20 Oral Histories of Your Favorite ’90s Movies

Dozens of beautiful young actors. Nighttime shoots. Hormones aflutter. An oral history of the ’90s classic discovers how the set of Richard Linklater’s film was a hotbed of horny future stars.

Few films have had a more transformative impact on their local industry than “Four Weddings and a Funeral.”

Years after the release of the movie that made them stars, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck — along with the rest of the cast and crew — reflect in their own words on how a long-shot film by two unknowns became one of Hollywood's biggest success stories.

“Addams Family Values” is a rare studio-produced family comedy whose creators were not only bold but also playful enough to make their big-budget revival of a decades-old property a modern and even politically savvy comedy.

Discussions with the film’s breakout stars and Hollywood veterans on the movie that became a fashion template and cultural touchstone.

Kevin Smith and others tell VICE the story of making one of the most iconic indie films ever on a shoestring budget at a conjoined Quick Stop and video store in New Jersey.

The ’90s cult favorite, starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, has stood the test of time. Years later the cast and writers reunite to share secrets from the set and reveal if anyone really had beef.

The filmmakers and cast members revisit the original tale of gossip girls and pretty little liars.

The Times shaped this oral history from conversations with the “Love Jones” cast and crew about how the film came to be, the impact of black love on screen in the 1990s and why the film is considered a classic.

“Election” has prevailed as a defining film for millennials as well as major-studio projects that employ indie sensibilities.

“It was released as ‘Cold Buttocks’ in Norway – and ‘Rasta Rockett’ in France.”

Including the time Michael Jackson visited the set of “Home Alone 2.”

Director Roland Emmerich, writer Dean Devlin and stars Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Vivica A. Fox, Randy Quaid and more look back at the battle to cast Will Smith, concerns over that famous Super Bowl ad, and a last-minute reshoot to save the ending.

In October 1992, “The Mighty Ducks” flew into movie theaters and changed hockey forever.

A lot of Farrelly fans consider it their funniest film, featuring what is quietly a Top-Five, all-time Bill Murray performance.

It was a movie about feelings for guys learning to be men, predating the modern Apatovian bromance by years.

The doomed bourgeoisie, debutantes in distress, and founding members of the Sally Fowler Rat Pack recall the making of the most charming cult classic of all time.

Director Gus Van Sant, star Nicole Kidman — who almost lost her killer role to Meg Ryan — and a dozen others reflect on the pain and payoff of making art for the masses.

The director and star look back at what made the blockbuster thriller the staple it’s become.

When ‘Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion’ came out in 1997, it went where few other major studio comedies had dared.