Top 30 Best Movies of the 90s

[@WatchMojo]

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[@devingiles6597]

Set It Off (1996)

[@coreyhill681]

Ghostbusters 😊

[@Sean-Ireland]

THE GREEN MILE!!! How is that not on the list?

[@jcj268]

Jumanji

[@ThomasVSGyldborg]

American History X is missing big time from this list.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

The 90's were truly a GREAT era For movies!

[@michaelmonthey5974]

I sure miss the 90s.

[@miamiles7996]

Very true

[@Snake-bj2gl]

The 90's were a GREAT era for EVERYTHING!!!!!! Music, Toys, cartoons, Disney Renaissance, TV.

[@Reaperguy67]

​@JJ.-BB so what troll

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

The last good period for Hollywood...

[@Rustybrockson93]

Pulp Fiction, Terminator 2 Judgment Day, The Matrix, Reservoir Dogs, Rush Hour, Casino, Goodfellas, many more 🔥

[@jediconnor9349]

I’ve definitely seen Judgement Day the most out of all of these. It’s so damn rewatchable!😅

[@SergioHernandez-le8wp]

Yes.....13 more to be exact

[@issi529]

The Matrix is the best film ever imo. The Usual Suspects is also one of the all time greats.

[@hazypink]

Tarantino definitely deserved a spot.

[@hazypink]

oops! Just got to number one hahahaha

[@VikoSir]

1999 movies alone can have have a top 30 list of their own: - Eyes wide shut - Star Wars E 1 - Green Mile - American Beauty - Magnolia - The Matrix - Fight Club -10 Things I hate about you - American Pie - The Mummy -The Sixth Sense - Office Space - The Talented Mr Ripley - The Virgin Suicides - Dogma - The Boondock Saints - Being John Malkovich - Girl Interrupted - The Blair Witch Project - The Insider - Austin Powers - Payback - The Cider House Rules - Boys Don't Cry - Three Kings - October Sky - Galaxy Quest - Notting Hill - Sleepy Hollow Y2K apocalypse was around the corner....

[@pozexisthor]

Majority of these are mid at best.

[@JD_13]

@@pozexisthor watch your filthy mouth.

[@okanalkan1261]

Yeah, 1999 was a peak year in my opinion

[@marioalt9420]

Yup., 1999 is the best year in the history of cinema.

[@nick2003howe]

Cider house rules is so underrated. It really tugs on the heart strings.

[@douglasmijangos3327]

I was a little kid in the 90s and it blows my mind we were blessed wit Robin Williams AND Jim Carrey on our screens ❤

[@G1Grimlock94]

RIP Robin Williams

[@doublecommenter5161]

90s i think was era with the most rewatchable films to me.

[@kolajoabiola2790]

Great List but Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven (1992) and Fargo (1996) are an unfortunate omissions. I'd easily swap out Election & Mrs. Doubtfire (which I really like) for them.

[@ShinobiNYC]

I would also add a movie like Home Alone who is arguably the best family movie of all-time.

[@zedlavb]

Especially true for Fargo. The narration appeared to indicate that they had to choose one Coen movie - why, though? Lebowski and Fargo are both great (and I'd argue Fargo is a bit better given it's more decorated and spun off a great TV show decades later) - why choose?

[@kolajoabiola2790]

@@zedlavb Exactly. Fargo & The Big Lebowski are two of the Coen brothers very best and I see no reason why they couldn't have just included them. Both absolutely deserve to be on the list.

[@corvus1374]

I hated Unforgiven.

[@issi529]

Fargo and Unforgiven were really boring imo.

[@RandomRay1]

There were lots of great movies from the 90's. From the matrix, die hard 2, heat, a Bronx tale, Shawshank redemption, the green mile, Forrest Gump to good will hunting, the truman show and Mrs doubtfire. There wasn't a shortage of greatness.

[@MLG85]

The long kiss GoodNight should’ve gotten at least an honourable mention. I know it’s not an overly popular movie nor does it have a cult following but it’s an unapologetic, well written yet simple full-blown 90’s action movie. The audience cares about the characters and almost every interaction between the leads is highly entertaining. Samuel L. Jackson and Geena Davis were both at the top of their game in this. It’s even one of Jackson‘s favourites.

[@Solo-Road]

I would have picked Fargo, Casino. Natural Born Killers, or The Game.

[@MLG85]

@ all great movies too!

[@d0ublestr0ker0ll]

Terminator 2 is the GOAT

[@spazpaul]

Yes! It's a great example of a movie that has aged perfectly.

