20 Movies Turning 20 in 2017 (Actually 21... But Who Is Counting?)

We put together a list of our favorite film releases from 20 years ago. These are our choices (in no particular order) with trailers. Let us know your favorites! Did you see any of these? Do you agree with our picks? Do you have a favorite movie on this list? Share your comments in the comment section. 1. "Contact" Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of intelligent aliens, who send plans for a mysterious machine. (July 11, 1997) 2. "The Full Monty" Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity. (August 13, 1997) Get Movie Here: The Full Monty https://youtu.be/zNwvxWI7Kgc Click "Next" To See More 3. "The Ice Storm" 1973, suburban New Canaan, Connecticut: middle class families experimenting with casual sex and substance abuse find their lives beyond their control. (September 27, 1997) Get Movie Here: The Ice Storm https://youtu.be/IjXMWjoX8L4 4. "Grosse Point Blank" Martin Blank is a professional assassin. He is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe, and, by coincidence, his ten-year high school reunion party is taking place there at the same time. (April 11, 1997) Get Movie Here: Grosse Point Blank https://youtu.be/IJ7AXKWmWOg?t4s Click "Next" To See More 5. "Good Will Hunting" Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life. (December 5, 1997) Get movie here: Good Will Hunting https://youtu.be/z02M3NRtkAA 6. "L.A. Confidential" As corruption grows in 1950s LA, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. (September 19, 1997) Get Movie Here: L.A. Confidential https://youtu.be/C4XbnrmbEME Click "Next" To See More 7. "Ulee's Gold" A reclusive beekeeper slowly pulls his dysfunctional family back together, but not without having to fight his son's previous dastardly cohorts. (June 13, 1997) Get Movie Here: Ulee's Gold https://youtu.be/3cea_SDUKIY?t6s 8. "As Good As It Gets" A single mother/waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery. (December 6, 1997) Get Movie Here: As Good As It Gets https://youtu.be/rrRl2QQKkI8 Click "Next" To Continue 9. "The Apostle" After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio. (October 9, 1997) Get Movie Here: The Apostle https://youtu.be/zgyUKqGc7cw 10. "Titanic" A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. (December 19, 1997) Get Movie Here: Titanic https://youtu.be/zCy5WQ9S4c0 Click "Next" To Continue 11. "The Game" After a wealthy banker is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, his life is turned upside down when he becomes unable to distinguish between the game and reality. (September 12, 1997) Get Movie Here: The Game https://youtu.be/0kqQNBR09Rc 12. "Seven Years In Tibet" True story of Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who became friends with the Dalai Lama at the time of China's takeover of Tibet. (October 8, 1997) Get Movie Here: Seven Years In Tibet https://youtu.be/LSyr_vJ5t3k Click "Next" To Continue 13. "Wag The Dog" Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a presidential sex scandal. Get Movie Here: Wag The Dog https://youtu.be/steA_PZPkc8 14. "Jackie Brown" A middle-aged woman finds herself in the middle of a huge conflict that will either make her a profit or cost her life Get Movie Here: Jackie Brown https://youtu.be/G7HkBDNZV7s Click "Next" To Continue 15. "Boogie Nights" The story of a young man's adventures in the Californian pornography industry of the late 1970s and early 1980s. (October 10, 1997) Get Movie Here: Boogie Nights https://youtu.be/QzmUsgJE4DY 16. "The Sweet Hereafter" A bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to the town to defend the families, but he discovers that everything is not what it seems (November 21, 1997) Get Movie Here: The Sweet Hereafter https://youtu.be/upeFO4qwfXM 17. "The Fifth Element" In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr Zorg at bay. (May 9, 1997) Get Movie Here: The Fifth Element https://youtu.be/fQ9RqgcR24g Click "Next" To Continue 18. "Deconstructing Harry" Suffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, come back to haunt him. (December 12, 1997) Get Movie Here: Deconstructing Harry https://youtu.be/K9wYgL-Mglw 19. "Donnie Brasco" An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life, at the expense of his regular one. (February 28, 1997) Get Movie Here: Donnie Brasco https://youtu.be/rsBx_eTVSpQ Click "Next" To Continue 20. "Gattaca" A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel. (October 24, 1997) Get Movie Here: Gattaca https://youtu.be/hWjlUj7Czlk 21. "Mrs. Brown" Queen Victoria is deeply depressed after the death of her husband, disappearing from public. Her servant Brown... (July 18, 1997) Get Movie Here: Mrs. Brown https://youtu.be/DsnOyuU2o6A Do you agree with our picks? What are we missing? We welcome your comments and hope you share our story with your friends and Facebook family!

20 Movies Turning 20 in 2017 (Actually 21… But Who Is Counting?)

By K. Gitter
8 years ago

3. “The Ice Storm”

4. “Grosse Point Blank”