Yearly Consensus - 1990

[Spinal]

It has been over four years since this project last began its cycle. The time has come for an update. But this time there will be a new twist. In addition to your top ten films, I will be asking Match Cut to select its top ten performances from each year.

So, as a reminder, here are the ground rules (with a few updates):

Submit your five favorite films and five favorite performances from this year and in a week I will give you a top ten in both categories. IMDb dates will be used.

The point system is as follows

1st Place-5 points
2nd Place-4 points
3rd Place-3.5 points
4th Place-3 points
5th Place-2.5 points

10.5 pts required to make either list.

There will be no restrictions on short films.

There will be no distinction made between male and female performances.
There will be no distinction made between lead and supporting performances.
Voice acting can be considered a performance.


I would like to be able to count votes as they come in. This means that if you change your vote, you need to make a new post. Please quote your old list and then add your new list so that I can easily track the changes. I will not be looking for edits. Once you make a post, consider your vote cast.

You may begin now.

To get you in the mood, I leave you with the top pop song of 1990 ...

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[Boner M]

1. Goodfellas
2. Gremlins 2: The New Batch
3. Pump up the Volume
4. Trust
5. Sink or Swim

RU: The Match Factory Girl, Miami Blues, Life is Sweet, Metropolitan, Close-up, Tremors, Jacob's Ladder, The King of New York...

[eternity]

1. Miller's Crossing
2. Metropolitan
3. Trust
4. Edward Scissorhands
5. Wild at Heart

1. Adrienne Shelly, Trust
2. Nicolas Cage, Wild at Heart
3. Kathy Bates, Misery
4. Joe Pesci, Goodfellas
5. Diane Ladd, Wild at Heart
H.M. Sofia Coppola, The Godfather Part III <3

[StanleyK]

A couple of questions: Is it obligatory to vote both for films and performances, or can I only make one list? And is the minimum still three, or does it have to be five?

This is a very cool idea. If it isn't too much work tallying, we could even expand the categories (best score, best screenplay...)

[Pop Trash]

Can we opt out of the performance list?

[Pop Trash]

This is a very cool idea. If it isn't too much work tallying, we could even expand the categories (best score, best screenplay...)

Ugh. No. TOO MUCH WORKY. It's hard enough doing this for a current year, let alone 22 years ago.

[Spinal]

Can we opt out of the performance list?

You can, but I'd rather you didn't.

[Spinal]

A couple of questions: Is it obligatory to vote both for films and performances, or can I only make one list? And is the minimum still three, or does it have to be five?

This is a very cool idea. If it isn't too much work tallying, we could even expand the categories (best score, best screenplay...)

Minimum is three, though that rarely happens.

One additional category should be plenty. Otherwise, it becomes a chore.

[Dead & Messed Up]

1. Goodfellas
2. Misery
3. Gremlins 2: The New Batch
4. Miller's Crossing
5. Darkman

1. Kathy Bates, Misery
2. Ray Liotta, Goodfellas
3. Jim Varney, Ernest Goes to Jail
4. John Turturro, Miller's Crossing
5. Meg Ryan, Joe vs. the Volcano

[Spinal]

1. Miller's Crossing
2. The Grifters
3. Dreams
4. La Femme Nikita
5. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

1. John Turturro - Miller's Crossing
2. Helena Bonham Carter - Hamlet
3. Al Pacino - Dick Tracy
4. Gary Oldman - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
5. Laura Dern - Wild at Heart

[elixir]

Lists!

1. Trust
2. Metropolitan
3. Days of Being Wild
4. Pump up the Volume
5. Nouvelle vague

1. Adrienne Shelly, Trust
2. Leslie Cheung, Days of Being Wild
3. Isaac De Bankole, No Fear, No Die
4. Christian Slater, Pump up the Volume
5. Martin Donovan, Trust

[StanleyK]

Minimum is three, though that rarely happens.

Yes, well, you see...



Films:

1. Days of Being Wild (Kar Wai Wong)
2. Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami)
3. Miller's Crossing (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)

Performances:

1. Denzel Washington (Mo' Better Blues)
2. Tony Leung (Bullet in the Head)
3. Kerry Fox (An Angel at My Table)

[Spinal]

I'll have to wait and see how the voting for performances shakes out. Hopefully, there is enough data to form a meaningful result.

