Dick Tracy (1990)

Dick Tracy (1990)

[6] Warren Beatty directs and stars in Disney's big budget adaptation of Chester Gould's 1930s comic strip about a square-jawed detective caught in a constant battle of whack-a-mole with a horde of colorful gangsters. The screenplay by Top Gun's Jim…
Alien 3 (1992)

Alien 3 (1992)

[6] After surviving two terrifying rounds with the alien xenomorphs, Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) crash-lands on an all-male prison planet where a few dozen convicts have found God in an abandoned mining facility. But God can't save them from the alien…
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

[5] Bruce Willis reunites as rogue New York cop John McClane for the third Die Hard film, reuniting with John McTiernan, director of the original film, and working from an original spec script by Jonathan Hensleigh (Armageddon, The Saint) that…
A Perfect World (1993)

A Perfect World (1993)

[8] Clint Eastwood directs and costars with Kevin Costner in A Perfect World. Costner plays an escaped convict who kidnaps a young boy (T.J. Lowther) as hostage while he tries to flee Texas for Alaska. Eastwood plays the ranger in…
Independence Day (1996)

Independence Day (1996)

[8] The disaster film is alive and well in this summer blockbuster in which evil aliens threaten to destroy Earth, leaving it up to a rag-tag team of politicians, soldiers, and scientists (plus a drunken crop-duster and a pole dancer!),…
Scream 2 (1997)

Scream 2 (1997)

[7] Director Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street) and screenwriter Kevin Williamson (Dawson's Creek) ratchet up the chills and thrills nicely in the first (and best) sequel in the Scream franchise. Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is off to college,…
The Blair Witch Project (1999)

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

[8] While it wasn't technically the first 'found footage' horror film, The Blair Witch Project gets credit for popularizing the subgenre, capturing the attention of audiences worldwide with its cogent, documentary-style approach to its subject matter. The film appears to…
Beautiful Girls (1996)

Beautiful Girls (1996)

[8] Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People) heads up an ensemble cast in this warm and funny comedy/drama from director Ted Demme (The Ref) and screenwriter Scott Rosenberg (Venom, Disturbing Behavior). Hutton's a Chicago piano-player returning to his small, blue-collar hometown for…
Scent of a Woman (1992)

Scent of a Woman (1992)

[7] Al Pacino took home the Best Actor Oscar playing a blind, cantankerous veteran who hires a reluctant prep school student, played by Chris O'Donnell (Fried Green Tomatoes), to escort him on a trip to New York City. O'Donnell is…
Goodfellas (1990)

Goodfellas (1990)

[8] Director Martin Scorsese (Mean Streets, Raging Bull) returns to the gangster subgenre that made him a household name. Goodfellas is based on the true story of Henry Hill, a Brooklyn youth who quit his primary education to start working…