I own it and several others on this list on DVD. Good list, but there's a few worth mentioning. The remake of Night of The Living Dead is fantastic and was a gem from 1990. The last Boyscout is an underated action and comedy staring Bruce Willis. Universal Solider was another underated action-packed film that really was pretty big when it came out. People Under The Stairs was Wes Cravens' work in the 90's that showed that he could make horror that was also based on social commentary like the LA riots, which were going on at the time. I like that you have Peter Jackson's early films like Dead Alive, but The Frighteners really showed Jackson's ability to adapt to great visual effects. There's many others I can think of that I personally own today because they were such good films that I know I will want to watch again. Lots of great movies actually came out in the 90s. Dark City was actually being filmed on the same lot as The Matrix, but you seem to forget about The 13th Floor, which does something similar. I don't think any of those ideas would have come about without Ghost In The Shell, one of my personally favorite anime films from the 90's of all time. Strange Days, which I used to own, doesn't take place in the near future it's in 1999 on new year's eve which was the future when the film came out.
My husband (then boyfriend) was diagnosed with cancer shortly after Galaxy Quest came out. We had already watched it in theatres three times because we loved it so much. I saw him off to the operating room with "Never give up, never surrender!" He didn't.
@@RichM3000 Same here. I absolutely LOVED *Last Action Hero* and didn't understand the critical hate it got. The concept was actually brilliant, and beautifully directed. Critics are weirdos. (I also love *Mom and Dad Save the World* with Jon Lovitz!)
The love for Galaxy Quest that turned it into a cult classic grew organically over the years. Even if the studio hyped it when it came out, it still might have taken a while to grow into what it is today. Oh -- and besides Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver, you can't forget Sam Rockwell and Tony Shalhoub rounding out the cast. Plus Enrico Colantano and smaller roles by Rainn Wilson, Missy Pyle, and Justin Long.
The narrator was right: the studio marketed the film all wrong. I was a freshman in high school when it came out & saw it in theaters expecting a straight up sci-fi adventure. Saw it again in my 20s & enjoyed it way more
Dark City is a masterpiece of sci fi cinema. I'm so happy that I watched it at the theater back in 98'. I actually enjoy this movie much more than the Matrix.
Dark City was much more cerebral than Matrix was. Matrix rand with the light idea of being stuck in a manipulated environment and used it as a springboard to make some truly amped up action sequences. Any deep questions into the logic behind anything fell flat, but it was fun and action packed. That is why it did so much better then Dark City, which ran more like a Hitchcock film or Gumshoe Noir with a scifi twist. It was more about the head game.
@@kevingray8616 A theater near me had a double feature one night of Dark City and the Matrix. It was up in the Blue Mountains in a cool old school art deco theater. Such a good night. Strange days, I really wanted to like.... But failed.
_Dark City_ was Roger Ebert’s top film of the year, and he even went so far as to provide the commentary tracks on the DVD. Yes, it’s a notoriously underrated science fiction film, but well worth the watch.
@@MountainFisher "Galaxy Quest is actually listed as a Star Trek film" ...By whom? Certainly not Paramount. Star Trek fan conventions have embraced it, yes, but most have never been _exclusively_ Star Trek. The thing that most saves _Galaxy Quest_ from bomb status is that, unlike most movies in general, it actually made *more* on the second weekend of its release than the first weekend.
@@MrGabeanator so we're several other good films. Example: Dr. Strangelove, It's a Wonderful Life, Hocus Pocus, Fight Club, Blade Runner, The Shining, Clue. I can name more
No love for Darkman? That film was just so awesome. It was a tribute to Hammer horror icon's, Fantastic action scenes, some Mission Impossible tropes throw in and hilarious humor. Who could forget Neeson hanging from a chopper telling the cops," Stay away, He is Mine."
@@GeneralGeorgeS.PattonJr. The scene where he grabs the stuffed toy for his girl and yells "Take the F***ing Elephant!" I laughed half an hour over that!
@@earlleeruhf3130 Yes… Same here! I love the part when he impersonates Pauley & frames him for $ theft, then he’s sitting on the bench after Pauly gets thrown out the window, some woman freaks out & thinks she’s seeing double because Pauly's body lands right next to them.
Mars Attacks was another movie that got overshadowed by Independence Day back in 1996. Thankfully the movie Mars Attacks is greatly appreciated and knew not to make a tacky sequel that no one asked for.
I legit thought mars attacks was scary when i saw it in 96. I have no god damn clue why but yeah my perception to it was not a comedy but more of a horror film. Even though i guess it was supposed to be a comedy scifi horror. I was 10yr old when it came out so cut me some slack.
Ed Wood is genius and shows what Tim Burton could do before he became addicted to CGI and trying to appeal to children, it’s also one of Johnny Depps best roles
I’ve always had a warm spot in my heart for Mystery Men. It’s one of the stupidest and at the same time most brilliant adventure films ever. How can you not love lines like “When you can balance a tack hammer on your head, you will head off your foes with a balanced attack.”
