1994 Essay:

Unfortunately I can't remember my original essay for this year about 
the state of the motion picture.  All I remember is common knowledge, 
that two movies dominated popular thought: the lowbrow winner was 
Forrest Gump, and the highbrow winner was Pulp Fiction.  Both have 
their adherents and their detractors, but there was NOTHING like the 
buzz each generated.  Only a handful of movies ever have scenes or 
quotes that enter the common vernacular, and I think that no other 
movie has ever spawned a restaurant chain (unless you count Popeye's 
Fried Chicken).

I can see both films from both sides, so both made my list.