Movies by Lists - Rotten Tomatoes 140 Essential 90s Movies (140 [142]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| 10 Things I Hate About YouA pretty, popular teenager can't go out on a date until her ill-tempered older sister does. | 1999 | Gil Junger | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.3 (322.9K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| AladdinA kindhearted street urchin and a power-hungry Grand Vizier vie for a magic lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true. | 1992 | Ron Clements, John Musker | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance | 8.0 (393.7K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| All About My Mother [Todo Sobre Mi Madre]Young Esteban wants to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his second mother, a trans woman, carefully concealed by his mother Manuela. | 1999 | Pedro Almodóvar (*) | Drama | 7.9 (94.3K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| American BeautyA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend. | 1999 | Sam Mendes | Drama | 8.3 (1.1M votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| American History XA former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did. | 1998 | Tony Kaye | Drama | 8.5 (1.1M votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| American PieFour teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night. | 1999 | Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz | Comedy | 7.0 (395.1K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Army Of DarknessA sardonic hardware store clerk is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead so he can return home. | 1992 | Sam Raimi (*) | Comedy, Horror | 7.5 (171.7K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| As Good as It GetsA single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery. | 1997 | James L. Brooks (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.7 (291.7K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| Austin Powers - The International Man Of MysteryA world-class playboy and part-time secret agent from the 1960s emerges after thirty years in a cryogenic state to battle with his nemesis Dr. Evil. | 1997 | Jay Roach | Adventure, Comedy | 7.0 (233.5K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| BabeBabe, a pig raised by sheepdogs on a rural English farm, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett. | 1995 | Chris Noonan | Comedy, Drama, Family | 6.8 (122.7K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Basic InstinctA violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist. | 1992 | Paul Verhoeven (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (192.7K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Beauty and the BeastA prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love. | 1991 | Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance | 8.0 (434.2K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Before SunriseA young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together. | 1995 | Richard Linklater (*) | Drama, Romance | 8.1 (293.2K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Being John MalkovichA puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich. | 1999 | Spike Jonze (*) | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 7.7 (327.1K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Big Lebowski, TheUltimate L.A. slacker Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for a rug ruined by debt collectors, enlisting his bowling buddies for help while trying to find the millionaire's missing | 1998 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Comedy, Crime, Sport | 8.1 (780.3K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Birdcage, TheA gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents. | 1996 | Mike Nichols (*) | Comedy | 7.2 (86.6K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Blair Witch Project, TheThree film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind. | 1999 | Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez | Horror, Mystery | 6.5 (248.9K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Boogie NightsBack when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent. | 1997 | Paul Thomas Anderson (*) | Drama | 7.9 (255.6K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
| Boys Don't CryA young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska. | 1999 | Kimberly Peirce | Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance | 7.5 (96K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Boyz n The HoodFollows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects. | 1991 | John Singleton (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.8 (135.7K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| BraveheartScottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England. | 1995 | Mel Gibson (*) | Biography, Drama, History, War | 8.3 (1M votes) | 178 | 20211228 |
| Breaking The WavesOilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another. | 1996 | Lars von Trier (*) | Drama | 7.8 (65.5K votes) | 159 | 20211228 |
| CasinoA tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive compete against each other over a gambling empire, and over a fast-living and fast-loving socialite. | 1995 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.2 (504.1K votes) | 178 | 20220414 |
| Chungking ExpressTwo melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents. | 1994 | Kar-Wai Wong | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance | 8.1 (75K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| City of Lost Children, TheA scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process. | 1995 | Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.5 (67.4K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| ClerksA day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof. | 1994 | Kevin Smith (*) | Comedy | 7.7 (218.4K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| CluelessShallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. | 1995 | Amy Heckerling (*) | Comedy, Romance | 6.9 (204.3K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Crow, TheA man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée's murder. | 1994 | Alex Proyas | Action, Fantasy, Thriller | 7.6 (177.2K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Crying Game, TheA British soldier kidnapped by IRA terrorists soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world. | 1992 | Neil Jordan | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.3 (54.3K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Dazed and ConfusedThe adventures of high school and junior high students on the last day of school in May 1976. | 1993 | Richard Linklater (*) | Comedy | 7.6 (177.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Dead ManOn the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange aboriginal American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world. | 1995 | Jim Jarmusch (*) | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Western | 7.6 (94.8K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Demolition ManA police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society. | 1993 | Marco Brambilla | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.7 (169.9K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Dumb and DumberAfter a woman leaves a briefcase at the airport terminal, a dumb limo driver and his dumber friend set out on a hilarious cross-country road trip to Aspen to return it. | 1994 | Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly | Comedy | 7.3 (372.7K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Ed WoodAmbitious but troubled movie director Edward D. Wood Jr. tries his best to fulfill his dreams, despite his lack of talent. | 1994 | Tim Burton (*) | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 7.8 (172.5K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Edward ScissorhandsAn artificial man, who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands, leads a solitary life. Then one day, a suburban lady meets him and introduces him to her world. | 1990 | Tim Burton (*) | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 7.9 (471.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| ElectionA high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician. | 1999 | Alexander Payne | Comedy, Romance | 7.2 (95.1K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Empire RecordsTwenty-four hours in the lives of the young employees at Empire Records when they all grow up and become young adults thanks to each other and the manager. They all face the store joining a chain store with strict rules. | 1995 | Allan Moyle | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance | 6.7 (53.8K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| English Patient, TheAt the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair. | 1996 | Anthony Minghella | Drama, Romance, War | 7.4 (186.4K votes) | 162 | 20211228 |
| Face offTo foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery to assume the identity of the criminal mastermind who murdered his only son, but the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge. | 1997 | John Woo (*) | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.2 (365.6K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Falling DownAn ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them. | 1993 | Joel Schumacher | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (183.5K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| FargoMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson. | 1996 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Crime, Thriller | 8.1 (654.8K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Fear And Loathing In Las VegasAn oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades. | 1998 | Terry Gilliam (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 7.6 (272.7K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Fifth Element, TheIn the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay. | 1997 | Luc Besson (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (457.6K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Fight ClubAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more. | 1999 | David Fincher (*) | Drama | 8.8 (2M votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| Forrest GumpThe presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweeth | 1994 | Robert Zemeckis (*) | Drama, Romance | 8.8 (2M votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| Four Weddings and a FuneralOver the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love. | 1994 | Mike Newell (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.1 (148.6K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| FridayIt's Friday, and Craig and Smokey must come up with $200 they owe a local bully or there won't be a Saturday. | 1995 | F. Gary Gray | Comedy, Drama | 7.3 (108.5K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| From Dusk Till DawnTwo criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results. | 1996 | Robert Rodriguez | Action, Crime, Horror | 7.2 (303.7K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Fugitive, TheDr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a seasoned U.S. Marshal. | 1993 | Andrew Davis | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.8 (284.5K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Galaxy QuestThe alumni cast of a space opera television series have to play their roles as the real thing when an alien race needs their help. However, they also have to defend both Earth and the alien race from a reptilian warlord. | 1999 | Dean Parisot | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 7.3 (159.8K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| GattacaA genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel. | 1997 | Andrew Niccol | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.8 (294.4K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Ghost In The Shell.A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master. | 1995 | Mamoru Oshii | Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.0 (138.3K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Glengarry Glen RossAn examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office. | 1992 | James Foley (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.7 (102.4K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Good Will HuntingWill Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life. | 1997 | Gus Van Sant (*) | Drama, Romance | 8.3 (922.1K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| GoodfellasThe story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate. | 1990 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama | 8.7 (1.1M votes) | 146 | 20211228 |
