College dorm rooms were changed forever with the introduction of the posters for Goodfellas and Pulp Fiction. As for the biggest titles of the decade? Well, they were basically still the types of big-budget, star-driven studio vehicles that have always dominated.
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You had everything from grunge to "All-Star" to TLC playing on the radio.įilmmakers like Julie Dash, Kevin Smith, Robert Rodriguez, and Cheryl Dunye helped define the birth of the modern American indie movie scene. What a decade: Denim and turtlenecks were omnipresent, and so were turtlenecks. Specifically, let's head back to the 1990s. It's an uncomfortable watch about the erotic power dynamic between a young Parisian woman and a middle-aged American businessman.Let's travel back in time. The list would not be complete without this cult classic starring Marlon Brando. The Dreamers (2003) $24,152,155Īnother film set in Paris-this time in the spring of 1968, The Dreamers is about an American university student who gets caught up in an erotic love triangle. The American biographical drama is about the bohemian lifestyles of artists and writers in Paris in the 1930s. Henry & June (1990) $11,567,449Ī historic addition, Henry & June was the first film to receive the MPAA's rating of NC-17, which was devised as a replacement for the X-rating. This film, about a burgeoning Las Vegas showgirl, earned its NC-17 rating for nudity and erotic sexuality throughout.Ī rape scene in the movie was cut by 17 seconds for U.K. (Stephane Cardinale/Corbis via Getty Images) Stephane Cardinale/Corbis via Getty Images 6. Unpalatable to some, this crime drama is about the extramarital affairs of a couple in a sophisticated restaurant in London.Īlthough it did gross $252,223 on opening weekend.Īctress Adele Exarchopoulos (R) holds the Most Promising Actress (Newcomer) award for 'Blue Is the Warmest Color' during the 39th Cesar Film Awards 2014 at Theatre du Chatelet, in Paris.
Probably restricted from under 17-year olds for good reason, Lary Clark's film follows a group of teenagers as they get up to no good in New York City. The heavily violent film grossed $666,395 on opening weekend. Released under the Hell title in the U.S., this Mexican black comedy depicts a Mexico devastated by the drug wars. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990) $4,088,140Ī love story-with strings attached, this Spanish film is about a former mental patient in search of his porn star ex-girlfriend. The plot follows a journalist in Paris, who discovers her own sexuality while writing an article about a prostitution ring of university students. Elles (2011) $3,822,241Īnother European film to add to the NCR-17 mix, Elles is directed and co-written by Polish director Małgośka Szumowska. (Fred Duval/FilmMagic) Photo by Fred Duval/FilmMagic 13. Jane Levy attends the Evil Dead screening at Ritzy Picturehouse on Apin London, England. This hilarious American movie follows an innocent young Mormon character who finds himself as an actor in the illustrious world of porn.Ĭlassed as a 'sex comedy superhero' film, Orgazmo raked in $210,073 on opening weekend. Broken English (1996) $541,377Ī complicated portrayal of immigrant identities in New Zealand, in Broken English fierce family feuds, arise over a failed marriage.īefore this film, the main character Nina (Aleksandra Vujčić) had never acted and was discovered in an Auckland bar. Set in 1930s Germany, this harrowing film features a gay Jew who is sent to a Nazi concentration camp.īent has an approval rating of 73 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and won Best Feature Film in the Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in 1998. (Rolf Konow/Sygma/Sygma with Getty Images) 28. Trine Dyrholm and Gustav Lindh on the set of "Queen of hearts," directed by May El-Toukhy, Denmark, 2018.