Best movies of 1990s

Boyz n the Hood(1991)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence and future prospects.



Before Night Falls(2000)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Episodic look at the life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990), from his childhood in Oriente province to his death in New York City. He joins Castro's rebels. By 1964, ...



Thirteen Days(2000)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 71

A dramatization and a fictionalized account of the Kennedy administration's struggle to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.



Edward Scissorhands(1990)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A gentle man, with scissors for hands, is brought into a new community after living in isolation.



Finding Forrester(2000)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A young writing prodigy finds a mentor in a reclusive author.



Dancer in the Dark(2000)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 67

An east European girl goes to America with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film.



JFK(1991)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 65

New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.



Wag the Dog(1997)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a presidential sex scandal.



Get Shorty(1995)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 68

A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.



In the Line of Fire(1993)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 66

Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.



Analyze This(1999)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A comedy about a psychiatrist whose number one-patient is an insecure mob boss.



Glengarry Glen Ross(1992)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 66

An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.



Dark City(1998)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 65

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun.



GoldenEye(1995)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 64

James Bond teams up with the lone survivor of a destroyed Russian research center to stop the hijacking of a nuclear space weapon by a fellow agent formerly believed to be dead.



Cruel Intentions(1999)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 64

Two vicious step-siblings of an elite Manhattan prep school make a wager: to deflower the new headmaster's daughter before the start of term.



The Sweet Hereafter(1997)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 72

A bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to the town to defend the families, but he discovers that everything is not what it seems.



Jackie Brown(1997)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A middle-aged woman finds herself in the middle of a huge conflict that will either make her a profit or cost her life.



Donnie Brasco(1997)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 64

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life, at the expense of his regular one.



Mystery Men(1999)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 67

A group of inept amateur superheroes must try to save the day when a supervillian threatens to destroy a major superhero and the city.



American History X(1998)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.




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