Top 10 Underrated Films of the 1990s
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"We're excluding any movies that have gained cult status" [...] "Gattaca has since gained a respective cult following"...
I thought Dark City also had a cult following.
Thanks =)
SIX of the ten films in this list have cult followings or are downright popular now.
True Romance 1993
Starring:
Christian Slater
Patricia Arquette
Supporting cast:
Dennis Hopper
Val Kilmer
Gary Oldman
Brad Pitt
Christopher Walken
Bronson Pinchot
Samuel L. Jackson
Michael Rapaport
Saul Rubinek
James Gandolfini
Chris Penn
Tom Sizemore
saw this about a month ago, great and fuckin crazy movie
Tarantino scripts aren't underrated. He has a solid following.
Saw it twice in the theater with my pop when I was in the 6th grade. Been my favorite movie ever since. Written by Tarantino, but directed by Tony Scott. The story of how that happened is pretty cool.
this cast...
and it was written by Quentin Tarantino. But I don't think that is underrated, I personally didn't liked that much, but in general I don't think that is underrated it was well received....
10. Dark City
9. Gattaca
8. Strange Days
7. Falling Down
6. eXistenZ
5. Kingpin
4. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
3. Red Rock West
2. Miller’s Crossing
1. A Simple Plan
Yep. I saw most of them. 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10. I liked all of them, although I didn’t like Miller’s Crossing the first time I saw it. Never heard of 3 and 4.
I saw a simple plan in the theater. One of the few who did evidently.
Ghost Dog and Kingpin deserved acting nominations at the very least. Are you sure about 1 and 2? They were critically acclaimed and seen by many.
@@Rob2068 didn't like Miller's Crossing?! For shame!
@@johnmorrison4280 Eh, fuck Miller's Crossing.
Good list.
Some of my other choices would be ...
1. True Romance
2. One False Move
3. The Man in the Moon
4. What's Eating Gilbert Grape
5. Primal Fear
6. The Cable Guy
7. The Quick and the Dead
8. What About Bob?
9. Internal Affairs
10. This Boy's Life
.
#1 with a bullet for sure. Love the Quick and the Dead too but ... I think it found an audience in the end ... a quite large one ;o).
So glad they mentioned "Dark City." Another underrated movie that's well worth the watch is "Frailty" with Bill Paxton. Talk about an ending! I wouldn't even call it a twist either.
I loved Dark City. Never seen Frailty but will watch it now.
Agreed. Both awesome movies, Fragilty was clever
The most underrated movie from the 90's is True Romance (1993), starring Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette and a great bunch of secundaries. Awesome movie!
Camilo Basile I don't think true romance is underrated at all. It's wildly popular and come out at a time tarantino was at his peak.
Except Tarantino didnt direct and it bombed at the box office. Tarantino didnt go mainstream until after Pulp Fiction so saying Tarantino was at his peak isnt accurate. I wouldnt call it wildly popular now either, most people I know have never heard of it.
hardly under-rated. Popular film
Camilo Basile
Someone already said this
I love that movie! Slater and Arguette are so damn sexy
I think we can all agree that the 90's had some of the most underrated and underappreciated movies of just about any decade
Judgement night great underrated movie of the 90's Denis Leary, Cuba gooding jr, Stephen dorf, Jeremy piven, Emilo Estevez,
Richard Sheehy hell yeah dude. Judgement night is the shiz
"No films that later become cult classics." "#8 Gattaca"
exactly
"KingPin"
+FernTheRUclipsr At least half of these are cult classics.
+FernTheRUclipsr And this is why, while I like WM, I prefer ScreenRants because they don't make a list with their head up their asses and list something...that contradicts the rules of their list. Also SR does the 10 best, not the top 10 which puts 10 choices but doesnt number them 10 to 1 so its up the the viewer to put them in whatever order they feel fit.
+Bennyboy087 thats total bullshit screen rants make list just to capture pop culture and mainstream shit
for example, when star wars force awaken came out legit 20 out of 30 videos and thumbnails consisted of star wars
The way bill murray's combover came unglued at the end of kingpin destroyed me!!
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Ugh..Falling Down is not underrated. It was a commercial and critical success. Among Schumacher and Douglas' top 3 films.
As soon as the video hit four minute mark, I paused it and started scrolling down for comments about the topic 'Since when was Falling Down underrated?"' I'm glad the first person I found agreeing on the subject has somewhat similar and almost as stupid nick as I do. :)
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I agree..almost everyone I know of..even teenagers..seem to know of Falling Down. It's a classic..if there was any of Douglas 90's films that underrated..I would have put "The Game" in this space instead.
