Best Films of 1993

#100

The lame McCoy

Note to self: Don't ever purchase a baboon heart

Wow, there are a lot of very angry people in the movie about angry people making a movie about angry people.

What a disappointing third movie.

DeVito does well in this serious turn, but it was just too depressing

It's not even worth a matinee price

Not a masterpiece

As a kid this is not what I expected coming from the kid in Home Alone

I'd rather be lost in sleep when watching this

Some nice performances; but I just didn't care for the story at all

Bad but awesome skiing nonetheless

Kinda bad, but not actually trying to be.

Still searching for something good about this film

More brilliance in badness

A depressing little story of a felon father and a saddened son who's dreams will never happen

First of two docs by this director about this convicted serial killer

Stupidly bad.

Not SNL's finest movie, but good for a few laughs

Are full of your glory

Saw it as a kid and when I first learned about 'boners'

Is that a fucking unicorn?

Director: Albert & Allen Hughes
Their 1st Movie
My 3rd movie watched from the directors

Added to Lists:

The Landscape of LA, USA
Talented Black Directors that should have had a long career
The Best Movies of THE Time - 1990s

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Location: Watts - Los Angeles, CA

It's always been one of my favorite Shakespeare plays and this adaptation was good enough.

Brilliantly bad.

Baz Luhrmann's first feature is pretty decent considering the budget. I wasn't sure what kind of movie it wanted to movie thought, dramatic romance or a silly comedy, it went back and forth.

Okay, I know - but it was a fun movie as a kid and I've always loved baseball.

Crazy, good time.

No actual wrestling, just damn fine writing.

A beautiful epic that cleverly shows the progress of the cultural revolution through a theater and the progress of the production of "Farewell My Concubine". With all this I just never got invested into the characters.

Finally got to see this wonderfully weird early effort by Trey Parker and Matt Stone (Pre South Park). You can tell they have a gift for comedic musical lyrics but weren't yet finely tuned. The production is obviously quite poor but it adds character. Most importantly, it is legitimately funny.

Director: Brian Gibson
His 4th Movie
My 2nd movie watched from the director

Angela Bassett truly is outstanding in this movie. I was so impressed with all of her scenes. The filmmakers did a good job of not holding back on the violence she inflicted, making it uncomfortable to watch and effective. But they also made it important to show her life was a lot more than just that.

Added to Lists:
Top Ten Performances - Angela Bassett
Top Ten Performances - Lawrence Fishburne
The Music Biopic: Ranked

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Location: St. Louis, MO, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA

It's not the prequel to "The Pianist" and Anna Paquin is the only one who doesn't get naked and there are no vampires.