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THE '90S

Paramount Home Entertainment

On July 6, 1994, 'Forrest Gump' arrived in theaters and became a box office behemoth (earning almost $1 billion worldwide in today’s dollars).

Garin Pirnia
Hulton Archive, Getty Images Plus

There’s a lot you might not know about 'Seinfeld,' the show about nothing. Like how it was anything but a show about nothing.

Jennifer M Wood, Stacy Conradt


Ian Holm and Sarah Polley in Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter (1997).

Oscar-winning horror flicks. Best Picture-nominated cartoons. Emerging independent filmmakers. Moviemaking legends creating some of the best work of their careers. The 1990s had it all.

Eric D Snider


Shadow Shifter, YouTube

The novelty shirts, shorts, and pants were one of the hottest clothing items of 1991, with a special dye that changed color in response to temperature changes. Before long, Hypercolor proved to be too popular for its own good.

Jake Rossen






HarperCollins

Amazon's recent series starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen isn't the first time Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s 'Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch' has been adapted. Or attempted.

Rebecca Pahle


Columbia Pictures

In the nearly 30 years since the release of 'Groundhog Day,' fans have spent plenty of time and precious web bandwidth attempting to decode the alleged layers that exist just below the surface.

Jennifer M Wood












ABC

On September 24, 1993, television audiences were introduced to Cory Matthews (Ben Savage) and his lovable group of friends, family members, and one very important teacher when 'Boy Meets World' made its premiere on ABC.

Meredith Danko