Best Film of 1996 (ongoing survey)

JonTurner · 01-09-02, 10:53 PM

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 1996 (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 1996 (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 -- Fargo

All Years:
2000 -- Requiem For a Dream
1999 -- (currently) American Beauty
1998 -- (currently) Thin Red Line
1997 -- (currently) Boogie Nights
1996 -- Fargo
1995

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

JonTurner · 01-09-02, 10:54 PM

Fargo

My other 10/10 - Bound

ToddSm66 · 01-09-02, 10:55 PM

Fargo

Grimfarrow · 01-09-02, 11:02 PM

Two of the best films of the decade:

Chungking Express

and

Breaking the Waves

evenflow · 01-09-02, 11:21 PM

Another vote for Fargo.

Keyser_Soze2 · 01-10-02, 12:00 AM

Breaking the Waves, with Fargo not far behind.

Chuckopolis · 01-10-02, 12:07 AM

Call me crazy, but I'm gonna skirt thin ice and go against the Coen Bros. stretch and say Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet.

Three Day Delay · 01-10-02, 12:24 AM

It would help on these threads if you state which ones (at least the majors) qualified, since they may stretch across years.

But this one's easy: Fargo

Snake Plissken · 01-10-02, 12:24 AM

Fargo

Snake Plissken · 01-10-02, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by JonTurner

My other 10/10s - Bound / Dead Man Walking [/b]

Dead Man Walking was '95.

JonTurner · 01-10-02, 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Snake Plissken

Dead Man Walking was '95.

Huh, yeah... of course you're right - I don't know why that was mixed into my '96 list... been fixed.

Thanks

Keyser_Soze2 · 01-10-02, 12:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Chuckopolis
Call me crazy, but I'm gonna skirt thin ice and go against the Coen Bros. stretch and say Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet.

Not crazy at all. That would be my #3 choice.

Sunday Morning · 01-10-02, 01:28 AM

Chungking Express
Crash

CrashMan · 01-10-02, 02:10 AM

The English Patient

Variable697 · 01-10-02, 02:11 AM

#1 for me is Bound

Autotelik · 01-10-02, 03:12 AM

The English Patient

wildcatlh · 01-10-02, 03:37 AM

Has to be Fargo.

randy1320 · 01-10-02, 11:42 AM

Keep on going with these "best of the year" threads. I really enjoy them.

My best of 1996 is easily: FARGO

English Patient would be #2.

das Monkey · 01-10-02, 11:52 AM

In my trend of picking what no one else will pick ...

Secrets & Lies

das

monkey · 01-10-02, 12:37 PM

Let me surprise everyone here:

Jerry Maguire

Johnny Zhivago · 01-10-02, 01:14 PM

Without a doubt... Fargo.

HMs to Sling Blade and Trainspotting.

garmonbozia · 01-10-02, 04:47 PM

Breaking the Waves

Geofferson · 01-10-02, 04:51 PM

Either Bound or Fargo.

CitizenKaneRBud · 01-10-02, 05:31 PM

(3) - The People Vs. Larry Flint
(2) - Fargo
1 - Jerry Maguire

jfoobar · 01-10-02, 05:32 PM

The English Patient.

01-10-02, 12:24 AM	#8
Three Day Delay DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Denver freakin' Colorado Posts: 8,386	It would help on these threads if you state which ones (at least the majors) qualified, since they may stretch across years. But this one's easy: Fargo __________________ Few things are more depressing than a stripper with no self-confidence. Last edited by Three Day Delay; 01-10-02 at 12:20 PM.

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Sunday Morning DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: A little bit here and a little bit there. Posts: 2,644	Chungking Express Crash Last edited by Sunday Morning; 01-14-02 at 03:59 AM.

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01-09-02, 10:53 PM	#1
JonTurner DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 2,709	Best Film of 1996 (ongoing survey) 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 1996 (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 1996 (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 -- Fargo All Years: 2000 -- Requiem For a Dream 1999 -- (currently) American Beauty 1998 -- (currently) Thin Red Line 1997 -- (currently) Boogie Nights 1996 -- Fargo 1995 If you haven't voted on the previous years, feel free to go back and do so. Last edited by JonTurner; 01-13-02 at 11:25 PM.

01-09-02, 10:54 PM	#2
JonTurner DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 2,709	Fargo My other 10/10 - Bound Last edited by JonTurner; 01-10-02 at 12:48 AM.

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ToddSm66 DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 1,437	Fargo

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Grimfarrow DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 3,797	Two of the best films of the decade: Chungking Express and Breaking the Waves

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evenflow Banned Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Southern California Posts: 4,049	Another vote for Fargo.

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Keyser_Soze2 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Lodi, CA, USA Posts: 471	Breaking the Waves, with Fargo not far behind.

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Chuckopolis Banned Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 141	Call me crazy, but I'm gonna skirt thin ice and go against the Coen Bros. stretch and say Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet.

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Snake Plissken Banned Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: DC Posts: 2,141	Fargo

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CrashMan DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,039	The English Patient

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Variable697 Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 462	#1 for me is Bound

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Johnny Zhivago DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Korova Milkbar Posts: 5,120	Without a doubt... Fargo. HMs to Sling Blade and Trainspotting. __________________ Now Playing Dilauded is pure sunshine wrapped in bacon and delivered straight to your pleasure center by a naked goddess. If I could get my hands on a gallon of it, I would start a new religion. - Cosmosguy

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garmonbozia DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 5,917	My #1 film of 1996 Breaking the Waves __________________ "Little moments like that prove to me that there is some kind of all-powerful, all-knowing force that controls everything in the universe. And it's so fucking bored, it'll actually take time out to orchestrate a petty letdown like that." -- Georgia Lass

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Autotelik DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: San Francisco Posts: 4,938	The English Patient

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randy1320 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 373	Keep on going with these "best of the year" threads. I really enjoy them. My best of 1996 is easily: FARGO English Patient would be #2.

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Geofferson DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Gracen & Gracen Posts: 31,829	Either Bound or Fargo. __________________ “Are we having fun yet?" Henry Pollard, Party Down

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CitizenKaneRBud Suspended Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 784	(3) - The People Vs. Larry Flint (2) - Fargo 1 - Jerry Maguire

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jfoobar DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 24,092	The English Patient. __________________ "There's one thing that can be said for true losers. They're consistent to a degree that would suggest luck has little to do with it." -- Unknown