# movies from the 90s you should see **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 8, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303 "2007-12-08T17:45:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wildfire\_MM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@Wildfire\_MM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildfire_MM)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/1 "2007-12-08T17:45:48Z")
here is my best of the 90s list šŸ˜ƒ Some of them are better than other, but I think this is titles all should see what do you think of it? Does the list mostly contains poor movies or mostly good ones I cronologic order: Bird on a wire (1990) Mel Gibson & Goldie Hawn Godfellas (1990) Robert de Niro Arachophobia (1990) Tremors (1990) Lionhart (1990) Van Damme Misery (1990) James Caan Silence of the lamb (1991) Terimnator 2 (1991) Cape Fear (1991) Rober de Niro, Nick Nolte Decieved (1991) Goldie Hawn The Super (1991) Joe Pesci Basic Instinct (1992) The Fugetive (1993) Cliffhanger (1993) Judgement Night (1993) Emilio Ezteves Demolition Man (1993) Jurrasic Park (1993) A Bronx tale (1993) Army of Darkness (1993) Speed (1994) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Forrest Gump (1994) Shallow Grave (1994) Nattevagten (1994) Danish thriller Outbreak (1995) Dustin Hoffman Tommyknockers (1993) (Tv-movie) Misstenkt (The McMartin Trial) (1995) (TV-movie) Heat (1995) Seven (1995) Rob Roy (1995) Dolores Clairborne (1995) Die Hard in NY (1995) The gost and the darkness (1996) Trainspotting (1996) Bravehart (1996) From dusk til dawn (1996) Twister (1996) Scream (1996) Strange Days (1996) Extreme Measures (1996) Hugh Grant Titanic (1997) šŸ˜ƒ Armageddon (1998) Donnie Brasco (1997) Good Will Hunting (1997) Mimic (1997) Murder at 1600 (1997) ) The Edge (1997) Metro (1997) Eddie Murphy Brakdown (1997) Lethal weapon 4 (1998) Saving private Ryan (1998) Enemy of the State (1998) American History X (1998) Star Wars 1: the phantom menace (1999) (mostly because itā€™s a Star Wars movie) Matrix (1999) Eyes Wide shut (1999) Arlington Road (1999) Fight Club (1999) ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/2 "2007-12-08T18:04:00Z")
Here are my '90s favorites, in no specific order: Fight Club Goodfellas True Romance L.A. Confidential Pulp Fiction The Usual Suspects Shawshank Redemption Swingers Clerks Last Man Standing The Matrix The Mummy Army of Darkness Twelve Monkeys Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Hard Boiled Silence of the Lambs Tombstone Reservoir Dogs Trainspotting Get Shorty Face/Off Primal Fear ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/3 "2007-12-08T18:35:50Z")
Here are my favorites (it took me a while but I ranked them as best I could) Fargo The Insider Pulp Fiction The Shawshank Redemption Sense and Sensibility Unforgiven Schindlerā€™s List The Silence of the Lambs LA Confidential Searching for Bobby Fischer Quiz Show Millers Crossing Tombstone The Usual Suspects The Remains of the Day Casino Out of Sight The Truman Show Beauty and the Beast The Last of the Mohicans In the Name of the Father Boyz n the Hood My Cousin Vinny Aladdin City Slickers ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/4 "2007-12-08T18:42:56Z")
Beauty and the Beast (1991, U.S., dir. Gary Trousdale) Before Sunrise (1995, U.S./Austria/Switzerland, dir. Richard Linklater Being John Malkovich (1999, U.S., dir. Spike Jonze) Chungking Express (1994, Hong Kong, dir. Wong Kar-Wai) Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994, U.K., dir. Mike Newell) Groundhog Day (1993, U.S., dir. Harold Ramis) Menace II Society (1993, U.S., dir. Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes) The Player (1992, U.S., dir. Robert Altman) Pulp Fiction (1994, U.S., dir. Quentin Tarantino) The Silence of the Lambs (1991, U.S., dir. Jonathan Demme) Slacker (1991, U.S., dir. Richard Linklater) The Usual Suspects (1995, U.S., dir. Bryan Singer) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/5 "2007-12-08T19:00:51Z")
Contact. Being John Malcovich. Saving Private Ryan. The Game. Cube. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/6 "2007-12-08T19:03:31Z")
Not yet mentioned: Lone Star Sling Blade ---
