Best movies of 1990s

Secrets & Lies(1996)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 68

A successful black woman discovers that her birth mother is a underprivileged white woman, but the woman denies it. As emotions run high, everyone's secrets are exposed.



Shine(1996)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 66

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.



What's Eating Gilbert Grape(1993)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 62

After his father's death, Gilbert has to care for his mentally disabled brother, Arnie, and his morbidly obese mother, which is suddenly challenged when love walks into his life.



Pitch Black(2000)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A commercial transport ship and its crew are marooned on a planet full of bloodthirsty creatures that only come out to feast at night. But then, they learn that a month-long eclipse is about to occur.



Malcolm X(1992)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 64

Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam.



Gattaca(1997)

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Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.



Breaking the Waves(1996)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 65

Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.



Barton Fink(1991)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.



Space Jam(1996)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 62

In a desperate attempt to win a basketball match and earn their freedom, the Looney Tunes seek the aid of retired basketball champion, Michael Jordan.



Men of Honor(2000)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 63

The story of Carl Brashear, the first African-American, then also the first amputee, U.S. Navy Diver, and the man who trained him.



Star Trek: First Contact(1996)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 63

The Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed.



How the Grinch Stole Christmas(2000)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 62

On the outskirts of Whoville, there lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans on ruining the Christmas holiday for all of the citizens of the town.



A League of Their Own(1992)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 64

Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry.



Clerks(1994)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof.



The Lost World: Jurassic Park(1997)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A research team is sent to the Jurassic Park Site B island to study the dinosaurs there while another team approaches with another agenda.



Devil in a Blue Dress(1995)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 75

An African-American man is hired to find a woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal.



What Lies Beneath(2000)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 63

The wife of a university research scientist believes that her lakeside Vermont home is haunted by a ghost - or that she is losing her mind.



Scary Movie(2000)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A year after disposing of the body of a man they accidentally killed, a group of dumb teenagers are stalked by a bumbling serial killer.



Wayne's World(1992)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.



Boiler Room(2000)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A college dropout, attempting to win back his father's high standards he gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm, which puts him on the fast track to success, but the job might not be as legitimate as it once appeared to be.




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