Like with every decade, the '90s had a lot of awesome movies. But I would like to mainly focus on two years that I think had the most critically acclaimed movies: 1994 and 1999.

First off, 1994. The year had memorable, and game-changing movies like Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption (one of my favorite movies ever), Léon: The Professional, Forrest Gump, Clerks, Ed Wood, Natural Born Killers, Interview with a Vampire, Speed, and of course, The Lion King.


Then fast-forward 5 years later and you have 1999, another glorious year for movies. You had classic films such as The Matrix, American Beauty, Magnolia, Office Space, Toy Story 2, The Sixth Sense, Fight Club, Being John Malkovich, The Green Mile, and The Iron Giant.

So, what would you choose?

1999 was not a 90s year, so 1994 is the correct answer by default.

1999 was not a 90s year, so 1994 is the correct answer by default.
So tell me which year was "Notting Hill" released in?

1999 was not a 90s year, so 1994 is the correct answer by default.


Decade-wise, it still is, and I was referring more to the movies within the years, not any cultural shift.

So tell me which year was "Notting Hill" released in?


Notting Hill is early 2000s like Runaway Bride.


Decade-wise, it still is, and I was referring more to the movies within the years, not any cultural shift.


Anyway you look at it, 1999 was a 2000s year. 90s clothes, slang, toys, shows, and etc. were all  gone. We were in the 2000s from January 1st of 1999 to December 31st of 2010.

Notting Hill is early 2000s like Runaway Bride.
When I saw, loved and adored "Notting Hill" was on the Spring Bank Holiday in May 1999, so it is a definite film released in 1999 for it stated that year on my calendar at that time. You probably saw the film in 2000 on VHS or DVD?

Like with every decade, the '90s had a lot of awesome movies. But I would like to mainly focus on two years that I think had the most critically acclaimed movies: 1994 and 1999.

First off, 1994. The year had memorable, and game-changing movies like Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption (one of my favorite movies ever), Léon: The Professional, Forrest Gump, Clerks, Ed Wood, Natural Born Killers, Interview with a Vampire, Speed, and of course, The Lion King.


Then fast-forward 5 years later and you have 1999, another glorious year for movies. You had classic films such as The Matrix, American Beauty, Magnolia, Office Space, Toy Story 2, The Sixth Sense, Fight Club, Being John Malkovich, The Green Mile, and The Iron Giant.

So, what would you choose?
Both years had great films released in their respective years, adding "Notting Hill" for a 1999 great movie.

When I saw, loved and adored "Notting Hill" was on the Spring Bank Holiday in May 1999, so it is a definite film released in 1999 for it stated that year on my calendar at that time. You probably saw the film in 2000 on VHS or DVD?



Both years had great films released in their respective years, adding "Notting Hill" for a 1999 great movie.


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More “decade-wise”…  ::)

Why must the day-month-year-decade- millenium system exist?  ::)

Like with every decade, the '90s had a lot of awesome movies. But I would like to mainly focus on two years that I think had the most critically acclaimed movies: 1994 and 1999.

First off, 1994. The year had memorable, and game-changing movies like Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption (one of my favorite movies ever), Léon: The Professional, Forrest Gump, Clerks, Ed Wood, Natural Born Killers, Interview with a Vampire, Speed, and of course, The Lion King.


Then fast-forward 5 years later and you have 1999, another glorious year for movies. You had classic films such as The Matrix, American Beauty, Magnolia, Office Space, Toy Story 2, The Sixth Sense, Fight Club, Being John Malkovich, The Green Mile, and The Iron Giant.

So, what would you choose?


1994 for sure, the only category of films that aren't of interest would be typical copycat action and thriller films, but so much good stuff from then.

It's not that everything in 1999 is automatically bad, just because. It's just that many films, even classic ones, started to exhibit characteristics of films that generally even frowned upon today, ex. excessive use of CGI, vapid acting, watered down themes, less playfulness etc..

That being said American Beauty, South Park : The Movie, Fight Club, SLC Punk, The Matrix were decent films.

At least they can be watched on Laserdisc too!

I'm sure there probably some good independent and non-mainstream movies that are worth watching.

1994 had some really good movies like Pulp fiction, Basketball diaries, Forrest Gump, etc. As far as storylines and drama I choose 1994. I went with 1999 tho. The hype of the millennium enabled directors to go out and beyond with effects and what not. The Matrix, The Sixth sense, Magnolia, American Beauty, Toy story 2, The Mummy, etc. were all great. At the time these effects were so lively and unreal making the experience that much more cool. In 1993-1994 you had Jurassic Park and towards the end of the decade you had special effects that had progressed and evolved. It’s hard to choose.

Decades don’t exist.

Decades don’t exist.


Yes they do. It is a period of ten years.

Yes they do. It is a period of ten years.


You believe because the uninformed majority tells you to believe that. The 90s were a period of nine years. 1999 was not 90s by any margin.

Gotta go with 1999, in 1994 you had Pulp Fiction and Forrest Gump, which are both great movies in my opinion. But in 1999 you had movies like American Pie and The Matrix. Both years are good years for movies, but to me it's 1999. Austin Powers:The Spy Who Shagged Me, The Iron Giant, Office Space. I could list more and more, but besides Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, The Lion King, and a couple of other movies I wouldn't think of 1994 as a big movie year.

Gotta go with 1999, in 1994 you had Pulp Fiction and Forrest Gump, which are both great movies in my opinion. But in 1999 you had movies like American Pie and The Matrix. Both years are good years for movies, but to me it's 1999. Austin Powers:The Spy Who Shagged Me, The Iron Giant, Office Space. I could list more and more, but besides Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, The Lion King, and a couple of other movies I wouldn't think of 1994 as a big movie year.


It was a tough choice, but I ended up going with 1999 because it had so many classics like Office Space and the Matrix. One 1994 movie I'd mention is Dumb and Dumberer, and also The Mask and Ace Ventura.

1994 didn't have Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999).

1994 had "The Shawshank Redemption", "Pulp Fiction", and "Forrest Gump", and the strange thing is that all three films were on release exactly at the same time.

1994 had "The Shawshank Redemption", "Pulp Fiction", and "Forrest Gump", and the strange thing is that all three films were on release exactly at the same time.


Um, no.

Shawshank first came out in theaters on September 22, 1994, Pulp was released on October 14, and Forrest Gump came out on July 6.

At first I retract that statement, but in the UK, "Forrest Gump" opened on October 7th 1994 and "Pulp Fiction" October 21st 1994, where "The Shawshank Redemption" was February 17th 1995. So 2 out of 3 were at the cinemas at the same time.

1994 didn't have Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999).

I know it's cool to defend the prequels now. But rewatching that movie, it's pretty meh/lethargically-directed, to me. Like, there's so much going on-screen yet it's directed like a soap opera episode. Not as bad as Attack of the Clones, but still meh.

1994 didn't have Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999).
Except for the first released "Star Wars" film (A New Hope), for me all the other "Star Wars" films all have merged into one, and reflecting back they all seem the same, but the Special Effects for "Rogue One" were excellent.