Stacked cast, hilarious concept.... Still occasionally see the Herkemer Battle Jittney pop up here and there. And nobody laughs when I say" just junk it"
Amusing and ridiculous as it was there were great moments, especially the Batman-like character allowing his foe to "escape" just to fight him later. It's likely the best parodies of superhero film I've ever seen
I kind of see Mystery Men as a predecessor to superhero films like Suicide squad and Guardians of the galaxy that take on the roles of quirky b teams in larger universes.
Honestly rocketeer always seemed like a fever dream to me. I saw it when I was like 4 and never heard anything about it again. Wasn’t even sure it was real for awhile 😂, but I remember thinking it was super cool!
I have never understood why 1) The Rocketeer wasn't HUGE when it came out and 2) why more people don't know it today? I don't know what else you could want - a PERFECT adaptation of an amazing comic, pitch perfect casting of a slew of phenomenal actors who give some of the best performances of their careers (Timothy Dalton, I'm looking at you!), and a production quality that would make Cecil Demille slap his mother. What the hell am I missing?!?!?
The Rocketeer fictionalized history, in this case WWII. That rarely works. Captain America wouldn't work if it was set in 1943. Science fiction + history is generally a bad combination. That was a genre in the 1960's, for example 10,000 Leagues under the Sea. Rocketeer was 30 years away from that. Haven't you noticed we have decades of the same genre? Science fiction 1970s, 1980s was the action hero, 1990's kind of mixed it up, we've been in the super hero genre forever now.
It’s an undeniably perfect film that unfortunately had the Terminator 2 teaser stitched on the front at my local cinema - hard to sit back and enjoy such a visual treat as The Rocketeer with a brainworm like a Terminator factory stuck in your head. :(
I actually saw Galaxy Quest in the theater and thought it was wonderful and lots of fun. Not knowing a lot about marketing, I was quite surprised to see that it didn't last long in the theaters.
I only recently seen Galaxy Quest and I never thought Alan Rickman could be so funny because he's always serious in his other movies. Also the aliens are so adorable. Love this movie!
So many of my favourite movies in one compilation! Wow! May I suggest that Jacob's Ladder be added to your list ? They are notable omissions. I was very impressed that you included Dark City, The Huducker Proxy (you know, for kids!), Mystery Men and Tank Girl. Those are rarely included in similar lists. Each reinforcing cinema as an artform with their own unique vision.
Hudsucker Proxy is a masterpiece, it’s cray that more people don’t know it. Paul Newman plays a fantastic Antagonist and Tim Robbins for once plays a goofy protagonist who is basically along for the ride
I'm glad that Galaxy Quest ended up getting a lot of love by word of mouth. I bought it on VHS back in 2000, and sure enough, half of my friends know what I'm referring to when I say, "By Grebthar's Hammer". R.I.P. Alan Rickman.
Johnny Mnemonic suffered at the box office because it went up against Die Hard with a Vengeance (released a week before), Braveheart (same week), Casper (same week), and Bridges of Madison County (week after).
Dark City is such a masterpiece. Saw it in the theater, and it's remained a Top 10 movie for me ever since. (I love dystopian sci-fi). Blade Runner and Children of Men are my favorite flicks.
I never understood the hate for Strange Days. It's been on my top 10 list since it came out. You're right about hard to find though. It took me years to finally track down a DVD copy of it.
So many great throwbacks in here. Saw Johnny Mnemonic, Rocketeer, Last Action Hero, and Tank Girl all in the theater when they came out. All highly underrated. Galaxy Quest is, of course, a classic. Dark City looks really familiar and intriguing. I need to check that out.
For me it is less Matrix and more Metropolis with Blade Runner characters. Rufus Sewell is easy to watch and the lighting with set pieces is fantastic make for timeless cinematography.
Mystery Men is still me and my sisters favorite comedy from back in the day!! “I will fork-give you if you fork-get.” Oh and we can’t forget about the coolest super hero ever!!! THE SPLEEN!!!! “Compensssssate for air condittttttioning…..pull my finger.”
*Galaxy Quest is THE BEST Star Trek Movie ever created!!!* It has everything and I still watch it every few months. Each time, I enjoy it as if it were the first time. 🤗🥰
What you failed to mention about Galaxy Quest was that the studio couldn't reach a deal with Regal Cinemas (who at the time was the largest exhibitor in the US), so Regal Cinemas refused to show the movie at its locations. They eventually came to terms and began showing the movie thus helping it recoup its money.
Saw every single one of these in the theatres and loved them all. Especially Event Horizon, Galaxy Quest and The Iron Giant those three movies were freakin epic. 😁👍
Best ones on this list.. Ravenous and Dark City. As for Last Action Hero.. I was one of the few to see it in the theaters and it was meant for a theater. Every rewatch has been underwhelming, but first time in the theater was amazing.
I remember my parents actually taking my brother and I to the dollar theater to see Galaxy Quest. My dad always was cheap and wanted to wait for Blockbuster release, but his Trekkie friends told him as a Trekkie he had to see it. I wasn’t enthused to go, but loved every minute. One of my fave feel good films
GalaxyQuest was genius. Everyone played their parts perfectly and it was hilarious. I mean, what's his face gets high all the time, gets munchies - seen in this clip - and just happy trips the whole movie. Oh man, I miss this era...
