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
- Cool Runnings
- Speed
- Pulp Fiction
- Jurassic Park
- Titanic
- Schindler’s List
- Clueless
- Fight Club
- Good will Hunting
- Shawshank Redemption
- The Lion King
- The Prince of Egypt
- Aladdin
- Muriel’s Wedding
- 10 Things I Hate About You
- The Usual Suspects
- Edward Scissorhands
- Dumb and Dumber
- My Best Friends Wedding
- Starship Troopers
- Thelma and Louise
- Mrs Doubtfire
- Terminator 2
- Ghost
- Life is Beautiful
- The Parent Trap
- Notting Hill
- Gangsters Paradise
- Back to the Future 3
- Babe
- While You Were Sleeping
- Romeo and Juliet
- Empire Records
- Truman Show
- Mighty Ducks
- 3 Musketeers
- Silence of the Lambs
- Sister Act
- Ace Ventura Pet Detective
- You’ve Got Mail
- Sleepless in Seattle
- Strictly Ballroom
- Die Hard 2 & 3 (ok so it’s two movies in one spot… I couldn’t decide)