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Events
- CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall (1990).
- The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2.
- The use of real-time computer graphics or "digital puppetry" to create a character in a motion picture is performed, in RoboCop 2.
- Future film stars Chris Rock and Adam Sandler join SNL.
- February 4 - Actor Tom Cruise and actress Mimi Rogers divorce.
- November 16 - Disney's first ever animated sequel, The Rescuers Down Under, is released.
- December 24 - Tom Cruise and actress Nicole Kidman marry.
Top grossing films (worldwide)
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Awards
- Best Picture: Dances with Wolves - Tig Productions, Majestic Films International
- Best Director: Kevin Costner - Dances With Wolves
- Best Actor: Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune
- Best Actress: Kathy Bates - Misery
- Best Supporting Actor: Joe Pesci - Goodfellas
- Best Supporting Actress: Whoopi Goldberg - Ghost
- Best Foreign Language Film: Journey of Hope (Reise der Hoffnung), directed by Xavier Koller, Switzerland
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Dances With Wolves
- Best Actor: Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune
- Best Actress: Kathy Bates - Misery
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Green Card
- Best Actor: Gérard Depardieu - Green Card
- Best Actress: Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman
- Other
- Best Director: Kevin Costner - Dances with Wolves
- Best Foreign Language Film: Cyrano de Bergerac, France
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Wild at Heart, directed by David Lynch, United States
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, directed by Tom Stoppard, U.K. / U.S.A.
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Music Box, directed by Costa Gavras, United States
- Larks on a String (Skrivánci na niti), directed by Jiri Menzel, Czechoslovakia
Films released in 1990
A
- The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, directed by Renny Harlin, starring Andrew Dice Clay
- After Dark, My Sweet, starring Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern
- Air America, directed by Roger Spottiswoode, starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey, Jr.
- Alice, directed by Woody Allen, starring Mia Farrow, Alec Baldwin, Joe Mantegna, William Hurt
- The Ambulance
- American Ninja 4: The Annihilation
- Angel Town
- Another 48 Hrs., starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte
- Arachnophobia, starring Jeff Daniels
- Avalon, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Aidan Quinn, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elizabeth Perkins, Kevin Pollak
- Awakenings, directed by Penny Marshall, starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro
B
- Back to the Future Part III, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen
- Bad Influence, directed by Curtis Hanson, starring Rob Lowe and James Spader
- Betsy's Wedding, directed by Alan Alda, starring Alda, Molly Ringwald, Madeline Kahn, Joe Pesci, Anthony LaPaglia, Ally Sheedy, Joey Bishop
- Bird on a Wire, starring Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn
- Black Republic, directed by Park Kwang-su
- Blind Fury
- Blue Steel, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Ron Silver
- Boiling Point, directed by Takeshi Kitano, starring Beat Takeshi
- The Bonfire of the Vanities, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Morgan Freeman
- Bride of Re-Animator
C
- Cadence, starring Charlie Sheen and Martin Sheen
- Cadillac Man, starring Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Annabella Sciorra, Lori Petty, Fran Drescher
- Captain America
- Childhood Days - Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year
- Child's Play 2
- China Cry
- The Chosen One (Ishanou)
- City Hunter: Bay City Wars
- Class of 1999
- Close-Up
- Coins in the Fountain, starring Loni Anderson
- Come See the Paradise, directed by Alan Parker, starring Dennis Quaid and Tamlyn Tomita
- The Comfort of Strangers
- Crash and Burn
- Crazy People, starring Dudley Moore, Daryl Hannah, J.T. Walsh, Paul Reiser
- Cry-Baby, directed by John Waters, starring Johnny Depp
- Cyrano de Bergerac, starring Gérard Depardieu - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
D
- Dances with Wolves, directed by and starring Kevin Costner - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
- Darkman, starring Liam Neeson
- Days of Being Wild, directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung and Andy Lau
- Days of Thunder, starring Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Nicole Kidman
- Death Warrant
- Dei tau lung (Dragon Fighter)
- Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
- Denial
