this decade saw Hollywood turned to
independent studios Disney make a
comeback and CGI advancements make a big
imprint welcome to watchmojo.com and
today in this installment of our series
on the greatest movies of all time we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
movies of the 1990s they know that they
saw it but they did nice thing for our
series of the best movies of all time
we’ve chosen 10 movies per decade based
on their iconic status critical acclaim
box office success and watchability good
ice cream and just so you know we’re not
necessarily choosing the movies your
film studies professor would pick so sit
back and relax as we choose the red pill
get busy living and break open the toy
box number 10 The Matrix The Matrix is a
system neo
that system is our enemy what is real is
life just an elaborate computer program
these are the questions raised by the
1999 sci-fi shooter that became one of
the most impressive science-fiction
films to date
we follow protagonist neo as he explores
the synthetic world of the matrix and
fights the oppressive evil that goes
along with it
aside from its complicated plot this
Wachowski brothers masterwork is also
visually stunning with slow-motion
bullet dodging brilliantly choreographed
fights and plenty of shootouts monie
number nine The Silence of the Lambs I
ate his liver with some fava beans and a
nice Chianti with murderer Buffalo Bill
on the loose rookie FBI agent Clarice
Starling must call on expert advice from
captured cannibal and expert
psychologist Hannibal Lecter to catch
him if I help you Clarice body turns
with us too
click topo I tell you things you tell me
things aside from this pursuit it’s the
eerie one-on-one conversations between
Starling and Lecter that sends shivers
up your spine
proving Anthony Hopkins as the king of
creepy and earning the Silence of the
Lambs the big five Academy Awards
including the first-ever Best Picture
Oscar given to a horror film
I do wish we could chat longer but
I’m having an old friend for dinner
number eight Fight Club mother hit me in
the ear an adaptation of a Chuck
Palahniuk novel Fight Club is about
materialism insomnia and what it was to
be a Gen X male in the 90s it’s only
after we’ve lost everything we’re free
to do anything when our unnamed narrator
finds solace in the Bohemian Tyler
Durden he’s finally able to live without
regret and start an underground
recreational activity called Fight Club
the first rule of Fight Club is you do
not talk about Fight Club divisive and
controversial upon its release Fight
Club may not have won any Oscars but it
was one of the most talked about movies
of the decade you met me at a very
strange time my life
number seven Toy Story when you’re
defending the whole galaxy and suddenly
you find yourself sucking down
Darjeeling with Marie Antoinette the
first movie ever produced using only
computer animation Toy Story proved the
industry could grow to infinity and
beyond to infinity and beyond based
around The Adventures of toys that come
to life when no one’s around we follow
Woody and Buzz Lightyear as they fight
to be Andy’s favorite plaything I just
want you to know that even though you
tried to terminate me revenge is not an
idea we promote on my planet
flawless animation and bubbly characters
make this Pixar film and it’s two
sequels truly magical and one of the few
franchises to receive almost unanimously
positive reviews for all three of its
installments
buzz buzz light you you are not worried
are you me nope nope no no no no no
thank you
Emma’s I’d say I’d get you one but the
man who mate is probably dead I don’t
know number six Schindler’s List
listen there’s an absolute good
the list is life giving us a behind the
scenes look at oscar schindler’s life
and efforts throughout the holocaust
Steven Spielberg came out of his
family-friendly comfort zone and took
home seven Academy Awards as a result
