The Great Movies of the 90's

Last Saturday night I stayed up late watching Independence Day on TV. This was one of my favorite movies from the 90’s. I have found that I have many movies from the 90’s that were just fantastic movies and I could watch over and over again.

This got me thinking about all the movies I loved back in the 90’s and my list is huge. I know it is scary when I start thinking but sometimes I can’t help myself. Looking back at the 90’s we had so many great movies in so many different areas.

First we kicked off the 90’s with a great romantic comedy, Pretty Woman. I was in high school when that movie came out and that was just the best movie. Julia Roberts came out with several great movies after that but none as good as Pretty Woman.

We also had great blockbuster movies like Independence Day with Will Smith, Forest Gump with Tom Hanks, The Green Mile, Shaw Shank Redemption and so on.

Then there is Titanic, this will go down in history as my all time favorite love story. I saw that movie three times in the theater. Yes, you can call me crazy! This is the only movie I have ever seen in the theaters more than once. I actually paid three times just to watch that one again and again. Every time it is on TV I watch it because it draws me in and captivates me.

Who can forget the great comedies from Adam Sandler, Chris Farley and David Spade? I could sit and watch Tommy Boy over and over again. And only Adam Sandler could get away with making the stupid funny movies he made like Billy Madison , Happy Gilmore, and The Water Boy, heck the classic line “” is one that I will never forget. These are classic stupid humor movies with great comedians.

What about the scary movies like Scream? I watched all of those because they were just great providing a little bit of scary with some humor and lots of fun.

As for the movies today I can’t say I have a long list of favorites, heck I would be lucky to have a handful of great movies that have come out in the past 8 almost 9 years. I can’t decide if I should blame the movies or if my life has just changed so much with kids that I don’t find the time to really enjoy a good movie. It just seems like when I have watched a movie in the past few years I see it once and could care less if I ever watched it again. Yet all those great movies I listed above I will still watch repeats of when they come on TV. Why is that? Maybe I am holding on to my past life with out kids and those care free day’s when we frequented a movie theater regularly. I am now lucky to see a movie in the theater three times a year and those three usually equate to some form of a kids move we have taken my son to see.

Do you feel the same way I do or do you think the movies today are better than the 90’s?
What are some of your favorite movies from years past?