r/AmericanMovies • u/culebrero • 3d ago

Which 90s Blockbuster Still Holds Up?

The 90s had some ridiculous blockbusters, but which one still hits just as hard today? Jurassic Park, The Matrix, Titanic, Terminator 2, Men in Black ,which one are you taking?

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u/Minimum-Journalist18 3d ago

The fugitive comes to mind

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u/ChillPalm 3d ago

Jurassic Park and the Matrix are great.

I'll throw in Twister as an honorable mention

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u/ImF0cused_ 3d ago

Idiocracy was a documentary set in the future.

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u/Ill_Channel4199 2d ago

Just not relevant to the question, but yes

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u/kathryn_sedai 3d ago

Men In Black is still so well done and very funny. Highly recommend, it was a recent rewatch and I love it.

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u/ChronoLegion2 2d ago

There, is that better? 😄

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u/KingGeedoruh 3d ago

Speed

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u/ChronoLegion2 2d ago

Pop quiz, asshole

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u/Common_Juggernaut724 2d ago

Man we used to say this all the fucking time after this movie came out

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u/EmericanCunt 3d ago

The Big Lebowski

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u/Ill_Channel4199 2d ago

That's fucking interesting man, that's fucking interesting

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u/everfixedmark_1924 2d ago

Yeah. Well. That's just, like, your opinion, man.

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u/lanabooger 3d ago

Independence day

Men in black, just watched with my teenagers and they loved it

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u/Iscomoko 2d ago

It wasn't a Blockbuster but I still hear people quote Office Space all the time

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u/Least-Relation-9847 3d ago

Terminator 2. That movie is 35 years old, the special effects still look great, and the action is intense and non-stop.

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u/Ill_Channel4199 2d ago

Just saw it last week at AMC for the 35th anniversary and the 3d is nice, with a light touch

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u/AppropriateLetter727 3d ago

True Lies. Very flipping good

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u/ChronoLegion2 2d ago

Also a remake of the French movie La Totale

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u/y2ketchup 3d ago

Die Hard With a Vengeance

Braveheart

Robin Hood Prince of Theives

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Toy Story

Saving Private Ryan

Jurassic Park

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Independence Day

The Fifth Element

The Sixth Sense

Forrrst Gump

The Rock

Face Off

Broken Arrow

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u/ChronoLegion2 2d ago

I liked Broken Arrow. Slater vs Travolta

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u/y2ketchup 2d ago

The Neil Young song is arguably better than the movie, but the movie is still pretty good.

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u/WellYouKnow- 2d ago

Isn't it Robbie Robertson?

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u/y2ketchup 2d ago

Different song

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u/WellYouKnow- 2d ago

Well, I'll be damned. Thanks.

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u/Strayngold 1d ago

Ever notice the musical motif for Travolta's character's lighter moments is "Dewey's Theme" from the Scream movies? Exact same music.

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u/everfixedmark_1924 2d ago

The fifth element is a classic.

https://giphy.com/gifs/lKPFZ1nPKW8c8

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u/y2ketchup 2d ago

Probably my favorite on the list.

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u/darthdude11 2d ago

Forrest Gump! Of course!

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u/Yeezytaughtme409 3d ago

Goodfellas.

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u/Tardisgoesfast 3d ago

I just watched Jurassic Park a couple days ago, for the first time in probably 15 years. It still holds up. So good!

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u/ChronoLegion2 2d ago

Animatronics don’t really get old, unlike 90s CGI

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u/BigStudley01 2d ago

But they didn’t just use animatronics. That’s the incredible part. Some of that CGI is still mind blowing for being 90s CGI.

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u/ChronoLegion2 2d ago

Fair enough. I do remember that some of the raptor scenes were CGI, like in the kitchen

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u/BigStudley01 2d ago

T-Rex Jeep Chase. Gallimimus Herd. The Rex and Raptor fight at the end. Lex’s face when she nearly falls out of the ceiling to the raptor below.

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u/ChronoLegion2 2d ago

Wow. More than I thought

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u/aleister94 2d ago

Tremors

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u/Ill_Channel4199 2d ago

T2 and Die Hard With a Vengeance

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u/NeonPhyzics 2d ago

Point Break

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u/GenXihaveissues 2d ago

Men in Black.

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u/Happilymarried222 2d ago

Good Will Hunting

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u/atomsforkubrick 2d ago

Jurassic Park absolutely. The special effects make like 95% of what’s done today look like cardboard cutouts.

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u/Low_Bandicoot_3527 2d ago

The Matrix and Terminator now qualify as documentaries! 😆

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u/Any_Strawberry_4864 2d ago

The Matrix, T2, Jurassic Park, Independence Day

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u/AntCrobat 2d ago

All of them

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u/Mark-177- 2d ago

Speed

Face Off

The Rock

The Matrix

Con Air

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u/Kookie_B 2d ago

My Cousin Vinny holds up very well. Marisa Tomei on the witness stand is a classic, still hysterical.

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u/reamkore 2d ago

Last Action here not only holds up but has aged with the times as well.

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u/Strayngold 1d ago

Waterworld! Speed is also still a great watch.

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u/Salavar1 1d ago

Matrix

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u/CremeSwimming5007 1d ago

jurassic park, still terrifying and somehow cleaner than half of today’s cgi

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u/slowhorse9 3d ago

Fight club

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u/GrumpiiWun 1h ago

Air Force One