My Top 25 favorite Best Picture Nominees

As I go through and do these posts, I am also ranking my favorite  Best Picture nominees since 1991.  When I reach 25 (I do not include all films in my list, so although I have posted more than 5 years of nominees.), I will list films that I like to include as Honorable Mentions at the bottom of the list, and of course, I reserve the right to reorder the list as my likes change over time.

1.  Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
2.  Silence of the Lambs (1991) *
3.  Beauty & the Beast (1991)
4.  The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
5.   Schindler's List (1993) *
6.  Lord of the Rings - Return of the King (2003) *
7.  Sense & Sensibility (1995)
8.  Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (2002)
9.  Moulin Rouge! (2001)
10. Dances with Wolves (1990) *

11.  The Blind Side (2009)
12.  The Piano (1993)
13.  The Green Mile (1999)
14.  Ghost (1990)
15.  There Will Be Blood (2007)
16.  Up (2009)
17.  Whiplash (2014)
18.  The Crying Game (1992)
19.  Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
20.  Midnight in Paris (2011)
21.  The Help (2011)
22.  Les Miserables (2012)
23.  Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
24.  Master and Commander:  The Far Side of the World (2003)
25.  The Reader (2008)

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Honorable Mentions:

Howards End (1992)

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Most on the List by Year:

1991 - 2
1993 - 2
2001 - 2
2003 - 2
2008 - 2
2009 - 2
2011 - 2

Most of the List by Decade:

1990s - 10
2000s - 11
2010s -  4