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You....you sir, are psychic. Damn fine list! Thank you especially for the inclusion of John Corbett, but I'd also include Darren Burrows, and possibly even Rob Morrow.

Yes, I had a real Northern Exposure thing going in 1992.

I'd STILL put Marisa Tomei on my list, and I was SEVEN in 1992. Nice job Rowles.

"All I want to do is graduate from high school, go to Europe, marry Christian Slater, and die."

Love you jM.

I want to gnaw River Phoenix's face off in that picture. So so cute. And I still have a girl crush on Winona. I have nothing against my blue eyes, but she made me so jealous of girls with those gorgeous doe eyes. I'll never look doe-y. I'll just look mean and ice-queeny.

Anyone else remember My Own Private Idaho? Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix as male prostitutes. My heart still aches every time I see a picture of River.

Ah yes. I remember spending hours at a time contemplating my most bangable list back in 1992, between cheerio eating contests and drawing caterpillar pictures in kindergarten.

Caterpillars...there's a joke there, I can smell it.

My love for River was pure, and true. I'd still bang his brother (at least sans fur-face), but only because I've always had a taste for the Crazy Train.

But River....oh, River, I could have eased your pain. You know, with my junk.

I really should get back to work...

I was 9, and I still had a huge crush on Keanu Reeves. I still do. Though, I prefer he doesn't talk now.

Yes! I was 10 and my taste still holds true. As long as he keeps his mouth shut. And doesn't laugh. Talk about a mood-killer.

Johnny Depp is still on my list too. He's also forbidden from talking since he opened his big gob and came out as a Roman Polanski supporter.

And by this story I mean Last of the Mohicans.

And I am old enough to be dsbs's mother and not as a result of high school skankitude.

@Tracer Bullet: watch "Pump Up the Volume". You'll thank me later.

Also, I was 7 in 1992. I had a crush on Johnny Depp in 21 Jump Street. I used to watch with my mom.

Maybe it was because it was the closest to porn that I had seen at the time (7th grade), but Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct will always have a special place in my heart.

@benjiep
The first male nude butt I ever saw was Mel Gibson (or his double) in Forever Young. Mel no longer has a place in my heart though. I don't go for that kind of crazytrain.

This may be a little late, but was Samantha Fox still the Megan Fox of 1992?

Best list ever.

Though you should change the picture of Christian Slater that is in the list, because it is disappointing.

So, I occasionally read shoe blogs (shut up! I'm a girl! I'm allowed to think shoes are pretty, especially when I can't afford them).

Anyway, apparently jellies are back! Really! And my five-year-old self is doing a victory dance while my seven-year-old self (who was way too cool for jellies) is sulking in the corner. As she is prone to do. God, she's whiny. How did I put up with her for a whole year?

Posted by: EricD at June 17, 2010 4:16 PM

BWAH!!

"All I want to do is graduate from high school, go to Europe, marry Christian Slater, and die."

This made me laugh. My goals per my yearbook were: Find a cure for AIDS, figure out how to murder people and get away with it and marry Christian Slater.

No list from the 80s or 90s that doesn't include James Spader is complete. Sorry.

john corbett? really? id replace him with matt dillon.

I agree with Samantha - Brendan Fraser in Encino Man and Daniel Day Lewis in Last of the Mohicans. Especially Daniel Day Lewis. Really, especially Daniel Day Lewis.

I'd also nominate Christina Applegate, Madeline Stowe and Rene Russo. Although, I guess they'd never make it out the nominee process. Even though I remember Rene Russo being from Lethal Weapon 3, I don't think she would've clicked for this site until a few movies later.

Other than that, move Tia Carrere to number one and Samantha Mathis to number to and the list is pretty airtight.

Jennifer Connelly did the best nude scene in the history of cinema in the Hot Spot under the direction of Dennis Hopper, RIP man, in 1990 and then in 1996 the best sex scene in Mulholland Falls where Nick Nolte was obviously completely in love and she has been smoking hot ever since. She should have been #1.

I was in grad school in 1992. I was still probably fantasizing about the residents of Twin Peaks.

Agent Cooper anyone?

Audrey Horne FTW?

And Winona Ryder really looks like Keira Knightly in that pic.

i never understood how lili taylor was a "dog" in dogfight

Yeeesh, a big fat NO to any of the men on that list. I didn't like girly boys back then and I haven't changed. They're all just tiny and look like I could kick their asses. Really, even my 8 year old self would've scoffed.

OK maybe not at River Phoenix, but I STILL think Christian Slater looks like a weasel. brr.

Posted by: OscarTamerz at June 17, 2010 6:26 PM
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Hear, hear.

Also, I figured y'all completely overlooked Phoebe Cates because "Fast Times" couldn't POSSibly be older than 1992, right?

1982?

Fuck. Me old.

@Whorish Mouth:

And Winona Ryder really looks like Keira Knightly in that pic.

Right?? I was like, I don't think Keira was actin' in the Nineties.... oh damn, get my readin' glasses on, that's Winona Ryder! Weird, right?

Am I the only one who never fancied Young Depp? It was when he crossed over to the fourty-somethings that I first got his hotness. His INCREDIBLE hotness.
Babyface Deppster does nothing for me!

Jennifer Connelly Indeed. And Uma Thurman. Dangerous Liaisons. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen? Did we forget?

@MyySharona

DOGFIGHT! I thought I was the only person who'd even seen it. What an underappreciated gem. Lili Taylor and River. Swoon.

Coming out of lurker mode to join in the River Phoenix love.

As a silly 13 year old girl I kept a VHS tape of My Own Private Idaho in my backpack at all times. Just in case my house burned down or something, I had to know that it would be safe.

There's something to be said for maturity, but the picture above still gave me butterflies in my stomach.

I personally would never have accepted Keanu Reeves, Christian Slater, or River Phoenix as attractive at any point in my life. The first one is too annoying and the other two look barely post-pubescent to me. Blech.

I preferred Johnny Depp in the 90s. Benny & Joon ('93), What's Eating Gilbert Grape ('93), Edward Scissorhands ('90); I watched them over and over again. Those big sad eyes of his, the soft voice, the wild black hair...oh lawd.

In 1992, Leonardo DiCaprio was on Growing Pains. For a 12 year old girl, he totally topped the list.

Posted by: Jeni at June 17, 2010 4:00 PM

I thought the same thing! But really, it's a very solid list. Can't complain.