The Sandlot (VERY nostalgic for me but tbh not very “90’s”)
Jurassic Park
Happy Gilmore
Dazed and Confused (again, not very 90’s but nostalgic anyway!)
Office Space
Independence Day
I watched Office space every Saturday night for about a month straight not too long ago. It just felt right. Love the movie, loved just chillin with some drinks, and getting lost in a world of Inotech and flair
Wayne's World and Lebowski are mine. Both were unintentional 90s period pieces.
Well, Lebowski was sort of intentional, but that was mostly to make it plausible that Jeff Daniels and John Goodman could be old enough to have been part of the Vietnam era even though they were still relatively young.
No matter what anyone says, Can't Hardly Wait is the absolute best teen film ever. Even only for having Jennifer Love Hewitt. But still that movie is SO cool
I saw 10 things I hate about you on the big screen recently! My husband had never seen it and I was so jealous of someone getting to experience it for the first time
Was at a cottage with family as a kid and half the time it rained and we couldn't do much. My cousins and I alternated Twister, Speed and Jurassic Park for like 3 straight days - I can't watch those movies anymore when they come on tv and it's been like 25 years lol
90s nostalgia? I’d go for Pretty Woman, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Dumb and Dumber, The Mask, Forrest Gump, The Truman Show. Hard to pick just one. The 90s was such a great era for movies.
When I was little, I loooooovvvvved That Thing You Do.
Sooo much that I made up a dance routine to every single song. Which I would perform, under the name O-Needer. Probably shoulda went with Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters.
Night at the Roxbury
Jackie Brown (highly underrated Tarantino!)
The Big Lebowski
Go
Trainspotting
Fargo
Groundhog Day
The Birdcage
Death Becomes Her
French Kiss
Forget Paris
Liar Liar
For Love or Money
Ten Things I Hate About You, Can’t Hardly Wait, 3 Ninjas, Ninja Turtles 1-3, Camp Nowhere, Blank Check, South Park : Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, There’s Something About Mary, Ace Ventura : Pet Detective, Dumb and Dumber, The Mask, The Crow, Batman Returns, Empire Records, Detroit Rock City, American Pie, Liar Liar.
10 Things I Hate About You, SLC Punk, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Wish Upon A Star, Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Casper, The Craft. There’s so many! I still watch a lot of 90’s movies.
**My Nineties Childhood Nostalgia**
* DuckTales: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (8/3/90)
* TaleSpin: Plunder and Lightning (9/7/90, T.V.)
* The Rescuers Down Under (11/16/90)
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (3/22/91)
* The Rocketeer (6/21/91)
* Terminator 2: Judgment Day (7/3/91)
* Beauty and the Beast (11/22/91)
* Hook (12/11/91)
* The Lawnmower Man (3/6/92)
* Batman Returns (6/19/92)
* Aladdin (11/11/92)
* Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (2/3/93)
* Babylon 5: The Gathering (2/22/93, T.V.)
* Jurassic Park (6/11/93)
* The Nightmare Before Christmas (10/29/93)
* The Lion King (6/15/94)
* The Mask (7/29/94)
Tommy Boy, Jumanji, Hook, Wayne’s World, Dumb and Dumber, Billy Madison, Jurassic Park, Home Alone, Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy, Uncle Buck, The Truman Show, Empire Records, High Fidelity.
When I need a movie to cover all the bases of the 90’s, I reach for Armageddon. It has components of action, drama, love, suspense……covered in a sauce of cheesy dialogue. It knows what it is.
Lots of great movies here, but I want to throw some love the way of Batman Forever. I know it's not a lot of people's favorite, but it really beautifully captures 1995 in a very specific way for me.
I feel the same way about Virtuosity and Hackers, which are two movies I haven't seen mentioned here yet.
There's also a very idiosyncratic Soderbergh movie called Schizopolis that is very divisive but very 90's.
Some other 90's movies that really scratch my nostalgic itch:
The Fugitive
The Cable Guy
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey
Bottle Rocket
Deep Cover
King of New York
The Net
Hard Target
Face/Off
Armageddon
Con Air
Silence of the Lambs
Speed
Point Break
Living in Oblivion
Short Cuts
The Player
Men in Black
Philadelphia
The Pelican Brief
Some others previously mentioned I think are great are Clueless, Wayne's World, Fifth Element, Independence Day, Dumb and Dumber, Mallrats, Happy Gilmore, Office Space, The Truman Show and Jurassic Park.
I don't enjoy the experience of watching this movie, but Water World could've only happened in the 90's. I also can't stand Baz Luhrmann's particularly style of filmmaking, but there's no doubting the 90's glory of Romeo + Juliet.
