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Best in Film 2002

My Picks Entertainment Weekly's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Y Tu Mamá También Far From Heaven Minority Report
2 The Hours About Schmidt City of God
3 Adaptation Bowling for Columbine Adaptation
4 Gangs of New York Personal Velocity Far From Heaven
5 Talk to Her 8 Mile 13 Conversations About One Thing
6 Spider-Man Auto Focus Y Tu Mamá También
7 Punch-Drunk Love The Last Kiss Invincible
8 About Schmidt Unfaithful Spirited Away
9 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets The Kid Stays in the Picture All or Nothing
10 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Nine Queens The Quiet American

 
 
 

Best in Film 2001

My Picks Entertainment
Weekly's Picks		 Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Mulholland Drive Memento Monster's Ball
2 The Royal Tenenbaums Ocean's Eleven Black Hawk Down
3 Bully Together In the Bedroom
4 Ghost World Sexy Beast Ghost World
5 The Believer Startup.com Mulholland Drive
6 Waking Life From Hell Waking Life
7 Ocean's Eleven Shrek Innocence
8 Shrek Wet Hot American Summer Wit
9 Startup.com In the Bedroom A Beautiful Mind
10 A Beautiful Mind Our Song Gosford Park

 
 
 

Best in Film 2000

  My Picks Entertainment
Weekly's Picks		 Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Requiem for a Dream Chuck & Buck Almost Famous
2 Wonder Boys Requiem for a Dream Wonder Boys
3 Billy Elliot Traffic You Can Count on Me
4 Traffic Almost Famous Traffic
5 Almost Famous Before Night Falls George Washington
6 Gladiator The Filth and the Fury The Cell
7 The Virgin Suicides What Lies Beneath High Fidelity
8 You Can Count on Me Bamboozled Pollock
9 How the Grinch Stole Christmas Croupier Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon
10 The Cell Thirteen Days Requiem for a Dream

 
 
 

Best in Film 1990s

My Picks EW's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Leaving Las Vegas Natural Born Killers Hoop Dreams
2 Fargo Boogie Nights Pulp Fiction
3 Natural Born Killers Saving Private Ryan Goodfellas
4 Rushmore Pulp Fiction Fargo
5 Pulp Fiction Ed Wood Red, White, and Blue
6 Schindler's List The Sweet Hereafter Schindler's List
7 The Silence of the Lambs Titanic Breaking the Waves
8 Breaking the Waves The Player Leaving Las Vegas
9 Eyes Wide Shut Dazed and Confused Malcolm X
10 The Sweet Hereafter Breaking the Waves JFK

 
 
 

Best in Film 1999

My Picks EW's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Eyes Wide Shut Man on the Moon Being John Malkovich
2 The Talented Mr. Ripley Topsy-Turvy Magnolia
3 Election Boys Don't Cry Three Kings
4 Boys Don't Cry Run Lola Run Boys Don't Cry
5 Go Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall
of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.		 Bringing Out the Dead
6 Run Lola Run Go Princess Mononoke
7 Girl, Interrupted Being John Malkovich The War Zone
8 The Sixth Sense Election American Beauty
9 Cruel Intentions The Blair Witch Project Topsy-Turvy
10 The Iron Giant Dogma The Insider

 
 
 

Best in Film 1998

My Picks EW's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Rushmore Saving Private Ryan Dark City
2 The Truman Show Happiness Pleasantville
3 Happiness The Truman Show Saving Private Ryan
4 The Big Lebowski Shakespeare in Love A Simple Plan
5 Elizabeth A Simple Plan Happiness
6 Antz Slam Elizabeth
7 Buffalo 66 Two Girls and a Guy Babe: Pig in the City
8 Henry Fool Buffalo 66 Shakespeare in Love
9 Pleasantville Four Days in September Life is Beautiful
10 A Simple Plan Touch of Evil Primary Colors

 
 
 

Best in Film 1997

My Picks EW's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 The Sweet Hereafter Boogie Nights Eve's Bayou
2 Waiting for Guffman The Sweet Hereafter The Sweet Hereafter
3 In the Company of Men Titanic Boogie Nights
4 Boogie Nights L.A. Confidential Maborosi
5 Titanic The Apostle Jackie Brown
6 The Ice Storm The Wings of the Dove Fast, Cheap and
Out of Control
7 U--Turn Waiting for Guffman L.A. Confidential
8 Dream with the Fishes Sick: The Life and Death of 
Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist		 In the Company of Men
9 Austin Powers:
International Man of Mystery		 Donnie Brasco Titanic
10 Donnie Brasco In the Company of Men Wag the Dog

 
 
 

