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The rules:

You can post a list of anywhere between 1 and 20 films (or more, but only 20 will be counted) from the period we're covering. The deciding factor in terms of release dates is the RYM list and the top 15 of each period will go on to the final top 150. The deadline is 15th of September. If you haven't voted for your favorite movies of 1990 there's is still two weeks left to do it.

The points scheme is as follows:
1. 50
2. 40
3. 35
4. 30
5. 25
6. 20
7. 18
8. 16
9. 14
10. 12
11. 10
12. 9
13. 8
14. 7
15. 6
16. 5
17. 4
18. 3
19. 2
20. 1

However, these are the maximum amounts of points. If you want to put certain films on your list but don't want to give them too many points, you can choose to give these less points than in this scheme (but never more) to decrease the impact on the overall results. If you don't specifically state that you want to give (some of) your films fewer points, I will assume the standard scheme.

Here are some lists to remind you of the films released in 1991:

IMDb
RYM
Films101
RottenTomatoes

If you vote for 4 movies or less, this is the adjusted scores:
4 votes
1. Movie 40 p
2. 35 p
3. 30 p
4. 25 p

3 votes
1. Movie 35 p
2. 30 p
3. 25 p

2 votes
1. Movie 30 p
2. 25 p

1 vote
1. Movie 25 p

1. Les amants du Pont-Neuf [The Lovers on the Bridge]
2. La double vie de Véronique [The Double Life of Veronique]
3. あの夏、いちばん静かな海 [A Scene at the Sea]
4. The Silence of the Lambs
5. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
6. Night on Earth
7. Barton Fink
8. Zombie ja Kummitusjuna [Zombie and the Ghost Train]
9. My Own Private Idaho
10. JFK
11. Boyz n the Hood
12. Thelma & Louise
13. Dogfight
14. Naked Lunch
15. Homo Faber [Voyager]
16. The Addams Family
17. Tacones lejanos [High Heels]
18. The Doors
19. The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
20. Point Break

1. A Brighter Summer Day (probably my favorite movie of the decade, so I really hope others have seen it since its more accessible release)
2. Raise the Red Lantern
3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
4. Barton Fink
5. The Silence of the Lambs
6. Only Yesterday - 20 points
7. The Double Life of Veronique - 16 points
8. Beauty and the Beast - 12 points
9. Boyz n the Hood - 8 points

1) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (#50)
2) Raise the Red Lantern
3) Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
4) Beauty and the Beast
5) The Double Life of Veronique
6) Silence of the Lambs
7) A Woman's Tale
8) La Belle Noiseuse
9) A Brighter Summer Day (A good film, but a few moments and its length kept it from being a truly great one for me.)
10) JFK

A better year than 1990. I feel good down to #18. Several effective coming of age stories (My Girl, Dogfight, Man in the Moon). Three of the best action films of the decade (T2, Point Break, Last Boy Scout). And the second Naked Gun, which delivered nearly as many laughs as the first film.

1. The Silence of the Lambs
2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
3. Boyz n the Hood
4. Point Break
5. The Naked Gun 2.5: The Smell of Fear
6. The Last Boy Scout
7. JFK
8. New Jack City
9. Beauty and the Beast
10. My Girl

11. The Addams Family
12. City Slickers
13. The Prince of Tides
14. Dead Again
15. Cape Fear
16. Fried Green Tomatoes
17. Dogfight
18. The Man in the Moon
19. Grand Canyon
20. What About Bob?

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
2. Boyz N the Hood
3. Point Break
4. Hearts of Darkness
5. Cape Fear
6. New Jack City
7. JFK
8. The Last Boy Scout
9. The Five Heartbeats
10. Jungle Fever
11. Thelma and Louise
12. Ricochet
13. A Rage In Harlem
14. Grand Canyon

1. Da hong deng long gao gao gua/Raise the Red Lantern (Yimou Zhang)
2. Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg)
3. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme)
4. Barton Fink (Joel & Ethan Coen)
5. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola )
6. Thelma & Louise (Ridley Scott)
7. Delicatessen (Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
8. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron)
9. La Double Vie de Véronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
10. Van Gogh (Maurice Pialat)

11. Slacker (Richard Linklater)
12. JFK (Oliver Stone)
13. Europa (Lars von Trier)
14. Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise)
15. The Doors (Oliver Stone)
16. The Adjuster (Atom Egoyan)
17. Boyz n the Hood (John Singleton)
18. Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch)
19. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Kevin Reynolds)
20. Hot Shots! (Jim Abrahams)

Miles better than 1990!

1. Tacones lejanos [High Heels]
2. La Double Vie de Véronique [The Double Life of Véronique]
3. Riff-Raff
4. Flirting
5. The Commitments
6. Mon père, ce héros [My Father the Hero]
7. Boyz n the Hood
8. Madame Bovary
9. Thelma & Louise
10. The Silence of the Lambs
11. JFK
12. Deceived
13. The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
14. Frankie and Johnny
15. Shadows and Fog
16. Delicatessen
17. The Man in the Moon
18. Da hong deng long gao gao [Raise the Red Lantern]
19. Dead Silence [TV movie]
20. True Colors

1. The Adjuster – Atom Egoyan (Canada)
2. The Silence of the Lambs – Jonathan Demme (USA)
3. Shadows and Fog – Woody Allen (USA)
4. Kafka – Steven Soderbergh (USA / France)
5. La seducción del caos – Basilio Martín Patino (Spain)
6. Delicatessen – Jean Pierre Jeunet / Marc Caro (France)
7. Alas de mariposa (Butterfly Wings) – Juanma Bajo Ulloa (Spain)
8. A Kiss Before Dying – James Dearden (USA / UK)
9. Homicide – David Mamet (USA)
10. Switch – Blake Edwards (USA)
11. JFK – Oliver Stone (USA / France)
12. Naked Lunch – David Cronemberg (Canada / UK / Japan)
13. Barton Fink – Joel Coen (USA / UK)
14. Cape Fear – Martin Scorsese (USA)
15. Volere Volare (To Want to Fly) – Maurizio Nichetti (Italy)
16. Poison – Todd Haynes (USA)
17. Beauty and the Beast – Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise (USA)
18. Dead Again – Kenneth Branagh (USA)
19. Johnny Suede – Tom DiCillo (USA / Switzerland / France)
20. Hook – Steven Spielberg (USA)

21. The Boy Who Cried Bitch – Juan José Campanella
22. J’embrasse pas (I Don’t Kiss) – André Techiné
23. Amantes (Lovers) – Vicente Aranda
24. Grand Canyon – Lawrence Kasdan
25. Regarding Henry – Mike Nichols
26. Europa – Lars Von Trier
27. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country – Nicholas Meyer
28. Todo por la pasta (Anything for Bread) – Enrique Urbizu
29. El rey pasmado (The Dumbfounded King) – Imanol Uribe
30. Mediterraneo – Gabriele Salvatores
31. Thelma & Louise – Ridley Scott
32. City Slickers – Ron Underwood
33. Riff-Raff – Ken Loach
34. Boom Boom – Rosa Vergés
35. De onfatsoenlijke vrouw (The Indecent Woman) – Ben Bervong

Edited to complete a Top 10.

Raise the Red Lantern was really good. That makes the biggest jump, as high as #2!

