
("Life is like a box of chocolates") and the film's exceptional specialĮffects placed the unassuming Forrest within documentary newsreels - creating Second Oscar win), reportedly with an IQ of 75. Robert Zemeckis looked back on the 60s and Vietnam War era through theĮyes of a slow-witted Everyman (Best Actor-winning Tom Hanks with his Immensely popular box-office hit Forrest Gump (1994) by director Nest (1975) and It Happened One Night (1934).] Of two other sweep films: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's The remarkable film swept the topįive Oscars (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Writer) - it was theįirst horror film to be so honored. Young agent Clarice Starling seeking help from the psychopath to catchĪnother psychopath named Buffalo Bill. Killer Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) and featuring Jodie Foster as
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Silence of the Lambs (1991), a chilling thriller about serial Picture Academy Award and six other Oscars, the first "western" to do (Mary McDonnell), and inadvertently became a hero. John Dunbar who married Stands With a Fist Of Native Americans and displayed some of the subtitled dialogue in Sioux. (1990), that retold the story of the Wild West from the viewpoint Western - director/producer/actor Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves

Spielberg's major entertainment blockbuster Jurassic Park (1993).īefore its bankruptcy in 1991, Orion Pictures distributed the three-hour This historical drama was released only a few months after Ultimately saved over 1,000 Jews from a Holocaust death by employing themĪs cheap labor. List (1993) was a significant milestone but also a grim storyĪbout an opportunistic German businessman (Liam Neeson) in Poland who Steven Spielberg's long and serious B/W Holocaust 'prestige' epic Schindler's With seven Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director, He starred as a lawyer withĪIDS who found that Denzel Washington was the only person who would take The first of consecutive Best Actor Oscars. The first big-studio attempt to deal with AIDS, winning for Tom Hanks Director Jonathan Demme's Philadelphia (1993) was There were a number of mainstream films that confronted the issues inĪ profound way. The Holocaust, AIDS, feminism, and racism, while making bottom-line profits. Was also attempting to deal with serious themes, including homelessness, Trend toward sequels from the previous decade continued, but Hollywood Trends in the 90s: Films with Serious Themes Of Computer-Generated Imagery, the Decade of Re-makes, Re-releases, The Era of Mainstream Films and "Indie" Cinema, the Rise
