97. Heathers (1989)
Directed by Michael Lehmann
Written by Daniel Waters
Starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty
A fantastic black comedy about high school love, life, and suicide. It feels like a John Hughes movie if it was directed by Tim Burton and there are plenty of moments where you feel guilty for laughing but at the same time, why bother. The basic premises is Ryder's character is a part of the most popular clique is school, the Heathers, named so because with the exception of Ryder's character, they're all named Heather. Winona accidentally kills one of them and she and her boyfriend make it look like suicide. This sets off a chain of events leading to other deaths and one of my favorite lines in a movie ever, "I love my dead gay son!"
96. The Children's Hour
Directed by William Wyler
Written by John Michael Hayes from the play by Lillian Hellman
Starring Audrey Hepburn, Shirley Maclaine and James Garner
Oscar Nominations: 5
For me, this is one of those movies I can watch when I want to feel something. It's incredibly emotional and demonstrates something of Hollywood's "morality" before the 70's. The movie is about two college friends who start a private school. A bratty girl gets angry with them and starts a rumor that the two are involved in a relationship with each other. The rest of the film is the deterioration of their lives because of a single lie. The ending really hits you and embodied the trope of Bury your Gays.
95. Repo: The Genetic Opera (2008)
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
Written by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich
Starring: Anthony Stewart Head, Alexa Vega, and Paul Sorvino
What we have here is if Saw and Moulin Rouge had a baby and it didn't suck. A post-apocalyptic rock opera about organ failure, some of the moments are very iffy at best but it's made up for by the performances by it's leads and their voices. This is another hard to describe plots because there are about four plot threads running through but oh well. Look it up on wiki.
Next time: "I'm your biggest fan." "Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself." "Don't dream it, be it!"
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