[@saymynameice-zen-berg511]

Others I can think of that are among the greatest films of the 90’s: -Unforgiven(1992) -Usual Suspects(1995) -The Green Mile(1999) -Dances With Wolves(1990) -Sleepless In Seattle(1993) -A River Runs Through It(1992) -Virgin Suicides(1999) -The Player(1992) -Philadelphia(1993) -The Game(1997) -Notting Hill(1999) -You Got Mail(1998) -The Insider(1999) -Red Rock West(1993) -Primal Fear(1996) -Thelma And Louise(1991) -Legends Of The Fall(1994) -Time To Kill(1996)

[@k3karnk3]

The good ol' 90's!

[@BlackHatCinephile]

🥉

[@xmisted_]

Braveheart is so slept on its crazy

[@josh72456]

xmisted_ It's a best picture winner yes but it annoys many historians.

[@chriselder6119]

@@josh72456 One of my personal favorites but it also likely suffers from Gibson turning out to be a piece of $%#@! for most people.

[@josh72456]

@chriselder6119 I don't know the man personally but I understand.

[@kristinachaney7391]

True Romance, American History X, Donnie Darko, American Psycho, The Virgin Suicides, Trainspotting...they just don't make em like they did in the 90s anymore

[@TheListenerCanon]

American Psycho was 2000 though!

[@ScottFunk-us6ro]

Malcolm X was quite wrong about slavery and Islam. It was the Muslims that enslaved African men, sold them to Europeans, and raped their African wives. To this day, Islam is the world's leading practitioner of slavery, as the religion/culture/system of law/ideology always has been.

[@kevinxero]

Donnie darko was even later wasn't it?

[@ScottFunk-us6ro]

You mean the era of "xtreme" loud colors etc? Ish.

[@tobechukwuokonkwo5957]

Donnie Darko was in 2000 - 2001

[@Roddrummer]

Most underrated: Strange Days. In fact, it's probably the most underrated movie of all time.

[@krissyturner88]

Great list- THANK YOU!!

[@rayancedrichaddad1197]

The 90s was one of the Best Era in Cinema History!💯💯

[@marioalt9420]

The Matrix is #1 for me, but yeah, that was the best decade for movies, with 1999 taking the top spot in the history of cinema.

[@davidloucks7937]

I think Trainspotting does not get talked about enough when it comes to great 90s movies. One of the truest depictions of the drug world, and a great mix of comedy and drama.

[@martinkrupan7515]

Agree .. I needed to check when Requiem for a Dream was shot (2000 so they wouldn't consider) as I missed that one on the list

[@mijailmanuelfornarismorgun3316]

My favorites: 1- Terminator 2 2- The Matrix 3- Star Wars ep1 4 - Jurassic Park 5- The Lion king 6- Independece Day 7- The Rock 8- Shawshank Redemption 9- The Green Mile 10- Saving private Ryan

[@renovandermade2051]

No Reservoir Dogs, The Green Mile, The Usual Suspects, Primal Fear, Philadelphia, American History X, Casino, Unforgiven, Fargo??? I would've definitely swapped some out to take any one of these movies.

[@josh72456]

@renovandermade2051 You can't put everything in, and American History X it might be not as notable as others, and they put an Edward Norton film on there, like with a few Tom Hanks films. They also put in three Steven Spielberg films, one Frank Darabont film, one Quentin Tarantino film, and two James Cameron films, so this is why, from my guess they didn't put in Reservoir Dogs and The Green Mile as well.

[@Islam4Europeans]

They also forgot JFK, glaring omission!

[@jengagers]

I turned the video off as soon as they listed that stupid Reese Witherspoon movie, Election. Why is that on the list?! Who the hell is making the list? Fire that person.

[@Gor85]

So many iconic movies! Legendary! The Fugitive,Scream,Mrs Doubrfire,Fight Club,Seven,Silence of the Lambs,Sixth Sense,I rememember watching with dad,Jurassic Park,Terminator 2,Titanic. Love them! I wouldn't choose Pulp Fiction as number 1. Jurassic Park,T2,possibly. Rebecca great narration! :D Hasta la vista baby!😀(not to you😊)

[@andrewkolb6309]

Finally someone mentions Titanic remember seeing it in theaters yes I can re watch it many times RIP Bill Paxton

[@loriellajames6978]

Good taste

[@Gor85]

@@loriellajames6978 thanks :)

[@guruyaya]

Spot on, watchmojo

[@mikeybalboa7520]

I’m sry, but we all know that T2 is the ultimate 90s movie.

[@SlashGriever]

Jurassic Park for me.