Dark City is a gloriously wonderful movie. Mystery Men heralded the modern superhero ensemble movie. Hudsucker Proxy is a gem too few know. I'd say that Galaxy Quest, Rocketeer, and Mystery Men are cult classics. I loved Last Action Hero and Tank Girl also.
Galaxy Quest is fantastic. I do remember that it had hardly any lead-up promotion to it, and I don't think I saw it at the theaters because of that. But once we saw it on video, we realized what a terrific "heart" it had to it, and for a number of years we watched our DVD copy at least annually. It hasn't gotten old yet!
Many of these were favs of my brothers & I growing up. Event Horizon, Dark City, Galaxy Quest, Brain Dead (I'm Australian) & Tank Girl still do the rounds in our places.
Hell yeah, Galaxy Quest was SO good. It still makes me chuckle and I've seen it dozens of times. Great pick for this list, it never blew up like I wish it had. A sequel would have been very cool.
Last Action Hero is awesome, it deconstructs but also celebrates the action genre same time! Made back when hollywood had balls and was willing to take risks and try new things!
I’ve seen all but two of these, mostly during their theatrical runs, and most I actually own on DVD. Galaxy Quest, Event Horizon, and Iron Giant are among my favorites!
Wow, this was a GREAT list. I've already seen 9 of these, and I LOVED EVERY ONE! That really makes want to take your recommendation to see the rest of them! Thanks so much for this. I'm going to add the others to my queue.
I think Hellboy 2019 is worth a re watch. But yeah Dark City, The Rocketeer and Galaxy Quest were movies I saw in the theater as a teen and they were underrated fun flicks.
Event Horizon was a damn good film. Didn't quite understand it when I was younger, was more for Sci-fi action, so the lack of ''action scenes' made me think the film was boring, but watching now, I can apricate the master piece of horror it is(although not a horror fan) it is a damn good film.
When my local theater was asked why Iron Giant was only being played one day a week at 11 am on Saturday, "Our corporate office said if we gave it a regular schedule then Disney wouldn't let us have the next Toy Story."
Ed Wood, Galaxy Quest and Mystery Men are fun, smart and easy to watch. Event Horizon is like a colonoscopy, someone thinks it's needed but the anesthesiologist called in sick and they went ahead anyway.
Maybe because it was not on this list because it was not on the big screen but 'Cast A Deadly Spell' deserves a spot here. A wonderful pastiche of Cthulhu Mythos and film noir.
Almost all of these films I saw either in the theater or on video not long after their release on home video. I would say that The Frighteners was Jackson’s better 90’s offering and also very under-appreciated. Cool World had one of the best soundtracks of all-time, along with Judgement Night, another gem. Many of these sci-fi films were much more cerebral, though they had action, it was not the focus of these films, it was more incidental. The Last Action Hero was ahead of its time and tom noonan did such a good job of parodying hid villain persona, like in Manhunter or Robocop 2. Also, Jennifer Connolly was, in my opinion, absolutely at her height of beauty during this time especially in The Rocketeer.
*"Virtuosity"* from 1995 with Denzel Washington and a soon-to- breakout Russell Crowe, that's a entertaining piece of hokum, plus *"Dark City."* And *"The Iron Giant,"* which featured voice work for the Giant from Vin Diesel.
Funny how so many of the so-called Box office bombs mostly turned out to be my favorite movies not only of that particular year they came out but stayed my favorites all throughout my life. Talking about a good 80 to 90%. And seeing clips of them every so often, it urges me desperately to watch them anew and then again. So I've already seen very many of these films innumerable times.
Galaxy Quest is one of those rare movies where I laughed so hard I couldn’t breathe. The scene where they are trying to bring the ship out of the dock. It goes on forever.
I actually saw Johnny Mnemonic in theater... Galaxy Quest was a fun Star Trek parody, and is likely the reason The Orville exists. The Rocketeer... who wouldn't want the ability to fly like that? Event Horizon was definitely a psychological sci-fi horror, though the "otherworldly horror" was not on the ship, it basically WAS the ship. Last Action Hero was definitely an odd one, as was Tank Girl (as far as I remember, not sure I actually watched the whole movie).
Galaxy Quest is waaaayyyy more than just "worth watching". It's absolutely essential to every fan of sci-fi movies....a masterpiece of spoof/satire worthy of Mel Brooks, but even better. Compared to Galaxy Quest, Spaceballs was a silly and campy piece of fluff. On the other hand, Galaxy Quest was a true homage AND send up of both Star Trek and Star Wars. Brilliant.
Great list!! I've seen every one of these except Ravenous (it's on my list) and I'm a fan of every one of them. In fact I just got Event Horizon on 4K BluRay in the mail today and have a few of the others on the list already in my collection.
Was really glad to see that Strange Days was on this list. I immediately thought of it when I saw the video title. It's an absolute Sci-fi masterpiece IMHO and I never understood why it wasn't appreciated more.