- Desperate Hours, starring Anthony Hopkins, Mickey Rourke, Mimi Rogers, Lindsay Crouse, Kelly Lynch
- Dick Tracy, starring Warren Beatty, Madonna, Glenne Headly, Al Pacino
- Die Hard 2, starring Bruce Willis
- Downtown, starring Anthony Edwards and Forest Whitaker
- Dreams, directed by Akira Kurosawa
- DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
E-F
- Edward Scissorhands, directed by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Kathy Baker, Dianne Wiest, Vincent Price
- The End of Innocence, directed by and starring Dyan Cannon
- Ernest Goes to Jail, starring Jim Varney
- Europa Europa - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film (for 1991)
- The Exorcist III, starring George C. Scott
- Fantasia (restored version)
- La Femme Nikita, directed by Luc Besson
- The Field, starring Richard Harris, John Hurt, Tom Berenger
- Fire Birds, starring Nicolas Cage and Tommy Lee Jones
- The First Power, starring Lou Diamond Phillips
- Flashback, starring Kiefer Sutherland and Dennis Hopper
- Flatliners, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon
- The Fourth War, starring Roy Schneider and Jürgen Prochnow
- Frankenstein Unbound, directed by Roger Corman, starring John Hurt
- The Freshman, starring Marlon Brando and Matthew Broderick
- Funny About Love directed by Leonard Nimoy, starring Gene Wilder, Christine Lahti, Mary Stuart Masterson
G
- Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg
- The Godfather Part III, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy García, Joe Mantegna, Eli Wallach, Sofia Coppola
- Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino
- Graffiti Bridge, directed by and starring Prince
- Green Card, starring Gérard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch, starring Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates
- The Grifters, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening
- The Guardian
- The Guyver
H
- The Hairdresser's Husband (Le Mari de la coiffeuse), directed by Patrice Leconte
- Hamlet, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Helena Bonham Carter
- The Handmaid's Tale, directed by Volker Schlondorff, starring Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall
- Hard to Kill starring Steven Seagal and Kelly LeBrock
- Havana, starring Robert Redford, Lena Olin, Raúl Juliá, Alan Arkin
- Heart Condition, starring Bob Hoskins and Denzel Washington
- Heaven and Earth
- Henry & June, starring Fred Ward, Maria de Medeiros, Uma Thurman
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
- Hidden Agenda, directed by Ken Loach, starring Frances McDormand
- Home Alone, directed by Chris Columbus, starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara, John Heard
- The Hot Spot, directed by Dennis Hopper, starring Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly
- House Party
- The Hunt for Red October, starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, James Earl Jones, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, Tim Curry
I-J
- I Come in Peace
- I Love You to Death, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, River Phoenix, William Hurt, Keanu Reeves, Joan Plowright
- Internal Affairs, directed by Mike Figgis, starring Richard Gere, Andy García, Nancy Travis
- Jacob's Ladder, starring Tim Robbins, directed by Adrian Lyne
- Jetsons: The Movie
- Joe Versus the Volcano, starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ossie Davis, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges
- John & Brandy
- Journey of Hope (Reise der Hoffnung) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Ju Dou, directed by Zhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang, starring Gong Li
K-L
- Kindergarten Cop, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- King of New York, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes, David Caruso
- The Krays, directed by Peter Medak, starring Martin Kemp, Gary Kemp, Billie Whitelaw
- Larks on a String (Skrivánci na niti) - Golden Bear award
- The Last of the Finest
- Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
- The Lemon Sisters, starring Diane Keaton, Carol Kane, Elliott Gould
- Life Is Sweet, starring Jim Broadbent
- Limit Up, starring Nancy Allen
- Lionheart
- Longtime Companion
- The Long Walk Home, starring Sissy Spacek and Whoopi Goldberg
- Look Who's Talking Too, starring John Travolta and Kirstie Alley
- Loose Cannons, starring Gene Hackman and Dan Aykroyd
- Lord of the Flies
- Love at Large, starring Tom Berenger and Anne Archer
M
- Mack the Knife
- A Man Called Sarge, starring Gary Kroeger and Marc Singer
- Marked for Death, starring Steven Seagal
- The Match Factory Girl
- Memories of a River
- Memphis Belle, directed by Michael Caton-Jones, starring Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, D.B. Sweeney, Harry Connick, Jr.
