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[kpopSuperstar]

Sorry for making so many list, but when I saw the New York Times list, I thought any decade prior to the 2000s should be better than this, so I ranked the 90s to prove it, you be the judge.

New York Times has over 20 years to choose from, this is only 10 years.

So here is the list of my top films from the 90s, what is your top ten?

100. Twister
99. The Game
98. Contact
97. Jumanji
96. Gremlins 2: The New Batch
95. Blade
94. The Prince of Egypt
93. Happy Gilmore
92. The Devil's Advocate
91. Jerry Maguire
90. Dances With Wolves

89. Speed
88. Beauty and the Beast
87. Cop Land
86. Die Hard 2
85. Universal Soldier
84. A Bronx Tale
83. Being John Malkovich
82. The Godfather Part III
81. Aladdin
80. 10 Things I Hate About You

79. Tremors
78. Man on the Moon
77. Total Recall
76. After Life
75. American Beauty
74. The Negotiator
73. Tombstone
72. Apollo 13
71. The Last Boyscout
70. Mulan

69. The Fugitive
68. Predator 2
67. The Mummy
66. Chungking Express
65. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
64. Amistad
63. Thelma & Louise
62. Fallen Angels
61. Falling Down
60. The Last of the Mohicans

59. Drunken Master II
58. Leon: The Professional
57. Toy Story 2
56. Toy Story
55. Scream
54. Magnolia
53. Armageddon
52. Demolition Man
51. The Iron Giant
50. Titanic

49. Fargo
48. Fist of Legend
47. Goldeneye
46. L.A. Confidental
45. The Rock
44. As Good as It Gets
43. True Lies
42. Pulp Fiction
41. Home Alone
40. Men in Black

39. Malcolm X
38. Con Air
37. Reservoir Dogs
36. The Usual Suspects
35. American History X
34. Braveheart
33. The Big Lebowski
32. Any Given Sunday
31. A Few Good Men
30. The Fifth Element

29. The Sixth Sense
28. Hard Boiled
27. The Thin Red Line
26. The Insider
25. Princess Mononoke
24. Independence Day
23. Starship Troopers
22. Casino
21. Life is Beautiful
20. Good Will Hunting

19. Face/Off
18. Unforgiven
17. Die Hard with a Vengeance
16. JFK
15. The Green Mile
14. The Truman Show
13. The Lion King
12. Forrest Gump
11. The Silence of the Lambs

10. Schindler's List
9. Seven
8. Goodfellas
7. Fight Club
6. Heat
5. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
4. Jurassic Park
3. Saving Private Ryan
2. The Matrix
1. The Shawshank Redemption

 

[Richard Packer]

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Solid list, bro. But I'd vote for yours regardless because the NYT are a bunch of fibbers.

 

[Artoris]

its much better

 

[EverydayBeast]

That New York Times list was crazy is there a more crappy list?

 

[IntentionalPun]

Shawshank Redemption is boring AF.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Missing Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

 

[Rran]

Shawshank Redemption is boring AF.

It truly was a Shawshank Redemption.

 

[Beretta]

LA Confidential is my best movie of the 90's, what a masterpiece, but this list is certainly better than that heap of shit I read yesterday.

 

[HAYA8U5A]

 

[Trunx81]

Last Boyscout only on 71 is a crime

 

[Insane Metal]

I don't care much about the order but that's a damn good list. You know, actually, the top 10 is pretty good. But Twister deserves a better spot. I loved it back then. Yes just because I loved it I want it higher in the list.

 

[Audiophile]

1990s are my fave decade for movies. Even the trashy stuff and the mainstream crowd pleasers were made with a level of quality, care and expertise that stuff in a similar vein today doesn't incorporate. They feel like movies rather than cheap, sterile glorified tv ads. Film, capable cinematographers, intention and being able to commit up front made even the most unlikely stuff feel wonderfully filmic. The mid-budget movies of the 90s (and early 00s) were just magical.

Not an "I think these are the best movies" list, but just my "personal faves/meaningful to me" list. Parsed out from my letterboxd "Absolute Favourites" by filtering for the 1990s (then asking Grok to pull a plain text list from the link's html), not fully-ordered yet:

I'm sure there's also plenty I'd add that I haven't seen, plenty I haven't thought of to add and there's quite a lot I see in lists above that I've seen but I really need to rewatch...


01-10:

• Léon: The Professional
• The Shawshank Redemption
• The Fifth Element
• The Matrix
• Pulp Fiction
• As Good As It Gets
• Magnolia
• The Insider
• Fargo
• Election

11-20:

• GoodFellas
• The Silence Of The Lambs
• Jurassic Park
• Twister
• Galaxy Quest
• The Game
• American Beauty
• The Fisher King
• The Truman Show
• Groundhog Day

Some more:

Spoiler: Expand

21-30:

• Jacob's Ladder
• Jackie Brown
• The Green Mile
• Shallow Grave
• Reservoir Dogs
• GoldenEye
• Carlito's Way
• Rushmore
• Good Will Hunting
• The Hudsucker Proxy

31-40:

• Unforgiven
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Se7en
• Fight Club
• The Fugitive
• The Sixth Sense
• Mission: Impossible
• Misery
• Men In Black
• Jumanji

41-50:

• Hard Eight
• My Cousin Vinny
• Twelve Monkeys
• Mrs. Doubtfire
• Tremors
• Payback
• The Exorcist III
• The Addams Family
• Addams Family Values
• Small Soldiers

51-60:

• Total Recall
• Absolute Power
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
• Home Alone
• Air Force One
• Starship Troopers
• Fallen
• The Craft
• Cool Runnings
• The Cable Guy

61-70:

• Speed
• Independence Day
• Leaving Las Vegas
• The Full Monty
• Edward Scissor Hands
• The Parent Trap
• Hard Target
• Mars Attacks!
• Con-Air
• Last Action Hero

71-78:

• Toy Story 2
• A Bug's Life
• Toy Story
• Billy Madison
• Happy Gilmore
• The Wedding Singer
• Big Daddy
• The Waterboy

 

[12Goblins]

Not a bad list OP, but putting men in black right above pulp fiction is a bit jarring

My ten favorites, impossible to put them in order

Dances with wolves
Seven
Princess mononoke
The green mile
Jackie Brown
Primal fear
Mulan
Jurassic Park
Cable guy
Thin red line

CInema peaked in the 90s no doubt

 

[kremiso]

Universal Soldier ? wtf