Why It’s The Best: Mad Mel’s grasp of history has never been the best, but he certainly knows how to put together a battle scene, as proved here in a number of blood-spattered set-pieces. Gibson was one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars at this stage of his career, and it’s easy to see why. His wild-eyed, stout-hearted William Wallace is one of the greatest action heroes ever committed to celluloid! So what if he’s got it in for the English? It’s still a cracking film.
Most '90s Moment: The sight of Mel Gibson standing upright without any help places this firmly in the context of the '90s.
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youngnedyoung
Aug 4th 2011, 7:49
Usual Suspects only at 12! Come on, that's a top 3 movie for the twist alone.
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jamiehalus
Aug 4th 2011, 8:05
@youngnedyoung. They are not rated from 1-30, its just the 30 best movies. If they were being rated they would countdown from 30-1 :-)
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spunkbag
Aug 4th 2011, 8:07
Where the hell are beauty and the beast and the lion king. I can't believe these films are not on this list. Whilst i agree with most of the choices here I think point break could easily have left off for one of these Disney classics
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gwales
Aug 4th 2011, 8:31
@jamiehalus Actually that was a technical hitch - they are indeed in a countdown. Let the debate begin...
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minorityreport
Aug 4th 2011, 8:39
I know this kind of poll generally comes down to personal preference, but what about Babe, Thelma & Louise, Boogie Nights, Grosse Point Blank?
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jamiehalus
Aug 4th 2011, 8:45
gwales, damn you, now i look a fool, a FOOL I TELLS YA!! :-P
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Hadouken76
Aug 4th 2011, 9:34
No love for Hard boiled or Leon? Those I could watch time and time again...
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Amezzeray
Aug 4th 2011, 9:40
basically the 90s is: "the decade of Kevin Spacey". ;-)
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ValisBatman
Aug 4th 2011, 9:46
Sorry to be thaaat guy, but where the hell is Titanic. I hate how massively overrated both The Shawshank Redemption and Pulp Fiction are. They just aren't that good...
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ChrisWootton
Aug 4th 2011, 11:02
Goodfellas should be number 1.. without question. No love for Deep Blue Sea? Only kidding
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joshliamdunne
Aug 4th 2011, 11:11
I'm sorry, but Fight Club has GOT to be number one. That film MADE my 90's.
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English47
Aug 4th 2011, 12:49
Surprised that there's no Titanic, Leon, Saving Private Ryan... but if any thing, I think Edward Scissorhands and Being John Malkovich belong on this list. I think some movies were rated way too low, like American History X and The Matrix but overall this list just reminds about how much good came out of the 90's.
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English47
Aug 4th 2011, 12:56
... and no Dances with the Wolves.
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English47
Aug 4th 2011, 13:00
... and no Sixth Sense or Forrest Gump. OK I have to stop...
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ChrisWootton
Aug 4th 2011, 13:09
I really don't rate American History X.. Leon should be in there and Titantic (even though I personally don't like that film). Thinking of a top 30 for the whole decade is almost impossible as there were some high quality movies out.
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daveroper
Aug 4th 2011, 13:58
I agree Leon and Grosse Pointe Blank should have found a home here, and Being JM. Always hard to work out who gets left out. One obvious omission though, Episode 1. Goodness me, get with the programme guys.
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ChrisWootton
Aug 4th 2011, 14:25
daveroper, you're getting confused... Episode one is on the "s**ttest Films of the 90's and ALL TIME" and it's number 1!
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Hadouken76
Aug 4th 2011, 18:20
No Micheal Bay? I dont care what you say about him, Armageddon and The Rock were big loud and entertaining, all Ilook for in a film when I want to escape. Sorry if this upsets the Guardianista's, but Ethan Hawke mumbling into a corner, repressed Chinese people looking glum, some Iranian boy looking for his bike for 4 hours don't do it for me. Oh and City Slickers is ace too
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AnyKeyz
Aug 4th 2011, 23:31
Nice list, glad you put my favorite Tarantino script in there (True Romance). Groundhound day is a nice little movie, but in front of American Beauty really ? :P However, Leon should have been there.
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Toph80
Aug 5th 2011, 0:18
I know each to their own and everything but REALLY!!!!!! Jurassic Park above Silence Of The Lambs?????? Was who ever voted it that way to busy hiding behind a cushion when the film was on to see how fricking amazing that film is????? Ok its not got Dinosuars in it but who dinosaurs when you have SIR Anthony Hopkins???
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gregbreen1
Aug 5th 2011, 3:22
No room for THE CRYING GAME.....
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glegs
Aug 5th 2011, 12:28
1. Pulp Fiction 2. Fargo 3. Being John Malkovich 4. Fight Club 5. Reservoir Dogs 6. Se7en 7. Goodfellas 8. The Big Lebowski 9. Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me 10. Crash
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pipehitterz
Aug 5th 2011, 18:39
amazed there is no leon forest gump hammered both the top 2 films in this list at the oscars but doesnt make a top 30 list? fanboy films like big lebowski and clerks do not belong in a 'general' top 30 of greatest movies were is twelve monkeys and the truman show
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DAO999
Aug 5th 2011, 20:19
Not a bad list. I was happy to see a Thin Red Line on the list. Agree it is totally underrated as a great war film.
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dex2010
Aug 7th 2011, 10:22
Wheres The Sixth Sense???
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Toursiveu
Aug 7th 2011, 15:35
Do people at Total Film EVER see foreign, non-english talking movies?... It's not a list of the 30 best movies from the 90s, rather a list of the 30 best AMERICAN movies from the 90s...
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Toursiveu
Aug 7th 2011, 15:35
Do people at Total Film EVER see foreign, non-english talking movies?... It's not a list of the 30 best movies from the 90s, rather a list of the 30 best AMERICAN movies from the 90s...