Spielberg shows in stark black-and-white
realism the battle between good and evil
though it was a lightning rod for
controversy the film was massively
popular with both audiences and critics
I could house cutter I loved not you
people are alive because of you look at
them and just think Spielberg also
released the groundbreaking Jurassic
Park that same year power is when we
have every justification to kill and we
don’t my mom always said life was like a
box of chocolates
number five Forrest Gump football player
ping pong champion war hero is there
anything Forrest can’t do you know it’s
funny how you remember some things some
things you can this movie follows the
simple-minded Forrest Gump who proves
you don’t have to be a genius to
accomplish great things they gave you
Congressional Medal of Honor yes sir
they surely did a symbol of what
determination can achieve and how
opportunity can always come a-knockin
robert zemeckis is Forrest Gump features
Tom Hanks in an Academy Award winning
performance telling a bittersweet story
that nabbed a slew of other Oscars and
enchanted audiences to the tune of six
hundred and seventy seven million
dollars I’m pretty tired think I’ll go
home now number four
Terminator 2 Judgment Day get down just
when you thought the monosyllabic cyborg
from 1984 s original Terminator flick
couldn’t get any cooler
Along Came t2 hasta la vista baby sent
about a decade after the original
Arnie’s back only this time it’s to
protect future resistance leader John
Connor and not to kill his mom you’re
not here to kill me
I figured that part out for myself so
what’s the deal my mission is to protect
you while many special effects heavy
movies ignore story in favor of big
action t2 was lauded by critics as a
well-crafted action flick that went on
to influence the genre in the years that
followed I need a vacation
as far back as I can remember I always
wanted to be a gangster number 3
Goodfellas
hi mom what do you think
my shoes don’t think right my you look
like a gangster
it’s a Martin Scorsese classic wrapped
in violence
gangland activity and plenty of f-words
son groceries be cool embarrassing me in
front of my friends I don’t like to call
me a fuckin deadbeat you know you know
Sonny or real fucking luck you know no
money we do it longer oh come on don’t
be like that really don’t be like based
on the true story of Henry Hill we climb
up the mafia ladder with him as he goes
from parking cars to robbing airports by
the time I grew up there was 30 billion
a year in cargo moving through Idlewild
Airport and believe me we tried to steal
every bit of it while Scorsese’s
deliberate directorial choices do
elevate Goodfellas it’s the acting in
this perfectly cast film that makes it
great ray Liotta’s portrayal of hill is
amplified by the great supporting work
of Robert De Niro and Oscar winner Joe
Pesci
maybe it’s memory dump maybe well I’m
funny how I mean funny like I’m a clown
me of you you a little pinch a loaf I
come back this is all gone right number
two the Shawshank Redemption send you
here for life that’s exactly what they
take based on a Stephen King novella The
Shawshank Redemption follows Andy
Dufresne to jail after he’s convicted of
his wife’s murder
where’d you do frame wife killing banker
watching him battle the usual prison
struggles and the despair that will
inevitably set in we see Andy earned the
respect of the guards the prison warden
and one inmate in particular what are
you in for
all right I’m with hope on his side
Andy’s fight for Humanity is a truly
uplifting story that was nominated for
seven Oscars
before we unveil our pick for best movie
of the 1990s here are a few honorable
mentions
honey the key Otago English please
excuse me in English
a king’s time as ruler rises and falls
like the Sun one day Simba the Sun will
set on my time here and will rise with
you as the new king
I am NOT mr. Lebowski you’re mr.
