Top Ten Best Films of the 1990s

I find movies are interesting to look back on.   Probably as wine connoisseurs like to look back on fine wines.   Has the movie aged well?  How does it look today?  How did it affect you in the past?  How does it affect you today?   The thing I find really interesting in looking back on movies is how do they make you feel now?   In other words, if we are discussing the 1990s, these films are now 20-29 years old.  For most people, even though the movie hasn't changed one bit in that time frame, they have.   So, people will view it differently now.  Having said that, it still remains that a good movie is a good movie and it will still be a good movie 10-20-30 and sometimes even 40 years after it first came out (The Godfather 1 and 2 as examples).     I think some really terrific films came out in the 1990s.  I gave it some thought and have produced my top ten.   I'll name the movie and the year it was released:

1. "The Shawshank Redemption"  1994
2. "The Silence of the Lambs"  1991
3. "Saving Private Ryan"  1998
4. "Les Miserables"  1998
5  "The Professional" 1994
6.  "As Good as it Gets"  1997
7. "The Usual Suspects"  1995
8. "American Beauty"  1999
9. "Misery" 1990
10. "Good Will Hunting"  1997


This list is certainly open to interpretation.  I'd love  to hear what other people think....

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