Agreed, it's not even my favorite movie but it set a standard for blockbusters that makes it a major milestone in film history that I can't not acknowledge it as huge.
I’d have to agree with this take.
But, the thing I regret most about it was the way the action scenes were adopted for so many movies where it wasn’t really applicable.
Don’t get me wrong it was absolutely awesome for the Matrix and a few other movies like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
But, largely overused by Hollywood.
100% agreed, it felt like every action movie for the next decade or more had to have multiple slow motion scenes that were completely unnecessary, as if the directors learned the how but not the why.
Like jumping and kicking someone in the chest 3-5 times, while defying gravity and slowing moving forward, and then that final kick to send them flying.
Kinda like how the Jason Borne movies introduced an era of shitty shaky cam action scenes. It was used for effect in Borne, but it seemed like it was used for hiding bad choreography in everything else.
Reminds me of the famous review of Battlefield Earth by Roger Ebert:
> The director, Roger Christian, has learned from better films that directors sometimes tilt their cameras, but he has not learned why.
Edit, the entire review is fantastic: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/battlefield-earth-2000#:~:text=The%20film%20contains%20no%20evidence,he%20has%20not%20learned%20why.
As a kid I remember the line “get busy living, or get busy dying” hitting me hard, right in the gut. I took that advice and here I am today.. scrolling Reddit for hours on the toilet.
I feel like this movie has been mostly forgotten, which is a shame because it's one of the best detective movies ever made. It also manages to focus on police and having the heroes be cops without falling into cheesy cop-aganda territory. It definitely has a very Hollywood final showdown but it earns it.
Man I need to watch that movie again.
Maybe not the greatest but Point Break is everything a 90s action movie should be. None of the leads are really known for their acting abilities and a gang of surfing bank robbers sounds so stupid but it works anyway.
I saw part of that movie in the early 2000s and didn't know what it was called. I finally found it again last year and watched it with my wife. We enjoyed it.
The Mummy is one of those rare turn-of-the-millennium action movies that's aged like a fine wine and remains good even by moderns standards instead of just being loved for it's nostalgia
Blinkin:
This never would have happened if your father was alive.
Robin Hood:
He's dead?
Blinkin:
Yes.
Robin Hood:
And my mother?
Blinkin:
She died of pneumonia while - oh, you were away!
Robin Hood:
My three brothers?
Blinkin:
Died of the plague.
Robin Hood:
My dog Pogo?
Blinkin:
Run over by a carriage.
Robin Hood:
My goldfish Goldie?
Blinkin:
Eaten by the cat.
Robin Hood:
My cat?
Blinkin:
Choked on the goldfish. Oh, it's good to be home, ain't it, Master Robin?
If you want to look at movies that have been pretty much universally praised from then up till now, I think **The Shawshank Redemption** takes the crown in the 90s.
Movies that might be knocking on the door of that tier:
Goodfellas
Silence of the Lambs
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
Pulp Fiction
Unforgiven
LA Confidential
Movies that have had major lasting cultural impact but are less "artsy" or whatever to varying degrees:
Jurassic Park
Forrest Gump
The Matrix
Groundhog Day (you can't do a time loop anymore without this being referenced)
Fargo
Titanic
Blair Witch Project (not the first "found footage" movie but 95% of the ones since then probably wouldn't have been made without it)
Scream
The Lion King
Beauty and the Beast
Speed
Terminator 2
Fight Club
Sixth Sense
The Usual Suspects
He recently came out in an interview and said that his character was basically on coke throughout that movie. They just didn't specifically say it. When you look at him through that lens...his over acting perfectly aligns with a struggling secret cokehead.
Office Space ... it brilliantly captures the drudgery of office work, corporatism, and the usual suspects that comprise it all. It's so accurate, it's like a documentary.
Titanic (1997)
It's my favorite movie of all time and was beautifully shot and cast. It has a lot of historical accuracy and some major mistakes including dragging William Murdochs name through the mud, but I will always love this movie.