Best in Film 1996

My Picks EW's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Fargo Breaking the Waves Fargo
2 Breaking the Waves Big Night Breaking the Waves
3 Trainspotting Trainspotting Secrets and Lies
4 Welcome to the Dollhouse The Crucible Lone Star
5 The People Vs. Larry Flynt Trees Lounge Welcome to the Dollhouse
6 The Hunchback of
Notre Dame		 I Shot Andy Warhol Bound
7 The Cable Guy Twister Hamlet
8 Primal Fear Swingers Everyone Says I Love You
9 I Shot Andy Warhol The People Vs. Larry Flynt Heidi Fleiss, 
Hollywood Madam
10 Hamlet Tin Cup Big Night

 
 
 

Best in Film 1995

My Picks EW's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Leaving Las Vegas Nixon Leaving Las Vegas
2 Crumb Crumb Crumb
3 Before Sunrise Toy Story Dead Man Walking
4 Dead Man Walking Clockers Nixon
5 Seven Dead Man Walking Casino
6 To Die For The Bridges of Madison County Apollo 13
7 Clueless Priest Exotica
8 The Brady Bunch Movie Crimson Tide My Family
9 Crimson Tide The Brady Bunch Movie Carrington
10 Othello Safe A Walk in the Clouds

 
 
 

Best in Film 1994

My Picks EW's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Natural Born Killers Pulp Fiction Hoop Dreams
2 Pulp Fiction Natural Born Killers Blue, White, and Red
3 Quiz Show Ed Wood Pulp Fiction
4 Dumb and Dumber Quiz Show Forrest Gump
5 The Boys of St. Vincent The Wonderful, Horrible Life
of Leni Riefenstahl 		 The Last Seduction
6 The Shawshank Redemption Backbeat Fresh
7 The Client The Boys of St. Vincent The Blue Kite
8 Interview with the Vampire Speed Natural Born Killers
9 Speed Thirty-Two Short Films
about Glenn Gould 		 The New Age
10 Threesome To Live Quiz Show

 
 
 

Best in Film 1993

My Picks Gene Siskel's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Schindler's List Schindler's List Schindler's List
2 Jurassic Park Short Cuts The Age of Innocence
3 Searching for
Bobby Fischer		 The Piano The Piano
4 Dazed and Confused Farewell, My Concubine The Fugitive
5 The Piano Menace II Society The Joy Luck Club
6 The Nightmare
Before Christmas		 The Fugitive Kalifornia
7 Six Degrees of Separation The Age of Innocence Like Water for Chocolate
8 What's Eating
Gilbert Grape?		 The Joy Luck Club Menace II Society
9 Benny & Joon King of the Hill What's Love Got to Do With It
10 The Fugitive Map of the Human Heart Ruby in Paradise

 
 
 

Best in Film 1992

My Picks EW's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 The Player The Player Malcolm X
2 My Cousin Vinny Glengarry Glen Ross One False Move
3 The Crying Game The Best Intentions Howards End
4 Bram Stoker's Dracula Malcolm X Flirting
5 A River Runs Through It The Crying Game The Crying Game
6 Basic Instinct Howards End Damage
7 Reservoir Dogs Reservoir Dogs The Hairdresser's Husband
8 Aladdin The Last of the Mohicans The Player
9 Wayne's World American Dream Unforgiven
10 A Few Good Men A Few Good Men Bad Lieutenant

 
 
 

Best in Film 1991

My Picks Gene Siskel's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 The Silence of the Lambs Hearts of Darkness:
A Filmmaker's Apocalypse		 JFK
2 My Own Private Idaho An Angel at My Table Boyz N the Hood
3 Terminator 2: Judgment Day Boyz N the Hood Beauty and the Beast
4 Beauty and the Beast La Belle Noiseuse Grand Canyon
5 Thelma & Louise Beauty and the Beast My Mother's Castle
6 Barton Fink Grand Canyon A Woman's Tale
7 The Man in the Moon JFK Life is Sweet
8 Little Man Tate Ju Dou The Man in the Moon
9 Madonna: Truth or Dare Daddy Nostalgia Thelma & Louise
10 Father of the Bride Once Around The Rapture

 
 
 

Best in Film 1990

My Picks EW's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Edward Scissorhands Reversal of Fortune Goodfellas
2 Misery Men Don't Leave Monsieur Hire
3 Ghost A Shock to the System Dances With Wolves
4 Goodfellas The Godfather Part III The Grifters
5 Home Alone Ghost Reversal of Fortune
6 Miller's Crossing Tune In Tomorrow... Santa Sangre
7 Reversal of Fortune Q&A Last Exit to Brooklyn
8 Pretty Woman Edward Scissorhands Awakenings
9 The Hunt for Red October Goodfellas The Cook, The Thief, 
His Wife and Her Lover
10 House Party House Party Mountains of the Moon

