Underrated 90's Movies [Or Just Awesome 90's Movies You Love]

Ravenous - One of my favorite “alt” westerns. Incredibly taut story/pacing, outstanding acting, and just a really fun sensibility that walks a thin line between winking nods and outright horror.

Last Action Hero - A meta self-parody that no one understood upon release. Tragic, as this is a top 5 Ahnold movie with INCREDIBLE production value, not to mention an all-time sound track. Like the Caddy Allante and the Porsche 940, people will come back to this with fresh eyes sooner rather than later and its stock will skyrocket.

Ed Wood - Maybe this is more forgotten than underrated, but the sense of humor and tone of this movie is so note-perfect I think it may actually be a dark horse contender for best Tim Burton film.

The Hudsucker Proxy - I feel like this and Joe vs the Volcano are kind of in a category all their own. Hyper-stylized slice of life comedies with a place-out-of-time setting. J v V is probably the better movie on balance, but this underdog of underdogs deserves a second look. One of the more uncanny Coen Bro.s movies opposite the rest of their cannon.

Strange Days - The best Cyber Punk movie of the decade and maybe objectively the best movie of 1995. Certainly the most forward thinking and the cast turned in performances like they thought they were oscar shoe-ins.

Galaxy Quest - Comedy tour-de-force that caught viewing audiences off guard redefining the parady film. Watches very fresh to this day and I defy you to find a more refined sci-fi comedy from the 90’s, including Idiocracy.

Johnny Mnemonic - This movie fucks. It came out at a time when the world hadn’t seen a Star Wars movie in 12 years and hadn’t yet seen the widespread American localization of action aesthetics like Hong Kong Action Cinema or hardcore anime. Contemporary Keanu being what he was, his wooden stoicism served the role well and this one stands above competitors like Escape from L.A> and Tank Girl.

Dark City - Maybe my favorite film from the 90’s. Certainly not without it’s fans, but similar to some other not-quite-seminal movies like Children of Men, Barry Lyndon, or Monster Squad, it’s almost more painful that Dark City NEARLY gets the recognition it deserves. On its own merits as a throwback scifi neonoir, it’s nearly perfect.

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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie (1995)

Mortal Kombat (1995)

The Last Boy Scout (1991)

Dirty Work (1998)

Dead Man on Campus (1998)

Deep Rising (1998)

Dark Angel (1990)

Sphere (1998)

Virus (1999)

Body Bags (1993)

Wishmaster (1997)

In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

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Cube

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surf ninjas

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This was a fun one.

Little Squishy thought Ernie Reyes Jr. was pretty cool lol.

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Awesome movie Soup!

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dude. you don’t want chives? i won’t put then in.

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Dream with the Fishes (1997) with David Arquette is a slightly melancholy dramedy with heart that is one of my favorites from the 90s that not many people have seen.

A suicidal man offers to treat a terminally ill stranger to a road trip to realize a few of his fantasies before dying, but only on the condition that the man promises to kill him.

Dead Alive
Pitch Black
The Whole Nine Yards
Heartbreakers

Deep cover (1992)

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Freeway is the only answer. One of the best and sleaziest movies ever made

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Still surprises me how many people are not familiar with this movie. Written by Quentin Tarantino, jam-packed with cameos, and just a great movie all around.

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True Romance is a great movie indeed. You sir, are a smart fella with good taste in movies

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When I think of underrated 90’s movies, the 3 that always stand out to me are…

‘Suicide Kings’

‘Flatliners’

‘Truth or Consequences NM’

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Baseketball

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Surf Ninjas is on YouTube.

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that’s interesting. i don’t think i’ve ever met anyone that likes movies that hasn’t seen true romance. between the famed eggplant scene, gary oldman’s drexl spivey, and brad pitt taking couch acting to new heights, people always seem to know a lot about the film.

don’t get me wrong, most average people even back then when there was little else to do only saw either the biggest movies (it was a big year, btw – jurrasic park, the fugitive, sleepless in seattle, mrs doubtfire, aladdin, just to name a small few highlights) or whatever tv was feeding them.

although i do remember hbo putting true romance into fairly heavy rotation that next year.

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