1990s in film

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The decade of the 1990s in film involved many significant developments in cinema. Continuing from the 1980s, low-budget independent films unceasingly rose and maintained their popularity in the industry within the decade.^[1][2]

Events

• Thousands of full-length films were produced during the 1990s.
• Many films were specifically filmed or edited to be displayed both on theater screens as well as on the smaller TV screens, such as showing close-up scenes during dialog, rather than just wide-angle scenes in a room.
• The 1990s were notable in both the rise of independent cinema – as well as independent studios such as Miramax, Lions Gate, and New Line – and the advancements in CGI-technology, seen in such films as Jurassic Park, Forrest Gump, Twister, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and Titanic.
• The Disney Renaissance began in 1989 with The Little Mermaid, reached the peak in popularity with Aladdin in 1992 and The Lion King in 1994, and ended in 1999 with Tarzan.
• Several leading figures of Hong Kong action cinema migrated to Hollywood with varying success. They include Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Yuen Woo-ping, John Woo, and Tsui Hark.
• Bollywood has gained popularity worldwide, apart from India, especially in Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), especially Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge which after its release in 1995, being the longest running Bollywood movie still playing at the Maratha Mandir for 1009 weeks since its release until 19 February 2015 and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai being one of the top ten movies in United Kingdom and India.
• The home-video market became a major factor in total revenue for a film, often doubling the total income for a film.
• Computer animation (CGI) developed and became increasingly used throughout the decade, with its innovative use in Jurassic Park (1993),^[3] as well as the release of Toy Story (1995), the first feature length film to be completely animated using CGI, heralding its use as a tool for filmmakers to achieve new visuals for film.

List of films

• 1990 in film
• 1991 in film
• 1992 in film
• 1993 in film
• 1994 in film
• 1995 in film
• 1996 in film
• 1997 in film
• 1998 in film
• 1999 in film

See also

• Film, History of film, lists of films
• Popular culture: 1990s in music, 1990s in television

References

1. Pierson, John (18 September 2013). "Slacker: Slacking Off - From the Current". The Criterion Collection. The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 6 March 2016. [The spring of 1991] marked some major changes in my life and some surprising developments for American independent film. The whole concept of the self-distributed, hometown theatrical opening of a film is quite risky. If it doesn’t work, distributors will never pick your film up.
2. Dirks, Tim. "Film History of the 1990s". Filmsite.org. American Movie Classics Company LLC. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
3. The Making of Jurassic Park. YouTube. March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2016.