Best Actress Sally Field

Or better yet, the performance of Julia Roberts who netted an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress as Shelby, and won a Golden Globe Award in the same category. Or the performance of Sally Field who was nominated for a Best Actress Golden Globe as M'Lynn, Shelby's mother.

Or the performance of Shirley MacLaine who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Award as Ouiser Boudreaux. Did I mention that Steel Magnolias was filmed in Louisiana? In the small town of Natchitoches, a lovely setting that could easily take you back to rural America of yesteryear.

Sally Field should have been nominated for an Oscar, and Shirley MacLaine for a Golden Globe. They were both that good.