RottenTomatoes.com's Best of The 90s, a list by HD Movie Lists

7.4

/178091/

77

/5674/

70

/2097/

3.7

/106045/

90

/130/

Audience

79

/224641/

70

/28/

3.0

age 8+

For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA protector - "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart" (Tim Allen), "Lt. Tawny Madison (Sigourney Weaver) and "Dr.Lazarus" (Alan Rickman) - set off on a thrilling and often dangerous mission in space...and then their series was cancelled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for "historical documents" and beam up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe. With no script, no director and no clue, the actors must turn in the performances of their lives.

83

8.0

/328387/

78

/4680/

77

/3381/

4.2

/293724/

82

/216/

Audience

89

/193315/

78

/34/

4.0

age 17+

An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.

84

7.9

/619466/

78

/24936/

76

/13350/

3.9

/814707/

100

/171/

Audience

87

/1001807/

88

/34/

3.5

age 5+

Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps Woody. Andy's toys mount a daring rescue mission, Buzz Lightyear meets his match and Woody has to decide where he and his heart truly belong.

85

7.7

/353287/

76

/6968/

74

/4161/

4.1

/330769/

94

/135/

Audience

87

/263011/

90

/36/

4.0

age 16+

One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.

79

8.8

/2322704/

87

/48148/

84

/28188/

4.3

/2360366/

80

/185/

Audience

96

/1096497/

67

/36/

2.0

age 17+

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

79

7.1

/180424/

71

/3543/

67

/1964/

3.5

/55524/

94

/132/

Audience

77

/186307/

82

/34/

4.0

age 16+

A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden near their base, and they embark on a secret mission that's destined to change everything.

85

8.3

/1210562/

80

/18658/

80

/11647/

4.0

/705563/

87

/192/

Audience

93

/661460/

84

/34/

4.0

age 17+

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

82

7.5

/103271/

75

/1648/

74

/1260/

3.7

/52724/

90

/84/

Audience

87

/70110/

86

/33/

4.0

age 17+

A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.

85

8.1

/227306/

81

/8558/

79

/5312/

4.2

/376361/

96

/143/

Audience

90

/205337/

85

/29/

3.5

age 6+

In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.

79

8.2

/1050970/

81

/20847/

80

/11187/

4.0

/608012/

86

/162/

Audience

90

/1037599/

64

/35/

3.0

age 14+

Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.

68

6.5

/285401/

65

/7299/

63

/4573/

3.3

/454773/

86

/171/

Audience

57

/403081/

80

/33/

age 16+

In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.

65

7.0

/433630/

71

/12547/

65

/7390/

3.1

/252575/

61

/129/

Audience

61

/33781574/

58

/30/

3.0

age 17+

At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all "score" by their senior prom.

78

7.3

/104498/

70

/1671/

68

/980/

3.8

/124736/

92

/115/

Audience

79

/61991/

83

/33/

3.5

age 16+

Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year’s high school student election. But Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks football player Paul Metzler to run for president as well.

84

7.8

/102844/

78

/1523/

76

/1790/

4.1

/139379/

98

/95/

Audience

93

/52332/

87

/34/

3.5

age 17+

Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.

62

6.0

/97539/

64

/1983/

61

/1428/

2.6

/82499/

55

/92/

Audience

69

/441248/

60

/26/

3.0

age 13+

Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most popular clique on campus. But she hits a major snag in her investigation -- not to mention her own failed love life -- when she falls for her dreamy English teacher, Sam Coulson.

82

8.7

/2052275/

87

/60457/

82

/24728/

4.2

/1449020/

83

/207/

Audience

85

/33324202/

73

/35/

3.0

age 15+

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

72

7.3

/384996/

77

/11140/

75

/7689/

4.0

/1271472/

71

/94/

Audience

69

/32104911/

70

/26/

2.5

age 14+

On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.

77

7.6

/287477/

80

/9623/

73

/2783/

3.7

/201373/

81

/103/

Audience

93

/326228/

68

/31/

3.0

age 16+

A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.

77

7.6

/199557/

74

/3782/

74

/2828/

4.1

/126186/

80

/107/

Audience

80

/149007/

78

/32/

3.0

age 15+

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.

79

7.6

/197935/

76

/3510/

74

/2361/

3.9

/296115/

90

/108/

Audience

91

/186479/

87

/33/

2.5

age 16+

When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.

79

7.1

/234288/

70

/3061/

68

/2876/

3.3

/86344/

92

/147/

Audience

80

/227230/

87

/33/

4.0

age 16+

Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.

79

8.1

/616138/

82

/10663/

81

/6270/

4.0

/177589/

75

/67/

Audience

93

/308666/

65

/30/

3.0

age 17+

A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.

89

8.6

/1495952/

85

/25548/

82

/15133/

4.2

/734345/

94

/148/

Audience

95

/994874/

91

/38/

4.0

age 16+

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.

