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Academy Award for Best Picture (1990s) facts for kids

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The Academy Award for Best Picture is a very important award given out each year. It's part of the Academy Awards, which are also known as the Oscars. These awards celebrate the best movies and the talented people who make them. They are given by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Winning Best Picture means a movie is considered the best film of the year!


Best Picture Winners: 1990s

Here are the amazing movies that won the Best Picture Oscar from 1990 to 1999. The winner for each year is listed first, followed by the other great movies that were also nominated.

1990: Dances with Wolves

1991: The Silence of the Lambs

  • 1991 The Silence of the Lambs – Produced by Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, and Ron Bozman
  • Beauty and the Beast – This was the first animated movie ever nominated for Best Picture!
  • Bugsy
  • JFK
  • The Prince of Tides

1992: Unforgiven

1993: Schindler's List

1994: Forrest Gump

1995: Braveheart

1996: The English Patient

  • 1996 The English Patient – Produced by Saul Zaentz
  • Fargo (from the US/UK)
  • Jerry Maguire
  • Secrets & Lies (from the UK)
  • Shine (from Australia)

1997: Titanic

  • 1997 Titanic – Produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau
  • As Good as It Gets
  • The Full Monty (from the UK)
  • Good Will Hunting
  • L.A. Confidential

1998: Shakespeare in Love

  • 1998 Shakespeare in Love – Produced by David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, and Marc Norman
  • Elizabeth (from the UK)
  • Life Is Beautiful (Le Vita è bella) (from Italy)
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • The Thin Red Line

1999: American Beauty

  • 1999 American Beauty – Produced by Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks
  • The Sixth Sense
  • The Cider House Rules
  • The Green Mile
  • The Insider


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