The 1990s Summer Blockbuster Movie Draft

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Apple TV+'s Chris Evans/Ana de Armas spy-rom-com. "This shit got turned into glue so fast."

The 1990s Summer Blockbuster Draft drafting 1990s summer blockbusters

Chris Ryan

Sequel

Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991

His round-one lock: "the ultimate summer movie of my youth."

Oscar nominee

The Fugitive 1993

Saw it twice in two days on release; calls it the Rewatchables episode he wishes he'd been on.

Comedy

There's Something About Mary 1998

Remembers theaters in "pandemonium" at the hair-gel scene.

Action

Twister 1996

A movie he's grown into: "possibly the craziest cast of the 90s."

Drama

Ghost 1990

His sixth-grade first-date movie: "I'm not Patrick Swayze."

Wildcard

Point Break 1991

"I love bank-robbing surfers."

Amanda Dobbins

Action

Jurassic Park 1993

Still her No. 1 Spielberg: "they put dinosaurs on the movies."

Drama

Apollo 13 1995

The Tom Hanks role she's demanded a Rewatchables episode over.

Oscar nominee

Sleepless in Seattle 1993

The film that, after When Harry Met Sally, made the modern rom-com "a real thing."

Sequel

Die Hard with a Vengeance 1995

Took it over Clear and Present Danger, which she'd drafted recently.

Comedy

My Best Friend's Wedding 1997

Her Julia Roberts pick, and the movie she says taught her how rom-com tropes work.

Wildcard

The Firm 1993

Cruise's Mitch McDeere doing handsprings on Beale Street: "the best sequence in movie history."

Sean Fennessey

Action

Speed 1994

His quintessential summer blockbuster: "the commercial explains the premise in ten seconds."

Oscar nominee

Unforgiven 1992

An August release that looked like proof Clint was through.

Comedy

A League of Their Own 1992

A hit twice over in his house: "incredible drama in addition to being really really funny."

Drama

Saving Private Ryan 1998

Released on his 16th birthday weekend; he saw it that weekend.

Sequel

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 1999

A deliberately weird pick: "not a good film, but I like it."

Wildcard

The Truman Show 1998

His self-described tanking pick: "anti-drafting, but only with good films."

On the board, undrafted honorable mentions

Independence DayForrest GumpMission: ImpossibleThe RockThe Lion KingArmageddonThe Blair Witch ProjectFace/OffDeep ImpactCon AirTrue LiesIn the Line of FireTotal RecallBatman & RobinThe Lost World: Jurassic ParkClear and Present DangerBatman ReturnsCity SlickersRunaway BrideMen in Black

Also mentioned raised along the way

In passing Knives OutSnowpiercerScott Pilgrim vs. the WorldThe Gray ManRomancing the StoneMr. & Mrs. SmithThe Super Mario Bros. MovieWaterworldThe Sixth SenseJohn WickDie Hard 2Your Place or MineEvil Dead RiseGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3Jurassic PunkThe RescueThirteen LivesCasablancaExcaliburAmerican PieWarriorGodzillaCasperThe SandlotA Few Good MenHome AloneBroadcast NewsFree GuyThe CoreSunshineAir Force OnePatriot GamesStar WarsThe Empire Strikes BackReturn of the JediStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithStar Wars: The Last JediStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads

TV AndorThe DiplomatDead RingersThis Is Going to HurtMrs. DavisThe Mandalorian100 Foot WaveStation ElevenLucky HankEuphoria

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