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The 50 Highest Grossing '90s Movies, Ranked
These are the 50 highest-grossing films of the 1990s. The 90s marked a huge leap in motion picture special effects. With the advent of that era's computers, CGI finally began to reach a photo realistic quality as seen in such films as Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park. The films on this list span multiple genres and demographics. As the top 50 grossing films of the 1990s, rest assured that the movies on this list are the most popular and some of the best.
What are the top 90s movies by box office sales? Take a look here and you'll see some real blockbusters.
1
Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Box Office: $914,691,118In Steven Spielberg's massive blockbuster, paleontologists Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) are among a select group chosen to tour ...more
2Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Box Office: $783,841,776This Disney animated feature follows the adventures of the young lion Simba (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), the heir of his father, Mufasa (James Earl Jones). Simba's wicked uncle, Scar (Jeremy Irons), ...more![Home Alone]()
3Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Chris Columbus
Box Office: $476,684,675When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother (Catherine O'Hara) makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallisters ...more![Titanic]()
4Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane- Released: 1997
- Directed by: James Cameron
Box Office: $1,843,201,268James Cameron's "Titanic" is an epic, action-packed romance set against the ill-fated maiden voyage of the R.M.S. Titanic; the pride and joy of the White Star Line and, at the time, the largest ...more![Toy Story]()
5Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles- Released: 1995
- Directed by: John Lasseter
Box Office: $191,796,233Woody (Tom Hanks), a good-hearted cowboy doll who belongs to a young boy named Andy (John Morris), sees his position as Andy's favorite toy jeopardized when his parents buy him a Buzz Lightyear (Tim ...more![Terminator 2: Judgment Day]()
6Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong- Released: 1991
- Directed by: James Cameron
Box Office: $519,398,546In this sequel set eleven years after "The Terminator," young John Connor (Edward Furlong), the key to civilization's victory over a future robot uprising, is the target of the shape-shifting T-1000 ...more![Forrest Gump]()
7Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Box Office: $677,387,716Slow-witted Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) has never thought of himself as disadvantaged, and thanks to his supportive mother (Sally Field), he leads anything but a restricted life. Whether dominating on ...more![Saving Private Ryan]()
8Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Box Office: $481,840,909Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) takes his men behind enemy lines to find Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Surrounded by the brutal realties of war, while searching ...more![Independence Day]()
9Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Box Office: $817,400,891In the epic adventure film "Independence Day," strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it ...more![Aladdin]()
10Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
Box Office: $504,050,219When street rat Aladdin frees a genie from a lamp, he finds his wishes granted. However, he soon finds that the evil has other plans for the lamp -- and for Princess Jasmine. But can Aladdin save ...more![The Matrix]()
11Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Box Office: $171,479,930Neo (Keanu Reeves) believes that Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), an elusive figure considered to be the most dangerous man alive, can answer his question -- What is the Matrix? Neo is contacted by ...more![The Sixth Sense]()
12Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette- Released: 1999
- Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Box Office: $672,806,292Young Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) is haunted by a dark secret: he is visited by ghosts. Cole is frightened by visitations from those with unresolved problems who appear from the shadows. He is too ...more![Men in Black]()
13Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino- Released: 1997
- Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Box Office: $589,390,539They are the best-kept secret in the universe. Working for a highly funded yet unofficial government agency, Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) and Jay (Will Smith) are the Men in Black, providers of immigration ...more![Mrs. Doubtfire]()
14Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Chris Columbus
Box Office: $441,286,195Troubled that he has little access to his children, divorced Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams) hatches an elaborate plan. With help from his creative brother Frank (Harvey Fierstein), he dresses as an ...more![Pretty Woman]()
15Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Ralph Bellamy- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Garry Marshall
Box Office: $178,406,268In this modern update on Cinderella, a prostitute and a wealthy businessman fall hard for one another, forming an unlikely pair. While on a business trip in L.A., Edward (Richard Gere), who makes a ...more![The Fugitive]()
16Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Andrew Davis
Box Office: $183,875,760Wrongfully accused of murdering his wife, Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) escapes from the law in an attempt to find her killer and clear his name. Pursuing him is a team of U.S. marshals led by ...more![Toy Story 2]()
17Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Ash Brannon, John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich
Box Office: $245,852,179Woody (Tom Hanks) is stolen from his home by toy dealer Al McWhiggin (Wayne Knight), leaving Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and the rest of the gang to try to rescue him. But when Woody discovers that ...more![The Mummy]()
18Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Stephen Sommers
Box Office: $155,385,488The Mummy is a rousing, suspenseful and horrifying epic about an expedition of treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. Stumbling upon an ancient tomb, the hunters unwittingly set ...more- 19Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes
- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Jan de Bont
Box Office: $494,471,524During the approach of the most powerful storm in decades, university professor Dr. Jo Harding (Helen Hunt) and an underfunded team of students prepare the prototype for Dorothy, a ground-breaking ...more ![True Lies]()
20Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold- Released: 1994
- Directed by: James Cameron
Box Office: $146,282,411Secretly a spy but thought by his family to be a dull salesman, Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is tracking down nuclear missiles in the possession of Islamic jihadist Aziz (Art Malik). Harry's ...more![Ghost]()
21Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Jerry Zucker
Box Office: $505,702,588Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) is a banker, Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner (Tony ...more![A Few Good Men]()
22Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Rob Reiner
Box Office: $141,340,178Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) is a military lawyer defending two U.S. Marines charged with killing a fellow Marine at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Although Kaffee is known for seeking plea ...more![Apollo 13]()
23Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Ron Howard
Box Office: $172,071,312This Hollywood drama is based on the events of the Apollo 13 lunar mission, astronauts Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) and Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) find everything going according ...more![Rush Hour]()
24Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Brett Ratner
Box Office: $141,186,864When a Chinese diplomat's daughter is kidnapped in Los Angeles, he calls in Hong Kong Detective Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) to assist the FBI with the case. But the FBI doesn't want anything to do ...more![Armageddon]()
25Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Michael Bay
Box Office: $553,709,788When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman (Billy Bob Thornton) determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads ...more