| Groundhog DayA self-centered Pittsburgh weatherman finds himself inexplicably trapped in a small town as he lives the same day over and over again. | 1993 | Harold Ramis (*) | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 8.0 (603.6K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| GummoLonely residents of a tornado-stricken Ohio town wander the deserted landscape trying to fulfill their boring, nihilistic lives. | 1997 | Harmony Korine | Comedy, Drama | 6.7 (34.2K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| HackersHackers are blamed for making a virus that will capsize five oil tankers. | 1995 | Iain Softley | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.2 (71.9K votes) | 105 | 20230619 |
| Half BakedThe story of three not so bright men who come up with a series of crazy schemes to get a friend out of jail. | 1998 | Tamra Davis | Comedy, Crime | 6.7 (61.7K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Happy GilmoreA rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house. | 1996 | Dennis Dugan | Comedy, Sport | 7.0 (219.3K votes) | 92 | 20220531 |
| He Got GameA basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence. | 1998 | Spike Lee (*) | Drama, Sport | 6.9 (50.7K votes) | 136 | 20231207 |
| HeatA group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist. | 1995 | Michael Mann (*) | Action, Crime, Drama | 8.2 (623.4K votes) | 170 | 20211228 |
| HolozänA group of twenty-something friends search for love and success in grunge-era Seattle. | 1992 | Cameron Crowe | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance | 6.7 (31.4K votes) | 99 | 20230619 |
| Home AloneAn eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his house from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation. | 1990 | Chris Columbus (*) | Comedy, Family | 7.6 (546.7K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| HookWhen Captain James Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy. | 1991 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 6.8 (247.2K votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| House PartyKid decides to go to his friend Play's house party, but neither of them can predict what's in store for them on what could be the wildest night of their lives. | 1990 | Reginald Hudlin | Comedy, Music, Romance | 6.5 (14.6K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Independence DayThe aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive. | 1996 | Roland Emmerich (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.0 (556.7K votes) | 145 | 20211228 |
| Iron Giant, TheA young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy. | 1999 | Brad Bird | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (184.5K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Jurassic ParkA pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose. | 1993 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.1 (929.6K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| KidsA day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins. | 1995 | Larry Clark | Drama | 7.1 (76.7K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| L.A. ConfidentialAs corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. | 1997 | Curtis Hanson (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.2 (563.7K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Leon [The Professional]12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade. | 1994 | Luc Besson (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.5 (1.1M votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Life Is BeautifulWhen an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp. | 1997 | Roberto Benigni | Comedy, Drama, Romance, War | 8.6 (666.4K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Lion King, TheLion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself. | 1994 | Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical | 8.5 (1M votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Lock, Stock And Two Smoking BarrelsEddy persuades his three pals to pool money for a vital poker game against a powerful local mobster, Hatchet Harry. Eddy loses, after which Harry gives him a week to pay back 500,000 pounds. | 1998 | Guy Ritchie (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime | 8.2 (564.7K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| MagnoliaAn epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley. | 1999 | Paul Thomas Anderson (*) | Drama | 8.0 (304.5K votes) | 188 | 20211228 |
| Man Bites DogA film crew follows a ruthless thief and heartless killer as he goes about his daily routine. But complications set in when the film crew lose their objectivity and begin lending a hand. | 1992 | Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 7.5 (40.1K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Matrix, TheWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence. | 1999 | Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Action, Sci-Fi | 8.7 (1.8M votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| Men in BlackA police officer joins a secret organization that polices and monitors extraterrestrial interactions on Earth. | 1997 | Barry Sonnenfeld | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 7.3 (546.6K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Mortal KombatThree unknowing martial artists are summoned to a mysterious island to compete in a tournament whose outcome will decide the fate of the world. | 1995 | Paul W.S. Anderson | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 5.8 (116K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Mrs. DoubtfireAfter a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife. | 1993 | Chris Columbus (*) | Comedy, Drama, Family | 7.0 (261K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Muriel's WeddingA young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love. | 1994 | P.J. Hogan | Comedy, Drama | 7.2 (37.8K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| My Own Private IdahoTwo best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way. | 1991 | Gus Van Sant (*) | Drama | 7.0 (54.7K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Never Been KissedA newspaper reporter enrolls in high school as part of research for a story. | 1999 | Raja Gosnell | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.0 (97.2K votes) | 107 | 20240319 |
| Nightmare Before Christmas, TheJack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion. | 1993 | Henry Selick | Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical | 8.0 (323.4K votes) | 76 | 20211228 |
