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From "Pretty Woman" to "Fight Club," take a look and treat yourself to some of the most popular movies produced in the 1990s.

Goodfellas (1990)

Rating: 8.7

Martin Scorsese's crime drama is considered to be one of the classic gangster movies of all time. It was based on the non-fiction book "Wiseguy" by Nicholas Pileggi. The film focuses on the life of mob associate Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) and his friends.

Pretty Woman (1990)

Rating: 7.0

One of the most successful rom-coms of all time, it stars Richard Gere as a wealthy businessman who hires a prostitute (Julia Roberts) to escort him for business and social functions. Over the course of time, the two fall in love.

Home Alone (1990)

Rating: 7.5

Written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus, this much-loved Christmas classic starred Macaulay Culkin as a young boy who gets left behind unknowingly by his family as they travel to Paris for the holidays.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Rating: 8.6

The Jonathan Demme directorial starred Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and Scott Glenn. Foster played a trainee at the FBI Academy who is assigned to interview an imprisoned psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer to nab another serial killer. The thriller is one of the very few films that won Oscars in all the top five categories: best picture, best actor, best actress, best director, and best screenplay.

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Rating: 8.0

The animated musical is about the relationship between a prince, magically turned into a beast, and a beautiful young woman. In order to become a prince again, he must win her love or he will remain a beast forever.

Aladdin (1992)

Rating: 8.0

In this Arabian folktale, Aladdin releases a genie by rubbing a magic lamp and later the genie helps him become a prince so that he can marry a beautiful princess. The voice cast includes Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin and Jonathan Freeman.

Braveheart (1995)

Rating: 8.4

In this historical drama, Mel Gibson played the role of William Wallace, a 13th-century Scottish warrior who starts a revolt against King Edward I of England. The movie was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, of which it won five - including best picture and best director.

Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Rating: 6.8

Director Baz Luhrmann gave Shakespeare's classic love story a modern edge in the film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes as the star-crossed lovers trying to reach their happy ending amidst their warring families.

Titanic (1997)

Rating: 7.8

The 1997 blockbuster written and directed by James Cameron and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet went on to become one the biggest Hollywood box-office successes ever. It is about a young painter who falls in love with a first-class passenger aboard the ill-fated ship. The film received 14 Academy Awards nominations, out of which it won 11, including the awards for Best Picture and Best Director.