I find it hard to believe that Bohemian Rhapsody is already 6 years old.

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#6 1967 def. #11 1973, 64.2%-35.8%
#6 1967: In The Heat of the Night, Cool Hand Luke, The Samurai, The Graduate, Bonnie & Clyde, The Jungle Book, The Dirty Dozen, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, In Cold Blood, Wait Until Dark
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#11 1973: The Sting, American Graffiti, The Day of the Jackal, Papillon, The Exorcist, Paper Moon, The Last Detail, Mean Streets, The Wicker Man

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A little bit surprised and sad that 1973 did not make this a better contest. I didn't expect it to win, I even went back and forth for a long time on this one but The Sting and American Graffiti are two of my favorite make me smile films

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#6 1967: In The Heat of the Night, Cool Hand Luke, The Samurai, The Graduate, Bonnie & Clyde, The Jungle Book, The Dirty Dozen, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, In Cold Blood, Wait Until Dark
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A little bit surprised and sad that 1973 did not make this a better contest. I didn't expect it to win, I even went back and forth for a long time on this one but The Sting and American Graffiti are two of my favorite make me smile films

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Cool Hand Luke is the best of those films.

The only outrageous part is that the victories weren't of a higher percentage.

I'm not actually outraged. But as we've established, age is a huge factor, and those were my prime early teen years. So, a lot of my favorites came out those years...

01: FOTR, Ocean's 11, Donnie Darko, Vanilla Sky, Black Hack Down, Rush Hour 2, The Mummy Returns
03: ROTK, POTC, Kill Bill, Matrix Reloaded, Lost in Translation, Last Samurai

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#8 1962 vs. #16 1977
#8 1962: Lawrence of Arabia, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dr. No, The Manchurian Candidate, Lolita, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Longest Day, Cape Fear, The Trial
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#16 1977: Annie Hall, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Smokey & The Bandit, Slap Shot, Sorcerer, the Spy Who Loved Me, A Bridge Too Far, Suspira, The Duelists

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How do you expect me to choose between absolute classics Lawrence of Arabia & To Kill a Mockingbird and childhood favorites Star Wars & Close Encounters????????

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I've read this sentence 5 times and still don't understand it.

Several lower seeds out in front again. Only one matchup close than 60%-40% in the early going

When does the next round of voting begin?

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Tomorrow morning. Then everything everywhere all at once.

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He mentioned Lawrence of Arabia and another 60s-era movie. Then childhoods favs of Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. My intent is to say that the latter two are equal to the first two in terms of absolute classics.

I guess I should have started all the round of 32 today. Sorry about that.

Gotcha!

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#8 1962 vs. #16 1977
#8 1962: Lawrence of Arabia, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dr. No, The Manchurian Candidate, Lolita, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Longest Day, Cape Fear, The Trial
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How do you expect me to choose between absolute classics Lawrence of Arabia & To Kill a Mockingbird and childhood favorites Star Wars & Close Encounters????????

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Hey, let me keep my illusion I'm not just an old man yelling at a cloud here.

I am certain I can't be the only one whose dividing line what films are considered classics and which are just great films is entirely dependent on their age.

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#8 1962 vs. #16 1977
#8 1962: Lawrence of Arabia, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dr. No, The Manchurian Candidate, Lolita, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Longest Day, Cape Fear, The Trial
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#16 1977: Annie Hall, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Smokey & The Bandit, Slap Shot, Sorcerer, the Spy Who Loved Me, A Bridge Too Far, Suspira, The Duelists

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How do you expect me to choose between absolute classics Lawrence of Arabia & To Kill a Mockingbird and childhood favorites Star Wars & Close Encounters????????

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Hey, let me keep my illusion I'm not just an old man yelling at a cloud here.

I am certain I can't be the only one whose dividing line what films are considered classics and which are just great films is entirely dependent on their age.

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If 89 is your class, then you and I are the same age.