 
 
 

Best in Film 1980s

My Picks Rolling Stone's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Blue Velvet Blue Velvet Raging Bull
2 Raging Bull Raging Bull The Right Stuff
3 Full Metal Jacket Brazil E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
4 Running on Empty Hannah and Her Sisters Do the Right Thing
5 Dead Poets Society Dressed to Kill My Dinner with Andre
6 The Shining Broadcast News Raiders of the Lost Ark
7 Airplane! Law of Desire Ran
8 A Nightmare on Elm Street Stop Making Sense Mississippi Burning
9 The Legend of Billie Jean Do the Right Thing Platoon
10 This is Spinal Tap Return of the Secaucus Seven House of Games

 
 
 

Best in Film 1989

My Picks Gene Siskel's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Dead Poets Society Do the Right Thing Do the Right Thing
2 Steel Magnolias Roger & Me Drugstore Cowboy
3 Do the Right Thing Drugstore Cowboy My Left Foot
4 Parenthood Enemies: A Love Story Born on the Fourth of July
5 When Harry Met Sally... Born on the Fourth of July Roger & Me

 
 
 

Best in Film 1988

My Picks Gene Siskel's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Running on Empty The Last Temptation of Christ Mississippi Burning
2 Biloxi Blues Who Framed Roger Rabbit The Accidental Tourist
3 Beetlejuice Bull Durham The Unbearable Lightness
of Being
4 Die Hard Little Dorritt Shy People
5 Big The Accidental Tourist Salaam Bombay!

 
 
 

Best in Film 1987

My Picks Gene Siskel's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Full Metal Jacket The Last Emperor House of Games
2 The Lost Boys Full Metal Jacket The Big Easy
3 Raising Arizona House of Games Barfly
4 Spaceballs Jean de Florette/
Manon of the Spring		 The Last Emperor
5 Flowers in the Attic Broadcast News Moonstruck

 
 
 

Best in Film 1986

My Picks Gene Siskel's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Blue Velvet Hannah and Her Sisters Platoon
2 Stand By Me Vagabond Round Midnight
3 Ferris Bueller's Day Off Room with a View Hannah and Her Sisters
4 Aliens Mona Lisa Sid & Nancy
5 The Sacrifice Peggy Sue Got Married Lucas

 
 
 

Best in Film 1985

My Picks Gene Siskel's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 The Legend of Billie Jean Shoah The Color Purple
2 Mask Ran After Hours
3 The Breakfast Club The Color Purple The Falcon and the Snowman
4 Back to the Future Streetwise Prizzi's Honor
5 Pee-Wee's Big Adventure Prizzi's Honor Ran

 
 
 

Best in Film 1984

My Picks Gene Siskel's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 A Nightmare on Elm Street Once Upon a Time in America Amadeus
2 This is Spinal Tap Amadeus Paris, Texas
3 Stranger Than Paradise The Cotton Club Love Streams
4 Ghostbusters Entre Nous This is Spinal Tap
5 Sixteen Candles Purple Rain The Cotton Club

 
 
 

Best in Film 1983

My Picks Gene Siskel's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Return of the Jedi The Right Stuff The Right Stuff
2 A Christmas Story Terms of Endearment Terms of Endearment
3 The Right Stuff Betrayal The Year of Living Dangerously
4 National Lampoon's
Vacation		 Fanny and Alexander Fanny and Alexander
5 Eddie and the Cruisers Star 80 Ghandi

 
 
 

Best in Film 1982

My Picks Gene Siskel's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Moonlighting Sophie's Choice
2 Poltergeist Tootsie Diva
3 48 HRS. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
4 The Toy Diva Fitzcarraldo/
The Burden of Dreams
5 The Thing Mephisto Personal Best

 
 
 

Best in Film 1981

My Picks Gene Siskel's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Raiders of the Lost Ark Ragtime My Dinner with Andre
2 Excalibur My Dinner with Andre Chariots of Fire
3 Porky's Raiders of the Lost Ark Gates of Heaven
4 Arthur Mon Oncle d'Amerique Raiders of the Lost Ark
5 ? Gates of Heaven Heartland

 
 
 

Best in Film 1980

My Picks Gene Siskel's Picks Roger Ebert's Picks
1 Raging Bull Raging Bull The Black Stallion
2 The Shining Ordinary People Raging Bull
3 Airplane! Coal Miner's Daughter Kagemusha
4 The Empire Strikes Back The Tree of Wooden Clogs Being There
5 The Elephant Man Kagemusha Ordinary People

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