Okayplayer's New Classics (1983-2008)

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Voted on by the members of Okayplayer.com, "PTP's New Classics" represents a response to Entertainment Weekly's list of the same name. Voters were instructed to make a list representing their individual choices for the films they found most memorable from the years 1983 to 2008, with an emphasis on personal classics encouraged. These lists were then compiled and tallied to form a master list of 200 films... the New Classics.

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  1. 1 -

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  2. 2 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
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    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
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    Malcolm X

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
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    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
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    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
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    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
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    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
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    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
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    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
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    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
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    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
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    Rushmore

    1998, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 19 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
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    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
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    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
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    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  18. 30 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
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    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  20. 32 -

    Children of Men

    2006, in 12 top lists Check
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    Boogie Nights

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 34 -

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
  23. 36 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  24. 37 -

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  25. 42 -

    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  26. 43 -

    Miller's Crossing

    1990, in 11 top lists Check
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    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 46 -

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  29. 47 -

    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 48 -

    The Lion King

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  31. 49 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
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    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  33. 53 -

    Swingers

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  34. 54 -

    The Color Purple

    1985, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 55 -

    Platoon

    1986, in 21 top lists Check
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    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
  38. 58 -

    The Pianist

    2002, in 21 top lists Check
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    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  40. 61 -

    25th Hour

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Breakfast Club

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 64 -

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
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    Adaptation.

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 68 -

    Glory

    1989, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 69 -

    Menace II Society

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 71 -

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  47. 72 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  48. 73 -

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
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    Jackie Brown

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 78 -

    Election

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
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