Rotten Tomatoes - The Essential 140 90s Movies
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Wazzup, home skillet! You must’ve left your pager in your other pair of Zubaz, ‘cuz the 1990s are trying to get in touch: The decade’s back, and it’s brought 140 friends!
Rotten Tomatoes, the Fresh prince of review aggregators, presents our list of the 140 Essential ’90s Movies, ranging from Certified Fresh to Rotten, all reppin’ 10 years of cinema that upended the biz! Our selections cross the era’s cultural checkpoints, including the American independent golden era (Pulp Fiction, Good Will Hunting), animation renaissance (The Lion King, the Toy Story movies), slasher revival (Scream), and the full maturation of auteurs like Scorsese and Spielberg under the studio system…just as the same studios pumped out big, star-driven crass comedies (Happy Gilmore, There’s Something About Mary) and effects-driven blockbusters (Titanic, Independence Day).
So slap on that bracelet and resurrect your Tamagotchi bestie, because these aren’t just the best ’90s movies, dude — they’re totally Essential! And if you’re looking for more blasts from the past, check out our list of 140 Essential 80s Movies! Schwing!
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Pulp Fiction
1994, in 38 top lists Check -
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Fight Club
1999, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991, in 36 top lists Check -
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The Matrix
1999, in 30 top lists Check -
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Goodfellas
1990, in 31 top lists Check -
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Schindler's List
1993, in 35 top lists Check -
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The Shawshank Redemption
1994, in 24 top lists Check -
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Se7en
1995, in 29 top lists Check -
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Fargo
1996, in 27 top lists Check -
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Reservoir Dogs
1992, in 26 top lists Check -
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Forrest Gump
1994, in 25 top lists Check -
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991, in 27 top lists Check -
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The Big Lebowski
1998, in 26 top lists Check -
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Toy Story
1995, in 25 top lists Check -
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American Beauty
1999, in 25 top lists Check -
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Jurassic Park
1993, in 23 top lists Check -
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Saving Private Ryan
1998, in 28 top lists Check -
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The Usual Suspects
1995, in 24 top lists Check -
28 new
Groundhog Day
1993, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Lion King
1994, in 24 top lists Check -
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Titanic
1997, in 25 top lists Check -
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Unforgiven
1992, in 24 top lists Check -
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Trainspotting
1996, in 18 top lists Check -
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L.A. Confidential
1997, in 27 top lists Check -
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Léon
1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check -
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Mononoke-hime
1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Truman Show
1998, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Sixth Sense
1999, in 20 top lists Check -
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Heat
1995, in 23 top lists Check -
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Being John Malkovich
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
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Magnolia
1999, in 17 top lists Check -
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La vita è bella
1997 — a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful, in 22 top lists Check -
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Braveheart
1995, in 19 top lists Check -
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Trois couleurs: Rouge
1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check -
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Good Will Hunting
1997, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993, in 16 top lists Check -
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Beauty and the Beast
1991, in 19 top lists Check -
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Chung Hing sam lam
1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check -
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Toy Story 2
1999, in 12 top lists Check -
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American History X
1998, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Thin Red Line
1998, in 14 top lists Check -
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Boogie Nights
1997, in 12 top lists Check -
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Before Sunrise
1995, in 14 top lists Check -
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Edward Scissorhands
1990, in 10 top lists Check -
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Casino
1995, in 11 top lists Check -
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Todo sobre mi madre
1999 — a.k.a. All About My Mother, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Piano
1993, in 14 top lists Check -
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Da hong denglong gaogao gua
1991 — a.k.a. Raise the Red Lantern, in 21 top lists Check -
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The Blair Witch Project
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
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Breaking the Waves
1996, in 14 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 20, 2019; source