Films from the 1990s
Pattern Statistics
701
Movies
6.7
Avg Arcplot
106
Avg Runtime
1990-1999
Year Range
NaN
Avg IMDb
57%
Avg RT
59
Avg Metacritic
$57738M
Total Box Office
283
With Awards
13.9
Avg Plot Points
1990s Cinema - Narrative Structure Analysis
Films from the 1990s demonstrates flexible handling of narrative structure, representing the structural practices of the era. Across 701 films analyzed from this era, the average Arcplot score of 6.9 reflects thoughtful engagement with narrative form.
Popular Categories
The 1990s saw prominence in Drama (341 films), Comedy (313 films), Action (154 films), indicating the decade's narrative interests.
Notable examples from this decade include The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997, 8.3), Child's Play 2 (1990, 8.0), and The Flintstones (1994, 8.0).
Films from this era averaged 1 hour and 49 minutes, indicating efficient storytelling practices.
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10 Things I Hate About You
1999
101 Dalmatians
1996
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992
2 Days in the Valley
1996
200 Cigarettes
1999
3 Men and a Little Lady
1990
3 Ninjas
1992
3 Ninjas Kick Back
1994
54
1998
8 Seconds
1994
8MM
1999
A Bronx Tale
1993
A Bug's Life
1998
A Civil Action
1998
A Close Shave
1996
A Family Thing
1996
A Far Off Place
1993
A Few Good Men
1992
A Fistful of Fingers
1995
A Goofy Movie
1995
A Kiss Before Dying
1991
A League of Their Own
1992
A Life Less Ordinary
1997
A Little Princess
1995
A Low Down Dirty Shame
1994
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999
A Night at the Roxbury
1998
A Perfect World
1993
A Rage in Harlem
1991
A River Runs Through It
1992
A Thousand Acres
1997
A Time to Kill
1996
A Very Brady Sequel
1996
A Walk in the Clouds
1995
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1995
Addams Family Values
1993
Affliction
1998
Air America
1990
Air Bud
1997
Air Bud: Golden Receiver
1998
Air Force One
1997
Airheads
1994
Aladdin
1992
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996
Alaska
1996
Alice
1990
Alien Resurrection
1997
Alien³
1992
Alive
1993
All About My Mother
1999
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
1996
All I Want For Christmas
1991
Almost an Angel
1990
Almost Heroes
1998
American Beauty
1999
American History X
1998
American Me
1992
American Pie
1999
Amistad
1997
Amos & Andrew
1993
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991
An American Werewolf in Paris
1997
An Ideal Husband
1999
Anaconda
1997
Analyze This
1999
Anastasia
1997
Angela's Ashes
1999
Angels in the Outfield
1994
Angie
1994
Anna and the King
1999
Annie
1999
Another Stakeout
1993
Antz
1998
Any Given Sunday
1999
Apollo 13
1995
Apt Pupil
1998
Arachnophobia
1990
Arlington Road
1999
Armageddon
1998
Army of Darkness
1992
Article 99
1992
As Good as It Gets
1997
Assassins
1995
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
Awakenings
1990
B.A.P.S
1997
Babe
1995
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
Baby Geniuses
1999
Baby's Day Out
1994
Back to the Future Part III
1990
Backdraft
1991
Bad Boys
1995
Bad Girls
1994
Bad Influence
1990
Balto
1995
Barton Fink
1991
Barton Fink
1991
BASEketball
1998
Batman & Robin
1997
Batman Forever
1995
Batman Returns
1992
Bats
1999
Bayside Shakedown
1998
Bean
1997
Beautiful Girls
1996
Beauty and the Beast
1991
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996
Bebe's Kids
1992
Beethoven
1992
Beethoven's 2nd
1993
Before and After
1996
Before Sunrise
1995
Being John Malkovich
1999
Belly
1998
Beloved
1998
Benny & Joon
1993
Best of the Best 2
1993
Beverly Hills Ninja
1997
Beyond Rangoon
1995
Bicentennial Man
1999
Big Daddy
1999
Big Night
1996
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
Billy Bathgate
1991
Billy Madison
1995
Bio-Dome
1996
Bird on a Wire
1990
Black Dog
1998
Black Mask
1996
Black Robe
1991
Black Sheep
1996
Blade
1998
Blank Check
1994
Blast from the Past
1999
Blown Away
1994
Blue Chips
1994
Blue Steel
1990
Blue Streak
1999
Blues Brothers 2000
1998
Bob Roberts
1992
Boiling Point
1993
Boogie Nights
1997
Boomerang
1992
Booty Call
1997
Bordello of Blood
1996
Bottle Rocket
1996
Bound
1996
Bound by Honor
1993
Bowfinger
1999
Boys Don't Cry
1999
Boys on the Side
1995
Boyz n the Hood
1991
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
Braveheart
1995
Breaking the Waves
1996
Bride of Chucky
1998
Bringing Out the Dead
1999
Brokedown Palace
1999
Broken Arrow
1996
Buddy
1997
Bugsy
1991
Bullets Over Broadway
1994
Bulworth
1998
Bushwhacked
1995
Can't Hardly Wait
1998
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
1995
Career Opportunities
1991
Carlito's Way
1993
Casino
1995
Casper
1995
Cats Don't Dance
1997
CB4
1993
Celebrity
1998
Central Station
1998
Chain Reaction
1996
Chaplin
1992
Chasing Amy
1997
Child's Play 2
1990
Child's Play 3
1991
Children of Heaven
1997
