Meet Joe Black (1998)
Brest's 1998 three-hour fantasy drama. Anthony Hopkins plays William Parrish, a media mogul approaching his sixty-fifth birthday.
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1990sL.A. Confidential (1997)
Curtis Hanson's 1997 neo-noir on 1950s LAPD corruption. The rare adult crime film that respects its audience.
1990sIn the Name of the Father (1993)
Jim Sheridan's 1993 film on the Guildford Four miscarriage of justice. Day-Lewis and Postlethwaite turn courtroom rage into pure craft.
1990sThe Sixth Sense (1999)
Night Shyamalan's 1999 ghost story with the most-quoted twist of its decade. Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, a script that earns its reveal twice.
1990sGhost (1990)
Jerry Zucker's 1990 supernatural romance. The pottery scene, the subway ghost.
1990sThe Trials of Life (1990)
Attenborough's 1990 series tracking animals through twelve life stages. Births, courtships, fights, deaths.
1990sThe Private Life of Plants (1995)
Attenborough's 1995 series using time-lapse to make plants act like animals. Strangler figs, carnivorous pitchers, vines that kill their hosts.
1990sThe Life of Birds (1998)
Attenborough's 1998 ten-episode avian survey. Mating, migration, song, flight.
1990sFalling Down (1993)
Schumacher's 1993 urban thriller. Michael Douglas walks across LA leaving violence behind, Robert Duvall follows.
1990sAmerican Beauty (1999)
Sam Mendes's 1999 suburban satire. Kevin Spacey as a midlife-crisis dad, Annette Bening as the wife.
1990sOffice Space (1999)
Mike Judge's 1999 cubicle satire. Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Stephen Root as Milton.
1990sFight Club (1999)
David Fincher's 1999 anarchist satire. Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter.