This was a tough year. Three films of absolutely staggering quality were released and to the Academy's credit they nominated them all for the big prize. Ask me tomorrow I might change my mind and say Forrest Gump. Ask me the following day and I could say The Shawshank Redemption. What's really called for here is a 3-way tie but that's a cop-out. My choice for the year's best may seem obvious, but only in hindsight.It didn't completely register for me the first time I saw it but then I discovered how repeated viewings can help shape your perception of a film. Frequently mimicked in tone and style but never equaled it's outlasted its competition and is one of the few Best Picture nominees to sit atop my year-end list. It's almost fitting that it lost to Gump. If ever there was a movie made for fans, not the Academy, it's this. Not to mention it boasts the greatest motion picture soundtrack of all-time. Tarantino's masterpiece:
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