Cyberpunk 2077 owes a lot of it's main plot to Johnny Mnemonic. In the movie, Johnny downloads too much data into his brain that it starts to break down and he franticly searches a way to get rid of it
here's so many movies I loved on this list; Cool World, Last action hero, Tank girl, Mystery men & Dark City were all fantastic in their day & i would happily watch them all again today. Galaxy Quest, I could watch every day. Sigourney Weaver, when her lips said "F" but they dubbed it over to "Screw that" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Whoops! We accidentally put Event Horizon twice, but that's because it's totally worth a rewatch. What other box office bombs are totally worth it?
Idiocracy got the same treatment as Galaxy Quest did. (Both in my top 10)
I own it and several others on this list on DVD. Good list, but there's a few worth mentioning. The remake of Night of The Living Dead is fantastic and was a gem from 1990. The last Boyscout is an underated action and comedy staring Bruce Willis. Universal Solider was another underated action-packed film that really was pretty big when it came out. People Under The Stairs was Wes Cravens' work in the 90's that showed that he could make horror that was also based on social commentary like the LA riots, which were going on at the time. I like that you have Peter Jackson's early films like Dead Alive, but The Frighteners really showed Jackson's ability to adapt to great visual effects. There's many others I can think of that I personally own today because they were such good films that I know I will want to watch again. Lots of great movies actually came out in the 90s. Dark City was actually being filmed on the same lot as The Matrix, but you seem to forget about The 13th Floor, which does something similar. I don't think any of those ideas would have come about without Ghost In The Shell, one of my personally favorite anime films from the 90's of all time. Strange Days, which I used to own, doesn't take place in the near future it's in 1999 on new year's eve which was the future when the film came out.
I wish that Coolworld was on Blue ray.
"Event Horizon" is AWFUL, the most disturbing trash I've ever seen.
@@LucidDubQuest Then you sir have no taste! LOL. I'm messing, to each their own. What didn't you like about it just curious?
My husband (then boyfriend) was diagnosed with cancer shortly after Galaxy Quest came out. We had already watched it in theatres three times because we loved it so much. I saw him off to the operating room with "Never give up, never surrender!" He didn't.
This comment made my day ❤
dude, how did this keyboard get all dusty all of a sudden
Well, damn. I wasn’t ready for this comment.
I'm not crying, you're crying!
Iron giant is so goodddd
The Last Action Hero, Galaxy Quest and Iron Giant are all amazing, and some of my all time favorite movies
Galaxy Quest is a classic!
I saw Last Action Hero when it came out, after the negative reviews were out too. I liked it and wondered what was wrong with the critics.
I frickin LOVE The Iron Giant!!!!!!!! It's my go-to movie for staying home sick. Also it was my introduction to Vin Diesel.
@@RichM3000 Same here. I absolutely LOVED *Last Action Hero* and didn't understand the critical hate it got. The concept was actually brilliant, and beautifully directed. Critics are weirdos. (I also love *Mom and Dad Save the World* with Jon Lovitz!)
@@AshlieJermaine "You are who you choose to be"
The love for Galaxy Quest that turned it into a cult classic grew organically over the years. Even if the studio hyped it when it came out, it still might have taken a while to grow into what it is today. Oh -- and besides Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver, you can't forget Sam Rockwell and Tony Shalhoub rounding out the cast. Plus Enrico Colantano and smaller roles by Rainn Wilson, Missy Pyle, and Justin Long.
The best Star Trek parody AND the best Star Trek movie ever made...
Well said. 👍
The narrator was right: the studio marketed the film all wrong. I was a freshman in high school when it came out & saw it in theaters expecting a straight up sci-fi adventure. Saw it again in my 20s & enjoyed it way more
Yes. Galaxy Quest is a wonderful movie from start to finish. I never grow tired of watching it.
Saw this in theaters when it came out, I thought it was one of the funniest parodies out there.
Dark City is a masterpiece of sci fi cinema. I'm so happy that I watched it at the theater back in 98'. I actually enjoy this movie much more than the Matrix.
I'll meet you at the bar on Shell Beach, your round first
I saw it in the theater as well. Amazing. Strange Days though, we walked out of.
Dark City was much more cerebral than Matrix was. Matrix rand with the light idea of being stuck in a manipulated environment and used it as a springboard to make some truly amped up action sequences. Any deep questions into the logic behind anything fell flat, but it was fun and action packed. That is why it did so much better then Dark City, which ran more like a Hitchcock film or Gumshoe Noir with a scifi twist. It was more about the head game.
@@kevingray8616 A theater near me had a double feature one night of Dark City and the Matrix. It was up in the Blue Mountains in a cool old school art deco theater. Such a good night. Strange days, I really wanted to like.... But failed.
There was also "Thirteenth floor" coming out in 1999 which I liked quite a bit.
_Dark City_ was Roger Ebert’s top film of the year, and he even went so far as to provide the commentary tracks on the DVD. Yes, it’s a notoriously underrated science fiction film, but well worth the watch.
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I loved galaxy quest. Simultaneously Sci fi while poking fun at actors from Star Trek. The Iron Giant is just simply art. Great art.