I'm trying to say you're not an old dude yelling at a cloud. Because if that's what you are, then that's what I am.

Well in my eclipse fervor I forgot that both rounds of 32 should have been yesterday so we'll do the other half of the Round of 32 today, then 16 on Wednesday, 8 on Thursday, 4 over the weekend and the final matchup next Monday ala the real March Madness.

For the third straight day of competition, there was a matchup decided by two votes or fewer. That was continuing the Cinderella run of #14 1987, which edged #6 1975 50.8%-49.2%.

Speaking of Cinderella, it was more like Bridezilla as #16 1977 crushed #8 1962 78%-22% to move on to the Sweet 16 where it will face #12 2000 which cruised past #4 2018 with 67.5% of the votes.

The late 1970s got a second entry into the You Must Be the Other Guy Region's final four with #15 1978 holding off #7 2023 57.6%-42.4%

In the What's in The Box Region, #1 1995 cruised to an 81.4%-18.6% victory over #9 1974.

Its showdown with #2 2008 is still in play. Batman and Ironman crushed Frank Drebin and John McLane 61%-39%.

#3 2015, weary from its 12-round knockout vs. 1965, had nothing left in the tank was blown out of the building by #6 1998, 79.7%-20.3%.

In the #12 vs. #13 battle, 1990 kept on slaying them easily, with 83.1% of the vote vs. 1971.

The final numbers


What's In The Box? region


#1 1995 def. #9 1974, 81.4%-18.6%
#1 1995: Braveheart, Toy Story, Se7en, The Usual Suspects, Heat, Casino, Apollo 13, 12 Monkeys, Leaving Las Vegas, Sense & Sensibility
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#9 1974: The Godfather, Part II, Chinatown, Blazing Saddles, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Young Frankenstein, The Longest Yard, The Taking of Pelham 123, A Woman Under the Influence, Lenny, The Conversation

#2 2008 def. #10 1988, 61%-39%
#2 2008: Slumdog Millionaire, The Dark Knight, Gran Torino, iron Man, Wall-E, In Bruges, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Taken, the Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Reader
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#10 1988: Rain Man, Cinema Paradiso, Die Hard, Beetlejuice, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The Naked Gun, A Fish Called Wanda, Mississippi Burning, The Last Temptation of Christ, Midnight Run

#6 1998 def. #3 2015, 79.7%-20.3%
#3 2015: Spotlight, The Force Awakens, Inside Out, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, The Martian, Room, The Big Short, The Hateful Eight, Straight Outta Compton
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#6 1998: Shakespeare in Love, Saving Private Ryan, American History X, The Truman Show, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, The Big Lebowski, There's Something About Mary, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Dark City, The Thin Red Line

#13 1990 def. #12 1971, 83.1%-16.9%
#12 1971: The French Connection, A Clockwork Orange, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, Fiddler on the Roof, Dirty Harry, The Last Picture Show, Straw Dogs, The Andromeda Strain, Harold & Maude, Walkabout
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#13 1990: Dances with Wolves, Home Alone, Goodfellas, Edward Scissorhands, Misery, The Hunt For Red October, Awakenings, Pretty Woman, Total Recall, Back to the Future 3



You Must be the Other Guy Region

#16 1977 def. #8 1962, 78%-22%
#8 1962: Lawrence of Arabia, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dr. No, The Manchurian Candidate, Lolita, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Longest Day, Cape Fear, The Trial
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#16 1977: Annie Hall, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Smokey & The Bandit, Slap Shot, Sorcerer, the Spy Who Loved Me, A Bridge Too Far, Suspira, The Duelists

#15 1978 def. #7 2023, 57.6%-42.4%
#7 2023: Oppenheimer, Barbie, Spider-man: Across the Spiderverse, Poor Things, Anatomy of a Fall, John Wick: Chapter 4, Mission Impossible; Dead Reckoning, Part I, The Iron Claw, The Holdovers, Guardians of the Galaxy 3
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#15 1978: The Deer Hunter, Grease, Animal House, Superman, Halloween, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Dawn of the Dead, Death on the Nile, The Midnight Express, 14 Days in Heaven


#14 1987 def. #6 1975, 50.8%-49.2%
#6 1975: One Flew Over the ****oo's Nest, Monty Python's Holy Grail, Barry Lyndon, Jaws, the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Dog Day Afternoon, 3 Days of the Condor, The Man Who Would Be King, The Passenger, Nashville
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#14 1987: The Last Emperor, Three Men and a Baby, Full Metal Jacket, The Princess Bride, Robocop, Predator, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, The Untouchables, Empire of the Sun, Lethal Weapon


#12 2000 def. #4 2018, 67.8%-32.2%
#4 2018: Green Book, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Deadpool 2, Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse, Bohemian Rhapsody, Mission Impossible: Fallout, The Incredibles 2, A Star is Born, Won't You Be My Neighbor?
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#12 2000: Gladiator, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Erin Brokovich, Memento, Snatch, Castaway, American Psycho, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Billy Elliot

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#8 1962: Lawrence of Arabia, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dr. No, The Manchurian Candidate, Lolita, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Longest Day, Cape Fear, The Trial
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How do you expect me to choose between absolute classics Lawrence of Arabia & To Kill a Mockingbird and childhood favorites Star Wars & Close Encounters????????

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Hey, let me keep my illusion I'm not just an old man yelling at a cloud here.

I am certain I can't be the only one whose dividing line what films are considered classics and which are just great films is entirely dependent on their age.

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Class of 87, I guess I'm pretty close as well

The Second Day of the Round of 32 is live!
Today's matchups bring probably the most eagerly anticipated matchup of the early going, a clash of eras for our board between 1999 and 1982.
It also brings the first matchup of consecutive years with 1983 vs 1984.

VOTE HERE

I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Region

#1 1994 vs. #9 2002
#1 1994: Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, The Lion King, The Professional, True Lies, Dumb & Dumber, Speed, Interview with the Vampire, Legends of the Fall
#9 2002: Chicago, Spider-Man, The Two Towers, The Pianist, Catch Me If You Can, Minority Report, Gangs of New York, The Bourne Identity, Road to Perdition, 28 Days Later

#2 2014 vs. #10 1980
#2 2014: Birdman, American Sniper, Interstellar, Whiplash, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Gone Girl, Boyhood, Imitation Game, Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men: Days of Future Past
#10 1980: Ordinary People, The Empire Strikes Back, The Shining, The Elephant Man, Raging Bull, Airplane!, The Blues Brothers, The Long Good Friday, Caddyshack, The Gods Must be Crazy

#11 1984 vs. # 14 1983
#11 1984: Amadeus, Beverly Hills Cop, Once Upon a Time in America, The Karate Kid, The Terminator, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Ghostbusters, Blood Simple, This is Spinal Tap, A Nightmare on Elm Street
#14 1983: Terms of Endearment, Return of the Jedi, Scarface, Trading Places, Local Hero, War Games, National Lampoon's Vacation, The Right Stuff, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, A Christmas Story

#12 1986 vs. #13 1976
#12 1986: Platoon, Top Gun, Aliens, Stand by Me, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Hannah and her Sisters, Blue Velvet, The Fly, The Name of the Rose, Hoosiers
#13 1976: Rocky, Network, the Omen, Carrie, Taxi Driver The Bad News Bears, All the President's Men, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Marathon Man, The Shootist


Mr. Anderson Region

#1 1999 vs. #9 1982
#1 1999: American Beauty, The Phantom Menace, Fight Club, The Matrix, The Green Mile, The Sixth Sense, The Iron Giant, Magnolia, Toy Story 2, The Boondock Saints
#9 1982: Gandhi, ET, The Thing, Blade Runner, First Blood, The Verdict, Sophie's Choice, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Secret of NIMH, The King of Comedy

