Top 10 Best Decades for Movies

The '90s were by far the best decade not just for movies but for series as well. People seem to forget The Sopranos, The Wire, Band of Brothers, Seinfeld, Friends, Malcolm in the Middle, The X-Files, Sex and the City, Twin Peaks, etc.

As for movies, the first ones that come to mind are Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, Forrest Gump, Goodfellas, Casino, The Big Lebowski, Philadelphia, Titanic, Fight Club, Silence of the Lambs, American Beauty, Boys Don't Cry, Braveheart, Good Will Hunting, The Usual Suspects, Schindler's List, American Pie - all of the standard '90s masterpieces.

But do not forget the influence of other '90s movies like LA Confidential, Terminator 2, A Bronx Tale, Clerks, Reservoir Dogs, Unforgiven, Speed, Half-Baked, Groundhog Day, Friday, Basic Instinct, Kids, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Natural Born Killers, The Fifth Element, Magnolia, Dumb and Dumber, The Matrix, The Truman Show, Seven, Saving Private Ryan, As Good as It Gets, Falling Down, Trainspotting, White Men Can't Jump, American History X, Leon, Independence Day, Men in Black, The Sixth Sense, Boyz n the Hood, True Romance, Heat, Carlito's Way, etc.

The list can go on and on because the only thing stopping more movies from making it to the list is the fact that a list has to end at some point.

The '90s were the true epiphany of cinematography. I truly hope it will be matched in the future. The 2000s were close, but it's been downhill ever since.

The Dark Knight, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Gladiator, American Gangster, Training Day, Black Hawk Down, 300, Sin City, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers & Return of the King, Slumdog Millionaire, etc.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, There Will Be Blood, Gladiator, The Departed, Mulholland Drive.

They are all great movies. So I vote for the 2000s.

Only because 300 is the greatest cinematographic work of art in human history. Other than that, the 1990s is overall the best.

This was the greatest era for movies, period. The only era that comes close is the 2000s, but the '80s had the most memorable and revolutionary movies of all time.

- The Indiana Jones Trilogy
- Back to the Future 1 & 2
- Ghostbusters 1 & 2
- Star Wars Episodes 5 & 6
- Blade Runner
- The Terminator
- E.T.
- Robocop
- The Shining
- Beetlejuice
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 1-5
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Predator
- Aliens
- Scarface
- Batman

The list goes on and on for the most legendary movies released in this era. The '70s and '90s suck compared to this.

Thor, Aquaman, Deadpool, Suicide Squad, Black Panther, Guardians of the Galaxy. Pretty much the apex era for superhero movies.

Horror, suspense, science fiction, and almost anything superhero have saved this decade from total ruin. Comedies aren't that funny and dramas get too serious, sometimes hard to understand. I would rank the decade tied for 6th with the 1950s.

Some films made this decade so far have been really great. But some were just crap.

The '90s? Look at the best pictures from the '70s: The French Connection, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Rocky, Annie Hall, The Deer Hunter, Kramer vs. Kramer. Not to mention the masterpieces that did not win Best Picture like A Clockwork Orange, Five Easy Pieces, Cabaret, The Exorcist, Chinatown, Lenny, Dog Day Afternoon, Jaws, Star Wars, Heaven Can Wait, All That Jazz, and Apocalypse Now.

Vote up the '70s! I am not saying the '90s had bad movies, but the '70s just beats it by far.

The Godfather, Airplane! (I still count it), Alien, Star Wars, Jaws, Blazing Saddles, Willy Wonka, A Clockwork Orange, Taxi Driver, The Exorcist, Rocky, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail to name a few.

The British Invasion wasn't just confined to Beatlemania. There were also a high number of British films out this decade. Among others, there were Sean Connery's James Bond series, David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia and Dr. Zhivago, the Carry On films (a series of comedy movies that parodied various genres), various historical dramas about the British Monarchy such as Becket and A Man for All Seasons, kitchen sink realism dramas like Kes, and a little-known British musical called Oliver!

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Psycho, Paths of Glory, The Apartment, Spartacus, The Sound of Music, Dr. No. So many greats this decade. So much technological advancement as well.

Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Singin' in the Rain, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, The Bad Seed, The Shaggy Dog, and Sleeping Beauty!

12 Angry Men, Seven Samurai, Rear Window.

'40s films just ooze atmosphere. The Maltese Falcon and Notorious are two more excellent movies from that decade.

Pinocchio and Fantasia are both peak cinema.

Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, The Great Dictator, Citizen Kane.

I love the '30s! It was so laid back back then but also quite sad with the Great Depression and all. But it has one of my favorite films in it! Jewel Robbery! It stars Kay Francis.

So many awesome black-and-white film noirs from this decade.

Universal monster movies are the best!

The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, The Wild Robot, and Soul were epic movies of the 2020s!

Sonic the Hedgehog, Birds of Prey, and Bad Boys for Life before COVID. Black Widow, F9 afterward. Things are on the up with Jungle Cruise, The Suicide Squad, and Daniel Craig's last outing as James Bond in No Time to Die.