Episode 17 - Did They Sink or Swim? Revisiting Forrest Gump & Titanic

This week on Popcorn & Perspective, Chantal and Chris (The Hazel Eyed Movie Guy) revisit two of the biggest Best Picture winners of the 1990s — Forrest Gump (1994) and Titanic (1997) — and ask the question every film fan has debated: do they still hold up?

🎬 Films Discussed:

• Forrest Gump (1994) — directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks
  • Academy Award Best Picture winner, 1995
• Titanic (1997) — directed by James Cameron, starring Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet
  • Academy Award Best Picture winner, 1998
  • Still one of the highest-grossing films of all time

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