#2 1993 vs. #7 1979
#2 1993: Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, In the Name of the Father, Groundhog Day, Tombstone, Philadelphia, The Fugitive, True Romance, The Sandlot, The Nightmare Before Christmas
#7 1979: Kramer vs. Kramer, Alien, Apocalypse Now, The Warriors, The Jerk, Life of Brian, Breaking Away, Being There, Escape from Alcatraz, All That Jazz

#6 1967 vs. #14 1996
#6 1967: In The Heat of the Night, Cool Hand Luke, The Samurai, The Graduate, Bonnie & Clyde, The Jungle Book, The Dirty Dozen, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, In Cold Blood, Wait Until Dark
#14 1996: The English Patient, Independence Day, Trainspotting, Fargo, Sling Blade, The Rock, Primal Fear, Shine, Sleepers, A Time to Kill

#5 2009 vs. #13 1989
#5 2009: The Hurt Locker, Avatar, Moon, Inglourious Basterds, The Hangover, Star Trek, District 9, Up, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Coraline
#13 1989: Driving Miss Daisy, Batman, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Dead Poets Society, The Abyss, Do The Right Thing, Field of Dreams, Glory, When Harry Met Sally, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Not much outrage on here today.

I will say today's voting was the easiest for me.

Damn completely forgot yesterdays vote with eclipse mania.

I reserve the right to be pissed about the outcome anyway but I'm not gonna bother to look back... moving on.

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Only one is really competitive as I check in at mid-day. Although several lower seeds are doing their thing again. I thought 1994 was going to go wire to wire today at 100% but somebody messed it up.

Tomorrow's posts will probably be later in the morning as I have been roped into taking a foster dog to get spayed and have to leave my house at 6 am.

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Only one is really competitive as I check in at mid-day. Although several lower seeds are doing their thing again. I thought 1994 was going to go wire to wire today at 100% but somebody messed it up.

Tomorrow's posts will probably be later in the morning as I have been roped into taking a foster dog to get spayed and have to leave my house at 6 am.

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That '92, '93, and '94 span was crazy!

48 pretenders kicked to the curb.
16 contenders left.
1939 still sitting out there pissed as hell.
Judy Garland eating barbituates like they were pez to control her rage.

The Sweet 16 field is pretty remarkable.

• Seven of the 16 entries are from the 1990s, which means that 70% of the 90s' entries have made it this far.
• Five of the 16 entries are from the 1980s, a decade that a lot of you weren't even alive for.
• The 1970s and 2000s have two entries each.
• The 2010s and 2020s were shut out entirely.

Here come the entries, along with my award-winning commentary* posing the question to you, dear voter which year's best 3-person/creature team would win a fight vs. the other year's 3-person/creature team?
Note: One character per movie limit.
Please feel free to invent your own 3-man teams from these years, I came up with this idea on the spur of the moment!

VOTE HERE - 24 hours of the Sweet 16 starts now!

What's in the Box? Region

#1 1995 vs. #13 1990
#1 1995: Braveheart, Toy Story, Se7en, The Usual Suspects, Heat, Casino, Apollo 13, 12 Monkeys, Leaving Las Vegas, Sense & Sensibility

#13 1990: Dances with Wolves, Home Alone, Goodfellas, Edward Scissorhands, Misery, The Hunt For Red October, Awakenings, Pretty Woman, Total Recall, Back to the Future 3

Who wins in a 3x3 fight? William Wallace, Buzz Lightyear, and John Doe ('95) vs. Kevin McCallister, Annie from Misery, and Quaid/Howser from Total Recall ('90)



#2 2008 vs. #6 1998
#2 2008: Slumdog Millionaire, The Dark Knight, Gran Torino, Iron Man, Wall-E, In Bruges, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Taken, the Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Reader

#6 1998: Shakespeare in Love, Saving Private Ryan, American History X, The Truman Show, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, The Big Lebowski, There's Something About Mary, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Dark City, The Thin Red Line

Who wins in a 3x3 fight? Batman, Iron Man,and Liam Neeson from Taken ('08) vs. Barry Pepper's sniper from Saving Private Ryan, Walter Sobchak from Lebowski, and let's say, Jason Staham from LSTSB ('98).



