Popular 1990s Movies, a list by snoak

78

/37949/

74

/12232/

3.8

/2521671/

66

/116/

81

/30217/

63

/9/

2.5

age 10+

Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.

89

IMDb 50

9.3

/3153144/

91

/52419/

87

/29639/

4.6

/2500778/

89

/146/

98

/53483/

82

/22/

3.5

age 15+

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

84

IMDb 80

7.9

/408819/

80

/21284/

78

/10157/

4.0

/1719822/

95

/107/

91

/421/

82

/31/

3.5

age 7+

Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.

84

IMDb 91

8.3

/1196278/

83

/27119/

81

/13475/

4.4

/2789256/

97

/89/

94

/15815/

71

/28/

3.0

age 15+

Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who is failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psychology professor, who might be the only man who can reach him.

90

IMDb 92

8.8

/2410083/

86

/53257/

84

/29627/

4.2

/3809227/

92

/185/

96

/62759/

95

/27/

4.0

age 17+

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

83

IMDb 96

8.3

/791538/

81

/17652/

79

/8056/

4.3

/1004406/

84

/154/

94

/12183/

76

/23/

3.5

age 16+

Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.

82

8.6

/1543678/

86

/32278/

85

/18797/

4.3

/1173458/

78

/134/

94

/31678/

61

/36/

3.5

age 16+

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

79

7.1

/241785/

70

/4087/

68

/3146/

3.3

/136823/

92

/147/

80

/6895/

87

/33/

4.0

age 16+

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

84

8.6

/1993878/

85

/43591/

84

/22555/

4.4

/3193172/

84

/156/

95

/26055/

65

/22/

3.5

age 17+

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

79

8.8

/2568804/

87

/60711/

84

/31359/

4.3

/4842195/

81

/185/

96

/73952/

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.

86

8.8

/2468111/

85

/54531/

84

/29179/

4.2

/3515459/

75

/157/

95

/92568/

82

/21/

4.0

age 13+

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

82

8.7

/2224544/

87

/73505/

82

/27316/

4.2

/2579588/

83

/209/

85

/1307885/

73

/36/

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.

87

8.6

/1701011/

85

/36205/

83

/17530/

4.3

/2743040/

95

/158/

95

/29661/

86

/20/

3.5

age 17+

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

92

9.0

/1571643/

88

/25657/

85

/17069/

4.5

/1282403/

98

/135/

97

/22910/

95

/30/

4.0

age 15+

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

91

8.7

/1375713/

85

/25988/

85

/13976/

4.5

/1954984/

93

/167/

97

/29226/

92

/21/

4.0

age 18+

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

89

8.6

/1621556/

85

/32243/

82

/16849/

4.2

/1333081/

94

/148/

95

/41376/

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.

87

8.1

/778778/

80

/19177/

78

/8847/

4.2

/1235137/

94

/109/

92

/12442/

88

/26/

4.0

age 16+

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!

78

8.5

/1227572/

83

/23000/

81

/11119/

4.1

/869842/

87

/83/

96

/25632/

76

/22/

1.5

age 17+

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

76

7.7

/313643/

79

/8453/

75

/4013/

4.0

/295660/

85

/135/

89

/8932/

62

/21/

2.5

age 16+

When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.

81

8.2

/1163808/

82

/40060/

80

/17474/

4.1

/2031508/

91

/204/

91

/38380/

68

/21/

3.0

age 11+

A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.

87

8.2

/1350159/

82

/38197/

81

/19744/

4.2

/4230603/

94

/160/

89

/19802/

90

/30/

4.0

age 10+

An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show.

79

8.2

/1133171/

81

/26950/

79

/12541/

4.1

/1239889/

86

/167/

90

/39171/

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.

75

7.8

/189332/

79

/6596/

75

/2361/

3.9

/204906/

76

/50/

93

/10943/

50

/22/

age 16+

Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.

68

7.1

/495915/

73

/20446/

69

/9728/

3.6

/625675/

63

/106/

75

/22624/

48

/34/

3.0

age 12+

Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

79

8.3

/1153133/

82

/22612/

79

/10846/

3.9

/471469/

76

/131/

85

/1198232/

68

/20/

3.5

age 17+

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.

76

7.3

/657904/

77

/29449/

72

/14544/

3.7

/932052/

91

/92/

80

/21957/

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 K and new recruit Agent J 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.

75

7.3

/307710/

73

/7473/

69

/3588/

3.6

/306296/

84

/89/

79

/11171/

77

/28/

3.0

age 17+

Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player.

86

8.5

/1245850/

84

/42309/

82

/19345/

4.2

/1904597/

92

/172/

93

/84581/

88

/30/

3.5

age 6+

Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.

72

7.4

/442055/

77

/14977/

76

/8725/

4.0

/3422125/

72

/93/

69

/987442/

70

/26/

2.5

age 13+

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.

68

7.0

/641824/

74

/23587/

68

/10175/

3.4

/419341/

69

/80/

75

/29252/

59

/19/

2.5

age 12+

Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.

85

7.9

/302505/

77

/6682/

76

/3450/

4.2

/602399/

91

/158/

89

/6371/

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.

65

7.0

/464306/

71

/15760/

66

/8115/

3.1

/454406/

62

/129/

61

/1505633/

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.

77

7.7

/465870/

78

/14134/

75

/7142/

3.8

/570169/

77

/65/

84

/5324/

63

/19/

3.5

age 16+

In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

72

7.5

/202735/

76

/5086/

73

/2846/

3.8

/190698/

66

/56/

85

/3590/

53

/21/

3.0

age 15+

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

75

7.4

/437238/

75

/15605/

74

/7658/

4.0

/1978078/

78

/130/

80

/15590/

66

/25/

3.0

age 16+

A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.

88

8.2

/654692/

79

/10388/

78

/5381/

4.1

/381415/

99

/165/

94

/6455/

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.

87

8.3

/1160670/

82

/42251/

80

/19512/

4.1

/2186240/

92

/12/

81

/58/

96

/26/

4.0

age 5+

Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences.

69

7.2

/513519/

73

/21131/

70

/9766/

3.6

/746426/

67

/166/

71

/15931/

59

/29/

3.0

age 13+

When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.

67

7.1

/327303/

73

/16712/

68

/6527/

3.5

/381015/

59

/113/

78

/14813/

47

/25/

3.0

age 17+

The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.

83

8.2

/612515/

81

/12535/

80

/6357/

4.2

/678041/

79

/77/

93

/12204/

73

/17/

4.0

age 18+

In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.

75

7.0

/193162/

75

/9830/

71

/4713/

3.8

/974177/

92

/25/

73

/10656/

72

/21/

3.0

age 9+

Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, don’t agree. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a sadistic headmistress. As she becomes fed up with the constant cruelty, she discovers she has a special gift that she just might be able to use to outwit the unruly adults around her.

80

7.8

/262676/

78

/8021/

77

/5073/

4.0

/565807/

87

/150/

90

/6660/

75

/23/

3.0

age 17+

After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.

84

8.1

/372550/

81

/8125/

79

/4546/

4.3

/1308179/

100

/51/

93

/5130/

79

/19/

3.0

age 16+

An unexpected meeting on a train leads two travelers to spend an evening wandering through Vienna. As the night unfolds, they share stories and conversations about life and love, exploring new ideas while a quiet intimacy grows between them, knowing it may be their only night together.

70

7.5

/439403/

76

/12997/

74

/6579/

3.6

/427621/

65

/66/

80

/6182/

60

/19/

2.5

age 18+

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.

72

7.4

/266258/

74

/8266/

74

/5619/

3.7

/506147/

69

/128/

79

/10200/

57

/17/

3.0

age 17+

Centuries-old vampire Count Dracula travels to Victorian London, where he becomes obsessed with Mina Murray—the fiancée of his solicitor, Jonathan Harker—believing her to be the reincarnation of his long-lost love.

74

7.8

/113314/

78

/4198/

75

/1278/

3.8

/254885/

66

/65/

89

/9665/

55

/27/

3.0

age 9+

During a summer of friendship and adventure, one boy becomes a part of the gang, nine boys become a team and their leader becomes a legend by confronting the terrifying mystery beyond the right field wall.

71

7.5

/451068/

75

/10710/

74

/6683/

3.5

/433054/

66

/68/

68

/126/

60

/19/

3.5

age 16+

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

87

8.2

/465199/

80

/8928/

79

/4799/

4.2

/290973/

96

/108/

93

/6480/

85

/34/