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From animated adventures to crime thrillers, 1995 delivered unforgettable cinema that still resonates today! Join us as we revisit the blockbusters that defined a landmark year in film history. Whether you remember watching them in theaters or discovered them years later, these cultural touchstones continue to influence movies nearly three decades after their release.
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00:00According to my Navi-computer, the...
00:01Shut up! Just shut up, you idiot!
00:04Sheriff, this is no time to panic.
00:06This is the perfect time to panic!
00:07Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the smash hit 1995 movies that still hold up 30 years later.
00:15Not a chance. My phone number is 555 and the answer.
00:20Call me in 30 seconds or die.
00:23Number 10, Bad Boys.
00:25Oh, I don't know nothing about that, man. I'm out of the drug business.
00:29You know something. You don't know nothing, huh?
00:31No, I just said no to drugs. That's it.
00:33You said no to drugs. What you into, Joe?
00:36Rubber, rubber, rubber.
00:37Rubber! Oh, you're selling tires, huh, Joe?
00:40Yeah.
00:40So you don't know nothing. Joe-Joe don't know nothing, huh?
00:43You don't know nothing. I know tires.
00:44All right. You're telling me the truth, right?
00:47Here's the thing about blockbusters. They don't need to impress critics to win over audiences.
00:51Case in point, Bad Boys, the loud, flashy action comedy that unleashed Michael Bay on the world.
00:56Starring comedian Martin Lawrence and a pre-Independence Day Will Smith,
01:00then still charming TV audiences on The Fresh Prince, Bad Boys wasn't just a hit.
01:04It was a launch pad.
01:05Relax, man. We got it before we'll get it again.
01:09Yeah, yeah. You got it all figured out, don't you?
01:12Oh, you got to have faith, player.
01:13Let me tell you something, all right?
01:15By the time we figured out how to be out of a job, no, scratch that.
01:18Everybody in the damn unit will be out of a job.
01:22Oh, but don't worry.
01:23They tend to think Mike Lowry gonna be all right.
01:26It introduced Bay's signature brand of chaos, elevated Smith to leading man status,
01:31and helped define the over-the-top style of American action for the next decade.
01:35Raking in $140 million and spawning three sequels,
01:39Bad Boys didn't simply ask, what you gonna do?
01:41It made sure the answer involved buying a ticket and buckling up.
01:45Can you take care of this, please?
01:47I gotta call a wife.
01:50Who's what?
01:51Can you please do some work?
01:53One time today, just do something.
01:55I'm gonna do something that helps this case.
01:58Number 9. Batman Forever
01:59Hot entrance.
02:02Two-Face.
02:03Two guards, they're dead. He's holding a third hostage. Didn't see this one coming.
02:07We should have, though.
02:09The second bank of Gotham on the...
02:10The second anniversary of the day I captured him.
02:12How could Two-Face resist?
02:13For many watching at home, our placement of Batman Forever will feel either far too high,
02:19or not nearly high enough.
02:21That kind of deeply polarized reaction comes with the territory when discussing director
02:25Joel Schumacher's first Batman film,
02:27which took a hard pivot from the gothic gloom of Tim Burton's Batman and Batman Returns.
02:31I hope you made extra.
02:34Who the hell are you?
02:36Just a friend.
02:38But you can call me...
02:41The Riddler.
02:43I thought you did. It's more like it. How did you find us here?
02:49But then if I talked, what would keep you from slaying the old segregated one?
02:53Out went the brooding shadows and horror flourishes.
02:56In came neon-soaked visuals, cartoonish villains,
02:59and a tone that put the pedal to the metal and never let up.
03:02Critics balked at the drastic shift.
03:04But in hindsight, Batman Forever has carved out its place in superhero movie history.
03:08If only for how gleefully it threw the rulebook, and maybe the comic book, out the window.
03:14Fully interactive holographs.
03:16Only a high-frequency carrier wave beamed directly into the brain could create such images.
03:21Yeah, and you wish you thought of it.
03:24Yes, don't be a sore loser, Brucie.
03:26Step inside. Give it a try.
03:28Number 8. Apollo 13.
03:30Okay, we're in the program 64.
03:33We're in 05G, so we're feeling that gravity now.
03:36Houston, we are at 400,000 feet, passing entry interface.
03:40Absolute safety.
03:42Re-entry data is nominal, and we have radio blackout.
03:46Ron Howard had flirted with prestige before,
03:49but Apollo 13 proved he had Oscar-caliber filmmaking in him.
03:52A gripping dramatization of the ill-fated real-life 1970 moon mission,
03:56the film balanced technical precision with human emotion,
03:59thanks in part to Howard's staunch commitment to realism.
04:03Altitude is on the line.
04:06Velocity right on the line.
04:10We're all complete. We are pitching.
04:12We're key. Stand by.
04:14From mode 1, bravo.
04:20Bio, how are we looking?
04:21He famously filmed scenes in actual zero gravity aboard NASA's Vomit Comet,
04:26a reduced-gravity aircraft that simulates weightlessness through parabolic flight,
04:30lending the film an authenticity that few space movies had ever captured.
04:34A massive box office hit,
04:36Apollo 13 cemented Howard's place among serious filmmakers,
04:39and reminded moviegoers that history, when told right,
04:42could be every bit as thrilling as fiction.
04:44While Jack's working on a power-up,
04:46we'd like you and Freddo to transfer some ballast over the command module.
04:50Say again, Houston, ballast?
04:51Uh, that's a firm, uh,
04:54well, you gotta get the weight right.
04:55We were expecting you to be toting a couple hundred pounds of moon rocks.
04:59Right, Houston.
05:00Number 7. Clueless.
05:02I said RSVP because it was a sit-down dinner.
05:05But people came that, like, did not RSVP.
05:08So I was, like, totally bugging.
05:10I had to haul ass to the kitchen,
05:12redistribute the food,
05:14squish in extra place settings,
05:15but by the end of the day,
05:17it was, like, the more the merrier.
05:19And so, if the government could just get to the kitchen,
05:22rearrange some things,
05:23we could certainly party with the Hadeans.
05:25Whoever said Jane Austen adaptations had to be stuffy period pieces?
05:29Director Amy Heckerling took Austen's nearly 200-year-old novel Emma
05:33and retrofitted it with a hip young cast,
05:35relatable stakes,
05:36and naturally, a killer wardrobe.
05:38But like Cher,
05:39its well-meaning protagonist,
05:41there's more going on beneath Clueless's glossy surface
05:44than meets the eye.
06:04Heckerling's coming-of-age classic rises above the teen comedy pack
06:07thanks to a script that's as sharp as it is sincere,
06:10with themes that still resonate today.
06:12And of course, we have to shout out Alicia Silverstone and Paul Rudd,
06:16a duo whose effortless charm grounds the film.
06:19Because really, can you imagine Clueless without them?
06:21Ugh, as if!
06:23Number 6. Braveheart
06:25I am William Wallace.
06:28And I see a whole army of my countrymen
06:33here in defiance of tyranny.
06:39You've come to fight as free men.
06:41Mel Gibson may have fallen from grace in the years since,
06:44but in 1995,
06:46he was riding high,
06:47both behind and in front of the camera.
06:49Braveheart was the actor-filmmaker's passion project,
06:52a sprawling, blood-soaked epic
06:54about Scottish freedom fighter William Wallace
06:56that wore its historical inaccuracies like war paint.
06:59Still, accuracy wasn't the point.
07:00We have beaten the English.
07:03But they'll come back.
07:05Because you won't stand together.
07:08What will you do?
07:09I will invade England
07:10and defeat the English on their own ground.
07:16Invade?
07:17That's impossible.
07:19Why?
07:20Why is that impossible?
07:21With rousing dialogue,
07:23sweeping battle sequences,
07:24and James Horner's soaring score,
07:26Braveheart struck a chord with audiences
07:28and Academy voters alike,
07:30winning five Oscars,
07:31including Best Picture and Best Director.
07:33Say what you will about its director star's legacy today.
07:36But in its moment,
07:37Braveheart wasn't only a movie.
07:39It was a full-blown cultural phenomenon,
07:42proudly clad in tartan.
07:43Would you be willing
07:45to trade
07:46all the days
07:48from this day to that
07:49for one chance,
07:51just one chance
07:52to come back here
07:54and tell our enemies
07:55that they may take our lives,
07:58but they'll never take
08:00our freedom!
08:04Number 5.
08:06Goldeneye
08:06After a six-year hiatus
08:21and the Cold War's curtain call,
08:23the Bond franchise
08:24needed a serious shot in the arm,
08:25and Goldeneye delivered.
08:27Enter Pierce Brosnan,
08:28whose sleek, suave take on 007
08:30brought the character firmly
08:32into the 90s
08:33without sacrificing the charm,
08:34danger, or dry wit
08:36that made him iconic.
08:37Behind the headlights,
08:39Stinger missiles.
08:40Excellent.
08:41Just a thing for unwinding
08:42after a rough day at the office.
08:43Need I remind you, 007,
08:46that you have a license to kill,
08:48not to break the traffic laws.
08:51I wouldn't think of it.
08:52Good.
08:53Right, let's get on
08:54to more practical matters.
