1990 in film

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The year 1990 in film involved many significant events as shown below. Universal Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1990.

Highest-grossing films

See also: List of 1990 box office number-one films in the United States

The top 10 films released in 1990 by worldwide gross are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1990

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross
1	Ghost	Paramount	$505,702,588
2	Home Alone	20th Century Fox	$476,684,675
3	Pretty Woman	Touchstone Pictures	$463,406,268
4	Dances with Wolves	Orion Pictures	$424,208,848
5	Total Recall	TriStar / Carolco	$261,317,921
6	Back to the Future Part III	Universal	$244,527,583
7	Die Hard 2	20th Century Fox	$240,031,094
8	Presumed Innocent	Warner Bros.	$221,303,188
9	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	New Line Cinema	$201,965,915
10	Kindergarten Cop	Universal	$201,957,688

Events

• February 4 – Actor Tom Cruise and actress Mimi Rogers divorce.
• March 30 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is released to massive box office success. At the time, it is the highest-grossing independent film in history.
• May 25 - Universal Pictures unveils a new opening logo with music composed by James Horner, and debuting on Back to the Future Part III. It is the first change to the Universal opening logo in 27 years.
• June 15 - Following a massive media and marketing blitz, Dick Tracy is released to box office success and critical acclaim. Ultimately, the film will go on to earn 7 Academy Award nominations, including 3 wins.
• December 24 – Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman marry.
• 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.
• Buchwald v. Paramount decided, a leading case on the financial rewards due to writers of film treatments.
• The Rescuers Down Under is considered as the first fully digital film ever made.

Awards

Category/Organization	48th Golden Globe Awards January 19, 1991		63rd Academy Awards March 25, 1991	44th BAFTA Awards March 17, 1991
	Drama	Musical or Comedy
Best Film	Dances with Wolves	Green Card	Dances with Wolves	Goodfellas
Best Director	Kevin Costner Dances with Wolves			Martin Scorsese Goodfellas
Best Actor	Jeremy Irons Reversal of Fortune	Gérard Depardieu Green Card	Jeremy Irons Reversal of Fortune	Philippe Noiret Cinema Paradiso
Best Actress	Kathy Bates Misery	Julia Roberts Pretty Woman	Kathy Bates Misery	Jessica Tandy Driving Miss Daisy
Best Supporting Actor	Bruce Davison Longtime Companion		Joe Pesci Goodfellas	Salvatore Cascio Cinema Paradiso
Best Supporting Actress	Whoopi Goldberg Ghost
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Michael Blake Dances with Wolves		Michael Blake Dances with Wolves	Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi Goodfellas
Best Screenplay, Original			Bruce Joel Rubin Ghost	Giuseppe Tornatore Cinema Paradiso
Best Original Score	The Sheltering Sky Ryuichi Sakamoto and Richard Horowitz		Dances with Wolves John Barry	Cinema Paradiso Ennio Morricone and Andrea Morricone
Best Original Song	"Blaze of Glory" Young Guns II		"Sooner or Later" Dick Tracy	N/A
Best Foreign Language Film	Cyrano de Bergerac		Journey of Hope	Cinema Paradiso

1990 wide-release movies

January–March

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J A N U A R Y	12	Downtown	20th Century Fox	Richard Benjamin (director); Nat Mauldin (screenplay); Anthony Edwards, Forest Whitaker, Penelope Ann Miller, Joe Pantoliano, David Clennon, Art Evans, Rick Aiello, Roger Aaron Brown, Ron Canada, Wanda De Jesus, Francis X. McCarthy, Kimberly Scott, Danuel Pipoly, Vinnie Curto	Action, Comedy	Live action
		Internal Affairs	Paramount Pictures	Mike Figgis (director); Henry Bean (screenplay); Richard Gere, Andy García, Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf, Richard Bradford, William Baldwin, Elijah Wood, Annabella Sciorra, Michael Beach, Katherine Borowitz, Faye Grant, Xander Berkeley, John Kapelos	Crime, Thriller	Live action
		Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III	New Line Cinema	Jeff Burr (director); David J. Schow (screenplay); Kate Hodge, William Butler, Ken Foree, Toni Hudson, Viggo Mortensen, Joe Unger, R. A. Mihailoff, Tom Everett, Jennifer Banko, Beth DePatie, Duane Whitaker, Miriam Byrd-Nethery, Caroline Williams	Horror	Live action
		The Plot Against Harry	New Yorker Films	Michael Roemer (director/screenplay); Martin Priest, Ben Lang, Maxine Woods, Henry Nemo, Jacques Taylor, Jean Leslie, Ellen Herbert, Sandra Kazan, Ronald Coralian, Max Ulman	Comedy	Live action
		Ski Patrol	Epic Productions	Richard Correll (director); Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle, Wink Roberts (screenplay); Roger Rose, Yvette Nipar, T. K. Carter, Leslie Jordan, Paul Feig, Sean Gregory Sullivan, Tess Foltyn, George Lopez, Corbin Timbrook, Steve Hytner, Ray Walston, Martin Mull, Dante Hen, Deborah Rose	Comedy	Live action
	19	Brain Dead	Concorde	Adam Simon (director); Charles Beaumont, Adam Simon (screenplay); Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort, Nicholas Pryor, Patricia Charbonneau, George Kennedy, Brian Brophy, David Sinaiko, Andy Wood, Maud Winchester, Brent Hinkley	Horror, Thriller	Live action
		Everybody Wins	Orion Pictures	Karel Reisz (director); Arthur Miller (screenplay); Debra Winger, Nick Nolte, Will Patton, Jack Warden, Judith Ivey, Kathleen Wilhoite, Frank Converse, James Parisi	Drama	Live action
		Tremors	Universal Pictures	Ron Underwood (director); Brent Maddock, S. S. Wilson (screenplay); Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, Victor Wong, Bobby Jacoby, Ariana Richards, Reba McEntire, Charlotte Stewart, Tony Genaro, Richard Marcus, Bibi Besch, Conrad Bachmann, Sunshine Parker, Michael Dan Wagner, John Goodwin, John Pappas	Comedy, Horror	Live action
	27	The Image	HBO Pictures / Citadel Entertainment	Peter Werner (director); Brian Rehak (screenplay); Albert Finney, John Mahoney, Kathy Baker, Swoosie Kurtz, Marsha Mason, Spalding Gray, Wendie Jo Sperber, David Clennon, Brett Cullen, Jim Haynie, Robert Schenkkan, Nicholas Cascone, Beth Grant, Banks Harper, Brad Pitt, Robert Aaron, Adilah Barnes, Earnestine Dean, Dennis Haskins, Peter Linari, Anthony Lucero, Frank Vlastnik	Drama	Live action
F E B R U A R Y	2	Flashback	Paramount Pictures	Franco Amurri (director); David Loughery (screenplay); Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, Carol Kane, Paul Dooley, Cliff DeYoung, Richard Masur, Michael McKean	Action, Comedy	Live action
		Heart Condition	New Line Cinema	James D. Parriott (director/screenplay); Bob Hoskins, Denzel Washington, Chloe Webb, Lisa Stahl Sullivan, Roger E. Mosley, Ja'net Dubois, Alan Rachins, Ray Baker, Jeffrey Meek, Eva LaRue, Clayton Landey	Fantasy, Comedy	Live action
		Men Don't Leave	Warner Bros. Pictures	Paul Brickman (director/screenplay); Barbara Benedek (screenplay); Jessica Lange, Arliss Howard, Joan Cusack, Chris O'Donnell, Kathy Bates, Charlie Korsmo, Belita Moreno	Comedy, Drama	Live action
		Stella	Touchstone Pictures / The Samuel Goldwyn Company	John Erman (director); Robert Getchell (screenplay); Bette Midler, John Goodman, Trini Alvarado, Stephen Collins, Marsha Mason, Eileen Brennan, Linda Hart, Ben Stiller, William McNamara, Ashley Peldon, Alisan Porter	Drama	Live action
	9	Hard to Kill	Warner Bros. Pictures	Bruce Malmuth (director); Steven McKay (screenplay); Steven Seagal, Kelly LeBrock, Frederick Coffin, William Sadler, Zachary Rosencrantz, Andrew Bloch, Branscombe Richmond, Charles Boswell, James DiStefano, Dean Norris, Bonnie Burroughs, Lou Beatty Jr., Nick DeMauro, Nick Corello, Justin De Rosa, Stanley Brock, Larry Cedar, Evan James, Tomas Trujillo, Geoffrey Ian Bara, Robert LaSardo, Ernie Lively	Action	Live action
		Loose Cannons	TriStar Pictures	Bob Clark (director/screenplay); Richard Christian Matheson, Richard Matheson (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, Dom DeLuise, Ronny Cox, Nancy Travis, Paul Koslo, Dick O'Neill, Robert Prosky, Jan Triska, Leon Rippy, Robert Elliott, David Alan Grier, S. Epatha Merkerson, Reg E. Cathey, Herb Armstrong, Robert Dickman, Brad Greenquist	Comedy	Live action
		Stanley & Iris	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Martin Ritt (director); Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch (screenplay); Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz, Martha Plimpton, Harley Cross, Jamey Sheridan, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Zohra Lampert, Loretta Devine, Kathy Kinney, Stephen Root	Romance, Drama	Live action
	16	Courage Mountain	Triumph Films	Christopher Leitch (director); Fred Brogger, Mark Brogger, Weaver Webb (screenplay); Charlie Sheen, Leslie Caron, Yorgo Voyagis, Laura Betti, Jan Rubeš, Juliette Caton, Joanna Clarke, Nicola Stapleton, Jade Magri, Kathryn Ludlow	Drama	Live action
		Madhouse	Orion Pictures	Tom Ropelewski (director/screenplay); John Larroquette, Kirstie Alley, Alison LaPlaca, John Diehl, Jessica Lundy, Bradley Gregg, Dennis Miller, Robert Ginty, Wayne Tippit, Paul Eiding, Aeryk Egan, Deborah Otto	Comedy	Live action
	23	Mountains of the Moon	TriStar Pictures / Carolco Pictures	Bob Rafelson (director/screenplay); William Harrison (screenplay); Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant, Fiona Shaw, John Savident, James Villiers, Adrian Rawlins, Peter Vaughan, Delroy Lindo, Bernard Hill, Matthew Marsh, Richard Caldicot, Christopher Fulford, Garry Cooper, Roshan Seth, Omar Sharif, Paul Onsongo, Bheki Tonto Ngema, Martin Okello	Adventure, Drama	Live action
		Nightbreed	20th Century Fox / Morgan Creek Productions	Clive Barker (director/screenplay); Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg, Charles Haid, Hugh Quarshie, Hugh Ross, Doug Bradley, Catherine Chevalier, Bob Sessions, Malcolm Smith, Oliver Parker, Debora Weston, Nicholas Vince, Simon Bamford, Kim Robertson, Nina Robertson, Christine McCorkindale, Tony Bluto, Bernard Henry	Fantasy, Horror	Live action
		Revenge	Columbia Pictures / Rastar	Tony Scott (director); Jeffrey Alan Fiskin (screenplay); Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn, Madeleine Stowe, Sally Kirkland, Miguel Ferrer, Tomas Milian, James Gammon, Joaquín Martínez, Jesse Corti, John Leguizamo, Joe Santos, Christofer de Oni, Karmin Murcelo	Crime, Drama, Thriller	Live action
		Where the Heart Is	Touchstone Pictures	John Boorman (director/screenplay); Telsche Boorman (screenplay); Dabney Coleman, Uma Thurman, Joanna Cassidy, Crispin Glover, Suzy Amis, Christopher Plummer, David Hewlett, Maury Chaykin, Dylan Walsh, Sheila Kelley, Ken Pogue	Romance, Comedy	Live action
M A R C H	2	The Hunt for Red October	Paramount Pictures	John McTiernan (director); Larry Ferguson, Donald E. Stewart (screenplay); Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, Sam Neill, Jeffrey Jones, Joss Ackland, Richard Jordan, Tim Curry, Boris Lee Krutonog, Peter Firth, Ronald Guttman, Stellan Skarsgård, Fred Dalton Thompson, Courtney B. Vance, Michael Welden, Anthony Peck, Daniel Davis, Tomas Arana, Peter Zinner	Action, Thriller	Live action
	9	Bad Influence	Triumph Films	Curtis Hanson (director); David Koepp (screenplay); Rob Lowe, James Spader, Lisa Zane, Christian Clemenson, Marcia Cross, Kathleen Wilhoite, Grand L. Bush, David Duchovny, Perri Lister, John de Lancie, Lilyan Chauvin, Rosalyn Landor, Tony Maggio, Susan Lee Hoffman, Jeff Kaake	Drama	Live action
		Coupe de Ville	Universal Pictures / Morgan Creek Productions	Joe Roth (director); Mike Binder (screenplay); Patrick Dempsey, Arye Gross, Daniel Stern, Alan Arkin, Rita Taggart, Annabeth Gish, Joseph Bologna, James Gammon, Ray Lykins, Chris Lombardi, Josh Segal	Comedy, Horror	Live action
		The Handmaid's Tale	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Volker Schlöndorff (director); Harold Pinter (screenplay); Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern, Victoria Tennant, Blanche Baker, Traci Lind, Reiner Schöne, Robert D. Raiford, Muse Watson, Bill Owen, David Dukes, Blair Nicole Struble	Drama	Live action
		House Party	New Line Cinema	Reginald Hudlin (director/screenplay); Christopher "Kid" Reid, Robin Harris, Christopher "Play" Martin, Martin Lawrence, Full Force, Tisha Campbell, A.J. Johnson, Groove B. Chill, Lou B. Washington, Kelly Jo Minter, John Witherspoon, Bebe Drake, Clifton Powell, Desi Arnez Hines II, George Clinton, Barry Diamond, Michael Pniewski, Norma Donaldson, Shaun Baker, Anthony Johnson, Cliff Frazier, Jaime Cardriche, Reginald Hudlin, Warrington Hudlin	Comedy	Live action
		Joe Versus the Volcano	Warner Bros. Pictures / Amblin Entertainment	John Patrick Shanley (director/screenplay); Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Abe Vigoda, Dan Hedaya, Barry McGovern, Ossie Davis, Amanda Plummer, Nathan Lane, Lisa LeBlanc	Romance, Comedy	Live action
		Last of the Finest	Orion Pictures	John Mackenzie (director); Thomas Lee Wright, George Armitage (screenplay); Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, Bill Paxton, Deborra-Lee Furness, Guy Boyd, Henry Darrow, Michael C. Gwynne, Burke Byrnes, Xander Berkeley, John Finnegan, J. Kenneth Campbell	Action, Crime	Live action
		Love at Large	Orion Pictures	Alan Rudolph (director/screenplay); Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins, Anne Archer, Kate Capshaw, Annette O'Toole, Ted Levine, Ann Magnuson, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ruby Dee, Barry Miller, Neil Young, Meegan Lee Ochs, Gailard Sartain, Robert Gould, Dirk Blocker	Romance, Mystery	Live action
	16	Blind Fury	TriStar Pictures / Interscope Communications	Phillip Noyce (director); Charles Robert Carner (screenplay); Rutger Hauer, Terry O'Quinn, Brandon Call, Noble Willingham, Lisa Blount, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Nick Cassavetes, Rick Overton, Meg Foster, Sho Kosugi, Charles Cooper, Weasel Forshaw, Roy Morgan, Tim Mateer, Sharon Shackelford, Jay Pennison, Tiger Chung Lee	Action, Samurai	Live action
		Blue Steel	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Kathryn Bigelow (director/screenplay); Eric Red (screenplay); Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown, Elizabeth Peña, Louise Fletcher, Philip Bosco, Richard Jenkins, Kevin Dunn, Tom Sizemore, Mary Mara, Mike Hodge, Mike Starr	Action, Thriller	Live action
		The Forbidden Dance	Columbia Pictures	Greydon Clark (director); Roy Langsdon, John Platt (screenplay); Laura Harring, Jeff James, Angela Moya, Sid Haig, Shannon Farnon, Linden Chiles, Pilar Del Rey, Ruben Moreno, Barbra Brighton, Richard Lynch, Kid Creole	Drama	Live action
		Lambada	Cannon Films	Joel Silberg (director/screenplay); Sheldon Renan (screenplay); J. Eddie Peck, Melora Hardin, Adolfo "Shabba-Doo" Quinones, Leticia Vasquez, Dennis Burkley, Rita Bland, Ricky Paull Goldin, Kristina Starman, Matt Feemster, Kayla Blake, Keene Curtis, Lauren Gale, Basil Hofman	Drama	Live action
		Lord of the Flies	Columbia Pictures / Castle Rock Entertainment / Nelson Entertainment	Harry Hook (director); Jay Presson Allen (screenplay); Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly, James Badge Dale, Andrew Taft, Edward Taft, Gary Rule, Michael Greene, Bob Peck	Thriller	Live action
		Nuns on the Run	20th Century Fox	Jonathan Lynn (director/screenplay); Eric Idle, Robbie Coltrane, Camille Coduri, Janet Suzman, Robert Patterson, Doris Hare, Lila Kaye, Tom Hickey, Robert Morgan, Winston Dennis, Gary Tang, David Forman, Ozzie Yue	Comedy	Live action
	23	Pretty Woman	Touchstone Pictures	Garry Marshall (director); J. F. Lawton (screenplay); Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Ralph Bellamy, Jason Alexander, Héctor Elizondo, Laura San Giacomo, Julie Paris, Alex Hyde-White, Amy Yasbeck, Elinor Donahue, John David Carson, Judith Baldwin, Laurelle Brooks Mehus, James Patrick Stuart, Dey Young, Larry Miller, Patrick Richwood, Hank Azaria, Amzie Strickland, Lynda Goodfriend, Abdul Salaam El Razzac	Romance, Comedy	Live action
		A Shock to the System	Corsair Pictures	Jan Egleson (director); Andrew Klavan (screenplay); Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert, Swoosie Kurtz, Will Patton, John McMartin, Jenny Wright, Philip Moon, Barbara Baxley, Haviland Morris, Samuel L. Jackson	Crime, Thriller	Live action
	30	Opportunity Knocks	Universal Pictures / Imagine Entertainment	Donald Petrie (director); Mitchel Katlin, Nat Bernstein (screenplay); Dana Carvey, Robert Loggia, Todd Graff, Julia Campbell, Milo O'Shea, James Tolkan, Doris Belack, Sally Gracie, Mike Bacarella, John M. Watson Sr., Beatrice Fredman, Thomas McElroy, Gene Honda, Del Close, Michelle Johnston, Lorna Raver, Judith Scott	Comedy	Live action
		Side Out	TriStar Pictures	Peter Israelson (director); David Thoreau (screenplay); C. Thomas Howell, Peter Horton, Harley Jane Kozak, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Christopher Rydell, Terry Kiser, Randy Stoklos, Sinjin Smith, Tony Burton, Kathy Ireland, Martha Vélez	Sports	Live action
		Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	New Line Cinema	Steve Barron (director); Todd W. Langen, Bobby Herbeck (screenplay); Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Jay Patterson, Michael Turney, Raymond Serra, James Saito, Toshishiro Obata, Brian Tochi, Corey Feldman, Josh Pais, Robbie Rist, Kevin Clash, David McCharen, Michael McConnohie, Martin P. Robinson, David Forman, David Rudman, Leif Tilden, Ernie Reyes Jr., Kenn Troum, Mak Wilson, Michelan Sisti	Action, Comedy, Martial Arts, Fantasy	Live action
	31	The Ambulance	Triumph Films	Larry Cohen (director/screenplay); Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Megan Gallagher, Red Buttons, Janine Turner, Eric Braeden, Richard Bright, James Dixon, Laurene Landon, Nicholas Chinlund, Beatrice Winde, Rudy Jones, Stan Lee, Susan Blommaert, Michael O'Hare	Thriller	Live action

April–June

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
A P R I L	3	Catchfire	Vestron Pictures	Dennis Hopper (director); Rachel Kronstadt Mann, Ann Louise Bardach, Alex Cox, Tod Davies (screenplay); Jodie Foster, Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, John Turturro, Fred Ward, Julie Adams, Catherine Keener, Charlie Sheen, Burke Byrnes, Bob Dylan, Joe Pesci, Alex Cox, Toni Basil	Action, Thriller, Drama	Live action
	6	The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover	Palace Pictures / Miramax	Peter Greenaway (director/screenplay); Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Tim Roth, Ciarán Hinds, Gary Olsen, Ewan Stewart, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Liz Smith, Ian Dury, Diane Langton, Paul Russell, Emer Gillespie, Ron Cook, Alex Kingston, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Bob Goody	Crime, Drama	Live action
		Cry-Baby	Universal Pictures / Imagine Entertainment	John Waters (director/screenplay); Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Polly Bergen, Susan Tyrrell, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, Kim McGuire, Darren E. Burrows, Kim Webb, Stephen Mailer, Alan J. Wendl, Jonathan Benya, Jessica Raskin, Troy Donahue, Mink Stole, Joe Dallesandro, Joey Heatherton, David Nelson, Patricia Hearst, Robert Tyree, Willem Dafoe, James Intveld, Rachel Sweet	Romance, Comedy, Musical	Live action
		Ernest Goes to Jail	Touchstone Pictures	John R. Cherry III (director); Charlie Cohen (screenplay); Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Barbara Tyson, Barry Scott, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Dan Leegant, Charles Napier, Jackie Welch, Jim Conrad, Emily Corbishdale, Andy Stahl, Myke R. Mueller	Comedy	Live action
		The First Power	Orion Pictures	Robert Resnikoff (director/screenplay); Lou Diamond Phillips, Tracy Griffith, Jeff Kober, Mykel T. Williamson, Elizabeth Arlen, Dennis Lipscomb, Carmen Argenziano, Clayton Landey, Sue Giosa, Oz Tortora, Dan Tullis Jr., Hansford Rowe, Grand L. Bush, Bill Moseley, David Gale, Philip Abbott	Horror	Live action
		I Love You to Death	TriStar Pictures	Lawrence Kasdan (director); John Kostmayer (screenplay); Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, Joan Plowright, River Phoenix, William Hurt, Keanu Reeves, James Gammon, Jack Kehler, Victoria Jackson, Miriam Margolyes, Alisan Porter, Jon Kasdan, Heather Graham, Phoebe Cates	Comedy	Live action
		Impulse	Warner Bros. Pictures	Sondra Locke (director); John DeMarco, Leigh Chapman (screenplay); Theresa Russell, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza, Alan Rosenberg	Thriller	Live action
		In the Spirit	Academy Entertainment	Sandra Seacat (director); Jeannie Berlin, Laurie Jones (screenplay); Jeannie Berlin, Olympia Dukakis, Peter Falk, Melanie Griffith, Elaine May, Marlo Thomas, Philip Schopper, Agda Antonio, Laurie Jones, Phil Harper, Steve Powers, David Eigenberg, Chad Burton, Thurn Hoffman, Mark Boone Junior, Gary Swanson, Rockets Redglare, Roy Nathanson, Michael Emil, Emidio LaVella, Christopher Durang	Comedy	Live action
	13	Crazy People	Paramount Pictures	Tony Bill (director); Mitch Markowitz (screenplay); Dudley Moore, Daryl Hannah, Paul Reiser, J. T. Walsh, Mercedes Ruehl, Alan North, David Paymer, Bill Smitrovich, Danton Stone, Paul Bates, Dick Cusack, Doug Yasuda, Floyd Vivino, Ben Hammer, David Packer	Comedy	Live action
		The Gods Must Be Crazy II	Columbia Pictures	Jamie Uys (director/screenplay); N!xau, Lena Farugia, Hans Strydom, Eiros, Nadies, Erick Bowen, Treasure Tshabalala, Pierre Van Pletzen, Lourens Swanepoel	Comedy	Live action
		Vital Signs	20th Century Fox	Marisa Silver (director); Larry Ketron, Jeb Stuart (screenplay); Adrian Pasdar, Diane Lane, William Devane, Norma Aleandro, Jimmy Smits, Jack Gwaltney, Laura San Giacomo, Jane Adams, Tim Ransom, Bradley Whitford, Lisa Jane Persky, Wallace Langham, James Karen, Eric Zoltaszek	Comedy, Drama	Live action
	20	Chattahoochee	Hemdale Film Corporation	Mick Jackson (director); James Hicks (screenplay); Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Frances McDormand, Pamela Reed, Ned Beatty, M. Emmet Walsh, Lee Wilkof, Matt Craven, Richard Portnow, Wilbur Fitzgerald, William Newman	Drama	Live action
		Lisa	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / United Artists	Gary Sherman (director/screenplay); Karen Clark (screenplay); Cheryl Ladd, D. W. Moffett, Staci Keanan, Tanya Fenmore, Jeffrey Tambor, Julie Cobb, Edan Gross	Drama, Thriller	Live action
		Miami Blues	Orion Pictures	George Armitage (director/screenplay); Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Charles Napier, Nora Dunn, Obba Babatundé, Jose Perez, Paul Gleason	Action, Crime, Thriller	Live action
	27	The Guardian	Universal Pictures	William Friedkin (director/screenplay); Stephen Volk, Dan Greenburg (screenplay); Jenny Seagrove, Dwier Brown, Carey Lowell, Brad Hall, Miguel Ferrer, Natalia Nogulich, Pamela Brull, Gary Swanson, Willy Parsons, Frank Noon, Theresa Randle, Xander Berkeley, Jack David Walker, Ray Reinhardt, Jacob Gelman	Horror	Live action
		Q&A	TriStar Pictures	Sidney Lumet (director/screenplay); Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante, Lee Richardson, Patrick O'Neal, Jenny Lumet, Charles S. Dutton, Luis Guzmán, Paul Calderon, Fyvush Finkel, Dominic Chianese	Crime	Live action
		Spaced Invaders	Touchstone Pictures	Patrick Read Johnson (director/screenplay); Scott Lawrence Alexander (screenplay); Douglas Barr, Ariana Richards, Royal Dano, Gregg Berger, Wayne Alexander, Fred Applegate, J.J. Anderson, Patrika Darbo, Tonya Lee Williams, Kevin Thompson, Jimmy Briscoe, Tony Cox, Debbie Lee Carrington, Tommy Madden, Jeff Winkless, Tony Pope, Joe Alaskey, Bruce Lanoli, Patrick Read Johnson, Kirk Thatcher	Sci-Fi, Comedy	Live action
		Wild Orchid	Triumph Releasing	Zalman King (director/screenplay); Patricia Louisianna Knop (screenplay); Mickey Rourke, Jacqueline Bisset, Carré Otis, Bruce Greenwood, Assumpta Serna	Erotic	Live action
M A Y	4	Short Time	20th Century Fox	Gregg Champion (director); John Blumenthal, Michael Berry (screenplay); Dabney Coleman, Matt Frewer, Teri Garr, Barry Corbin, Joe Pantoliano, Xander Berkeley, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Rob Roy, Tony Pantages, Kim Kondrashoff, Paul Jarrett, Kevin McNulty, Paul Batten, Wes Tritter	Action, Comedy, Crime	Live action
		Tales from the Darkside: The Movie	Paramount Pictures	John Harrison (director); Michael McDowell, George A. Romero (screenplay); Deborah Harry, Christian Slater, David Johansen, William Hickey, James Remar, Rae Dawn Chong, Matthew Lawrence, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, Robert Sedgwick, George Guidall, Kathleen Chalfant, Ralph Marrero, Alice Drummond, Dolores Sutton, Mark Margolis, Robert Klein, Nicole Rochelle	Horror	Live action
	11	The Big Bang	Triton Pictures	James Toback (director); James Toback, Anne Marie Keyes, Barbara Traub, Tony Sirico, Fred Hess, Veronica Geng, Jack Richardson, Don Simpson, Elaine Kaufman	Documentary	Live action
		Class of 1999	Lightning Pictures	Mark L. Lester (director); C. Courtney Joyner, Bradley Gregg (screenplay); Bradley Gregg, Traci Lind, Malcolm McDowell, Stacy Keach, Patrick Kilpatrick, Pam Grier, John P. Ryan, Darren E. Burrows, Joshua John Miller, Sharon Wyatt, Brent David Fraser	Sci-Fi	Live action
		Far Out Man	New Line Cinema	Tommy Chong (director/screenplay); Tommy Chong, C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Shelby Chong, Paris Chong, Martin Mull, Judd Nelson, Michael Winslow, Cheech Marin, Paul Bartel, Bobby Taylor, Reynaldo Rey, Peggy McIntaggart, Al Mancini, Lisa M. Hansen, Cynthia Darlow, Henry Kingi, Rae Allen, Paul Hertzberg	Comedy	Live action
		A Show of Force	Paramount Pictures	Bruno Barreto (director); Evan Jones, John Strong (screenplay); Amy Irving, Andy García, Lou Diamond Phillips, Robert Duvall, Kevin Spacey, Erik Estrada, Jorge Castillo, Lupe Ontiveros	Thriller	Live action
	18	Bird on a Wire	Universal Pictures	John Badham (director); Louis Venosta, David Seltzer (screenplay); Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine, Bill Duke, Stephen Tobolowsky, Joan Severance, Jeff Corey	Action, Comedy	Live action
		Cadillac Man	Orion Pictures	Roger Donaldson (director); Ken Friedman (screenplay); Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Pamela Reed, Fran Drescher, Lauren Tom, Lori Petty, Annabella Sciorra, Zack Norman, Paul Guilfoyle, Bill Nelson, Eddie Jones, Mimi Cecchini, Tristine Skyler, Judith Hoag, Anthony Powers, Paul Herman, Erik King, Richard Panebianco, Gary Howard Klar	Comedy	Live action
	19	By Dawn's Early Light	HBO Pictures / Paravision International	Jack Sholder (director); Bruce Gilbert (screenplay); Powers Boothe, Rebecca De Mornay, James Earl Jones, Martin Landau, Darren McGavin, Rip Torn, Jeffrey DeMunn, Peter MacNicol, Glenn Withrow, Ronald William Lawrence, Kieran Mulroney, Nicolas Coster, Ken Jenkins, Randal Patrick, Daniel Benzali, Robert O'Reilly, Ann Gillespie, Glenn Morshower, Dana Kimmell, Jon Paul Steuer, Danielle von Zerneck, Jon Cedar, Paul Tompkins, Richard Speight Jr., Steve Eastin, Mike Gomez, Andrew Divoff	Action, Drama, Thriller	Live action
	22	The Swordsman	Film Workshop	King Hu (director); Kwan Man-leung (screenplay); Sam Hui, Cecilia Yip, Jacky Cheung, Sharla Cheung, Fennie Yuen	Action	Live action
	25	Back to the Future Part III	Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment	Robert Zemeckis (director); Bob Gale (screenplay); Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson, Lea Thompson, Elisabeth Shue, Matt Clark, Richard Dysart, Pat Buttram, Harry Carey Jr., Dub Taylor, James Tolkan, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber, Jeffrey Weissman, Christopher Wynne, Sean Gregory Sullivan, Mike Watson, Hugh Gillin, Burton Gilliam, Bill McKinney, Donovan Scott, Flea, J.J. Cohen, Ricky Dean Logan, Marvin J. McIntyre, Dean Cundey, ZZ Top	Sci-Fi, Comedy, Western	Live action
		Fire Birds	Touchstone Pictures	David Green (director); Nick Thiel, Paul F. Edwards (screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Young, Bryan Kestner, Bert Rhine, Dale Dye, Mary Ellen Trainor, J. A. Preston, Peter Onorati, Gabriel López	Action, Thriller	Live action
J U N E	1	Frankenhooker	Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment	Frank Henenlotter (director/screenplay); Robert "Bob" Martin (screenplay); Patty Mullen, Louise Lasser, James Lorinz	Comedy, Horror	Live action
		Total Recall	TriStar Pictures / Carolco Pictures	Paul Verhoeven (director); Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, Gary Goldman (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin, Michael Ironside, Ronny Cox, Mel Johnson Jr., Marshall Bell, Roy Brocksmith, Ray Baker, Michael Champion, Rosemary Dunsmore, Robert Costanzo, Marc Alaimo, Dean Norris, Debbie Lee Carrington, Lycia Naff	Sci-Fi, Action	Live action
	8	Another 48 Hrs.	Paramount Pictures	Walter Hill (director); John Fasano, Jeb Stuart, Larry Gross (screenplay); Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Andrew Divoff, Brion James, Kevin Tighe, Ed O'Ross, David Anthony Marshall, Bernie Casey, Brent Jennings, Ted Markland, Tisha Campbell, Felice Orlandi	Action, Crime, Comedy	Live action
	15	Dick Tracy	Touchstone Pictures	Warren Beatty (director); Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr. (screenplay); Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino, Glenne Headly, Charlie Korsmo, James Keane, Seymour Cassel, Michael J. Pollard, Charles Durning, Dick Van Dyke, Frank Campanella, Kathy Bates, Dustin Hoffman, William Forsythe, Ed O'Ross, James Tolkan, Mandy Patinkin, R. G. Armstrong, Henry Silva, Paul Sorvino, Lawrence Steven Meyers, James Caan, Catherine O'Hara, Robert Beecher, Michelle Johnston, Lew Horn, Mike Hagerty, Arthur Malet, Bert Remsen, Jack Kehoe, Mary Woronov, Estelle Parsons, Hamilton Camp, Bing Russell, Robert Costanzo, Allen Garfield, John Schuck, Charles Fleischer, Walker Edmiston, John Moschitta Jr., Neil Ross, Mike Mazurki, Ian Wolfe	Action	Live action
		Gremlins 2: The New Batch	Warner Bros. Pictures / Amblin Entertainment	Joe Dante (director); Charles S. Haas (screenplay); Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, John Glover, Robert Prosky, Robert Picardo, Christopher Lee, Haviland Morris, Dick Miller, Jackie Joseph, Gedde Watanabe, Keye Luke, Kathleen Freeman, Don Stanton, Dan Stanton, Jason Presson, Belinda Balaski, Paul Bartel, Kenneth Tobey, Hulk Hogan, Julia Sweeney, Charles S. Haas, Leonard Maltin, Jerry Goldsmith, John Astin, Henry Gibson, Rick Ducommun, Joe Dante, Dick Butkus, Bubba Smith, Howie Mandel, Tony Randall, Frank Welker, Jeff Bergman, Mark Dodson, Kirk Thatcher, Nancy McConnor, Neil Ross	Comedy, Horror	Live action
	22	Betsy's Wedding	Touchstone Pictures	Alan Alda (director/screenplay); Alan Alda, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Madeline Kahn, Joe Pesci, Joey Bishop, Anthony LaPaglia, Burt Young, Catherine O'Hara, Dylan Walsh	Comedy	Live action
		Felix the Cat: The Movie	New World Pictures	Tibor Hernádi (director); Peter Brown (screenplay); Chris Phillips, Alice Playten	Fantasy	Animation
		RoboCop 2	Orion Pictures	Irvin Kershner (director); Frank Miller, Walon Green (screenplay); Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Belinda Bauer, Felton Perry, Tom Noonan, Willard E. Pugh, Gabriel Damon, Galyn Görg, Stephen Lee, Robert DoQui, Ken Lerner, Jeff McCarthy, John Doolittle, Angie Bolling, Brandon Smith, Thomas Rosales Jr., Tzi Ma, Wanda De Jesus, George Cheung, Phil Rubenstein, Michael Medeiros, Roger Aaron Brown, Mark Rolston, Gary Bullock, Linda Thompson, John Glover, Mario Machado, Leeza Gibbons, John Ingle, Fabiana Udenio, Barry Martin	Sci-Fi, Action	Live action
	24	Framed	HBO Pictures	Dean Parisot (director); Gary Rosen (screenplay); Jeff Goldblum, Kristin Scott Thomas, Todd Graff, Michael Lerner, Abdul Salaam El Razzac, James Hong, Don Amendolia, Carel Struycken, Joel Swetow, Mary Pat Gleason, Jordan Lund, Jessica Fass, Drew Joseph Rowe, François Giroday, Beau Dare	Comedy, Crime	Live action
	27	Days of Thunder	Paramount Pictures / Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films	Tony Scott (director); Robert Towne (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Nicole Kidman, Cary Elwes, Michael Rooker, Fred Dalton Thompson, John C. Reilly, J. C. Quinn, Caroline Williams, Leilani Sarelle, Chris Ellis, Don Simpson, Richard Petty, Rusty Wallace, Neil Bonnett, Harry Gant, Dr. Jerry Punch, Bob Jenkins	Sports	Live action
	29	Ghost Dad	Universal Pictures	Sidney Poitier (director); Brent Maddock, S. S. Wilson, Chris Reese (screenplay); Bill Cosby, Kimberly Russell, Salim Grant, Denise Nicholas, Brooke Fontaine, Ian Bannen, Christine Ebersole, Barry Corbin, Dana Ashbrook, Omar Gooding, Arnold Stang, Dakin Matthews, Raynor Scheine	Comedy, Fantasy	Live action

July–September

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J U L Y	4	Die Hard 2	20th Century Fox	Renny Harlin (director); Steven E. de Souza, Doug Richardson (screenplay); Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, Reginald VelJohnson, Franco Nero, William Sadler, John Amos, Dennis Franz, Art Evans, Fred Dalton Thompson, Tom Bower, Sheila McCarthy, Don Harvey, John Costelloe, Vondie Curtis-Hall, John Leguizamo, Robert Patrick, Tom Verica, Tony Ganios, Michael Cunningham, Peter Nelson, Ken Baldwin, Mark Boone Junior, Robert Costanzo, Patrick O'Neal, Colm Meaney	Action, Thriller	Live action
	6	Jetsons: The Movie	Universal Pictures / Hanna-Barbera	William Hanna, Joseph Barbera (director); Dennis Marks (screenplay); George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Tiffany, Patric Zimmerman, Don Messick, Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc, Jeff Bergman, Ronnie Schell, Patti Deutsch, Dana Hill, Paul Kreppel, Russi Taylor, Brad Garrett, B. J. Ward, Steve McClintock, Rick Dees, Frank Welker, Janet Waldo, Susan Silo, Jim Ward, Bruce Cummings, Michael Bell, Rob Paulsen	Comedy, Family	Animation
	11	The Adventures of Ford Fairlane	20th Century Fox	Renny Harlin (director); Daniel Waters, James Cappe, David Arnott (screenplay); Andrew Dice Clay, Wayne Newton, Priscilla Presley, Lauren Holly, Brandon Call, Maddie Corman, David Patrick Kelly, Morris Day, Ed O'Neill, Robert Englund, Gilbert Gottfried, Vince Neil, William Shockley, Steve White, Kari Wuhrer, Cody Jarrett, Sheila E., Lala, Delia Sheppard, Tone Loc, Kurt Loder	Action, Comedy	Live action
	13	Ghost	Paramount Pictures	Jerry Zucker (director); Bruce Joel Rubin (screenplay); Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, Rick Aviles, Vincent Schiavelli, Gail Boggs, Armelia McQueen, Phil Leeds, Augie Blunt, Stephen Root, Bruce Jarchow	Romance, Fantasy, Thriller	Live action
		The Invisible Maniac	Republic Pictures	Adam Rifkin (director/screenplay); Noel Peters	Drama	Live action
		The Jungle Book (re-release)	Walt Disney Pictures	Wolfgang Reitherman (director); Larry Clemmons, Ralph Wright, Ken Anderson, Vance Gerry (screenplay); Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway, John Abbott, Louis Prima, Bruce Reitherman, J. Pat O'Malley, Verna Felton, Clint Howard, Chad Stuart, Lord Tim Hudson, Ben Wright, Darlene Carr, Leo De Lyon, Hal Smith, Ralph Wright, Digby Wolfe, Bill Skiles, Pete Henderson	Musical, Comedy	Animation
		Quick Change	Warner Bros. Pictures	Howard Franklin, Bill Murray (director); Howard Franklin (screenplay); Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, Jason Robards, Tony Shalhoub, Philip Bosco, Phil Hartman, Bob Elliott, Jamey Sheridan, Stanley Tucci, Kurtwood Smith, Victor Argo, Jack Gilpin	Comedy	Live action
	18	Arachnophobia	Hollywood Pictures / Amblin Entertainment	Frank Marshall (director); Don Jakoby, Wesley Strick (screenplay); Jeff Daniels, Julian Sands, Harley Jane Kozak, John Goodman, Brian McNamara, James Handy, Peter Jason, Henry Jones, Frances Bay, Roy Brocksmith, Kathy Kinney, Stuart Pankin, Mary Carver, Marlene Katz	Comedy, Horror	Live action
	20	The Freshman	TriStar Pictures	Andrew Bergman (director/screenplay); Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Bruno Kirby, Penelope Ann Miller, Frank Whaley, Jon Polito, Paul Benedict, Richard Gant, Kenneth Welsh, Pamela Payton-Wright, BD Wong, Maximilian Schell	Crime, Comedy	Live action
		Navy SEALs	Orion Pictures	Lewis Teague (director); Chuck Pfarrer, Gary Goldman (screenplay); Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Rick Rossovich, Cyril O'Reilly, Bill Paxton, Dennis Haysbert, Paul Sanchez, Nicholas Kadi, Ronald G. Joseph, S. Epatha Merkerson, Gregory McKinney, Rob Moran, Richard Venture	Action	Live action
	22	El Diablo	HBO Pictures	Peter Markle (director); Tommy Lee Wallace, John Carpenter, Bill Phillips (screenplay); Anthony Edwards, Louis Gossett Jr., Joe Pantoliano, John Glover, Robert Beltran, M.C. Gainey, Miguel Sandoval, Sarah Trigger, Branscombe Richmond, Jim Beaver, Geno Silva, David Dunard, Don Collier, Luis Contreras, Jesse Doran, Kathleen Erickson, Todd Fitzpatrick, Wilfredo Hernandez, Robert Miano, Ann Risley	Western	Live action
	26	Blood Oath	Roadshow Entertainment	Stephen Wallace (director); Denis Whitburn, Brian A. Williams (screenplay); Bryan Brown, George Takei, Terry O'Quinn, John Bach, John Clarke, Deborah Kara Unger, John Polson, Nicholas Eadie, David Argue, Ray Barrett	Drama	Live action
	27	Chicago Joe and the Showgirl	New Line Cinema	Bernard Rose (director); David Yallop (screenplay); Kiefer Sutherland, Emily Lloyd, Patsy Kensit, Liz Fraser, John Lahr, Harry Fowler, Keith Allen, Angela Morant	Crime, Drama	Live action
		Presumed Innocent	Warner Bros. Pictures	Alan J. Pakula (director/screenplay); Frank Pierson (screenplay); Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raúl Juliá, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Winfield, Greta Scacchi, John Spencer, Joe Grifasi, Tom Mardirosian, Anna Maria Horsford, Sab Shimono, Bradley Whitford, Christine Estabrook, Michael Tolan, Jesse Bradford, Joseph Mazzello, Tucker Smallwood, David Wohl, Jeffrey Wright	Thriller	Live action
		Problem Child	Universal Pictures / Imagine Entertainment	Dennis Dugan (director); Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski (screenplay); John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Jack Warden, Gilbert Gottfried, Amy Yasbeck, Michael Richards, Peter Jurasik, Colby Kline, Dennis Dugan	Comedy	Live action
A U G U S T	1	Young Guns II	20th Century Fox / Morgan Creek Productions	Geoff Murphy (director); John Fusco (screenplay); Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater, William Petersen, James Coburn, Alan Ruck, Balthazar Getty, R. D. Call, Jenny Wright, Jack Kehoe, Robert Knepper, Viggo Mortensen, Tracey Walter, Bradley Whitford, Scott Wilson, Leon Rippy, Howie Young	Western	Live action
	3	DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp	Walt Disney Pictures	Bob Hathcock (director); Alan Burnett (screenplay); Alan Young, Terence McGovern, Russi Taylor, Richard Libertini, Christopher Lloyd, June Foray, Chuck McCann, Joan Gerber, Rip Taylor, Charlie Adler, Jack Angel, Steve Bulen, Sherry Lynn, Mickie T. McGowan, Patrick Pinney, Frank Welker	Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy	Animation
		Metropolitan	New Line Cinema	Whit Stillman (director/screenplay); Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Taylor Nichols, Chris Eigeman, Allison Parisi, Dylan Hundley	Comedy, Drama	Live action
		Mo' Better Blues	Universal Pictures / 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks	Spike Lee (director/screenplay); Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito, Robin Harris, Joie Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Dick Anthony Williams, Cynda Williams, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Abbey Lincoln, Nicholas Turturro, Robin Harris, Samuel L. Jackson, Leonard L. Thomas, Charlie Murphy, Coati Mundi, Diahann Carroll, Rubén Blades	Drama	Live action
	10	Air America	TriStar Pictures / Carolco Pictures	Roger Spottiswoode (director); Christopher Robbins, John Eskow, Richard Rush (screenplay); Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, Ken Jenkins, David Marshall Grant, Michael Dudikoff, Lane Smith, Art LaFleur, Ned Eisenberg, Marshall Bell, David Bowe, Burt Kwouk, Tim Thomerson, Harvey Jason	Action, Comedy	Live action
		Asterix and the Big Fight	Gaumont	David N. Weiss (director/screenplay); Henry Winkler	Adventure, Comedy	Animation
		Flatliners	Columbia Pictures	Joel Schumacher (director); Peter Filardi (screenplay); Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt, Kevin Bacon, Kimberly Scott, Joshua Rudoy, Benjamin Mouton, Hope Davis, Patricia Belcher, Beth Grant	Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller	Live action
		The Two Jakes	Paramount Pictures	Jack Nicholson (director); Robert Towne (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Eli Wallach, Rubén Blades, Frederic Forrest, David Keith, Richard Farnsworth, Tracey Walter, Joe Mantell, James Hong, Perry Lopez, Jeff Morris, Rebecca Broussard, Van Dyke Parks, Pia Grønning, Faye Dunaway	Mystery, Thriller	Live action
	17	The Exorcist III	20th Century Fox / Morgan Creek Productions	William Peter Blatty (director/screenplay); George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Jason Miller, Scott Wilson, Brad Dourif, Grand L. Bush, Nicol Williamson, Nancy Fish, Tracy Thorne, Demetrios Pappageorge, Barbara Baxley, Harry Carey Jr., George DiCenzo, Tyra Ferrell, Lois Foraker, Don Gordon, Mary Jackson, Zohra Lampert, Ken Lerner, Viveca Lindfors, Lee Richardson, Patrick Ewing, C. Everett Koop, Larry King, Colleen Dewhurst, Samuel L. Jackson	Horror	Live action
		My Blue Heaven	Warner Bros. Pictures	Herbert Ross (director); Nora Ephron (screenplay); Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack, Carol Kane, William Irwin, Melanie Mayron, William Hickey, Deborah Rush, Daniel Stern, Jesse Bradford, Corey Carrier, Seth Jaffe, Robert Miranda, Ed Lauter, Julie Bovasso, Colleen Camp, Gordon Currie, Raymond O'Connor, Troy Evans, