Top 5 Action Thriller Movies of the 1990's

The 90's were a decade that saw an immenseaudience to a theme park composed of dinosaurs
improvement in the movie making industry, withresurrected through DNA. The park is eventually
computer generated images, or CGI graphics, allowingoverrun by its resurrected inhabitants, and the main
movies to do more than ever before.characters are forced to survive. The movie grossed
The action/thriller genre was one of the most affectedover $900 million in box office revenues, along with
by this immense change, as effects and stunts thatseveral awards.
were previously too expensive to do were possible.Later on in the 90's, The Matrix took audiences to a
With this freedom on the technical end of the art,whole new environment with a world controlled by
came the freedom for writers and directors to stretchrobots that had enslaved all of humanity. The Matrix
their creative minds to the limit, and with this camewas amazing visually and gave all who were watching
some of the most expressive, impressive, andsome fantastic stunts and action scenes. It won 4
amazing movies ever made.Oscars and was nominated a record number of times
Movies like Terminator 2: Judgment Day, helped pushfor other awards.
breathtaking graphics into the mainstream movieAlthough intense computer graphics were being used
viewing and helped usher in the age of digital graphicsmore and more, movies like Pulp Fiction, (a non-linear
in the early 90's. It told the story of a robotictale of crime, drugs, and the underworld of society)
reprogrammed humanoid, or android that was sentand Fight Club (a tale about a group of men who used
back in time to save a man by the name of Johnfighting as a mental therapy for their psychological
Conner. The Film won four academy awards, one forailments) used very little, and instead mesmerized
visual effects, and was one of the top selling moviesaudiences with their twisting stories and amazing
of the decade.dialogue.
Two years later, Jurassic park also pushed the limits ofThis era of filmmaking showed movie viewers new
imagination with their amazing effects and the ability toworlds previously never thought possible onscreen and
replicate prehistoric life. A novel by the same nameallowed their imaginations to run wild with the
written by Michael Crichton, this film brought thepossibilities that lay ahead.