Welcome back guys, Today we’re gonna present 10 Oscar winning movies of the 90’s.
Few of these movies are considered best movies in the history of American Film Industry.
So we don’t need to wait more let’s check it out.
Dances with Wolves is a 1990 American epic Western film starring, directed and produced
by Kevin Costner in his feature directorial debut.
It is a film adaptation of the 1988 book of the same name by Michael Blake that tells
the story of Union Army lieutenant John who travels to the American frontier to find a
military post and of his dealings with a group of Lakota.
The film was a massive box office hit, grossing $424.2 million worldwide, making it the fourth
highest-grossing film of 1990, and is the highest-grossing film for Orion Pictures.
The film is credited as a leading influence for the revitalization of the Western genre
of filmmaking in Hollywood.
The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American psychological horror film directed by Jonathan
Demme adapted from Thomas Harris' 1988 novel of the same name.
In the film, Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, seeks the advice of the imprisoned
Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer to apprehend
another serial killer.
The Silence of the Lambs was released on February 14, 1991 and grossed $272.7 million worldwide
against its $19 million budget, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of 1991 worldwide.
It is regularly cited by critics, film directors and audiences as one of the greatest and most
influential films of all time.
Unforgiven is a 1992 American revisionist Western film produced and directed by Clint
Eastwood.
The film portrays William, an aging outlaw and killer who takes on one more job years
after he had turned to farming.
The film debuted at the top position in its opening weekend.
The film was the third Western to win the Oscar for Best Picture, following Cimarron
(1931) and Dances with Wolves (1990).
It’s earnings on its opening weekend was the best ever opening for an Eastwood film
at that time.
Schindler's List is a 1993 American historical drama film directed and produced by Steven
Spielberg.
It is based on the 1982 novel Schindler's Ark by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally.
The film follows Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who together with his wife Emilie
Schindler saved more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees from the Holocaust
by employing them in his factories during World War II.
It was also a box office success, earning $322 million worldwide on a $22 million budget.
Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis.
It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom.
The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump, a slow-witted but kind-hearted
man from Alabama who witnesses and unwittingly influences several defining historical events
in the 20th century United States.
The film differs substantially from the novel.
It became the top-grossing film in America released that year and earned over $677
million worldwide during its theatrical run, making it the second highest-grossing film
of 1994, behind The Lion King.
In 2011, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States
National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Braveheart is a 1995 American epic historical fiction war film directed and co-produced
by Mel Gibson, who portrays William Wallace, a late-13th-century Scottish warrior.
The film depicts the life of Wallace leading the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence
against King Edward I of England.
The film grossed $210.4 million worldwide.
The English Patient is a 1996 American epic romantic war drama film directed by Anthony
Minghella from his own script based on the 1992 novel of the same name.
The film tells the story of four people who find themselves in an abandoned villa in northern
Italy in the last months of World War II.
The film grossed $232 million worldwide against its $31 million budget.
The British Film Institute ranked The English Patient the 55th greatest British film of
the 20th century.
Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced,
and co-edited by James Cameron.
It is based on accounts of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio
and Kate Winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during
its ill-fated maiden voyage.
It was the most expensive film ever made at the time, with a production budget of $200
million.
With an initial worldwide gross of over $1.84 billion, Titanic was the first film to reach
the billion-dollar mark, and became the highest-grossing film ever at the time, until Cameron's Avatar
surpassed it in 2010.
Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 American romantic period comedy-drama film directed by John
Madden.
The film depicts an imaginary love affair involving playwright William Shakespeare and
Viola de Lesseps while Shakespeare was writing Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare in Love, was a box office success, grossing $289.3 million worldwide and was
the ninth highest-grossing film of 1998.
American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes.
Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, an advertising executive who has a midlife crisis when he
becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend, played by Mena Suvari.
It was the best-reviewed American film of the year and grossed over $350 million worldwide.
American Beauty was widely considered the best film of 1999 by the American press.
It received overwhelming praise, chiefly for Spacey, Mendes and Ball.
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