[@ssamelion1sard914]

Casino - the most depraved movie I've ever seen. Another Scorcese gem

[@matthewvorwald7169]

When it comes to 90s movies, Jurassic Park, Terminator 2 Judgement Day, Men in Black, Rush Hour, Last Action Hero, Demolition Man, Jingle All the Way, Home Alone 1 and 2, Batman Returns, the Fugitive, the Matrix, Broken Arrow, Toy Story, Mousehunt, Tremors, Tremors 2 Aftershocks, and some of the Godzilla movies from the 90s, including Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla 2, Godzilla vs Destroyah, and yes, even Godzilla 1998 are some of the best movies from the 90s that I have ever watched. Truly one of the best eras for movies.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

The 90s were a better movie decade than the 80s and since, for sure.

[@rig-zag]

I made my personal top 50 movies list awhile back and almost all of them were from the 90s and 2000s. Far and away the best era of filmmaking.

[@clarkness77]

Try watching more movies

[@rig-zag]

@clarkness77 🤣

[@clarkness77]

JK with u..lol...can u list ur top 3?

[@rig-zag]

@clarkness77 The Shining, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Fight Club, Natural Born Killers round out my top 4. That's favorites, not necessarily the best movies.

[@eugeniapatroncosta920]

My favourite movies of the 90s: 1990: -Back to the Future-Part 3. -Home Alone. 1991: -Terminator 2: Judgement Day. -The Silence of the Lambs. 1992: -Leathal Weapon 3. -Batman Returns. 1993: -Jurassic Park. -The Fugitive. -Schindler's List. 1994: -Forrest Gump. -The Mask. -Pulp Fiction. 1995: -Die Hard 3. -Jumanji. 1996: -Independence Day. -Mission Imposible. 1997: -Men In Black. 1998: -The Mask of Zorro. -Deep Impact. -Saving Private Ryan. 1999: -The Matrix. -The Mummy.

[@LosAngelesVideoArt]

"The Silence Of The Lambs" is the Best! Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

[@norri8ws]

Wow. Great list. Amazing movies.

[@altondavis4003]

Carlito's Way, The Usual Suspects, Friday, Unforgiven, A League of Their Own and 2 underrated masterpieces Starship Troopers and Last Action Hero.

[@amandabeaty1492]

What's Friday?!

[@altondavis4003]

@@amandabeaty1492 Bye Felicia.

[@thomaslewis5164]

Forrest Gump at 15 is wild IMO. It's not even my favorite movie, but I can acknowledge that it's easily one of the most iconic movies in the history of cinema, not just the 90's. The perfect combination of action, drama and comedy. The most quotable movie of all time. The only thing that keeps it from being the perfect movie IMO is the scene where Forrest wipes his muddy face on a T-Shirt and it's the perfect smiley face from the T-Shirts. If you want to leave it off #1 for that reason alone okay, but 15?

[@christiancastro2442]

Very very good list yess !! Ok missing from list 1 kids 2 dark city 3 face/off 4 green mile 5 batman 2 6 gremlins 2 7 HOME ALONe 8 speed 9 dazed and confused 10 the crow 11 true romance 12 usual susoects 13 american beauty 14 arlington road 14 american history x

[@MaxNeugebauer.]

True Romance is garbage

[@simonbrushes]

Green Mile…whew, I cried so hard when it was in theaters that I had a headache when leaving

[@LadyJennyfer75]

NO WAY does "Pulp Fiction" (though good) trump "Titanic" or "Forrest Gump"! And where is "Dances With Wolves"? THAT was also a masterpiece.

[@simonbrushes]

Ahhhh the 90’s when cinema was original and excellent. I was teen during the 90’s we were blessed.

[@stanakkerman2386]

Fargo, Unforgiven, JFK, Ed Wood, My Cousin Vinny, The Usual Suspects, Philadelphia, Men in Black, Rudy, etc... so many good ones left off the list. An amazing decade for sure

[@michaelvargas5144]

You Forgot Independence Day (1996) It Was Also A Good 90s Movie Too You Know 😠

[@henri191]

Jurassic Park and Pulp Fiction are my favorites ❤

[@miamiles7996]

Green Fried Tomatoes was a great movie. Our history teacher let us watch Schindler's List at school. Whole class was in tears.

[@pacmancdi]

I was banned from watching it because my teacher knew I would laugh and upset everyone else 😂😂😂

[@adagiobreeze8493]

The Teen genre from this decade was Best imo: Clueless, Can’t hardly wait, KIDS, Heavenly Creatures, The Faculty, Cry Baby,

[@stephengallagher5337]

LA Confidential is much higher in my list, what a flick

[@rosgill6]

i saw so many of these in the theater and the rest I wish could go back and watch there

[@michaelmonthey5974]

Unforgiven, Fargo, Dances With Wolves, Reservoir Dogs, Home Alone, A Simple Plan, Golden Eye, A Time To Kill, Ghost, and The Usual Suspects should have made the cut.

