Best educational award winning movies from 1995

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1 Apollo 13 (1995)

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.

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1995-06-30 | Drama / History

Cast

Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton

Rating

rating icon 7.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #70 for
    interplanetary
  2. Ranked #81 for
    Oscar nomination deserving
  3. Ranked #114 for
    great sound effects

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2 The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)

During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.

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1995-08-25 | War / History

Cast

Laurence Fishburne, Allen Payne

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #13 for
    Aerial Combat
  2. Ranked #38 for
    quality directing
  3. Ranked #155 for
    teaching tool

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3 Braveheart (1995)

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.

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1995-05-24 | Action / Drama

Cast

Mel Gibson, Catherine McCormack

Rating

rating icon 7.94
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #28 for
    like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
  2. Ranked #37 for
    remarkable
  3. Ranked #55 for
    arthurian

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4 Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.

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1995-10-27 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue

Rating

rating icon 7.259
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #95 for
    great acting
  2. Ranked #118 for
    pill-popping
  3. Ranked #126 for
    Oscar-worthy performance

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Leaving Las Vegas trailer
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5 Dangerous Minds (1995)

Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.

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1995-08-11 | Drama

Cast

Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza

Rating

rating icon 6.965
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #109 for
    afterschool special
  2. Ranked #146 for
    wayward
  3. Ranked #246 for
    inspirational

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6 Antonia's Line (1995)

After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Antonia's late mother has bestowed a small farm upon her. There, Antonia settles down and joins a tightly-knit but unusual community. Those around her include quirky friend Crooked Finger, would-be suitor Bas and, eventually for Antonia, a granddaughter and great-granddaughter who help create a strong family of empowered women.

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1995-09-21 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Willeke van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #25 for
    iconoclast
  2. Ranked #208 for
    unabashed
  3. Ranked #212 for
    badass female

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7 Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)

The McMartin family's lives are turned upside down when they are accused of serious child molestation. The family run a school for infants. An unqualified child cruelty "expert" videotapes the children describing outrageous stories of abuse. One of the most expensive and long running trials in US legal history, exposes the lack of evidence and unprofessional attitudes of the finger pointers which kept one of the accused in jail for over 5 years without bail.

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1995-05-20 | TV Movie / Drama

Cast

James Woods, Mercedes Ruehl

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #33 for
    haywire
  2. Ranked #69 for
    Occult
  3. Ranked #113 for
    gaslighting

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8 Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)

In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.

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1995-12-29 | Drama / Music

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #56 for
    symphonic music
  2. Ranked #63 for
    mawkish
  3. Ranked #98 for
    schmaltzy

Trailer

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9 The Usual Suspects (1995)

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

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1995-07-19 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin

Rating

rating icon 8.187
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #72 for
    masterful story
  2. Ranked #95 for
    like Knives Out
  3. Ranked #144 for
    smart and witty dialogue

Trailer

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10 Pocahontas (1995)

Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.

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1995-06-14 | Adventure / Animation

Cast

Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson

Rating

rating icon 6.927
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #37 for
    great soundtrack
  2. Ranked #120 for
    third wheel
  3. Ranked #120 for
    kid-friendly

Trailer

Pocahontas trailer
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