Best movies of 1990s that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson, Christine Dunford, Tom Wood,
Directors : Victor Nunez,

A reclusive beekeeper slowly pulls his dysfunctional family back together, but not without having to fight his son's previous dastardly cohorts.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Elias Koteas, Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn,
Directors : Terrence Malick,

Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.

Actors : Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kevin Spacey, Hayden Panettiere, Dave Foley,

A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe.

Actors : Bebe Neuwirth, Gregg Edelman, Andie MacDowell, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Peter Weir,

A man wanting to stay in the US enters into a marriage of convenience, but it turns into more than that.

Actors : Kate Nelligan, Nick Nolte, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner,
Directors : Barbra Streisand,

A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.

Actors : Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Daniel Day-Lewis, Eric Schweig,
Directors : Michael Mann,

Three trappers protect a British Colonel's daughters in the midst of the French and Indian War.

Actors : Sharon Stone, James Woods, Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

A tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive, compete against each other over a gambling empire and over a fast living and fast loving woman.

Actors : Robert Prosky, Susan Sarandon, Raymond J. Barry, Sean Penn,
Directors : Tim Robbins,

A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.

Actors : Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail, Madonna,
Directors : Alan Parker,

The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.

Actors : Ruth Nelson, Robin Williams, Robert De Niro, Julie Kavner,
Directors : Penny Marshall,

The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.

Actors : Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Mel Gibson, Glenn Close,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Juliette Lewis, Jessica Lange, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.

Actors : Chris Sarandon, William Hickey, Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara,
Directors : Henry Selick,

Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home cause confusion.

Actors : Sophie Marceau, Angus Macfadyen, Mel Gibson, Patrick McGoohan,
Directors : Mel Gibson,

When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, Sir William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England.

Actors : Charlotte Rampling, Linus Roache, Helena Bonham Carter, Alex Jennings,
Directors : Iain Softley,

An impoverished woman who has been forced to choose between a privileged life with her wealthy aunt and her journalist lover, befriends an American heiress. When she discovers the heiress is attracted to her own lover and is dying, she sees a chance to have both the privileged life she cannot give up and the lover she cannot live without.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Christopher Eccleston, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes,
Directors : Shekhar Kapur,

A film of the early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.

Actors : Deborah Kara Unger, Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Vicellous Shannon,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

Actors : Helen Hunt, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Jan de Bont,

Bill and Jo Harding, advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.

Actors : Jason Isaacs, Heath Ledger, Mel Gibson, Joely Richardson,
Directors : Roland Emmerich,

Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.

Actors : Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Mary McDonnell, Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : Roland Emmerich,

The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.