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Igrayne
Aug 7th 2011, 20:39
The Thin Red Line should definitely be there well done Total Film identifying it again as superior to Saving Private Ryan which it is by far. But Tarantino is dreadful, his films are just a collage of bad humour, classic film references and unrealistic actions sequences I mean why does nobody see this? I feel like I am going bloody mad. J.F.K should definitely have been there, Heat is a masterpiece as is most of Mann's work and by the way Trainspotting is British. Also well done acknowledging two of David Fincher's films he is an excellent director and has gotten the best out of Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey Pitt of whom has not hit that peak since although he was close with Troy director's cut. James out
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Igrayne
Aug 7th 2011, 20:39
The Thin Red Line should definitely be there well done Total Film identifying it again as superior to Saving Private Ryan which it is by far. But Tarantino is dreadful, his films are just a collage of bad humour, classic film references and unrealistic actions sequences I mean why does nobody see this? I feel like I am going bloody mad. J.F.K should definitely have been there, Heat is a masterpiece as is most of Mann's work and by the way Trainspotting is British. Also well done acknowledging two of David Fincher's films he is an excellent director and has gotten the best out of Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey Pitt of whom has not hit that peak since although he was close with Troy director's cut. James out
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Igrayne
Aug 7th 2011, 20:40
The Thin Red Line should definitely be there well done Total Film identifying it again as superior to Saving Private Ryan which it is by far. But Tarantino is dreadful, his films are just a collage of bad humour, classic film references and unrealistic actions sequences I mean why does nobody see this? I feel like I am going bloody mad. J.F.K should definitely have been there, Heat is a masterpiece as is most of Mann's work and by the way Trainspotting is British. Also well done acknowledging two of David Fincher's films he is an excellent director and has gotten the best out of Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey Pitt of whom has not hit that peak since although he was close with Troy director's cut. James out
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annunziato
Aug 8th 2011, 19:34
your never going to get people agreeing to ANYONE's top thirty list and you'll not hear different from me. This list is retarded but I'm not going to bother disecting it as many have already done so above. Suffice to say it's 100 per cent garbage
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annunziato
Aug 8th 2011, 19:35
your never going to get people agreeing to ANYONE's top thirty list and you'll not hear different from me. This list is retarded but I'm not going to bother disecting it as many have already done so above. Suffice to say it's 100 per cent garbage
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annunziato
Aug 8th 2011, 19:36
your never going to get people agreeing to ANYONE's top thirty list and you'll not hear different from me. This list is retarded but I'm not going to bother disecting it as many have already done so above. Suffice to say it's 100 per cent garbage
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koreshek
Aug 9th 2011, 22:39
Someone really don't like Saving Private Ryan. No wonder you have riots and islamization of the country.
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joker16
Aug 11th 2011, 3:54
Not only is Casino Martin Scorsese's finest achievement, but it's also one of the greatest films ever made. The fact that it's passed over for the highly overrated Goodfellas (don't get me wrong, I love Goodfellas as much as the next guy but it's far from Marty's best work) is just plain wrong. Braveheart & Unforgiven are also extremely overrated. It annoys me to no end in movies when there's a big battle sequence and the main character takes every single person on by himself. Its fine in a Rambo style movie but not one that's trying to take itself seriously. I also hate bloodless violence, which Braveheart is full of. And it's not even that really, the fight sequences are so poorly choreographed that you can see the same extra getting killed twice or three times. That's just shoddy editing. And you don't even really see anyone actually getting killed, you see people getting clubbed and stuff, but nobody actually dies. That's one of Iron Man's main problems as well. Action films without real action.
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90smoviesnet
Sep 3rd 2011, 22:15
Pulp Fiction is one of my alltime favorite movies. The badassery of Jules and Vincent combined with Marcellus Wallace, The Wolf, and Butch make for one hell of a flick. Nonlinear storytelling at its best. http://90smovies.net
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aragorn01
Oct 25th 2011, 10:56
twist endings/storylines is definitely one of the main trends of the 90's cinema. Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, The Usual Suspects, The Sixth Sense and Fight Club...even Se7en (come onnn...who saw that gift box coming??) the list should've included Saving Private Ryan instead of The Thin Red Line. i mean, sure the latter's got Clooney, but the fomer's got MATT DAMON. and speaking of Damon...what about Good Will Hunting?? THAT, along with Scent of a Woman, Dazed and Confused and School Ties seem to represent another 90's cinema trend, which is the new teen angst movies...continuing all the john hughes/brat pack lighter stuff from the 80's. But, GWH is the one to represent this major 90's film subgenre. and with this being the best of the 90's...where's JULIA ROBERTS??? she's like THE actress/movie star of this decade. period. i think Pretty Woman should be on this list, just for that. Dances With Wolves, for me, is the better 90's western than Unforgiven...but, then again, if you see the 90's more as this grim, depressing and hopeless world, then yeah...i guess Eastwood's film represents it better. Other "90's" gems that are missing: along with Saving Private Ryan, more of Tom Hanks' pictures, Forrest Gump and Apollo 13...Tom Cruise's best works, A Few Good Men, Jerry Maguire..and why not a very 90's John Grisham's adaptation, featuring a very 90's leading man, The Firm? Interview With the Vampire (featuring most of the 90's male eye candies, Cruise, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater and Antonio Banderas), Blade and Bram Stoker's Dracula as the 90's precursors to the next decade's trend...BLOOD SUCKERS. and remember how much a HUGE frenzy that Anne Rice's book caused, plus her infamous objection to Tom Cruise being cast as Lestat...
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drbond1978
Mar 8th 2012, 11:52
great film
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