1990s movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant 1990s movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, entertaining, sexy, cult classic, realistic and humorous films and TV shows about / with friendship, mentor, dialogue, chase, storytelling, teenager, runaway, brutality, destiny and catastrophe plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as 1990s: Mid90s (2018), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Longlegs (2024), Papicha (2019), The Perfect Storm (2000), Love & Other Drugs (2010), Doctor Dolittle (1998), The Reader (2008), The Craft (1996), Let Them Come (2015).
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87K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Stevie is a sweet 13-year-old about to explode. His mom is loving and attentive, but a little too forthcoming about her romantic life. His big brother is a taciturn and violent bully. So Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for ...
Style:
thought provoking, sexual, social, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
skateboard, coming of age, skateboarder, friends, teenager, underage sex, underage drinking, dysfunctional family, self harm, adolescence, mission, youth culture ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, spain, france, paris france, florida ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style:
clever, cynical, captivating, motivational, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
money, corruption, wall street, business, rise and fall, addiction, stock market, stock broker, success, wealth, greed, rags to riches ...
Time:
80s, year 2013, 90s, 20th century, year 1987 ...
Place:
new york, usa, geneva switzerland, big ben london, italy ...
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218K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of connections to occult practices, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless ...
Style:
psychological horror, suspenseful, dread, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
serial killer, occult, sociopath, sadistic psychopath, fbi, satanism, black magic, devil worship, supernatural horror, murder, female investigator, crime spree ...
Time:
year 1974, 90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1995 ...
Place:
oregon
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Algiers, 1997. The country is in the hands of terrorist groups, seeking to establish an Islamic and archaic state. Women are particularly affected and oppressed by primitive diktas, who seek to take control of their bodies and control their passage ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
teenage girl, violence against women, muslim girl, hijab, female protagonist, sea, arranged marriage, attempted rape, unwanted pregnancy, friendship, arab, university ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
algeria, maghreb, africa, middle east, mediterranean sea
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama while minute ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, sexy, emotional ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, ship, natural disaster, catastrophe, storm at sea, survival, storm, boat, fish, forces of nature, shipwreck, sea ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, y2k, 90s
Place:
atlantic ocean, boston, new england, nova scotia, portugal
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover ...
Style:
feel good, teen, erotic, retro, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
music, nun, music competition, teacher, female protagonist, blues, women, dancing, hip hop, black, high school, african american ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, san francisco, usa, las vegas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Maggie, an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, rom com, sweet, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
love, sex, love story, couple relations, womanizer, parkinson's disease, sexual relations, casual sex, sex scene, nudity, destiny, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, 20th century, year 1996, 90s ...
Place:
usa, pittsburgh, chicago, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle (Eddie Murphy) seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! ...
Style:
funny, light, emotional, hilarious, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens, date night ...
Plot:
dog, father daughter relationship, veterinarian, doctor, happy ending, childhood, foul language, father son relationship, talking animal, african american, animal, kids and family ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998, year 1968, 60s
Place:
san francisco, usa, north america, california
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273K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany, USA, Poland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as ...
Style:
sexy, melancholic, touching, sexual, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, coming of age, holocaust, nazi, first love, trial, world war two, older woman younger man sex, sex, unlikely couple ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1966, year 1958, year 2008, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, israel, west berlin west germany, hamburg germany, europe ...
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119K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.
Style:
gothic, teen, dark, satanic, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, teen fantasy, girls' night ...
Plot:
witch, supernatural, magic, high school, curses spells and rituals, witchcraft, bullying, black magic, goth, revenge, coming of age, supernatural ability ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, los angeles, seattle, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In this remarkable adaptation of Arezki Mellal’s novel, a family must defend itself amidst the onslaught of violence between government forces and radical Islamists in 1980s Algeria.
Style:
grim, tense, historical drama, bleak, art house ...
Plot:
political unrest, violence, trauma, oppression, religious fundamentalism, realism, survival, mother son relationship, small town life, moral ambiguity, coming of age, chaos ...
Time:
90s
Place:
algeria, north africa, maghreb
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
After a group of teens from a small Midwestern town begin to mysteriously disappear, the locals believe it is the work of an urban legend known as The Empty Man. As a retired cop investigates and struggles to make sense of the stories, he discovers ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful, lovecraft ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
occult, investigation, suicide, cosmic horror, supernatural, supernatural horror, death, hospital, grief, danger, demonic possession, evil spirit ...
Time:
2020s, 90s, 2010s, year 2019, 20th century ...
Place:
missouri, himalaya
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191K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand
Style:
cerebral, political, sexy, suspense, clever ...
Plot:
journalism, whistleblower, courtroom, politics, corruption, reporter, corporate crime, journalist, conspiracy, terrorist, tobacco, lawyer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
new york, washington d.c., kentucky, south carolina, mississippi ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 912 min.
TV show
Story:
The life of a 15 year-old high school student, whose angst-ridden journey through adolescence, friendship, parents, and life teaches her what it means to grow up.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
female protagonist, high school, coming of age, teenage daughter, first love, teenager, teenage girl, high school hunk, teen angst, adolescence, gay teenager, girl next door ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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663K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps Woody. Andy's toys mount a daring rescue mission, Buzz ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, 3d animation, saga, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
toy story, escape, toy comes to life, chase, friendship, villain, toys, doll, dream, cartoon dog, rescue, mistaken identity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
north america, ohio
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Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
During a commemoration for Japanese soldiers fighting in the US Army during World War II, Mr. Miyagi meets the widow of his commanding officer. He gets to know her granddaughter Julie, an angry teenager who is still feeling the pain of losing both ...
