10 Amazing Movies Under 90 Minutes Long

by Danny Meegan

1. Fruitvale Station

Fruitvale Station
The Weinstein Company

Runtime: 85 minutes

The first collaboration between director Ryan Coogler and star Michael B. Jordan (Creed and Black Panther would follow), Fruitvale Station is a powerful drama that explores the death of Oscar Grant, a real-life African-American man who was shot at the titular station on New Year's Day 2009.

This could easily have been a shlocky, melodramatic movie that milked sad real life events to emotionally stimulate the viewer, but brilliantly, Coogler didn't design Fruitvale Station in this way. We all know how this story ends so the characters and events do the talking, and there's tension and resonant emotion inherent to the situation.

Fruitvale Station isn't an easy watch like the other films on this list, but after watching Black Panther and Creed, revisiting the first movie from one of the great modern cinematic duos makes it feel even more special - like paying a visit to an old friend. And, you'll get a taut, confidently-directed movie to boot.

Any other awesome movies that run under 90 minutes? Leave your picks in the comments below!

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Danny has been with WhatCulture for over ten years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. In 2022, he took charge of WhoCulture and has grown it into the biggest Doctor Who channel on YouTube, and one of the biggest Doctor Who communities on the web full-stop. He has been writing and video editing since his early teens, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers, off the back of a burning obsession with the Matt Smith era of the show. Like many his age, he first got into Doctor Who with the 2005 revival, but has since gone back and fallen in love with the classic years too. If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order, or to give you a random factoid about the making of Gridlock, Danny is the person to ask!