Best Film of 1994 (ongoing survey)

[JonTurner]

I know we've got polls like this all the time around here, but I figure this one will be a little more comprehensive and perhaps even informative.

This thread will be for your pick for best film released during 1994 (think Oscar considerations for what's eligible). I'm not making it a poll because whether you like it or not, that would influence some people's choice.

Results will be posted in this thread, and all subsequent threads for each year, and they will be ongoing... so you can still vote here even weeks after other year's polls have begun.

Please start your post with your #1 film from 1994 (try to limit it to one - after all, that's the point - two at the most (I'll split the vote)), and yes, discussions are more than welcome!

Current Leader -- Pulp Fiction

All Years:
2000 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=169768) -- Requiem For a Dream*
1999 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=170274) -- Fight Club*
1998 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=171440) -- (currently) Saving Private Ryan
1997 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=172054) -- (currently) Boogie Nights
1996 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=173057) -- Fargo*
1995 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=174141) -- (currently) Braveheart
1994 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=175192) -- Pulp Fiction*
1993 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=176491) -- Schindler's List*
1992 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=177944) -- Unforgiven*
1991 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=179517) -- Silence of the Lambs*
1990 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=182060) -- Goodfellas*
1989 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=183974) -- (currently) Do the Right Thing
1988 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=186578) -- Die Hard*
1987 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=189840) -- Full Metal Jacket*
1986 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=193610) -- (currently) Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1985 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=195894) -- Back to the Future*
1984 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=197576) -- (currently) Ghostbusters
1983 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=199215) -- Return of the Jedi*
1982 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201052)

If you haven't voted on the previous years, feel free to go back and do so.

*Poll closed, winner declared.

[JonTurner]

The Shawshank Redemption

IMHO, this barely beats out the film that's sure to be neck and neck with it in the poll -- Pulp Fiction, of course.

For the record, they're both on my top ten of all time.

The rest of my top ten of '94:
3) Forrest Gump
4) Natural Born Killers
5) The Last Seduction
6) Leon: The Professional
7) Naked
8) Quiz Show
9) The Cement Garden
10) Dumb & Dumber

[Sunday Morning]

#1 naked

[Grimfarrow]

Two films again:

Trois Couleurs: Rouge

and

Ashes of Time

[Sunday Morning]

Originally posted by Grimfarrow
Two films again:

Trois Couleurs: Rouge

and

Ashes of Time

Grim, I'm gonna cheat and add rouge to 93 and collectively
just say that the trilogy is the best film of 93...
I know rude, but they were all probably made back to back anyway. I like blue more than red for some reason.

Or perhaps I could say they were the best of 94, since they were all playing in theaters in 1994 at some point.
But then again 1993 was kinda weak. I'm confused now.

[Grimfarrow]

Originally posted by Sunday Morning


Grim, I'm gonna cheat and add rouge to 93 and collectively
just say that the trilogy is the best film of 93...
I know rude, but they were all probably made back to back anyway. I like blue more than red for some reason.

Or perhaps I could say they were the best of 94, since they were all playing in theaters in 1994 at some point.
But then again 1993 was kinda weak. I'm confused now.

I go by each film's individual merits, because otherwise what will prevent others to say "The Godfather Trilogy" and "Star Wars Trilogy"? ;)

BTW, all three films came out in 1994 in the US - Bleu in Feb 94, Blanc in June 94, and Rouge in December 94. I went with "Rouge" because it is my favorite.

[CrashMan]

Nice List, Sunday. Is there a consensus on the Three Colors Trilogy? Rouge was released Dec '94, so I'm sticking with that for now.

Since I doubt all four of these will be near the top, I'll list them all and you can pick one or spilt two. I just can't decide.

Naked
Three Colors: Red
Savage Nights
Shawkshank Redemption

[RobCA]

Quiz Show

[Keyser_Soze2]

I genuinely shocked that I'm the first person to say Pulp Fiction.

[Sunday Morning]

Originally posted by CrashMan
Nice List, Sunday. Is there a consensus on the Three Colors Trilogy? Rouge was released Dec '94, so I'm sticking with that for now.

thanks crash!
'94 was good to me.

:)

[ToddSm66]

Tough pick, but I gotta go with Pulp Fiction

[randy1320]

1) The Shawshank Redemption
2) The Shawshank Redemption
3) The Shawshank Redemption
4) The Shawshank Redemption
5) The Shawshank Redemption

I know I'm gonna get flamed for this but just what was so great about Pulp Fiction? Just asking. :D

[das Monkey]

Well, I accidentally voted for something that got a lot of votes in 1995, so I'll try again:

<B>Ed Wood</B>

das

[Johnny Zhivago]

Jon - And you would be correct...

The Shawshank Redemption

With Pulp a close second of course...

[Damfino]

Pulp Fiction

[lorenzoh]

1) Pulp Fiction
2) Ed Wood
3) Chunking Express (This might be '95?)

[Sierra Disc]

Pulp Fiction. It's one of those rare films that's actually grown in stature to me - I watch it once a year or so and still find it fresh, inventive and funny with Samuel Jackson as the baddest muthafoocha there ever was. Shawshank is overrated to me, IMHO I prefer the original short story to the movie which is capable and wonderfully acted but not particularly innovative.

JT - Keep these threads coming, I think they're wayyyy better than the silly "polls" we have, they're much more free-form. I even surprise myself, I really thought "American Beauty" was my favorite film of '99 but when I posted in the thread and thought about it, "Being John Malkovich" suddenly became my favorite. These are the best threads we've had on here for some time about movie merits, if you ask me...

[Big Quasimodo]

Pulp Fiction

(I am not familiar with Blue, White, Red as they are not out on DVD and I can't remember films I watched 7 years ago anymore. :(

[CitizenKaneRBud]

pulp fiction

[Beaver]

Shawshank.

[Sunday Morning]

Originally posted by randy1320
1) The Shawshank Redemption
2) The Shawshank Redemption
3) The Shawshank Redemption
4) The Shawshank Redemption
5) The Shawshank Redemption

I know I'm gonna get flamed for this but just what was so great about Pulp Fiction? Just asking. :D

What is so great about pulp fiction is that it is nothing like
the shawshank redemption.

[Sunday Morning]

Originally posted by lorenzoh
3) Chunking Express (This might be '95?)

chungking was made in 94, released in the states in 96...
so it qualifies as a 1996 release.

[Sunday Morning]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sierra Disc
[b]Pulp Fiction. It's one of those rare films that's actually grown in stature to me - I watch it once a year or so and still find it fresh, inventive and funny with Samuel Jackson as the baddest muthafoocha there ever was. Shawshank is overrated to me, IMHO I prefer the original short story to the movie which is capable and wonderfully acted but not particularly innovative.

:thumbsup:
you said it, brother.

[randy1320]

Originally posted by Sunday Morning


What is so great about pulp fiction is that it is nothing like
the shawshank redemption.

Well, that's informative. I was hoping for a more detailed description of what people liked so much about Pulp Fiction. I didn't hate it but I didn't think it was all that special. For the people who didn't like Shawshank: Why? Once again, just curious. Shawshank is one of those I can watch a million times and never get sick of it. I love the characters and everything about it. :D :D :D

[Geofferson]

'94 was truly a great year...

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Nobody's Fool
4. Leon: The Professional
5. Ed Wood

[Goat3001]

Its tough but I'm gonna also go with The Shawshank Redemption with Pulp Fiction being a close second.

[evenflow]

Great year for movies.

Top 5:
1.Pulp Fiction(best movie of the 90's IMO.)
2.Leon The Professional
3.Forrest Gump
4.Shawshank Redemption
5.Quiz Show

[Comm Taggert]

The Lion King

The Client
The Shawshank Redemption

[dave955]

Pulp Fiction

[SightandSound]

Pulp Fiction

[Scarecrow]

Leon

[raithen]

Without a doubt, Leon.

-matt

[garmonbozia]

Without a doubt, The Three Colors Trilogy
if only one is being counted, then I'll go with Red

[dknight04]

Tie between FORREST GUMP and THE LION KING.

Honorable mention: PULP FICTION.

[JonTurner]

Arg, I hate having to bump my own thread, but I'm sure we can get some more votes in before the first tally... I'm surprised that Pulp Fiction and Shawshank aren't really dominating that much. 94 was definitely a great year for film as you can tell, arguably better than the consensus favorite of recent years, '99.

Anyhoo, let's get some more in... I'll probably check back after the Globes tomorrow night!

[Sunday Morning]

when does 93 start up?

[JonTurner]

Originally posted by Sunday Morning
when does 93 start up?

Once we get some more votes here... if it seems like enough after the Globes, I might start it right up. Nothing scientific ;)

[ravan]

Originally posted by randy1320
1) The Shawshank Redemption
:D

:thumbsup:

[$tarr]

The Lion King

[DrRingDing]

although I like <i>Shawshank Redemption</i> better, i think this title should still go to <b><i>Pulp Fiction</i></b> for what it did for film.

i say this because what Tarantino did with the time sequence in Pulp was extremely innovative. the complete remixing of the chronology was phenomenal. the fact that the same incident appears in two different perspectives at the beginning and the end was revolutionary.
-di doctor-

[HorrorLord22984]

1994?

Dumb & Dumber
&
The Lion King

[JonTurner]

I hoped for a few more votes, but it's obviously shaping up to being a race between Shawshank and Pulp Fiction, with The Fiction (as I like to call it) starting to take a decent lead.

If The Fiction gets a little more of a lead in the next few days, I'll close the thread and call it the winner, but hopefully we can get a few more votes in first.

1) Pulp Fiction (11 votes)
2) Shawshank Redemption (7.25)
3) Lion King (3)

Obviously nothing is close to PF and SR.

