Least deserving "Best Picture" of the 90's

The voting on the the 2000's is not closed but Chicago has run away with it and voting has come to a halt.

I'm still deciding...there are plenty of years where i thought the better movie lost out...including the year Gump won. All opinions are acceptable EXCEPT Unforgiven did not deserve the oscar...not even the all powerful A Few Good Men and Scent Of A Woman was on par.

1990
Born on the Fourth of July
Dead Poets Society
Field of Dreams
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

1991
Awakenings
Ghost
The Godfather Part III
Goodfellas

1992
Beauty and the Beast
Bugsy
JFK
The Prince of Tides

1993
The Crying Game
A Few Good Men
Howards End
Scent of a Woman

1994
The Piano
The Fugitive
In the Name of the Father
The Remains of the Day

1995
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
The Shawshank Redemption

1996
Apollo 13
Babe
Il Postino
Sense and Sensibility

1997
Fargo
Jerry Maguire
Secrets & Lies
Shine

1998
As Good as It Gets
The Full Monty
Good Will Hunting
L.A. Confidential

1999
Elizabeth
Life Is Beautiful
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line

im an idiot i voted for english patient cause i thougut it beat Braveheart

DOH

As Good as it Gets should have beat Titanic

I would've gone Good Will Hunting that year


I voted for Forrest Gump though

Driving Miss Daisy(1990) -- Born on the Fourth was awesome. I thought Tom Cruise was great in that movie. Probably his best performance.

Dances With Wolves(1991) -- I'll stick with Dances. Just a great movie all the way around.

The Silence Of The Lambs(1992) -- I'll stick with Silence. Probably just for Anthony Hopkins.

Unforgiven(1993) -- This was a very tough year. Howard's End was really good too in addition to A Few Good Men and Scent. Never seen Crying Game.

Schindlers List(1994) -- In the Name of the Father was really good, but come on. Schindler's List was maybe the greatest ever.

Forrest Gump(1995) -- I have to go Shawshank by a decent margin to boot. One of the greatest ever. I loved Gump though.

Braveheart(1996) -- Didn't see half of the comp. Have to think this was an easy one.

The English Patient(1997) -- This is actually a tough call. I wasn't crazy about this movie, but I'm not crazy about the competition either. Liked Fargo, but not sure if it's Oscar worthy.

Titanic(1998) -- I've never seen it because it doesn't intrigue me in the least and LA Confidential is an all time fave, but I can't deny James Cameron's success.

Shakesphere In Love(1999) -- I would have taken The Thin Red Line, and then Saving Private Ryan. Titanic was great and it's a tough year, but I've never seen a film like the Thin Red Line. James Caviezel was a force in that movie.

I thought Saving Private Ryan was a far better film than Shakespeare.

marbleheadmaui wrote:

I thought Saving Private Ryan was a far better film than Shakespeare.

I really like Shakespeare, but agreed. I'd take Ryan and Thin Red Line by a mile.

Shaketspeare's in Love sucked

Dances With Wolves is sad cause it was realy written by an indian and supposed to be a all indian movie spoken only in indian but hey cant complain when you sell your indian story to a big time republican with a penchant for himself

Birdofthad wrote:

Shaketspeare's in Love sucked

Dances With Wolves is sad cause it was realy written by an indian and supposed to be a all indian movie spoken only in indian but hey cant complain when you sell your indian story to a big time republican with a penchant for himself

Fiennes in Shakespeare is a brilliant actor and it was a fun script. Not Oscar worthy, especially with Private Ryan and Thin Red Line on the table.

Costner was GREAT in Dances. Although I always laugh at movies where a white guy joins a less advanced culture and masters it in a matter of months and becomes its leader.

Birdofthad wrote:

Shaketspeare's in Love sucked

Dances With Wolves is sad cause it was realy written by an indian and supposed to be a all indian movie spoken only in indian but hey cant complain when you sell your indian story to a big time republican with a penchant for himself

Um, Costner is part Indian. He's also campaigned for Obama. He ain't a Republican.

How can you not like Forrest Gump? I went with Shakesphere in Love.

marbleheadmaui wrote:

Birdofthad wrote:

Shaketspeare's in Love sucked

Dances With Wolves is sad cause it was realy written by an indian and supposed to be a all indian movie spoken only in indian but hey cant complain when you sell your indian story to a big time republican with a penchant for himself

Um, Costner is part Indian. He's also campaigned for Obama. He ain't a Republican.

didnt know either of that i had a professor who was 100% indian loving man and he bashed the shit outta Costner for that movie basically saying it was a 100 percent indian movie he got the script wrote himself into it

coulda swore he was a republican but hey what do i know???

Birdofthad wrote:

im an idiot i voted for english patient cause i thougut it beat Braveheart

DOH

As Good as it Gets should have beat Titanic

Fargo was better than the english patient.

Agreed. Fargo was the best film that year...but i picked Shakesphere In Love because i thought Ryan was that much better.

I love Fargo, but that is not a best picture quality film to me. That year was awful though

wahht was Fargo about i never saw it??????

I would've given the award to these movies-

1990

Field of Dreams

1991

Goodfellas

1992

JFK

1993

Unforgiven

1994

The Fugitive

1995

The Shawshank Redemption

1996

Braveheart

1997

Jerry Maguire

1998

Good Will Hunting

1999

Shakesphere In Love

Birdofthad wrote:

wahht was Fargo about i never saw it??????

You haven't seen all the Coen Brothers movies? Shame on you

sadly no sadly i have seen Stuck on You

Big Lebowski is great though

Birdofthad wrote:

sadly no sadly i have seen Stuck on You
Big Lebowski is great though

If there was a rep system i'd neg the shit out of you.

Wow there is alot of bad decisions from the academy in that decade.

Miss Daisy over Born On The Fourth of July
Dances Of Wolves over Goodfellas
Forrest Gump over Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption
Titanic over LA Confidential
Shakesphere In Love over Saving Private Ryan

You could pick anyone of them.

and ya Born on the 4th was a GREAT MOVIE

Kings you liked that movie?

No, i don't appreciate you blaming the Coen Brothers for Stuck On You.

hahah oh okay thatas fair haha

i did like when they boxed hahaha 2 guys against 1 guy that was damn funny

hahah oh okay thatas fair haha

i did like when they boxed hahaha 2 guys against 1 guy that was damn funny

Stuck On You was made by the Farrelly Brothers.