- Men at Work, starring Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez
- Mermaids, directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder, Christina Ricci
- Metropolitan
- Miami Blues starring Fred Ward, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nora Dunn
- Midnight Ride
- Miller's Crossing, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito
- Milou in May
- Misery, directed by Rob Reiner, starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Lauren Bacall
- Mo' Better Blues, directed by Spike Lee, starring Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, Samuel L. Jackson and Lee
- Mountains of the Moon, directed by Bob Rafelson
- Movie... In Your Face
- Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
- Mr. Destiny, starring James Belushi, Michael Caine, Linda Hamilton
- My Blue Heaven, starring Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack
- My Mother's Castle (Le Château de ma mère), directed by Yves Robert, Golden Space Needle award (for 1991) - see novel Le Château de ma mère
N-O
- Narrow Margin, starring Gene Hackman and Anne Archer
- The Nasty Girl (Das schreckliche Mädchen)
- Navy SEALs, starring Charlie Sheen
- The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter
- Nightbreed
- Nuns on the Run, starring Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle
- The Nutcracker Prince
P-Q
- Pacific Heights, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Michael Keaton, Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine
- Piece of Cake, directed by Jay Sandrich, starring T.K. Carter, Cleavant Derricks, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Tonya Lee Williams
- Postcards from the Edge, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman
- Predator 2, starring Danny Glover
- Presumed Innocent, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Harrison Ford, Greta Scacchi, Bonnie Bedelia, Brian Dennehy, Raúl Juliá
- Pretty Woman, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere
- Problem Child, starring John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Jack Warden, Amy Yasbeck, Gilbert Gottfried, Michael Richards
- Pump Up the Volume, directed by Allan Moyle, starring Christian Slater, Golden Space Needle award
- Q&A, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante
- Quick Change, starring Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid
- Quigley Down Under, starring Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman
R
- The Reflecting Skin
- Repossessed, a parody of The Exorcist, starring Linda Blair and Leslie Nielsen
- The Rescuers Down Under
- Revenge, starring Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn, Madeleine Stowe, James Gammon, Miguel Ferrer, Sally Kirkland
- Reversal of Fortune, starring Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close and Ron Silver
- RoboCop 2, starring Peter Weller and Nancy Allen
- Robot Jox
- Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever
- Rockula
- Rocky V, starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Tommy Morrison
- Romeo-Juliet
- The Rookie, starring Clint Eastwood and Charlie Sheen
- Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - Golden Lion award
- The Russia House, starring Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Klaus Maria Brandauer, James Fox, Roy Scheider
S
- The Sheltering Sky, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich
- Shipwrecked
- Short Time, starring Dabney Coleman and Teri Garr
- A Show of Force, starring Amy Irving and Andy García
- Shreck
- Sibling Rivalry, starring Kirstie Alley
- Side Out, starring C. Thomas Howell and Peter Horton
- Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation
- Silent Scream
- Spaced Invaders, directed by Patrick Read Johnson, starring Douglas Barr, Royal Dano, Ariana Richards, J. J. Anderson
- Stanley & Iris, starring Robert De Niro and Jane Fonda
- State of Grace, starring Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright
- Stella, starring Bette Midler, Trini Alvarado, John Goodman, Stephen Collins, Marsha Mason
T
- Taking Care of Business, starring James Belushi and Charles Grodin
- Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
- Tatie Danielle, starring Tsilla Chelton
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, directed by Steve Barron
- Tekken
- Texasville, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Annie Potts
