1999 Sci-Fi Film Was Just Named the 'Greatest '90s Movie' Worth Rewatching

Most movie enthusiasts will agree that there are plenty of captivating '90s films that actually improve upon a revisit.

For instance, the publication Collider recently shared a list of "the 10 greatest '90s movies worth watching over and over," which spotlighted popular films like 1994's Forrest Gump, Terminator 2: Judgment Day from 1991, 1995's Before Sunrise, and Jurassic Park, released in 1993.

Collider put the 1999 science fiction film The Matrix at the top spot. According to the publication, The Matrix deserves such recognition because of how impactful it is in the world of film, in terms of its effects and the topics it tackles.

Lilly Wachowski Shared How She & Her Sister Ended up Directing 'The Matrix'

Lilly Wachowski, who co-wrote and co-directed The Matrix with her sisterLana Wachowski, shared how Warner Bros. ended up taking on the project in a 2025 interview for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She explained that she and Lana, who co-directed the 1996 movie Bound, had been "working on comic books at the time" when they began brainstorming the premise of The Matrix.

She then said that Warner Bros. was interested in her and Lana making something for the company as "they had this string of big movies that weren't working out the way they wanted them to."

"They had looked at us, and what we had done with Bound," said the director.

She also said that she and Lana were able to convince the studio to allow them to co-direct The Matrix by hiring an artist to sketch out a couple of the film's sequences.

"The more we drew, the more we were able to coax Warner Bros. into maybe these two people could direct this. We were second-time filmmakers. And these people were going, 'You have to save my job!' And they took a chance," continued Lilly in the 2025 interview.

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This story was originally published May 31, 2026 at 10:58 AM.