Rating the 90s

[Swiss Ultimate]

I've decided to go through a semi-comprehensive chronological list of films released between January 1990 and December 1999. I'm using the following as my source:
http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/index1990.php

These are not going to be comprehensive reviews and if I liked the film as a child and have not seen it again in adulthood it stays as "like".

Feel free to join me as I haven't seen a lot of these films. Will start with:

January, 1 Brain Dead (http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1990/0BDEA.php) - $1,627,955 -
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BnCfUpw-i7A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Saw this film in 2010, it was originally released as Brain Dead, but many of you will know it as Dead Alive. I liked it.

January, 12 Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1990/0TCM3.php) New Line - $5,697,588
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Insane film. All I remember is that it wasn't very good.

January, 12 Ski Patrol (http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1990/0SKPA.php) - $8,000,000
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Not as funny as the trailer would suggest. Take that as you will.

January, 19 Tremors (http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1990/0TRMR.php) Universal $10,000,000 $16,667,084
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First time I saw this film was on basic cable. Loved the fuck out of it. All the sequels sucked. Too bad.

[Malfeitor]

Tremors is fucking awesome.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

I'm currently on a similar kick at the minute as I'm going through all the films on the top 250 list on imdb. Started it because I was bored, checked the list and realised there was a whole bunch that I hadn't seen, and so decided I'd watch all of them. Trying to watch like one a day, not always possible for whatever reason, but I'm currently on 96/250 having started on something like 62/250. I was going to make a thread like this and give little reviews on them all but then I just never got round to it.

[El Fangel]

Absolutely fucking love Tremors.

[Swiss Ultimate]

I'm currently on a similar kick at the minute as I'm going through all the films on the top 250 list on imdb. Started it because I was bored, checked the list and realised there was a whole bunch that I hadn't seen, and so decided I'd watch all of them. Trying to watch like one a day, not always possible for whatever reason, but I'm currently on 96/250 having started on something like 62/250. I was going to make a thread like this and give little reviews on them all but then I just never got round to it.

Feel free to post any of the 90s reviews in here, Iggy. It should be a whole lot of fun.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Well I watched Twelve Monkeys last night. I enjoyed it because I generally like anything involving time travel, but it didn't exactly "light my fire" in terms of groundbreaking storytelling. Bruce Willis was kinda just okay, Brad Pitt was at his comedic best though.

You did say brief reviews, right?

[Swiss Ultimate]

I loved the soundtrack of Twelve Monkeys more than anything. Yeah, but don't let me limit you with that. The only hard rule here is it has to be a 90s movie.

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[mitch_h]

Braindead 8/10 - Better than the lotr trilogy
Tremors 8/10
12 Monkeys 7/10

Going to post a list of my 20 favourite movies of the 90s. Just gotta figure out what they are.

[Swiss Ultimate]

Good luck, Mitch.

[mitch_h]

Had to bump it to 25...

1. Pulp Fiction
2. A Brighter Summer Day
3. Boogie Nights
4. Magnolia
5. Barton Fink
6. The Sweet Hereafter
7. Goodfellas
8. Glengarry Glen Ross
9. Chungking Express
10. The Big Lebowski
11. Happiness
12. Beau Travail
13. Satantango
14. Being John Malkovich
15. Dead Man
16. Ed Wood
17. Rushmore
18. Fightclub
19. Groundhog Day
20. Before Sunrise
21. Three Colour Trilogy
22. Hoop Dreams
23. The Matrix
24. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
25. The Celebration

Good decade for movies some runner ups were Fargo, Close-Up, Aladdin, Crumb, The Ice Storm, After Life

[Swiss Ultimate]

I've only seen 11 of those films.

[MoFo]

Is Tremors that shit with the massive worms and shit?

[El Fangel]

I was a little bored. Each rating is based on how much I liked it, how many times I have watched it or for nostalgia reasons. Some won't make sense obviously due to this.


