Best movies of before 2000

Midnight Run(1988)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 65

An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia after jumping bail.



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.



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.



Gattaca(1997)

Golden Globe 1
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.



Little Shop of Horrors(1986)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.



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.



You've Got Mail(1998)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 61

Two business rivals who despise each other in real life unwittingly fall in love over the Internet.



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.



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.



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.



Wayne's World(1992)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 62

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



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.



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.



Scream 2(1997)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Two years after the first series of murders, a new psychopath dons the Ghostface costume and a new string of killings begins.



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.



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 Ice Storm(1997)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 65

In suburban New Canaan, Connecticut , 1973, middle class families experimenting with casual sex and substance abuse find their lives beyond their control.



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.



Bull Durham(1988)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.



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.




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