Nolte: What Should’ve Won the Best Picture Oscar – 1990 to 1999
23 Apr 2021
In part eight of this series, we look at the movies that should have won the Best Picture Oscar between 1990 and 1999.
For the first half of the decade, movies remained as great as ever, and then began a long decline in 1996, a decline that has only worsened. That’s not to say there were not some great movies made after 1995. It’s just that overall, as you’ll see, this is when Hollywood stopped making ‘em like they used to.
Of course, compared to today, 1999 looks like 1939.
Let’s begin…
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John Travolta has described his experience of dancing with Princess Diana at a White House state dinner as “a fairytale” that he would never forget.
The pair took to the floor at the 1985 event hosted by then-President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan, to the delight of attendees.
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