70

7.1

/328798/

71

/7263/

65

/4730/

3.2

/150151/

84

/88/

Audience

61

/33121539/

69

/29/

3.0

age 17+

For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.

77

7.3

/186397/

72

/3343/

71

/2096/

3.7

/102782/

88

/59/

Audience

85

/108683/

72

/23/

3.5

age 16+

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

81

8.5

/1185907/

84

/19771/

83

/11097/

4.1

/417140/

84

/89/

Audience

96

/480573/

62

/32/

3.0

age 17+

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.

77

7.0

/99260/

70

/1732/

66

/1182/

3.7

/56001/

94

/106/

Audience

74

/59969/

84

/30/

3.5

age 16+

Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law.

87

8.2

/1195723/

82

/27605/

81

/17497/

4.2

/1869204/

94

/162/

Audience

89

/585239/

90

/30/

4.0

age 10+

Truman Burbank is the star of The Truman Show, a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows, including his wife and his best friend, is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.

63

7.5

/301441/

76

/6248/

72

/4400/

3.8

/240906/

50

/70/

Audience

89

/279798/

41

/19/

1.0

age 18+

Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.

74

6.9

/51440/

72

/916/

67

/662/

3.6

/30838/

80

/66/

Audience

83

/44552/

64

/21/

3.5

age 17+

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.

83

8.1

/860089/

80

/19936/

78

/10727/

4.1

/730614/

80

/192/

Audience

93

/357341/

71

/46/

4.0

age 17+

Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.

79

7.7

/206947/

75

/3690/

73

/2088/

3.8

/123211/

93

/85/

Audience

90

/144341/

79

/29/

3.0

age 16+

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.

55

6.6

/67773/

71

/1769/

62

/526/

3.1

/27454/

28

/25/

Audience

81

/194384/

16

/14/

age 17+

Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke.

83

8.6

/742939/

86

/10838/

84

/12629/

4.3

/327562/

81

/93/

Audience

96

/249781/

58

/32/

3.5

age 13+

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

76

7.7

/318330/

76

/5302/

73

/3596/

3.6

/127510/

86

/85/

Audience

86

/378973/

67

/30/

3.0

age 15+

Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is hospitalized, Melvin finds his life turned upside down when he has to look after Simon's dog. In addition, Carol, the only waitress at the local diner who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.

83

8.3

/1067412/

83

/20510/

81

/11617/

4.3

/1054858/

97

/91/

Audience

94

/366024/

71

/28/

3.0

age 15+

When professors discover that an aimless janitor is also a math genius, a therapist helps the young man confront the demons that are holding him back.

80

7.9

/1279908/

78

/29869/

79

/24389/

3.8

/1325109/

88

/255/

Audience

69

/35797635/

75

/35/

4.0

age 13+

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

57

6.6

/38232/

69

/667/

66

/587/

3.6

/86459/

38

/58/

Audience

73

/22321/

19

/15/

Solomon and Tummler are two teenagers killing time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community in the 1970s.

85

7.9

/281965/

77

/4710/

76

/2989/

4.2

/358439/

94

/77/

Audience

89

/189992/

86

/28/

4.0

age 18+

Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.

88

8.2

/617618/

80

/8025/

77

/4696/

4.1

/243565/

99

/165/

Audience

94

/151472/

91

/28/

4.0

age 17+

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.

78

7.7

/323120/

79

/10534/

76

/5996/

3.8

/181250/

82

/67/

Audience

87

/209196/

64

/20/

3.5

age 14+

In a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics, humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. Young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet is determined to infiltrate the GATTACA space program.

87

8.3

/433525/

85

/11947/

83

/7582/

4.4

/725032/

93

/118/

Audience

94

/222819/

76

/29/

MAL

8.6

/805605/

4.0

age 12+

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.

76

7.3

/612658/

77

/23503/

71

/13247/

3.6

/517364/

91

/93/

Audience

80

/1050294/

72

/22/

3.0

age 12+

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent Kay and new recruit Agent Jay find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.

77

7.3

/400781/

73

/8910/

70

/5040/

3.5

/187512/

93

/97/

Audience

82

/450824/

82

/26/

3.0

age 17+

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.

73

7.6

/505988/

81

/23205/

75

/10315/

3.7

/284873/

71

/69/

Audience

86

/587984/

52

/22/

3.0

age 14+

In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

68

7.0

/257069/

71

/7964/

65

/3213/

3.4

/207980/

73

/71/

Audience

77

/848707/

51

/25/

3.0

age 14+

As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.

75

7.4

/388297/

75

/11277/

74

/6603/

4.0

/968472/

81

/89/

Audience

80

/480726/

66

/25/

3.0

age 16+

After a series of mysterious deaths befalls their small town, an offbeat group of friends led by Sidney Prescott become the target of a masked killer.

64

6.5

/213353/

69

/9295/

68

/5800/

3.2

/300301/

43

/86/

Audience

63

/656428/

57

/31/