[@McHaro0079]

You mean they should have made a top 40 list, right? 😅

[@michaelmonthey5974]

@ Or even better, a Top 50 list. They’ve done Top 50 lists before. They’ve even been doing Top 100 lists lately.

[@AfzalBruton]

I'm so glad am I 90s kid and we have some awesome and great movies. Jurassic Park, The Lost World Park, T2 Judgment Day, Shawshank Redemption, Toy Story, Forrest Gump, Back To The Future, and many more. The 90s are awesome man.

[@SergioHernandez-le8wp]

I'd put "A League of Their Own" above a few of these

[@dragonknight1994]

No Encino Man?

[@otakukun1917]

Best movie era in history ♥️

[@loriellajames6978]

Right!

[@CandiceVidito32]

Shankshaw Redemption is definitely the best!

[@NoMoreAlts]

Everyone knows who you are reaper. The drugs are destroying your brain and making you think everyone believes your lies and gaslighting. Time to stop spamming nonsense in a desperate attempt to get likes. Grow up

[@CandiceVidito32]

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[@CommentBotHater]

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[@NoMoreAlts]

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[@CommentBotHater]

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[@8ojack]

Out of all of these movies, T2 is the one I've seen the most times 🤩 Some of these (like Schindler's List) are great movies but are hard to rewatch...

[@Animeguy300]

I love the movies from the 90s

[@amandabeaty1492]

Speed and Point Break were the pinnacle of 90's movies.

[@NickCC23]

fun fact: Neve Campbell's roommate when first starting out mid 90s was fellow Canadian and voice acting legend Tara Strong (then Charendoff)

[@matthewwilton7778]

White dude here saying Denzel killed the role of Malcolm, holy mackerel what a performance

[@romeywinebuger]

Matrix mind-blowing when it came out ..a great watch....best movie outta the franchise 9 outta 10

[@upcomingexpat]

Saving Private Ryan at 14 is ranked too low. Should have ranked higher over The Big Lebowski, Heat, The Silence of The Lambs, and Boogie Nights.

[@boristhebladej8055]

This list is awesome! And i all the time wonder where is pulp fiction 🤔

[@fumetsudragons418]

The Green Mile??????????

[@ShinobiNYC]

There are waaaaayyyyyyyyyy too many to list that are missing. But I get it it's impossible to list them all in a top 30. I can name at least 50 more who should be considered.

[@comawhitejohnny]

Also Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Dumb and dumber, The mask, Cruel Intentions, Matilda, Ace Ventura...

[@roxy5588]

I am so glad Heat was in this list. I loved practically all of these movies.

[@shishkbob5894]

Good list, but how can you possibly make this list without Philadelphia?

[@raghavs897]

90s was Hollywood at its peak... It's been a journey downhill since the dawn of the century

[@arthurverlaine6434]

the 00s where peak too, those two decades were just massive

[@paulvoorhies8821]

Great memories of watching LA Confidential on opening day in Montreal. Top 3 film on this list.

[@rainbowrunner1550]

When you do a Top 30 2000s movies list, you must include Revenge of the Sith, one of the Harry Potter movies, and one of the Sam Ramai Spider-Man movies (probably Spidey 2).

[@scottherangi8411]

I'd predict that list to come down to either LOTR, Potter, Gladiator or Avatar....

[@Islam4Europeans]

I have Moneyball at #1

[@billlawrence123]

So many great ones in the 90’s.

[@Damons-Old-Soul]

What is coming to be seen as the new Golden Age of cinema.

[@tonilaaksonen457]

Great great movies there but I was totally in shock that there weren't The Green Mile or American Beauty! JFK and American History X could have featured as well.

[@upcomingexpat]

Everytime I see Titanic, I think of Leo and Kate's reaction about the door lol

[@rebeccamcdermott9259]

Don't agree about the number one at all. For me, the greatest 90's movie is Schindler's List. Incredibly powerful and hard to watch, brilliantly written and directed, and an outstanding cast. It's one of my favourite films of all-time and is Spielberg's greatest work.

[@corymiller536]

Jewish propaganda

[@uzvisheni]

All banger movies, I would rearrange the order based on my taste, but you pretty much nailed them all.

[@2822MJ]

The 1990's have been my favorite decade of films in my lifetime, with the 1970's not far behind. While I enjoyed literally every film on this list there were many others that didn't even make this list that I enjoyed. WatchMojo could make Another Top 30 Best Movies of the 90's from all the films that were excluded from this list.

