Top 150 Movies Since 1990

After months of research and hours spent watching too many movies when we should have been out doing something with our lives, Kotite's Corner has compiled a list of the top 150 movies since 1990. It wasn't easy to eliminate some that are not on the list, and it wasn't easy to come up with the order for the current list. The rules are simple - No documentaries will appear on the list. This list was also compiled by men, so you will not see movies such as Titanic on here. If sequels belonged (Bourne Trilogy), we lumped all movies together in order to save room for others. The movies included in this list, as the title suggests, came out between 1990-2008. We also feel as if every movie list should be well-rounded, meaning you need movies from multiple genres. The Oscars are on Sunday,and we have The Dark Knight, Gran Torino, The Wrestler, and Slumdog Millionaire from this year's list. So here it is, Kotite's Corner's Top 150 movies since 1990. We hope you enjoy!

1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
   
   
2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
   
   
3. The Usual Suspects (1995)
   
   
4. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
   
   
5. American History X (1998)
   
   
6. American Beauty (1999)
   
   
7. Braveheart (1995)
   
   
8. Se7en (1995)
   
   
9. City of God (2002)
   
   
10. Fight Club (1999)
    
    
11. Goodfellas (1990)
    
    
12. Magnolia (1999)
    
    
13. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    
    
14. The Departed (2006)
    
    
15. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
    
    
16. Schindler's List (1993)
    
    
17. Heat (1995)
    
    
18. Crash (2004)
    
    
19. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
    
    
20. A Bronx Tale (1993)
    
    
21. Blow (2001)
    
    
22. Rounders (1998)
    
    
23. Primal Fear (1996)
    
    
24. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    
    
25. Borat (2006)
    
    
26. The Fugitive (1993)
    
    
27. The Bourne Trilogy (2002-2007)
    
    
28. Clerks (1994)
    
    
29. True Romance (1993)
    
    
30. Jackie Brown (1997)
    
    
31. Kill Bill 1-2 (2003-2004)
    
    
32. Sleepers (1996)
    
    
33. Office Space (1999)
    
    
34. The Prestige (2006)
    
    
35. Philadelphia (1993)
    
    
36. Blood Diamond (2006)
    
    
37. L.A. Confidential (1997)
    
    
38. A Few Good Men (1992)
    
    
39. Amores Perros (2000)
    
    
40. Remember the Titans (2000)
    
    
41. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
    
    
42. Fargo (1996)
    
    
43. Sling Blade (1996)
    
    
44. Mystic River (2003)
    
    
45. The Wrestler (2008)
    
    
46. Old School (2003)
    
    
47. Carlito's Way (1993)
    
    
48. Memento (2001)
    
    
49. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
    
    
50. The Green Mile (1999)
    
    
51. Casino (1995)
    
    
52. Boogie Nights (1997)
    
    
53. Dogma (1999)
    
    
54. The Kite Runner (2007)
    
    
55. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
    
    
56. The Sixth Sense (1999)
    
    
57. Zoolander (2001)
    
    
58. The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
    
    
59. Apollo 13 (1995)
    
    
60. The Big Lebowski (1998)
    
    
61. Saw (2004)
    
    
62. United 93 (2006)
    
    
63. Jurassic Park (1993)
    
    
64. Trainspotting (1996)
    
    
65. Forrest Gump (1994)
    
    
66. Rushmore (1998)
    
    
67. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
    
    
68. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    
    
69. JFK (1991)
    
    
70. 21 Grams (2003)
    
    
71. Shrek (2001)
    
    
72. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
    
    
73. Legends of the Fall (1994)
    
    
74. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
    
    
75. Michael Clayton (2007)
    
    
76. Groundhog Day (1993)
    
    
77. The Insider (1999)
    
    
78. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
    
    
79. Dazed and Confused (1993)
    
    
80. Unforgiven (1992)
    
    
81. Donnie Brasco (1997)
    
    
82. No Country For Old Men (2007)
    
    
83. Donnie Darko (2001)
    
    
84. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
    
    
85. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
    
    
86. Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995)
    
