50 lesser-known 1990s movies that are worth watching.

I decided to divide these up according to year:

1990:

Hidden Agenda - When an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth.

Pump Up the Volume - Mark runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens.

State of Grace - A New York cop is recruited to return to his hometown and infiltrate the mob ran by his best friend's brother.

The Field - "Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing endlessly for the sake of the land, and when the widow, who owns the field, decides to sell the field in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it, but runs into trouble with another bidder that wants the field to build a highway.

The Long Walk Home - Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott lead by Martin Luther King.

1991:

Europa - Just after W.W.II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.

Impromptu - In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.

Riff-Raff - The story of a construction worker named Stevie and his unemployed pop singer girlfriend, which serves to show the living conditions of the British poor class.

Slacker - A day in the life of Austin, Texas as the camera roams from place to place and provides a brief look at the overeducated, the social misfits, the outcasts and the oddballs.

The Indian Runner - A Vietnam vet comes home to his small town and finds himself in conflict with rules that his brother has vowed to uphold.

1992:

American Me - A Mexican-American Mafia kingpin is released from prison, falls in love for the first time, and grows introspective about his gangster lifestyle.

Juice - Four inner-city teenagers get caught up in the pursuit of power and happiness, which they refer to as "the juice."

Map of the Human Heart - A boy is taken to a Catholic foster home where he falls in love with a girl that's then separated from him, and when he runs into her again years later, there are obstacles that threaten his friendships and relationships.

One False Move - A small town police chief awaits the arrival of a gang of killers.

The Long Day Closes - The story of an eleven-year-old named Bud, a sad and lonely boy who struggles through his days, with the movies that play at the local movie-house serving as his main source of solace.

1993:

Fearless - A man's personality is dramatically changed after surviving a major airline crash.

The Joy Luck Club - The life histories of four Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.

The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb - A boy born the size of a small doll is kidnapped by a genetic lab, and meets a variety of strange creatures while finding a way back to his father.

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould - A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway - Two lonely, retired septuagenarians, an unkempt, hard-drinking Irish sea captain, and a fussy, well-mannered Cuban barber form an uneasy friendship.

1994:

Fresh - Death and violence anger a 12-year-old drug courier, who sets his employers against each other.

Nobody's Fool - A stubborn man past his prime reflects his life of strict independence and seeks more out of himself.

Second Best - Graham, a lonely Welsh postal worker, adopts a troubled ten-year-old boy named James, but the boy loves his biological father too much to give Graham a chance.

Vanya on 42nd Street - New York actors rehearse Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in a dilapidated theatre.

War of the Buttons - Rival gangs of young Irish kids enjoin in constantly escalating battles that ultimately entails the removal of the buttons from the clothes of captured losers.

1995:

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life - In a dreamlike and surreal world, a school for servants is visited by a young man whose presence impacts the people there, and possibly even the school itself.

Kicking and Screaming - After a college graduate declines to accompany his girlfriend to Prague to study writing, he instead decides to move in with several friends, all of whom can't quite work up the inertia to escape their university's pull, nor make any big decisions that would radically alter their lives.

Land and Freedom - David is an unemployed communist that comes to Spain in 1937 during the civil war to enroll the republicans and defend the democracy against the fascists.

Living in Oblivion - A film about filmmaking, which takes place during one day on the set of a low-budget movie.

Margaret's Museum - Margaret MacNiel, a girl living in a Cape Breton coal mining town, finds her life changing when she meets Neil Currie, a cheerful bagpipe-playing dishwasher. but unfortunately, neither of them are able to escape the industry around them.

1996:

Lone Star - When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

Schizopolis - The story of Fletcher Munson, the lethargic employee of a pseudo-religious self help company, and his doppelganger, the friendly but dull dentist Dr. Jeffrey Korchek.

Small Faces - Lex, a self-assured prankster in 1968 Glasgow, begins a downward spiral after he accidentally shoots the leader of his brother's gang, but Lex's cockiness and immaturity unfortunately prevent him from understanding the effect his subsequent crimes will have on both himself, and on those around him.

Some Mother's Son - Focuses on the mothers that struggle to save the lives of their sons that are involved in the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war.

The Whole Wide World - In 1930s Texas, young schoolteacher Novalyne Price meets a handsome, eccentric, and interesting young man named Robert Howard, the writer of the Conan the Barbarian pulp stories.

1997:

Career Girls - Two young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier.

Gridlock'd - After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program, but their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.

Kundun - From childhood to adulthood, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems.

Niagara, Niagara - An outsider and a young woman plagued by Tourette's syndrome meet and together journey to Canada.

TwentyFourSeven - In a typical English working-class town, a highly motivated man named Alan Darcy tries to get the young people out of street gangs and into doing something they can believe in: Boxing.

1998:

Jinnah - The story of Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

My Name Is Joe - Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in the one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.

Still Crazy - Tony, the former keyboard player of a band that had broken up twenty years earlier, sets out to fulfill the idea of a band reunion, with hopes of catching that spirit again.

This Is My Father - A middle-aged teacher discovers photos from his mother's past that convinces him that she has not told the truth about his real father.

Zero Effect - The world's greatest detective Daryl Zero, aided by his associate Steve Arlo, investigates a complex and mysterious case of blackmail and missing keys for shady tycoon Gregory Stark.

1999:

Liberty Heights - The story of two brothers and their complicated relationships with women in 1950s Baltimore.

Sunshine - The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.

Titus - Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.

Topsy-Turvy - Two theatrical writers struggle to write a successful musical during a creative dry spell.

Wonderland - Members of a working-class family each deal with their own relationship issues over the course of a long November weekend.

Thanks to IMDb for help with descriptions.

Submitted October 22, 2017 at 06:36AM by electricmastro http://ift.tt/2yEY9Jp