Surprised to see this one on our list of 90s gems? We think it’s a classic! Reese Witherspoon and Tobey Maguire play two ’90s teens who find themselves embedded in a 1950s sitcom where they add color and scandal to the monochrome world with their modern sensibilities.

Leave the glamour of the City of Lights behind, and enter the seedy underworld of a poor suburban neighborhood of Paris. This black and white film follows three young men for 24 hours after a violent riot erupts in their community.

Choose life. Easily one of the best films of the 1990s, this black comedy follows heroin addict Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) as he stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends