These are the ten most essential sci-fi movies of the 90s.

It even takes breaks between the gory fighting for military recruiting ads and newsreels.

The creatives behind the recently announcedHelldiversfilm would do well to take inspiration from it.

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Together the director and startook the adventure-laden script and kicked it into overdrive.

D’Onofrio’s committed physical performance may very well be the most underrated comic acting of the entire decade.

Its success spawned several inferior followups, and plenty of other imitators that failed to recapture its entertainment value.

Casper Van Dien, as Johnny RIco, running from a giant alien bug in Starship Troopers

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The original is far and away the best, and would take more than a neuralyzer to forget.

Studio Ghibli was on a roll, and directors likeSatoshi KonandMamoru Oshiiwere creating bold genre-defying movies.

Like much of anime,it gets far more complex and covers a great deal of philosophical space.

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Forget thedull and shallow live-action remake, and stick with the original perfected design.

While developingERwithMichael Crichton, Spielberg casually asked what the author’s next novel would be.

Whilethe franchise has progressively gotten dumberwith each successive installment, the original remains incredibly effective several decades later.

Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis) stands alongside the orange-haired Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) as she flashes her identification in ‘The Fifth Element’ (1997).

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Together, the practical and digital effects trulymade audiences believe that dinosaurs had come back to life.

He also introduced them to the lethally upgraded T-1000, played with calculated resolve byRobert Patrick.

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The cast of the fictional TV series Galaxy Quest, featuring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, and Daryl Mitchell pose in their space suits in rocky terrain from the movie Galaxy Quest.

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Closeup of Doug Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) in the memory implant machine screaming in Total Recall

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Agent K and Agent J preparing to wipe someone’s memory in Men In Black.

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T. rex escapes his pen and roars under the rain in ‘Jurassic Park’

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A Terminator holding a gun with an explossion in the background in Terminator 2 - Judgment Day - 1991

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Neo, played by Keanu Reeves, and Trinity, played by Carrie-Anne Moss, walk intently in ‘The Matrix’.

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