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Originally posted by Don Jasani:
can you name a movie that has been done within the last 10 years that was as original, thought provoking and striking?
It's your opinion to love it but ok. These are films of the 90's I put over it.

Ten Best
American Beauty (Sam Mendes;1999;USA)
Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch;1995;USA/Germany/Japan)
Fargo (Coen bros;1996;UK/USA)
Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese;1990;USA)
Insider, The (Michael Mann;1999;USA)
Magnolia (P.T. Anderson;1999;USA)
Open Your Eyes (Alejandro AmenĂ¡bar;1997;Spain/France/Italy)
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino;1994;USA)
Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg;1993;USA)
Short Cuts (Robert Altman;1993;USA)

Other better films
American History X
Batman Returns
Casino
Chasing Amy
Clerks
Ed Wood
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Election
Fight Club
Following
Heat
Jackie Brown
JFK
Reservoir Dogs
Saving Private Ryan
Seven
Silence of the Lambs, The
Unforgiven

As for creativity, 2000's Memento would take the cake for me. The Usual Suspects was a great ride I could watch again and again, but I never thought of it as thought provoking like I do with Memento.


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