I really hated this movie, when it came out. Never like Douglas, so that did not help.
Dad and I loved it and both own a copy.
Falling Down was so much fun. I could watch that movie anytime it's on.
Same. Love the scene in the fast food joint where his burger looks nothing like the picture.
The Last Boy Scout. Bruce Willis has been more remembered for Die Hard but LBS was every bit as good. Damon Wayans was his capable sidekick and the direction of Tony Scott was probably what Michael Bay studied as a small child. Probably should be on here.
K ittridge I prefer LBS to any Die Hard. Great
TLBS is a typical 90s action flick, and yes, probably also on par with the Die Hard sequels. But let's not compare it to Die Hard 1, or even pretend it's a really good movie. It's a good action movie with Willis at his peak, but nothing more than that. And the character of Halle Berry is of course really cringy...
A very average 90s actioner and not even slightly under rated.
"State of Grace" with Sean Penn and Gary Oldman is criminally underrated. Great performances, especially from Oldman, and the shootout scene at the end is amazing.
YES.
Now, THAT is an underrated film. But it was made in the 80s.
@@maryscottoconnor1203 It came out in 1990
Great movie!I loved it!
I just watched this movie based one your recommendation... It was f***ing sh*t. Sean Penn and Gary Oldman were brilliant (as expected), John C. Reilly as well. But Ed Harris was a poor casting, Robin Wright's character had no reason to be in the movie, and every supporting character was stereotypical to the point of caricature . The story was stock, the script was shallow, the directing was amateur, and the shootout at the end was F***ING SLOW MO SH*T!!!!
I give it 2 stars, one for Gary Oldman, and one for Robin Wright's side boob. 😂
Judgment Night (1993) with Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr, Dennis Leary, Stephen Dorff and Jeremy Piven is another 90s underrated movie that needs more people to talk about, it's one a few thrillers that can happen in real life
Geena Davis was great in "The Long Kiss Goodbye".
Sergio Ramón Rodríguez Cajiga *Long Kiss Goodnight
A Long Kiss Goodnight was waaaaaayyy before it's time. One of the greatest lead female action roles of all time. Charlie Baltimore is in my top 3 with Ripley and Salt.
Geena Goddess Davis
Dark City, Gattaca, and Kingpin are all on my favorite movie list. Bill Murray ad libbed all of his lines in Kingpin! Freakin' HILARIOUS
Several are posting "Grosse Point Blank" ... which I would defo submit as worthy of this list.
One of my fave flicks of all time.
very fun movie
Richard Lefaive Yes a different movie. I’m familiar with where the movie took place too.
@@Rob2068 me too. Was there just 1 year ago. Hard to believe its part of Detroit!
Richard Lefaive Well not part of Detroit technically. Metro Detroit. The Pointes are separate cities, the southernmost of which borders Detroit. Some of metro Detroit is very nice.
@@Rob2068 yeah - I realize that. But that's just semantics to cover the bad optics of one of the world's richest boroughs sitting next door to one of America's poorest.
Quite the shocker to drive along the waterfront front from.downtown Detroit through all those empty and boarded up buildings and then stumble smack into the pointe with no warning... literally after crossing one main street !
It's beautiful of course but ... also the perfect and stark illistration of what's wrong with America considering what surrounds it.
So happy to see ExistenZ and Dark City on this list. They are among my favourite movies ever. Some other underrated films of the 90’s I think would be The Last Supper(1995), The Thirteenth Floor(1999), Last Of The Dogmen(1995), The Faculty(1998), Serial Mom(1993), Campfire Tales(1998), The Vagrant(1992).
Bill Murray in king pin is stellar ❤️
I think him in 'The Man Who Knew Too Little' should've been mentioned.
Quick Change
Right, he plays a near perfect asshole.
Coffee Drinker SOTD Bill Murray is A 🐖💩
MartyMonster it’s crap.
Ronin: misleading title threw people off, it's actually a European crime drama with the best car chase scenes ever filmed
Deth43 Robert Deniro, and Jean Reno were great in it.
to this day
I loved it since day one.
Yes, Ronin is a great film. The car chase is my favorite chase in any movie ever. It's Frankenheimer's best, and it's therefore THE best car chase scene ever. One of my favorite thing about that scene is how to soundtrack doesn't kick into fifth gear until like halfway through the chase, just when you think it has to be about over. Good Call!
Ronin is underrated too. Also Reindeer Games, which reminds me of Ronin in many ways, but for some reason seems to be hated?
I would add Deep Cover to this list. Jeff Goldblum and Laerence Fishburne were incredible in this flick. True Romance was also highly underrated.
I do agree with your list. Particularly The Long Kiss Goodnight.
1999
Arlington Road with Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack.
Fantastic movie
I thought it was killer
I fucking LOVED Gattaca. I wish more people saw it...it was awesome...
Rent THX 1138. It was filmed in the same location.
I will pass on any George Lucas BS... thanks.
I still remember seeing it at the movies. Got it on DVD.
Ravenous is a 1999 Western black comedy horror-suspense film directed by Antonia Bird and starring Guy Pearce - is never talked about but is excellent.
“We’re excluding movies any movie that have gained cult status.”
On #2 Gattaca “...but has since gathered a respectable cult status.”
Ugh...?
No shit and hunchback of Notre Dame was always a great film. Then and now it's a Disney film everyone remembers. Idiots...
came to the comments to find this ^
@mrrpggamer2 - 6.9 imdb, 74% metacritic, 71% R.T. (70% audience). Truly sits on a high pedestal; yet another moving children's picture book with nothing to actually set it apart and above any other Disney production. So great. Another familiar, risk-free, no chances, no need to do anything new adaptation of a century and a half old public-domain property; A main character who's basically the elephant man (though this has the typical kiddie-friendly sugary ending where the whole city unilaterally accepts him) and a flat one-dimensional baddie who's bad just to be bad who literally dies the same way as Gaston (and like half the Disney Villains). Perfunctory musical numbers that play like every other Disney musical cue. Conflicts resolved in an hour-and-a-half with a neat pretty bow on top and they all live in perfect harmony ever after. Wow, such a stand-out in Disney's 200+ movie catalog. Also Quasi gets friend-zoned hard at the end and, y'know, he's perfectly chill with it. Why don't you ask around who remembers it?
I think that arguably one of the most underrated movies of all time was Sleepers, which was from 1996. Fantastic.
yes I completely agree. I completely forgot about that movie. One of the best movies I've ever seen.
Good to see Hunchback and Miller's Crossing here! Both very underrated!
I’d say
1. Blown Away both films
2. Strange Days
3. Silent Fall
4. The Mod Squad
5. Fled
6. Brokedown Palace
7. Malice
8. Virtuosity
9. Girl 6
10. Desperate Measures
11. Extreme Measures
12. Getting Even with Dad
13. Half the Mary Kate and Ashley movies
14. Fearless
15. Half the hood movies
16. Most Wanted
17. Deep Cover
18. Hoodlum
19. Half the 90s kid films
20. The HBO movies
21. Breakdown
22. The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
23. Instinct
24. In Dreams
25. Inferno
26. Andersonville-TV Movie
27. Smilla’s Sense of Snow
28. Snow Falling on Cedars
29. Hush
30. Red Corner
31. Nick of Time
32. The Game
33. The Fan
A lot of movies that I can’t think of but I liked these movies I listed. There’s a ton of them in the 90’s that were underrated. These are a lot of them that weren’t even mentioned.
You wanna know what’s underrated? Fire In a The Sky! It’s so good too! Not like what “really” happened but it’s cool.
Ty!
Thumbs up for Dark City.
David R all the sci Fi movies on this list are better than the matrix as far as I'm concerned.
Dark City was amazing when it came out, its still amazing. Alex Proyas created a masterpiece.
Indeed one of the greatest film of the 90s:
_"First there was darkness. Then came the strangers. They were a race as old as time itself. They had mastered the ultimate technology. The ability to alter physical reality by will alone. They called this ability "Tuning". But they were dying. Their civilization was in decline, and so they abandoned their world seeking a cure for their own mortality. Their endless journey brought them to a small, blue world in the farthest corner of the galaxy. Our world. Here they thought they had finally found what they had been searching for. My name is Dr. Daniel Paul Schreber. I am just a man. I helped the strangers conduct their experiments. I have betrayed my own kind."_
_"Daylight. When was the last time you remember seeing it? And I'm not talking about some distant, half-forgotten childhood memory. I mean like yesterday? Last week? When? Can you come up with a single memory? You can't, can you? You know something? I don't think the sun even exists in this place, because I've been up for hours and hours and hours and the night never ends here."_
I don't understand why it was on the list...Dark City is not considered a cult classic?