Lebowski I’m the dude so that’s what you
call me you know that or his dude nasur
Deuter or you know el duderino if you’re
not into the whole brevity thing mm-hmm
this is a tasty burger
hey number one hope oh I’m sorry did I
break your concentration Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino proved what he was
capable of with his 1992 debut Reservoir
Dogs but if you expected a follow-up as
brilliant as this be damned if any
slopes gonna put the greasy Ella hands
on his boys birthright so he hid it in
one place he knew he could hide
something his ass telling the interwoven
stories of multiple characters from
boxer Butch two hitmen Vincent Jules the
film is incidentally based around a
mysterious glowing briefcase we happy
Vincent we happy here we happy equipped
with great actors and a killer script
Pulp Fiction delivers memorable lines
no-nonsense violence and intricate
storytelling that won the Oscar for Best
Original Screenplay and you will know my
name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance
upon thee do you agree with our list
what’s your favorite movie of the 90s
for more thrilling top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
independent studios Disney make a
comeback and CGI advancements make a big
imprint welcome to watchmojo.com and
today in this installment of our series
on the greatest movies of all time we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
movies of the 1990s they know that they
saw it but they did nice thing for our
series of the best movies of all time
we’ve chosen 10 movies per decade based
on their iconic status critical acclaim
box office success and watchability good
ice cream and just so you know we’re not
necessarily choosing the movies your
film studies professor would pick so sit
back and relax as we choose the red pill
get busy living and break open the toy
box number 10 The Matrix The Matrix is a
system neo
that system is our enemy what is real is
life just an elaborate computer program
these are the questions raised by the
1999 sci-fi shooter that became one of
the most impressive science-fiction
films to date
we follow protagonist neo as he explores
the synthetic world of the matrix and
fights the oppressive evil that goes
along with it
aside from its complicated plot this
Wachowski brothers masterwork is also
visually stunning with slow-motion
bullet dodging brilliantly choreographed
fights and plenty of shootouts monie
number nine The Silence of the Lambs I
ate his liver with some fava beans and a
nice Chianti with murderer Buffalo Bill
on the loose rookie FBI agent Clarice
Starling must call on expert advice from
captured cannibal and expert
psychologist Hannibal Lecter to catch
him if I help you Clarice body turns
with us too
click topo I tell you things you tell me
things aside from this pursuit it’s the
eerie one-on-one conversations between
Starling and Lecter that sends shivers
up your spine
proving Anthony Hopkins as the king of
creepy and earning the Silence of the
Lambs the big five Academy Awards
including the first-ever Best Picture
Oscar given to a horror film
I do wish we could chat longer but
I’m having an old friend for dinner
number eight Fight Club mother hit me in
the ear an adaptation of a Chuck
Palahniuk novel Fight Club is about
materialism insomnia and what it was to
be a Gen X male in the 90s it’s only
after we’ve lost everything we’re free
to do anything when our unnamed narrator
finds solace in the Bohemian Tyler
Durden he’s finally able to live without
regret and start an underground
recreational activity called Fight Club
the first rule of Fight Club is you do
not talk about Fight Club divisive and
controversial upon its release Fight
Club may not have won any Oscars but it
was one of the most talked about movies
of the decade you met me at a very
strange time my life
number seven Toy Story when you’re
defending the whole galaxy and suddenly
you find yourself sucking down
Darjeeling with Marie Antoinette the
first movie ever produced using only
computer animation Toy Story proved the
industry could grow to infinity and
beyond to infinity and beyond based
around The Adventures of toys that come
to life when no one’s around we follow
Woody and Buzz Lightyear as they fight
to be Andy’s favorite plaything I just
want you to know that even though you
tried to terminate me revenge is not an
idea we promote on my planet
flawless animation and bubbly characters
make this Pixar film and it’s two
sequels truly magical and one of the few
franchises to receive almost unanimously
positive reviews for all three of its
installments
buzz buzz light you you are not worried
are you me nope nope no no no no no
thank you
Emma’s I’d say I’d get you one but the
man who mate is probably dead I don’t
know number six Schindler’s List
listen there’s an absolute good
the list is life giving us a behind the
scenes look at oscar schindler’s life
and efforts throughout the holocaust
Steven Spielberg came out of his
family-friendly comfort zone and took
home seven Academy Awards as a result
Spielberg shows in stark black-and-white
