Oscar Movies: Little Romance, A (1979)–Olivier and Diane Lane

This was the first of three Disney animated features that composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman collaborated on; the other two were Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.

Oscar Movies: Little Prince, The (1974)–Dull Musical of Cult Book

This was the first of three Disney animated features that composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman collaborated on; the other two were Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.

Oscar Movies: Little Night Music, A (1977): Mishandling Sondheim

This was the first of three Disney animated features that composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman collaborated on; the other two were Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.

Oscar Movies: Little Mermaid, The (1989)–Disney Animated Fable

This was the first of three Disney animated features that composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman collaborated on; the other two were Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.

Oscar Movies: Longest Yard, The (1974)–Action Comedy from Aldrich

Lorenzo's Oil received 2 Oscar nominations, but in 1992, the Original Screenplay Oscar went to Neil Jordan for “The Crying Game, which was also nominated for Best Picture. Susan Sarandon lost the Best Actress to Emma Thompson in “Howards End”‚Äî-she will win the Oscar in 1995 for “Dead Man Walking.”