The year was 1992 and I don't even want to talk about it. We have officially moved into some pretty embarrassing years for me. So no reminiscing this time around. I guess some pretty big things happened. It was a leap year. We elected one of this year's presidential candidate's husband to be president for a while. That only lasted about eight years. Oh, and it was the year the HAL 9000 became fully operational before he went completely insane in mid-late 2001. But you don't care about any of that. Because it was a really good year for movies - one of the best three of the decade.

Here's what really stuck out:

10.) A League of Their Own
Director: Penny Marshall
Stars: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna, Rosie O'Donnell
Why a fave? Are you kidding? Find a cuter, sweeter movie in 1992.

9.) Aladdin
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Stars: Robin Williams, as an animated monkey
Why a fave? Disney never did it better than this in the modern era.

8.) Scent of a Woman
Director: Martin Brest
Stars: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, Gabriele Anwar
Why a fave? Pacino, Pacino, Pacino! To this day, people are still breaking out with the occasional "Hoo-Ah."

7.) Malcolm X
Director: Spike Lee
Stars: Denzel Washington
Why a fave? Easily one of Spike's best films, this is a pretty definitive historical look at the man and made Denzel a household name.

6.) The Crying Game
Director: Neil Jordan
Stars: Forest Whitaker, Stephen Rea
Why a fave? You know how it ends, even if you've never seen it. Beat that with a stick.

5.) Glengarry Glen Ross
Director: James Foley
Stars: Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, oh, and Pacino, Pacino, Pacino!
Why a fave? This was the movie that not only exposed the seedy underside of sales jobs, but defined it. And Pacino.

4.) Army of Darkness
Director: Sam Raimi
Stars: Bruce Campbell, the 11th century Undead, one very loud boom stick
Why a fave? At the time it looked like a blip. Fifteen years later and it still sells DVDs, toys, and gets quoted like you wouldn't believe. Now that's cultural resonance.

3.) A Few Good Men
Director: Rob Reiner
Stars: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore
Why a fave? You want a movie quote we've all quoted? You can't handle a movie quote we've all quoted. Oh, and it was written by Aaron "The West Wing" Sorkin.

2.) Reservoir Dogs
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth
Why a fave? One of my favorite movies of all time. I want this to be number one so bad it hurts. But it isn't, because despite introducing the world to Quentin Tarantino, he goes head-to-head with…

1.) Unforgiven
Director: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman and some guy named Clint Eastwood.
Why a fave? Clint Eastwood. He's like Chuck Norris but without all the jokes. And this is the BEST. WESTERN. EVER.

C. Robert Cargill - - - Email Me
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Austin-based Cargill, who not only loves but owns The Cutting Edge, writes on movies and DVD five times a week.

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