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
1992
Chill Factor
1999
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
1992
Cinderella
1997
City Hall
1996
City of Angels
1998
City of Joy
1992
City Slickers
1991
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994
Clear and Present Danger
1994
Clifford
1994
Clockers
1995
Clueless
1995
Color of Night
1994
Con Air
1997
Coneheads
1993
Congo
1995
Consenting Adults
1992
Conspiracy Theory
1997
Contact
1997
Cookie's Fortune
1999
Cool Runnings
1993
Cool World
1992
Cop & ½
1993
Cop Land
1997
Cops & Robbersons
1994
Copycat
1995
Corrina, Corrina
1994
Courage Under Fire
1996
Crimson Tide
1995
Cruel Intentions
1999
Cry-Baby
1990
Cube
1998
Curly Sue
1991
Cutthroat Island
1995
Cyrano de Bergerac
1990
D2: The Mighty Ducks
1994
D3: The Mighty Ducks
1996
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
1990
Dance with Me
1998
Dances with Wolves
1990
Dangerous Beauty
1998
Dangerous Minds
1995
Dante's Peak
1997
Dark Angel
1990
Dark City
1998
Darkman
1990
Dave
1993
Daylight
1996
Days of Thunder
1990
Dazed and Confused
1993
Dead Again
1991
Dead Man on Campus
1998
Dead Man Walking
1995
Dead Presidents
1995
Deadly Advice
1994
Death and the Maiden
1994
Death Becomes Her
1992
Death Warrant
1990
Deconstructing Harry
1997
Deep Blue Sea
1999
Deep Impact
1998
Deep Rising
1998
Defending Your Life
1991
Delirious
1991
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
1990
Demolition Man
1993
Dennis the Menace
1993
Desperado
1995
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
1999
Diabolique
1996
Dick
1999
Dick Tracy
1990
Die Hard 2
1990
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
Diggstown
1992
Disturbing Behavior
1998
Doc Hollywood
1991
Doctor Dolittle
1998
Dogma
1999
Dolores Claiborne
1995
Don Juan DeMarco
1994
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991
Donnie Brasco
1997
Double Impact
1991
Double Jeopardy
1999
Double Team
1997
Down Periscope
1996
Dr. Giggles
1992
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
1995
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan
1993
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
1993
DragonHeart
1996
Drive Me Crazy
1999
Drop Dead Fred
1991
Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999
Drop Zone
1994
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
1990
Dudley Do-Right
1999
Dumb and Dumber
1994
Dutch
1991
Dying Young
1991
East Is East
1999
East/West
1999
Eat Drink Man Woman
1994
Ed Wood
1994
Eddie
1996
EDtv
1999
Edward Scissorhands
1990
Elizabeth
1998
Emma
1996
Empire Records
1995
Enchanted April
1991
Encino Man
1992
End of Days
1999
Enemy of the State
1998
Fargo
1996
Fight Club
1999
Forrest Gump
1994
G.I. Jane
1997
Galaxy Quest
1999
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
1996
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
1999
Gattaca
1997
George of the Jungle
1997
Get Shorty
1995
Getting Even with Dad
1994
Gettysburg
1993
Ghost
1990
Ghost Dad
1990
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999
Ghost in the Shell
1995
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
Girl 6
1996
Girl, Interrupted
1999
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
Go
1999
Gods and Monsters
1998
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
1999
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
1995
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
1993
Godzilla vs. Mothra
1992
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
1995
Gone Fishin'
1997
Good Burger
1997
Good Men, Good Women
1995
Good Will Hunting
1997
Goodfellas
1990
Grand Canyon
1991
Graveyard Shift
1990
Great Expectations
1998
Greedy
1994
Green Card
1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
Gridlock'd
1997
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997
Groundhog Day
1993
Grumpier Old Men
1995
Grumpy Old Men
1993
Guarding Tess
1994
Guilty as Sin
1993
Hackers
1995
Half Baked
1998
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995
Hamlet
1996
Hamlet
1990
Happy Gilmore
1996
Happy Together
1997
Hard Rain
1998
Hard Target
1993
Hard to Kill
1990
Hardware
1990
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991
Harriet the Spy
1996
He Got Game
1998
Heat
1995
Heaven & Earth
1993
Heavyweights
1995
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
1992
Hellraiser: Bloodline
1996
Henry & June
1990
Hercules
1997
Hideaway
1995
High School High
1996
Higher Learning
1995
Highlander II: The Quickening
1991
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
1994
Hocus Pocus
1993
Holy Man
1998
Home Alone
1990
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
Home Alone 3
1997
Home for the Holidays
1995
Home Fries
1998
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
1996
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
1992
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
1997
Hoodlum
1997
Hook
1991
Hot Shots!
1991
House on Haunted Hill
1999
House Party
1990
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
Howards End
1992
Hudson Hawk
1991
Hush
1998
I Know What You Did Last Summer
1997
I Love Trouble
1994
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998
I.Q.
1994
If Looks Could Kill
1991
In & Out
1997
In Dreams
1999
In Love and War
1996
In the Army Now
1994
In the Line of Fire
1993
In the Mouth of Madness
1995
In the Name of the Father
1993
In Too Deep
1999
Indecent Proposal
1993
Independence Day
1996
Indochine
1992
Innocent Blood
1992
Inspector Gadget
1999
Internal Affairs
1990
Intersection
1994
Interview with the Vampire
1994
Jackie Brown
1997
Jurassic Park
1993
L.A. Confidential
1997
Léon: The Professional
1994
Life is Beautiful
1997
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998
Mad City
1997
Mad Dog and Glory
1993
Mad Love
1995
Madeline
1998
Magnolia
1999
Major League II
1994
Major Payne
1995
Malcolm X
1992
Man on the Moon
1999
Man's Best Friend
1993
Mortal Kombat
1995
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997
MouseHunt
1997
Mr. Baseball
1992
Mr. Destiny
1990
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995
Mr. Magoo
1997
Mr. Nice Guy
1997
Mr. Saturday Night
1992
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
Mrs. Winterbourne
1996
Mulan
1998
Mulholland Falls
1996
Multiplicity
1996
Muppets from Space
1999
Porco Rosso
1992
Princess Mononoke
1997
Pulp Fiction
1994
Radio Flyer
1992
Raise the Red Lantern
1991
Raising Cain
1992
Rambling Rose
1991
Random Hearts
1999
Rapid Fire
1992
Reality Bites
1994
Reservoir Dogs
1992
Rushmore
1998
Saving Private Ryan
1998
Scenes from a Mall
1991
Schindler's List
1993
School Ties
1992
Scream
1996
Scream 2
1997
Screamers
1995
Se7en
1995
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
Secrets & Lies
1996
Selena
1997
Sense and Sensibility
1995
Senseless
1998
Serial Mom
1994
Set It Off
1996
Seven Years in Tibet
1997
Sgt. Bilko
1996
Shadowlands
1993
Shakespeare in Love
1998
Shall We Dance?
1996
Shallow Grave
1994
Shattered
1991
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994
The Age of Innocence
1993
The Air Up There
1994
The Amazing Panda Adventure
1995
The American President
1995
The Apostle
1997
The Arrival
1996
The Associate
1996
The Astronaut's Wife
1999
The Avengers
1998
The Babe
1992
The Bachelor
1999
The Beautician and the Beast
1997
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
The Big Hit
1998
The Big Lebowski
1998
The Birdcage
1996
The Blair Witch Project
1999
The Exorcist III
1990
The Faculty
1998
The Fifth Element
1997
The Firm
1993
The First Wives Club
1996
The Fisher King
1991
The Flintstones
1994
The Frighteners
1996
The Fugitive
1993
The Full Monty
1997
The General's Daughter
1999
The Getaway
1994
The Glimmer Man
1996
The Godfather Part III
1990
The Good Son
1993
The Green Mile
1999
The Grifters
1990
The Guardian
1990
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992
The Handmaid's Tale
1990
The Hard Way
1991
The Haunting
1999
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
The Iron Giant
1999
The Lion King
1994
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
The Matrix
1999
The Newton Boys
1998
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
The Ninth Gate
1999
The Object of Beauty
1991
The Object of My Affection
1998
The Omega Code
1999
The Opposite of Sex
1998
The Out-of-Towners
1999
The Pagemaster
1994
The Paper
1994
The Parent Trap
1998
The Peacemaker
1997
The Pelican Brief
1993
The People Under the Stairs
1991
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
The Perfect Weapon
1991
The Phantom
1996
The Piano
1993
The Player
1992
The Postman
1997
The Postman
1994
The Prince of Egypt
1998
The Prince of Tides
1991
The Program
1993
The Puppet Masters
1994
The Quest
1996
The Quick and the Dead
1995
The Rage: Carrie 2
1999
The Rainmaker
1997
The Real McCoy
1993
The Red Violin
1998
The Ref
1994
The Relic
1997
The Remains of the Day
1993
The Rescuers Down Under
1990
The Rich Man's Wife
1996
The River Wild
1994
The Road to Wellville
1994
The Rock
1996
The Rocketeer
1991
The Rookie
1990
The Rugrats Movie
1998
The Russia House
1990
The Saint
1997
The Santa Clause
1994
The Scarlet Letter
1995
The Secret Garden
1993
The Secret of Roan Inish
1994
The Shadow
1994
The Shawshank Redemption
1994
The Siege
1998
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
The Sixth Sense
1999
The Spanish Prisoner
1997
The Specialist
1994
The Spitfire Grill
1996
The Story of Us
1999
The Straight Story
1999
The Substitute
1996
The Swan Princess
1994
The Sweet Hereafter
1997
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
The Thin Red Line
1998
The Thirteenth Floor
1999
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
The Three Musketeers
1993
The Truman Show
1998
The Two Jakes
1990
The Usual Suspects
1995
The Vanishing
1993
The Visitors
1993
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
1998
The Waterboy
1998
The Wedding Banquet
1993
The Wings of the Dove
1997
The Witches
1990
The Wood
1999
The World Is Not Enough
1999
The Wrong Trousers
1993
The X-Files
1998
Thelma & Louise
1991
There's Something About Mary
1998
Thinner
1996
Three Colours: Red
1994
Three Kings
1999
Three of Hearts
1993
Threesome
1994
Thumbelina
1994
Timecop
1994
Tin Cup
1996
Titanic
1997
To Die For
1995
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
Tom and Huck
1995
Tom and Jerry: The Movie
1992
Tombstone
1993
Tommy Boy
1995
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
Top Dog
1995
Topsy-Turvy
1999
Total Recall
1990
Toy Soldiers
1991
Toy Story
1995
Toy Story 2
1999
Toys
1992
Trainspotting
1996
Trapped in Paradise
1994
Tremors
1990
Trespass
1992
Trippin'
1999
True Crime
1999
True Lies
1994
True Romance
1993
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
1997
Turbulence
1997
Twelfth Night
1996
Twin Dragons
1992
Twister
1996
U Turn
1997
U.S. Marshals
1998
Under Siege
1992
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
1995
Undercover Blues
1993
Unforgiven
1992
Universal Soldier
1992
Universal Soldier: The Return
1999
Unlawful Entry
1992
Upendra
1999
Urban Legend
1998
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995
Vampires
1998
Vegas Vacation
1997
Very Bad Things
1998
Village of the Damned
1995
Virtuosity
1995
Virus
1999
Wag the Dog
1997
Wagons East!
1994
Waiting to Exhale
1995
Waking Ned
1998
Waterworld
1995
Wayne's World
1992
Wayne's World 2
1993
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993
Weekend at Bernie's II
1993
What About Bob?
1991
What Dreams May Come
1998
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994
While You Were Sleeping
1995
White Man's Burden
1995
White Men Can't Jump
1992
White Palace
1990
White Sands
1992
White Squall
1996
Who Am I?
1998
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
1998
Wild at Heart
1990
Wild Things
1998
Wild Wild West
1999
Wing Commander
1999
Wishmaster
1997
With Honors
1994
Wolf
1994
Wrongfully Accused
1998
Wyatt Earp
1994
Yes Boss
1997
You've Got Mail
1998
Young Guns II
1990
Your Friends & Neighbors
1998