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Originally Posted by Plate of Shrimp
Which few films are those?
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By a "few" in the last couple decades, I obviously mean a much larger number than say, a handful, simply because the US produces alot of movies. Several of the ebst documentaries in the world were produced in the US during the period I mentioend, i.e. The Thin Blue Line, Hoop Dreams, The Fog of War, ect. and several american directors released fantastic debuts such as PTA's Boogie Nights. It isnt hard to find some genuinely fantastic American movies relased in the post Indiana Jones/Godfather years, but the ratio of good movies to crap has not been very high.
Also, the American movies vying for, and winning, academy awards in the last two or three decades have been almost without exception mediocre, if not flat out bad.