08:56Director Martin Campbell,
08:57who later helped to revamp
08:58the series with Casino Royale,
09:00balanced old-school spycraft
09:02with modern action spectacle,
09:03giving Bond fans everything
09:05from tank chases
09:06to satellite-based super weapons.
09:08Goldeneye not only revived
09:09the franchise,
09:10it helped redefine
09:11what a blockbuster spy film
09:12could be in a post-Soviet world.
09:14The takeaway was clear.
09:16Bond still had a license to thrill.
09:18Thank you, mister.
09:20The name's Bond.
09:22James Bond.
09:24Ksenia Sergeyevna Onatop.
09:27Onatop?
09:29Onatop.
09:31Your accent, Georgian?
09:33Mm, very good, Mr. Bond.
09:36Number four, seven.
09:37In the grocery bags,
09:38we found two receipts.
09:40That means the killer
09:40stopped in the middle of everything
09:42and made a second trip
09:43to the supermarket.
09:45So?
09:45Hey, man.
09:48It's his thing.
09:49I've been out in the rain all day.
09:51This is beginning.
09:52Before this pitch-dark crime thriller,
09:54David Fincher was mostly known
09:55for the box office flop
09:57that was Alien 3.
09:58After Seven,
09:59he was Hollywood's next big thing.
10:01And how could he not be,
10:02given how far the film
10:03was willing to go?
10:04Initially controversial
10:05for its brutal content,
10:06Fincher's mainstream breakthrough
10:08became a massive hit,
10:09grossing nearly $330 million
10:11and forcing audiences
10:13to rethink Brad Pitt
10:14as more than just a pretty face.
10:16I'm telling you
10:17that chair was soaked through with sweat.
10:20Of course.
10:22The killer would have wanted
10:23Ghoul to take his time
10:24to sit and decide
10:26which cut to make first.
10:29Imagine it.
10:30There's a gun in your face.
10:33Which part of your body
10:34is expendable?
10:35Elevated by committed performances
10:37as well as Fincher's razor-sharp style
10:39and directorial sensibilities.
10:41Seven is that rare blockbuster
10:42whose legacy doesn't hinge
10:44on its twist,
10:44but the grim, unshakable mood
10:46that lingers long after
10:47the credits roll.
10:49You ever take a bullet?
10:51Never in my 34 years.
10:52Knock wood.
10:55I've only taken my gun out
10:57three times
10:57with the intention of using it.
10:59Never pulled the trigger.
11:01Not once.
11:03Number three.
11:03The Usual Suspects.
11:05At that point,
11:06I wasn't scared.
11:07I knew I hadn't done anything
11:08they could do me for.
11:11Besides,
11:12it was fun.
11:13I got to make like
11:14I was notorious.
11:17Alright,
11:17you all know the drill.
11:18When your number is called,
11:19step forward
11:20and repeat the phrase
11:21you've been given.
11:22Understand?
11:23Let's get the elephant
11:24in the room out of the way.
11:25Yes,
11:25The Usual Suspects
11:26was directed by Bryan Singer,
11:28who would make a name
11:29for himself
11:29with the X-Men films
11:30before being ostracized
11:31from Hollywood
11:32as a pariah
11:33in the wake of the Me Too movement.
11:34But it's hard to deny
11:36that Suspects,
11:36Singer's third feature film,
11:38is a stone-cold classic
11:39of 90s cinema.
11:40Verbal,
11:41you know we're trying
11:41to help you.
11:42Sure,
11:43and I appreciate that.
11:44And I want to help you,
11:45Agent Kujan.
11:46I like cops.
11:48I would have liked
11:48to have been a fed myself,
11:49but my CP always...
11:50Verbal,
11:50you're not telling us everything.
11:52I know you know something.
11:54I told the DA
11:55everything I know.
11:56Suspects bucks genre traditions
11:58by pulling the rug
11:59out from beneath moviegoers,
12:00with almost no way
12:01to predict what's coming next.
12:03The off-kilter neo-noir
12:04was a breath of fresh air,
12:05renowned for its irreverent tone
12:07and Christopher McQuarrie's
12:08airtight script,
12:09which won the Academy Award
12:11for Best Original Screenplay.
12:13You know what...
12:13You know what...
12:14You know what I'm getting at,
12:15Verbal,
12:16yes you do.
12:16I don't know what you're talking about.
12:17The truth!
12:18Try to tell me you saw someone
12:19kill Keaton.
12:20I did.
12:21I did kill Keaton.
12:22You're lying to me.
12:23I am not...
12:23You've known this whole fucking time.
12:25I don't know what you're saying.
12:27I did see Keaton get shot,
12:28I swear to you.
12:29Then why didn't you help him?
12:30Number 2.
12:31Die Hard with a Vengeance.
12:33Listen, I'm a cop.