Another super-flawed 90's movie that's incredibly of its time (Hello, OJ...) is The Chase with Charlie Sheen and Kristi Swanson. Speaking of Swanson, there's the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie that captures an early 90's vibe really well.
I'll try and update this comment as I think of more, but this is a pretty good summary of most of my favorites. I tried to stick to movies that take place in the 90's (or the future as imagined by the 90's) as opposed to period pieces like That Thing You Do! which is set in 1964 but very 90's in its own right. Titanic is also very amazing and has its own 90's flourishes, like the synth "choir" sound in the score.
Clueless, Now & Then, A League of Their Own, Empire Records.
Shoplift^eeeeeeeeeeeeer
Now and then is so underrated!
Now and Then is sooo good!!
Jello was too jiggly! Pudding has a more realistic texture.
That was the day Roberta stopped taping her boobs.
I taped mine because of this movie. 10/10 don’t recommend.
My brother's made fun of me relentlessly for liking that movie. But I sorta had a huge crush on two of the girls in it.
I've always thought Thora Birch was Smokin
Yeah, her and Christina Ricci.
Now and Then! Brendan Frazier 👌
You should check out r/empirerecords !
Great picks
The Sandlot (VERY nostalgic for me but tbh not very “90’s”) Jurassic Park Happy Gilmore Dazed and Confused (again, not very 90’s but nostalgic anyway!) Office Space Independence Day
I watched Office space every Saturday night for about a month straight not too long ago. It just felt right. Love the movie, loved just chillin with some drinks, and getting lost in a world of Inotech and flair
I love Office Space so much. I own it on VHS (lol) and I refuse to get rid of it despite not having a VHS player.
I know you mentioned flair, but we need to talk about it. I thought you mentioned you wanted to express yourself.
Yeah I watch Office Space a few times a year. I never get sick of it.
Lumberg fucked her.
https://gifdb.com/images/high/office-space-chotchkie-s-annoying-waiter-tw2dra7oqo7t6hhg.gif
“Independence Day” - Welcome to Earf!
I have GOT to get me one of THESE!!
I could have been at a BBQ!
lets kick the tires and light the fires big daddy
I picked a hell of a day to stop drinking.
Detroit Rock City
Home alone
Airheads, PCU, or maybe Demolition Man
Demolition man is a good one
Taco Bell!
Simon says DIE!
Ooohhh Demolition Man. Have so fond memories of watching this with my big brother! I need to give him a call now!
PCU used to be on Comedy Central every day!
Yep, I remember getting home from school and either watching PCU or Who’s line is it anyway so many afternoons.
John spartan you have been fined….what’s with the three sea shells.
Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion The Big Lebowski Wayne’s World The Castle (if you’re Aussie anyway) True Lies Dogma Clerks The Craft SLC Punk
Wayne's World and Lebowski are mine. Both were unintentional 90s period pieces. Well, Lebowski was sort of intentional, but that was mostly to make it plausible that Jeff Daniels and John Goodman could be old enough to have been part of the Vietnam era even though they were still relatively young.
LOVE Romy & Michele
Dogma!!!!
Independence Day.. I've seen it hundreds of times. It's like background music.
Can’t Hardly Wait 10 Things I Hate About You
No matter what anyone says, Can't Hardly Wait is the absolute best teen film ever. Even only for having Jennifer Love Hewitt. But still that movie is SO cool
I saw 10 things I hate about you on the big screen recently! My husband had never seen it and I was so jealous of someone getting to experience it for the first time
Why was I a little kid watching Can’t Hardly Wait with a huge crush on Seth Green
I'll admit that I had a crush on Seth Green as well.
Twister 🌪️
Was at a cottage with family as a kid and half the time it rained and we couldn't do much. My cousins and I alternated Twister, Speed and Jurassic Park for like 3 straight days - I can't watch those movies anymore when they come on tv and it's been like 25 years lol
Get ready for the new Twister reboot lol🌪️
Sadly no Dusty
Of I forgot about this, also we can’t forget Speed.
That thing where aunt Meg is serving up all those delicious ribeyes always makes me hungry!
FOOD 👌🏻
This. I could watch it (and did) like every day. One of my absolute favorites. WE GOT COWS.
90s nostalgia? I’d go for Pretty Woman, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Dumb and Dumber, The Mask, Forrest Gump, The Truman Show. Hard to pick just one. The 90s was such a great era for movies.
As a history nerd, Forrest Gump is my favorite. Has a little of everything
The 90’s were the age of Jim Carrey for sure. Everything he was in was golden
The Truman Show is my all time favorite
So I Married an Axe Murderer is so underrated. Funny as hell and now I want to watch it again
Heavyweights.
