IMDb Birthday Poll
From this list of movies that earned at least one Oscar nomination and were released the year that IMDb was born (October 17, 1990) which one is your favorite?
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- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroRay LiottaJoe PesciThe story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.Won Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Joe Pesci
Nominated for
Best Picture: Irwin Winkler
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Lorraine Bracco
Best Director: Martin Scorsese
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Nicholas Pileggi
Martin Scorsese
Best Film Editing Thelma Schoonmaker - DirectorJerry ZuckerStarsPatrick SwayzeDemi MooreWhoopi GoldbergAfter a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.Won Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Whoopi Goldberg
Nominated for
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Bruce Joel Rubin
Best Picture: Lisa Weinstein
Best Film Editing: Walter Murch
Best Music, Original Score: Maurice Jarre - DirectorGarry MarshallStarsRichard GereJulia RobertsJason AlexanderA man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love.Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role: Julia Roberts
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsJames CaanKathy BatesRichard FarnsworthAfter 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.Won Best Actress in a Leading Role: Kathy Bates
- DirectorKevin CostnerStarsKevin CostnerMary McDonnellGraham GreeneLieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, finds himself engaging with a neighbouring Sioux settlement, causing him to question his own purpose.Won Best Picture: Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner
Best Director: Kevin Costner
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Michael Blake
Best Cinematography: Dean Semler
Best Sound: Russell Williams II, Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins
Best Film Editing: Neil Travis
Best Music, Original Score: John Barry
Nominated for: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Kevin Costner) , Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Graham Greene) , Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Mary McDonnell) , Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Jeffrey Beecroft, Lisa Dean) , Best Costume Design
(Elsa Zamparelli) - DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsAidan QuinnElizabeth PerkinsLeo FuchsA Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.Nominated for:
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Barry Levinson
Best Cinematography: Allen Daviau
Best Costume Design: Gloria Gresham
Best Music, Original Score: Randy Newman - DirectorYimou ZhangFengliang YangStarsGong LiWei LiBaotian LiIn rural China, the young bride of a tyrannical owner of a silk-dyeing business finds temporary solace in the arms of her husband's nephew, but problems arise when she becomes pregnant.Nominated for: Best Foreign Language Film
China. - DirectorStephen FrearsStarsAnjelica HustonJohn CusackAnnette BeningA small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.Nominated for:
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Anjelica Huston
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Annette Bening
Best Director: Stephen Frears
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Donald E. Westlake - DirectorJim SheridanStarsRichard HarrisJohn HurtSean BeanWhen a field (which has been farmed by the McCabe family for generations) goes up for auction, the patriarch of the McCabe family will stop at nothing to prevent a rich American from buying it.Nominated for: Best Actor in a Leading Role: Richard Harris
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsMia FarrowWilliam HurtJoe MantegnaA spoiled Manhattan housewife re-evaluates her life after visiting a Chinatown healer.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsRobert RedfordLena OlinAlan ArkinIn 1950s Cuba, a professional gambler falls for a woman heavily involved in the revolution movement.Nominated for: Best Music, Original Score: Dave Grusin
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsMel GibsonGlenn CloseAlan BatesHamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.Nominated for:
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: nm027472, Francesca Lo Schiavo
Best Costume Design: Maurizio Millenotti - DirectorWarren BeattyStarsWarren BeattyMadonnaAl PacinoThe comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.Won:
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Richard Sylbert, Rick Simpson
Best Makeup: John Caglione Jr., Doug Drexler
Best Music, Original Song: Stephen Sondheim
Nominated for:
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Al Pacino
Best Cinematography: Vittorio Storaro
Best Costume Design: Milena Canonero
Best Sound: Thomas Causey, Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell
Doug Hemphill - DirectorMichael VerhoevenStarsLena StolzeHans-Reinhard MüllerMonika BaumgartnerWhen a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.Nominated for: Best Foreign Language Film
Germany. - DirectorDavid LynchStarsNicolas CageLaura DernWillem DafoeYoung lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.Nominated for: Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Diane Ladd
- DirectorPenny MarshallStarsRobert De NiroRobin WilliamsJulie KavnerThe victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.Nominated for:
Best Picture: Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Robert De Niro
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Steven Zaillian - DirectorGianni AmelioStarsGian Maria VolontèEnnio FantastichiniRenato CarpentieriA principled judge faces a case that society demands capital punishment for.Nominated for: Best Foreign Language Film
Italy. - DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsFred WardUma ThurmanMaria de MedeirosAnaïs Nin meets American writer Henry Miller in Paris in 1931. She keeps a diary of her sexual awakening, which includes Henry and his wife June.Nominated for: Best Cinematography: Philippe Rousselot
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsMacaulay CulkinJoe PesciDaniel SternAn eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.Nominated for:
Best Music, Original Song: John Williams (music)
Leslie Bricusse (lyrics)
Best Music, Original Score: John Williams - DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsKiefer SutherlandKevin BaconJulia RobertsFive medical students experiment with "near death" experiences, until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives.
