Mebojangles12:
Note: Driving Miss Daisy didn't win over Goodfellas as the former is a 1989 film whereas Goodfellas is a 1990 film that lost to Dances with Wolves (another controversial pick haha). I liked Daisy, is it Best Pic material? In my mind, no, but it was a rather weak list of nominees, so I do t have much gripe with it.
Sorry, got my Oscars wrongs muddled. It was Driving Miss Daisy winning when Do the Right Thing wasn't nominated for picture, that I was reaching for.
I agree with all of those best picture gripes, and Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan and Thin Red Line is still hard to fathom. And would have loved it if LA Confidential or Good Will Hunting had got over Titanic, but that would have been a massive upset.