SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1993)

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan are fun to hang out with, and this movie is very funny, but I have many problems. I am a dude.

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)

The first Indiana Jones movie defined its genre for more than one generation of moviegoers.

DEATH BECOMES HER (1992)

A breakthrough in special effects is used in service of a story that… what is this?

BRAVEHEART (1995)

This epic basically invented modern Scottish nationalism despite a total lack of both subtlety and interest in actual history.

CANDYMAN (1992)

More a dream-like, twisted love story than a slasher movie, also there are lots of bees.

WAG THE DOG (1997)

This political satire remains hilarious, but these days can’t quite escape its basic 1990s-ness.

ELECTION (1999)

A biting satire about a high school election that understands America better than any movie actually about national politics.

TITANIC (1997)

This epic disaster movie slash romance became the highest grossing movie all time and won all the Oscars. But what do we think 23 years later?

FORREST GUMP (1994)

Tom Hanks bumbles through the greatest hits of Baby Boomer history, with nothing to say about any of it.

THE WATERMELON WOMAN (1996)

Considered the first feature from an African-American lesbian, I found it enjoyable and interesting. Not everyone agreed at the time.