1. Da Hong Deng Long Gao Gao Gua (Raise the Red Lantern)
2. The Silence of the Lambs
3. Beauty and the Beast
4. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
5. Guling Jie Shaonian Sha Ren Shijian (A Brighter Summer Day)
6. Barton Fink
7. Boyz 'N the Hood
8. Thelma & Louise
9. Slacker
10. La Belle Noiseuse
11. My Own Private Idaho
12. Wong Fei-Hung (Once Upon a Time in China)
13. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
14. Omoide Poroporo (Only Yesterday)
15. La double vie de Veronique (The Double Life of Veronique)
16. Delicatessen
17. Tous les matins du monde (All the Mornings of the World)
18. Toto Le Heros (Toto the Hero)
19. Flirting
20. Amantes (Lovers)

1. Ju Dou
2. GoodFellas
3. Miller's Crossing
4. An Angel at My Table
5. Edward Scissorhands
6. Le mari de la coiffeuse
7. Dances With Wolves
8. Total Recall
9. Dreams
10. Wild at Heart
11. The Godfather: Part III
12. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
13. Awakenings
14. The Grifters
15. Jacob's Ladder

antonius wrote:1. Ju Dou
2. GoodFellas
3. Miller's Crossing
4. An Angel at My Table
5. Edward Scissorhands
6. Le mari de la coiffeuse
7. Dances With Wolves
8. Total Recall
9. Dreams
10. Wild at Heart
11. The Godfather: Part III
12. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
13. Awakenings
14. The Grifters
15. Jacob's Ladder

Aren't these 1990?

Yes, placed them there. How do i delete my post?

antonius wrote:Yes, placed them there. How do i delete my post?

I don't know can you delete a post but you can edit it and add your 1991 list.

Note: I added Raise the Red Lantern to my list.

BleuPanda wrote:

antonius wrote:1. Ju Dou
2. GoodFellas
3. Miller's Crossing
4. An Angel at My Table
5. Edward Scissorhands
6. Le mari de la coiffeuse
7. Dances With Wolves
8. Total Recall
9. Dreams
10. Wild at Heart
11. The Godfather: Part III
12. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
13. Awakenings
14. The Grifters
15. Jacob's Ladder

Aren't these 1990?

Ok, these are my 1991 picks:

1. Raise the Red Lantern
2. Toto Le Héros
3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
4. La double vie de Véronique
5. The Silence of the Lambs
6. Les amants du Pont-Neuf
7. JFK
8. Point Break
9. Barton Fink
10. Dogfight
11. Thelma & Louise
12. Fried Green Tomatoes
13. Grand Canyon
14. Delicatessen
15. Kafka

1.Barton Fink
2.Boyz N The Hood
3.35 Up
4.Terminator 2: Judgement Day
5.Silence Of The Lambs
6.Night On Earth
7.Cape Fear
8.JFK
9.The Double Life Of Veronique
10.Hearts Of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
11.The Man In The Moon
12.Defending Your Life
13.Slacker
14.My Own Private Idaho
15.Thelma and Louise
16.Rubin and Ed
17.The Adjuster
18.The Fisher King
19.The Doors
20.Point Break

Really tight year.

1. The Suspended Step of the Stork
2. The Doors
3. JFK
4. The Double Live of Veronique
5. Terminator 2: Judgement Day

1. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme)
2. Barton Fink (Ethan Coen / Joel Coen)
3. La double vie de Véronique [The Double Life of Veronique] (Krzysztof Kieślowski)
4. La belle noiseuse [The Beautiful Troublemaker] (Jacques Rivette)
5. Les amants du Pont-Neuf [The Lovers on the Bridge] (Leos Carax)
6. 大紅燈籠高高掛 [Raise the Red Lantern] (Zhang Yimou)
7. JFK (Oliver Stone)
8. Van Gogh (Maurice Pialat)
9. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (Eleanor Coppola / George Hickenlooper / Fax Bahr)
10. Les Documents interdits [The Forbidden Files] (Jean-Teddy Filippe)
11. Thelma & Louise (Ridley Scott)
12. The Fisher King (Terry Gilliam)
13. The Commitments (Alan Parker)
14. Delicatessen (Jean-Pierre Jeunet / Marc Caro)
15. Tous les matins du monde [All the Mornings of the World] (Alain Corneau)
16. Slacker (Richard Linklater)
17. Toto le héros [Toto the Hero] (Jaco Van Dormael)
18. Lune froide [Cold Moon] (Patrick Bouchitey)
19. J'entends plus la guitare [I Don't Hear the Guitar Anymore] (Philippe Garrel)
20. The Addams Family (Barry Sonnenfeld)

1. La belle noiseuse (The Beautiful Troublemaker) / Jacques Rivette / France
2. A Brighter Summer Day / Edward Yang / Taiwan
3. Raise the Red Lantern / Zhang Yimou / China
4. What About Bob? / Frank Oz / U.S.
5. City of Hope / John Sayles / U.S.
6. Boyz N the Hood / John Singleton / U.S.
7. Les amants du Pont-Neuf (The Lovers on the Bridge) / Leos Carax / France
8. 35 Up / Michael Apted / U.K.
9. Trys dienos (Three Days) / Sarunas Bartas / Lithuania
10. Homicide / David Mamet / U.S.
11. Bis ans Ende der Welt (Until the End of the World) / Wim Wenders / Germany
12. Jungle Fever / Spike Lee / U.S.
13. Surviving Desire / Hal Hartley / U.S.
14. A Scene at the Sea / Takeshi Kitano / Japan
15. Barton Fink / Joel & Ethan Coen / U.S.
16. The Adjuster / Atom Egoyan / Canada
17. Europa / Lars von Trier / Denmark
18. Prospero's Books / Peter Greenaway / U.K.
19. Solo con tu pareja (Love in the Time of Hysteria) / Alfonso Cuaron / Spain
20. Shadows and Fog / Woody Allen / U.S.

21. Point Break / Kathryn Bigelow / U.S.
22. The Suspended Step of the Stork / Theo Angelopoulos / Greece
23. The Silence of the Lambs / Jonathan Demme / U.S.
24. Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein (Scream of Stone) / Werner Herzog / Germany
25. Rhapsody in August / Akira Kurosawa / Japan

Voting is closed.
Here's top 50.

1. (1). The Silence of the Lambs - Jonathan Demme (USA), 352 points, 11 votes , 2 #1 votes
2. (6). Terminator 2: Judgment Day - James Cameron (USA, France), 336 points, 10 votes , 2 #1 votes
3. (2). 大紅燈籠高高掛 [Raise the Red Lantern] - Zhang Yimou (China), 288 points, 8 votes , 3 #1 votes
4. (4). La double vie de Véronique [The Double Life of Veronique] - Krzysztof Kieslowski (France, Poland, Norway), 250 points, 10 votes , 0 #1 votes
5. (8). Barton Fink - Joel & Ethan Coen (USA, UK), 216 points, 9 votes , 1 #1 vote
6. (15). Boyz n the Hood - John Singleton (USA), 193 points, 9 votes , 0 #1 votes
7. (10). JFK - Oliver Stone (USA, France), 176 points, 11 votes , 0 #1 votes
8. (24). Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse - Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola (USA), 164 points, 7 votes , 0 #1 votes
9. (39). 牯嶺街少年殺人事件 [A Brighter Summer Day] - Edward Yang (Taiwan), 129 points, 4 votes , 1 #1 vote
10. (7). Les amants du Pont-Neuf [The Lovers on the Bridge] - Leos Carax (France), 113 points, 4 votes , 1 #1 vote
11. (9). La belle noiseuse [The Beautiful Troublemaker] - Jacques Rivette (France), 108 points, 4 votes , 1 #1 vote
12. (15). Beauty and the Beast - Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise (USA), 102 points, 6 votes , 0 #1 votes
13. (3). Thelma & Louise - Ridley Scott (USA, France), 95 points, 8 votes , 0 #1 votes
14. (43). Point Break - Kathryn Bigelow (USA, Japan), 83 points, 5 votes , 0 #1 votes
15. (13). The Adjuster – Atom Egoyan (Canada), 64 points, 4 votes , 1 #1 vote

