Best movies of before 2000

Dirty Dancing(1987)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.



The Witches of Eastwick(1987)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.



Keeping the Faith(2000)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Two friends, a priest and a rabbi, fall in love with the same woman they knew in their youth, but the religious position of both men denies them romance.



Scarface(1983)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 62

In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.



Parenthood(1989)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 68

The Buckmans are a midwestern family all dealing with their lives: estranged relatives, raising children, pressures of the job, and learning to be a good parent and spouse.



The Blues Brothers(1980)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Jake Blues, just out from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and brother Elwood were raised.



The Evil Dead(1981)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.



Beetlejuice(1988)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 63

When a recently-deceased ghost couple find their now-vacant home invaded by an obnoxious family, they hire a sleazy ghost who gets rid of humans to help them.



Blazing Saddles(1974)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 64

In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.



Small Time Crooks(2000)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.



Planes, Trains & Automobiles(1987)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving with an obnoxious slob of a shower curtain ring salesman as his only companion.



State and Main(2000)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.



Remember the Titans(2000)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 62

The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.



MASH(1970)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 66

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.



Girl, Interrupted(1999)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the 1960s.



The Mask of Zorro(1998)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A young thief, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, is trained by the once great, but aged Zorro, who also pursues vengeance of his own.



Summer of Sam(1999)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.



Any Given Sunday(1999)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A behind-the-scenes look at the life-and-death struggles of modern-day gladiators and those who lead them.



Deep Blue Sea(1999)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Searching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease, a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the prey, as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back.



Never Been Kissed(1999)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A newspaper reporter enrolls in high school as part of research for a story.




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