    
87. Gran Torino (2008)
    
    
88. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
    
    
89. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
    
    
90. Apocalypto (2006)
    
    
91. Letters from Iwo Jima/Flags of our Fathers (2006)
    
    
92. Austin Powers (1997)
    
    
93. Traffic (2000)
    
    
94. The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
    
    
95. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
    
    
96. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
    
    
97. The Basketball Diaries (1995)
    
    
98. Snatch (2000)
    
    
99. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
    
    
100. Meet the Parents (2000)
     
     
101. Batman Begins/The Dark Knight (2005-2008)
     
     
102. Being John Malkovich (1999)
     
     
103. Gangs of New York (2002)
     
     
104. The Truman Show (1998)
     
     
105. South Park (1999)
     
     
106. Three Kings (1999)
     
     
107. Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
     
     
108. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
     
     
109. Dumb and Dumber (1994)
     
     
110. Casino Royale (2006)
     
     
111. Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
     
     
112. Wayne's World (1992)
     
     
113. Home Alone (1990)
     
     
114. Road to Perdition (2002)
     
     
115. The Constant Gardener (2005)
     
     
116. Friday (1995)
     
     
117. Punch Drunk Love (2002)
     
     
118. Cape Fear (1991)
     
     
119. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
     
     
120. John Q (2002)
     
     
121. Scent of a Woman (1992)
     
     
122. There Will Be Blood (2007)
     
     
123. The Matrix (1999)
     
     
124. Swingers (1996)
     
     
125. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
     
     
126. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
     
     
127. Happy Gilmore (1996)
     
     
128. Natural Born Killers (1994)
     
     
129. Gladiator (2000)
     
     
130. True Lies (1994)
     
     
131. Training Day (2001)
     
     
132. Sin City (2005)
     
     
133. Menace II Society (1993)
     
     
134. American Pie (1999)
     
     
135. Dead Man Walking (1995)
     
     
136. There's Something About Mary (1998)
     
     
137. Interview with the Vampire (1994)
     
     
138. Good Will Hunting (1997)
     
     
139. Speed (1994)
     
     
140. Saving Silverman (2001)
     
     
141. The Life of David Gale (2003)
     
     
142. Ace Ventura (1994)
     
     
143. Ocean's Eleven (2001)
     
     
144. Inside Man (2006)
     
     
145. What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
     
     
146. Road Trip (2000)
     
     
147. Harry Potter (2001-2008)
     
     
148. Scream (1996)
     
     
149. Misery (1990)
     
     
150. Golden Eye (1995)
     
     

Top Fictional Seinfeld Movies

The show Seinfeld has given us so many classic moments and memories from all of their great seasons. We decided to make a list of the best fictional movies referenced in the show.

1. Rochelle Rochelle – The tagline pretty much says it all - “A young girl’s strange, erotic journey from Milan to Minsk.” How can you honestly go wrong with a movie like that. Kotite’s Corner maintains that if this were made into a real movie, it may be one of the greatest of all-time. This movie is mentioned multiple times in multiple episodes. George rents the movie in the episode “The Smelly Car” and hides from Susan the fact that he rented it. The video ends up costing George $95 when it is stolen from Jerry’s car because the window was left open to air out the BO. This movie was so popular, it was made into a Broadway musical, starring Bette Midler. Elaine sums up the movie, and men in general best, when she states, “Men will sit through the most boring pointless movie if there’s the slightest chance a woman will take her top off.” Any man who says they have not done that before is a liar.

2. Chunnel – Another movie which is mentioned in a few episodes. The name of the movie comes from the plot, which involves an explosion in the Channel Tunnel. The plot also involves the President’s daughter being trapped in the Chunnel between England and France. Jerry is unable to follow the plot, and discusses with Elaine in the movie theater, which causes Susan to get angry and break off her friendship with Elaine. The tagline for the movie reads “Chunnel: 32 Miles of Hell.”

3. Sack Lunch – Sack Lunch first appeared in the episode “The English Patient.” This movie was released the same day as the English Patient, and Elaine’s desire to see Sack Lunch is ignored by her boyfriend, who insists on seeing The English Patient. Elaine eventually sees the movie by herself, and later, while travelling to Tunisia, Elaine is happy to hear that the in-flight movie is Sack Lunch. Elaine wants to see the movie to see if the people on the poster for the movie were shrunk down, or if it is just a giant sack. The film is a reference to comedies which have large commercial appeal, however bad critical responses, as opposed to movies such as The English Patient, which earn large critical acclaim and Oscar nominations, but have little popular influence.

4. Death Blow – This is a film that appeared in the episode “The Little Kicks.” After Jerry finds out that Kramer’s friend Brody is bootlegging the movie, he talks to Kramer outside the theater. When they hear a loud explosion, Kramer yells “Ah man, we’re missin’ the death blow!” They both run back into the theater. Jerry bootlegs the movie, and becomes a bootlegging legend. The tagline for Death Blow, delivered by Kramer is, “Death Blow: When someone tries to blow you up, not because of who you are, but for different reasons altogether.”

5. Cry Cry Again – Also seen in the episode “The Little Kicks,” this movie is described as an “arty movie.” Kramer bootlegs it after Jerry refuses to do so, and is seen laughing hysterically in the theater while watching it. Elaine tapes over the movie with her dancing, and when Jerry and Kramer are forced to give the bootleg copy to Brody, they say that when observing the film, “You cry, then you see the dancer, and you cry again.”

6. CheckMate – Appears in the episode “The Movie” and is about chess and intrigue. Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer all try to meet up to see the movie together, but due to a series of problems, 3 out of 4 of them end up watching Rochelle Rochelle independently. While in the movie theater, you heard the following Oscar-worthy dialogue come out of CheckMate—

Larry David: I didn’t know you enjoyed chess, your majesty.

King: Why wouldn’t I?

Larry David: Because the king is always in jeopardy.

King: Yes, but it’s only a game.

Larry David: (suspiciously) Yes, of course…. only a game.

That’s gold.

7. Prognosis Negative – This film is mentioned in many Seinfeld episodes. In the episode “The Dog,” George and Jerry go to the movie originally, and Jerry hates it, but does not tell Elaine he went and saw it. Jerry is then forced to go see the movie at a later point with Elaine. Prognosis Negative is supposedly about a man who receives a negative result on a medical test, which he mistakenly believes to be a bad thing.

8. Firestorm – This movie is mentioned in a few episodes, and is a blockbuster action film, starring Harrison Ford. Jerry mentioned at one point Harrison Ford “jumped out of the plane and was shooting back up at them while he was falling.” An “underwater escape” is also mentioned as having taken part in the movie. Because George just got engaged, Susan does not want to see the movie, and George is forced to go see The Muted Heart instead. After the movie, George sees Jerry discussing how great the film was with another person, as Firestorm was let out at the same time. In the episode “The Rye,” Firestorm starts an argument between Mr. Ross, and Frank Costanza, and Mr. Ross begins talking about it at a dinner party, and Frank Costanza yells that he hasn’t seen it yet, and likes to go into a movie fresh.

9. Flaming Globes of Sigmund – The movie appears in the episode “The Heart Attack,” when Jerry wakes up from a dream about a sci-fi film, and scribbles on a piece of paper “Like flaming globes of Sigmund.” He thought it was funny at the time, but spends the rest of the episode trying to figure out exactly what it means. Jerry turns on the TV and finds Flaming Globes of Sigmund on, with the dialogue, “It’s just as you prophesied. The planets of out solar system, incinerating. Like flaming globes, Sigmund. Like flaming globes. Ah ha ha ha..” (Voice of Larry David).

10. The Other Side of Darkness – This movie appears in the episode “The Comeback” and is a direct-to-video release about a female coma victim and her husband. The film is very long and ends with the coma victim regaining consciousness. Kramer rents the movie and the movie impacts him greatly. He visits a lawyer to deal with the possibility of being in a coma. He then sees the end of the movie, at which point he revokes his living will. He goes to the lawyer, however, the lawyer is at his tennis lesson. When Kramer goes to the tennis club, a ball machine is mistakenly turned and ends up firing at Kramer’s head at top speed, putting Kramer in the hospital. While Elaine is visiting, she looks for an outlet for the VCR, and pulls a giant plug. Kramer wakes up and thinks that his plus has been pulled.