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Originally Posted by GiRTh
Matrix was influential due to the special effects. Bullet time has been used so many times since
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Matrix definitely, for bullet time and "gun fu" (the mix of guns and hand to hand) though being late 90's it more influenced movies from 2000 onwards. Overall for the 90's Jurassic Park is a good call, as it was really the birth of the "Special Effects Blockbuster" - where the special effects MADE the film more than anything else.
So...
70's - Star Wars
80's - E.T.
90's - Jurassic Park
00's - LOTR Trilogy. The birth of big budget, big concept, franchise cinema... designed to be multi-part and filmed concurrently, rather than standalone movies with "sequels".
Special Mention; Spider-Man (2002). The moment that superhero movies went truly mainstream and Hollywood realised they were a gold mine. Leading to;
10's - Avengers / MCU. I know technically it started with Iron Man in '08 but you only need to look at the highest grossing list from 2010 - present to see the effect the MCU has had. It really got into full swing with the first Avengers.
Special mention: Hunger Games, as it kicked off an absolute tonne of "Hunger games clones".