The 10 Most Unappreciated Movies From The ’90s

A decade ago, it seemed like every movie had a sequel—but a few were so good they became classics. Here are some of the most Unappreciated Movies from the ’90s.

The best films of the 1990s were probably not all that great. In that situation, they might even be entirely unwatchable. Why did people throng to see them repeatedly then? The answer may be summed up in one word: nostalgia. The 1990s were undoubtedly one of the most adored decades in movie history, even though they weren’t always the best. Over the years, our movie preferences have evolved. As each new decade brought its own unique brand of amazing cinema, our tastes changed. As we grew older, we started yearning for our childhood experiences.

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In the 1990s were dubbed the “decade of the comeback”. We found everything that came before us to be really romantic. Many movies that weren’t particularly well-liked or well-received during their initial runs have become rediscoveries, remakes, or rehashes. While some of these films were unquestionably classics, others were terrible. But it is entirely their fault that the 1990s have turned out to be one of the most beloved eras in contemporary cinema. In honour of this unique occurrence, I’ve put together a list of ten of the most underestimated and underappreciated movies from the 1990s. Make an assessment after looking it over for yourself.

10. Batman & Robin (1997)

The Batman & Robin is a dark and dreary tale of crime fighting and revenge starring Batman, Robin, the Joker and Harley Quinn.

True, I do. 15 years later, Batman & Robin deserves some of your love, despite the fact that most people think it’s hysterically awful. Just be careful not to overdo it. Joel Schumacher embraced the campy tendencies present in Batman from the start, unleashing his ideal vision of how the Caped Crusader should appear on screen.

Cast

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze
• George Clooney as Bruce Wayne / Batman
• Chris O’Donnell as Dick Grayson / Robin
• Uma Thurman as Dr. Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy
• Alicia Silverstone as Barbara Wilson / Batgirl
• Michael Gough as Alfred Pennyworth
• Pat Hingle as Commissioner James Gordon
• Elle Macpherson as Julie Madison

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9. Chaplin (1992)

Chaplin (1992) is a movie that shows how a successful business owner can learn the skill of “The Art of Selling”.Its Moves from 90’s. The film is based on the true story of Charlie Chaplin and his early life as a vaudeville performer. Chaplin’s career is followed by a close friend of Chaplin’s and the two travel around America showing a series of vaudeville acts. These acts are all based on selling one of the three main points of Chaplin’s character. The key message of the film is to learn how to sell and make people happy.

Cast

• Robert Downey Jr. as Charlie Chaplin
• Marisa Tomei as Mabel Normand
• Geraldine Chaplin as Hannah Chaplin
• Paul Rhys as Sydney Chaplin
• John Thaw as Fred Karno
• Moira Kelly as Hetty Kelly
• Anthony Hopkins as George Hayden
• Dan Aykroyd as Mack Sennett
• Penelope Ann Miller as Edna Purviance
• Kevin Kline as Douglas Fairbanks
• Matthew Cottle as Stan Laurel
• Maria Pitillo as Mary Pickford
• Milla Jovovich as Mildred Harris
• Kevin Dunn as FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
• Deborah Moore as Lita Grey
• Diane Lane as Paulette Goddard
• Nancy Travis as Joan Barry
• James Woods as Joseph Scott
• Francesca Buller as Minnie Chaplin
• David Duchovny as Roland Totheroh

8. Out Of Sight (1998)

The 1998 movie, Out of Sight, was a big success. The comedy was based around the premise of a woman, played by Jennifer Lopez, who meets her husband, played by George Clooney, in the back of a police car. As she begins to discover the reasons behind his arrest, she learns that he’s a drug dealer and they must elude the police. She decides to help him and winds up taking off with him. They fall in love and end up getting away together.

Cast

• George Clooney as Jack Foley
• Jennifer Lopez as Karen Sisco
• Ving Rhames as Buddy Bragg
• Don Cheadle as Maurice Miller
• Steve Zahn as Glenn Michaels
• Albert Brooks as Richard Ripley
• Dennis Farina as Marshall Sisco
• Luis Guzmán as Chino
• Isaiah Washington as Kenneth
• Nancy Allen as Midge
• Keith Loneker as White Boy Bob
• Catherine Keener as Adele
• Viola Davis as Moselle Miller
• Paul Calderón as Raymond Cruz
• Wendell B. Harris Jr. as Daniel Burdon
• Michael Keaton as Ray Nicolette (uncredited)
• Samuel L. Jackson as Hejira Henry (uncredited)
• Connie Sawyer as Old Elevator Lady

7. White Men Can’t Jump (1992)

In 1992, White Men Can’t Jump, a sports comedy, was written and directed by Ron Shelton. It stars Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson as streetball hustlers. On March 27, 1992, 20th Century Fox released the film in this country.

Cast

• Wesley Snipes as Sidney “Syd” Deane
• Woody Harrelson as Billy Hoyle
• Rosie Perez as Gloria Clemente
• Tyra Ferrell as Rhonda Deane
• Cylk Cozart as Robert
• Kadeem Hardison as Junior
• Ernest Harden, Jr. as George
• Nigel Miguel as Dwight “The Flight” McGhee
• Freeman Williams as Duck Johnson
• Louis Price as Eddie “The King” Faroo
• Marques Johnson as Raymond
• Alex Trebek as Himself
• Allan Malamud as Rocket Scientist
• Duane Martin as Willie Lewis
• David Roberson as TJ

6. What About Bob? (1991)

What About Bob? (1991) is a 1991 American black comedy film starring Richard Dreyfuss and Bill Murray that was made by Frank Oz. Bob Wiley is a problematic patient of Dr. Leo Marvin’s (Dreyfuss), who is being treated by the self-centered psychiatrist played by Murray.

Cast

• Bill Murray as Bob Wiley
• Richard Dreyfuss as Dr. Leo Marvin
• Julie Hagerty as Fay Marvin
• Charlie Korsmo as Sigmund “Siggy” Marvin
• Kathryn Erbe as Anna Marvin
• Tom Aldredge as Mr. Guttman
• Susan Willis as Mrs. Guttman
• Roger Bowen as Phil
• Fran Brill as Lily Marvin-Wiley
• Doris Belack as Dr. Catherine Tomsky
• Marcella Lowery as Betty

5. The Rocketeer (1991)

The Rocketeer is a man of action. He’s a daredevil pilot, he fights for a cause, and he’s not afraid to die. But is there a way to fight crime without getting killed? Find out in this fast-paced adventure!

Cast

• Billy Campbell as Cliff Secord (“The Rocketeer”)
• Jennifer Connelly as Jenny Blake
• Alan Arkin as A. “Peevy” Peabody
• Timothy Dalton as Neville Sinclair
• Terry O’Quinn as Howard Hughes
• Ed Lauter as FBI Agent Fitch
• James Handy as FBI Agent “Wooly” Wolinski
• Paul Sorvino as Eddie Valentine
• Jon Polito as Otis Bigelow
• William Sanderson as Skeets
• Margo Martindale as Millie
• John Lavachielli as Rusty
• Clint Howard as Monk
• Melora Hardin as South Seas Singer
• Rick Overton as South Seas Patron
• Max Grodénchik as Wilmer
• Tiny Ron Taylor as Lothar
• Eddie Jones as Malcolm
• Don Pugsley as “Goose”
• Nada Despotovich as Irma

4. True Romance (1993)

Alabama, a prostitute played by Patricia Arquette, and Clarence (Christian Slater), an Elvis fan and comic book geek, fall in love. Clarence eventually kills her pimp after breaking the news to him. He grabs a suitcase of cocaine on the way out, thinking it was Alabama’s clothing. The two drive to California in an effort to sell the cocaine, but the mob is soon after them.

