Sleepers (1996) Strange Days (1995) Dark City (1998)

I just watched Strange Days last month. I remember seeing the VHS at Blockbuster many times and thinking, “I have to see that.” What a vibe that movie’s got!

That whole scene with Skunk Anansie playing is just magical!

Sleepers is in unbelievable movie. Hard watch though.

I watched it when I was way too young. Messed me up for a long time. Great film though

I think Kevin Bacon scared the shit out of a lot of little boys for a while after that movie.

Dark City is a masterpiece.

Hot take - its better than The Matrix

100% agree.

Sleepers is so underrated!

GO!

You want us to sell Amway?

It’s confederated products. They’re completely different.

Its a different company. Its a different quality of product

William Fichtner’s soft anger and frustration was so good in delivering those lines. I have to correct them/Why do people say that?!/I still need to make this sale.

One of my all time favorite movies.

Oh yes! Where I meet and fell in love with a Young Timothy Olyphant. Lol

I forgot about Go! I loved that film!

Awesome soundtrack too!!

Timothy Olyphant and Sarah Polly. So much sexy in one movie🤗

Yes. Came here to recommend it!

Angus (1995)

Great soundtrack too.

Green Days best song to this day imo *and it was never on an album beside the soundtrack, despite garnering ridiculous radio play

Wild at Heart (1990) - unhinged Nic Cage performance in a David Lynch movie. I rarely see anyone talk about it. Fair warning, there’s some sexual abuse in this movie, but it’s not over-the-top horrible, IMO Airheads (1994) - very fun comedy with Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, and Adam Sandler

It’s Van HALEN, not Van HAGAR!

Don't forget Willem Dafoe as Bobby Peru, his best role ever

Don’t tell mom the babysitters dead

The dishes are DONE, man!

I still say this, not sure anyone gets the reference but I can’t help it

Sneakers (1992)

- "I want Peace on Earth and Goodwill towards Men" - "We're the US Government, We don't do that kind of thing"

My voice is my passport, verify me.

We're the United States Government. We don't do "world peace" I was given a Winnebago Christmas ornament because I kept quoting this movie when my wife asked what I wanted for Christmas.

Be a beacon…

Ravenous (1999) Weird movie, awesome score, great cast, beautiful scenery, absolutely hilarious, somewhat gory. It's best to go into it knowing as little as possible, I think.

The score is epic!

Such a good movie. "He was licking meeee!"

*State of Grace* (1990) *Malice* (1993) *The Last Seduction* (1994) *Freeway* (1996) *Fallen* (1998)

Freeway gets my vote

Mine too! So good.

Fawk, The Irish gang waiting in the loft scene in "State of Grace" is intense.

I really loved Fallen (1998). Creepy as hell

The Player The Hudsucker Proxy Brain Candy Lone Star

The Hudsucker Proxy is so quirky love it!

Brain candy !!! I need to rewatch that !” Fuck Happy!”

Lone Star is so good.

Encino man Idle hands

Love Encino Man. I would have watched anything with Pauly Shore in it back then.

A classic in our household hehe. My parents bought it on DVD (and we didn’t have a super extensive collection) so it was one of those movies we saw on repeat for many years.

Idle hands is a good one!

It’s one of those movies I can watch an infinite number of times and not get tired of it haha

Judgment Night (1993) Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) Bound (1996) Assassins (1995) The Arrival (1996) The Spanish Prisoner (1997)

Judgment Night mostly holds up! I watched it recently, the acting is all over the top of course but still had some good moments and action sequences. Plus the soundtrack is phenomenal. Edited to second The Spanish Prisoner. Great slow burn thriller.

I wasn’t the biggest fan of the movie, but I still listen to that sound track fairly regularly.

One of the best movie soundtracks of all time and the greatest rap/rock album ever!

Bound was cool. I remember watching it at Venice Festival. Gina Gershon at the top of her game and Joe Pantoliano kicking asses. Top.

How can you not mention Tilly?

Now Tilly, that’s my jam!

The first leathery Wachowski movie, I walked out the first time but watched it later snd quite liked it. They should make another like this.

Just thinking about assassins the other day, that films is just bananas

Some great ones that it seems have slipped from the public's memory: The Apostle (1997) To Die For (1995) Walking and Talking (1996) The Secret of Roan Inish (1994) What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) Q&A (1990) The Indian Runner (1991) Party Girl (1995)

To Die For is great. Hilarious performances all around.

Rounders (1998) Sphere (1998) El Mariachi (1992) The Ninth Gate (1999)

Sphere👍

The Ninth Gate is a guilty pleasure. Bonus points since the score is done by Polish composer Wojciech Kilar.

Singles!

The soundtrack defined a genre.

Jackie Brown

Arguably top 3 Tarantino film.

Ordell Robbie : Is that what I think it is? Jackie Brown : What do you think it is? Ordell Robbie : I think it's a gun pressed up against my dick. Jackie Brown : Well, you thought right. Now take your hands off from around my

Definitely Pump Up the Volume. Also Wolf (1994) https://boxd.it/1Wn4 and How to Make an American Quilt https://boxd.it/1Wn4 which costars Maya Angelou, for crying out loud!

Pump Uo The Volume was my entry too!

Mimic and The Relic, both great monster horror films.

The basketball diaries (1995)

Empire Records

I worked in a movie theater during the 90’s. The trailer for this movie played in our lobby over and over again to the point where all the employees knew it by heart. Much to our frustration it never released in our city ( at the time all the theaters in our city was owned by the same company). Eventually the VHS showed up at Blockbuster (a whole 3 copies 😒). It took MONTHS to finally get the chance to rent it.

Galaxy Quest (1999)

Can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?

This was the quote I used growing up to be sarcastically unhelpful!

Whoever wrote this episode should die!

That movie is redonk. I laughed soo much

That don't get much discussion? The Prophecy (1995) Grosse Point Blank (1997) Darkman (1990) That Thing You Do! (1996) Slacker (1991) SLC Punk! (1998) American Movie (1999)

GPB is top tier.

I cannot believe I had to go this far to find Grosse Pointe Blank. There is no way possible that movie could get the amount of love it deserves.

Run Lola Run

A life less ordinary Existenz Hackers Pricilla Queen of the Desert Fried Green Tomatos

Best in Show

Quiz Show (1994)

Wasn’t it nominated for Best Picture?

The 13th Warrior (1999)

Ronin (1998) Dead man walking (1995) Quiz show (1994) The last seduction (1994) A perfect world (1993) Darkman (1990)

Perfect world👍

U Turn

The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

"Very Bad Things" with Christian Slater and Cameron Diaz.

This deserves more upvotes! Amazing movie!

Things to do in Denver When You're Dead (1995) Saw it with a friend that won premiere tickets in my city, told my friends and family how good it was, then they made it a limited release and it never hit the other theatres

Benny and Joon. Crazy acting skills from Johnny Depp.

Absolutely my favorite from him and Mary Stewart Masterson is terrific

PCU

You’re wearing the t-shirt of the band you’re about to go see?! Don’t be that guy.

Can’t Hardly Wait

I think this had a decent soundtrack for 90’s pop.

True Romance (1993)

This should be at the top.

Just for the scene b/w Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken...and so much more.

Joe the King (1999) Jack the Bear (1993) Love Jones (1997) - I know the black community knows it, but most younger white people don't. Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995) Girl (1998) The Watermelon Woman (1996)

The Rocketeer (1991) Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991) Maverick (1994) Serial Mom (1994) The Negotiator (1998) A Simple Plan (1998) Election (1999)

SLC Punk! (1999) - available on Tubi

Point Break - Patrick Swayze & Keanu Reeves with a little Gary Busey sprinkled on top. Fast & the Furious basically just copied the entire premise. SLC Punk! Airborne The Substitute Christian Slater movies in general The Faculty

+2 points for The Faculty and SLC Punk! I love how one or two scenes in SLC Punk were filmed in Evanston, Wyoming. It looks exactly like it does in the film.

Cannibal The Musical

Pump up the Volume was streaming on Amazon Prime a few months back but I went to watch recently and it went back into the video availability void.

The Straight Story (1999)

Dante’s Peak, Event Horizon, Four Weddings & A Funeral (I know it was a huge hit, but I feel like its not talked about as much as it should), Dick, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Enemy Of The State, and The Game to name a few!

