The Best Picture winners of the 1990s
The top 3 according to 86 votes from people: Dances with Wolves · The Silence of the Lambs · Unforgiven. (Updated Mar 24, 2026.)
The ten films released between 1990 and 1999 that won the Academy Award for Best Picture, from Dances with Wolves to American Beauty.
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Top 10
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1
Dances with Wolves
Kevin Costner, 1990. A Union lieutenant among the Sioux; seven Oscars.
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2
The Silence of the Lambs
Jonathan Demme, 1991. It won the 'Big Five' Oscars.
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3
Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood, 1992. An old gunfighter kills for money one last time.
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4
Schindler's List
Steven Spielberg, 1993. Oskar Schindler saves more than a thousand Jews; seven Oscars.
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5
Forrest Gump
Robert Zemeckis, 1994. Tom Hanks through half a century of US history.
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6
Shakespeare in Love
John Madden, 1998. A young Shakespeare writes Romeo and Juliet.
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7
Braveheart
Mel Gibson, 1995. William Wallace and Scottish independence.
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8
The English Patient
Anthony Minghella, 1996. A burned aviator recalls a love affair in the desert; nine Oscars.
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9
Titanic
James Cameron, 1997. Eleven Oscars, a shared record, and the highest-grossing film for twelve years.
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10
American Beauty
Sam Mendes, 1999. A suburban father's midlife crisis.
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Comments (2)
La lista de Schindler y Sin perdón, los dos mejores ganadores de la década.
Shakespeare enamorado ganándole a Salvar al soldado Ryan, todavía no lo entiendo.