In the
1990’s the "Blockbusters" popularity
waned a bit. Foreign and Independent films
were being accepted into the mainstream more
than ever before. This decade saw the most
variety in film than any other. Below are
a selection of the most influential films
of this time period.
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Dances
with Wolves -
by Kevin Costner
On the outskirts
of the western frontier, Lt. John Dunbar
befriends Souix
Indians in order to survive. But
he will soon have to choose between his
old life and the new
life he's begun with the Souix.
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The
Silence of the Lambs -
by Jonathan Demme
Clarice Starling is a young FBI
agent who is on the mission to save a missing
woman. In order to find the woman's captor,
Clarice must inlist the help of a psychiatrist
who is infact a psychopath himself.
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Unforgiven -
by Clint Eastwood
William Munny, a retired bounty
hunter, takes one last
job to help
avenge the death of a prostitute.
With an old friend, Munny must face
the attackers and a corrupt
sheriff
while returning to a life he thought
he left behind.
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Schindler's
List -
by Steven Spielberg
The true story of Oskar Schindler,
a business man who ran a factory
during WWII. Originally using Jewish
labor
to save money, he soon turns
the factory into a refugee camp and
tries to save as many Jews as he can.
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Forrest
Gump -
by Robert Zemeckis
A mentally challenged boy
gains confidence and learns
to get
over his disabilities with the help
of his good friend Jenny. Although
he grows to become successful, the
one person he can't stop thinking about
is his true love Jenny.
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Braveheart -
by Mel Gibson
After an English soldier kills
his wife, William Wallace leads the
Scottish in their rebellion against
England. With his quick wit and determination,
Wallace soon becomes an inspiration
to all Scots and a huge threat to
England.
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The
English Patient -
by Anthony Minghella
Horribly burned in a plane
crash, a Hungarian map
maker is cared
for in his final days. In a series
of flashbacks the patient remembers
a passionate love
affair that got him
to where he is now, on his deathbed.
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American
Beauty -
by Sam Mendes
Lester Burnham is a man going
threw a midlife crisis.
But when he
develops an attraction for his daughters
friend, he is determined to start living
his life his way. Unfortunately his
new freedom leads to his death.
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Clerks -
by Kevin Smith
Dante Hicks has to work on
his day off and he's not happy about
it. During his day as a convenience
store clerk he has to deal with dumb
customers, a smoking activist, his
crazy friends and his girlfriend's
oral history.
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The
Usual Suspects -
by Bryan Singer
Police capture and question
Verbal Kint after a massacre down by
the waterfront. Verbal tells them the
story of how he and his 4 other partners
got mixed up with the most mythical
and notorious crime lords, Keyer Soze.
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American
Movie -
by Chris Smith
The story of Mark Borchardt
a filmmaker who has spent three years
finishing his film "Coven". In the
process he borrows money from his uncle,
uses his mom and friends for the cast,
all while battling his inner demons.
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Boys
Don't Cry -
by Kimberly Peirce
Brandon Teena has become popular
since coming to town. The guys like
him, the girls like him, but he has
a secret that will shock everyone around
him. A secret that ultimately leads
to fighting, rape and murder.
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El
Mariachi -
by Robert Rodriguez
A lone Mariachi comes to town
looking for some work.
But when the
local mob mistakes him for an assassin
who
carries his weapons in a guitar case,
he has to do everything he can to get
out of the town alive.
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Deperado
- by Robert Rodriguez
The sequel to 'El Mariachi'
finds the Mariachi who is
now the assassin
he was mistaken for in the first movie.
He's come to town looking for the man
who killed his girlfriend and discovers
a new love aong the way.
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From
Dusk Till Dawn
- by Robert Rodriguez
After a jailbreak and crime
spree, Seth and Ritchie are heading
for Mexico. All they have to do is
get to a bar on the other side of the
border. Then if
they're lucky enough to live through
the night, they're home free.
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Twelve
Monkeys - by Terry Gilliam
A deadly virus
kills 99% of humans on earth. James
Cole is a criminal from the future
who has a chance to redeem himself.
All he has to do is travel back in
time and stop a radical activist organization
from speading the virus.
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Fargo
- by Joel Coen
Jerry Lundegaard is having
some financial difficulties
but he's
found a way out... kidnapp his wife
and get his rich father-in-law to pay
a ransom. But Jerry starts to
worry
when things go wrong and people end
up dead.
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The
Big Lebowski - Joel Coen
Jeffery Lebowski a.k.a. "The
Dude" is mistaken for a millionaire
with the same last name. When the Dude
meets the other Mr. Lebowski, he tries
to help him
uncover he mystery
of Mrs. Lebowski's kidnapping.
