5. Event Horizon
Seemingly one of the most hated, turned-against films of the 90s, in retrospect Event Horizon stands out as a veritable gem of Paul W S Anderson's chequered (to put it very lightly) career. It's mental and ridiculous but ambitious and ballsy to such an extent that it's a film that should be respected as much as it is to be laughed at. Event Horizon has its own, distinct vision, one so good it was unashamedly nabbed by Dead Space. Featuring brilliant performances by Sam Neil and Lawrence Fishburne, it's been called, brilliantly, the "retarded Goth version of 2001" but this totally misses the point. It was an out-and-out exploitation film with A-list production values that actually had the strength of its convictions to see its story through, no matter how ludicrous and misguided that story may be.