3 Women - I never really know how I feel about Robert Altman, and this didn't change that. Another movie with two good leads (taking advantage of Sissy Spacek's somewhat ageless looks), it's an interesting intersection of the mundane with the surreal. I assume this owes a heavy debt to Persona which I've never actually seen.
Road House - Maybe the most '80s movie ever? A bit of slobs-vs.-snobs, a bit of ridiculous action. I enjoyed it, Patrick Swayze sells it all well.
The Craft - Probably not the most '90s movie ever, but certainly up there. I can see why it hit for some people who saw it at the right time, and it has its moments (most involving Fairuza Balk) but I can't say I especially liked it. It does seem like it was probably a big influence for the Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV show - it came out after the Buffy movie, and feels like it supplies the tone that differentiates the show from its predecessor movie.
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