The Best of the Nighthawk Awards: The 1990′s

Beauty and the Beast during their best song in the film ("Something There"). The best Animated Film of the 90's.

1990  -  1999

Total Films I’ve Seen:  1217

Films That Make the Top 5 in Any Category:  53

Best Film Not to Make the Top 5 in Any Category:  The Shawshank Redemption

Film of the Decade:  GoodFellas

Worst Film of the Decade:  Showgirls

Worst Best Picture Nominee of the Decade:  Braveheart

Worst Film of the Decade Made by a Top 100 Director:  North

 

The History of the Academy Awards: Best Picture – 1996

A touching moment in the desert: "Am I K in your book?"

The 69th annual Academy Awards, for the film year 1996.  The nominations were announced on February 11, 1997 and the awards were held on March 24, 1997.

Best Picture:  The English Patient

• Fargo
• Secrets and Lies
• Jerry Maguire
• Shine

Most Surprising Omission:  The People vs. Larry Flynt

Best Eligible Film Not Nominated:  Lone Star

Rank (out of 82) Among Best Picture Years:  #14

 

The Year in Film: 1996

Kris Kristofferson threatens Matthew McConaughey in a tense moment from Lone Star (1996)

My Top 20:

1. Lone Star
2. Trainspotting
3. The English Patient
4. Fargo
5. Hamlet
6. Secrets and Lies
7. In the Bleak Midwinter
8. The Crucible
9. Jerry Maguire
10. Cold Comfort Farm
11. Romeo + Juliet
12. Evita
13. Emma
14. Star Trek: First Contact
15. Beautiful Girls
16. Everyone Says I Love You
17. Breaking the Waves
18. The Birdcage
19. The People vs. Larry Flynt
20. Ridicule