The 1990s marks one of the most eclectic and experimental decades in the history of mainstream cinema.

There is no film that embodies the decades emergence of foreign horror quite likeRingu.

Such unrivaled success makesTitanic, by default, one of the most significant and important releases of the 1990s.

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A harrowing tale of the Holocaust from Steven Spielberg,Schindlers Listis one of those films.

The masterful realization of such visual craft inspired many blockbusters that followed, includingThe Lord of the Ringstrilogy.

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Captain Miller in Saving Private Ryan in a boat with his troops approaching the beach.

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Gale, Randy, and Sidney covered in blood looking down at something off-camera in Scream.

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Sadako Yamamura in the woods in Ringu

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Jack holds Rose, who has her arms open wide, on the bow of the ‘Titanic’

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Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) holds an object and looks distraught in Schindler’s List (1993).

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John Travolta’s Vince and Samuel L. Jackson’s Jules looking intently ahead in ‘Pulp Fiction’

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Buzz and Woody flying during the ending of Toy Story (1995)

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Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Ann Moss) walk through the lobby in ‘The Matrix’

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Alan Grant distracting the T-Rex with a red light in Jurassic Park

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