Top 100 of all time - # 86-90

Moving on down the list, we have one of my personal favorites from high school and what has become one of the more fun cult classics from the 90's.

#90 - Dazed and Confused, 1993.

Dazed and Confused is the high school party movie that made us all want to grow up in the early 70's. Tight clothes, terrible hair, and a carefree drug attitude, this film showcases Matthew McConaughey and Ben Affleck before they were stars. This is Richard Linklater's finest piece of work, even though it is a departure from his usual style.

#89 - Jaws, 1975.

Steven Spielberg's first success as a director is a frighteningly iconic cinema stalwart. The audience reaction is legendary, and I only wish I could have been surprised by the Great White as it emerged from the water in 1975. Jaws stands the test of time, and still causes a bit of trepidation when you are swimming in the ocean whether you are 20, or 80.

#88 - Grease, 1978.

I've probably seen this a hundred times, most of which were (sorry mom) after coming home from Kindergarten in 1983. Popping in Grease, I would fall asleep to the tunes of John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. One of the few musicals on this list, Grease is something of a phenomenon in which most of mainstream America has a soft spot, and knows the words.

#87 - Deer Hunter, 1978.

Harrowing in its sheer melancholy, Deer Hunter showed us a Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken that we would never see again. Depressing as all hell, Deer Hunter has one of the most riveting and memorable sequences in film history. You can't help but feel sorrow and pain for these characters as they struggle with their lives and the emotional aftermath of war.

#86 - Platoon, 1986.

The quintessential Vietnam War film, Platoon is more of a character study as Charlie Sheen, pre-Warlock era, gives a great poor-man's-Tom-Cruise performance, and Willem Dafoe and Tom Berenger are astonishing showing the polarized personas of good and evil. The line becomes more blurred as the film progresses. Filled with blood and violence, Platoon is more about the loss of innocence, and survival of conscience than it is about the war itself. Oliver Stone does a nice job with this award-winning film.