Top 10 Films of 1993...

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1993...

We lost one of the screen's finest ladies in Audrey Hepburn - It was the year of The Wackos in Waco - Spielberg broke his own box office record (for E.T.) with the release of Jurassic Park.

Like '93, it was a year for new classics...

Please try to do a top 10 in order (hard as it may be) with an optional two or three "honorable mentions".

The Callaghan Best Films of 1993 List:

01 Schindler's List
02 Jurassic Park
03 Tombstone
04 The Fugitive
05 Philadelphia
06 A Perfect World
07 Groundhog Day
08 Sommersby
09 Mrs. Doubtfire
10 In the Line of Fire

Honorable Mentions:

-Tie: The Three Musketeers -and- The Man Without a Face

-True Romance

-In the Name of the Father

Also...

The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: Schindler's List
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Director
Who Won: Steven Spielberg (Schindler’s List)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Actor
Who Won: Tom Hanks (Philadelphia)
Shoulda Won: Liam Neeson (Schindler’s List)

Best Actress
Who Won: Holly Hunter (The Piano)
Shoulda Won: Jodie Foster (Sommersby) *Not even nominated
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Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive)
Shoulda Won: Val Kilmer (Tombstone) *Not even nominated
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Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Anna Paquin (The Piano)
Shoulda Won: Dana Delany (Tombstone) *Not even nominated
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Best Cinematography
Who Won: Janusz Kaminski (Schindler’s List)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Score
Who Won: John Williams (Schindler’s List)
Shoulda Won: John Williams (Jurassic Park) *Not even nominated (for this film anyway)
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Forgot Which Films Came Out That Year?
Have No Fear - The IMDB Is Here...
http://us.imdb.com/List?year=1993&&...ing=7;Most popular titles;1993 by total votes

-and-

The Oscar Nods & Winners...
http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/1994


Edit:
To add Tombstone...Thanks, Blaine!!
 
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I think Schindler's List should have won the academy award, and I really liked it a lot. But for me, Tombstone just nudged it out by a hair.

01. Tombstone
02. Schindler's List
03. The Fugitive
04. Grumpy Old Men
05. Jurassic Park
06. Kalifornia
07. Point of No Return
08. Carlito's Way
09. The Sandlot
10. Searching for Bobby Fischer


Honorable Mention
True Romance
The Man Without a Face
Indian Summer
 
The Hudson Best Films of 1993 List:

01 Schindler's List
02 True Romance (Inspired me. T Scott's best film to date in large part due to Tarantino's screenplay)
03 Tombstone
04 Jurassic Park
05 Dazed and Confused
06 Braindead - Released in the US on Feb 12th, 1993
07 Gettysburg (Kind of Made for T.V.ish but resonates well with me due to subject matter)
08 Fugitive, The
09 Rudy
10 Army of Darkness

Honorable Mentions:

- A Bronx Tale
- Cliffhanger (I like Stallone; what can I say?)
- Demolition Man (I like Stallone; what can I say?)

Also...

The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: Schindler's List
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Director
Who Won: Steven Spielberg (Schindler’s List)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Actor
Who Won: Tom Hanks (Philadelphia)
Shoulda Won: Ralph Fiennes (Schindler’s List)

Best Actress
Who Won: Holly Hunter (The Piano)
Shoulda Won: Emma Thompson (The Remains of the Day)

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive)
Shoulda Won: Val Kilmer (Tombstone) *Not even nominated

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Anna Paquin (The Piano)
Shoulda Won: Emma Thompson (In the Name of the Father)

Best Cinematography
Who Won: Janusz Kaminski (Schindler’s List)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Score
Who Won: John Williams (Schindler’s List)
Shoulda Won: I concur
 
Interesting picks, Hudson...

but
John_Hudson said:
Best Actor
Who Won: Tom Hanks (Philadelphia)
Shoulda Won: Ralph Fiennes (Schindler’s List)...
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How ya figure Fiennes' was a leading role over Liam's?! :huh:
 
That's an interesting question and I thought hard about it. It was a tight call

I just am mesmerized by Fiennes performance in this film. Liam is a stud; I love him, but he played Liam (Which is always great).

