There are just some movies that you never get tired of watching even if you know what the outcome is going to be every single time. Some from the 90s are so addictive that you can’t help but turn them on and watch them in their entirety or rewind, fast-forward, and watch the same parts over and over again. Angelo Spagnolo of Buzzfeed managed to compile an entire list of movies from the 90s that people love to watch, some of which show up on this list and a lot that don’t. But what’s fun is that a lot of people tend to agree on a long list of movies from the 90s that are insanely easy to watch over and over. Some people might not agree and that’s perfectly okay since what’s great for one person might not be so for another given their sense of humor, what they like to watch, and what kind subjects they care about. But guaranteed there are some movies that are undeniably loved for one reason or another that people can’t always explain.
Here are just the top five in our opinion that people feel the need to watch now and again.
5. Pulp Fiction
There’s something intriguing about Pulp Fiction that a lot of people can’t fully explain but is so great that it bears watching the movie again and again. Matt Miller of Esquire points out the fact that Quentin Tarantino has in fact stated that his films are usually connected in a way that some folks can immediately see and others need a little time to mull over. It does bear watching this movie to see just how many things you can find that are connected to other Tarantino movies since there are plenty of clues and hidden Easter eggs that will seem pretty obvious the more you watch. Plus, Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta are just pure magic when working together.
4. The Shawshank Redemption
I would fully agree with Aaron Statz of Medium that The Shawshank Redemption is an updated version of The Count of Monte Cristo for several reasons. The most obvious is his unfair imprisonment for so long and the horrible treatment he receives, and the mentor he meets along the way is another hint. But while this entire story came from a novella and was changed a bit here and there for the purpose of the movie it’s a prison film that a person can watch over and over since the idea of Andy making his way to freedom, minus the disgusting way it had to happen, is nothing less than hopeful.
3. Titanic
It’s fair to say that a lot of women would likely agree with this one, and no that’s not sexist since despite the fact that many men did in fact watch this movie there seemed to be more women that were willing to go back again and again for further screenings. It was a well made movie and did successfully turn one of the worst maritime disasters into a touching love story that turned out to be unbearably tragic at the end, but still uplifting in some way. This is what tends to happen though when a disaster is romanticized as a beautiful and somehow fitting thing that people can sit and enjoy for three hours.
2. Fight Club
There’s something about fighting, both with yourself and others, that seems to draw a lot of people out when it comes to entertainment. There wasn’t a whole lot of drama, at least not in the same sense as many movies, that was seen in this film but there was plenty of crazy and people loved it. The biggest dispute seemed to be that the movie didn’t follow the book as precisely as people wanted, though once a lot of people saw the movie that didn’t seem to matter. Tyler Durden seemed to become the guy that a lot of folks wanted to be like in a way and the whole idea of fight club did in fact take off in some parts of the country since there were some that decided to emulate it.
1. Goodfellas
Goodfellas is a glimpse into the mob life as per Henry Hill, and what’s interesting is that if you go through the historical records you can find that a lot of what went on in this movie was actually how it happened in real life. In fact, Gabe Paoletti from All That’s Interesting goes even further into a couple of moments that happened during the movie and were kind of glossed over. It’s been said that there were even a few mobsters present on the set to see that things were show in the right way, or perhaps to keep an eye on Scorcese to see that he didn’t do or say anything that might have seemed out of bounds.
That might have been a tense working environment.
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