, they're on TV still.
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
The Color Purple (Hugely popular still)
Rain Man (another that's on TV all the time)
Mississippi Burning (a big netflix watch)
FIELD OF FUCKING DREAMS -- again, another classic that is still on TV
The Godfather Part III
Dances with Wolves
UNFORGIVEN -- still hugely popular
A FEW GOOD MEN -- God how many times is this on TV a year? a billion? How could anyone forget about this film.
Aaron Sorkin wrote it -- Mr. Social Network/West Wing
Hard to disagree with any of those, although I note that I mentioned the Indiana Jones series in the OP. I missed First Blood, though (Rambo). |
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« Reply #24 on: January 19, 2011, 10:14:04 pm » |
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edit: the christmas story, where the kid sticks his toungue to the pole. fantastic film on 24/7 on TBS X-mas Eve and Day.
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« Reply #25 on: January 20, 2011, 04:28:44 am » |
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big trouble in little china
tango and cash
the last boy scout
jacob's ladder
casino
the big lebowski
platoon
the lost boys
the thing
prince of darkness
they live
WALL STREET
the crow
my cousin vinny
bachelor party
bull durham
beverly hills cop
last man standing
waterworld
that's a few of the older DVD's on my watchable shelf, there's about 400 more in another cabinet that I don't usually dust off unless I want to see them.
Any John Carpenter film is pretty much the tits from that era.
A list filled with failure to read. Even the several of the ones that I didn't bold are marginal cases, at best. Obviously you just have shit taste in movies. That's my opinion of your opinion douchebag. CAN YA READ THAT????? Warning for flaming. Further infractions will result in a ban. Can you read that?
-Godderyou make a retarded topic that I take the time to reply to and warn me because I did so. Why don't you go get a friggin job. |
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« Reply #26 on: January 20, 2011, 04:33:45 am » |
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Batman and Batman Returns are still watched, they're on TV still.
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
The Color Purple (Hugely popular still)
Rain Man (another that's on TV all the time)
Mississippi Burning (a big netflix watch)
FIELD OF FUCKING DREAMS -- again, another classic that is still on TV
The Godfather Part III
Dances with Wolves
UNFORGIVEN -- still hugely popular
A FEW GOOD MEN -- God how many times is this on TV a year? a billion? How could anyone forget about this film.
Aaron Sorkin wrote it -- Mr. Social Network/West Wing
Unforgiven is sick: All right, I'm coming out. Any man I see out there, I'm gonna shoot him. Any son of a bitch takes a shot at me, I'm not only gonna kill him, but I'm gonna kill his wife, all his friends, and burn his damn house down. |
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« Reply #27 on: January 20, 2011, 07:44:34 am » |
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« Reply #28 on: January 20, 2011, 10:17:03 am » |
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The Thing rules, btw. Every time I watch it, I always wonder why they didn't let that Norweigan just shoot the damn dog.
Escape from New York is also a personal favorite. I hear they are remaking it.
Back on topic....
The Matrix- "There is no spoon", "Whoa" (ah Keanu, truly a fine actor)
Tombstone- "I'm your huckleberry", "Why, Ed Bailey, are we cross?" Val Kilmers finest role in my eyes, though MacGruber was close...
Snakes on a Plane- I know it came and went, but sometimes I get frustrated and have to yell out "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!! I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!". Warning: This will get you kicked out of an Applebees.
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« Reply #29 on: January 20, 2011, 02:23:34 pm » |
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you make a retarded topic that I take the time to reply to and warn me because I did so.
Why don't you go get a friggin job. In other words: 1. You say hello so someone. 2. They give you the finger in reponse. 3. You shoot them dead. And somehow you believe that you're going to jail "because you said hello"? I was really just gonna stay out of this, but the logic fail here was just too much. Snakes on a Plane- I know it came and went, but sometimes I get frustrated and have to yell out "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!! I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!". Warning: This will get you kicked out of an Applebees. Oh man, please tell me that's the voice of experience talking. Too awesome. |
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I suppose it's mostly the thought that this format is just one big Mistake; and not even a very sophisticated one at that.
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