On a further note; Ben Kingley's performance was a stunning as the others, don't you think ?
 
1- Carlitos Way
2- A bronx tale
3- Shindlers List
4- Jurassic Park
5- Army of Darkness
6- Grumpy old men
7- Mad dog and glory
8 Gettysburg
9- Groundhog day.
10- The Piano
 
John_Hudson said:
That's an interesting question and I thought hard about it. It was a tight call

I just am mesmerized by Fiennes performance in this film. Liam is a stud; I love him, but he played Liam (Which is always great).

On a further note; Ben Kingley's performance was a stunning as the others, don't you think ?
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Of course...and in fact I had Ralph originally as Best Supporting.

...that was before I realized that while I was adjusting the sequence of my list, I somehow erased Tombstone. Then I had to edge him out for Doc "You're-A-Daisy-If-Ya-Do" Holliday. That is the ****ing role of Kilmer's life...& he'll never top it.
 
10. The Sandlot
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One of my all time favorite films as a kid. Very quotable. Good fun and entertaining as hell. I LOVE this movie.

9. Rudy
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One of the first films to ever make me cry. You know what I'm talking about. Every time I watch this with my friends, every single one of them "just has something in their eye". Classic.

8. Philadelphia
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The only film to make me weep my eyes out for an embarrasing amount of time. When Neil Young starts singing and the home videos start playing...oh god, thinking about it gets me a little choked up. If you didn't cry at the ehnd of this, you are NOT human!

7. Trois couleurs: Bleu
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Beautiful film. Top notch cinematography and brilliant peformance by Binoche. Very depressing, but damn, I just adore it. Kieslowski's the man.

6. Tombstone
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Four words: "I'll be your Huckelberry."

One of the greatest westerns of all time, and one of the most underrated and underappreciated performances of all time. Kilmer owned.
 
5. Sonatine
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Yeah. No ones probably seen this (maybe except for Spidey). His names Kitano. Takeshi Kitano. God among directors. He also acts. No, I don't mean like Tarantino acts. The man can ACT. Not his best film ( I think Vioent Cop), but damn great.


4. Jurassic Park
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Do I need to say anything? This was my childhood. My King Kong. My life.


3. A Perfect World
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I brought up this film in a thread a while back. Clint's best (as director) and certainly Costner's best. Absolutely pitch perfect in every conceivable way. Probably the greatest scene I have ever watched (second only to Saving Private Ryan, with the german soldier and Mellish) is near the end with the Cleavland family. If you've seen this, you know what I'm talking about. Brilliant.

2. Groundhog Day
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Timeless. Murray kills. Awesome screenplay. Beautiful message. Laugh out loud funny. It's just one of those movies that doesn't get old no matter how many times you watch it. Without a doubt my favorite comdey of all time. It's that damn good.

1. A Bronx Tale
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De Niro's directorial debut, adapted by and from Chazz Palminteri's brilliant play, who also stars. Kind of feels like a Scorsese movie at times, and thats a good thing. Wonderful performance all around. Unforgettable. I've probably seen this film at least 30 times. You won't be dissapointed.
 
CallaghanFilms said:
Doc "You're-A-Daisy-If-Ya-Do" Holliday. That is the poo pooing role of Kilmer's life...& he'll never top it.
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Ain't it the truth. It's probably my favorite Kurt Russell part, too. (As well as: Michael Biehn and Powers Boothe)

And how about that confrontation between Russell and Billy Bob Thornton in "The Oriental".
 
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01 Three Colors: Blue
02 Naked
03 Army of Darkness
04 Short Cuts
05 King of the Hill
06 The Age of Innocence
07 Faraway, So Close
08 Carlito's Way
09 True Romance
10 Sonatine

honerable mention...
Iron Monkey
 
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