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The decade of the 1990s in film involved many significant films.

Events[]

  • Thousands of full-length films were produced during the 1990s.
  • Many films were specifically filmed or edited to be displayed both on theater screens as well as on the smaller TV screens, such as showing close-up scenes during dialog, rather than just wide-angle scenes in a room.
  • The Disney Renaissance begins in 1989 with The Little Mermaid, reaches the peak in popularity with The Lion King in 1994, and with Tarzan in 1999.
  • The home-video market became a major factor in total revenue for a film, often doubling the total income for a film.

Highest-grossing films[]

Rank Film Year Worldwide Gross Studio
1. Titanic 1997 $1,843,201,268 Paramount
2. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 1999 $924,317,558 Fox
3. Jurassic Park 1993 $914,691,118 Universal
4. Independence Day 1996 $817,400,891 Fox
5. The Lion King 1994 $783,841,776 Walt Disney Pictures
6. Forrest Gump 1994 $677,387,716 Paramount
7. The Sixth Sense 1999 $672,806,292 Hollywood Pictures
8. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997 $618,638,999 Universal
9. Men in Black 1997 $589,390,539 Columbia
10. Armageddon 1998 $553,709,788 Buena Vista
11. Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 $519,398,546 TriStar
12. Ghost 1990 $505,702,588 Paramount
13. Aladdin 1992 $504,050,219 Buena Vista
14. Twister 1996 $494,471,524 Warner Bros.
15. Saving Private Ryan 1998 $481,840,909 DreamWorks
16. Home Alone 1990 $476,684,675 Fox
17. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 1999 $205,040,086 New Line
18. Mrs. Doubtfire 1993 $441,286,195 Fox
19. Basic Instinct 1992 $352,927,224 TriStar Pictures
20. Toy Story 1995 $191,796,233 Buena Vista
21. Dances with Wolves 1990 $184,208,848 Orion
22. Batman Forever 1995 $184,031,112 Warner Bros.
23. The Fugitive 1993 $183,875,760 Warner Bros.
24. Liar Liar 1997 $181,410,615 Universal
25. Mission: Impossible 1996 $180,981,856 Paramount
26. Pretty Woman 1990 $178,406,268 Buena Vista
27. There's Something About Mary 1998 $176,484,651 Fox
28. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 1992 $173,585,516 Fox
29. Scream 1996 $173,046,663 Dimension Films
30. Air Force One 1997 $172,956,409 Sony
31. Scream 2 1997 $172,363,301 Dimension Films
32. Apollo 13 1995 $172,071,312 Universal
33. The Matrix 1999 $171,479,930 Warner Bros.
34. Tarzan 1999 $171,091,819 Buena Vista
35. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 1991 $165,493,908 Warner Bros.
36. Big Daddy 1999 $163,479,795 Sony
37. Batman Returns 1992 $266,822,354 Warner Bros.
38. A Bug's Life 1998 $162,798,565 Buena Vista
39. The Waterboy 1998 $161,491,646 Buena Vista
40. The Firm 1993 $158,348,367 Paramount
41. The Mummy 1999 $155,385,488 Universal
42. Jerry Maguire 1996 $153,952,592 Sony
43. Runaway Bride 1999 $152,257,509 Paramount
44. As Good as It Gets 1997 $148,478,011 Sony
45. True Lies 1994 $146,282,411 Fox
46. Beauty and the Beast 1991 $145,863,363 Buena Vista
47. The Santa Clause 1994 $144,833,357 Buena Vista
48. Lethal Weapon 3 1992 $144,731,527 Warner Bros.
49. Dr. Dolittle 1998 $144,156,605 Fox
50. Pocahontas 1995 $141,579,773 Buena Vista

Top grossing films by year[]

Year Film Domestic Gross
1990 Home Alone $285,761,243
1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day $204,843,345
1992 Aladdin $217,350,219
1993 Jurassic Park $357,067,947
1994 Forrest Gump $329,694,499
1995 Toy Story $191,796,233
1996 Independence Day $306,169,268
1997 Titanic $600,788,188
1998 Saving Private Ryan $216,540,909
1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace $431,088,301

List of films[]

Films released in the 1990s included the more than 700 below:

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  • K2 (1992)
  • Kalifornia (1993)
  • Kazaam (1996)
  • The Kid (1999)
  • Kids (1995)
  • Killer Tomatoes Strike Back (1990)
  • Kindergarten Cop (1990)
  • The King and I (1999)
  • King of New York (1990)
  • Kingpin (1996)
  • A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
  • Kiss of Death (1995)
  • Kiss the Girls (1997)
  • Kuffs (1992)

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  • The X Files: Fight the Future (1998)

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  • Zazel (1996)

See also[]

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