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20. Heat
Director – Michael Mann
Cast – Al Pacino, Robert De Niro
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – 15 December 1995
Box Office – $187.4 Million
Genre – Crime, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot – A Cop become obsessed with a bank robber.
19. Unforgiven
Director – Clint Eastwood
Cast – Gene Hackman, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 3 August 1992
Box Office – $159.2 Million
Genre – Western
Awards – 4 Academy Awards – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting actor, best film editing
Plot – A retired hunslinger take one last job in old west.
18. Reservoir Dogs
Director – Quentin Tarantino
Cast – Harvey Keitel, Chris Penn, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 25 June 1992
Box Office – $2.8 Million
Genre – Crime, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot – A Group of robbers suspect that one of them is a cop.
17. The Lion King
Director – Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers
Cast – Jeremy Irons, Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 7 May 1994
Box Office – $968.5 Million
Genre – Animation, Adventure
Awards – None
Plot – A Lion cub runs away from his home after the murder of his father but returns to claim what belongs to him.
16. The Silence of the Lambs
Director – Jonathan Demme
Cast – Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 13 February 1991
Box Office – $272.7 Million
Genre – Crime, Thriller
Awards – 5 Oscars – The Perfect 5
Plot – A CBI agent takes help of a cannibal murderer to track down another serial killer.
15. American History X
Director – Tony Kaye
Cast – Edward Norton, Edward Furlong
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 30 October 1998
Box Office – $23.9 Million
Genre – Drama
Awards – 1 Oscar Nomination
Plot – A Neo-nazi skinhead learns the way of peace and love.
14. Saving Private Ryan
Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 24 July 1998
Box Office – $481.8 Million
Genre – War, Drama
Awards – 5 Academy Awards won – Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing
Plot – A Group of soldiers go back beyond enemy lines to save a soldier.
13. Se7en
Director – David Fincher
Cast – Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 15 September 1995
Box Office – $327.3 Million
Genre – Crime, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot – Two detectives tries to track down a serial killer who murder his victims based on seven sins.
12. The Usual Suspects
Director – Bryan Singer
Cast – Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 19 July 1995
Box Office – $34.4 Million
Genre – Crime, Mystery, thriller
Awards – 2 Academy Awards- Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor
Plot – A man in police custody tells the tale about how he was wrongly convicted in a heist.
11. Toy Story 1 and Toy Story 2
Director – John Lassester
Cast – Tom hanks, Tim Allen
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 19 November 1995
Box Office – $373.6 Million
Genre – Animation
Awards – 3 Oscar nomination
Plot – A cowboy toy find rival in a new toy who believes he has come from space.
10. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Director – James Cameron
Cast – Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 24 August 1991
Box Office – $523.7 Million
Genre – Sci Fi, Action
Awards – 4 Oscars – Best makeup, best sound, best sound editing, best visual effects
Plot – A Cyborg from future comes to protect their future leader.
9. The Sixth Sense
Director – M Night Shyamalan
Cast – Bruce Willis
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – 2 August 1999
Box Office – $672.8 Million
Genre – Mystery, Thriller
Awards – 6 Oscar Nomination
Plot – A Boy seeks the help of a doctor to avoid seeing ghosts.
8. Pulp Fiction
Director – Quentin Tarantino
Cast – John Travolta, Samuel L Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel
IMDB Rating – 8.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 10 September 1994
Box Office – $213.9 Million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot – A Boxer, Two Hitmen, A gangster and his wife get mixed up in interwoven stories.
7. American Beauty
Director – Sam Mendes
Cast – Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Mena Suvari, Chris Cooper, Wes Bentley
IMDB Rating – 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 8 September 1999
Box Office – $356.3 million
Genre – Drama
Awards – Won 5 Oscars – Best Picture, Diretor, actor, Original Screenplay, Cinematography
Plot – A middle aged man falls in love with her daughter’s best friend.
6. Schindler’s List
Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes
IMDB Rating – 8.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 30 November 1993
Box Office – $322.1 Million
Genre – History, Biography
Awards – Won 7 Oscars – Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Score, Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction
Plot – The amazing life story of Oscar Schindler who saved lives of thousands of jews during Holocaust.
5. The Shawshank Redemption
Director – Frank Darabont
Cast – Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, William Sadler, Bob Gunton
IMDB Rating – 9.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 20 August 1994
Box Office – $58.3 Million
Genre – Drama
Awards – None
Plot – A Man convicted of his wife’s murder plans to escape the prison.
4. The Matrix
Director – Lana and Lily Wachowski
Cast – Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie Anne Moss
IMDB Rating – 8.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 31 March 1999
Box Office – $463.5 Million
Genre – Sci fi, Action
Awards – 4 Oscars- Best Film Editing, Sound, Sound Effects, Visual Effects
Plot – A Computer hacker learns that he is not living in a real world.
3. Titanic
Director – James Cameron
Cast – Leonardo Di Caprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 18 November 1997
Box Office – $2.187 BILLION
Genre – Romance
Awards – Won 11 Oscars
Plot – The tragic love story of a young couple who meets on the unfortunate ship Titanic.
2. Forrest Gump
Director – Robert Zemeckis
Cast – Tom hanks, Gary Sinsie
IMDB Rating – 8.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 72%
Release Date – 23 June 1994
Box Office – $677.9 Million
Genre – Comedy, Romance
Awards – Won 6 Oscars including Best Picture, best actor,Best director, best visual effects
Plot – The extra ordinary life story of Forrest Gump.
1. Fight Club
Director – David Fincher
Cast – Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter
IMDB Rating – 8.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%
Release Date – 21 September 1999
Box Office – $100.9 Million
Genre – Drama
Awards – 1 Oscar Nomination
Plot – A Blue collar worker meets a soap seller and together they form a club about which I am not supposed to talk.
So Which of the above film from the 1990s Decade is Your favorite? Did we missed any 90s film or did we under/overrated any film? Which actor you think was the best in the 90s decade? What about your favorite actress and Director from the decade of the 90s? Shout out loud below in the comment box.
