Summary of Director Steven Spielberg's Works The King of Hollywood, who walks the royal road of movie history

Steven Spielberg's 1990s

14. Hook (1991) 144 min.

A fantasy comedy in which a middle-aged Peter Pan crosses swords once again with his arch enemy, Captain Hook. Spielberg, who has been mocked for his Peter Pan syndrome and criticized for only being able to make children's films, made this film as a rite of passage for him to break away from the Peter Pan hidden within himself. By leaving Neverland and returning to the real world where his family awaits, Spielberg himself has chosen to become an adult. From then on, he transformed from "White Spielberg" to "Black Spielberg," and became even more sinister.

15. Jurassic Park(1993) 127 minutes

Just as Dr. Grant and his team looked up at the Brachiosaurus with their mouths agape, we, the audience, also stared at the dinosaurs on the screen with our mouths agape. This was a turning point in film history, loudly declaring that CG would become the mainstream of special effects in the future. It was so good that stop-motion animator Phil Tippett famously exclaimed, "I've just become extinct," and this line was used in the film.

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16. Schindler's List(1993) 195 min

This historical drama depicts the Holocaust perpetrated by Nazi Germany head-on, in which Spielberg confronts the identity of the Jewish people. He teamed up for the first time with the renowned Polish-born cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, achieving a documentary touch never before seen. The shot of the girl in the red coat emerging from the monochrome image is one of the highlights not only of this film, but of his entire filmography. The film won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, establishing his status as a master director in both name and reality.

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17. The Lost World: Jurassic Park(1997) 129 minutes

The second installment of the "Jurassic Park" series takes the theme of "foundlings," which has been a consistent theme in Spielberg's filmography, and projects it onto dinosaurs instead of humans. The first half is set on Isla Sorna, and depicts an adventure reminiscent of Conan Doyle's "The Lost World." The second half accelerates things, with a Tyrannosaurus rampaging through the streets of San Diego. Although it's a Hollywood blockbuster, its B-movie-like nonsense is rather appealing. Incidentally, director Kurosawa Kiyoshi says this is his favorite Spielberg film.

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18. Amistad (1997) 154 min.

The Amistad incident occurred when black slaves abducted from Africa rebelled and took over a ship. Should they be punished for killing white crew members in order to survive? This historical drama, set in a courtroom, shakes the audience's sense of ethics and morality, and stars such great actors as Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, and Matthew McConaughey. The ominous shots of chained black slaves being dumped into the sea one after another will take your breath away.

19. Saving Saving Private Ryan(1998) 170 minutes

A scream of "Mama, Mama." A soldier searching for his severed arm. Flesh and blood on the lens, and the intense sounds of machine gun fire and mortars. Spielberg's cold-hearted perspective burns the Inferno scenes of the Normandy landings onto the screen. And the audience watching this are also thrown into Omaha Beach with no way to escape. This is no longer a war movie, but a battlefield movie. Following "Schindler's List," Spielberg won his second Academy Award for Best Director.

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