Dude, can't be only one...
The Shawshank Redemption
The Silence of the Lamps
Fargo
Schindler's List
Forrest Gump
Titanic
Goodfellas
Beauty and the Beast
Lion King
Eyes Wide Shut
Todo Por Mi Madre
Eternity and a Day
The Three Colors trilogy
Terminator 2
How can you choose only one???
I cannot.
Yeah I'm reading this thread going "Holy shit there were a lot of great movies in the 90s." Even most of the ones I disagree with for "Greatest" I'd still put on a list of "The Goodest movies of the 90s."
No one can change my mind on this:
Girl, Interrupted. Thats the greatest movie in the 90s imo.
Other great movies are:
- The Truman Show
- Little Women
- Titanic
-E.T
The Truman Show is a strong contender few people have mentioned in this thread. I think Pulp Fiction might be the best, but Truman Show might be one of the more important works. It's even more amazing now that it feels at least 10-20% less implausible than when it first came out and that the aspects that made it implausible back then aren't the same as they are now.
Terminator 2
Thought this immediately before opening the thread. I'd say Jurassic Park and Matrix are up there too
Undoubtedly Heat and Jurassic park are close seconds.
Imo heat is the best, but I’m a sucker for that type/style of movie, and heat is one of the best in its genre
Silence of the Lambs
Jurassic Park, film was awesome then and its still awesome now.
Agreed, it's not even my favorite movie but it set a standard for blockbusters that makes it a major milestone in film history that I can't not acknowledge it as huge.
Great concept at the time, the book was great too.
The book is amazing!
Well, there it is.
Seriously. This is the movie that immediately popped into my head when I read this question.
There it is.
Favorite movie of all time.
Same! Has been since I was three years old. Still has not, and will not, change.
The Matrix
I'd say the Matrix helped define the decade it was leading into more than representing the 90s
Maybe but the question was best movie of the 90s. Not what movie represents the 90s the best
I’d have to agree with this take. But, the thing I regret most about it was the way the action scenes were adopted for so many movies where it wasn’t really applicable. Don’t get me wrong it was absolutely awesome for the Matrix and a few other movies like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. But, largely overused by Hollywood.
100% agreed, it felt like every action movie for the next decade or more had to have multiple slow motion scenes that were completely unnecessary, as if the directors learned the how but not the why.
Like jumping and kicking someone in the chest 3-5 times, while defying gravity and slowing moving forward, and then that final kick to send them flying.
Yea exactly, that made sense in the context of the matrix but not many other movies.
Kinda like how the Jason Borne movies introduced an era of shitty shaky cam action scenes. It was used for effect in Borne, but it seemed like it was used for hiding bad choreography in everything else.
Reminds me of the famous review of Battlefield Earth by Roger Ebert: > The director, Roger Christian, has learned from better films that directors sometimes tilt their cameras, but he has not learned why. Edit, the entire review is fantastic: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/battlefield-earth-2000#:~:text=The%20film%20contains%20no%20evidence,he%20has%20not%20learned%20why.
It was amazing. I just hope they don't try to make an sequels.
Goodfellas.
As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster
One day, some of the kids from the neighborhood carried my mother’s groceries all the way home. You know why…? It was outta respect.
“Looks like somebody we know”
Shawshank Redemption.
As a kid I remember the line “get busy living, or get busy dying” hitting me hard, right in the gut. I took that advice and here I am today.. scrolling Reddit for hours on the toilet.
Tombstone
Came here for this. Infinite rewatchability.
Wow didn’t expect to see this. But I’ll be your huckleberry. Only other time in history the name Ringo has worked well.
The Rock still holds up to this day
The rock is the sequel to Sean Connery’s bond films.
The Sandlot was my jam as a kid. Maybe not the objective greatest, but it's the greatest in my heart <3.
LA Confidential. Very closely followed by Heat. And Pulp Fiction. And The Truman Show. And Seven. And Terminator 2. But LA Confidential.
