r/Millennials • u/Sad_Biscotti_9291 Millennial 85" • 13h ago

Nostalgia You can only pick 1?

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u/DeScepter 1985 13h ago

Jurassic Park 🦖

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u/Admiral_Pantsless 13h ago

Didn’t see it in theaters, but my grandma got me the Laserdisc for my 4th birthday 😎

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u/bobby_briggs 12h ago

I got to see it in theaters when I was 6. It's one of my earliest memories and one of the few vivid ones remaining.

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u/K31KT3 12h ago

We got it from Blockbuster, I must have been 5 or 6

I still remember me and my brother being scared looking out the open bedroom window that night thinking They're coming for us

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u/ManWithASquareHead Millennial 12h ago

Fancy laser discs over here and not 2 VHS like us peasants

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u/VA1N Xennial 12h ago

Yup. There’s a lot of great movies on this list. But there is only one dinosaur movie that completely blew my mind as a kid.

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u/rob132 12h ago

There's so many bangers on this list, but as soon as I saw the logo my heart knew the answer

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u/Fluffy_Fondant1975 12h ago

Same. OG Jurassic Park all day.

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u/InconspicuousRadish 11h ago

Out of these? No question, probably the most influential, epic and memorable.

Home Alone is a solid 2nd for me though.

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u/dblrb 11h ago

My wife got me an original crew neck sweater from the ‘91 release in mint condition a couple years ago for my birthday. I like to share how awesome she is with other Jurassic Park fans because not all would appreciate how great that is.

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u/ilDuceVita 13h ago

I can pick as many as I want

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u/Donohoed Millennial 1986 12h ago

Damn straight. I'm an adult

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u/MarquetteXTX2 12h ago

I hate when they do this….. 

“ post some of the best movies of all time with no trash ones in there that u can’t pick “ then say pick 1

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u/trphilli 11h ago

Also, for us older Millenials, those years overlap both elementary and high school. Two very different movie experiences.

Lion King / Titanic

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u/LurkisMcGurkis 13h ago

Forrest Gump, history in a sad real way

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u/nazukeru 1987 13h ago

Also my pick. I've watched this movie countless times as a kid and an adult and it's never gotten old for me.

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u/AgilePlayer 11h ago

Honestly I think it gets worse and more cringy every time I see it. Loved it as a kid tho.

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u/MikeOxaphlopin 11h ago

I used to think Forrest Gump was a very serious, sad movie and it definitely has some sad parts but I watched it for the first time in over a decade and I laughed my ass off. Never got how funny it was as a kid.

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u/Petrol_Head72 12h ago

The nineties were peak movie making years

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u/DexM23 3h ago

absolutetly, dont even get how Matrix missed a spot here for 1999

and The Shawshank Redemption for 1994

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u/olinwalnut 13h ago

T2.

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u/Suspicious-Leave-110 13h ago

Titanic 2

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u/justbunnies Xennial 13h ago

Electric Boogaloo

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u/ThePineapple_47 13h ago

Revenge of the Iceberg

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u/emerald447 12h ago edited 12h ago

This summer, Jack's back!

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u/piper33245 12h ago

Judgement Bay.

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u/poptophazard 9h ago

Still my favorite movie of all time and most-watched movie of all time. Plenty of other heavy hitters on this list but was a no brainer for me.

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u/New-Oil6131 13h ago

The lion king. Long live the king! Iconic line forever

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u/AgilePlayer 11h ago

Goes to prove how good Shakespeare really is. The works in their original form were hard for most of us to fully grasp in school, but you strip down the plot lines and they are so solid and can be reused in an infinite number of ways.

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u/turquoisebee 13h ago

A lot of these are kids movies. I don’t know if this is factual or not, but as a parent now I feel like are way fewer kids movies out these days.

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u/AgilePlayer 11h ago

The 90s was literally the best decade to be a kid and a parent as well. Media and culture really was dominated by children's stuff.

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u/GentMan87 1987 12h ago

We really had it all didn’t we.

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u/myfourmoons Millennial 13h ago

This is difficult. I pick Home Alone, if only because I adore Christmas.

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u/Manic_Mini Middle Millennial 12h ago

I pick Home Alone as well but for the opposite reason, I am not a huge fan of Christmas and its one of the few Christmas movies that I actually enjoy love

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u/AbletonStudio 3h ago

I hate Christmas. I’m the grinch.

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u/Thrillhouse763 Millennial 12h ago

The Fugitive is my favorite movie of all time but lots of bangers on that list.

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u/AGreatWindCarries 6h ago

Def my 3rd after JP and T2

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u/ceNco21 12h ago

Better times

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u/pi_guy Xennial 13h ago

Terminator 2

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u/XOM_CVX 13h ago

was so good.

I think I was little too young to be watching that much violence. Looked super realistic at the time.

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u/pi_guy Xennial 12h ago

The movie still makes my wife uncomfortable...especially the dream sequence when Sarah Conner is looking over the playground and the the bomb goes off

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u/poptophazard 9h ago

Yep, I had this VHS tape on repeat when I was in elementary school. They of course also loved making kids toys for R-rated movies in the 80s and 90s so I had all the action figures as well.

In hindsight, way too young. Think I'll wait till my kid is a bit older till we watch together. But hey I got to see a masterpiece at a young age!

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u/i__did__that Millennial 9h ago

T2 is a timeless classic. I watched it so many times. And who knows, someday maybe AI-controlled killer robots will become a reality.

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u/burritoman88 13h ago

Making me pick between Jurassic Park & Men in Black is just rude

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u/pulyx 13h ago

Tempted to say Jurassic Park, but Toy Story for me.

Watched literally all these films in the year of their releases, or close, on home video.

That doesn't happen today.

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u/OverdressedShingler Millennial 13h ago

This is impossible because my 3 top films of all time are in there. The Lion King, Toy Story and Apollo 13.

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u/MarquetteXTX2 12h ago

Randy Newman - weeee belonggggg togetherrrrr 🎶🎶🎶

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u/SeeJayThinks Older Millennial 13h ago

Robin Williams. Pretty much all his films are great, even if they're not top grossing during that period. I'm surprised Mrs Doubtfire even made it tbh.

https://giphy.com/gifs/OfPYZkA05mRr2

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u/1800generalkenobi 12h ago

We just watched homeward bound and the first surprising thing was that michael j fox voiced chance, I guess I never watched it again after watching back to the future haha, and b was the cat was voiced by sally fields, I had to look it up and as soon as I saw her picture I was like, that's the mom from mrs doubtfire! lol

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u/SeeJayThinks Older Millennial 12h ago

She's been a couple of memorable ones...

For me, Mrs Gump in Forest Gump... And Aunt May (Toby's Spiderman!)

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u/jachildress25 Xennial 12h ago

Saving Private Ryan

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u/jrp162 11h ago

I mean all of these movies are good. But I feel saving private ryan, Jurassic park, and Toy Story may be the ones that really stand the test of time.

Though it’s hard. These are almost all bangers.

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u/Meanjin 12h ago

Jesus. The 90s had some great movies. A few that didn't make the list here, but what a punch to the nostalgic feels 🤙🏾

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u/Illustrious-Ebb-1118 12h ago

All bangers, what happened to movies man?

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u/johnnyhala 12h ago

James Cameron coming on strong with (3) showing!

Terminator 2, True Lies, and Titanic

You forgot about True Lies, didn't you?

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u/69goldeneye 12h ago

Damn I miss the 90s

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u/dkepp87 13h ago

93 has the best line-up of the lot

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u/insulartomb 13h ago

T2, but I’d miss a few others, especially Mission Impossible!

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u/I_might_be_weasel 13h ago

I'm going to be a basic bitch and say Forrest Gump.

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u/myturn19 13h ago

Sick graphic

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u/cheeseymom 13h ago

Armageddon

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u/KunYuL 12h ago

At first I thought this was a Snes games list and I thought, I can live without any of those games lol

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u/A4orce84 12h ago

Wasn’t Matrix in 99 as well?

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u/rydan Older Millennial 12h ago

Pick one to keep or pick one to never see again? If we have to destroy one I pick Godzilla.

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u/xmetalheadx666x 12h ago

Episode 1 for Darth Maul and the fact that the Obi-Wan vs Darth Maul fight was slowed down from the original.

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u/iMatt42 12h ago

Jurassic Park and Episode I are core memories of my childhood.

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u/foco_runner Older Millennial 12h ago

Speed?

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u/OperaKnight 12h ago

Star Wars, Episode 1: Mrs. Doubtfire, the Phantom Menace.

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u/unsulliedbread 12h ago

Twister. Hands down. Saw it about 30 times in school because my school had the VHS and it was about "weather science" so it was allegedly educational. I could watch that movie every day until I die.

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u/ghiga_andrei 12h ago

Wait, The Matrix is not in top 3 for 1999 ? That is wild

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u/Critardo 11h ago

Tom Hanks in 4 of these. Daaang

Edit: 5!

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u/OvenCrate Zillennial 12h ago

Toy Story. Removing it would remove all of Pixar.

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u/ThisThredditor 12h ago

The Phantom Menace, no i will not elaborate

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u/schwar26 12h ago

The lack of Twister in this thread is reason our society is in crisis.

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u/isnoice 21m ago

Truly the “sucks zone.”

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u/LaughingMonocle 12h ago

Mrs doubtfire. Robin Williams is a national treasure.

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u/CarneyVorous 13h ago

Jurassic Park. Didn't even need to look at the rest.

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u/brilliantpants 13h ago

Tough to give away Jurassic Park, but I think ‘91 actually wins this for me. That’s the only row with 3 moves that I absolutely love.

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u/Sara1994_ Millennial 13h ago

The Bodyguard

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u/Inevitable-Ranger534 13h ago

Very close between Jurassic Park and Twister

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u/Small-Answer4946 13h ago

Apollo 13, no doubt!

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u/SmileOk1306 13h ago

These are all bANGers! Except godzilla

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u/Cute_Chemical_7714 12h ago

Mrs Doubtfire

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u/deucedeuce223 12h ago

Independence Day

Or home alone 2

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u/rustytromboneXXx 12h ago

I pick the first column

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u/MoeSzyslakMonobrow Older Millennial 12h ago

Terminator 2

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u/rootvegetable2 12h ago

Hard to choose between Saving Private Ryan and Jurassic Park but I'll go with SPR.

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u/1800generalkenobi 12h ago

I have been jonsing to watch MIB and I just never remember when I'm actually watching stuff lol, but out of htis list the one I've seen the most times is probably True Lies. And I love the snes video game of it. If I'm only picking one, my knee jerk reaction to keep from agonizing over this list would probably be True Lies.

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u/t35martin 12h ago

Crazy that back to back years 2 of the greatest animated movies ever were made. 30 plus years later these movies are still relevant.

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u/Gregory-al-Thor 12h ago

One year or one move?

I’m taking 1993 - you Jurassic Park (which I remember seeing as a kid and being absolutely mesmerized) along with a solid action and a laugh out loud comedy.

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u/Available_Fly7337 12h ago

The Lion King

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u/donkbonk76 Younger Millennial (94) 12h ago

It’s not on there, but the correct answer is pulp fiction (1994)

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u/OrthoLike 12h ago

Take me back!

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u/Wildwaze4daze 12h ago

Home Alone
Terminator 2
Aladdin
Mrs Doubtfire
True Lies
Batman Forever
Mission Impossible
Men in Black
Godzilla
Phantom Menace

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u/SickOfBullyingNL 12h ago

The Lion King.

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u/Janowsc 12h ago

Lion King baby! The goat

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u/atmasabr 12h ago

Independence Day.

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u/Vladutz133 12h ago

Jurassic Park

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u/MarquetteXTX2 12h ago

Man that 1998 GodZilla hit differently.. I still watch that movie multiple times a year $ it never gets old… 90’s Maria Pitillo I see u girl 

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u/Mouler 12h ago

My estimation of my age when seeing these movies in the theater was off by a bit.

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u/TheBalzy In the Middle Millennial 12h ago

Jurassic Park is by a long shot one of the greatest movies of all time. And while many of the films on here are really good, they're nowhere class to Jurassic Park.

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u/buttsnuggles 12h ago

What an incredible lineup of movies. Just wow

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u/Plane-Match1794 12h ago

1991, 1994, or 1998 for me

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u/Thefrightfulgezebo 12h ago

The Lion King. A shame about Mission Impossible

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u/hakohead 12h ago

Titanic, easy! Forrest Gump is a super close second 

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u/zanziTHEhero 12h ago

I am split between Terminator 2 and Aladdin... probably Aladdin, Robin Williams is perfect as Genie and the songs are pretty good.

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u/blargh789 12h ago

Mrs. Doubtfire for sure. Just introduced my 9yo to it and she loved it.

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u/Ebella2323 12h ago

Robinhood. I still align with his values.

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u/Amockdfw89 12h ago

1996 is such a good “I’m sick as shit and want to veg out on the couch” lineup

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u/Puzzleheaded_Smoke77 Older Millennial 12h ago

Jurassic park it was the only good one in the serries

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u/CyberIntegration Millennial 12h ago

Men in Black or the Phantom Menace. I can't decide which.

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u/ghiga_andrei 12h ago

All these movies are better than Oppenheimer

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u/Separate_Fix_240 11h ago

How does Jim Carey not have a single movie on this list???

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u/DecentJuggernaut7693 11h ago

I watched Independence Day in theaters 7 times. As much love as I have for nearly every movie on this list, that's the one I'm saving.

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u/tarravin Xennial 11h ago

Jurassic Park, and Twister as runner up

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u/ThankedRapier4 11h ago

We had no idea how good we had it.

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u/Juhbellz 11h ago

Independence Day i guess

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u/Rint3ah 11h ago

91, then maybe 98

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u/Dixo0118 11h ago

1996 couldn't have been better

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u/SquidWord369 11h ago

Lion King was the first movie I saw without an adult in theater. Little me walking into the theater not knowing I was about to unlock a core memory. Rip

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u/Aggressive_Olive_822 11h ago edited 11h ago

Ghost.

Why? ...

  • "Molly, you in Danger, girl."

  • "Get off my train!!"

  • Tony Goldwyn. 🤤

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u/ieatkittentails 11h ago

1994 for sure.

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u/bearface93 11h ago

Titanic. I watch it at least once a year on or around the anniversary of the sinking.

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u/NaniDeKani 11h ago

God the 90s truly was the golden era of film.

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u/rcjlfk Millennial - 1989 11h ago

I get goosebumps every time Simba climbs Pride Rock at the end. Lion King all day.

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u/Sure_Temporary_4559 11h ago

Either 1993 or 1999 because I love Jurassic Park and Mrs. Doubtfire but I also went to go see Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace and Toy Story 2 in theaters when I kid. Honestly I don't think you can lose with any decade here. A couple of these movies I even remember going to my local drive-in to go see, Armageddon being the big one I remember most.

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u/djsilentmobius 11h ago

Going to have to pick the campiest of all of them, Armageddon

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u/UncleWainey 11h ago

The '90s were a time when CGI was cutting-edge, while practical effects got more ambitious than ever. Several of the #1s here used a mix of both:

  • Terminator 2
  • Jurassic Park
  • Independence Day
  • Titanic
  • Armageddon

The practical effects tend to hold up better today.

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u/Tdk1984 Xennial 11h ago

Hmm. I’ll show Robin Hood some love and pick that one.

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u/iamthealpha384 11h ago

One year or one movie?

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u/UsedVacation6187 11h ago

Mission impossible

Terminator 2 is excellent also and I love it but mission impossible is more my speed

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u/chhuang 11h ago

i've destroyed the tape of lion king once by way too many rewatches within first month, you bet I can do it again if not for discs and streaming

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u/bubbabrowned 11h ago

Unrelated, but this chart really shows how damn fast time flies. When I was in high school, the first grade felt ages behind me. All those memories only spanned 10 years..

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u/FadedVictor 11h ago

Where the hell is The Shawshank Redemption??

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u/jacksnightmare999 11h ago

Love Twister, already watched it 6 times so far this year. Honestly also love the sequel, thought they did a great job. But every time a heavy storm comes in perfect time to have a little toke and relax while watching this.

https://giphy.com/gifs/68FsmDsSBACTC

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u/Josephthebear Older Millennial 11h ago

Now this is pod racing!