1990
Tremors 7/10
The Hunt For Red October 8/10
The Lord of The Flies 5/10
Pretty Woman 8/10
TMNT 9/10
Ernest Goes to Jail 6/10
Die Hard 2 8/10
Ghost 8/10
Childs Play 2 4/10
The Rescuers Down Under 8/10
Edward Scissorhands 9/10

1991
Lionheart 4/10
White Fang 5/10
Sleeping With The Enemy 5/10
The Silence of The Lambs 10/10
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 7/10
T2: Judgment Day 9/10
Freddys Dead: The Final Nightmare 4/10
Beauty and The Beast 9/10
An American Tale: Fievel Goes West 7/10
The Addams Family 5/10
My Girl 6/10
Hook 5/10
Father Of The Bride 7/10
Fried Green Tomatoes 8/10

1992
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle 8/10
Waynes World 8/10
Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest 6/10
Batman Returns 6/10
Universal Soldier 6/10
Honey I Blew Up The Kid 6/10
Unforgiven 8/10
Pet Sematary II 3/10
The Mighty Ducks 9/10
Reservior Dogs 5/10
Aladdin 10/10
Home Alone 2: Lost In New York 7/10

1993
Mr. Nanny 4/10
Alive 7/10
Sniper 4/10
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey 9/10
Groundhog Day 8/10
Cliffhanger 7/10
Super Mario Brothers 1/10
Tom and Jerry: The Movie 8/10
The Nightmare Before Christmas 8/10
The Beverly Hillbillies 7/10
The Three Muskateers 6/10
Mrs. Doubtfire 9/10
Beethovens 2nd 5/10
Tombstone 9/10
Grumpy Old Men 9/10

1994
A Troll In Central Park 5/10
Iron Will 8/10
Blank Check 6/10
My Girl 2 6/10
Four Weddings and A Funeral 6/10
D2: The Mighty Ducks 9/10
Thumbelina 6/10
3 Ninjas Kick Back 7/10
The Flintstones 8/10
City Slickers II 8/10
The Lion King 10/10
Wyatt Earp 8/10
Little Big League 6/10
Forrest Gump 9/10
Angels In The Outfield 8/10
Lassie 6/10
The Little Rascals 8/10
The Next Karate Kid 1/10
The Shawshank Redemption 10/10
Clerks 9/10
The Santa Clause 7/10
The Pagemaster 8/10
Dumb and Dumber 8/10
Richie Rich 6/10
The Jungle Book 8/10

1995
Billy Madison 8/10
Heavy Weights 8/10
Man Of The House 6/10
Born to Be Wild 6/10
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up 5/10
Braveheart 10/10
Pocahontas 6/10
Batman Forever 6/10
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 7/10
Apollo 13 9/10
The Indian In The Cupboard 5/10
Free Willy 2 8/10
The Net 6/10
Bushwhacked 6/10
A Kid In King Arthurs Court 5/10
The Amazing Panda Adventure 4/10
Magic In The Water 5/10
Se7en 9/10
Assassins 7/10
Mallrats 8/10
Golddiggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain 6/10
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls 3/10
Toy Story 10/10
Father of The Bride: Part II 8/10
Jumanji 8/10
Tom and Huck 6/10
Grumpier Old Men 9/10
Balto 4/10
Twelve Monkeys 8/10

1996
Dunston Checks In 5/10
Broken Arrow 6/10
Happy Gilmore 9/10
Rumble In The Bronx 7/10
Bloodsport II 6/10
Homeward Bound: Lost In San Francisco 6/10
All Dogs Go To Heaven 2 6/10
Twister 9/10
The Cable Guy 2/10
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 9/10
The Nutty Professor 3/10
Kazaam 3/10
Matilda 6/10
Jack 8/10
Alaska 8/10
Fly Away Home 6/10
D3: The Mighty Ducks 9/10
Ransom 5/10
Jingle All The Way 4/10
101 Dalmations 10/10
Daylight 7/10

1997
Dantes Peak 7/10
That Darn Cat 6/10
Jungle 2 Jungle 6/10
Austin Powers: IMMM 8/10
Men in Black 8/10
George of The Jungle 6/10
Air Bud 7/10
Free Willy III 8/10
Steel 4/10
G.I Jane 4/10
I Know What You Did Last Summer 8/10
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation 2/10
Home Alone 3 4/10
Titanic 7/10