David R Wonderful film.
This is one of the best lists WatchMojo has put together. I've seen everyone of these films, even the honorable mentions, and I own two thirds of the 10 main films. The sci-fi ones in particular are seriously underrated. Strange Days, Existenz and Dark City are just completely killer, and if you haven't seen these you should hand back in your Certificate of Sci-Fi Street Cred.
+Mitchell Hodgemeyer In my hometown, where I spent 2 years living with my grandparents (during 7th and 8th grade), there was this video-rental store that managed to have all kind of movies. I got to watch most of this list from them, I suppose I didn't know how lucky I was.
Sad thing is that I can tell why these movies didn't get the attention they deserved, it was one or more of the following:
1) the lack of movie stars
2) the lack of strenght (or better budget) in portraying the story
3) they were ahead of their time
Think of Dark City, it should be in the same "shelf" than The Matrix but the Wachowski Bros got better budget for SFX and an uprising star like Keanu Reves.
Maicol Mallers I had a similar experience. There were two video stores in my hometown that really had good stuff. One specialized in foreign films, especially foreign horror films, and one specialized in rare movies and cult movies.
I agree with you about Dark City. I like The Matrix, but Dark City is a more interesting and much more visually appealing film than the Matrix. And Dark City came out a year before The Matrix. Existenz came out the same year as The Matrix by the way, even though a lot of people trash it saying it's trying to be like the Matrix. One, it's completely different, only the general idea is similar. And two, it's directed by David Cronenberg; and if you're a fan of good horror, that tells you pretty much all you need to know - that you should see it.
Kingpin, Strange days, The Long Kiss Goodnight and Falling down were 4 of my favorite movies at the time and to this day. Though not my favorites but I saw and enjoyed both A Simple plan and Dark City in the theater. Some you missed on were Tresspass and Judgement night. BTW, Bill Paxton was in A simple plan and Tresspass.
The long kiss goodnight 👍
Another Underrated film is "A little Princess", directed by Alfonso Cuaron.
My 10 Favorite underrated 90's Movies are
1-Problem Child 1 & 2
2-Bulletproof
3-Wild Things
4-The Ice Storm(all due respect to Crouching Tiger & Brokeback Mountain, but I think The Ice Storm is Ang Lee's best film)
5-The Client(RIP Brad Renfro)
6-Orgazmo
7-Stealing Beauty
8-Poison Ivy
9-Bound(I think this is actually the Wachowski's best film)
10-Lord of the Flies
What about the 1998 film Fallen starring Denzel Washington
yes
I was just thinking about that movie earlier today, it is a good one
They seriously need more films like that. Crime noir is amazing. But supernatural crime noir seeded in realism rather than overtly fantastical. Fucking brilliant
The movie sucked.
I love this movie.... Let me tell you a story about the time I almost died.
"My Own Private Idaho", by Gus Van Sant. Starring Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix...
Strange Days was the quintessential millenium movie. People either didn't get it or found the underlying hardness of the movie too much to take. At least Bigelow eventually received the kudos that her career deserved.
+tony bennett its one of my top 10 movies ever
A Simple Plan was an excellent choice for #1. The book was even better. A few friends find a shit ton of money sitting in a crashed plane buried in the snow... What a cool idea for a story!
Totally agree! If you think the movie is great (and it is), the book is that much better! The details you get from the thought processes the characters go through as the story unravels are riveting.
Glengarry Glen Ross. I only know a few film buffs that have seen it. Ok story with some of the best acting ever. 95 RT score. Check it out.
"Third prize is, you're fired!"
ALWAYS BE CLOSING
I thought everyone had seen it, it's al pacino and Kevin Spacey ffs...
It's an excellent movie! Weird, most of my movie-appreciating friends have seen it and enjoyed it.
What about Sneakers or Sleepers. Massively under rated movies.
Sneakers was loads of fun and clever. I agree not enough ppl saw it in it's time.
Yep, Sneakers! Saw it like 8 times.
What about... MY ASS
Sneakers to me was kind of boring and sleepers the first half was good second half got boring real quick..
"Films can't be well-received now or have a cult following"
"9) GATTACA... This movie now has a cult following"
+Mark Muhammad I know! I caught that as well.
Exactly what I thought
+Mark Muhammad come on Mike Bounce!
+Mark Muhammad Most of the films in the list do.