Galaxy quest was a bomb
Galaxy Quest is actually listed as a Star Trek film and wasn't a bomb because it more than doubled what it cost and took off on DVD as well.
@@MountainFisher "Galaxy Quest is actually listed as a Star Trek film" ...By whom? Certainly not Paramount. Star Trek fan conventions have embraced it, yes, but most have never been _exclusively_ Star Trek. The thing that most saves _Galaxy Quest_ from bomb status is that, unlike most movies in general, it actually made *more* on the second weekend of its release than the first weekend.
@@ferd617 By fans.
@@MrGabeanator so we're several other good films. Example: Dr. Strangelove, It's a Wonderful Life, Hocus Pocus, Fight Club, Blade Runner, The Shining, Clue. I can name more
No love for Darkman? That film was just so awesome. It was a tribute to Hammer horror icon's, Fantastic action scenes, some Mission Impossible tropes throw in and hilarious humor. Who could forget Neeson hanging from a chopper telling the cops," Stay away, He is Mine."
I absolutely loved Darkman... Must've watched it a dozen times.
- "See the Dancing FREAK!"
@@GeneralGeorgeS.PattonJr. The scene where he grabs the stuffed toy for his girl and yells "Take the F***ing Elephant!" I laughed half an hour over that!
@@earlleeruhf3130
Yes…
Same here!
I love the part when he impersonates Pauley & frames him for $ theft, then he’s sitting on the bench after Pauly gets thrown out the window, some woman freaks out & thinks she’s seeing double because Pauly's body lands right next to them.
Darkman was good. But Darkman was no sleeper. It performed very well at the box office.
@@Beatnik59 it did so well it got two sequels. They aren't good but that's another matter.
Mars Attacks was another movie that got overshadowed by Independence Day back in 1996. Thankfully the movie Mars Attacks is greatly appreciated and knew not to make a tacky sequel that no one asked for.
I legit thought mars attacks was scary when i saw it in 96. I have no god damn clue why but yeah my perception to it was not a comedy but more of a horror film. Even though i guess it was supposed to be a comedy scifi horror. I was 10yr old when it came out so cut me some slack.
@@densetsu4286 and they convinced every big Hollywood name to have their 5 seconds on screen before being zapped to dust.
@@densetsu4286lol and I thought I was the only one. I was the same age
Ack ack, ack ack , ack ack!!
Mars attacks was awesome
Ed Wood is genius and shows what Tim Burton could do before he became addicted to CGI and trying to appeal to children, it’s also one of Johnny Depps best roles
I’ve always had a warm spot in my heart for Mystery Men. It’s one of the stupidest and at the same time most brilliant adventure films ever. How can you not love lines like “When you can balance a tack hammer on your head, you will head off your foes with a balanced attack.”
..and why am I wearing the watermelon on my feet? .....I don't remember telling you to do that!
Stacked cast, hilarious concept....
Still occasionally see the Herkemer Battle Jittney pop up here and there.
And nobody laughs when I say" just junk it"
Amusing and ridiculous as it was there were great moments, especially the Batman-like character allowing his foe to "escape" just to fight him later. It's likely the best parodies of superhero film I've ever seen
@@ryurc3033 You just made me laugh. You are number one, all others are number 2 or lower.
I kind of see Mystery Men as a predecessor to superhero films like Suicide squad and Guardians of the galaxy that take on the roles of quirky b teams in larger universes.
Event Horizon, Galaxy Quest, Johnny Mnemonic, & Dark City are classics! 👍👍
I loved Galaxy Quest, Cool World, and The Rocketeer growing up! I think Cool World was my introduction to Brad Pitt.
Honestly rocketeer always seemed like a fever dream to me. I saw it when I was like 4 and never heard anything about it again. Wasn’t even sure it was real for awhile 😂, but I remember thinking it was super cool!
I have never understood why 1) The Rocketeer wasn't HUGE when it came out and 2) why more people don't know it today? I don't know what else you could want - a PERFECT adaptation of an amazing comic, pitch perfect casting of a slew of phenomenal actors who give some of the best performances of their careers (Timothy Dalton, I'm looking at you!), and a production quality that would make Cecil Demille slap his mother. What the hell am I missing?!?!?
The Rocketeer fictionalized history, in this case WWII. That rarely works. Captain America wouldn't work if it was set in 1943. Science fiction + history is generally a bad combination.
That was a genre in the 1960's, for example 10,000 Leagues under the Sea. Rocketeer was 30 years away from that.
Haven't you noticed we have decades of the same genre? Science fiction 1970s, 1980s was the action hero, 1990's kind of mixed it up, we've been in the super hero genre forever now.
@@fuzzywzhe Well, Inglorious Basterds fictionalized history a GOOD BIT and that worked....and was pretty popular...
It’s an undeniably perfect film that unfortunately had the Terminator 2 teaser stitched on the front at my local cinema - hard to sit back and enjoy such a visual treat as The Rocketeer with a brainworm like a Terminator factory stuck in your head. :(
My favorite superhero movie, certainly. And it is reasonably faithful to the source material, which isn't a hard-and-fast requirement, but helps.
Plus Jennifer Connelly at peak hotness! 😋
I actually saw Galaxy Quest in the theater and thought it was wonderful and lots of fun. Not knowing a lot about marketing, I was quite surprised to see that it didn't last long in the theaters.
It lasted a long time in theaters, over ten weeks. It wasn't a huge hit, but it also wasn't a bomb.
The last action hero is criminally underrated, it's nostalgic gem to me as a kid during the 90s.
yeah I like this too. the big laugh for me, within the movie within the movie is the joke about Stallone as "Terminator".
I didn't see the movie until sometime in the last year or so but I think it was really ahead of it's time
It is ABSOLUTELY underrated!
That and Jingle all the Way, 2 underrated Arnie movies both classics.
Growing up we had 3 movies: Silent Race, The Sandlot, and Last Action Hero. Never got tired of any of them
I was one of those few people who saw Dark City and Edd Wood in the theaters and loved it. Those were damn good movies.
I only recently seen Galaxy Quest and I never thought Alan Rickman could be so funny because he's always serious in his other movies. Also the aliens are so adorable. Love this movie!
He's also serious in this movie. It's just the circumstances that make it funny.
He’s hilarious in Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
@@DoloresLehmann "Oh, it's always about YOU, isn't it??"
@@zimriel "I see you managed to get your shirt off."
Well, not all the aliens were adorable. Those cute-for-a-short-while little aliens on the planet ate their hurt coworker.
So many of my favourite movies in one compilation! Wow! May I suggest that Jacob's Ladder be added to your list ? They are notable omissions.
I was very impressed that you included Dark City, The Huducker Proxy (you know, for kids!), Mystery Men and Tank Girl. Those are rarely included in similar lists. Each reinforcing cinema as an artform with their own unique vision.
Hudsucker Proxy is a masterpiece, it’s cray that more people don’t know it. Paul Newman plays a fantastic Antagonist and Tim Robbins for once plays a goofy protagonist who is basically along for the ride
You know, for kids
I'm glad that Galaxy Quest ended up getting a lot of love by word of mouth. I bought it on VHS back in 2000, and sure enough, half of my friends know what I'm referring to when I say, "By Grebthar's Hammer". R.I.P. Alan Rickman.
Johnny mnemonic is one of my favorites.
Reminds of a live action anime sci-fi.
Definitely worth the watch.
Galaxy Quest is a masterpiece actually. If you get the parody. Very well layered and made.
Galaxy Quest is still one of my favorites. Born in 74, I came up watching reruns of lost in space/land of the giants etc , so GQ was right up my alley
This list is now my 'to watch list' for the next few weeks. Thanks
Johnny Mnemonic suffered at the box office because it went up against Die Hard with a Vengeance (released a week before), Braveheart (same week), Casper (same week), and Bridges of Madison County (week after).
Yikes!😳😳😳
Dark City is such a masterpiece. Saw it in the theater, and it's remained a Top 10 movie for me ever since. (I love dystopian sci-fi). Blade Runner and Children of Men are my favorite flicks.
Children of Men is so good!
I never understood the hate for Strange Days. It's been on my top 10 list since it came out. You're right about hard to find though. It took me years to finally track down a DVD copy of it.
So many great throwbacks in here. Saw Johnny Mnemonic, Rocketeer, Last Action Hero, and Tank Girl all in the theater when they came out. All highly underrated. Galaxy Quest is, of course, a classic. Dark City looks really familiar and intriguing. I need to check that out.
For me it is less Matrix and more Metropolis with Blade Runner characters. Rufus Sewell is easy to watch and the lighting with set pieces is fantastic make for timeless cinematography.
Jennifer Connelly is devastatingly beautiful in it.
@@Powermad-bu4em Equally so in the Rocketeer!
Mystery Men is still me and my sisters favorite comedy from back in the day!! “I will fork-give you if you fork-get.” Oh and we can’t forget about the coolest super hero ever!!! THE SPLEEN!!!! “Compensssssate for air condittttttioning…..pull my finger.”
I love Galaxy Quest, The Iron Giant and Hudsucker Proxy! Such great movies, it's crazy to think they all underperformed.
*Galaxy Quest is THE BEST Star Trek Movie ever created!!!*
It has everything and I still watch it every few months. Each time, I enjoy it as if it were the first time. 🤗🥰
Never give up, never surrender! Galaxy Quest is still one of my top favorite movies.
What you failed to mention about Galaxy Quest was that the studio couldn't reach a deal with Regal Cinemas (who at the time was the largest exhibitor in the US), so Regal Cinemas refused to show the movie at its locations. They eventually came to terms and began showing the movie thus helping it recoup its money.
Saw every single one of these in the theatres and loved them all. Especially Event Horizon, Galaxy Quest and The Iron Giant those three movies were freakin epic. 😁👍
Strange Days is just a gem. I watched it in the 90ies and loved it so much.
