Highest-Rated Movies about '1990s'

Love Letter (1995), Hard-Boiled (1992), Crime Story (1993), House Party (1990), Cure (1997), Life Is Sweet (1991), Licensed to Kill (1997), Go (1999) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best 1990s movies.

#1. Love Letter (1995)

  • Rating: 9.6/10
  • Length: 116 mins
  • Genre: Romance
  • Director: Shunji Iwai

Storyline: Despite the years that have passed, Hiroko Watanabe (Miho Nakayama) is still grieving the death of her fiancé, who died unexpectedly while climbing a mountain. When Hiroko discovers her deceased lover's childhood address, she impulsively writes to him, and is shocked to receive a letter in reply. However, the note's author is Itsuki Fujii (also Nakayama), a young woman who shares the same name as Hiroko's late boyfriend. As the two women exchange letters, they begin an unusual relationship.

Plot Keywords: romance, youth, letters, memories, death, healing, 1990s ...

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#4. House Party (1990)

  • Rating: 9.3/10
  • Length: 100 mins
  • Genre: Musical, Comedy
  • Director: Reginald Hudlin

Storyline: Play's parents are out of town, and he's planning the house party to end all house parties. His best friend, Kid, wants to go more than anything, knowing Sydney (Tisha Campbell-Martin), the hottest girl in school, is sure to be there. But when Kid gets into a fight at school, his father grounds him. Still determined to go, Kid sneaks out of the house and faces one calamity after another as he makes his way to Play's house and the party of the school year.

Plot Keywords: comedy, music, dance, teen, party, friendship, romance ...

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#6. Life Is Sweet (1991)

  • Rating: 9.2/10
  • Length: 103 mins
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Director: Mike Leigh

Storyline: The working-class malaise of suburban London is captured in this comedic drama, which focuses on twin sisters Natalie (Claire Skinner) and Nicola (Jane Horrocks) and their parents: easygoing Andy (Jim Broadbent) and his optimistic wife, Wendy (Alison Steadman). While Natalie has a plumbing job, and tends to take after her mom with her bright outlook, Nicola is on the dole and perpetually dwells on the negative. Will the cloud over Nicola's head ever lift?

Plot Keywords: drama, comedy, family, british film, realism, working class, everyday life ...

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#7. Licensed to Kill (1997)

  • Rating: 9.2/10
  • Length: 80 mins
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Director: Arthur Dong

Storyline: In this documentary, homosexual filmmaker Arthur Dong interviews men who were imprisoned for slaying gays. Dong, who was physically attacked because of his own sexuality in the 1970s, tries to ascertain the convicts' motives -- why they would commit such heinous crimes. Some prisoners express remorse for their acts of violence, while others believe the murders they committed were justified. The interviewees include a U.S. military officer, a devout Christian and a petty thief.

Plot Keywords: documentary, crime, murder, true story, homosexuality, hate crime, usa ...

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#9. The Girl Next Door (2000)

  • Rating: 9.1/10
  • Length: 83 mins
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Director: Christine Fugate

Storyline: Christine Fugate's look into the porn career of Stacy Valentine begins during the marriage that led her to the industry. When Stacy wins a Hustler magazine contest that her husband urged her to enter, she's thrust into a world of opportunities. She leaves her husband and moves to Los Angeles, where she pursues acting in hardcore porn films. Candid footage from Valentine's life explores her multiple plastic surgeries, her tumultuous relationship with a fellow actor and her personal issues.

Plot Keywords: youth, coming of age, comedy, romance, high school, rebellion, friendship ...

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#12. Pulp Fiction (1994)

  • Rating: 8.9/10
  • Length: 2h 34min
  • Genre: Drama, Crime
  • Director: Quentin Tarantino

Storyline: Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) are two hit men who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames). Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia (Uma Thurman) out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis) is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.

Plot Keywords: crime, violence, black comedy, nonlinear narrative, quentin tarantino, classic, american film ...

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#13. Walking Across Egypt (1999)

  • Rating: 8.9/10
  • Length: 110 mins
  • Genre: Drama
  • Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman

Storyline: An elderly Southern widow, Mattie Rigsbee (Ellen Burstyn), begrudgingly starts to acknowledge that she can't live on her own. When Mattie becomes friends with the town dogcatcher, Lamar Benfield (Mark Hamill), she is also introduced to his orphaned nephew, Wesley (Jonathan Taylor Thomas). Although Wesley has been in trouble with the law and incarcerated for auto theft, Mattie sees potential in the boy and tries to point him in the right direction by allowing him to live with her.

Plot Keywords: drama, comedy, family, heartwarming, american film, novel adaptation, elderly ...

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