Looking back, the 1990s feel like a time of unbridled prosperity — especially when it comes to movies. In putting together our list of the best '90s movies on HBO Max, Mashable found that many of today's modern classics were borne of this weird, wonderful decade.

Some '90s films were so iconic that we've already got them in our exhaustive list of the best movies on HBO Max from any era. That's why you won't see The Matrix or Tom Hanks bangers like You've Got Mail and A League of Their Own — because that man is the best of the '90s!