Speed or mallrats depending on what kind of vibe you’re going for
edit: upon reflection I will change my Sandra bullock movie to “the net”. Terrible, but strong 90s vibes
Friday 1995
Maybe it's just because my mid teens were the late 90s, but my vote would have to be for either Half Baked or American Pie.
Second post, but I realized the answer might actually be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze.
~~Goof Troop~~ A Goofy Movie would be one of my picks. 1995, I think.
New answer: Clerks.
Gremlins 2. Not sure any other movie quote captures the absolute cocaine fuelled Hollywood of the early 90s.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x01l_jMhjVM
There's also a terrible John Leguizamo movie called The Pest, that I'm genuinely amazed didn't end his career right there. The wife was suprised I hadn't seen it, and as we started she just went "you're going to hate it".
She was not wrong.
See, that's cocaine fuelled Hollywood done right.
What the question is asking is "what's the most 90s movie of all time" and the answer can only be Kazaam, starring Shaquille O'Neil himself, and the Mars corporation products.
It's exactly as peak 90s as Space Jam without any of the charm or personality, which makes Kazaam precisely as soulless as that entire decade. It's perfect
Am I the only person who watched Singles (1993)? OK, pretty forgettable romcom, but absolutely the soundtrack of the 90s.
Akira
Okay, it's actually 1988, but it definitely got that 90s anime feel.
Wayne's World.
Wayne's World was trying to recapture Mike Myers' childhood in the 70s and early 80s. So doesn't capture spirit of the 90s.
Ninja turtles or surf ninjas
I'm saying Fern Gully.
The super Mario bros. Movie
John Frankenheimer’s Ronin (1998) but not in the way you maybe mean. This movie simply has to take place when it does in the 90s. The plot just wouldn’t work otherwise.
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Con Air is the most 90's movie that ever 90's its way through the 90's.
Speed.
Mallrats
Do the Right Thing - Spike Lee
Prep for the 90s.
Half-Baked
It isn't a movie itself, but the "work sucks" genre of films had its peak in the 90's, specifically 1999.
SubUrbia is the 90's distilled for me.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086589/
As for movies from the 90's, Jurassic Park would be my pick, with Forrest Gump a close second, but points docked for not being based wholey in the 90's.
This isn't the most quintessential 90's movie, or even a good movie, but the fever dream of Romeo+Juliet (1996) is the most 90's thing I've ever seen in my life.
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