By Duncan RobinsonMonday 21 Oct 2019Hope BreakfastEntertainmentReading Time: 4 minutes

The 90s were an extraordinary decade for movies, and with so many to reminisce and celebrate we thought we’d make a list!

With the help of Hopeland we’ve hand-picked eight films that we’ll re-watch and celebrate together. We’ve also included a cheeky extended list that features other great movies from the 90s which you can watch in your own time.

Grab your popcorn, grab a friend, and get the choc-tops cold, because it’s time to nestle in for a nostalgic movie night! Sam & Duncan will review each film weekly, starting October 22.

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The Top 8

1 – Toy Story

IMDB Rating: 8.3

IMDB’s One-Liner: A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy’s room.

Duncan’s One-Liner: A genre-defining movie with genre-defining characters. A box office hit that helped to launch Pixar into the company it is today.

• Read More: Toy Story 3 Movie Review by Mark Hadley

2 – Forrest Gump

IMDB Rating: 8.8

IMDB’s One-Liner: The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the events of Vietnam, Watergate, and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75.

Duncan’s One-Liner: Amazing, moving, profound, wonderful and engaging are all words I’d use to describe the journey that is Forrest Gump.

3 – Wayne’s World

IMDB Rating: 7.0

IMDB’s One-Liner: Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show, based on a SNL sketch.

Duncan’s One-Liner: This movie is a symphony of boundless joy and naïve benevolence. Gosh it’s fun! Some parts probably feel a little dated, but these guys are the ultimate Gen-X antiheroes.

4 – Men in Black

IMDB Rating: 7.3

IMDB’s One-Liner: A police officer joins a secret organisation that polices and monitors extraterrestrial interactions on Earth.

Duncan’s One-Liner: Sci-fi comedy-spoof genius. Paste the tin foil to the ceiling and get ready for a wild, hilarious ride. This one has multiple Easter Eggs that may take a couple of viewings to catch.

• Read More: ‘MIB International’ Movie Review

5 – The Castle

IMDB Rating: 7.7

IMDB’s One-Liner: A working-class family from Melbourne fights city hall after being told they must vacate their beloved family home to allow for infrastructural expansion.

Duncan’s One-Liner: This is an iconic 90’s film and spawned a whole generation of catchphrases, but at its heart, it captures a vibe synonymous with Australian culture. Hilarious and brilliant and made with a $30k budget.

6 – The Matrix

IMDB Rating: 8.7

IMDB’s One-Liner: A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers. This movie really does set the benchmark for all Sci-Fi movies to come.

Duncan’s One-Liner: With its technical mastery, bullet time, and slow-motion 360-pans, this 1999 marvel was mind-blowing when it was released.

7 – 10 Things I Hate About You

IMDB Rating: 7.3

IMDB’s One-Liner: A pretty, popular teenager can’t go out on a date until her ill-tempered older sister does.

Duncan’s One-Liner: Loosely based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, this teen film has a funny script that is delivered perfectly by its cast. Watch it with tissues nearby, as you’ll realise how much of a talent Heath Ledger was.

8 – Home Alone

IMDB Rating: 7.6

IMDB’s One-Liner: An eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his house from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation.

Duncan’s One-Liner: One of the highest box office successes of all time, it tickles the funny bone and warms our hearts. Macaulay Culkin is forever remembered as this darling little resourceful kid.

Let’s Make That The Top 51 Movies of the 90s, As Voted by Hopeland

9. Cool Runnings
10. Speed
11. Pulp Fiction
12. Jurassic Park
13. Titanic
14. Schindler’s List
15. Clueless
16. Fight Club
17. Good will Hunting
18. Shawshank Redemption
19. The Lion King
20. The Prince of Egypt
21. Aladdin
22. Muriel’s Wedding
23. 10 Things I Hate About You
24. The Usual Suspects
25. Edward Scissorhands
26. Dumb and Dumber
27. My Best Friends Wedding
28. Starship Troopers
29. Thelma and Louise
30. Mrs Doubtfire
31. Terminator 2
32. Ghost
33. Life is Beautiful
34. The Parent Trap
35. Notting Hill
36. Gangsters Paradise
37. Back to the Future 3
38. Babe
39. While You Were Sleeping
40. Romeo and Juliet
41. Empire Records
42. Truman Show
43. Mighty Ducks
44. 3 Musketeers
45. Silence of the Lambs
46. Sister Act
47. Ace Ventura Pet Detective
48. You’ve Got Mail
49. Sleepless in Seattle
50. Strictly Ballroom
51. Die Hard 2 & 3 (ok so it’s two movies in one spot… I couldn’t decide)