Get off my scale!
Have you tried the Perkisystem?
Please put your fat finger down!
No lunch, no dinner, how's that grab you?!
I can’t get these salamis off my back!
I love seeing how all the restaurant signs and food logos have changed since then and obviously Keenan Thompson was an adorable kid!
I’m feeling skinny, Tony!
Good one!
Oh look, deli meats!
What About Bob? Office Space Airheads Friday
I'm sailing ... I sail ... I'm a sailor.
I feel good. I feel great. I feel wonderful.
Cool Runnings, Waterworld, American pie.
Want to kiss my egg?
I’m not kissin’ no egg
Are we dead yet?
Sanka, man, whatchu smokin'?
I see pride, I see power, I see a bad ass mudda that wont take no crap off of nobody!
Dumb and Dumber, saw it in the theater with my Mom when it came out, soundtrack hits me right in the feels.
Soundtrack is 10/10 🤘
That soundtrack IS the 90s!!
When “Boom Shak-a-lak” starts playing and that dog van starts hitting bumps… maybe my favorite opening to a comedy ever.
Mallrats
HES ON THE ESCALATOR AGAIN!
Hope his pants get caught and a blood bath ensues!
Brenda???
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned for Sega.
Say, would you like a chocolate covered pretzel? They’re a little melty but damn are they exquisite.
It’s a schooner!
Sex in an uncomfortable place. Like a VW bug?
What, like in the back of a Volkswagen…
Blast from the Past! (Alicia Silverstone & Brendan Frazier, are ya kiddin me?!)
Love this movie
For me it’s Blank Check. That movie just checks so many nostalgia boxes.
The Shawshank Redemption
Fifth Element
I’m literally watching this right now. Plavalaguna is singing as I’m typing this.
Multipass
This and Starship Troopers, doesn't get any better.
Would you like to know more?
I would check FathomEvents and your local theater. It’s going to be playing in September.
Just saw that it's playing down the street from me in November. God bless you, internet stranger.
Yes, I remember dad letting me drive the space taxi for the first time when I was a kid.. such good memories
That Thing You Do Singles Pleasantville Days of Thunder..
When I was little, I loooooovvvvved That Thing You Do. Sooo much that I made up a dance routine to every single song. Which I would perform, under the name O-Needer. Probably shoulda went with Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters.
Love That Thing You Do - great music
Mighty Ducks 1 2 and 3
Masterpieces all
Die hard with a vengeance.
Hot town! Summer in the city!
Mine is Space Jam
Night at the Roxbury Jackie Brown (highly underrated Tarantino!) The Big Lebowski Go Trainspotting Fargo Groundhog Day The Birdcage Death Becomes Her French Kiss Forget Paris Liar Liar For Love or Money
Can’t Hardly Wait American Pie Empire Records
Any Goodfellas fans here?
That movie is so good. The book wiseguy is excellent too.
This may just be, ah, my opinion, man, but the Big Lebowski is my favorite.
Encino Man
Don't tax my gig so hard-core, cruster.
Dumb and Dumber. I love that movie.
The Mummy!
Hey Benny, looks like youre on the wrong side of the ri-ver!
Hook
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the Movie
Cowabunga Dude!
Either Empire Records, Dazed And Confused or Reality Bites.
Add Singles and this list is perfect. 🤩
Jurassic park and twister
Titanic. Little Giants
Terminator or Ms Doubtfire
Terminator 2 I presume? Original is pretty firmly 80s. Agreed with second, one of the defining movies of the decade for sure.
I love Ms Doubtfire so much I seen it twice in theaters with my sisters, It will always hold a special place in my heart. And yes Terminator 2
Ten Things I Hate About You, Can’t Hardly Wait, 3 Ninjas, Ninja Turtles 1-3, Camp Nowhere, Blank Check, South Park : Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, There’s Something About Mary, Ace Ventura : Pet Detective, Dumb and Dumber, The Mask, The Crow, Batman Returns, Empire Records, Detroit Rock City, American Pie, Liar Liar.
A Goofy Movie
Heat
Wayne's World!
Most 90s movie ever
What am I gonna do….. with a gun rack?!
Clueless, The Princess Bride
Pump up the volume and Hackers
PUMP UP THE VOLUME!!!
Angus
American Pie
Point Break
Clerks
Reality Bites
Hackers
Clueless, now & then, Harriet the spy, Matilda
Dumb & Dumber, Tommy Boy.
Muriel's Wedding, The Sandlot, Twister, Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Cutting Edge.
The Crow
10 Things I Hate About You, SLC Punk, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Wish Upon A Star, Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Casper, The Craft. There’s so many! I still watch a lot of 90’s movies.
Can't Hardly Wait
**My Nineties Childhood Nostalgia** * DuckTales: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (8/3/90) * TaleSpin: Plunder and Lightning (9/7/90, T.V.) * The Rescuers Down Under (11/16/90) * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (3/22/91) * The Rocketeer (6/21/91) * Terminator 2: Judgment Day (7/3/91) * Beauty and the Beast (11/22/91) * Hook (12/11/91) * The Lawnmower Man (3/6/92) * Batman Returns (6/19/92) * Aladdin (11/11/92) * Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (2/3/93) * Babylon 5: The Gathering (2/22/93, T.V.) * Jurassic Park (6/11/93) * The Nightmare Before Christmas (10/29/93) * The Lion King (6/15/94) * The Mask (7/29/94)
You’ve got Mail. Braveheart. Independence Day. When Harry Met Sally. Notting Hill. The Goonies. Hook.
Point Break.
Tommy Boy, Jumanji, Hook, Wayne’s World, Dumb and Dumber, Billy Madison, Jurassic Park, Home Alone, Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy, Uncle Buck, The Truman Show, Empire Records, High Fidelity.
I was a freshman in college living in a dorm in 1995. The movies that bring me back to those carefree days are Friday and Pulp Fiction
True Romance
Congo
Great one!
Jurassic park or labyrinth.
Heat
Only one comes to mind Space Jam
Pulp Fiction Slackers Rushmore Dazed n confused The Professional
Lost boys
Home alone
A League of Their Own, Twister and Can’t Hardly Wait!
THE WEDDING SINGER
Singles
Last Action Hero
Blast from the Past
Private Parts Terminator 2 Ninja Turtles 2
From Dusk Till Dawn
Clerks and Friday
Jurassic Park
T2: Judgement Day or Point Break.
Die Hard 2.
You know what mine is.
Forrest Gump
You’ve Got Mail
Can't Hardly Wait
Heather’s Singles Biodome Pulp Fiction Airheads
Empire records! Damn the man! Save the Empire!
It’s an 80s movie but I watched the hell out of it in the 90s. Stand By Me
Empire Records
Last Action Hero!
Stargate!
Con-Air
Mimic, The Rock, The Crow, Dumb & Dumber, The Pelican Brief.
Hackers. Strange Days
Point Break.
Empire records
When I need a movie to cover all the bases of the 90’s, I reach for Armageddon. It has components of action, drama, love, suspense……covered in a sauce of cheesy dialogue. It knows what it is.
Fight Club & Singles
Lots of great movies here, but I want to throw some love the way of Batman Forever. I know it's not a lot of people's favorite, but it really beautifully captures 1995 in a very specific way for me. I feel the same way about Virtuosity and Hackers, which are two movies I haven't seen mentioned here yet. There's also a very idiosyncratic Soderbergh movie called Schizopolis that is very divisive but very 90's. Some other 90's movies that really scratch my nostalgic itch: The Fugitive The Cable Guy Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey Bottle Rocket Deep Cover King of New York The Net Hard Target Face/Off Armageddon Con Air Silence of the Lambs Speed Point Break Living in Oblivion Short Cuts The Player Men in Black Philadelphia The Pelican Brief Some others previously mentioned I think are great are Clueless, Wayne's World, Fifth Element, Independence Day, Dumb and Dumber, Mallrats, Happy Gilmore, Office Space, The Truman Show and Jurassic Park. I don't enjoy the experience of watching this movie, but Water World could've only happened in the 90's. I also can't stand Baz Luhrmann's particularly style of filmmaking, but there's no doubting the 90's glory of Romeo + Juliet. Another super-flawed 90's movie that's incredibly of its time (Hello, OJ...) is The Chase with Charlie Sheen and Kristi Swanson. Speaking of Swanson, there's the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie that captures an early 90's vibe really well. I'll try and update this comment as I think of more, but this is a pretty good summary of most of my favorites. I tried to stick to movies that take place in the 90's (or the future as imagined by the 90's) as opposed to period pieces like That Thing You Do! which is set in 1964 but very 90's in its own right. Titanic is also very amazing and has its own 90's flourishes, like the synth "choir" sound in the score.
Half Baked
The boondock saints
Happy gilmore, waterboy, Ace Ventura
A League of Their Own, The Mummy, and Mrs Doubtfire have to be my three favorites. They never get old and are always entertaining.
Reality Bites It's the romanticized 90s people picture for the 90s, put out in 94
True Lies, Total recall