Garçon Means Boy: The 10 Best Films Of The Nineties

Join us in our decade-based film retrospective, as we delve backwards all the way from 2009 to 1910. Most decade-based best movie lists grant you a whooping 50-100 entries, which makes perfect sense given all the years you have to take into consideration. But what if you were defining a decade in just ten films? Which movies would you recommend to somebody who might only watch a handful from a given decade? This week, join us as we look back at the Nineties.

T.J. Barnard Nov 21, 2012 11:41 am2014-05-11T22:46:49-05:00

7. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) (Dir. Frank Darabont)

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Shamelessly ignored upon its first release, The Shawshank Redemption has suddenly found itself poised as the everyman’s movie of choice. Not surprising, given that it remains one of cinema’s best tellings on the subjects of hope and perseverance. Frank Darabont’s directoral style is unashamedly workmanlike and humble, but it only serves to make Stephen King’s story of redemption and courage all the more likeable. After being imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, Andy Dufresne, played without ego by Tim Robbins, finds solace in prison mate Ellis Boy “Red” Redding (Morgan Freeman). The two bond over the course of many years, granting Shawshank the epic stature that assures it as a bonafide classic.

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