WatchMojos 100 Decade-Defining Movie Moments of the 1990s
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Movie-wise, the ‘90s were—wait for it—like a box of chocolates. Audiences kept stuffing their faces year after year. But what was really in the box?A lot of variety, actually. Remember, in the ‘90s, moviegoers much more frequently left home to watch, and rent, movies, and this greatly contributed to discovering new films. Cinephiles, movie buffs and dating couples roamed the aisles of Blockbuster and stocked up on flicks based solely on word of mouth.The early ‘90s also gave birth to a new wave of independent filmmaking and concepts that would slowly creep into broader pop culture. A filmmaker like Quentin Tarantino pushed the boundaries of cinema, merging classic horror with a patented new brand of action comedy. And David Fincher blew minds with his provocative psychological thrillers. With the rise of the Internet and great technological advancement, a new era of innovative filmmaking began, but it took a little time for ‘90s cinema to look itself in the mirror and get its business together.In this pre-Internet world, the cheesiest of moments made for easy laughs. Many films of the early ‘90s in particular thrived on questionable visuals and formulaic storytelling. But hey, it worked. In romantic comedies, characters spoke less about foreign threats and more about why their lives sucked; they spoke about the drama of their day-to-day existence. And this led to plenty of bedroom and street sequences in mainstream flicks, with characters overcoming conflict by way of old-school communication. They looked each other in the eye (often awkwardly). They cried on the phone, not looking at it. They went for walks in the park. And they tried to connect the dots of a world they just couldn’t quite piece together.For any Big Apple romcom, the Twin Towers of New York City served as a perfectly acceptable backdrop as a couple of quirky leads navigated Manhattan, unafraid of looming threats. With no clear monolithic baddi
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