List of American films of 1990

A list of American films released in 1990.
Dances with Wolves won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Highest grossing films

Home Alone, starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O'Hara, $477,561,243
Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, Rick Aviles
Dances with Wolves, starring and directed by Kevin Costner
Pretty Woman, starring Julia Roberts, Richard Gere
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Hunt for Red October, starring Sean Connery
Total Recall, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
Die Hard 2, starring Bruce Willis
Dick Tracy starring Warren Beatty, Madonna
Kindergarten Cop, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller

A-B

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Rating
1990
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane	Renny Harlin		Action, Adventure, Comedy, Music	R
After Dark, My Sweet	James Foley		Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller	R
Air America	Roger Spottiswoode	Mel Gibson, Robert Downey, Jr.	Action, Comedy	R
Alice	Woody Allen		Romance, Drama, Fantasy, Comedy	PG-13
Almost an Angel	John Cornell	Paul Hogan	Comedy	PG
American Dream	Barbara Kopple, Cathy Caplan		Documentary	PG-13
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation	Cedric Sundstrom		Action, Drama
Andre's Mother	Deborah Reinisch		Drama
Another 48 Hrs.	Walter Hill	Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte	Action Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Arachnophobia	Frank Marshall		Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror
Avalon	Barry Levinson		Drama
Awakenings	Penny Marshall		Drama
Back to the Future Part III	Robert Zemeckis	Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd	Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western
Bad Influence	Curtis Hanson		Drama, Thriller
Basket Case 2	Frank Henenlotter		Comedy, Horror
Betsy's Wedding	Alan Alda		Comedy, Romance
Bird on a Wire	John Badham		Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Thriller, Crime
Bloodfist II	Andy Blumenthal		Action
Blue Steel	Kathryn Bigelow		Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama
The Bonfire of the Vanities	Brian De Palma		Comedy, Drama
Book of Love
Brain Dead (1990 film)
By Dawn's Early Light

C

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Cadence (film)
Cadillac Man
Camp Cucamonga
A Captive in the Land
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
Catchfire
Challenger (TV film)
Checkered Flag
Child in the Night
Child's Play 2
The China Lake Murders
China O'Brien
Close-Up (film)
Coins in the Fountain		Loni Anderson, Stepfanie Kramer, Shanna Reed	Romantic comedy	Remake of Three Coins in the Fountain (1954 film)\|
Come See The Paradise
The Company of Strangers
Coupe de Ville	Joe Roth	Daniel Stern, Patrick Dempsey	comedy
Crash and Burn
Crazy People
Cry-Baby

D

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?
Dances with Wolves		Kevin Costner		Academy Award
Dancin' Thru the Dark
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
The Dark Side of the Moon (film)
Daughter of Darkness
Days of Thunder		Tom Cruise	NASCAR racing drama
Death Machine
Death Warrant	Deran Sarafian	Jean-Claude Van Damme	Action, Thriller	Was written by David S. Goyer, while as a student in USC.
The Death of the Incredible Hulk
Deceptions
Decoration Day (film)
Def by Temptation
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
Desperate Hours
Dick Tracy (film)
Die Hard 2		Bruce Willis	Action	Set in Dulles Airport
A Divine Double Feature
Dorf Goes Auto Racing
The Dream Machine	Lyman Dayton	Corey Haim	Thriller
Dreams (film)
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp				Animated film

E

Title	Director	Cast	Genre
Edward Scissorhands	Tim Burton	Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder
The End of Innocence
Ernest Goes to Jail
Everybody Wins
The Exorcist III			Horror

F

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Faces of Death IV
Far Out Man
Father (film)
The Field
Fight Back to School
The Final Sacrifice
The Final Sanction (film)
Fire Birds
The First Power
Flashback (film)
Flatliners
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
The Fool (1990 film)
The Forbidden Dance
Frankenhooker
Frankenstein Unbound
The Freshman (1990 film)
Full Fathom Five (film)

G

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
The Garden (film)	Derek Jarman	Tilda Swinton, Johnny Mills, Philip MacDonald, Pete Lee-Wilson, Spencer Leigh, Jody Graber, Roger Cook, Kevin Collins, Dawn Archibald, Vernon Dobtcheff, Michael Gough, Mirabelle La Manchega, Jessica Martin, Orlando, Mike Tezcan	Drama	Basilisk Communications
Getting Lucky	Michael Paul Girard	Steven Cooke, Lezlie McCraw, Rick McDowell,	Comedy, Fantasy	Vista Street Entertainment
Ghost (film)
Ghost Dad
Ghosts Can't Do It
Girlfriend from Hell
The Godfather Part III
Goodfellas
Graffiti Bridge (film)
Green Card (film)
The Green Man
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
The Grifters (film)
Grim Prairie Tales
The Guardian (1990 film)
Guns (film)

H

Title	Director	Cast	Genre
The Hairdresser's Husband
Hamlet (1990 film)
The Handmaid's Tale (film)
Hard to Die
Hard to Kill	Bruce Malmuth	Steven Seagal, Kelly LeBrock	Action
Hardware (1990 film)
Havana (film)
Heart Condition (film)
Heaven and Earth (1990 film)
Henry & June
Hidden Agenda (1990 film)
Home Alone		Macaulay Culkin	Comedy, Family
A Home Too Far
Hot Cars, Cold Facts
The Hot Spot
House Party (film)
The Hunt for Red October (film)		Sean Connery

I

Title	Genre	Notes
I Come in Peace
I Hired a Contract Killer
I Love You to Death
I'm Dangerous Tonight
Industrial Symphony No. 1
Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4
Internal Affairs (film)
Iron & Silk (1990 film)
Island of Fire
It	Horror	Stephen King novel about an evil clown

J

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Jacob's Ladder (film)
Jetsons: The Movie
Joe Versus the Volcano
Journey of Hope (film)
The Juniper Tree

K

Title	Cast	Genre
The Kill-Off
KA Killer Among Us
Killer Tomatoes Strike Back
Kindergarten Cop	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Comedy, Family
King of New York
The Krays (film)

L

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Larks on a String
Laser Mission
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III		Kane Hodder
Life Is Sweet (film)
Lionheart (film)		Jean-Claude Van Damme
Live in East Berlin
The Long Walk Home
Longtime Companion
Look Who's Talking Too		John Travolta
Loose Cannons
Lord of the Flies (1990 film)

M

Title	Director	Cast	Genre
Mack the Knife
Madhouse (1990 film)
Maniac Cop 2
Marked for Death	Dwight H. Little	Steven Seagal	Action
Martians Go Home (film)
Masters of Venice
The Match Factory Girl
Megaville
Memphis Belle (film)
Men at Work (film)
Meridian: Kiss of the Beast
Mermaids (film)
Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor
Metropolitan (film)
Miami Blues (film)
Miller's Crossing
Misery	Rob Reiner	James Caan, Kathy Bates	Thriller
Mister Frost
Mister Johnson
Mo' Better Blues
Mob Story
A Mom for Christmas
Moon 44
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Mountains of the Moon (film)
Mr. Destiny
Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
Murder in Mississippi
My Blue Heaven (1990 film)
My Father's Glory

N

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Narrow Margin
The Nasty Girl
Navy SEALs (film)
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
Night Eyes
Night of the Living Dead (1990 film)
Nightbreed
Ninja Academy
Nirvana Street Murder
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
Nuns on the Run
The Nutcracker Prince

O

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Open Doors (1990 film)
Opportunity Knocks (film)

P

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Pacific Heights
Paris Is Burning
The Pit and the Pendulum
Plunder and Lightning
Postcards from the Edge
Predator 2	Stephen Hopkins	Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades	Sci-Fi
Presumed Innocent
Pretty Woman	Garry Marshall	Julia Roberts, Richard Gere	Romantic comedy
Problem Child	Dennis Dugan	John Ritter, Jack Warden, Michael Oliver, Gilbert Gottfried, Amy Yasbeck	Comedy
Prom Night III: The Last Kiss	Ron Oliver	Courtney Taylor, Tim Conlon, Cynthia Preston, David Stratton, Brock Simpson, Dylan Neal	Horror	direct-to-video
Psycho IV: The Beginning
Pump Up the Volume	Allan Moyle	Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Mimi Kennedy, Scott Paulin, Annie Ross, Ahmet Zappa, Seth Green	Comedy-drama

Q

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Q&A (film)
Quick Change
Quigley Down Under

R

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Ralph S. Mouse
The Reflecting Skin (film)
Repossessed
The Rescuers Down Under				Animated film
Return Engagement (film)
Revenge (film)
Reversal of Fortune
Riff-Raff
Roadkill (film)
RoboCop 2	Irvin Kershner		Sci-fi
Robot Jox
Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever
Rocky V		Sylvester Stallone	Drama
Roller Coaster Rabbit
Romeo-Juliet
The Rookie (1990 film)
Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (film)
The Russia House

S

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Shipwrecked (1990)
A Shock to the System
Short Time
A Show of Force
Shreck
The Shrimp on the Barbie
Side Out
Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster
Solar Crisis (film)
Somebody has to Shoot the picture
Soultaker (film)
Spaced Invaders
Spirit of '76 (1990 film)
Spontaneous Combustion (film)
Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
Stanley and Iris
Stars and Roses
State of Grace (film)
Step Across the Border
Strike It Rich (film)
The Swordsman (film)

T

Title	Director	Cast	Genre
Taking Care of Business
A Tale of Springtime
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Steve Barron		Action
Terminal City Ricochet
Texasville
That's Black Entertainment
The Ambulance
The Fortune Code
The Grasscutter
The Little Kidnappers (1990 film)
The Nameless (film)
Three Men and a Little Lady
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Till There Was You (1990 film)
Time of Love
To Sleep with Anger
Total Recall	Paul Verhoeven	Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone
Treasure Island (1990 film)
Tremors (film)
Tricky Brains
Troll 2
Troll 3
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Trust (film)
Tune in Tomorrow
Twisted Obsession
The Two Jakes

U

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Uranus (1990 film)

V

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
The Voice of the Moon
Vincent & Theo
Voodoo Dawn

W

Title	Director	Cast
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
When You Remember Me
Where the Heart Is (1990 film)
White Hunter Black Heart	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood, Jeff Fahey
White Palace (film)
White Room (film)
Why Me?
Wild Orchid (film)
Wild at Heart (film)
A Wind Named Amnesia
Witchcraft II: The Temptress
The Witches (1990 film)
Without You I'm Nothing (film)
The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz

Y

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Young Guns II			western
Zapped Again!
100 Days Before the Command
12:01 PM (1990 film)

External links

American films of 1990 at the Internet Movie Database