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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Edward Scissorhands
1990, in 10 top lists Check -
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Goodfellas
1990, in 31 top lists Check -
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Home Alone
1990, in 6 top lists Check -
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House Party
1990, in 2 top lists Check -
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Pretty Woman
1990, in 12 top lists Check -
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Pump Up the Volume
1990, in 1 top list Check -
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Total Recall
1990, in 8 top lists Check -
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Beauty and the Beast
1991, in 19 top lists Check -
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Boyz n the Hood
1991, in 9 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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Hook
1991, in 4 top lists Check -
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My Own Private Idaho
1991, in 10 top lists Check -
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Point Break
1991, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991, in 36 top lists Check -
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991, in 27 top lists Check -
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Thelma & Louise
1991, in 13 top lists Check -
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Aladdin
1992, in 14 top lists Check -
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Army of Darkness
1992, in 6 top lists Check -
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Basic Instinct
1992, in 10 top lists Check -
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1992 — a.k.a. Man Bites Dog, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Crying Game
1992, in 11 top lists Check -
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Glengarry Glen Ross
1992, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Player
1992, in 10 top lists Check -
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Reservoir Dogs
1992, in 26 top lists Check -
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Singles
1992, in 0 top lists Check -
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Sister Act
1992, in 3 top lists Check -
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Unforgiven
1992, in 24 top lists Check -
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Wayne's World
1992, in 4 top lists Check -
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Dazed and Confused
1993, in 7 top lists Check -
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Demolition Man
1993, in 1 top list Check -
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Falling Down
1993, in 1 top list Check -
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The Fugitive
1993, in 8 top lists Check -
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Groundhog Day
1993, in 22 top lists Check -
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Jurassic Park
1993, in 23 top lists Check -
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Mrs. Doubtfire
1993, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Piano
1993, in 14 top lists Check -
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Poetic Justice
1993, in 1 top list Check -
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The Sandlot
1993, in 2 top lists Check -
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Schindler's List
1993, in 35 top lists Check -
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Sleepless in Seattle
1993, in 8 top lists Check -
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Tombstone
1993, in 2 top lists Check -
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True Romance
1993, in 7 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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Clerks
1994, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Crow
1994, in 4 top lists Check -
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Dumb and Dumber
1994, in 8 top lists Check -
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Ed Wood
1994, in 9 top lists Check -
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Forrest Gump
1994, in 25 top lists Check -
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Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994, in 13 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 20, 2019; source