Academy Award for Best Picture (1990s) facts for kids
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!
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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
- 1990 Dances with Wolves – Produced by Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner
- Awakenings
- Ghost
- The Godfather Part III
- Goodfellas
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
- 1992 Unforgiven – Produced by Clint Eastwood
- The Crying Game (from the UK)
- A Few Good Men
- Howards End (from the UK)
- Scent of a Woman
1993: Schindler's List
- 1993 Schindler's List – Produced by Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, and Branko Lustig
- The Fugitive
- In the Name of the Father (from Ireland/UK)
- The Piano (from Australia/France)
- The Remains of the Day (from the UK)
1994: Forrest Gump
- 1994 Forrest Gump – Produced by Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, and Steve Starkey
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (from the UK)
- Pulp Fiction
- Quiz Show
- The Shawshank Redemption
1995: Braveheart
- 1995 Braveheart – Produced by Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr., and Bruce Davey
- Apollo 13
- Babe (from Australia)
- Il Postino (from France, Italy, Belgium)
- Sense and Sensibility (from the UK/US)
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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