realism the battle between good and evil
though it was a lightning rod for
controversy the film was massively
popular with both audiences and critics
I could house cutter I loved not you
people are alive because of you look at
them and just think Spielberg also
released the groundbreaking Jurassic
Park that same year power is when we
have every justification to kill and we
don’t my mom always said life was like a
box of chocolates
number five Forrest Gump football player
ping pong champion war hero is there
anything Forrest can’t do you know it’s
funny how you remember some things some
things you can this movie follows the
simple-minded Forrest Gump who proves
you don’t have to be a genius to
accomplish great things they gave you
Congressional Medal of Honor yes sir
they surely did a symbol of what
determination can achieve and how
opportunity can always come a-knockin
robert zemeckis is Forrest Gump features
Tom Hanks in an Academy Award winning
performance telling a bittersweet story
that nabbed a slew of other Oscars and
enchanted audiences to the tune of six
hundred and seventy seven million
dollars I’m pretty tired think I’ll go
home now number four
Terminator 2 Judgment Day get down just
when you thought the monosyllabic cyborg
from 1984 s original Terminator flick
couldn’t get any cooler
Along Came t2 hasta la vista baby sent
about a decade after the original
Arnie’s back only this time it’s to
protect future resistance leader John
Connor and not to kill his mom you’re
not here to kill me
I figured that part out for myself so
what’s the deal my mission is to protect
you while many special effects heavy
movies ignore story in favor of big
action t2 was lauded by critics as a
well-crafted action flick that went on
to influence the genre in the years that
followed I need a vacation
as far back as I can remember I always
wanted to be a gangster number 3
Goodfellas
hi mom what do you think
my shoes don’t think right my you look
like a gangster
it’s a Martin Scorsese classic wrapped
in violence
gangland activity and plenty of f-words
son groceries be cool embarrassing me in
front of my friends I don’t like to call
me a fuckin deadbeat you know you know
Sonny or real fucking luck you know no
money we do it longer oh come on don’t
be like that really don’t be like based
on the true story of Henry Hill we climb
up the mafia ladder with him as he goes
from parking cars to robbing airports by
the time I grew up there was 30 billion
a year in cargo moving through Idlewild
Airport and believe me we tried to steal
every bit of it while Scorsese’s
deliberate directorial choices do
elevate Goodfellas it’s the acting in
this perfectly cast film that makes it
great ray Liotta’s portrayal of hill is
amplified by the great supporting work
of Robert De Niro and Oscar winner Joe
Pesci
maybe it’s memory dump maybe well I’m
funny how I mean funny like I’m a clown
me of you you a little pinch a loaf I
come back this is all gone right number
two the Shawshank Redemption send you
here for life that’s exactly what they
take based on a Stephen King novella The
Shawshank Redemption follows Andy
Dufresne to jail after he’s convicted of
his wife’s murder
where’d you do frame wife killing banker
watching him battle the usual prison
struggles and the despair that will
inevitably set in we see Andy earned the
respect of the guards the prison warden
and one inmate in particular what are
you in for
all right I’m with hope on his side
Andy’s fight for Humanity is a truly
uplifting story that was nominated for
seven Oscars
before we unveil our pick for best movie
of the 1990s here are a few honorable
mentions
honey the key Otago English please
excuse me in English
a king’s time as ruler rises and falls
like the Sun one day Simba the Sun will
set on my time here and will rise with
you as the new king
I am NOT mr. Lebowski you’re mr.
Lebowski I’m the dude so that’s what you
call me you know that or his dude nasur
Deuter or you know el duderino if you’re
not into the whole brevity thing mm-hmm
this is a tasty burger
hey number one hope oh I’m sorry did I
break your concentration Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino proved what he was
capable of with his 1992 debut Reservoir
Dogs but if you expected a follow-up as
brilliant as this be damned if any
slopes gonna put the greasy Ella hands
on his boys birthright so he hid it in
one place he knew he could hide
something his ass telling the interwoven
stories of multiple characters from
boxer Butch two hitmen Vincent Jules the
film is incidentally based around a
mysterious glowing briefcase we happy
Vincent we happy here we happy equipped
with great actors and a killer script
Pulp Fiction delivers memorable lines
no-nonsense violence and intricate
storytelling that won the Oscar for Best
Original Screenplay and you will know my
name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance
upon thee do you agree with our list
what’s your favorite movie of the 90s
for more thrilling top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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