You Must Be the Other Guy Region

#12 2000 vs. #16 1977
#12 2000: Gladiator, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Erin Brokovich, Memento, Snatch, Castaway, American Psycho, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Billy Elliot

#16 1977: Annie Hall, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Smokey & The Bandit, Slap Shot, Sorcerer, the Spy Who Loved Me, A Bridge Too Far, Suspira, The Duelists

Who wins in a 3x3 fight? Maximus Decimus Meridius commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius, Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, and Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-fat) from CTHD ('00) vs. Bo "Bandit" Darville, Han Solo, and Jack Hanson (hard to pick just one Hanson brother) from Slapshot ('77)



#14 1987 vs. #15 1978
#14 1987: The Last Emperor, Three Men and a Baby, Full Metal Jacket, The Princess Bride, Robocop, Predator, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, The Untouchables, Empire of the Sun, Lethal Weapon

#15 1978: The Deer Hunter, Grease, Animal House, Superman, Halloween, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Dawn of the Dead, Death on the Nile, The Midnight Express, 14 Days in Heaven

Who wins in a 3x3 fight? Inigo Montoya, Robocop, and Dutch from Predator ('87) vs. Superman, Michael Meyers, and John Travolta's hips from Grease ('78)



I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Region

#1 1994 vs. #12 1986
#1 1994: Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, The Lion King, The Professional, True Lies, Dumb & Dumber, Speed, Interview with the Vampire, Legends of the Fall

#12 1986: Platoon, Top Gun, Aliens, Stand by Me, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Hannah and her Sisters, Blue Velvet, The Fly, The Name of the Rose, Hoosiers

Who wins in a 3x3 fight? Leon from the Professional, Harry Rehnquist, and Boggs from Shawshank ('94) vs. Maverick, Ripley, and Sgt. Barnes from Platoon ('86)


#10 1980 vs. #11 1984
#10 1980: Ordinary People, The Empire Strikes Back, The Shining, The Elephant Man, Raging Bull, Airplane!, The Blues Brothers, The Long Good Friday, Caddyshack, The Gods Must be Crazy

#11 1984: Amadeus, Beverly Hills Cop, Once Upon a Time in America, The Karate Kid, The Terminator, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Ghostbusters, Blood Simple, This is Spinal Tap, A Nightmare on Elm Street

Who wins in a 3x3 fight? Darth Vader, John Torrance from the Shining, and Carl Spackler ('80) vs. The Terminator, Indiana Jones, and Freddy Krueger ('84)


Mr. Anderson Region

#1 1999 vs. #13 1989
#1 1999: American Beauty, The Phantom Menace, Fight Club, The Matrix, The Green Mile, The Sixth Sense, The Iron Giant, Magnolia, Toy Story 2, The Boondock Saints

#13 1989: Driving Miss Daisy, Batman, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Dead Poets Society, The Abyss, Do The Right Thing, Field of Dreams, Glory, When Harry Met Sally, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Who wins in a 3x3 fight? Tyler Durden, Neo, and Darth Maul ('97) vs. Batman, Indiana Jones, and Meg Ryan's Fake Orgasm ('89)


#2 1993 vs. #14 1996
#2 1993: Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, In the Name of the Father, Groundhog Day, Tombstone, Philadelphia, The Fugitive, True Romance, The Sandlot, The Nightmare Before Christmas

#14 1996: The English Patient, Independence Day, Trainspotting, Fargo, Sling Blade, The Rock, Primal Fear, Shine, Sleepers, A Time to Kill

Who wins in a 3x3 fight? The T-Rex, Doc Holiday, and Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez ('93) vs. Captain Steven Hiller, John Patrick Mason (retired of course), and 12-year-old Karl Childers (Sling Blade).



* = I have not won any awards for my commentary.

7 votes in, only 1 matchup is 100%-0%. Gonna be a wild ride today.

1989 vs 1999 is a tough one. Might just flip a coin.

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#6 1967: In The Heat of the Night, Cool Hand Luke, The Samurai, The Graduate, Bonnie & Clyde, The Jungle Book, The Dirty Dozen, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, In Cold Blood, Wait Until Dark
#14 1996: The English Patient, Independence Day, Trainspotting, Fargo, Sling Blade, The Rock, Primal Fear, Shine, Sleepers, A Time to Kill

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Really? Really? What's wrong with you people. The only exceptional movie in the '96 list is Fargo. The only meh picture in the '67 list is Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? sigh.

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#1 1995: Braveheart, Toy Story, Se7en, The Usual Suspects, Heat, Casino, Apollo 13, 12 Monkeys, Leaving Las Vegas, Sense & Sensibility

#13 1990: Dances with Wolves, Home Alone, Goodfellas, Edward Scissorhands, Misery, The Hunt For Red October, Awakenings, Pretty Woman, Total Recall, Back to the Future 3

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Damn. Gonna have to go Ryder Cup match-play style, movie by movie, based on whatever ratings you used to get them lined up in this order.

1. Braveheart vs. Dances With Wolves
Extremely close for me. Narrowest of margins.

2. Toy Story vs. Home Alone
Another close one. Both original constructs. Both awesome still.

3. Se7en vs. Goodfellas
The first one that's not really close. I love Se7en, but Goodfellas is a near perfect movie.

4. The Usual Suspects vs. Edward Scissorhands
Another one that's not particularly close. I love the absurdity of Edward Scissorhands and it's definitely a 1 of 1 movie, but The Usual Suspects is too good.

5. Heat vs. Misery
Surprisingly close for me, and Heat is one of my all-timers. Misery is so perfectly cast that it nearly takes it if I look at them objectively. Just can't beat out the shootout and the diner scene.

6. Casino vs. The Hunt for Red October
This one hurt my heart. I absolutely love Casino, but it drags a bit with the James Woods/Sharon Stone scenes for me. Got to give it to Jack Ryan and Captain Romius.

7. Apollo 13 vs. Awakenings
DeNiro and Williams are great in Awakenings, but this is a mismatch. Apollo 13 is epic.

8. 12 Monkeys vs. Pretty Woman
Kind of surprised myself with this pick. I think I like 12 Monkeys more, but I think I have to acknowledge that Pretty Woman is iconic. I wanted to take 12 Monkeys, but in the end I think Pretty Woman is the right choice.

9. Leaving Las Vegas vs. Total Recall
Fairly close, but Total Recall is more rewatchable where Leaving Las Vegas is a tough, tough watch.

10. Sense & Sensibility vs. BTTF3
Thankfully, my love for Elizabeth Shue is redeemed after the #9 matchup. BTTF3 is fun and I love pretty much everything about it. Arguably the best closing chapter to the best TRUE trilogy of all time.

So in the end, 1990 takes the match 6-4.

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#6 1967: In The Heat of the Night, Cool Hand Luke, The Samurai, The Graduate, Bonnie & Clyde, The Jungle Book, The Dirty Dozen, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, In Cold Blood, Wait Until Dark
#14 1996: The English Patient, Independence Day, Trainspotting, Fargo, Sling Blade, The Rock, Primal Fear, Shine, Sleepers, A Time to Kill

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Really? Really? What's wrong with you people. The only exceptional movie in the '96 list is Fargo. The only meh picture in the '67 list is Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? sigh.

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