90’s
This 1994 film starring Tom Hanks as a man with a low IQ became a cultural phenomenon.
Forrest Gump
This 2008 Marvel film launched the MCU with Robert Downey Jr.
Iron Man
This ’90s sitcom featured six friends living in New York.
Friends
This 90s dance craze was popularized by the Macarena song.
The Macarena
This Britney Spears song from 1999 launched her as a pop icon.
Hit Me.. Baby One More Time
This animated Disney film featured “Hakuna Matata” and a young lion named Simba.
Lion King
Eminem’s 2002 Oscar-winning song from the movie 8 Mile.
Lose Yourself
This medical drama starring Patrick Dempsey as “McDreamy” ran from 2005–2020.
Grey’s Anatomy
This Ohio native went viral on Vine and Worldstar for blocking his grandmas shot towards a basketball hoop at his mom and dads home.
Ross Smith
This 2000s song by Kelly Clarkson became an anthem after winning American Idol.
Since U Been Gone
This 1999 sci-fi film introduced “bullet time” and the red pill/blue pill choice.
The Matrix
This 2004 romantic comedy starred Will Smith as a dating coach.
Hitch
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This HBO series about mob life in New Jersey debuted in 1999.
The Sopranos
This 2010s hashtag challenge involved pouring ice water over oneself for charity.
ALS ice bucket challenge
This 2010s Frozen song became a massive sing-along hit for kids and adults alike.
Let It Go
This Tarantino film from 1994 revived John Travolta’s acting career, starring alongside Samuel L Jackson, with nonlinear storytelling.
Pulp Fiction
This boy band’s “Bye Bye Bye” defined early 2000s pop.
NSYNC
This critically acclaimed AMC series about a high school chemistry teacher turned drug kingpin aired 2008–2013.
Breaking Bad
This 2010s dance move, popularized by a Harlem performer, went viral on YouTube.
The Harlem Shake
This 1995 Seal song from the Batman Forever soundtrack won a Grammy.
Kiss from a Rose
This 1997 James Cameron epic became the highest-grossing film of the decade.
Titanic
This singer/actress starred in Dreamgirls (2006) and later became a global icon.
Beyoncé
This critically acclaimed HBO series starring Claire Danes as a bipolar CIA officer premiered in 2011.
Homeland
This 90s phrase from a Budweiser commercial became a popular greeting.
“Wassup?!”
This 1999 Smash Mouth song was featured in Shrek and became a 2000s staple.
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