Defining a decade with a movie: 1990s

[Nyarlathotep]

Independence Day.

While not the worst movie ever, it's in my list of "ten things I would rather gouge my eyes out than see", but to me it summarized most of the movies of the 90s. Do away with plot / acting / storytelling and focus on things blowing up.

 

[Chain Lightning]

"The Cutting Edge" (1992) with D.B. Sweeney and Moira Kelly!


j/k ... but I do love that movie .... shhhhh .... tell no one!

I would say Terminator 2 - Judgement Day, though personally for me, it was Heat.

Man, good to hear from another "Heat" fan. Personally, for me too. ----> "Heat" <----

But I can see "Jurassic Park", "Terminator 2: Judgement Day","Titanic", and "Matrix" being attached to the iconic films of the 90's. Maybe even sneak in another Cameron movie like "True Lies". Which oddly, in the long run, I enjoyed more than "Terminator 2:Judgement Day".

Artistically, I'd say "Heat", "Seven", "Fight Club" (barely sneaking in at 1999). But as far as a big impact on the American public over all .... hmmm ... I'd say either "Jurassic Park" or "Matrix".

For animation: "Toy Story 1 & 2". Pixar is the sweetness.


For the 2000 to 2010: "Lord of the Rings" . . . "Harry Potter"...."Spiderman 1 & 2". Or, the decad Hollywood started taking Fantasy and Super Heroes a bit more serious. But yes, the 80's did have a ton of champs. Nothing has beaten the 80's yet.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

There will never be a movie as good as Casablanca.

IMO, naturally. But you all know I'm right

 

[Tetsubo]

I need to watch Pulp Fiction. Believe it or not, I've never seen it.

I'd go with The Shawshank Redemption.

The Shawshank Redemption is a great film. My Father considers it to be a perfect film. But I don't see it as defining the 90's. It's more of a timeless work of cinema.

 

[Kesh]

1989.

D'oh!

 

[Gunslinger]

How about "Office Space"?

 

[diaglo]

Pulp Fiction

ditto

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Serial Mom

 

[reveal]

Rodriguez? Nah. It's Ed Burn, a former Entertainment Tonight intern that did The Brothers McMullen. It's also that damn movie that I cannot delete from my mind (like that THAC0 equation), The Blair Witch Project. IIRC both films debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.

Not sure about the Brothers McMullent, but Blair Witch didn't come out until later in the 90's. El Mariachi came out in 1992. That's why I think it helped Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino who's movies came out after El Mariachi.

 

[Pants]

I'd like to nominate the following:
Office Space
Clerks
Silence of the Lambs (seriously, how many imitations and parodies of this movie do you see?)
Pulp Fiction
The Matrix
Fight Club