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The lights, the glamour, the music, and the little gold men. It is what the Oscars are all about. Or is it? Close to four hours lead up to the final award, often considered the most honorable and coveted. The Best Picture.

The '90s brought us an enormous sinking ship, William Wallace, a box of chocolates, and Hannibal Lecter. With these and other unforgettable aspects of the Academy Award winners for Best Picture also came words the world will never forget.

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Madam, the tide waits for no man, but I swear it would wait for you. (Lord Wessex)

Tell me how you love her, Will. (Viola)
Like a sickness and its cure together. (Will)

That'll have them rolling in the aisles. (Philip Henslow on first hearing the tragic ending to Romeo and Juliet)

Titanic (1997)

I'm the king of the world. (Jack Dawson)

So this is the ship they say is unsinkable. (Ruth)
It is unsinkable. God himself couldn't sink this ship. (Cal)

The English Patient (1996)

When were you most happy? (Almasy) Now. (Katherine)
When were you least happy? (Almasy) Now. (Katherine)

This, this hollow at the base of a woman's throat. Does it have an official name? (Almasy)
Good God man, pull yourself together. (Madox)

Braveheart (1995)

Ay, fight and you may die, run and you'll live. At least a while. And dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, just one chance to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom. (William Wallace)

Every man dies, but not every man really lives. (Wallace)

Forrest Gump (1994)

Mama always said like was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. (Forrest Gump)

Stupid is as stupid does. (Forrest Gump)

Schindler's List (1993)

Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don't. (Oskar Schindler)

The truth is always the right answer. (Amon Goethe)

Unforgiven (1992)

Hell of a thing, killin' a man. Take away all he's ever gonna have. (William Munny)

I ain't never killed no one before that, Will. (Schofield kid)
Well you sure killed the hell outta that guy. (William Munny)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Believe me, you don't want Hannibal Lecter inside your head. (Jack Crawford)

I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner. (Hannibal Lecter)

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