Curated by SceneIt · United States
Revisit standout releases from 1990 through 1999, selected for viewers who want a strong starting point instead of an exhaustive catalog.
Updated 2026-08-03 · Ratings from TMDB
Titles are ranked by TMDB audience rating with a minimum vote threshold, then checked for relevance to the release decade.
1997 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 690 votes
After moving to a new town with her stressed-out parents and relentlessly popular little sister, Daria uses her acerbic wit and keen powers of observation to contend with the mind-numbingly ridiculous world of Lawndale High. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1998 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 648 votes
Lain—driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate—logs on to the Wired and promptly loses herself in a twisted mass of hallucinations, memories, and interconnected-psyches. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1999 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 1,653 votes
The bizarre misadventures of a cowardly dog named Courage and his elderly owners in a farmhouse in Nowhere, Kansas. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1995 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 562 votes
Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1992 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 621 votes
This spooky anthology series for kids recounts ghost stories told by the young members of the Midnight Society as they gather around a campfire. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1992 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 1,383 votes
The X-Men are an elite team of mutants, genetically gifted human beings with superpowers, sworn to fight for mutant rights against hostile Government agencies, whilst at the same time protecting mankind from mutant supremacist Magneto who seeks to destroy the human race in return for the atrocities committed against mutant kind. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1999 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 618 votes
As new villains overrun Gotham City of the future, the aging Bruce Wayne hangs up the cape of the once invincible Batman. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1998 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 2,556 votes
Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1999 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 907 votes
High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks"). This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1995 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 531 votes
Kintaro Oe is a 25-year-old boy who left Tokyo University and now lives a simple life, traveling by bicycle to learn everything he can about the world. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1997 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 2,026 votes
Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1998 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 504 votes
Trigun takes place in the distant future on a desert planet. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1999 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 937 votes
While at summer camp, seven kids come across seven Digivices and are transported to a strange digital world. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1993 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 1,316 votes
That flashy girl from Flushing with the heart of an angel (and the voice of a slighty more nasal angel). This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1997 · TMDB 8.0/10 · 858 votes
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1994 · TMDB 8.0/10 · 607 votes
Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1996 · TMDB 8.0/10 · 988 votes
The daily life of Arnold--a fourth-grader with a wild imagination, street smarts and a head shaped like a football. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1996 · TMDB 8.0/10 · 778 votes
The son of a world famous mystery writer, Jimmy Kudo, has achieved his own notoriety by assisting the local police as a student detective. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1993 · TMDB 8.0/10 · 779 votes
The two Warner Brothers Yakko and Wakko and their Warner sister Dot had been (supposedly) created in the 1930's, but their cartoons were too screwy for the general public to handle. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1997 · TMDB 8.0/10 · 2,220 votes
Join Ash accompanied by his partner Pikachu, as he travels through many regions, meets new friends and faces new challenges on his quest to become a Pokémon Master. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.