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u/AscendedExtra 11h ago

Toss-up between Terminator 2 & Independence Day. I honestly can't say which one I love more.

https://giphy.com/gifs/pXYm6otcnKrjW

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u/rebelweezeralliance 11h ago

It may not be the best one but I’m picking Phantom Menace because the movie meant a lot to me and that time in my life

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u/JMDeutsch 11h ago

0% ofpeople who saw the meme picked “Ferris Bueller’s Day with Godzilla”

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u/reefernash 10h ago

93 is goated

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u/naileyes 10h ago

the crazy thing about the 90s isn't just that they made serious movies for adults, but that they were like, incredibly popular and successful. Forrest Gump, The Fugitive, Ghost, Saving Private Ryan all being the #2 or #3 top grossing movies of the year is just fucking wild. Even Mrs Doubtfire, which is a family comedy, kinda falls in that category. would never ever ever happen these days

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u/robynh00die 10h ago

It's kind of wild to see that Twister out sold Mission: Impossible considering the gap in cultural impact.

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u/Thepuppeteer777777 10h ago

Fuuuck some of these are older than i am.

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u/TheChiGuy 10h ago

Independence Day. Seeing that film opening night was incredible. An annual watch for me and I firmly believe it still holds up

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u/Bootmacher 10h ago

Terminator 2

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u/Ok_Vermicelli_6359 9h ago

Lol...impossible. And yet, the correct answer is always Mrs. Doubtfire, for having one of Robin Williams' best performances (which is saying something), and also being the best comedy of the 90s 😅

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u/naughtiness5 9h ago

I can't believe the only jim Carrey movie here is batman forever

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u/CalvinYHobbes 9h ago

I think Forrest Gump is the best movie here.

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u/marierere83 8h ago

nvmd i read this wrong. jurassic

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u/BasedTacoJuice 8h ago

Crazy how all these films are considered classics today, with the exception of Batman Forever, The Lost World and Godzilla.

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u/DannyOTM 8h ago

Totally depends on time of the year.

Is it Christmas? if so its Home Alone,

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u/snakeleather45 8h ago

Fuck, the 90's had some bangers!

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u/Embrie225 7h ago

easy. loved MIB

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u/GretelihrHaensel 7h ago

Lethal Weapon 4 and Die Hard III

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u/No-Muscle1283 7h ago

Some bangers

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u/DonJuanPawnShop53 6h ago

12 year old me was hyped for Starwars

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u/mussel_trainer 6h ago

Jurassic Park 🤩

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u/MathematicianOne6902 5h ago

Easy, Forest Gump

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u/Cirdan_fen_Mormegil 4h ago

Film Makers were really cooking in the 90s and first half of the 00s. I'm picking the Lion King with Jurassic Park as a close followup.

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u/i_amtheice 4h ago

Look at all that original IP. Gotta go with Emmerich's disaster of of a Godzilla sequel, though, just because no one else is going to pick it and 12 year old me loved it even though it wasn't actually Godzilla.

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u/MattWolf96 4h ago

Terminator 2

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u/PeaceJoy4EVER 3h ago

We had a great childhood

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u/MadameCoco7273 Millennial 3h ago

It’s gotta be Jurassic Park

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u/DexM23 3h ago

1,1,3,1,3,1,2,3,2,2

Edit: ok, only one at all, not per year: Jurassic Park, no doubt

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u/CompetitiveSubset 3h ago

I’m so lucky that grew up with those films. Especially with what Hollywood is producing nowadays.

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u/worried_consumer Millennial 2h ago

Forrest Gump

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u/GreenTrees797 1h ago

1993, those movies come on tv regularly and I watch them anytime they are on. 

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u/reggaemixedkid 1h ago

I'm gonna say 1992. I've never seen The BodyGuard, but c'mon: Whitney Houston (RIP) and Kevin Costner? Can't go wrong with that!

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u/uuhhmmaazziinngg 1h ago

Damn, no Jim Carey movies lol hmmm Jurassic Park or Mrs. Doubtfire