# Best Year Of Movies in the 90's? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2003, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-year-of-movies-in-the-90s/151213 "2003-01-27T10:35:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-year-of-movies-in-the-90s/151213/1 "2003-01-27T10:35:34Z")
1990 to 1999 Which year did you enjoying going to the movies most? (In other words, Which had the best line-up of films?) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-year-of-movies-in-the-90s/151213/2 "2003-01-27T13:43:15Z")
I gotta go with [1991](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1991&p=.htm): Silence of the Lambs, JFK, Beauty and the Beast, City Slickers, T2, New Jack City, The Doors, Boyz in the Hood, Thelma and Louise, and the Cape Fear remake give almost one quality popular movie per month. Some years go by with maybe 1 decent audience pleaser a year. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-year-of-movies-in-the-90s/151213/3 "2003-01-27T13:51:33Z")
I was thinking of 1991 before I even came into this thread, so I agree with **JohnT**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-year-of-movies-in-the-90s/151213/4 "2003-01-27T14:38:44Z")
1993: Pulp Fiction Forrest Gump Jurassic Park The Lion King The Shawshank Redemption Four Weddings and a Funeral Bullets Over Broadway Heavenly Creatures True Lies Interview with the Vampire, if you like Anne Rice, which I don’t Speed Clear and Present Danger Hoop Dreams A LOT of very good movies that year. ---
**Author:** ![DrNick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DrNick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrNick)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-year-of-movies-in-the-90s/151213/5 "2003-01-27T15:32:45Z")
1999 - Fight Club, American Beauty, The Matrix, South Park and that’s just off the top of my head. Awesome year, best since the 70s. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-year-of-movies-in-the-90s/151213/6 "2003-01-27T16:48:08Z")
Of my favorite movies from the 90s, more come from 1995 than any other year: _Babe Before Sunrise The City of Lost Children Dead Man Dead Man Walking Forgotten Silver A Moment of Innocence Se7en Smoke Toy Story Underground_ And **RickJay** , you do realize that those movies are all from 1994, right? And that you’re missing the best of the lot (_Fresh_)? ---
**Author:** ![RealTronic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RealTronic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealTronic)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-year-of-movies-in-the-90s/151213/7 "2003-01-27T20:02:18Z")
How about 1992, folks? The Player Unforgiven Reservoir Dogs Scent of a Woman Howard’s End My Cousin Vinny A River Runs Through It The Crying Game Glengarry Glen Ross Husbands and Wives Passion Fish A Few Good Men …and…(disputably) Basic Instict ---
**Author:** ![AmbulanceChaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@AmbulanceChaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmbulanceChaser)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-year-of-movies-in-the-90s/151213/8 "2003-01-27T22:20:53Z")
Add “Quiz Show” to 1993…er, 1994’s list. ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-year-of-movies-in-the-90s/151213/9 "2003-01-27T22:27:37Z")
I’ll second **DrNick** - 1999 was a pretty amazing year. American Beauty The Matrix Fight Club Magnolia The Talented Mr. Ripley Being John Malkovich Election The Sixth Sense The Insider I’m sure there are others. Those are just the ones I pulled off of the Academy Awards site. ---
**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-year-of-movies-in-the-90s/151213/10 "2003-01-27T22:39:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RickJay \* > 1993 > A LOT of very good movies that year. Too bad most of the movies you listed are from 1994. :o But 1993 was good, too. I’ll put in a plug for 1997 – the one year I worked as a critic, and saw about 150 movies. There were a lot of stinkers, but even the mediocre, forgettable movies were decent. _G.I. Jane_ is a classic example. And I did not have a hard time making a top 10 list. But I don’t want to get into a “_Titanic_ sucked/ no it didn’t” argument. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-year-of-movies-in-the-90s/151213/11 "2003-01-28T02:27:07Z")
Add “South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut” to the 1999 list. ---
**Author:** ![Fang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@Fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fang)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-year-of-movies-in-the-90s/151213/12 "2003-01-28T08:06:44Z")
I really like 1997: L.A. Confidential Good Will Hunting As Good as it Gets Amistad (which I, but apparently nobody else, loved) Wag the Dog The Full Monty Titanic Men in Black (IMHO, the definition of what a summer movie should be) Contact In & Out Other movies I didn’t see but heard favorable things about: Boogie Nights, Jackie Brown, Cop Land ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-year-of-movies-in-the-90s/151213/13 "2003-01-30T03:36:19Z")
