Best 90s Movie Championship!

We've finally made it to the Championship match of the Best 90s Movie Bracket!  After five rounds and 62 head to head match ups, we are down to the final two to decide the winner.  Jurassic Park and The Shawshank Redemption have had mostly dominating performances to get to this point and they are both very well acclaimed.  That should make for a competitive match pitting escaped dinosaurs versus escaped convicts.  I can't say I'm very surprised by this match up, but I don't know that I would have predicted this final at the beginning of the tournament.  With this match up we finally say goodbye to Good Will Hunting, which had an amazing run, and Toy Story, which was the last one seed remaining.

I've also included a bonus question to ask for people's thoughts on what next year's bracket should be.  That's right, I'm already thinking about next year.  But before I get to that, there's a champion to be crowned!  Vote for your favorite, share with friends, and enjoy the thrilling conclusion to the Best 90s Movie Bracket!

Best 90s Movie Bracket - Final Four

Here we are, at the Final Four of the Best 90s Movie Bracket!  And what an impressive collection of movies it is.  We have pioneers in special effects and animation, a prison drama based on a Stephen King novella, and the movie that launched Matt Damon and Ben Affleck into super stardom.  While the Cinderella run of Home Alone finally came to an end, I still think the biggest surprise is Good Will Hunting making it this far after taking down another juggernaut in Schindler’s List.  With that victory and Shawshank beating Silence of the Lambs, there are no more Best Picture winners remaining in the field.  But that doesn’t mean the remaining films aren’t great, and clearly, they each have the popular vote on their side as most of the winners did so in runaway fashion.  The only match up decided by less than ten votes was Toy Story over Home Alone.  Now looking ahead, we have two intriguing match ups to determine the championship.  Toy Story versus Jurassic Park in a match up of groundbreaking films that changed the course of animation and special effects, respectively.  And Good Will Hunting versus The Shawshank Redemption in a battle of underdog dramas.  But enough waxing poetic, let’s vote!

Best 90s Movie Bracket - Elite Eight

Well, the Sweet Sixteen certainly provided some excitement.  We lost two 1 seeds, one 2 seed, and three matchups were decided by less than 10 votes, including one upset determined by a single vote.  Three animated classics were eliminated this round, and Home Alone continues its Cinderella run.  Looking ahead to the Elite Eight, there is only one matchup of top two seeds in a region, and dramas are dominating the field.  Other than Home Alone surviving this far as an 11 seed, I think the biggest surprise is Good Will Hunting, which has taken down two powerhouses of the 90s in Titanic and Pulp Fiction in successive rounds.  It gets another high profile matchup in this round against Schindler’s List.  Speaking of Schindler’s List, it is one of three Steven Spielberg movies left standing to this point, although he is guaranteed to lose one as Saving Private Ryan and Jurassic Park go head to head.  We are one step closer to determining a winner so keep the votes coming.