16. (5). Delicatessen - Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet (France), 62 points, 6 votes , 0 #1 votes
17. (11). Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg), 56 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
17. (46). Cape Fear – Martin Scorsese (USA), 56 points, 4 votes , 0 #1 votes
19. (27). Tacones lejanos [High Heels], 54 points, 2 votes , 1 #1 vote
20. (49). The Doors (Oliver Stone), 51 points, 4 votes , 0 #1 votes
20. (36). 35 Up / Michael Apted / U.K., 51 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
22. (--). The Suspended Step of the Stork / Theo Angelopoulos / Greece, 50 points, 1 vote , 1 #1 vote
23. (21). Toto le héros [Toto the Hero] (Jaco Van Dormael), 47 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
24. (35). Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch), 43 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
25. (24). Shadows and Fog – Woody Allen (USA), 42 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
25. (--). あの夏、いちばん静かな海 [A Scene at the Sea] (Takeshi Kitano) / Japan, 42 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
27. (18). Slacker (Richard Linklater), 37 points, 4 votes , 0 #1 votes
28. (--). New Jack City, 36 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
28. (--). The Last Boy Scout, 36 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
28. (27). Kafka – Steven Soderbergh (USA / France), 36 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
31. (--). Riff-Raff, 35 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
31. (56). The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, 35 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
33. (--). Flirting, 32 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
34. (17). My Own Private Idaho - Gus Van Sant -USA, 31 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
34. (13). What About Bob? / Frank Oz / U.S., 31 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
36. (12). Van Gogh (Maurice Pialat), 28 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
37. (--). おもひでぽろぽろ [Only Yesterday] (Isao Takahata) - Japan, 27 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
38. (27). Homicide – David Mamet (USA), 26 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
39. (23). The Commitments - Alan Parker, 25 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
39. (--). La seducción del caos – Basilio Martín Patino (Spain), 25 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
39. (32.) City of Hope / John Sayles / U.S., 25 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
42. (52). Dogfight, 24 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
43. (38). Jungle Fever / Spike Lee / U.S., 21 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
44. (--). Mon père, ce héros [My Father the Hero], 20 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
45. (36). Alas de mariposa (Butterfly Wings) – Juanma Bajo Ulloa (Spain), 18 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
45. (--). A Woman's Tale, 18 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
47. (58). Grand Canyon, 17 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
47. (--). The Man in the Moon, 17 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
49. (52). Madame Bovary - Claude Chabrol, 16 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
49. (44). Zombie ja Kummitusjuna [Zombie and the Ghost Train] - Mika Kaurismäki - Finland, 16 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
49. (39). A Kiss Before Dying – James Dearden (USA / UK), 16 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
49. (26). The Addams Family (Barry Sonnenfeld), 16 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes

Terminator 2 almost won. The Silence of the Lambs overrided it at the end when Michel gave 50 points to Lambs and none for Arnold. Raise the Red Lantern got the most #1 votes. Last times #5 Delicatessen just missed the final (and my personal top 20) and #3 of last time (Thelma and Louise) was #13. There's a quite big gap in points between #12 and #15.
Boyz n the Hood and Hearts of Darkness got much more points than last time (A Brighter Summer Day did much better too but that's because finally people have had chance to see it (not me yet).
Some surprises that missed the top 50: Fisher King (Terry Gilliam) and Europa (Lars von Trier) (both at #56)

Oh, it looks like I forgot to vote for 35 up. That's too bad, considering that it might have won had I voted. Well, will have to remember to vote for 42 up in 1998, now.

Petri wrote:Voting is closed.
37. (--). おもひでぽろぽろ [Only Yesterday] (Isao Takahata) - Japan, 27 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes

I truly adore that one - awesome cartoon (some reminiscences of Ozu (and Proust)) - My favourite Ghibli' by a hundred miles.
That would be my 50 points for 1991 - shame I discovered this forum a month later.