1995 Alternate Oscars

My choices are noted with a ★. Historical Oscar winners are noted with a ✔.

My top ten is a compromise between a purely consensus list:

... and my personal top ten:

The toughest compromises are the ones you make with yourself.

1994 Alternate Oscars

My choices are noted with a ★. A tie is indicated with a ✪. Historical Oscar winners are noted with a ✔.

Now this was a great year for movies.

1993 Alternate Oscars

My choices are noted with a ★. Historical Oscar winners are noted with a ✔.

Steven Spielberg had a pretty good year.

On the other hand, the appeal of the highly-acclaimed British imports The Remains of the Day and In the Name of the Father completely eludes me. But you like them so I nominated them.

1992 Alternate Oscars

My choices are noted with a ★. Historical Oscar winners are noted with a ✔.

I promised myself I would never do this — a do-over, in this case, the supporting actress category in 1987. Really, not only should I have recognized Mary Stuart Masterson for her iconic performance in John Hughes's Some Kind of Wonderful, she should have won.

My only excuse is that I pre-blogged the entire 1980s in the week before my surgery back in April and I made a few mistakes. Some I caught before they went live; this one I missed. But if I don't change it, the cancer wins. And I'll be damned if I'll let the Big C win ...