**1999!** I have to get in on this one! I saw more movies in 1999 than I ever had before (or since). There were so many good movies that there were films I dearly loved I couldn’t even fit into my top 50! This is a list I made near the end of the year. There are movies in the top of my list that hit me very personally and so rank higher than some other movies that I know are “better.” And really, beyond The Matrix, which hit me in a primal spot and just HAD to be #1, 2-10 are interchangable. Release dates on some of these are a bit iffy (such as ones I saw at festivals). My favorite movies of 1999: 1. The Matrix 2. The Sixth Sense 3. Toy Story 2 4. The Iron Giant 5. Topsy-Turvey 6. Magnolia 7. Tumbleweeds 8. After Life 9. Three Kings 10. Fight Club 11. Election 12. The Limey 13. The Straight Story 14. Eyes Wide Shut 15. The Dreamlife of Angels 16. Children Of Heaven 17. Cookie’s Fortune 18. Autumn Tale 19. Run Lola Run 20. Being John Malcovich 21. American Movie 22. Go 23. All The Little Animals 24. Rushmore 25. Ratcatcher 26. Bringing Out the Dead 27. Limbo 28. Dogma 29. October Sky 30. Summer of Sam 31. South Park:BLU 32. Sweet and Lowdown 33. Xiu Xiu The Sent Down Girl 34. Liberty Heights 35. The Winslow Boy 36. Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels 37. An Ideal Husband 38. Three Seasons 39. Hideous Kinky 40. Mystery Men 41. The 24 Hour Woman 42. Alone 43. Nothing 44. Under The Sun 45. Mansfield Park 46. Tuvalu 47. My Name Is Joe 48. A Reasonable Man 49. My Best Fiend 50. Office Space More movies I really liked (in sorta-semi somewhat general rough order): Dick All About My Mother eXistenZ Galaxy Quest The Insider It All Starts Today Felicia’s Journey My Life So Far Boys Don’t Cry American Beauty The Phantom Menace The Blair Witch Project The Talented Mr Ripley American Hollow Anna and the King Happy, Texas Heroes In Tyrol Sleepy Hollow Valerie Flake Desert Blue The Legend of 1900 La Maladie de Sachs The Personals Checkpoint Coming Apart The Cider House Rules The Love of Three Oranges Man of the Century Yesterday Children New Dawn Night Shapes My Little Business The Hurricane American Pie Pushing Tin The Dinner Game Post Mortem That’s the Way I Like It The Carriers Are Waiting Moloch Treasure Island Notting Hill The Wisdom of Crocodiles Juha Hilary and Jackie Cradle Will Rock The Messenger Sara Amerika The Castle A Reasonable Man The Personals Tarzan 13th Warrior Rien Sur Robert Bowfinger The Green Mile Blast From The Past Analyze This Harmonium in my Memory Austin Powers-TSWSM The End of The Affair Mumford The Muse The Thomas Crown Affair Movies I saw that didn’t do much for me: - At First Sight - Deep Blue Sea - The Haunting - End of Days - The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion - The Story of Ah - Woman on a Tin Roof Movies I haven’t seen, but want to (by no means complete, in no particular order): (-- have seen since I made this list) – The Minus Man God Said “Ha!” My Son The Fanatic The Ogre Praise Train Of Life Trick Guinevere Judy Berlin A Slipping-Down Life Edge of Seventeen Thick As Thieves The War Zone Broken Vessels Caberet Balkan Brokedown Palace The Adventures of Sebastian Cole Buena Vista Social Club 8MM In Dreams Ravenous A Walk On The Moon Life Never Been Kissed A Midsummer Night’s Dream The 13th Floor Instinct The Red Violin Arlington Road Princess Mononoke I’m sure there are several more I’m forgetting, especially foreign films. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-year-of-movies-in-the-90s/151213/14 "2003-01-30T04:27:01Z")
> [@](#): > > And **RickJay** , you do realize that those movies are all from 1994, right? And that you’re missing the best of the lot (_Fresh_)? \*\* Typo. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-year-of-movies-in-the-90s/151213/15 "2003-01-30T05:10:02Z")
1998 is the year of two of my all time favorate movies: Rushmore The Truman Show. Other good movies that year: Life Is Beautiful Shakespeare In Love There’s Somethin Saving Private Ryan Bulworth However, this year in film could never be considered ‘the best year in the 90’s’ Due to the movies: Very Bad Things Patch Adams ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-year-of-movies-in-the-90s/151213/16 "2003-01-30T23:43:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RealTronic \* > \*\*How about 1992, folks? > > The Player > Unforgiven > Reservoir Dogs > Scent of a Woman > Howard’s End > My Cousin Vinny > A River Runs Through It > The Crying Game > Glengarry Glen Ross > Husbands and Wives > Passion Fish > A Few Good Men > > …and…(disputably) Basic Instict \*\* And how about adding these two – Groundhog Day Malcolm X ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-year-of-movies-in-the-90s/151213/17 "2003-01-31T00:28:05Z")
RickJay’s got the right year (1994, that is) – and he even left off a few gems: **Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould** **Red** (the capper to Kieslowski’s trilogy) **Ed Wood** **The Last Seduction** **A Confucian Confusion** (Edward Yang) A fine, fine year. The film world hasn’t seen the likes of it since. (You can keep **Gump** and **The Lion King** , though.)