Best Intense Movies & TV Series of the 1990s

Looking for the best intense movies and TV series of the 1990s? These 29 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

Perfect Blue 1998 ★ 8.3

Yu Yu Hakusho 1992 ★ 8.5

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion 1997 ★ 8.3

The Usual Suspects 1995 ★ 8.2

Ghost in the Shell 1995 ★ 7.9

Dances with Wolves 1990 ★ 7.8

Misery 1990 ★ 7.8

Twelve Monkeys 1995 ★ 7.6

Boyz n the Hood 1991 ★ 7.6

True Romance 1993 ★ 7.5

Thesis 1996 ★ 7.5

Falling Down 1993 ★ 7.4

The Piano 1993 ★ 7.4

The Practice 1997 ★ 7.7

Men in Black 1997 ★ 7.2

The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 ★ 7.2

Speed 1994 ★ 7.2

Sharpe 1993 ★ 8.0

In the Line of Fire 1993 ★ 7.0

Far and Away 1992 ★ 6.8

The Client 1994 ★ 6.7

Wes Craven's New Nightmare 1994 ★ 6.5

The Doom Generation 1995 ★ 6.5

Freeway 1996 ★ 6.4