[Pop Trash]

You can, but I'd rather you didn't.

FINE!

Movies:
1. Goodfellas
2. Pump Up the Volume
3. Darkman
4. Misery
5. Jacob's Ladder

6. Days of Being Wild
7. The Exorcist III
8. Cry-Baby
9. Total Recall
10. Kindergarten Cop

Performances:
1. Kathy Bates "Misery"
2. Lorainne Bracco "Goodfellas"
3. Brad Dourif "The Exorcist III"
4. Tim Robbins "Jacob's Ladder" (also Cadillac Man)
5. Meg Ryan "Joe vs. The Volcano"

If I could give neg points to Wild at Heart, I would.

[Pop Trash]

3. Jim Varney, Ernest Goes to Jail
5. Meg Ryan, Joe vs. the Volcano

haha awesome ritch:

[Mysterious Dude]

1. Edward Scissorhands
2. La Femme Nikita
3. Miller's Crossing
4. After Dark, My Sweet
5. Dick Tracy

1. Joe Pesci, Goodfellas
2. Johnny Depp, Edward Scissorhands
3. John Turturro, Miller's Crossing
4. Al Pacino, Dick Tracy
5. Kathy Bates, Misery

This is one of my least favorite years. I almost voted for George Hardy from Troll 2.

[Adam]

1) Miami Blues
2) Miller's Crossing
3) Dick Tracy
4) Life is Sweet (used to think this was one of Leigh's weakest - now I love it implicitly)
5) Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

1) Alec Baldwin, Miami Blues
2) Gabriel Byrne, Miller's Crossing
3) Bill Murray, Quick Change
4) Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miami Blues
5) Tom Hanks, Joe Versus the Volcano

HMS Kati Outinen, Antonio Banderas, Adrienne Shelly, Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Jim Broadbent, Meg Ryan, Madonna

[Pop Trash]

IMDB voters really hate the early 90s.

[Lazlo]

1. Goodfellas
2. Miller's Crossing
3. Edward Scissorhands
4. Close-Up
5. The Rescuers Down Under

1. Ray Liotta - Goodfellas
2. Gabriel Byrne - Miller's Crossing
3. George C. Scott - The Rescuers Down Under
4. Johnny Depp - Edward Scissorhands
5. Joe Pesci - Goodfellas

[Grouchy]

I'm only voting the films:

1. Goodfellas
2. Miller's Crossing
3. ¡Átame!
4. Dreams
5. Total Recall

[Thirdmango]

Looking at this list it seems I've only seen 11 movies from 1990.

1. Miller's Crossing
2. Edward Scissorhands
3. Boiling Point (Kitano)
4. Back to the Future III
5. Dick Tracy

[Pop Trash]

Contemplating my feelings re: Dances with Wolves. I seem to remember it being really cool to hate on around 95-99, but I don't think it was that warranted.

[Sycophant]

1. Bullet in the Head
2. Wild at Heart
3. Boiling Point
4. Miller's Crossing
5. Fight Back to School

6. Back to the Future III
7. Dreams
8. Mo' Better Blues
9. Metropolitan
10. Edward Scissorhands

If I can figure it out, I'll try to come up with a better performance list.

1. Laura Dern, Wild at Heart
2. Nicolas Cage, Wild at Heart
3. Christopher Lloyd, Back to the Future 3
4. Ng Man-Tat, Fight Back to School
5. Alan Young, DuckTales: Treasure of the Lost Lamp

Actually, I might be pretty happy with that.

[Spinal]

4. Ng Man-Tat

This is an awesome name.

[B-side]

1. Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami)
2. Revenge (Tony Scott)
3. Wild at Heart (David Lynch)
4. Sure Fire (Jon Jost)
5. Trust (Hal Hartley)

1. Hossain Sabzian - Close-Up
2. Joe Pesci - Goodfellas
3. Adrienne Shelly - Trust
4. Danny Glover - To Sleep with Anger
5. Nicolas Cage - Wild at Heart