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.

81. JFK

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Jack Lemmon, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Joe Pesci
Plot: Jim Garison (Costner) is the DA that is covering the JFK murder case when he deeply suspects that there is much more to the case than first thought as it consumes his personal life and professional life.

82. Dark City

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alex Proyas
Actors: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Richard O'Brien, Ian Richardson
Plot: The city is not what it seems. Has anyone seen daylight? How do you get to Mertle beach? Does anyone have the answers?

83. The Iron Giant

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Brad Bird
Actors: Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, Christopher McDonald
Plot: A giant alien robot falls into a small Maine town in 1958. A 9-year-old boy becomes fast friends with the machine, but soon the government arrives with the intent to destroy the machine at any cost.

84. Elizabeth

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Actors: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough, Fanny Ardant
Plot: The young monarch Elizabeth I rises to power and must contend with endless attempts to set her up with a suitor, a combative Catholic church and her burgeoning romance with Lord Robert Dudley.

85. Legends of the Fall

Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Edward Zwick
Actors: Brad Pitt, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond, Anthony Hopkins, Gordon Tootoosis, Karina Lombard
Plot: The story of three brothers living in the northern west who all have differing personalities as they fight for war, love, and nature in near seclussion.

86. Home Alone

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Chris Columbus
Actors: Macaulay Culkin, Catherine O'Hara, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, John Candy
Plot: During the Holiday season a young boy from a wealthy family is forgotten at home while his family flies to France. He must defend his own home while growing up in the process.

87. The Last of the Mohicans

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Mann
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Pete Postlethwaite, Wes Studi, Russell Means, Eric Schweig
Plot: A man who is out of his right as a trapper must protect the family of the colonel during a war in which they should not be involved in.

88. Rushmore

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Anderson
Actors: Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Olivia Williams, Brian Cox, Seymour Cassel, Connie Nielsen
Plot: A gifted yet rebellion teen and a steel tycoon vie for the attention of a 1st-grade teacher at the elite Rushmore Academy.

89. Menace II Society

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Actors: Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Johnson, Glenn Plummer, Jada Pinkett Smith
Plot: Caine Lawson is a young man in an urban nightmare. Following his graduation, he tries to free himself from the violence and drugs in Watts, CA.

90. To Live ( Huozhe )

Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: You Ge, Li Gong, Ben Niu, Deng Fei, Wu Jiang, Tao Guo
Plot: Follows the lives of Fugui and Jiazhen in a tumultuous period in Chinese history. From wealth to poverty the two manage to survive and even raise a family in this deeply personal story.

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