Style:
teen, action packed, cult classic, absurd, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
martial arts, high school, karate, teenage girl, high school student, bullying, hawk, bully, teen angst, showdown, training, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
boston, los angeles, massachusetts, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, rom com, light, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night ...
Plot:
high school, prom, friendship, journalism, love and romance, teenage girl, popularity, bullying, journalist, high school life, teen romance, humiliation ...
Time:
90s, y2k, 80s
Place:
chicago, usa, new jersey
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91K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A controversial portrayal of teens in New York City which exposes a deeply disturbing world of sex and substance abuse. The film focuses on a sexually reckless, freckle-faced boy named Telly, whose goal is to have sex with as many different girls as ...
Style:
disturbing, independent film, controversial, bleak, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, aids, innocence lost, youth, drug abuse, virginity, underage sex, teenage boy, street kid, puberty, sex, teenager ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, seattle, los angeles, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Four Weddings And A Funeral is a British comedy about a British Man named Charles and an American Woman named Carrie who go through numerous weddings before they determine if they are right for one another.
Style:
romantic, feel good, romantic comedy, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
wedding, funeral, friendship, unrequited love, multiple storylines, wedding ceremony, love, love and romance, marriage, love story, hotel, divorce ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
england, scotland, london, united kingdom, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, feel good, uplifting, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
environmental, justice, court, lawyer, contamination, small town, single mother, investigation, corporate crime, business, lawsuit, legal ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, y2k, year 2000, 2000s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
devil, lawyer, supernatural, pact with the devil, deal with the devil, satan, law firm, plot twist, trial, courtroom, demon, courtroom drama ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, florida, southern usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
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29K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Daria Morgendorffer lives with her stressed-out, career-fixated parents, Helen and Jake, and her relentlessly cute and popular little sister, Quinn. Daria and her fellow outcast and best friend, Jane Lane, attend Lawndale High School where they are ...
Style:
clever, witty, cynical, adult cartoon, adult animation ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
sarcasm, loner, social misfits, everyday life, teenage life, high school life, antisocial behavior, adolescence vs adulthood, lifestyle, teenage girl, teen angst, school ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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159K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Furious that her late father only willed her his gloomy-looking mansion rather than his millions, Carrigan Crittenden is ready to burn the place to the ground when she discovers a map to a treasure hidden in the house. But when she enters the ...
Style:
sweet, fairy tale, light, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
friendship, halloween, ghost, haunted house, single father, supernatural, afterlife, father daughter relationship, childhood, teenage girl, mischievous children, daughter ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995, 80s
Place:
maine, new england, usa, new mexico, santa fe new mexico
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader-- her goal is to "marry Christian Slater and die" and nothing gets in her way when it's time to shop. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been ...
Style:
dark comedy, teen, humorous, horror comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
high school, vampire, cheerleader, cheerleading, supernatural, chosen one, good versus evil, teenage girl, reincarnation, high school student, female protagonist, blonde girl ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, los angeles, southern california, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Bianca, a tenth grader, has never gone on a date, but she isn't allowed to go out with boys until her older sister Kat gets a boyfriend. The problem is, Kat rubs nearly everyone the wrong way. But Bianca and the guy she has her eye on, Joey, ...
Style:
romantic, teen, romantic comedy, rom com, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, opposites attract, youth, fall in love, couples, teen romance, teenage life, enemies to lovers, love and romance, teenage love, initially antagonists ...
Time:
y2k, year 1999, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
seattle, washington state, washington d.c., usa
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394K
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Style:
period piece, southern gothic, dark fantasy, gothic, psychotronic ...
Plot:
supernatural horror, vampire, profanity, brother brother relationship, twins, ku klux klan, vampirism, loss of brother, eaten alive, native american, plantation, graphic violence ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, 20th century, year 1932, year 1992 ...
Place:
mississippi, chicago, north america
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, mystical, suspenseful, mystic ...
Plot:
teenager, lesbian, transgender, teenage protagonist, paranormal activity, buried alive, problem, paranormal, paranormal phenomena, supernatural horror, supernatural, mysticism ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, year 1998
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany, Brazil
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, captivating, intense, factual ...
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, italian mafia, gangster, trial, sex, mob boss, sicilian mafia, organized crime, italian history, assassination attempt, assassination ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, year 2000, year 1992, year 1984 ...
Place:
sicily, italy, rome italy, rio de janeiro, miami ...
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28K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
The FBI and ATF seize religious leader, David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas in the spring of 1993. A six-part television series covering a deadly standoff between the federal government and the Branch Davidians spiritual ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
true crime, siege, raid, cult leader, fbi, fbi agent, shootout, showdown, religious sect, negotiator, gunfight, sect ...
Time:
year 1993, 20th century, 90s
Place:
texas, usa
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348K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary ...
Style:
inspirational, sexy, realistic, serious, harsh ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
hip hop, underdog, music, rap, follow your dream, musician, urban ghetto life, success, urban ghetto, street gang, musician's life, trailer park ...
Time:
year 2002, 90s, year 1995, y2k, 2000s ...
Place:
detroit, michigan, los angeles, america, usa
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