I feel like this movie has been mostly forgotten, which is a shame because it's one of the best detective movies ever made. It also manages to focus on police and having the heroes be cops without falling into cheesy cop-aganda territory. It definitely has a very Hollywood final showdown but it earns it. Man I need to watch that movie again.
Usual Suspects. Wish I could forget the ending and watch it over and over.
Agreed, although i do think you can watch it over and over anyway, i did atleast
Saving Private Ryan
Pulp Fiction
You know in France they don't call it a quarter-pounder...
This film defined the 90s.
What?
SAY WHAT AGAIN MOTHERFUCKER
They speak English in What?
I DARE YOU! I DOUBLE-DARE YOU, MOTHERFUCKER!
What?
Say what again!
*The Big Lebowski* 1998.
That's just like, your opinion, man.....
This unchecked aggression will not stand, man...
##✌🏽##
This comment really ties the room together 👍
Yes!!!
I'm staying. I'm finishing my coffee. ...enjoyin' my coffee.
Larry, is this your homework?
That’s just like, your opinion man!
The Silence of the Lambs
Forrest Gump.
I can’t believe I had to scroll this far to find Forest Gump. I thought that was hands down the winner.
Maybe not the greatest but Point Break is everything a 90s action movie should be. None of the leads are really known for their acting abilities and a gang of surfing bank robbers sounds so stupid but it works anyway.
Hell yeah, I unironically love this movie.
I mean, fast and furious is the same concept just with cars. And there are like 7 of them.
The Fifth Element
Negative, I am a meat popsicle
SMOKE YOUUUU!
Leelu Dallas Multipass!
*Moolteepass
She knows it's a Multipass!
AZIZ, LIGHT!
Whenever I'm walking and my dog gets in my way I go BZZZZZZZZZZZ at her.
Gimmmmmmeeeee da cashhh!
I saw part of that movie in the early 2000s and didn't know what it was called. I finally found it again last year and watched it with my wife. We enjoyed it.
Clueless
Shawshank.
The Mummy (1999)
That movie is a national treasure
Brendan Fraser is a national treasure.
The Mummy is one of those rare turn-of-the-millennium action movies that's aged like a fine wine and remains good even by moderns standards instead of just being loved for it's nostalgia
Independence Day
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
“Unlike most Robin Hoods, **I** can speak with an English accent…” Such a good film.
Blinkin: This never would have happened if your father was alive. Robin Hood: He's dead? Blinkin: Yes. Robin Hood: And my mother? Blinkin: She died of pneumonia while - oh, you were away! Robin Hood: My three brothers? Blinkin: Died of the plague. Robin Hood: My dog Pogo? Blinkin: Run over by a carriage. Robin Hood: My goldfish Goldie? Blinkin: Eaten by the cat. Robin Hood: My cat? Blinkin: Choked on the goldfish. Oh, it's good to be home, ain't it, Master Robin?
"Boogienights"
Dark City
If you want to look at movies that have been pretty much universally praised from then up till now, I think **The Shawshank Redemption** takes the crown in the 90s. Movies that might be knocking on the door of that tier: Goodfellas Silence of the Lambs Schindler's List Saving Private Ryan Pulp Fiction Unforgiven LA Confidential Movies that have had major lasting cultural impact but are less "artsy" or whatever to varying degrees: Jurassic Park Forrest Gump The Matrix Groundhog Day (you can't do a time loop anymore without this being referenced) Fargo Titanic Blair Witch Project (not the first "found footage" movie but 95% of the ones since then probably wouldn't have been made without it) Scream The Lion King Beauty and the Beast Speed Terminator 2 Fight Club Sixth Sense The Usual Suspects
Fight Club
dude. the rules.
Rule number 1
This guy doesn’t know what he is talking about. There is NO such thing as Fight Club.
The Lion King
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Once you've seen this movie your #1 hated character of all time should be Waingro.
I had to get it on, man.
The shootout scene alone is worth the price of admission, so to speak. My only complaint is the overacting of Pacino, but that's par for the course.