1998
Half Baked 6/10
Spiceworld 3/10
The Wedding Singer 6/10
U.S Marshals 7/10
3 Ninjas High Noon at Mega Mountain 1/10
Godzilla 6/10
Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas 9/10
X-Files: Fight The Future 8/10
Doctor Dolittle 6/10
Armageddon 8/10
Small Soldiers 8/10
Saving Private Ryan 8/10
BASEketball 8/10
Blade 8/10
Simon Birch 6/10
Bride of Chucky 3/10
Soldier 6/10
The Waterboy 9/10
Babe: Pig In The City 5/10
Patch Adams 7/10

1999
The Mummy 8/10
Star Wars: Episode I 6/10
Austin Powers: TSWSM 6/10
Tarzan 4/10
Big Daddy 3/10
American Pie 8/10
The Mystery Men 6/10
The Sixth Sense 6/10
Double Jeopardy 8/10
Mystery, Alaska 6/10
Fight Club 10/10
The Bone Collector 9/10
Pokemon: The First Movie 5/10
Toy Story 2 10/10
Sleepy Hollow 6/10
Stuart Little 7/10

[El Fangel]

I've only seen 11 of those films.

I have seen 3 if that makes you feel better.

Is Tremors that shit with the massive worms and shit?

yep.

[Blitz]

90/10.

[Swiss Ultimate]

What the math man?

[Emperor Smeat]

Out of all the films from the 1990s, I think Dumb and Dumber was the most watched comedy I ever saw and the Bond films for action stuff not involving Schwarzenegger.

[Swiss Ultimate]

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February, 9 Hard To Kill (http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1990/0HRDT.php) Warner Bros. - $47,381,386

As a kid I loved B-movies and trashy action films. Used to watch a ton of Chuck Norris films too, and so the Joe Bob in me will always enjoy a film like Hard to Kill in spite of its extreme datedness. Take that to the bank!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Hard to Kill? More like Hard to watch. Wakka wakka wakka.

[Swiss Ultimate]

Less a Fozzy joke and more a two old guys joke.

[Shisen Kopf]

Waldorf and Statler are the two old guys. But anyway I'm just gonna focus on 1999 bc in my opinion that was the best year in movies in my lifetime.

Fight Club 10/10-one of my favorite films of all time. Love the nihilist and anti consumerism tones of the film and it had Meatloaf with bitchtits.

American Beauty-9.5/10-Lester doesn't give a fuck anymore and he almost fucks his kids friend.

Magnolia-9/10-Tom Cruise shoulda won an Oscar for this.

Office Space-10/10 I think anyone that has worked in a soul crushing office can relate.

American Pie-7/10 Shannon Elizabeth.

Eyes Wide Shut-7/10 more like Pants Around Ankles

[Furious Beardsley]

Bio-Dome was the greatest movie of the 90's. Period. End of discussion.

[Mooияakeя™]

I will do this soon enough, but Mallrats is probably #1 for me.

The summer of '90 looked pretty awesome. May 24th through July 18th.

[Swiss Ultimate]

Mallrats was fun. I tried watching Chasing Amy about a year ago and it lost whatever magic I thought it had when I first saw it. Too bad.

[Swiss Ultimate]

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I loved the shit out of this film and am looking forward to watching it with my kids when they get a little older.

[Kapoutman]

Demolition Man: 10 out of 10

[Swiss Ultimate]

That movie happened in the future, man.

[DLVH84]

Demolition Man: 10 out of 10

FUCK YEAH, MAN!!!

[Swiss Ultimate]

February, 16 Nightbreed 20th Century Fox - $8,000,000
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I was pretty obsessed with this movie as a kid. It was pretty unique, as a lot of 90s movies were, in that it tried to create empathy with the "monsters". I haven't seen the film in a long time (over a decade), I don't know how it'd hold up. I keep waiting for it to roll out on Netflix.