In January 1998, I began a quest to catch up on the last 10 years worth of movies I've missed plus watch some old friends I've loved in the past. If you're brave enough, follow my quest. WARNING: the list is in no order except viewing date and if you see any pattern to my choices, let me know since I rarely know why I choose what I do. My rating system is highly subjective and can change instantly (sort of like the scoring on Whose Line Is It Anyway...). Feel free to comment.
Susan
A point of clarification - I would recommend any of the movies below to anyone (with the possible exception of Postcards from the Edge!); I try to not spend my time watching something I know is dreck. My stars ratings only indicate movies I would want to watch again. For example, I would heartily recommend A Simple Plan but I don't need or want to see it again.
= Re-viewing
= One I'd watch again
= One I'd watch again & again & again ...
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12 Monkeys |
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Speed |
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The Untouchables |
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Shadowlands |
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Before Sunrise |
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Dying Young |
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Say Anything |
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Thunderheart |
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Waterworld |
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Pump Up the Volume |
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Postcards From the Edge |
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Claire's Knee |
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To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday |
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Smilla's Sense of Snow |
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Flesh and Bone |
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Road Warrior |
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That Thing You Do! |
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Rosewood |
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In and Out |
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The Full Monty |
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Edward Scissorhands |
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Don Juan de Marco |
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Mr. Wonderful |
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Truly, Madly, Deeply |
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The Bequiled |
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The English Patient |
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Nine Months |
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French Kiss |
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Gattaca |
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The Crying Game |
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Heaven Help Us |
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Michael Collins |
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Everything That Rises (TNT original) |
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Passion Fish |
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Dave |
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The Brothers McMullen |
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The Wings of the Dove |
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Muriel's Wedding |
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Chasing Amy |
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My Little Girl |
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The Committments |
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Love! Valour! Compassion! |
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Lolita (1998) |
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House of Cards |
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Dragonheart |
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Wyatt Earp |
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Dreamscape |
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One Thousand Acres |
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Threesome |
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The Waterdance |
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The Ice Storm |
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Crossworlds |
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Grosse Point Blank |
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The Snapper |
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Bound |
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Hope Floats |
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle |
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Life is Sweet |
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When a Man Loves a Woman |
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Purgatory (TNT Original) |
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Twelfth Night (1996) |
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The Presidio |
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Boys on the Side |
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The Sweet Hereafter |
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The Love Letter |
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First Knight |
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Clueless |
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The Truman Show |
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Next Stop Wonderland |
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The Object of My Affection |
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Everyone Says I Love You |
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Afterglow |
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Great Expectations (1997) |
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Mrs. Brown |
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Earthly Possesions (HBO Original) |
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Tin Cup |
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Kundun |
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Wag the Dog |
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Stealing Beauty |
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The Gingerbread Man |
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Georgia |
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Ulee's Gold |
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Steal Big, Steal Little |
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The Opposite of Sex |
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Elizabeth |
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Oscar and Lucinda |
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All Over Me |
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The Spanish Prisoner |
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You've Got Mail |
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A Bug's Life |
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The Cutting Edge |
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American History X |
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U.S. Marshals |
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Tollbooth |
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Jude |
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Breaking the Waves |
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Inventing the Abbotts |
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The Portrait of a Lady |
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Love and Death on Long Island |
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The Butcher Boy |
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A Simple Plan |
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Contact |
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Dangerous Beauty |
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Shine |
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The Matchmaker |
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Ever After |
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Secrets & Lies |
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Apt Pupil |
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Boogie Nights |
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The Horse Whisperer |
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Pushing Tin |
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Forces of Nature |
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Michael |
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Cruel Intentions |
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Rushmore |
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10 Things I Hate About You |
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Entrapment |
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| *updated 12/29/99 |