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerSharon StoneMichael IronsideWhen a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?Won Special Achievement Award For visual effects (Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern,
Alex Funke)
Nominated for: Best Sound
Nelson Stoll, Michael J. Kohut, Carlos Delarios,
Aaron Rochin
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: Stephen Hunter Flick - DirectorPeter WeirStarsGérard DepardieuAndie MacDowellBebe NeuwirthA man wanting to stay in the US enters into a marriage of convenience, but it turns into more than that.
- DirectorWhit StillmanStarsCarolyn FarinaEdward ClementsChris EigemanA group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.
- DirectorGeoff MurphyStarsEmilio EstevezKiefer SutherlandLou Diamond PhillipsBilly the Kid and his band of outlaws are pursued across New Mexico territory by Sheriff Pat Garrett, whom the young gunslingers must face-off with if they are to reach the safety of the border.Nominated for: Best Music, Original Song: Jon Bon Jovi
- DirectorXavier KollerStarsNecmettin ÇobanogluNur SürerEmin SivasThe story of a poor Turkish family who try to emigrate illegally to Switzerland.Won: Best Foreign Language Film
Switzerland. - DirectorTony ScottStarsTom CruiseNicole KidmanRobert DuvallA young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level.
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsSean ConneryAlec BaldwinScott GlennIn November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain violates orders and heads for the U.S. in a new undetectable sub. The American CIA and military must quickly determine: Is he trying to defect or to start a war?Won: Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing
Cecelia Hall, George Watters II
Nominated for:
Best Sound: Richard Bryce Goodman, Richard Overton, Kevin F. Cleary, Don J. Bassman
Best Film Editing: Dennis Virkler, John Wright - DirectorJean-Paul RappeneauStarsGérard DepardieuAnne BrochetVincent PerezFamed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.Won: Best Costume Design: Franca Squarciapino
Nominated for:
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Gérard Depardieu
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Ezio Frigerio
Jacques Rouxel
Best Makeup: Michèle Burke, Jean-Pierre Eychenne
Best Foreign Language Film
France. - DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsJeremy IronsGlenn CloseRon SilverWealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.Won: Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jeremy Irons
Nominated for:
Best Director: Barbet Schroeder
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:
Nicholas Kazan - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsAl PacinoDiane KeatonAndy GarciaFollows Michael Corleone, now in his 60s, as he seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire.Nominated for:
Best Picture: Francis Ford Coppola
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Andy Garcia
Best Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Best Cinematography: Gordon Willis
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: [link=nm0851790, Gary Fettis
Best Film Editing: Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman, Walter Murch
Best Music, Original Song: Carmine Coppola (music),John Bettis (lyrics) - DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppWinona RyderDianne WiestThe solitary life of an artificial man - who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands - is upended when he is taken in by a suburban family.Nominated for: Best Makeup: Ve Neill, Stan Winston
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsMeryl StreepShirley MacLaineDennis QuaidA substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she is forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.Nominated for:
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Meryl Streep
Best Music, Original Song: Shel Silverstein - DirectorJames IvoryStarsPaul NewmanJoanne WoodwardSaundra McClainSet during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.