The Most Gen X Movies of the 90s (Part One: 1990-1994)
As a Gen Xer born in 1977, MY Gen X movies showed up in the 90s.
The way I see it, a Gen X 90s movie should primarily be one that captures the experience of 70s and early 80s babies during their teen and young adult years.
It’s not just “any movie we watched in the 90s,” we’re talking about the movies that reflected our cultural moment, attitudes, and struggles. The ones that actually felt like they were made for the younger half of Gen X.
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@ZMAN_420
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
Dazed and Confused is on of my favorite movies of all time!
@ScarletVoodoo
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
'92 was an absolute banger of a year. Every film mentioned is so quotable
@shack1356
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
"Kids" – Larry Clark
@flounderenflucter
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
You forgot SFW
@Norm-R
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
Absolutely love Clerks. I remember working in a music store in the late 90s, my coworkers nicknamed me Randall because I was not afraid to be snarky and sarcastic to customers being assholes.
@emmacastro565
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
Im a ‘77 November baby too!
@catsxass
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
Clerks!!! Yes!! One of the most relatable movies of my life!!! I really enjoy your channel!!!!
@johnseeking
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
Most excellent collection of flicks. Another '77 baby here. You're doing the Lord's work here, Natalie. Can't wait for part 2, and I definitely need to make it to an online hang sometime.
@patmccrotch5373
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
When's part 2?!? I loved this! And have you ever seen Angus?
Edit: I'm sorry I should've waited until the end of the video before asking when part 2 was, I apologize for being an overly excited dope 😂
@theraptorus
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
“National Lampoons Senior Trip” with Jeremy Renner for 1995.
@patmccrotch5373
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
Dishes are done!
@MattHipsher-h9f
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
Natural born killers took a date to it when it came out she was traumatized it was our first and last date
@rachelstepien2370
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
Pump Up The Volume’s soundtrack is a MUST HAVE!!
@CelticShrew
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
Toy Soldiers! I swear everyone sleeps on this movie. Between this and Red Dawn my sister and I would imagine what we'd do if the Russians/Cubans/whatever invaded our tiny, rural, absolutely useless upstate NY town.
Also YES Cutting Edge! DB Sweeney at his absolute best.
@AB2B
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
"What on earth would make you call his mother a gardening tool?" Still kills me. Thank you, House Party. "Toe pick!" Still use that line. The entire "selling out" scene in Wayne's World we still laugh about. This whole time (late 80's – early 90's) had some of the wildest, and in many cases some of the most creative, stories. Nearly every movie had quotable lines, and we still use them. Clerks is absolutely #1, though. It wasn't just the reliability and quotes, but how he managed to make it; Gen X being stubborn and creative.
@rachelstepien2370
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
Yeah Nat!!! 100K!!🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@MissDeby-Sue123
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
Somebody start a slow clap for this channel!
@mattb9664
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
I got to see so many of those early 90s movies including Don't Tell Mom, and Weekend at Bernie's and Indiana Jones Last Crusade. I even was allowed to see Terminator 2 when I was just 12! My grandma used to take me and my brother to all of these movies at the discount mall theater for $1 a ticket. Then one day when I was 13, I saw my last movie with her, Nightmare Before Christmas, just before I became too cool to be rolling around with my grandma. Enjoy that time with your grandparents, kids, when you're very young. It goes fast even when it seems like it's going very slow.
@MissDeby-Sue123
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
I LOVE "SLACKER"!! Nobody ever mentions it.
@pyxeeful
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
Argg you really got us Xennials waiting on tenderhooks for next week!
For real though I am so happy to see Pump Up the Volume getting it's flowers lately. One of my all time favorite movies and I found it while waiting for my parents to finish shopping at a Sam's Club of all places. I wanna say somewhere around 95 or 96. Noone I knew has any idea it existed when I would pull it out.
@MissDeby-Sue123
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
I still say "I'm right on top of that, Rose!"
Good thing about OG Gen Xers, we not only love all those movies, we got the balls to defend them.
@ChristopherStandardTime
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
I never liked the breakfast club.
@diocreatesus
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
Great vid. Made my heart heart.
@WoodsPrecisionArms
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
PCU I LOVED THAT MOVIE!!!!!! GO TO SLEEP – GO TO SLEEP how insane it really got that insanely bad
Don’t tell mom the babysitters dead was one of my very favorites because it was great and I had a massive massive crush on Christina Applegate – THE DISHES ARE DONE DUDE
@mycupoverflows7811
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
Nov 1977 baby here too. Thank you so much!!! Can't wait for the next half.
@mycupoverflows7811
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
I've heard PCU is impossible to stream. Would love to watch it!!
@rayceeya8659
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
Buffy the Vampire Slayer can't possibly be that long ago. Oh fuck! I got old didn't I?
@pescadofish
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
"This penis party's got to go, hey hey ho ho!" 😂😂 28:40
@rayceeya8659
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
"What's your favorite flavor of Koolaid?"
"RED!"
@bhart3321
June 22, 2026 at 5:59 am
Ah spotted my discord avi in the intro! Look ma I'm on tv! 😂😂😂 FYI I see this turning into a series.