**Author:** ![Wildfire\_MM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@Wildfire\_MM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildfire_MM)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/7 "2007-12-08T19:35:46Z")
[QUOTE=Wendell Wagner] Beauty and the Beast (1991, U.S., dir. Gary Trousdale) Before Sunrise (1995, U.S./Austria/Switzerland, dir. Richard Linklater (not seen Being John Malkovich (1999, U.S., dir. Spike Jonze) Chungking Express (1994, Hong Kong, dir. Wong Kar-Wai) Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994, U.K., dir. Mike Newell) Groundhog Day (1993, U.S., dir. Harold Ramis) Menace II Society (1993, U.S., dir. Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes) The Player (1992, U.S., dir. Robert Altman) Pulp Fiction (1994, U.S., dir. Quentin Tarantino) The Silence of the Lambs (1991, U.S., dir. Jonathan Demme) Slacker (1991, U.S., dir. Richard Linklater) The Usual Suspects (1995, U.S., dir. Bryan Singer) [/QUOTE] Pulp Fiction and The Silence of the Lambs are good ones. Being John Malkovich was far too weird for me. I hated ā€œFour Weddings and a Funeralā€ and didnā€™t like Groundhog Day. Donā€™t think Iā€™ve seen the others ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/8 "2007-12-08T20:08:48Z")
It wasnā€™t a bad decade for movies, was it? Here are the ones that came to mind, there are probably more, especially Brit films of which there were a few, but not Four Weddings, please! Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Strictly Ballroom Murielā€™s Wedding Once were Warriors Il Postino Tacones Lejanos/High Heels Belle epoque Groundhog Day Central do Brasil The Remains of the Day Shallow Grave Sixth Sense The Player Eat Drink Man Woman Carlaā€™s Song ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/9 "2007-12-08T20:11:36Z")
I agree with many already listed but must add: Jim Jarmuschā€™s masterpiece \*Dead Man \* (1995). \*Nightmare Before Christmas \* (1993) \*Ponette \* (1996) ā€“ French language film, if you havenā€™t see it, see it! Iā€™m sure Iā€™ll think of more as soon as I post this. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/10 "2007-12-08T22:40:12Z")
[QUOTE=Wildfire\*\*MM] Star Wars 1: the phantom menace (1999) (mostly because itā€™s a Star Wars movie) [/QUOTE] We all saw it. We all regretted it. And we all **had** to see the next two. So it goes. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/11 "2007-12-08T22:53:53Z")
I donā€™t see \*Clueless \*anywhere in this thread. That was a very influential 1990s movie. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/12 "2007-12-08T23:22:39Z")
The Crying Game ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/13 "2007-12-08T23:22:42Z")
Monkeyshines, #1 (1890) Le Clown et ses Chiens (1892) The Blacksmith Scene (1893) Buffalo Dance (1894) Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894) Train Coming Out of Station (1896) Rooseveltā€™s Rough Riders (1898) šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![hopesperson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@hopesperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hopesperson)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/14 "2007-12-08T23:41:11Z")
I would add two of my all-time favorites: _A River Runs Through It_ and _Glengarry Glen Ross_, both from 1992. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/15 "2007-12-08T23:49:18Z")
I forgot a few. In the Line of Fire Men In Black Independence Day Unforgiven ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/16 "2007-12-09T03:29:02Z")
Life Is Beautiful The Thin Red Line ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/17 "2007-12-09T03:44:25Z")
Zero Effect ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/18 "2007-12-09T03:48:22Z")
A few more: American Beauty Cop Land Pi eXistenZ The Sweet Hereafter The Big Lebowski Heat ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/19 "2007-12-09T03:50:21Z")
Pulling from my IMDB voting history: Empire Records 10 Things I Hate About You Bye Bye Love Clerks eXistenZ If Lucy Fell The Professional Little Boy Blue Phantoms The Santa Clause Suicide Kings The Wedding Singer The Boondock Saints The Crow Eveā€™s Bayou Drive Me Crazy Scream Playing By Heart The Quiet Room The Last Super Office Space Jurassic Park Go Nowhere (sequel to Doom Generation) ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303/20 "2007-12-09T03:50:44Z")
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) - Just because itā€™s comedy doesnā€™t mean it isnā€™t brilliant. Shut up! It is brilliant! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-from-the-90s-you-should-see/429303.md?page=2)