Man the 90s was such a wild time for movies-Discussion

Personally I’d throw in Fight Club and The Fifth Element too. Whole era just felt more creative and less corporate.

Heat.

Such a masculine list! Let me add a few more that really spoke to the ladies. Not saying these were all technically great movies but they were iconic in the era and highly re-watchable: - Clueless (1995) - Pretty Woman (1990) - Emma (1996) - Cruel Intentions (1999) - Practical Magic (1998) - Thelma and Louise (1991) - My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) - Sister Act (1992) - A League of Their Own (1992) - Girl, Interrupted (1999) - Notting Hill (1999) - Little Women (1994) - Jerry McGuire (1996) - Romeo + Juliet (1996)

(1) Way more people went to the movies and (2) physical home entertainment revenue was gang busters. More ticket buyers means more movies get released. More physical home entertainment purchases means studios were more willing to bet on a movie that might have a slow box office but a longer/cult life in VHS/DVD sales. There was also more competition, so you get more risk taking in general. But one cannot overstate how the lack of streaming and social media and pocket screen made cinema and physical home entertainment the king and queen of screen time. 

There was nothing like renting a vhs. Perusing the films. Arguing with my sister who wanted to get Snoopy Come Home whereas i wanted Rambo First Blood pt 2

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles??? 🥹

Hook hook give us the hook!

1999: The Phantom Menace, The Blair Witch Project, The Matrix, American Beauty, Go, Election, Being John Malkovich, Girl Interrupted, Dogma, The Virgin Suicides, October Sky, Boondock Saints, The Insider, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cruel Intentions, American Pie, Three Kings, The Green Mile, The Sixth Sense, The Cider House Rules, Eyes Wide Shut, Fight Club, Magnolia, Toy Story 2, The Iron Giant, South Park Movie, The Spy who Shagged Me. The independent film movement was in full swing and combined with a new crop of young directors, a couple summer blockbuster type films, this one year alone was epic.

I think it was just the perfect recipe of a time where the industry had done the "give directors all the money and leeway" of the 70s and developed a generation of great creators, then the "let's make everything about toys and lunch boxes" of the 80s developed the crowd-pleasing blockbuster formula, then we had the actual indie-film boom of the late 80s and early 90s, so by the middle of the 90s we have everything from Independence Day to Se7en to Philadelphia and everything could be a huge hit.

1999 is arguably the best year in cinema history • Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace • The Sixth Sense • Toy Story 2 • The Matrix • Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me • The Mummy • Tarzan • American Beauty • Runaway Bride • The World Is Not Enough • Big Daddy • Anna and the King • The Green Mile • Patch Adams • Entrapment • The Thomas Crown Affair • Wild Wild West • Notting Hill • Eyes Wide Shut • Sleepy Hollow • The Insider • American Pie • Double Jeopardy • The Thirteenth Floor • Analyze This • She's All That • 10 Things I Hate About You • The Talented Mr. Ripley • Arlington Road • Dogma • Three Kings • The Blair Witch Project • Cruel Intentions • South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut • Varsity Blues • Being John Malkovich • All About My Mother • Magnolia • The Cider House Rules • Man on the Moon • Office Space • Fight Club • The Iron Giant • Boys Don't Cry • The Hurricane • Galaxy Quest • Election • Boondock Saints • Lake Placid • Deep Blue Sea • Mystery Men • Go • Run Lola Run • The 13th Warrior • October Sky • For Love of the Game • One Day in September • Anywhere But Here • Jawbreaker • Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo • The Virgin Suicides • Bringing Out the Dead • The Limey • Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels • Girl, Interrupted

But Wes Craven’s New Nightmare was bad tho. The writer/director made a cameo to explain the plot of the movie and it still didn’t make sense.

I think it was the perfect marriage of special effect and character acting. Computer enhancement couldn’t stand alone. The story needed the actors too. The actor had to believe the generated part was there and act accordingly. We don’t see enough truly great character movies now and it will only get worse with AI.

I was looking for a list like this. My memory is not what it used to be!

Leaving Las Vegas, Spanking The Monkey, Face Off, The Drop Squad, Chained Heat 2, KIDS, Golden Eye, Boys Don't Cry, Tomorrow Never Dies, Trainspotting, The Crying Game, Eight Men Out, Wild At Heart, Dante's Peak, Tombstone, The Mask, D*** Tracy, Bride Of Chucky, Mulholland Falls, Groundhog Day, and Being John Malkovich were also some popular cinematic favorites of the 90s.

Point Break CB4 Boyz n Tha Hood Philadelphia Forrest Gump Happiness I could go on and on and on

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You and the commenters have missed a few of my favorites. Good Will Hunting Aladdin Jumanji Mrs. Doubtfire Flubber I still miss him.

The Fugitive

Scooby Doo on Zombie Island is the only one I need. Fantastic cinema and exemplary soundtrack.

The Matrix.

Music was better, too.

No decade since has compared.

I went from 14 to 24 in the 90s, it was the best time.