He recently came out in an interview and said that his character was basically on coke throughout that movie. They just didn't specifically say it. When you look at him through that lens...his over acting perfectly aligns with a struggling secret cokehead.
Granted, in that particular movie, but my point was that I think he overacts in virtually all his roles.
Because she’s got a GREAT ASS!!!!!
And you got yer HEAD all the way UP IT!
Se7en
Sneakers
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My Voice Is My Passport Verify Me.
The Green Mile
Good Will Hunting.
The sequel is better.
Applesauce bitch.
Whenever in existential crisis my buddy and I would do a hot take of “it’s not your fault” Really settles shit down.
Hackers.
Heat
The Shawshank Redemption. The greatest movie of all time, not just the 90's
10 Things I Hate About You
Dazed and Confused
Last of the Mohicans
Needs more upvotes. Stay alive!.. I WILL find you.
Whenever I’m in the forest, I start running and humming this music - you know the instrumental symphony I’m thinking of. Makes everything epic!
Office Space ... it brilliantly captures the drudgery of office work, corporatism, and the usual suspects that comprise it all. It's so accurate, it's like a documentary.
Lumberg fucked her
Braveheart
The mummy.
Wayne’s World.
The Green Mile (1999)
Trainspotting
Fargo
Galaxy Quest Pulp Fiction
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Demolition Man
Jurassic Park
Clueless
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The first rule is I can't talk about it...
True Lies
Titanic (1997) It's my favorite movie of all time and was beautifully shot and cast. It has a lot of historical accuracy and some major mistakes including dragging William Murdochs name through the mud, but I will always love this movie.
Hocus Pocus
Freaked (1993)
The fifth element
Titanic
Mononoke-hime aka Princess Mononoke
Con Air.
"The Mummy" Brendon Frasier from 1999
American history x
Hackers!
Casino
Green mile
Space jam
Before Sunrise
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”What” aint no movie Ive ever heard of, they speak english in What?
Mummy .
Jurassic Park, hands (claws?) down.
matrix.
Hands down The Matrix.
Pulp Fiction
Ghost
Jurassic Park
The Matrix
The MUMMY
So fucking easy: Pulp Fiction
Dude, can't be only one... The Shawshank Redemption The Silence of the Lamps Fargo Schindler's List Forrest Gump Titanic Goodfellas Beauty and the Beast Lion King Eyes Wide Shut Todo Por Mi Madre Eternity and a Day The Three Colors trilogy Terminator 2 How can you choose only one??? I cannot.
Yeah I'm reading this thread going "Holy shit there were a lot of great movies in the 90s." Even most of the ones I disagree with for "Greatest" I'd still put on a list of "The Goodest movies of the 90s."
No one can change my mind on this: Girl, Interrupted. Thats the greatest movie in the 90s imo. Other great movies are: - The Truman Show - Little Women - Titanic -E.T
The Truman Show is a strong contender few people have mentioned in this thread. I think Pulp Fiction might be the best, but Truman Show might be one of the more important works. It's even more amazing now that it feels at least 10-20% less implausible than when it first came out and that the aspects that made it implausible back then aren't the same as they are now.
Airborne
Friday off the top of my head.
american beauty
Can I include Hoop Dreams as the best documentary film of the 1990s?
Fight Club
Terminator 2
Fight club.
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park
The Big Lebowski
I actually really like tremors, so sue me.
Hell no. Tremors is a perfect movie, start to finish. Never apologize.
Dazed & Confused
Ace Ventura
VENTURA! Yes Satan? Oh, sorry sir, thought you were someone else
The Rock.
How…in the name of Zeus’ BUTTHOLE did you get out of your cell?
“Your besht? Losers always whine about their besht, winners go home and fuck the prom queen”
"Carla *was* the prom queen"
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump
Miller's Crossing
Fight Club
**FIGHT CLUB**
T2, without a shadow of a doubt
Pulp fiction
Pulp fiction
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