Best ones on this list.. Ravenous and Dark City. As for Last Action Hero.. I was one of the few to see it in the theaters and it was meant for a theater. Every rewatch has been underwhelming, but first time in the theater was amazing.
I am probably one of those International viewers of Last Action Hero because I saw it in Israel, July 1993.
Strange Days is a fantastic film I’ve watched and rewatched many times over the years
Absolutely love Last Actuon Hero and Galaxy Quest. Damn good movies!
And I also did like Mystery Men..
I remember my parents actually taking my brother and I to the dollar theater to see Galaxy Quest. My dad always was cheap and wanted to wait for Blockbuster release, but his Trekkie friends told him as a Trekkie he had to see it. I wasn’t enthused to go, but loved every minute. One of my fave feel good films
I remember Galaxy Quest when it came out. I loved it.
GalaxyQuest was genius. Everyone played their parts perfectly and it was hilarious. I mean, what's his face gets high all the time, gets munchies - seen in this clip - and just happy trips the whole movie. Oh man, I miss this era...
Dark City is a gloriously wonderful movie. Mystery Men heralded the modern superhero ensemble movie. Hudsucker Proxy is a gem too few know. I'd say that Galaxy Quest, Rocketeer, and Mystery Men are cult classics. I loved Last Action Hero and Tank Girl also.
Galaxy Quest is fantastic. I do remember that it had hardly any lead-up promotion to it, and I don't think I saw it at the theaters because of that. But once we saw it on video, we realized what a terrific "heart" it had to it, and for a number of years we watched our DVD copy at least annually. It hasn't gotten old yet!
Many of these were favs of my brothers & I growing up. Event Horizon, Dark City, Galaxy Quest, Brain Dead (I'm Australian) & Tank Girl still do the rounds in our places.
Event Horizon's cast was half British, no? At least.
Seriously, The Iron Giant didn't even make it's budget back. I just fell in love with the story at first watch.
Galaxy Quest is one of my favourite movies. Tank Girl, Mystery Men, and Ed Wood are pretty awesome too! Highly recommend!
Hell yeah, Galaxy Quest was SO good. It still makes me chuckle and I've seen it dozens of times. Great pick for this list, it never blew up like I wish it had. A sequel would have been very cool.
Last Action Hero is awesome, it deconstructs but also celebrates the action genre same time! Made back when hollywood had balls and was willing to take risks and try new things!
I agree it was the most wonderful fun
I saw Galaxy Quest in the cinema, and I would do so again. It's so underrated.
Galaxy Quest is a riot!!
I’ve seen all but two of these, mostly during their theatrical runs, and most I actually own on DVD. Galaxy Quest, Event Horizon, and Iron Giant are among my favorites!
Water world?
Wow, this was a GREAT list. I've already seen 9 of these, and I LOVED EVERY ONE! That really makes want to take your recommendation to see the rest of them! Thanks so much for this. I'm going to add the others to my queue.
I think Hellboy 2019 is worth a re watch.
But yeah Dark City, The Rocketeer and Galaxy Quest were movies I saw in the theater as a teen and they were underrated fun flicks.
I really enjoyed Hellboy 2019. I think it’s just shot beautifully
Dark City (director's cut, without the spoiler intro) is excellent. The Rocketeer is also rather good
Galaxy Quest and Mystery Men are two of my favourite films
The Rocketeer has been one of my favorite movies since it came out when I was a little kid
Event Horizon was a damn good film. Didn't quite understand it when I was younger, was more for Sci-fi action, so the lack of ''action scenes' made me think the film was boring, but watching now, I can apricate the master piece of horror it is(although not a horror fan) it is a damn good film.
that's the only movie I've ever seen that actually scared me I literally can't sleep after watching that
It has some truly disturbing moments. When listening to the audio of what happened to the original crew...That's the stuff of nightmares.
@@jm7804 "We're leaving."
Johnny Mnemonic and Tank Girl are two of my all-time favorite movies… I was Obsessed when I was a kid
The Iron Giant is one of my favorite movies.
Strange Days and Dark City are both really great films that got overshadowed by other movies
Galaxy Quest is so dang good.
When my local theater was asked why Iron Giant was only being played one day a week at 11 am on Saturday, "Our corporate office said if we gave it a regular schedule then Disney wouldn't let us have the next Toy Story."
Last Action Hero has been a part of my childhood. I am glad to be a 90s kid.
To be or not to be...not to be.
Everyone loves “Galaxy Quest”. It has no haters, a Hollywood comedy dint perfection.
Ed Wood, Galaxy Quest and Mystery Men are fun, smart and easy to watch. Event Horizon is like a colonoscopy, someone thinks it's needed but the anesthesiologist called in sick and they went ahead anyway.
Maybe because it was not on this list because it was not on the big screen but 'Cast A Deadly Spell' deserves a spot here. A wonderful pastiche of Cthulhu Mythos and film noir.
Almost all of these films I saw either in the theater or on video not long after their release on home video. I would say that The Frighteners was Jackson’s better 90’s offering and also very under-appreciated. Cool World had one of the best soundtracks of all-time, along with Judgement Night, another gem.