12:35What?
12:35I'm on a case.
12:36Somebody blew up Bond
12:36with Tellers an hour ago.
12:37Did you hear about that on the news?
12:38Yeah.
12:39The same asshole that did that
12:40said I gotta come to Harlem
12:40and do this
12:41or he's gonna blow up
12:42something else.
12:42Do you understand?
12:43Shit.
12:44Listen, I got a gun.
12:45You should get across the street.
12:46You should get across the street.
12:47Look, start acting crazy,
12:47all right?
12:48Like Looney Tunes,
12:49you know, like Bellevue.
12:50He's a friend of yours?
12:52He looked like a friend of mine.
12:54Turns out that Bond
12:55wasn't the only film franchise
12:57that needed to take
12:58a six-year break.
12:59The third Die Hard film
13:00ditched the confined spaces
13:01of its predecessors
13:02in favor of a city-wide chase
13:04through a boiling hot New York
13:05to great effect.
13:07Excuse me, ma'am.
13:07We need this phone
13:08for official police business.
13:09Do you mind?
13:10Honey, I'm a cop.
13:10I need the phone right now.
13:12Get out the damn phone, lady.
13:13Police business.
13:14Hell, I never.
13:15I can get used to this.
13:17Sure you can find a phone
13:18across the street, ma'am.
13:19Bruce Willis was back
13:20in fine form,
13:21but it was the odd couple dynamic
13:23between McClane
13:24and Samuel L. Jackson Zeus
13:25that gave the threequel its bite.
13:27Add in a scene-stealing
13:28Jeremy Irons
13:29as the villain
13:30and an unrelenting pace
13:31courtesy of returning director
13:32John McTiernan,
13:33and you've got a sequel
13:34that was more than a victory lap.
13:36It was proof that Die Hard
13:37still had gas in the tank.
13:40Yeah, McClane.
13:42John, you out of shape?
13:44You barely made it.
13:46Yeah, well, we'll barely make it.
13:48What do you want us to do?
13:49What has four legs
13:50and is always ready to travel?
13:52Huh?
13:53What?
13:55What do you say?
13:56What has four legs
13:57and is always ready to travel?
13:58What's the matter with you?
13:59Don't you have kids?
14:00Before we unveil our top pick,
14:02here are some honorable mentions.
14:04Casino.
14:05From now on,
14:06I want you to put
14:06an equal amount of blueberries
14:07in each muffin.
14:10An equal amount of blueberries
14:11in each muffin.
14:14You know how long
14:14that's going to take?
14:15I don't care how long it takes.
14:17Put an equal amount
14:18in each muffin.
14:19Heat.
14:20Yeah, it is what it is.
14:22It's that or we both
14:23better go do something else, pal.
14:24I don't know how
14:27to do anything else.
14:29Neither do I.
14:30Jumanji.
14:31I'm Judy and he's Peter.
14:33Where's mom?
14:35Is dad at the factory?
14:37Are you
14:38Alan Parrish?
14:41Yeah.
14:43Who are you?
14:44We live here now.
14:47Where's my mom and dad?
14:49We don't know.
14:51Mortal Kombat.
14:52Let's just think this through.
14:55There is a rational explanation
14:56for this.
14:57He's Raiden.
14:58God of lightning
14:59and protectors of Removerth.
15:01Oh, great.
15:02Oh, there's your rational explanation.
15:04Pocahontas.
15:05Can you paint
15:06with all the colors
15:08of the wind?
15:10Can you paint
15:11with all the colors
15:13of the wind?
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15:31Pixar's maiden voyage
15:58marked a turning point
15:59in cinematic history.
15:59As the first fully
16:01computer-animated feature,
16:03it introduced
16:03a bold new era
16:04for animation,
16:05blending cutting-edge technology
16:07with emotional storytelling
16:08in a way audiences
16:09had never seen before.
16:11Pixar didn't just showcase
16:12what computers could do.
16:13It proved they could
16:14tell stories that mattered.
16:15The film struck a deep chord
16:37with children growing up
16:38in the 90s,
16:39turning Woody, Buzz,
16:41and the rest of Andy's toys
16:42into instant icons.
16:43Its wit, warmth,
16:45and visual innovation
16:46made it a global phenomenon,
16:47as well as a cornerstone
16:49of modern animation
16:49that continues to influence
16:51the genre to this day.
16:52Which 1995 movie holds
17:13a special place in your heart?
17:15Are there any we missed?
17:16Be sure to let us know
17:17in the comments below.
17:18Where the hell are you going,
17:19McClane?
17:20I told you 9th Avenue
17:21is the quickest way to south.
17:21Stop my goddamn yelling,
17:22I know what I'm doing.
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