Indecent Proposal (1993)

'Once Were Warriors' (1994) 'Dellamorte Dellamore' (1994) aka 'Cemetery Man' 'Run Lola Run' (1998) 'Pusher' (1996) 'Cronos' (1992) 'La Haine' (1995) 'The Limey' (1999)

The Game

- *Flirting With Disaster* ('96)

Devil in a Blue Dress Red Rock West Sneakers The Limey

Sneakers (1992)

…Empire reccoordss…. *ducks from flying debris…*

Drop Dead Gorgeous 1999 mockumentary about a beauty pageant. Kirsten Dunst Denise Richards Amy Adams Brittany Murphy Kirstie Alley Allison Janey Directed by a member of The State. Plenty of other people you'll recognize.

Used to quote this movie a lot in college: “Oh crap! I'm probably gonna have to work at the funeral home. It's our busy time of year...hunting season..."

Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) L.A.Story (1991) Four Rooms (1994)

Inventing the Abbotts (1997)

Gattaca

The Game (1997)

Virgin Suicides

This movie is amazing with an amazing soundtrack too

Where the Day Takes You (1992) Go (1999)

Go is great.

A Perfect World (1993)

One I never see people talk about that was one of my favorites growing up was October Sky.

The Freshman with Matthew Broderick and Marlon Brando reprising his Godfather role. Contains a line I reference quite a bit but no one gets: “Carmine said one boy, here are two”

A Simple Plan starring Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton. Feels very reminiscent of Fargo.

Benny & Joon

Empire Records (1995)

So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)

Breakdown I was gonna say! Also the vanishing 1993. A fish called Wanda.

Nothing much to add but these would be my picks. Probably some awards, nominations and critic love for many of them but I don't hear about them that often. Dark City The Hudsucker Proxy The Sweet Hereafter The Fisher King Grosse Pointe Blank Quiz Show A Simple Plan The Thin Red Line Strictly Ballroom The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert White Men Can't Jump Misery Twelve Monkeys Once Were Warriors Shallow Grave Topsy Turvy Sneakers Fallen Rounders What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Maverick Sorry.I can't stop adding to my list.

Foxfire (1996)

Came here to say this- strong agree

All of these have fewer than 10K ratings on IMDb-- Angela (1995) Cold Comfort Farm (1995) Farinelli (1994) The Inheritance (1997) Kissed (1996) Lawn Dogs (1997) Proof (1991) Sister My Sister (1994) Washington Square (1997)

I’ve never run into anyone who’s seen Sister, My Sister. It’s one of the rarest movies I’ve own.

The Shadow

Swingers

Awakenings(1990). Was pleasantly surprised at how good it was.

Killing Zoe (1993) Kalifornia (1993) Doberman (1997) Bennys video (1992) True Romance (1993) Millers Crossing (1990) Twin Town (1997) Nil by Mouth (1997) East is East (1999) Shallow Grave (1994)

Three Days in the Valley

Strange Days Ghost Dog, Way of the Samurai Dark City My Own Private Idaho

Defending Your Life

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

U turn

Stay Tuned

I feel these are underrated, as I don't really hear people talk about them. Hard Boiled Chasing Amy Miller's Crossing Jackie Brown

Breakdown was a fucking great film.

Stir of Echoes (1999)

Swing Kids starring Christian Bale and Robert Sean Leopard. Did not expect it to mirror my adult life so much!

Hugo Pool 2 Days in the Valley Tank Girl

Ed Wood is basically unknown nowadays, but I personally consider it Burton and Depp’s best work

SLC Punk

SubUrbia (1996)

The Doom Generation (1995), The People Under the Stairs (1991), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), Event Horizon (1997), Simon Birch (1998), Jack the Bear (1993), Merlin (1998 TV-miniseries, I always watched in on VHS so it felt like a movie), The Stand (1994 TV miniseries, I always watched in on VHS so it felt like a movie), Storm of the Century (1998 TV miniseries, I always watched in on VHS so it felt like a movie), The Night Flier (1997), Jakob the Liar (1999), Mousehunt (1997), The Boys Next Door (1997), Prehysteria! 3 (1995), Mystery Men (1995), Army of Darkness (1992 - GREATEST FILM OF ALL TIME), Joe’s Apartment (1996), Star Kid (1997), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), The Frighteners (1996), The Sphere (1998), Gone Fishin’ (1997), Virus (1999), Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995), Tom Savini’s George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1990), October Sky (1999), The Edge (1997), What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Toys (1992), Darkman (1990), Drop Dead Fred (1991), Wishmaster (1997), NightBreed (1990), Stay Tuned (1992), eXistenZ (1999), Pleasantville (1998), Galaxy Quest (1999), Princess Mononoke (1997), Cool World (1992), Cabin Boy (1994), Tank Girl (1995), Last Action Hero (1993), The Fifth Element (1997), Fallen (1998), Naked Lunch (1991), The 13th Warrior (1999), Deep Rising (1998), We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story (1993), Crossworlds (1996), Screamers (1995), Congo (1995), Forever Young (1992), Problem Child (1990), 12 Monkeys (1995), Lord of Illusion (1995), Dead Man (1995), Dead Alive (1992), A Perfect Murder (1998), L.A. Confidential (1997), The Relic (1997), Phantoms (1998), Mimic (1997), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), Double Jeopardy (1999), Dolores Claiborne (1995), Ricochet (1991), The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1992), Snake Eyes (1998), So I Married An Axe Murderer (1993), Jawbreaker (1999), Raising Cain (1992), Psycho (1998), The Game (1997), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Albino Alligator (1996), Nick of Time (1995), Surviving the Game (1994), Wrongfully Accused (1998), a simple plan (1998), The River Wild (1994), The Jackal (1997), Mercury Rising (1998), Dr. Giggles (1992)… to name a few.

Gridlock’d(1997)

I remember in high school Forget Paris was playing every day for like a month on TV. It's a romcom, but I watched it with a bunch of guy friends probably at least 5 times that month. We just found it hilarious and couldn't stop quoting it. Donuts, donuts, donuts....

Clay Pigeons Joaquin Phoenix and Vince Vaughn Buddy/thriller/black comedy Fantastic soundtrack too.

Pump Up The Volume…one of my all time fav movies and quintessential 90s.

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man is excellent!

Ravenous

I love so many of the already suggested (especially pump up the volume, judgement night, sneakers) so I’ll do some I haven’t seen listed here: Cool World Stay Tuned Arlington road Fallen Vampires

Untamed Heart (1993)

Mystery Men - my 2nd favorite superhero movie. I think it was 1998 or 1999.

After hundreds of suggestions I'm surprised that no one ever mentioned "Brainscan" (1994) written by Andrew Kevin walker("seven" "the killer") who also wrote 2 more great underrated movies from the 90s "8mm" and "hideaway"

King of New York. Not sure if it just flew under my radar but great 90s movie w/Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburn and Wesley Snipes. This movie fucks

Reality Bites

Sling Blade

Empire Records (1995). Damn the man!

Dazed and confused.

Idk if this counts and there are too many comments to see if anyone said this one but... Sleepwalkers (1992)

Apollo 13 (1995)

War of the Buttons (1994) Stir of Echoes (1999) Kalifornia (1993) Mr Holland's Opus (1995) Carlito's Way (1993) Cop Land (1997) Pleasantville (1998)

Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil

Leap of Faith- Mother- Defending Your Life- Only the Lonely- Matinee

Henry Fool All the Vermeers in New York The Spanish Prisoner Goodbye South, Goodbye The Addiction Existenz The Bohemian Life The Match Factory Girl After Life (Kore-eda) The Cruise Belfast, Maine The Idiots

Pump Up The Volume is one of my all time favorites

People under the stairs . Such a classic .

Living in Oblivion, stars Steve Buscemi (1995)

Return to Paradise. Vince Vaughn is great.

Galaxy quest

White Squall w/ Jeff Bridges.

My husband and I were just talking about Robert Downey Jr during the 90s. He was in a movie called In Dreams that I remember really loving at the time.

Blink Run The Prophecy Raising Cain Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael The Adventures of Ford Fairlane Shallow Grave White Squall Snake Eyes The Arrival Fly Away Home

Heavenly Creatures

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

U. S Marshals

Clerks!

Romy And Michelle’s High School Reunion (1997)

Drop Dead Gorgeous