1995 Alternate Oscars

We've talked about this before — my alternate Oscar picks are not exactly the same thing as my favorite movies. More of a case of me trying to narrow the field to something like a general consensus, and then counting on the crowdsourced wisdom of my movie-loving readers to pick the winners.

From time to time I'll squeeze in a personal favorite I feel has been overlooked but I rarely foist my idiosyncrasies on the world through my blog — I reserve that for face-to-face interactions with my friends and family. Poor bastards.

Never has the gap between the consensus and my personal favorites been greater than in 1995. Don't know why. I like to think I know an entertaining, well-made movie when I see one, but for some reason, many of my favorites from '95 missed with audiences, critics or both.

And vice versa.

Anyway, I posted a picture at the top of my favorites. The consensus picks (based on pure math) are below. Of them, I chose Toy Story as best picture because it was the first Pixar feature and a real groundbreaker. But I also like Apollo 13, Babe and Before Sunrise, and maybe you're a fan of one of the others. As always, the choice is yours.

My choices are noted with a ★. A tie is indicated with a ✪. Historical Oscar winners are noted with a ✔. Best foreign-language picture winners are noted with an ƒ. A historical winner who won in a different category is noted with a ✱.