![]() ![]() Story” - Chuck Klosterman writes about the ’90s actually starting in 1991, and “L.A.” Story is a movie that perfectly encapsulates the weird and whimsical period of transition before grunge took hold. “The Rock” is a ride, perfectly executed and incredibly satisfying. This feels like the moment where the dam broke - where every shot suddenly became active and epic and it didn’t matter if it was a missile firing at San Francisco or two guys having a conversation. Michael Biehn taking things REALLY seriously. ![]() ![]() The perfect chemistry between Cage and Connery. “The Rock” - Michael Bay at the height of his powers. BRADEN AFTERGOOD, producer (“Samaritan”).This article was published as part of IndieWire’s ’ 90s Week spectacular. If the spectrum of answers - and the enthusiasm with which we received them - made one thing perfectly clear, it’s that every week is still ’90s week for someone. Some participants chose to provide insightful lists, while others bared their soul with annotated confessionals. The responses we received ran the gamut (though some choices were inevitably common). We reached out to over 60 actors, directors, writers, and so forth - an eclectic mix of luminaries from then and now and all points in between - with a simple question: What are your 10 favorite movies of the ’90s? So now, as IndieWire’s ’90s Week extravaganza winds down, we thought we’d turn the mic over to the people on the other side of the screen, and see what they find most precious about the decade that was. We wrote about how ’90s movies shaped us, how visionary artists like Gregg Araki and Bill Duke shaped them, and what love had to do with it. We listed our favorite performances, scores, and even made a video countdown of the decade’s greatest needle-drops. We ranked the 100 best movies of the ’90s. ![]()
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