1990 CinSpec Awards

Ranking the Best Picture Oscar Lineups of the 1990s

1991 CinSpec Awards

1992 CinSpec Awards

1993 CinSpec Awards

1994 CinSpec Awards

1995 CinSpec Awards

1996 CinSpec Awards

1997 CinSpec Awards

1998 CinSpec Awards

Winners indicated (*). Films I still need to see include: The Butcher Boy, Reach the Rock, The Flowers of Shanghai, My Name Is Joe, Hurlyburly, The Idiots, Show Me Love, The Horse Whisperer, A Civil Action, Enemy of the State, The Red Violin, One True Thing, Children of Heaven, Buffalo '66, The Opposite of Sex, Lolita, Bulworth, The Spanish Prisoner, Waking Ned Devine, Living Out Loud, Wilde, Your Friends & Neighbors, Beloved, Still Crazy, The Theory of Flight, Very Bad Things, Without Limits, and Star Trek: Insurrection.

1999 CinSpec Awards

This year was so hard, and I still have many more films to see from it. I could pick 10 strong nominees in almost all of these categories, but some people had to be left off, unfortunately. Some films I still need to see include The Dreamlife of Angels, Tumbleweeds, A Map of the World, Audition, Dogma, Flawless, Summer of Sam, Ride with the Devil, An Ideal Husband, Music of the Heart, Besieged, The Color of Paradise, Romance, Limbo, One Day in September, A Room for Romeo Brass, Stir of Echoes, Buena Vista Social Club, Life, Ravenous, Anna and the King, and Happy, Texas.

Best Film Editing: 1990s

1990: Goodfellas (Thelma Schoonmaker)

Oscar winner: Dances With Wolves (Neil Travis)

Was this nominated?: Yes

Best Screenplays: 1990s

Best Adapted Screenplay:

1990: Goodfellas (Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese)

Oscar winner: Dances with Wolves (Michael Blake)

Was this nominated?: Yes

Best Music: 1990s

Best Original Score: 

1990: Edward Scissorhands (Danny Elfman)

Oscar winner: Dances with Wolves (John Barry)

Was this nominated?: No

Best Cinematography: 1990s

1990: Dreams (Takao Saitô and Shôji Ueda)

Oscar winner: Dances with Wolves (Dean Semler)

Was this film nominated?: No

Best Supporting Actor: 1990s

1990: Gary Oldman, State of Grace

Oscar winner: Joe Pesci, Goodfellas
Was he nominated?: No

Best Supporting Actress: 1990s

1990: Annette Bening, The Grifters

Oscar winner: Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost

Was she nominated?: Yes

Best Actor: 1990s

1990: Alec Baldwin, Miami Blues

Oscar winner: Jeremy Irons, Reversal of Fortune
Was he nominated?: No

Best Actress: 1990s

1990: Laura Dern, Wild at Heart

Oscar winner: Kathy Bates, Misery

Was she nominated?: No

The Decades: 1990s

1990: Close-Up

Oscar winner: Dances with Wolves

Was this film nominated?: No

1991: The Lovers on the Bridge

Oscar winner: The Silence of the Lambs

Was this film nominated?: No

1992: The Crying Game

Oscar winner: Unforgiven

Was this film nominated?: Yes

1993:  Three Colors: Blue

Oscar winner: Schindler's List
Was this film nominated?: No

1994: Three Colors: Red

Oscar winner: Forrest Gump
Was this film nominated?: No

1995: Casino

Oscar winner: Braveheart
Was this film nominated?: No

1996: Trainspotting

Oscar winner: The English Patient
Was this film nominated?: No

1997: L.A. Confidential

Oscar winner: Titanic
Was this film nominated?: Yes

1998: The Thin Red Line

Oscar winner: Shakespeare in Love
Was this film nominated?: Yes

1999: Eyes Wide Shut

Oscar winner: American Beauty
Was this film nominated?: No

Updated: 7/27/14