Cast

• Christian Slater as Clarence Worley
• Patricia Arquette as Alabama Whitman
• Dennis Hopper as Clifford Worley
• Val Kilmer as Mentor
• Gary Oldman as Drexl Spivey
• Brad Pitt as Floyd, Dick’s Roommate
• Christopher Walken as Vincenzo Coccotti
• Bronson Pinchot as Elliot Blitzer
• Samuel L. Jackson as Don “Big Don”
• Michael Rapaport as Dick Ritchie
• Saul Rubinek as Lee Donowitz
• Conchata Ferrell as Mary Louise Ravencroft
• James Gandolfini as Virgil
• Anna Thomson as Lucy
• Victor Argo as Lenny
• Chris Penn as Detective Nicky Dimes
• Tom Sizemore as Detective Cody Nicholson
• Gregory Sporleder as Burger Stand Customer

3. Galaxy Quest (1999)

The cast of the classic space-adventure television series Galaxy Quest spends the most of their time at fan gatherings and in commercials. Jason Nesmith, the conceited former star of the show, enjoys the limelight while Gwen, Alexander, Fred, and Tommy, the other cast members, disapprove of him and, to varying degrees, how their careers are progressing.

Cast

• Tim Allen as Jason Nesmith
• Sigourney Weaver as Gwen DeMarco
• Alan Rickman as Alexander Dane
• Tony Shalhoub as Fred Kwan
• Sam Rockwell as Guy Fleegman
• Daryl Mitchell as Tommy Webber
• Enrico Colantoni as Mathesar
• Robin Sachs as Roth’h’ar Sarris
• Patrick Breen as Quellek
• Missi Pyle as Laliari
• Jed Rees as Teb
• Justin Long as Brandon
• Jeremy Howard as Kyle
• Kaitlin Cullum as Katelyn
• Jonathan Feyer as Hollister
• Heidi Swedberg as Brandon’s mom

2. Office Space (1999)

Peter Gibbons is a bored and uninspired programmer who works for Initech. He has feelings for the waitress in the neighbourhood Joanna, but he hesitates to tell her since he can’t deal with his controlling girlfriend Anne. He is friends with Michael Bolton and Samir Nagheenanjar from work, who dislike the fact that no one can ever pronounce his last name properly (who loathes being associated with the famous singer of the same name). Everyone in the office ignores Milton Waddams, a timid collator and another employee, except for Peter. Another is Tom Smykowski, a cynical man who helps engineers interact with clients.

Cast

• Ron Livingston as Peter Gibbons
• Jennifer Aniston as Joanna
• Stephen Root as Milton Waddams
• Gary Cole as Bill Lumbergh
• John C. McGinley as Bob Slydell
• David Herman as Michael Bolton
• Ajay Naidu as Samir Nagheenanajar
• Diedrich Bader as Lawrence
• Michael McShane as Dr. Swanson
• Richard Riehle as Tom Smykowski
• Alexandra Wentworth as Anne
• Greg Pitts as Drew
• Paul Willson as Bob Porter
• Todd Duffey as Brian, Chotchkie’s Waiter
• Orlando Jones as Steve
• Joe Bays as Dom Portwood
• Mike Judge as Stan (Uncredited)

1. Blade (1998)

In 1967, a pregnant woman is attacked by a vampire, which leads her to give birth to her child too soon. Doctors are able to save her baby, but the mother dies.

With the exception of the requirement to consume human blood, the newborn has grown into the vampire hunter Blade, a human-vampire hybrid with all of the supernatural prowess of a vampire but none of the drawbacks. Blade robs the rave party of the vampire Deacon Frost. When the police bring one of the vampires to the hospital, he kills Dr. Curtis Webb, eats haematologist Karen Jenson, and then escapes. Blade brings Karen to a secure residence where Abraham Whistler, a longtime friend, looks after her.

Cast

• Wesley Snipes as Eric Brooks / Blade
• Stephen Dorff as Deacon Frost
• Kris Kristofferson as Abraham Whistler
• N’Bushe Wright as Dr. Karen Jenson
• Donal Logue as Quinn
• Udo Kier as Gitano Dragonetti
• Traci Lords as Racquel
• Arly Jover as “Mercury”
• Kevin Patrick Walls as Officer Krieger
• Tim Guinee as Dr. Curtis Webb
• Sanaa Lathan as Vanessa Brooks
• Eric Edwards as Pearl