I'm a little worried that as we start to go farther back in years, people won't be near as familiar with what films came out in what years, and just won't have seen as many from those, but we'll keep going for now, and see how it works out. Here's the 1993 Thread (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=176491)

[Jeremy517]

Shawshank Redemption

[bjhess]

I'll take Pulp Fiction with Shawshank Redemption a close second. Of course, there are a ton of flicks I haven't seen from '94.

Barry

[drc]

Pulp Fiction

[Khan]

1994 was a scorcher of a year for movies.

My vote goes to:

Nobody's Fool.

A wonderful film, and one of those rare ones that just gets better and better on each viewing. Has Bruce Willis and Paul Newman but sadly it looks destined to miss out on a dvd release.

Second choice is Leon / The Professional, which is stunning on first viewing but has just a little less repeatability.

[Gdrlv]

Pulp Fiction, followed closely by Shawshank Redemption

[funstan]

1. Natural Born Killers
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Quiz Show
4. Ed Wood

[wildcatlh]

The Shawshank Redemption

[GizmoDVD]

Forrest Gump!

[Sparrow]

Some of my favorites from 94:

Hoop Dreams!! :thumbsup: :D
Forrest Gump :D
The Lion King
Pulp Fiction
Shawshank Redemption
Speed
In the Name of the Father (Day-Lewis is always great!)
Ciao, Professore!
Naked
True Lies

[cortan]

One of my top 5 all time...
Shawshank

[gdog3000]

Pulp Fiction!

[Copenhagen]

Another Pulp Fiction vote

[Gabro Jay]

Pulp Fiction

[DVD007]

THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION


Bruce

[paratize]

FORREST GUMP

Runner-up: <i>Pulp Fiction</i>, followed closely by <i>The Shawshank Redemption</i>.

[spuckleman]

The Shawshank Redemption

[filmgoer]

Pulp Fiction

[JonTurner]

New tally, same leaders:

1) Pulp Fiction (18 votes)
2) Shawshank Redemption (12.25)

[explosivej]

Shawshank Redemption

[twikoff]

Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
Pulp Fiction

[Arkonne]

Leon: The Professional

[swamptours]

Ed Wood. I cannot wait for this to be released on DVD.

[wm lopez]

FORREST GUMP

[groovyk1]

My fave are: Ed Wood
Forrest Gump
The Last Seduction
Leon

[Jeremy517]

Shawshank Redemption

[dvds4u]

Shawshank redemption is one of the ten best movies i have ever seen, and i damn near despised pulp fiction. This is easy.

[NitroJMS]

Forest Gump

Although I also love Pulp Fiction and the Shawshank Redemption very very much.

[KJROD20]

i can't believe nobody said clerks, even in a top 10, my fave movie of the year by far

[JonTurner]

Shawshank's catching up... New tally:

1) Pulp Fiction (18)
2) Shawshank Redemption (16.25)

[ivelostr2]

pulp fiction

[DarthMarino]

Pulp Fiction

[Anthony Soprano]

Pulp Fiction

[sebastianv50]

The Shawshank Redemption

[grunter]

Ed Wood!!

[TCG]

1. Pulp Fiction

2. Speed

3. Ace Ventura

4. Leon

5. Forrest Gump

6. Clear & Present Danger

7. City Slickers 2

8. PCU

9. Shawshank Redemption

10.A Low Down Dirty Shame

What a year!

[Sem]

Trois Couleurs: Rouge/Pulp Fiction

[BizRodian]

*sigh* this is a super hard choice. One of the best years for movies ever...

I'll go with Natural Born Killers for now...

[IIG]

Pulp Fiction... the best movie ever.

[BearFan]

Pulp Fiction

[Endy]

My vote goes to Pulp Fiction.

[DVD-Justin]

1. Forrest Gump
2. Shawshank
3. Speed

[B.A.]

Leon: The Professional

Does anyone else like Pulp Fiction less everytime they see it (or as time goes on)? And if Shawshank is on cable one more time I might hurl...IMO

[JonTurner]

1) Pulp Fiction (25.5)
2) Shawshank Redemption (17.25)

If PF pulls out much farther, we'll call it the winner... let the votes continue :)

[Morf]

The Lion King.

[cineman]

This one's easy... Pulp Fiction

[mst3k man]

The Shawshank Redemption

[Disneykid]

The Lion King! :D

[Masoo]

Hoop Dreams

[Jango Fett II]

Clear and Present Danger

[DVD-ho78(DTS)]

Pulp fiction

[DumDum]

Pulp Fiction

[DVD Smurf]

Priest

[victant]

Priest! :up: Awesome movie....

[gcribbs]

Pulp Fiction was and still is a great film for any year.

My number one is Pulp Fiction!

[JonTurner]

New tally:

1) Pulp Fiction (29.5)
2) Shawshank Redemption (18.25)

Shawshank's held close for a while, but Pulp Fiction's finally pulled out enough to call it. Closing.