Many of these sci-fi films were much more cerebral, though they had action, it was not the focus of these films, it was more incidental.
The Last Action Hero was ahead of its time and tom noonan did such a good job of parodying hid villain persona, like in Manhunter or Robocop 2.
Also, Jennifer Connolly was, in my opinion, absolutely at her height of beauty during this time especially in The Rocketeer.
Galaxy Quest is the BEST! The Rocketeer and Mystery Men were good too but Galaxy Quest is a must see!
Dead Alive was called Brain Dead in Australia/New Zealand. Galaxy Quest is brilliant.
Both are excellent films. Also called Brain Dead in the UK.
*"Virtuosity"* from 1995 with Denzel Washington and a soon-to- breakout Russell Crowe, that's a entertaining piece of hokum, plus *"Dark City."* And *"The Iron Giant,"* which featured voice work for the Giant from Vin Diesel.
Funny how so many of the so-called Box office bombs mostly turned out to be my favorite movies not only of that particular year they came out but stayed my favorites all throughout my life. Talking about a good 80 to 90%. And seeing clips of them every so often, it urges me desperately to watch them anew and then again. So I've already seen very many of these films innumerable times.
I unironically love all of these movies. Had you not told me they were flops I wouldn’t have known it. The Rocketeer is still one of my favorite.
Galaxy Quest is one of those rare movies where I laughed so hard I couldn’t breathe. The scene where they are trying to bring the ship out of the dock. It goes on forever.
The scene where they land on the planet and just open the door without thinking was one of my favorites. "Is there air out there? You don't know!"
@@anon_y_mousse "I thought I was the crewman left on the ship that dies! Now I think I'm the crewman on the planet who dies! MOMMY!"
This list is full of great movies. I've seeing and loved almost all of them.
Event Horizon is a masterpiece, I can't believe it bombed. Last action hero was really fun.
Galaxy Quest was my first DVD and i loved it when i first saw it. A true gem of a movie.
five of those i haven't watched. thanks for the recommendations!
imo, ed wood is burton's finest work to date! and all the sci fi here is great!
I actually saw Johnny Mnemonic in theater...
Galaxy Quest was a fun Star Trek parody, and is likely the reason The Orville exists.
The Rocketeer... who wouldn't want the ability to fly like that?
Event Horizon was definitely a psychological sci-fi horror, though the "otherworldly horror" was not on the ship, it basically WAS the ship.
Last Action Hero was definitely an odd one, as was Tank Girl (as far as I remember, not sure I actually watched the whole movie).
Ad Rocketeer: there was a popular 80s videogame (c64, Amiga) named Rocket Ranger - pretty much the same thing. :)
Galaxy Quest. The greatest movie ever made.
Last Action Hero is my favorite Arnold movie. It amazingly good and touchingly sweet.
Galaxy Quest is waaaayyyy more than just "worth watching". It's absolutely essential to every fan of sci-fi movies....a masterpiece of spoof/satire worthy of Mel Brooks, but even better. Compared to Galaxy Quest, Spaceballs was a silly and campy piece of fluff. On the other hand, Galaxy Quest was a true homage AND send up of both Star Trek and Star Wars. Brilliant.
The Rocketeer is a national treasure. And Cool World is fantastic!
Great list!! I've seen every one of these except Ravenous (it's on my list) and I'm a fan of every one of them. In fact I just got Event Horizon on 4K BluRay in the mail today and have a few of the others on the list already in my collection.
Dark city, Event Horizon.... man these movies get better and better..... these are ALL friggin GEMS
Last Action Hero was badass!!! I grew up watching it every week on a cable channel back in the day that only had like 10 movies on rotation hahaha
Was really glad to see that Strange Days was on this list. I immediately thought of it when I saw the video title. It's an absolute Sci-fi masterpiece IMHO and I never understood why it wasn't appreciated more.
All these movies hold a special place in my childhood.
Cyberpunk 2077 owes a lot of it's main plot to Johnny Mnemonic. In the movie, Johnny downloads too much data into his brain that it starts to break down and he franticly searches a way to get rid of it
Galaxy Quest is awesome! After I saw it, one of my friends who was a Trekker/Larper/Etc. asked me what it was about. I said, "It's about you."
Your take on Iron Giant is spot on...as an adult I found it to be one of the best kids/adult animation movies of all time...
Galaxy Quest is a classic. Dark City one of my all time favs.
here's so many movies I loved on this list; Cool World, Last action hero, Tank girl, Mystery men & Dark City were all fantastic in their day & i would happily watch them all again today. Galaxy Quest, I could watch every day. Sigourney Weaver, when her lips said "F" but they dubbed it over to "Screw that" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Galaxy Quest, Iron Giant and Quest for Camelot, The Last Action hero are still family fav. on those cold winter weekends.
Galaxy Quest is one of my top 10 Faves.
Galaxy Quest is still my favorite’Star Trek’ movie :))
Just watched Dark City again a couple weeks ago and had forgotten how much I enjoyed it.
Iron Giant, Rocketeer and Event Horizon are legit classics.
Loved and still watch at least once a year.....GALAXY QUEST