Top Movies of 1990s


The top movies of 1990s list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

141. Fresh

Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Boaz Yakin
Actors: Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L. Jackson, N'Bushe Wright, José Zúñiga, Ron Brice
Plot: Fresh, a 12-year-old dealer from Brooklyn, maneuvers local drug pushers against one another after a friend is shot.

142. Satan's Tango ( Sátántangó )

Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Hungarian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Béla Tarr
Actors: Mihály Vig, Putyi Horváth, László Lugossy, Éva Almássy Albert, János Derzsi, Irén Szajki
Plot: In Bela Tarr's 7-hour epic, we visit a small Hungarian village in a post-Communist world. Life is at a virtual standstill as we view life through each person's point-of-views. A large cash payment is expected but apprehensive villagers fear that Irimias, a smooth-talking man thought dead, will return and con them out of their money.

143. 4 Little Girls

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Spike Lee
Actors: Maxine McNair, Chris McNair, Helen Pegues, Queen Nunn, Arthur Hanes Jr., Carole C. Smitherman
Plot: This is about the fatal bombing of a Birmingham church on a Sunday morning in September, 1963 that killed four innocent little girls, ages 11 to 14.

144. Andaz Apna Apna

Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rajkumar Santoshi
Actors: Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Raveena Tandon , Paresh Rawal, Deven Verma
Plot: A pair of middle-class con men looking for one big score find themselves going after the same heiress, and, surprisingly, finding love as well. But things are complicated when her father's twin brother decides to take over the family business - by assuming his brother's identity.

145. The General

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Boorman
Actors: Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley, Jon Voight, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Angeline Ball
Plot: Martin Cahill was an Irish folk hero and criminal - pulling off brazing robberies with his team. But soon he has trouble from not just the police and the IRA - but even from members of his own team.

146. Tito and Me ( Tito i ja )

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Serbian
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Goran Markovic
Actors: Dimitrije Vojnov, Lazar Ristovski, Miki Manojlovic, Anica Dobra, Vojislav Brajovic, Bogdan Diklic
Plot: A ten-year-old Serbian boy has great love for the countries leader, Marshall Tito - much more than for his parents or teachers - and he wins the school competition for Best Tito Composition and is awarded by getting to participate in "Tito's native land" march. But in taking on this challenge, it will force him to see things from a different perspective - as some illusions are made to be shattered.

147. American Movie

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chris Smith
Actors: Mark Borchardt, Tom Schimmels, Monica Borchardt, Alex Borchardt, Chris Borchardt, Ken Keen
Plot: Documentary about a charismatic trailer-trash film maker from Minnesota who is trying to finish an independent film, using borrowed money from his grandpa, and high school drinking buddies as the cast and crew.

148. Scream

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courtney Cox, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan, Matthew Lillard
Plot: A killer strikes a small town with fear, focusing on one young woman in particular. As the list of suspects grows, who to trust becomes a matter of life and death.

149. Eel, The ( Unagi )

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shohei Imamura
Actors: Kôji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho, Akira Emoto, Fujio Tsuneta, Sho Aikawa
Plot: After finding out his wife is having an affair while he is working, Yamashita strikes out - murdering her in a crime of passion. Eight years later, he is out of prison and moves to a village to begin again. Working as a barber (a trade he picked up in prison) he leaves everyone alone - until a young woman comes into is life - one that reminds him very much of his dead wife.

150. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Trey Parker
Actors: Matt Stone, Trey Parker, Isaac Hayes, Mary Kay Bergman, George Clooney, Minnie Driver
Plot: America wages war against Canada over a foul-mouthed movie unknowingly bringing about the Apocalypse.

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