# Top Movies of the '90s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174 "2002-06-03T16:08:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/1 "2002-06-03T16:08:16Z")
Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=118199), what would be your Top 5-10 movies of the 1990’s? I have to agree with the OP in that thread about _Pulp Fiction_ - it is my favorite movie of all-time and definitely one of - if not _the_ - top movie(s) of the '90s. My list? 1. Pulp Fiction 2. Natural Born Killers 3. The Crow 4. Forrest Gump 5. Schindler’s List I only did a list of five, but that’s because most of the movies I saw in the 1990’s weren’t all that good. Numbers two and three might be seen by some as bad choices, but that movie really impressed me for some reason - a dark love story with a great soundtrack and a stand-out performance by the late Brandon Lee. _NBK_ was gritty, gory, and vulgar - but there was a love story wrapped up in that killing spree. As sick and twisted as they were, Mickey and Mallory loved each other, and they were together in the end. Plus, I saw _NBK_ as the movie where **Woody Harrelson** broke through and made a name for himself as a major movie actor. So what about you? Rank your favorite five or 10 movies of the 1990’s. -Dirty ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/2 "2002-06-03T16:20:11Z")
Here goes, in no particular order: 1. Fargo (96) 2. Clerks (94) 3. Truman Show (98) 4. Welcome to Sarajevo (97) 5. Chasing Amy (97) 6. The Sweet Hereafter (97) 7. The Usual Suspects (95) ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/3 "2002-06-03T16:39:02Z")
Shawshank Redemption Goodfellas L.A. Confidential The Matrix Unforgiven Terminator 2 Good Will Hunting Reservoir Dogs Almost Famous Searching For Bobby Fischer (in no particular order) ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/4 "2002-06-03T16:39:18Z")
Shawshank Redemption Goodfellas L.A. Confidential The Matrix Unforgiven Terminator 2 Good Will Hunting Reservoir Dogs Apollo 13 Searching For Bobby Fischer (in no particular order) ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/5 "2002-06-03T16:42:39Z")
sorry, I realized that Almost Famous was from 2000 and tried to stop the post, but I was too late. ---
**Author:** ![Leifsmama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@Leifsmama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leifsmama)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/6 "2002-06-03T16:47:48Z")
The Matrix The Usual Suspects Contact The English Patient Apollo 13 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/7 "2002-06-03T17:09:54Z")
In chronological order, a baker’s dozen: - The Double Life of Veronique La Belle Noiseuse Simple Men The Last of the Mohicans The Wrong Trousers The City of Lost Children Underground Smoke Dead Man Lone Star The Sweet Hereafter Topsy-Turvy The Straight Story \* ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/8 "2002-06-03T22:39:23Z")
A whole bunch from 1999 alone deserve mention: Three Kings Fight Club Being John Malkovich and, the best movie of the decade: THE IRON GIANT ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/9 "2002-06-03T23:33:47Z")
1. Pulp Fiction 2. Fargo 3. The Usual Suspects 4. 3 Kings 5. Shakespeare in Love ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/10 "2002-06-03T23:59:56Z")
Braveheart Shawshank Redemption American Beauty American History X Silence of the Lambs -as a hijack: “Dirty Earthworm, Dirty Earthworm, measuring the marigolds, you and your arithmetic will probably go far. Dirty Earthworm, Dirty Earthworm, measuring the marigolds, seems to me you’d stop and see how beautiful they are!” Thank yeeeeeewwwww, Thank yew very much! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/11 "2002-06-04T03:04:03Z")
**American History X Braveheart Clerks Contact Fight Club Léon**(aka**The Professional**) **Le Violin Rouge** (aka **The Red Violin** ) **Being John Malkovich The Silence of the Lambs** ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/12 "2002-06-04T03:17:03Z")
1. Pulp Fiction 2. The Usual Suspects 3. Shawshank Redemption 4. Schindler’s List 5. Reservoir Dogs 6. Fargo 7. Silence of the Lambs 8. Being John Malkovich 9. Unforgiven 10. Fight Club ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/13 "2002-06-04T20:40:38Z")
Clerks Pulp Fiction Saving Private Ryan Unforgiven Fight Club The Matrix 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Fish42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@Fish42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish42)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/14 "2002-06-04T21:28:53Z")
1. Schindler’s List (93) 2. GoodFellas (90) 3. Fargo (96) 4. Hoop Dreams (94) 5. Pulp Fiction (94) 6. The Shawshank Redemption (94) 7. Three Colors: Red (94) 8. Unforgiven (92) 9. Happiness (98) 10. Being John Malkovich (99) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/15 "2002-06-04T22:06:41Z")
1. Barton Fink 2. Schindler’s List 3. Silence of the Lambs 4. Go (1999) 5. American Beauty ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/16 "2002-06-04T22:32:33Z")
Clerks Braveheart Goodfellas Dogma Shawshank Redemption dead0man ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/17 "2002-06-04T22:48:23Z")
Most of the ones I wanted to mentioned have been said already, but I’ll add _Seven_ and _Sling Blade_ ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/18 "2002-06-05T00:44:30Z")
I forgot to add _The Basketball Diaries_ - the only Leo DiCraprio movie I can actually sit through. It didn’t make my Top Five, but it’s definitely in the top ten. -Dirty ---
**Author:** ![bryanblit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@bryanblit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bryanblit)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/19 "2002-06-05T01:51:08Z")
Without thinking too much, I’d have to say… 1. Pulp Fiction The rest, in no order: American Beauty Fargo L.A. Confidential The Silence of the Lambs The Usual Suspects Being John Malkovich Shakespeare in Love Life Is Beautiful Fight Club I haven’t seen Goodfellas all the way through, but it will probably replace Fight Club when I do. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2002, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174/20 "2002-06-05T02:06:33Z")
I second The Truman Show. Why that movie never reached “movie classic” status is beyond me. It’s a spectacular movie. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movies-of-the-90s/112174.md?page=2)