[@LuckyEN-r2j]

No way the big Lebowski is better than Fargo

[@timatotoro]

this list should be called top 30 American films. there were so many non-American films that were great such as: Blue, Red, Chungking Express, Beau Travail, Trainspotting, The Sweet Hereafter…

[@nanasewdear]

Most of the movies you listed are very good but there are a few I watch over and over. L.A. Confidential, Malcolm X, Boogie Nights, Fargo, Scindler's List, Shawshank and Good Fellas. I also like Casino. I'm the oddball granny that likes gangster movies.

[@JarvisValko]

Léon?

[@landonbangerter]

Disliked for excluding animated movies and documentaries for pretty much no reason

[@loriellajames6978]

Watch mojo you forgot KIDS, The hand that rocks the cradle, Jungle Fever, Friday, Candyman, Enemy of the State, Waiting to Exhale, How Stella got her groove back, and Speed.

[@TheFrugalAudiophile]

This list basically proves that Tom Hanks ruled the 90s, and he’s still going strong today!

[@Cosmic_Espeon]

How is Home Alone not on this list? Bruh.

[@TheFrugalAudiophile]

Some of my favorite 90s movies that were not mentioned are Aladdin lion King face off the rock and empire records. Some of my favorite comedies from that era are Wayne’s world, happy Gilmore, Billy Madison and Tommy boy. Yeah, I grew up in the 90s!

[@SteveBrown-f3q]

2:48 literally why i clicked to make sure this gem was accounted for. Just squeaked in but hey your crdibility remains

[@mmmgollito]

nonononono... Mrs Doubtfire is NOT better than Reservoir Dogs...

[@tzeffsmainchannel]

11:02 Poor dude doesn't realize that...just like that knife on the screen behind him, he's gonna have a HUGE knife aimed at his back...FOR REAL!!! 😆😁🤣

[@AuntieFa]

THE USUAL SUSPECTS!!!

[@romeywinebuger]

T2 judgement day a great flim to watch one every couple years ..9 outta 10 ....peak Arnaldo swarinigggar...dude was a A list actor in the 90 s .

[@jamesroyal6192]

Am the only one who was expecting Dumb and Dumber to be no.1? It's defintly the one that i've quoted everyday

[@elvinobiakalusi7505]

Dumb and Dumber is good but nothing holds a candle to pulp fiction

[@ShamellAntone]

dope vid...

[@arthurdapz]

i've seen 7 from the top 10 in this list. however, i believe my one 'great sin' is not seeing schindler's list even once 😅

[@tomfontaine4960]

So watch it then, dummy.

[@breezyamar]

Where is Toy Story?

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

Animated movies will get a separate list.

[@joaquincalderon4602]

Well, but "Toy Story" is still the best movie that came out of 1995

[@romeywinebuger]

Pulp fiction. .okay great cast ...7 outta 10

[@kellywall3656]

Great list but Saving Private Ryan deserved a spot in the top five.

[@Anthony_MD]

What an awful list. Chunking Express, Close up, Thin Red Line, The Player, Three Colours, Point Break, The Vanishing. Did someone just compile a list of the most well known movies by Americans?

[@simonberthiaume6585]

Finally! I knew there had to be another cinephile here somewhere.

[@littlestmel]

Did you mention 'The Professional' ... if not it definitely gets honorable mention.

[@oliviarose5030]

My absolute favorite decade of movies!

[@littlesewingmachine]

Huge misses: -Ghost -American Beauty -Trainspotting -Fargo -Misery -Death Becomes Her -Bram Stoker's Dracula -Edward Scissorhands -Life is Beautiful

[@ScottFunk-us6ro]

American Beauty was so predictable and 2 dimensional that I got a migraine upon watching it

[@shannonpieck6586]

My favorite is Tarantino's first screenplay, True Romance.

[@riotbunny]

1. Titanic 2. Pulp Fiction 3. Goodfellas 4. LA Confidential 5. Schindler's List 6. The Silence of the Lambs 7. The Shawshank Redemption 8. American Beauty 9. Fargo 10. Jurassic Park 11. Saving Private Ryan 12. The Talented Mr. Ripley 13. Good Will Hunting 14. Unforgiven 15. Jerry Maguire 16. As Good as it Gets 17. Seven 18. Being John Malkovich 19. The Matrix 20. Braveheart 21. Speed 22. The Fugitive 23. The Sixth Sense 24. Forrest Gump 25. Groundhog Day 26. In the Line of Fire 27. Terminator 2 28. Fight Club 29. Malcolm X 30. Election

[@alleahsasseville]

I thought this was going to be a countdown of sunglasses 😂😎