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Kundun
- by Martin Scorsese
The story of the Dalai Lama
and how he was 'discovered' as a boy.
He became the spiritual
leader of TIbet but was he was forced
to leave the country and live in exile
during the Chinese occupation in 1959.
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American
History X - by Tony Kaye
When in jail, Neo Nazi Derek
Vineyard learns to get over his racial
intolerance. But when he gets out,
he finds that his younger brother is
following in his footsteps and Derek's
the only one that can help him.
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Four
Rooms - by Allison Anders, Alexandre
Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino
About to have
the worst New Years ever, Bellhop Ted
encounters a coven of witches, a mobster
in a domestic dispute, a tough latin
man and his brat kids and finally a
group of hollywood types with a painful
wager.
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Reservoir
Dogs - by Quentin Tarantino
Five strangers are brought
together to pull off a diamond hiest. The
heist goes bad and everyone that's
not dead meet up at an abandoned warehouse.
There they try to figure what went
wrong and if there's a rat among them.
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Pulp
Fiction - by Quentin Tarantino
Four interlocking stories
involving a case with mysterious contents, intellectual
but fierce hitmen, a mysterious crime
lord and his seductive wife, a old
boxer with a risky plan for retirement
and a loving couple that robs diners.
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Seven -
by David Fincher
Detective Somerset is getting
ready to retire when he's forcerd to
show new the guy the ropes.
Together they must hunt down a sadistic
killers who finds his victims based
on the seven deadly sins.
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Fight
Club - by David Fincher
An average joe, numb with
insomnia, finds some relief
crashing support groups. When he discovers
his condo has exploded, he calls
new friend Tyler Durden who
has his
own ideas about what's important in
life.
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Donnie
Darko -
by Richard Kelly
After barely escaping death
Donnie starts to explore what it means
to be alive. He soon discovers secrets
of how the world works and is haunted
by a bunny named Frank who explains
that the world will end in 28 days.
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Mallrats -
by Kevin Smith
When Brody and TS get
dumped by their girlfriends they figure
the best thing to do is go to the mall.
There they run into some strange friends
includeing Jay and Silent Bob who help
them devise a plan to help TS get his
girl back.
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Chasing
Amy -
by Kevin Smith
Two comic book creators Holden
and Banky are close friends. But their
friendship is strained when Holden
falls in love with a Lesbian named
Alyssa. All three of them begin to
question themselves and their sexuality.
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Memento -
by Chistopher Nolan
Leonard suffers short term
memory loss when he tries
to stop an
attack on his wife. Now he can't make
new memories and he has to rely on
tattoos and poloroids to help him find
the man responsible for his wife's
death.
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The
Sixth Sense -
by M. Night Shyamalan
After a terrifying encounter
with an old patient, child psychologist
Malcom Crowe takse a case with a troubled
boy. While Crowe does everything he
can to help the boy he discovers a
terrible secret about himself.
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Lock
Stock & Two Smoking Barrels -
by Guy RItchie
Four friends suddenly become
indebted to a crime boss named "Hatchet"
Harry. Trying to figure out how to
make money fast, they over hear a gang's
plan to rip off some drug dealers and
decide that's their best bet.
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Snatch -
by Guy RItchie
Boxing promoters Turkish
and Tommy get mixed up with
a man named
"Brick Top" who likes to bet on fixed
boxing matches. But when their boxer
get's knocked out by a pike, Turkish
and Tommy try to get him to fight for
them.
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Swingers -
by Doug Liman
Since Mike's ex-girlfriend
started dating someone else, he's having
a hard time getting back in the game.
But his slick
friend Trent is doing everything he
can to show him the rules of dating
in LA.
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Chungking
Express -
by Wong Kar Wai
Two cops are dealing with their
breakups. One of the
cops meets a girl
with a troubled past and the other
meets
a girl who tries to make him happy
by making
little changes to his apartment
without him knowing.
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Run
Lola Run -
by Tom Tykwer
Manni calls his girfriend
with some bad news, he
lost 100,000 Deutschmarks and in 20
minutes he has to hand it over
to his boss. Lola runs to save Manni
and we see how her actions could create
three different outcomes.
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Cinema
Paradiso -
by Giuseppe Tornatore
After the death of his friend
Alfredo, Salvatore returns home after
30 years. He remembers how his friendship
with Alfredo got him to where he is
now and about the love of his life,
a girl name Elena.
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Breaking
the Waves -
by Lars von Trier
Because of an accident, Jan
returns home from work
early and paralyzed
from the neck down. His wife Bess
feels her prayers caused his accident
and she notices the
more she degrades herself, the better
he seems to get.
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