Yahoo! Movies listed out the best modern classics that you need to watch. I’ve listed them out below and highlighted the ones I’ve seen. I’m surprised how many are foreign films. To read the reasonings for why these films made the list, check out the original article on Yahoo.
1990
Goodfellas
Misery
1991
Beauty and the Beast
The Silence of the Lambs
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Thelma & Louise
1992
Hard Boiled (Lat sau san taam)
Malcolm X
The Player
Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong deng long gao gao gua)
Supercop (Ging chat goo si 3: Chiu kup ging chat)
Unforgiven
1993
Dazed and Confused
Groundhog Day
Schindler’s List
1994
Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam)
Ed Wood
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Pulp Fiction
The Shawshank Redemption
Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge)
1995
Babe
Before Sunrise
Clueless
Heat
Living in Oblivion
Sense and Sensibility
Toy Story
The Usual Suspects
1996
Big Night
Dead Man
Fargo
Ghost in the Shell (Kokaku kidotai)
Lone Star
Scream
Secrets & Lies
Sling Blade
Swingers
Trainspotting
1997
Boogie Nights
Eve’s Bayou
L.A. Confidential
The Sweet Hearafter
Titanic
1998
The Big Lebowski
Fireworks (Hana-bi)
Out of Sight
Saving Private Ryan
There’s Something About Mary
1999
All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)
American Beauty
Being John Malkovich
Election
Fight Club
The Matrix
Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime)
Run Lola Run (Lola rennt)
The Sixth Sense
Three Kings
2000
Almost Famous
Best in Show
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
Yi Yi
2001
Amelie (Le fabuleux destin d’Amelie Poulain)
Donnie Darko
In the Mood For Love (Fa yeung nin wa)
The Lord of the Rings
Memento
Mulholland Drive
The Royal Tenenbaums
2002
The Pianist
Y Tu Mama Tambien
2003
City of God (Cidade de Deus)
Elephant
Finding Nemo
2004
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Shaun of the Dead
Sideways
2005
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Brokeback Mountain
A History of Violence
Oldboy
2006
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Children of Men
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)
Pan’s Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
2007
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile)
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
2008
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
2009
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
