As individuals born in the early 1980s and who went through their formative years in the 1990s, the Rampant Discourse crew has a soft spot in their hearts for many of the movies released during that decade. Was it a uniquely great time for movies or is our perspective colored by nostalgia? Join the Rampant Discourse crew in a new series as they go year-by-year and explore their favorite movies of the 1990s as well as the ones that they feel have been most influential. First up? 1990.
Top Grossing Movies
- Ghost
- Home Alone
- Pretty Woman
- Dances with Wolves
- Total Recall
- Back to the Future Part III
- Die Hard 2
- Presumed Innocent
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Kindergarten Cop
Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees (winner in italics)
- Dances with Wolves
- Awakenings
- Ghost
- The Godfather Part III
- Goodfellas
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You guys talk about the fact that you didn’t talk about “Dances with Wolves” but I think it might be worth discussing. I recall the movie fondly, and I believe we watched it multiple times, I think we had the VHS. I suspect that it probably has framed some of my thinking or conceptions of American Indians. I wonder how it would do with today’s “woke” audiences? Or if it would be perceived as total garbage- both for the themes as well as the idea of a white guy playing the role of another race.
(And yes, I realize that I am a bit peeved by the term woke and probably will begin using it as a derogatory similar to snowflake of previous years.)
Interestingly enough, I posted this article that I found recently to our discord channel (https://screenrant.com/90s-movies-timeless-aged-poorly/) which lists Dances with Wolves as one of those movies that hasn’t aged poorly. I actually haven’t seen it, which played a role in why I didn’t discuss the movie. 🙂