This is why the 90's was the best decade for movies!

You are correct.Although I feel don´t agree with Shawshank Redemption being the second best ever as surveys suggest,I agree with many of yours.Reservoir Dogs,J.F.K,The Usual Suspects,Goodfellas,Fight Club,Will Hunting,Saving Private Ryan,A.H.X,Fargo,all masterpieces and I will add Magnolia,Boogie Nights,True Romance,The Talented mr.Ripley,Donnie Brasco,Millers Crossing,Falling down,Carlitos Way,Analyze this,Great action in Leon,Face/Off and The Rock(Yes,it was Michael Bay).

Like you said,the list could go on and on and people who say that movies where better in the 60´s or 70´s,that´s their opinion....but some things do evolve and peak and personally,I think cinema did so in the 90´s.

The 2000´s gave me Gladiator,Sin City,Blood Diamond,The Departed,The Prestige,Memento,G.O.N.Y.,Collateral,TDK,Munich,21 Grams,Running Scared,First LOTR,Zodiac and several others but the 90´s will always be my goldmine.Good post.

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There is no best decade. Only blind or ignorant people would say otherwise.



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gotta go with the 70s but yeah the 90s were pretty great. also like the 40s and 50s.

Best decade for movies in general or best decade for USA movies?
That's a huge difference.

Just looking at the year 1999 alone is enough to realise how brilliant the nineties was for film.

Off the top of my head I can think of the following groundbreaking, innovative and/or universally praised masterworks:

Fight Club
American Beauty
The Insider
Magnolia
The Limey
Three Kings
Being John Malkovich
The Sixth Sense
The Matrix
The Green Mile
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Arlington Road
Eyes Wide Shut
The Blair Witch Project
Bringing Out The Dead
Dogma
Election
Existenz
Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai
Go
A Room For Romeo Brass

Some of these films may not be considered contemporary classics or masterpieces but they were a part of a filmmaking resurgence where creativity, daring and invention became prevalent once again. It's a shame this great year of promise was never truly followed up on in its proceeding decade.

In 1999 we had proper introductions to many talents (some who had been around for a while without notice) such as M. Night Shyamalan, Charlie Kauffman, Alexander Payne, Doug Liman, Shane Meadows, The Wachowski Brothers, Sam Mendes, P.T Anderson, and many others who either became "names" or solidified their reputations as ones to watch.

Most of them, not all, have lived up to their reputations. Some of them have withered but 1999 was still a great year for cinema. American cinema in particular.

Nothing beats the 30s to 50s. These decades are the pillars of film-making.

These are the decades of directors like Alfred Hitchcock and Charles Chaplin, and actors like Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn.

Please don't tarnish the Hollywood golden era due to your lack of film knowledge.