- Three Men and a Little Lady, starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson
- Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas
- Tilaï
- Total Recall, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone
- Treasure Island
- Tremors starring Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward
- Troll 2
- Truly, Madly, Deeply, directed by Anthony Minghella
- The Two Jakes, directed by and starring Jack Nicholson, co-starring Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, David Keith, Eli Wallach
U-V
- Uchū no hōsoku
- Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
- Vincent & Me
- Vincent & Theo
W
- Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael, starring Winona Ryder and Jeff Daniels
- Where the Heart Is
- White Hunter, Black Heart, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood
- White Palace, starring Susan Sarandon and James Spader
- Wild at Heart, directed by David Lynch, starring Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Willem Dafoe, Harry Dean Stanton
- Wild Orchid, starring Mickey Rourke, Carre Otis, Jacqueline Bisset
- The Witches, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Anjelica Huston
X-Z
- Young Guns II, starring Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater and William Petersen
Wide-release films
January–March
- January 1990 "Leatherface:The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III"
- January 19 - Tremors starring Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward
- February 1990
- February 9 - Hard to Kill starring Steven Segal
- February 16 - Revenge, starring Kevin Costner
- March 1990
- March 2 - The Hunt for Red October
- March 9 - Joe Versus the Volcano, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan
- March 23 - Pretty Woman
- March 30 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
April–June
- April 1990
- April 6 - Cry-Baby, starring Johnny Depp
- April 27 - Spaced Invaders, directed by Patrick Read Johnson, starring Douglas Barr, Royal Dano, Ariana Richards and J. J. Anderson
- May 1990
- May 4 - Short Time
- May 25
- Back to the Future Part III
- Fire Birds, starring Nicolas Cage and Tommy Lee Jones
- June 1990
- June 1 - Total Recall
June 8 "Another 48 Hrs"
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- June 15
- Dick Tracy, starring Warren Beatty, Madonna, Glenne Headly and Al Pacino
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch
- June 22 - RoboCop 2, starring Peter Weller and Nancy Allen
- June 27 - Days of Thunder
- June 15
July–September
- July 1990
- July 4 - Die Hard 2: Die Harder
- July 13 - Ghost
- July 18 - Arachnophobia
- July 27
- Presumed Innocent, starring Harrison Ford
- Problem Child
- August 1990
- August 10 - Air America, starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey, Jr. "Darkman" Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand
- August 17 - "The Exorcist III" starring George C. Scott
- September 1990
- September 14 - Death Warrant
- September 19 - Goodfellas
- September 28 - Pacific Heights, starring Michael Keaton, Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine
October–December
- October 1990 "Marked for Death" Steven Seagal
- November 1990
- November 9 - Child's Play 2
- November 16
- November 21
- December 1990
- December 6 - The End of Innocence, starring Rebecca Schaeffer, Dyan Cannon and John Heard
- December 7 - The Rookie, starring Clint Eastwood and Charlie Sheen
- December 14 - Edward Scissorhands, starring Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder
- December 20 - Awakenings, starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro
- December 21
- December 25 - The Godfather Part III
Births
- February 7 - Mustafa Ali, actor, scientist
- March 24 - Keisha Castle-Hughes, actress
- April 6 - Charlie McDermott, actor
- April 9 - Kristen Stewart, actress
- April 15 - Emma Watson, actress, model
- May 14 - Sasha Spielberg, actress, daughter of producer/director Steven Spielberg and actress Kate Capshaw
- July 24 - Daveigh Chase, actress
- October 22 - Jonathan Lipnicki, actor
- December 20 - JoJo, American singer-songwriter and actress
- December 23 - Anna Maria Perez de Taglé, American actress/singer
Notable deaths
Debuts
- Russell Crowe
- Djimon Hounsou
- Christina Ricci
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Chris O'Donnell
- Harry Connick, Jr.
- Reba McEntire
- Benjamin Bratt
- Kevin Connolly
- Brendan Gleeson
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