| Office SpaceThree company workers who hate their jobs decide to rebel against their greedy boss. | 1999 | Mike Judge | Comedy | 7.7 (256.6K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Out of SightA career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped. | 1998 | Steven Soderbergh (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.0 (90.6K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| PiA paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature. | 1998 | Darren Aronofsky (*) | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.4 (175.8K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Piano, TheIn the mid-19th century, a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, but is soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation. | 1993 | Jane Campion (*) | Drama, Music, Romance | 7.6 (85.1K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Player, TheA Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one? | 1992 | Robert Altman (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (58.5K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Poetic JusticeGrieving hairdresser Justice goes on a road trip from South Central L.A. to Oakland on a mail truck alongside her friend and an obnoxious postal worker. | 1993 | John Singleton (*) | Drama, Romance | 6.1 (16.2K votes) | 109 | 20231207 |
| Point BreakAn F.B.I. Agent goes undercover to catch a gang of surfers who may be bank robbers. | 1991 | Kathryn Bigelow | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.3 (174.1K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Pretty WomanA man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love. | 1990 | Garry Marshall (*) | Comedy, Romance | 7.1 (311.3K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Princess MononokeOn a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime. | 1997 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy | 8.4 (374.2K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Pulp FictionThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. | 1994 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.9 (2M votes) | 154 | 20211228 |
| Pump Up the VolumeMark runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens. | 1990 | Allan Moyle | Comedy, Drama, Music | 7.2 (31.2K votes) | 102 | 20240511 |
| Raise the Red LanternA young woman becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy lord, and must learn to live with the strict rules and tensions within the household. | 1991 | Yimou Zhang (*) | Drama, History, Romance | 8.1 (31.7K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Reality BitesA documentary filmmaker and her fellow Generation X graduates face life after college, looking for work and love in Houston. | 1994 | Ben Stiller | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.6 (48.7K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Reservoir DogsWhen a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant. | 1992 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.3 (976.6K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Rock, TheA mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco. | 1996 | Michael Bay | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 7.4 (328.2K votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| Romeo + JulietShakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue. | 1996 | Baz Luhrmann (*) | Drama, Romance | 6.7 (220.6K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Rumble in the BronxA young man visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art skills. | 1995 | Stanley Tong | Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 6.8 (41.5K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Run Lola Run [Lola Rennt]After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks. | 1998 | Tom Tykwer | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (195.6K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| RushmoreA teenager at Rushmore Academy falls for a much older teacher and befriends a middle-aged industrialist. Later, he finds out that his love interest and his friend are having an affair, which prompts him to begin a vendetta. | 1998 | Wes Anderson (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.7 (180.5K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Sandlot, TheIn the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures. | 1993 | David Mickey Evans | Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport | 7.8 (102.4K votes) | 101 | 20240501 |
| Satan's Tango [Satantango]On the eve of a large payment, residents of a collapsing collective farm see their plans turn into desolation when they discover that Irimiás, a former co-worker who they thought was dead, is returning to the community. | 1994 | Béla Tarr (*) | Drama | 8.4 (10.5K votes) | 439 | 20211228 |
| SátántangóOn the eve of a large payment, residents of a collapsing collective farm see their plans turn into desolation when they discover that Irimiás, a former co-worker who they thought was dead, is returning to the community. | 1994 | Béla Tarr (*) | Drama | 8.4 (10.6K votes) | 439 | 20211228 |
| Saving Private RyanFollowing the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. | 1998 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Drama, War | 8.6 (1.3M votes) | 169 | 20211228 |
| Schindlers ListIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis. | 1993 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 8.9 (1.3M votes) | 195 | 20211228 |
| ScreamA year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a new killer, who targets the girl and her friends by using horror films as part of a deadly game. | 1996 | Wes Craven (*) | Horror, Mystery | 7.3 (322.6K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| SevenTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives. | 1995 | David Fincher (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.6 (1.6M votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Shakespeare in LoveThe world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays. | 1998 | John Madden | Comedy, Drama, History, Romance | 7.1 (221.3K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Shawshank Redemption, TheTwo imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. | 1994 | Frank Darabont (*) | Drama | 9.3 (2.5M votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| ShowgirlsNomi, a young drifter, arrives in Las Vegas to become a dancer and soon sets about clawing and pushing her way to become the top of the Vegas showgirls. | 1995 | Paul Verhoeven (*) | Drama | 4.9 (66.1K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Silence of the Lambs, TheA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims. | 1991 | Jonathan Demme (*) | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 8.6 (1.4M votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Sister ActWhen a nightclub singer is forced to take refuge from the mob in a convent, she ends up turning the convent choir into a soulful chorus complete with a Motown repertoire, until the sudden celebrity of the choir jeopardizes her identi | 1992 | Emile Ardolino | Comedy, Family, Music | 6.5 (95.6K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Sixth Sense, TheA frightened, withdrawn Philadelphia boy who communicates with spirits seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist. | 1999 | M. Night Shyamalan (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (957K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Sleepless in SeattleA recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner. | 1993 | Nora Ephron | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.8 (172.5K votes) | 105 | 20220414 |
| Space JamIn a desperate attempt to win a basketball match and earn their freedom, the Looney Tunes seek the aid of retired basketball champion, Michael Jordan. | 1996 | Joe Pytka | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Sport | 6.5 (192.2K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| SpeedA young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph. | 1994 | Jan de Bont | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 7.2 (350.9K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| SwingersA wannabe actor has a hard time moving on from a break-up, but he is lucky to have supportive friends. | 1996 | Doug Liman | Comedy, Drama | 7.2 (80.9K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Terminator II - Judgement DayA cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son John from a more advanced and powerful cyborg. | 1991 | James Cameron (*) | Action, Sci-Fi | 8.5 (1.1M votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Thelma & LouiseTwo best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed. | 1991 | Ridley Scott (*) | Adventure, Crime, Drama | 7.5 (148.2K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| There's Something About MaryA man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from high school, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster. | 1998 | Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Comedy, Romance | 7.1 (304.4K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Thin Red Line, TheAdaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War. | 1998 | Terrence Malick (*) | Drama, History, War | 7.6 (183.1K votes) | 170 | 20211228 |
| Three Colors - RedA model discovers a retired judge is keen on invading people's privacy. | 1994 | Krzysztof Kieslowski (*) | Drama, Mystery, Romance | 8.1 (100.2K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Three KingsIn the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, four soldiers set out to steal gold that was stolen from Kuwait, but they discover people who desperately need their help. | 1999 | David O. Russell | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War | 7.1 (167.9K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| TitanicA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. | 1997 | James Cameron (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.8 (1.1M votes) | 194 | 20211228 |
| TombstoneA successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating. | 1993 | George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre | Action, Biography, Drama, History, Western | 7.8 (140.2K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Tommy BoyAfter his auto-parts tycoon father dies, the overweight, underachieving son teams up with a snide accountant to try and save the family business. | 1995 | Peter Segal | Adventure, Comedy | 7.1 (84.2K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Total RecallWhen a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he? | 1990 | Paul Verhoeven (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.5 (320K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Toy StoryA cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room. | 1995 | John Lasseter (*) | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 8.3 (947.3K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Toy Story 2When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends set out on a rescue mission to save Woody before he becomes a museum toy property with his roundup gang Jessie, Prospector, and Bullseye. | 1999 | John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 7.9 (558.3K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| TrainspottingRenton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends. | 1996 | Danny Boyle (*) | Drama | 8.1 (665.9K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| True RomanceIn Detroit, a lonely pop culture geek marries a call girl, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the owners of the cocaine, the Mob, track them down in an attempt to reclaim it. | 1993 | Tony Scott (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.9 (220.3K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Truman Show, TheAn insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show. | 1998 | Peter Weir (*) | Comedy, Drama | 8.1 (1M votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| UnforgivenRetired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid." | 1992 | Clint Eastwood (*) | Drama, Western | 8.2 (398.7K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Usual Suspects, TheA sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup. | 1995 | Bryan Singer (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.5 (1M votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Wayne's WorldTwo slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show. | 1992 | Penelope Spheeris | Comedy, Music | 7.0 (152.5K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Welcome To The DollhouseAn awkward seventh-grader struggles to cope with inattentive parents, snobbish class-mates, a smart older brother, an attractive younger sister and her own insecurities in suburban New Jersey. | 1995 | Todd Solondz | Comedy, Drama | 7.4 (33.6K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Hoop Dreams | 1994 | Steve James | Documentary, Drama, Sport | 8.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |