50 Films So 90's It Hurts!
Just a few totally tubular 90's films!
I'm mainly focusing on the more bizarre stuff from the first half of the decade, the films that feel very stuck in the 90's, so stuff like Forest Gump and the Truman Show doesn't feature due to them ageing pretty well.
I'm mainly focusing on the more bizarre stuff from the first half of the decade, the films that feel very stuck in the 90's, so stuff like Forest Gump and the Truman Show doesn't feature due to them ageing pretty well.
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- DirectorSteve BarronStarsDan AykroydJane CurtinRobert KnottAliens with conical crania crash-land on Earth.Typical of that early 90's, surreal, MTV-influenced style that seeped into a lot of films. Pretty entertaining, but not amazing.
- DirectorDaniel Petrie Jr.StarsSean AstinWil WheatonKeith CooganA group of troublemaking boys decide to take a stand when terrorists seize control of their boarding school.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsJudith HoagElias KoteasJosh PaisFour teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas.Cowabunga dude! No description necessary.
- DirectorMichael LehmannStarsBrendan FraserSteve BuscemiAdam SandlerThree band members hoping for a big break head to a radio station to play their demo tape and wind up holding everyone hostage with plastic guns when the head D.J. refuses to play them.Whoa, dude! A bunch of totally rad rockers hijack a radio station, it's gnarly.
- DirectorMichael LehmannStarsEd Begley Jr.Stockard ChanningDabney ColemanModelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the intent of getting access to the nation's nuclear resources.
- DirectorJohn LasseterStarsTom HanksTim AllenDon RicklesA cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's bedroom.Classic film, but the CGI is looking a bit basic by today's standards, which gives it a very 90's vibe.
- DirectorPenelope SpheerisStarsMike MyersDana CarveyRob LoweTwo slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.
- DirectorStephen SurjikStarsMike MyersDana CarveyChristopher WalkenThe inseparable duo try to organize a rock concert while Wayne must fend off a record producer who has an eye for his girlfriend.
- DirectorSteven E. de SouzaStarsJean-Claude Van DammeRaul JuliaMing-Na WenIn the midst of a civil war in South East Asia, a general intensifies the climate of violence by kidnapping 63 UN delegates. To free the hostages, a colonel leads a group of fighters, who will have to use all their skills to be successful.Van Damme and Kylie Minogue in an ultra cheesy video game adaption. Yeah, it's very 90's! Great performance by Raul Julia tho.
- DirectorStephen HerekStarsChristina ApplegateJoanna CassidyJohn GetzFive siblings are left alone all summer when their mom leaves town and the evil babysitter bites the dust.Just read the title! A pretty decent film, truth be told.
- DirectorRandal KleiserStarsRick MoranisMarcia StrassmanRobert OliveriThe Szalinski family is back, this time hilarious disaster strikes when an experiment causes their new toddler son to grow many stories tall.
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsChristopher LambertRobin ShouLinden AshbyThree unknowing martial artists are summoned to a mysterious island to compete in a tournament whose outcome will decide the fate of the world.Whoa! Put those shades on, you don't want to get blinded by the extreme 90's goodness contained within this cheese-bomb!
- DirectorPeter HyamsStarsJohn RitterPam DawberJeffrey JonesA husband and wife are sucked into a hellish television set and must survive the gauntlet of twisted versions of shows in which they find themselves.Parents get sucked into their new cable box. Typically weird and garish MTV-style stuff.
- DirectorMarco BrambillaStarsSylvester StalloneWesley SnipesSandra BullockA 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.Although set in the future, this film is loaded with pop culture references from the 80's and 90's.
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsMacaulay CulkinJoe PesciDaniel SternAn eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.Culkin owned the early 90's, and this is his most famous role.
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerF. Murray AbrahamArt CarneyWith the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.Arnie sends up his 80's action flicks in this proto meta film, it's basically Scream but for action films. Very 90's!
- DirectorPeter HewittStarsKeanu ReevesAlex WinterWilliam SadlerA tyrant from the future creates evil android doubles of Bill and Ted and sends them back to eliminate the originals.
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsRobin WilliamsMichael GambonJoan CusackWhen Lieutenant General Leland Zevo (Sir Michael Gambon) inherits a toymaking company and begins making war toys, his employees band together to stop him before he ruins the name of Zevo Toys forever.Another really surreal flick from the early 90's. Some great visuals.
- DirectorJohn FortenberryStarsChris KattanWill FerrellRaquel GardnerTwo dim-witted brothers dream of owning their own dance club or at least getting into the coolest and most exclusive club in town, The Roxbury.Pretty much Wayne's World for the dance music generation. A great early starring role by Will Ferrel and a great, cheesy dance soundtrack.
- DirectorKevin SmithStarsShannen DohertyJeremy LondonJason LeeBoth dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall.
- DirectorDavid HoganStarsPamela AndersonAmir AboulElaAdriana AlexanderDuring the Second American Civil War in 2017, Barb Wire owns a nightclub called the Hammerhead. Things become complicated when her ex-lover Axel Hood, who is married to the fugitive Corrina Devonshire, re-enters her life.
- DirectorIain SoftleyStarsJonny Lee MillerAngelina JolieJesse BradfordTeenage hackers discover a criminal conspiracy with plans to use a computer virus that will capsize five oil tankers.This is so painful to watch. It's like having pure 90's Gen X cheese injected directly into your veins.
- DirectorAnnabel JankelRocky MortonStarsBob HoskinsJohn LeguizamoDennis HopperTwo Brooklyn plumbers, Mario and Luigi, must travel to another dimension to rescue a princess from the evil dictator King Koopa and stop him from taking over the world.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsNeve CampbellCourteney CoxDavid ArquetteA year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
- DirectorKevin SmithStarsBrian O'HalloranJeff AndersonMarilyn GhigliottiA 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.