10 Movies That Ended The 20th Century With A Bang

The nineties encapsulate some of the most quintessential movies of all time, across a great span of genres. A zeitgeist dominated by grunge aesthetic, an open-mindedness to non-mainstream lifestyles, and a distaste for moral stance and ideology in favor of looking cool, many films of the time had underlying tones of nihilism. By rejecting societal issues on a personal scale, many had their eyes opened to the ever-hard-to-reach American Dream, with class divisions becoming the forefront of disdain. In particular, 1999 was a cornerstone for influential and unique movies that refused to shy away from traditional troupes and storylines.