+Mark Muhammad Heck... Just the first one on the list. Dark City. Which has been screened again recently at Alamo Drafthouse.
Oh man I loved 'A Simple Plan'. One of the best movies ever.
I watch Tremors every year and it never gets old. 1 through 10 should be Kevin Bacon movies. Air up there, Hollow man, Stir of Echoes, The River Wild, and Flatliners.
Stir of Echoes, most definitely. Flatliners was well filmed but the remake detracts from its score.
True Romance (1993) should be on here. One of Tarantino's early films he was involved with. Patricia Arquette, Christian Slater, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Brad Pitt, Chris Penn and James Gandolfini among others. Great film😎
falling down now that was a good movie
Actually, it was a horrible movie with horrible dialogue, cheesy stereotypes, and all sorts of other issues. But, yes, it has it's moments. We all get it.
With Honors... I think its one of Joe Pesci's best performances!
man i loved Gattaca, Falling Down and Kingpin growing up
'Dark city' is such a great movie, unique with an awesome, unforeseen twist at the end that makes the whole movie make sense, which until then the viewer is kept guessing. One of my all time favourites!
"Beautiful Girls" (1996)
They said in the intro they were "excluding any movies that, while they may not have initially become popular, are now generally received more positively or have gained cult status" and then they put Gattaca at number 9. People won't shut up about Gattaca. They then acknowledge it's "cult following." So... what the fuck?
The Iron Giant and The Prince of Egypt is so underrated. I love those movies.
Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels
I strongly recommend David Lynch's Straight Story
dark city is on my top 10 movies of all time. so is gattaca..everyone i show these movies to love them
10. I love Dark City definitely have seen it more than once
9. Gattaca is a really good film
8. I love Strange days so a masterpiece sci fi film
7. Falling down gotta watch this movie
6. Existenz is an incredible Cronenberg film I love it
5. Kingpin is hilarious and one of the best films ever
4. Ghost dog gotta see it
3. Red rock west gotta see this
2. Gotta see Miller's Crossing
Honorable mentions
Hard eight
Kalifornia
Devil in a blue dress
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Long kiss goodnight
1. Fantastic film Simple plan
"Defending Your Life," 1991. Written, directed by, and starring Albert Brooks, with Meryl Streep and Rip Torn.
I love that film.:-):-D
Meet me at the diner.😇🥞🧇🥪🍔🥩🍳🧈🍞
Dark City was too high art for the general public at the time.
+TheAgentAssassin Aye, just a shame that the director just made Gods of Egypt... oh the mighty have fallen.
zombiesnyder13 The Crow being a phenomenal adaptation and I Robot being a damn good Sci-fi flick, Dark City for me still being his best film though.
Gattaca is one of my top 10 favorite movies, every about it is so amazing. The story, acting, directing and music were all top notch. Strangeland is the only one I like more on this list. All the movies you listed are great though.
"Detroit Rock City" with Edward Furlong
Sweet!
Two movies are in my top 20 all time is true romance and rounders
2 Days in the Valley is definitely the most underrated film of the 90's. Looks like even they missed it.
Is that the movie with Nicole Kidman!?
I'll have to watch that
kingpin and falling down are some of my favorite 90's films
+Rob Hardin Hell yeah!!! Love them both!!!
+Rob Hardin HA! same two I picked:)
I've just finished watching A Simple Plan thanks to this list. Wow. What a film.
Miller's Crossing is just an incredible movie. I'm not even a movie buff, but that movie blew me away, thought about it for a few weeks afterwards!
It's one that if you enjoy good movies and haven't seen it, stop what you're doing and go track it down today. It's a wonderful masterpiece!
Man Bites Dog is an underrated 90's movie. Belgian mockumentary about a camera crew following a psychopath. Very dark comedy.
Yea - if you wanted to create a TRUE list of underrated movies: This list is popular movies that everyone saw.
Original title : C'est arrivé pres de chez vous.
event horizon
Hell yes.
Timesthree Thehighest Emphasis on hell.
just no
Andrew Boley just yes
Yep
Ghost Dog, Falling Down, Kingpin are all movies I've watched literal hundreds of times. Didn't know they were as overlooked as u say.
State of Grace - Sean Penn, John C. Reilly (in one of his first roles), Gary Oldman at his psychotic best, and Ed Harris. I think John Turturro's in there too. Excellent movie!
What about Army of Darkness? It's the most epic movie ever
Fresh should be on the list. Oh and so should Galaxy Quest.
