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Defining movies of the 90s?

  • 15-03-2003 01:11PM
    #1
    Pigman II
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    What are the defining films of the 1990s? I'm not talking about the BEST films of the decade but more the films that people will be able to look back on in 30 years and get an accurate idea of what the time was all about?


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  • #2
    Kai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 604 ✭✭✭Kai


    Have to go with :
    Braveheart.
    Forrest gump.
    Saving private ryan.
    Shawshank Redemption.
    American Beauty
    and of course THE MATRIX

    another one i could have put in was
    Titanic
    But to be honest i hate that film.
    :D


  • #3
    hudson806
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭hudson806


    Originally posted by Pigman II
    the films that people will be able to look back on in 30 years and get an accurate idea of what the time was all about?

    I think these would give someone an idea of what the 1990s were like:

    Wonder Boys
    American Beauty
    Magnolia
    Three Colours Trilogy
    Chungking Express
    Hana-Bi
    Se7en
    The Insider
    Requiem for a Dream


  • #4
    Kai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 604 ✭✭✭Kai


    ahhh miss read post. thought he was after definining movies of the 90's rather than movies that defined the 90's.

    from my list only american beauty stands up.

    As for a film that defines my version of the 90's...... there isnt one.


  • #5
    Karl Hungus
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    The Usual Suspects
    The Matrix
    The Shawshank Redemption


  • #6
    ferdi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,598 ✭✭✭ferdi


    sorry, i'm a bit dumb with this type of thing but what do you mean?

    i am taking it as meaning movies which perfectly capture the essence of the 90s...in which case

    reality bites
    waynes world2
    pulp fiction
    natural born killers
    ace venture
    trainspotting
    jerry maguire


    ferdi


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  • #7
    byte
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    byte


    Trainspotting
    Pulp Fiction
    The Matrix
    Shawshank Redemption


  • #8
    Winters
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    The Matrix
    Shawshank Redemption
    Se7en (possibly nearly all of Finchers movies)
    Star Wars (For Lucas' transformation into digital filming)
    Schindler's List
    Saving Private Ryan

    ill add more as they come to my head :)


  • #9
    The_Bullman
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    Leon


  • #10
    Giblet
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    Terminator 2


  • #11
    exiztone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭exiztone


    I reckon Tarintino had a big impact on movies of the 90s


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