Ah, the 1990s – the decade that brought you indie-cinema breakouts and bullet-time blockbusters, fight clubs and foul-mouthed clerks, charismatic cannibal serial killers and "Choose Life!" sloganeering, Rushmore Academy overachievers and Royales with Cheese. Looking back on the movies that made the Nineties such a surprisingly fertile period for filmmakers and film lovers, you can see how so much of the foundation for the past few decades was laid so early on, from the rise of documentaries as a mainstream phenomena to the meta touches that would turn so many mix-and-match movies into wax museums with pulses. Sundance was to independent auteurs as Seattle was to grunge rockers. We would hang with slackers and Scottish junkies, smooth-talking criminals and abiding dudes. We would get cyberpunk as fuck. We would know kung fu – whoa!
So we've assembled a crack team of film fanatics, culture vultures, pop-culture pundits and various critics to weigh in on the 100 greatest movies of the Nineties. From Oscar-winners to obscure-but-wonderful gems, nonfiction social-issue sagas to a seven-hour Hungarian masterpiece, Titanic to Tarantino, these are the films we still argue over, quote endlessly and return to again and again. Crank up your dial-up connection, crack open a Zima and let the arguments begin.
100. 'Romeo + Juliet' (1996)
99. 'Clerks' (1994)
98. 'Buffalo '66' (1998)
97. 'The Ice Storm' (1997)
96. 'The Virgin Suicides' (1999)
95. 'Orlando' (1992)
94. 'Singles' (1992)
93. 'Billy Madison' (1995)
92. 'The Usual Suspects' (1995)
91. 'Lone Star' (1996)
90. 'Dumb and Dumber' (1994)
89. 'The Long Day Closes' (1992)
88. 'Casino' (1995)
87. 'Velvet Goldmine' (1998)
86. 'A Brighter Summer Day' (1991)
85. 'Titanic' (1997)
84. 'Swingers' (1996)
83. 'Last Night' (1998)
82. 'Raise the Red Lantern' (1991)
81. 'Election' (1999)
80. 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' (1998)
79. 'Bad Lieutenant' (1992)
78. 'The Shawshank Redemption' (1994)
77. 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' (1991)
76. 'The Age of Innocence' (1993)
75. 'There's Something About Mary' (1998)
74. 'The City of Lost Children' (1995)
73. 'Schindler's List' (1993)
72. 'Before Sunrise' (1995)
71. 'Edward Scissorhands' (1990)
70. 'When We Were Kings' (1996)
69. 'La Belle Noiseuse' (1991)
68. 'Friday' (1995)
67. 'Life Is Sweet' (1990)
66. 'Madonna: Truth or Dare' (1991)
65. 'Satantango' (1994
64. 'Wayne's World' (1992)
63. 'Jackie Brown' (1997)
62. 'Audition' (1999)
61. 'Clueless' (1995)
60. 'Natural Born Killers' (1994)
59. 'Being John Malkovich' (1999)
58. 'Scream' (1996)
57. 'Dazed and Confused' (1993)
56. 'Seven' (1995)
55. 'Babe: Pig in the City' (1998)
54. 'Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills' (1996)
53. 'Wild at Heart' (1990)
52. 'Metropolitan' (1990)
51. 'South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut' (1999)
50. 'L.A. Confidential' (1997)
49. 'Heavenly Creatures' (1994)
48. 'Poison' (1991)
47. 'To Sleep With Anger' (1990)
46. 'JFK' (1991)
45. 'Breaking the Waves' (1996)
44. 'The Double Life of Veronique' (1991)
43. 'Starship Troopers' (1997)
42. 'The Lion King' (1994)
41. 'Naked' (1993)
40. 'Unforgiven' (1992)
39. 'Crash' (1996)
38. 'Fireworks (Hana-Bi)' (1997)
37. 'All About My Mother' (1999)
36. 'The Blair Witch Project' (1999)
35. 'The Player' (1992)
34. 'Crumb' (1994)
33. 'Trainspotting' (1996)
32. 'The Sweet Hereafter' (1997)
31. 'The Big Lebowski' (1998)
30. 'My Own Private Idaho' (1991)
29. 'Princess Mononoke' (1997)
28. 'Heat' (1995)
27. 'Three Colors: Blue' (1993)
26. 'Magnolia' (1999)
25. 'Out of Sight' (1998)
24. 'Rushmore' (1998)
23. 'Eyes Wide Shut' (1999)
22. 'Kids' (1995)
21. 'Barton Fink' (1991)
20. 'Dead Man' (1995)
19. 'Fight Club' (1999)
18. 'Paris Is Burning' (1990)
17. 'Toy Story' (1995)
16. 'Reservoir Dogs' (1992)
15. 'The Matrix' (1999)
14. 'Boogie Nights' (1997)
13. 'Fargo' (1996)
12. 'Beau Travail' (1999)
11. 'Groundhog Day' (1993)
10. 'The Piano' (1993)
9. 'Chungking Express' (1994)
8. 'Malcolm X' (1992)
7. 'Slacker' (1991)
6. 'Close-Up' (1990)
5. 'Pulp Fiction' (1994)
4. 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991)
3. 'Safe' (1995)
2. 'Hoop Dreams' (1994)
1. 'Goodfellas' (1990)
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