WORST of the Best Picture Oscar Noms (Only the '90s Edition)

The 2000s version of this poll will be sooooo easy.

I assume you mean because of Crash but there's like 10 more that are in the same league (remember The Reader?)

Wow, no. I genuinely don't.

forrest gump in a fucking walk btw.

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I've never seen Forrest Gump, guessing it's bad because it's reactionary bollox?

Voted for Awakenings, cos the source material wld make a good movie, just not one starring Robin Williams and directed by Penny Marshall.

American beauty

Gump, shawshank, braveheart are all good-to-ok movies to leave on while channelsurfing

its gotta be godfather 3 for me. it made me bored and angry.

"bored and angry" common reactions to these, as opposed to eighties winners, which were merely "boring."

Angry indicates some level of engagement, unless it's anger I'm so bored.

As for the best of this lot, I'd say Pulp Fiction or Fargo, cause I'm boring.

Prince of Tides I saw at the time but only remember that it was like an abuse survivor narrative for 2/3 of the running time before inexplicably turning into a Streisand romcom.

I will never not vote for 'american beauty' in a 'worst film of X' poll

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I would add The Crying Game to that pair for my own top three.

mind is blown rediscovering that the Fugitive was nominated but I easily picked The Godfather Part III. There are plenty of movies I enjoyed less on the list and many I haven't seen because of how bad they look. But holy fucking cow Godfather Part III is just...such a lol.

it's possible i would have voted for something else if worst wasn't in all caps in the thread title

Wait what's wrong with the Fugitive? I watched that a couple weeks ago and it's good!

Is American Beauty really that bad? I haven't seen it since it came out and don't really remember much about it. Now I'm tempted to rewatch just to see why it's so awful.

It's with little doubt the smuggest movie of all 50 of these.

sorry, i don't actually have a problem with The Fugitive, I'm just shocked to learn a decent action/adventure based on a TV franchise got a best picture nom. I knew Tommy Lee Jones won but I didn't think the academy affection went beyond that.

Cider House Rules being underrated (overlooked?) itt, truly dire film

yeah you'd have to pay me to watch that. this is definitely the kind of list where trying to figure out the worst worst would lead to such a soul-crushing vortex of despair that i just stuck with the best worst.

Why don't we drop this subject? It's one thing to engage in badinage with these youngsters, but this sort of thing could be so easily misunderstood.

people like you walk between the raindrops

It's been ages since I've seen most of these films. Voted for the worst one I could remember seeing, which was Schindler's List.

haha what. There's certainly rong in the film, but no way is it worse than the abortion politics of The Cider House Rules or Kevin Spacey working out.

Um, I even have doubts about ... this picture ... boss.

This is ILE, chief! I mean, how do you know who your daddy is? Because your mama told you so.

Saw Schindler's List with my church youth group. Some of them nearly got us all kicked out after they started laughing when the elderly prisoners were forced to run naked in the camps.

Schindler's List is in no way worse than Life Is Beautiful. My friend dragged me to that movie and I am still somewhat angry and resentful that I had to watch the whole thing.

A very tight competition, but I'm going with Life is Beautiful.

The Godfather Part III is not a bad film, merely a comedown.

Does any other country have its name used so often to evoke profundity?

AMERICAN BEAUTY

BRITISH STEEL

FRENCH FRIES

GERMAN SCHEISSE

Schindler's List is tortureporn with the point that everyone should just hope for rescue from rich white men. Life is Beautiful is funny.

Also, I haven't seen Life is Beautiful in ten years. It might be worse than I recall.

I fucking hate The Green Mile so much

funny like hot tar poured over your nuts

I remember the first 20 mins being funny, actually

then someone should have told Roberto "no"

actually I really hated Shakespeare In Love, too

Four Weddings and a Holocaust

more like Zyklon B

skipping movies I haven't seen/don't remember, these are the ones I hate the most ranked from "best" to worst:

Titanic
As Good as It Gets
Jerry Maguire
Forrest Gump
Shakespeare in Love
The Green Mile

shakespeare in love

I remember the first 20 mins being funny, actually

You don't get to attack my taste in comedy any longer.

The Godfather Part III is not a bad film, merely a comedown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8O5ZRFbyU8

ok

it's really george hamilton who makes that scene

Schindler's List is tortureporn with the point that everyone should just hope for rescue from rich white men.

This is the stupidest sentence I have ever read.

Phil otm

ypu ppl sure love talkin bout whats terrible

American politicians