I definitely thought that Doom Generation would be on here. Such a unique movie.
American Buffalo was another great little movie that hardly anyone saw. Dennis Franz & Dustin Hoffman were both equally great.
Little confused. I thought you said you were excuding films that developed a cult following but then said Gattaca developed a cult following.
One of my faves that's underrated it Toy Soldiers with Sean Astin and Wil Wheaton
Great list as per usual.
I bought a digital copy _Gattaca_ and _Dark City_ recently. I agree with your choices.
Just watched "A Simple Plan" after watching this video - many thanks for the heads-up! Quality film, great story and good acting! Hard to believe I'd never heard of it before!
"Arachnophobia"
"Madhouse"
"Blind Fury"
The Dark Backward"
"Night On Earth"
"Motorama"
"Hero"
"Twenty Bucks"
"Falling Down"
"Short Cuts"
"Benny & Joon"
"The Chase"
"Mrs. Parker & The Vicious Circle"
"White Man's Burden"
"To Die For"
"Denise Calls Up"
"Dead Man"
"Everyone Says I Love You"
"Extreme Measures"
"Welcome To The Dollhouse"
"The Ice Storm"
"Dream With The Fishes"
"Buffalo '66"
"Slums Of Beverly Hills"
"Lola Rennt" ("Run, Lola, Run")
"Happiness"
"Stiff Upper Lips"
"Election"
So many underrated sci-fi movies throughout the 90s, it's crazy!
Miller's Crossing, Kingpin, and Devil in a Blue Dress are fantastic.
"One False Move" starring Billy Bob Thornton and the late great Bill Paxton. It came out in 1992. Great film. Also, "Last Action Hero" which at the time was a rare feat for Scharwzenegger: his first flop. But seeing that it came out in 1993 and up against some dinosaur flick, he had no chance. But it's a good film.
Funny 😃
I did see "A Simple Plan" and you are right. It was extraordinary.
Green Genes didn’t simple plan get some Oscar buzz. How is that underrated
It was a critic's choice on many lists. Excellent acting.
Call me a prick if you want, but how is it "Extra-Ordinary"? It's just a flat, plain, flavorless, Tofu Fargo knock-off.
Welcome to the Dollhouse, The Arrival, Death and the Maiden
Groundhog day
The prince of Egypt
Devil's advocate
Legends of the fall
The mummy
Arlington road
Sleepers
The last of the Mohicans
The game
Maverick
Mulan
In the name of the father(yeah, I know it was nominated for best picture, but nowadays it doesn't get enough credit)
Leon the professional
The 13th warrior
These are one of my favourite movies and no one seems to talk about them.
Great list. How about Jacobs Ladder?
Henry, Potrait Of A Serial Killer. 1990. (1986 Chicago Film Festival) is an underrated movie
i love the movie falling down. never knew it was that under appreciated. too bad, cause its great and has a fantastic ambience throughout.
Wonderful pick at #1. Remember this one in the theater. An instant classic.
Disney's Quasimodo was the first movie ever that I've seen in a movietheatre. Nostalgia
It's amazing how most movies from 1990s can look like they're made in 2000s.
Film technology has pretty much peaked. Thanks videophiles!
You're right
El Mariachi gets ignored a heck of a lot. It's a goddamn Sergio Leone-type masterpiece, but it's often relegated to Sunday afternoon Spanish-language television status.
I never cared for it.
Excellent selection.
"Bound" and Hard Core Logo" should be on here. They are watchable many times per year.
woah, i literally just watched gataca for my science class. plus, kingpin was quite hilarious.
Ugh, same. I stilled fucking loved the movie though.
+Eben Shannon I also watched that in my science class! It's pretty good.
neat
I finished it today in class. Go Mrs. Widinski!
JokerJon00 Mrs. Middleton finished it for me yesterday!
King of New York anything Gary Oldman made
some highly underrated 90s films...
Metropolitan (1990)
Naked Lunch (1991)
Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)
Juice (1992)
Fresh (1994)
Witch Hunt (1994)
Lord of Illusions (1995)
Last Man Standing (1996)
The Ice Storm (1997)
DARK CITY Is One Of My Favorites.. I have it on Blu Ray .. Its SO GOOD .. "Falling Down" Was Also Great . Kingpin is one of the Greatest Comedies of All Time ... Ghost Dog Was Damn Good Also .. im gonna have to check out a couple of those others