In March, ScreenAge Wasteland will have its 7th annual Movie Madness tournament to determine the Greatest Movie of the 1990s!
Similar to the NCAA March Madness tournament that starts with 64 teams and ends with one winner standing tall, SAW is going to have 64 of the best movies from the ’90s battle it out.
The great thing is that you — our beloved Screenagers — can help determine the winner by voting in the matchups! You will have to check back on March 2, 2026, when voting begins, to see what the matchups are for each region. Below, you can see which movies made the cut for the Wachowski Region and discuss the ones you’d like to see win the whole thing!
Tarantino Region | Spielberg Region | Scorsese Region
The Matrix (1999)
Directed by: The Wachowskis
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth–the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.
A Few Good Men (1992)
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Stars: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore
A military lawyer intends to prove that two US Marines charged with murdering a fellow Marine were only following their base commander’s orders.
American Beauty (1999)
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening
A sexually frustrated suburban father has a midlife crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter’s best friend.
Clerks (1994)
Directed by: Kevin Smith
Stars: Brian O’Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti
A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof.
Fight Club (1999)
Directed by: David Fincher
Stars: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt
An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Directed by: James Foley
Stars: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin
An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office. Unscrupulous salesmen try to hawk dubious real estate to suckers.
Groundhog Day (1993)
Directed by: Harold Ramis
Stars: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell
A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.
Lonestar (1996)
Directed by: John Sayles
Stars: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Pena, Matthew McConaughey
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
Misery (1990)
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Stars: James Caan, Kathy Bates
After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Tim Roth, Harvey Keitel
When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Scream (1996)
Directed by: Wes Craven
Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette
In the small town of Woodsboro, California, a masked killer known as Ghostface begins murdering high school students, and a group of friends must use their knowledge of horror movies to unmask the killer.
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Directed by: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
Stars: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard
Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.
The Iron Giant (1999)
Directed by: Brad Bird
Stars: Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr., Jennifer Aniston
A young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Stars: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment
After being shot by a resentful former patient whom he failed to help, a Philadelphia child psychologist seeks redemption by treating a young boy with a disturbing secret.
Toy Story (1995)
Directed by: John Lasseter
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen
A cowboy doll is profoundly jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as the top toy in a boy’s bedroom. When circumstances separate them from their owner, the duo has to put aside their differences to return to him.
Unforgiven (1992)
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman
Retired Old West gunslinger Will Munny reluctantly takes on one last job to avenge an injustice with the help of his old partner and a young would-be gunman calling himself “The Schofield Kid”.
What do you think of the films in this region? Have any predictions for which film will make it to the Final Four from this group of films?