1990 in film
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The year 1990 in film involved many significant events as shown below.
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Events [edit]
- 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 movie stars Chris Rock and Adam Sandler join SNL.
- February 4 - Actor Tom Cruise and actress Mimi Rogers divorce.
- December 24 - Tom Cruise and actress Nicole Kidman marry.
Top grossing films [edit]
Awards [edit]
- 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 [edit]
- A
- The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
- After Dark, My Sweet
- Air America, directed by Roger Spottiswoode, starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey, Jr.
- Alice, directed by Woody Allen
- 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
- Awakenings, starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro
- B
- Back to the Future Part III, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Mary Steenburgen
- Bad Influence
- Betsy's Wedding, starring Molly Ringwald
- Bird on a Wire, starring Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn
- Blind Fury
- Blue Steel, starring Jamie Lee Curtis
- Boiling Point, directed by Takeshi Kitano, starring Beat Takeshi
- The Bonfire of the Vanities, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis and Melanie Griffith
- Bride of Re-Animator
- C
- Cadence, starring Charlie Sheen
- Cadillac Man, starring Robin Williams and Tim Robbins
- Captain America
- Childhood Days - Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year
- Child's Play 2
- China Cry
- City Hunter: Bay City Wars
- Class of 1999
- Close-Up
- Coins in the Fountain, starring Loni Anderson
- Come See the Paradise, starring Dennis Quaid and Tamlyn Tomita
- The Comfort of Strangers
- Crash and Burn
- Cry-Baby, starring Johnny Depp
- Cyrano de Bergerac, starring Gerard 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 and Nicole Kidman
- Death Warrant
- Dei tau lung (Dragon Fighter)
- Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
- Denial
- Desperate Hours, starring Anthony Hopkins and Mickey Rourke
- Dick Tracy, starring Warren Beatty, Madonna, Glenne Headly and 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
- Edward Scissorhands, directed by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder and Dianne Wiest
- The End of Innocence
- Ernest Goes to Jail
- Europa Europa - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film (for 1991)
- The Exorcist III, starring George C. Scott
- F
- Fantasia (restored version)
- La Femme Nikita, directed by Luc Besson
- The Field
- Fire Birds, starring Nicolas Cage and Tommy Lee Jones
- The First Power
- Flashback, starring Kiefer Sutherland and Dennis Hopper
- Flatliners, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon
- The Fourth War, starring Roy Schneider and Jurgen Prochnow
- Frankenstein Unbound
- The Freshman, starring Marlon Brando and Matthew Broderick
- Funny About Love directed by Leonard Nimoy, starring Gene Wilder and Christine Lahti
- G
- Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg
- The Godfather Part III, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy García and Sofia Coppola
- Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino
- Graffiti Bridge, directed by and starring Prince
- Green Card, starring Gerard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch
- The Grifters, starring Anjelica Huston, John Cusack and Annette Bening
- The Guardian
- The Guyver
- H
- Hamlet, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Mel Gibson, Glenn Close and Helena Bonham Carter
- The Handmaid's Tale, directed by Volker Schlondorff, starring Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway and Robert Duvall
- Hard to Kill starring Steven Segal
- Havana, starring Robert Redford, Lena Olin and Alan Arkin
- Heart Condition, starring Bob Hoskins, and Denzel Washington
- Heaven and Earth
- Henry & June, starring Fred Ward, Maria de Medeiros and Uma Thurman
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
- Hidden Agenda, directed by Ken Loach, starring Frances McDormand
- Home Alone, starring Macaulay Culkin
- The Hot Spot
- House Party
- The Hunt for Red October, starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard)
- I
- I Come in Peace
- I Love You to Death
- Internal Affairs, directed by Mike Figgis, starring Richard Gere and Andy García
- J
- Jacob's Ladder, starring Tim Robbins, directed by Adrian Lyne
- Jetsons: The Movie
- Joe Versus the Volcano, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan
- 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
- Kindergarten Cop, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- King of New York, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Christopher Walken and Laurence Fishburne
- The Krays, directed by Peter Medak, starring Martin Kemp, Gary Kemp and Billie Whitelaw
- L
- Larks on a String (Skrivánci na niti) - Golden Bear award
- Last of the Finest
- Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
- The Lemon Sisters
- Life Is Sweet
- Lionheart
- Longtime Companion
- The Long Walk Home
- Look Who's Talking Too, starring John Travolta and Kirstie Alley
- Loose Cannons
- Lord of the Flies
- Love at Large
- 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
- Men at Work
- Mermaids, directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder and Christina Ricci
- Metropolitan
- Miami Blues starring Fred Ward and Alec Baldwin
- Midnight Ride
- Miller's Crossing, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney and Marcia Gay Harden
- Milou in May
- Misery, directed by Rob Reiner, starring James Caan and Kathy Bates
- Mo' Better Blues, directed by Spike Lee, starring Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, Spike Lee and Samuel L. Jackson
- Mountains of the Moon, directed by Bob Rafelson
- Movie... In Your Face
- Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
- Mr. Destiny
- My Blue Heaven, starring Steve Martin and Rick Moranis
- 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
- Narrow Margin
- The Nasty Girl (Das schreckliche Mädchen)
- Navy SEALs, starring Charlie Sheen
- The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter
- Nightbreed
- Nuns on the Run
- The Nutcracker Prince
- P
- Pacific Heights, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Michael Keaton, Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine
- Piece of Cake, directed by Jay Sandrich, starring T.K. Carter, Cleavant Derricks, Vanessa Bell Calloway and Tonya Lee Williams
- Postcards from the Edge, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine and Dennis Quaid
- Predator 2, starring Danny Glover
- Presumed Innocent, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Harrison Ford
- Pretty Woman, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere
- Problem Child
- Pump Up the Volume, directed by Allan Moyle, Golden Space Needle award
- Q
- Q&A, starring Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton
- Quick Change, starring Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid
- Quigley Down Under, starring Tom Selleck
- R
- The Reflecting Skin
- Repossessed, a parody of The Exorcist
- The Rescuers Down Under
- Revenge, starring Kevin Costner
- 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, and Burgess Meredith
- Romeo-Juliet
- The Rookie, starring Clint Eastwood and Charlie Sheen
- Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - Golden Lion award
- The Russia House, starring Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer
- S
- The Sheltering Sky, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich
- Shipwrecked
- Short Time
- A Show of Force
- Shreck
- Sibling Rivalry
- Side Out, starring Courtney Thorne-Smith
- Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation
- Silent Scream
- Spaced Invaders, directed by Patrick Read Johnson, starring Douglas Barr, Royal Dano, Ariana Richards and J. J. Anderson
- Stanley & Iris, starring Robert De Niro and Jane Fonda
- State of Grace, starring Sean Penn, Ed Harris and Gary Oldman
- Stella
- T
- Taking Care of Business, starring James Belushi
- 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 and Cybill Shepherd
- Three Men and a Little Lady, starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson
- Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, directed by Pedro Almodovar, starring Antonio Banderas
- Tilaï
- Total Recall, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone
- Treasure Island
- Tremors starring Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward
- Truly, Madly, Deeply, directed by Anthony Minghella
- The Two Jakes, directed by and starring Jack Nicholson
- U
- V
- W
- Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
- 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 and Diane Ladd
- Wild Orchid
- The Witches, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Anjelica Huston
- Y
- Young Guns II, starring Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater and William Petersen
Wide-release movies [edit]
January-March [edit]
- January 1990
- 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 [edit]
- 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 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
July-September [edit]
- 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.
- August 17 - Exorcist 3: Legion, 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 [edit]
- October 1990
- 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 [edit]
- February 7 - Mustafa Ali, actor, scientist
- March 24 - Keisha Castle-Hughes, actress
- 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