Best movies of 1990s that are award winners or nominees in writing (original screenplay) category

Actors : David Morse, Michael Clarke Duncan, Bonnie Hunt, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Frank Darabont,

The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.

Actors : Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson,
Directors : Tim Burton,

Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of 3 people with the culprit being the legendary apparition, the Headless Horseman.

Actors : Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes, Trey Parker, Matt Stone,
Directors : Trey Parker,

When Cartman and his friends go see an R rated movie, they start swearing and their parent's think that Canada is to blame.

Actors : Carrie-Anne Moss, Alfred Molina, Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench,
Directors : Lasse Hallström,

A woman and her daughter open a chocolate shop in a small French village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.

Actors : Kate Winslet, Geoffrey Rush, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine,
Directors : Philip Kaufman,

In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.

Actors : Matthew Broderick, Rory Culkin, Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo,
Directors : Kenneth Lonergan,

A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely seen younger brother returns to town.

Actors : Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson,
Directors : Neil Jordan,

A British soldier is kidnapped by IRA terrorists. He befriends one of his captors, who is drawn into the soldier's world.

Actors : James Fleet, Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Simon Callow,
Directors : Mike Newell,

Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.

Actors : Robin Williams, Stellan Skarsgård, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon,
Directors : Gus Van Sant,

Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.

Actors : Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen,
Directors : Gary Ross,

Two 1990s teenage siblings find themselves in a 1950s sitcom where their influence begins to profoundly change that complacent world.

Actors : Rhys Ifans, Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Richard McCabe,
Directors : Roger Michell,

The life of a simple bookshop owner changes when he meets the most famous film star in the world.

Actors : John C. Reilly, George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane,
Directors : Wolfgang Petersen,

An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger.

Actors : Willem Dafoe, John Malkovich, Cary Elwes, Udo Kier,
Directors : E. Elias Merhige,

The filming of Nosferatu (1922) is hampered by the fact that its star Max Schreck is taking the role of a vampire far more seriously than seems humanly possible.

Actors : Johnny Depp, Olatz López Garmendia, Javier Bardem, Giovanni Florido,
Directors : Julian Schnabel,

Episodic look at the life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990), from his childhood in Oriente province to his death in New York City. He joins Castro's rebels. By 1964, ...

Actors : Frances Sternhagen, Richard Farnsworth, Kathy Bates, James Caan,
Directors : Rob Reiner,

After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.

Actors : Rodney A. Grant, Graham Greene, Mary McDonnell, Kevin Costner,
Directors : Kevin Costner,

Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.

Actors : Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Christopher Walken, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Tim Burton,

When a corrupt businessman and the grotesque Penguin plot to take control of Gotham City, only Batman can stop them, while the Catwoman has her own agenda.

Actors : Fred Ward, Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Whoopi Goldberg,
Directors : Robert Altman,

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Actors : Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, Rob Morrow, John Turturro,
Directors : Robert Redford,

A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation.

Actors : Ethan Suplee, Scott Mosier, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams,
Directors : Kevin Smith,

Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.