Why Movies Were Just Better In The 1990s

One of the other highlights of the decade was the heavy amount of historical or medieval-based fantasy films. This genre reached its absolute peak at the time, before unfortunately dying off in the mid-2000s.

The trend of the decade was arguably started with the release of Steven Spielberg's 1991 flick Hook. Based on the story of the adult Peter Pan who has returned to the real world and lost all his powers, Hook sees Dustin Hoffman in the titular role alongside Robin Williams as Peter Pan. Other notable fantasy epics of the decade include the likes of Aladdin, Jumanji, and The Hunchback Of Notre Dam.

Purely historical pictures were also extremely prevalent and popular, with the most successful and legendary being 1997's Titanic. In the film, director James Cameron successfully interweaves a fictional romance into the historical sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. The picture was one of the most successful of all time, earning over $2 billion dollars at the box office.

Other huge historical offerings of the day included Apollo 13, Braveheart, Saving Private Ryan, and another absolute classic from Steven Spielberg, 1993's Schindler's List.