Jon's Top Ten & Bottom Ten List

Below, you’ll find a running Top and Bottom Ten list for the year.  Film opinions are ever changing, and as we watch more and more films for this podcast, these lists will evolve.

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Top Ten

1. Only Yesterday

2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day

3. The Fisher King

4. Boyz n the Hood

5. Daughters of the Dust

6. La Belle Noiseuse (The Beautiful Troublemaker)

7. Raise the Red Lantern

8. The Double Life of Véronique

9. Europa

10. Fried Green Tomatoes

 

Bottom Ten (where #1 is the worst so far)

1. Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter

2. A Kiss Before Dying

3. Talent for the Game

4. The Summer My Father Grew Up

5. Bare Essentials

6. Virgin High

7. Impromptu

8. House Party 2

9. Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever

10. Dolly Dearest

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Jon's 0-4 Star Ratings for All Movies

Jon prefers to rate his movies on a more traditional 0-4 star scale (with half stars), where 0 is the lowest and 4 is the highest.

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4 Stars

Only Yesterday

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Fisher King

Boyz n the Hood

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3 1/2 Stars

Daughters of the Dust

La Belle Noiseuse (The Beautiful Troublemaker)

Raise the Red Lantern

The Double Life of Véronique

Defending Your Life

Europa

Fried Green Tomatoes

The Prince of Tides

Beauty and the Beast

JFK

Thelma & Louise

The People Under the Stairs

Night on Earth

Poison

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3 Stars

All the Mornings of the World (Tous les matins du monde)

Barton Fink

A Brighter Summer Day

Delicatessen

Cape Fear

Dogfight

Point Break

City Slickers

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

The Five Heartbeats

High Heels

Father of the Bride

White Fang

My Girl

Motorama

The Addams Family

976-Evil II: The Astral Factor

Ernest Scared Stupid

Bernard and the Genie

Hangin' with the Homeboys
New Jack City

Wildflower

Popcorn

Madonna: Truth or Dare

Soapdish

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

The Commitments

My Own Private Idaho

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

L.A. Story

Afraid of the Dark

Jungle Fever

Dutch

Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Smart Story

The Rapture

The Josephine Baker Story

Homicide

Earth Angel

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2 1/2 Stars

Sleeping with the Enemy

Fight Back to School

Hook

Body Parts
Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear

Mom

Drop Dead Fred

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

Cast a Deadly Spell

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Highway to Hell

Toy Soldiers

A Rage in Harlem

Necessary Roughness
Double Impact

Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

Straight Out of Brooklyn

Backdraft

Ricochet

Not Without My Daughter

Sweet Poison

The Ox

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2 Stars

The Last Boy Scout

Bugsy

Switch

Operation Condor (Armour of God 2)

Suburban Commando

Life Stinks
F/X2

Rolling Thunder

What About Bob?

Hot Shots!

King Ralph

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

If Looks Could Kill
Regarding Henry

Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue

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1 1/2 Stars

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

All I Want for Christmas

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

The Man in the Moon

Enchanted April

The Rocketeer

Career Opportunities

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird

Vegas in Space

The Perfect Bride
He Said, She Said

Retreat of the Godfather

Curly Sue

Delirious

Salmonberries

Money

Rambling Rose

Marilyn and Me

The Unborn

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1 Star

Sólo con tu pareja (Love in the Time of Hysteria)
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Doc Hollywood
V.I. Warshawski

Out for Justice

Cool as Ice

Grand Canyon

The Doors

Company Business

Millions

Mannequin Two: On the Move

Mystery Date

True Identity

Where Sleeping Dogs Lie

Hudson Hawk

The Pit and the Pendulum

Child's Play 3

Do or Die

Dead Silence (A Death in Palm Springs)

Oscar

Queens Logic
Other People's Money

Rock-A-Doodle

The Terror Within II

Brain Twisters

Mediterraneo

Dolly Dearest

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1/2 Star

Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever

House Party 2

Nothing But Trouble

Impromptu

Virgin High

Bare Essentials

Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans

Cybernator

The Summer My Father Grew Up

Talent for the Game
A Kiss Before Dying

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0 Stars

Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter