We're all nostalgic for the '90s, so spend some of your time social distancing curled up with these unforgettable films.

If you&#39;re staying home for <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/wellness/social-distancing-activities-ideas-stay-home-coronavirus">social distancing</a> (and you&nbsp;really&nbsp;should be), chances are you&#39;re spending a lot of time watching movies and TV shows. And while the good news is streaming services seem to be one of the only sectors of pop culture releasing <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/watch-stream-march-2020-movies-tv">new content</a> right now (besides their equivalents in <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/music/new-music-march-2020">music</a>), sometimes you just want to enjoy an old classic. &#39;90s nostalgia is as strong as ever, and though we have to go some time without Bella Hadid&#39;s street style, there&#39;s no better place to look right now than a classic &#39;90s movie. Whether you&#39;re a lifelong Julia Roberts fan or want to revisit some childhood action classics, Netflix is full of options for you, so you&#39;re only a few clicks away from a fun-filled movie&nbsp;night with a quarantini in hand.

But if the internet has taught us anything, it&#39;s that there are&nbsp;so&nbsp;many options when it comes to &#39;90s movies and literally everything else, and chances are you either feel overwhelmed with choices or uninspired due to one of your favorites&nbsp;being unavailable to stream. Either way, fear not because we&#39;ve done the work for you and found 12 of the best &#39;90s movies to stream on Netflix now and start (sort of) appreciating your time stuck at home. Put on an <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/beauty/extra-virgin-olive-oil-for-hair-natural-beauty-home-recipe">olive oil hair mask</a>, update your <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop%20culture/quarantine-nickname-celebrity-responses-meme-coronavirus-social-distancing">quarantine nickname</a>, and enjoy the show.

Casino, directed by Martin Scorsese (1996)

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Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, and Joe Pesci are the cast of this iconic drama, which&nbsp;won Stone a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/golden-globes-2020-red-carpet-looks">Golden Globe</a> for Best Actress. Set in Las Vegas in 1973, Sam &quot;Ace&quot; Rothstein is a casino lord and master based on Frank &quot;Lefty&quot; Rosenthal. He marries an imposter, Ginger McKenna, who quickly loses herself in alcohol and drugs. But that is not Sam&#39;s only problem: his childhood friend Nicky Santoro shows up and comes to pour more oil on the fire. One of the more thrilling &#39;90s movies, this will leave you on the edge of your seat if you&#39;ve never seen it before.

Jumanji,&nbsp;directed by Joe Johnston (1996)

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Jumanji is one of Robin Williams&#39; iconic films that you can stream on Netflix, and follows&nbsp;Alan Parrish after he is&nbsp;released from an enchanted board game after 26 years. Also starring <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/actresses-over-50-awards-nominations">Bonnie Hunt</a> and a young Kirsten Dunst, this fantasy &#39;90s movie was a favorite of many while growing up and is a true life-saver in a time when we all want to escape reality.

Forrest Gump&nbsp;directed by Robert Zemeckis (1994)

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Forrest Gump is known to have inspired numerous cult replicas in the years that followed its release, and it&nbsp;remains one of the most quotable films today. According to the most seasoned&nbsp;fanatics, this &#39;90s movie transcends its time to be one of the most iconic films ever. Forrest Gump won no less than three <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/oscars-2020-red-carpet-looks">Oscars</a> in 1995: Best Film, Best Director (Robert Zemeckis), and Best Actor (Tom Hanks).

The Matrix,&nbsp;directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski (1999)

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In 1999, the Wachowski sisters revolutionized the science fiction world with&nbsp;The Matrix, which&nbsp;even inspires filmmakers to this day. In a story about a dystopian future, a computer scientist named Thomas A. Anderson, with the pseudonym Neo, discovers that the world he lives in is virtual. This &#39;90s movie is a must-see classic, if only for Keanu Reeves&#39; masterful acting performance.

Bad Boys,&nbsp;directed by Michael Bay (1995)

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Before Belgian duo Bilal Fallah and Adil El Arbi took the helm for&nbsp;this series&#39; third installment, which came out in January,&nbsp;it was Michael Bay who directed the first Bad Boys film. A symbol of the &#39;90s, the movie follows Mike Lowrey, an inveterate seducer and police officer, and his colleague and friend Marcus Burnett, a neat, married man and father. Despite their friendship, the duo&#39;s approaches to life and work ethic are diametrically opposed. But when they have to solve a drug scandal together, they manage to collaborate like never before.

Groundhog Day, directed by Harold Ramis (1993)

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Who doesn&#39;t love a classic &#39;90s movie like&nbsp;Groundhog Day? Starring Bill Murray, the film follows TV weatherman Phil Connors as he gets stuck in a time loop while covering the annual Groundhog Day event. He relives the same day over and over, and it ultimately takes solving a romantic dilemma to finally move on.

Free Willy,&nbsp;directed by Simon Wincer (1994)

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The story of this unforgettable &#39;90s movie&nbsp;follows Jesse (a&nbsp;troubled 12-year-old&nbsp;boy whose mother abandoned him six years prior) as he encounters Willy, a killer whale trapped in the pool of a dilapidated amusement park.&nbsp;The two become friends and rescue each other from a harsh, cynical world.

The Pagemaster,&nbsp;directed by Maurice Hunt (1995)

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Young Richard Tyler (Macaulay Culkin) is the most fearful and cautious boy in the world, which doesn&#39;t help him make friends. One day, his father sends him&nbsp;away to get nails for a tree house. However, Richard&nbsp;is surprised by a heavy thunderstorm and decides to take shelter in an abandoned library run by the eccentric Mr. Dewey. Looking for the exit, he is caught by a fresco on the ceiling, which pulls him into an imaginary world of <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop%20culture/dystopian-books-novels-pandemic-social-distancing-quarantine-coronavirus">books</a>. To return to reality, he must face his greatest fear.

Notting Hill,&nbsp;directed by Roger Michell (1999)

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Starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant,&nbsp;Notting Hill&nbsp;is the ultimate romantic &#39;90s movie.&nbsp;One morning, when Anna Scott, a well-known Hollywood actress, walks into a bookstore in charming London&#39;s charming Notting Hill, owner William Thacket has no idea what is in store. A series of chance events, no doubt fueled by fate, brings William and Anna back together in the most endearing encounter. When Anna seeks contact again, William cannot believe it, but one of the decade&#39;s most beloved <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/valentines-day-rom-com-movies-to-watch">romantic plots</a> ensues.

Steven Spielberg&#39;s Jurassic Park trilogy (1993, 1997, 2001)

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In the early 1990s, Steven Spielberg began captivating&nbsp;cinema with his Jurassic Park films and charmed the general public with special effects. The original film earned Oscars for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects, proving to be as much a hit with critics as it was with the audience. The &#39;90s movie, which follows what happens when dinosaurs&nbsp;come back from extinction on an uninhabited island, still inspires the film and entertainment industries&nbsp;today.

Demolition Man&nbsp;directed by Marco Brambilla (1993)

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In San Francisco, California&nbsp;in 2032, after&nbsp;all violence has been eradicated, Simon Phoenix, a psychopathic murderer sentenced to life, uses a medical visit to escape. The only way to take him out is to bring his eternal enemy back to life: John Spartan, a police officer nicknamed &quot;Demolition Man,&quot; who was cryogenically frozen since 1996 as a punishment for reckless murder.

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To track down a gang responsible for as many as 26 bank robberies, Johnny Utah, a young, inexperienced and naive FBI detective, infiltrates the Los Angeles surf community. Any excuse to see Patrick Swayze again is a good moment, so you should definitely get to watching.

12 Classic '90s Movies to Stream on Netflix Now

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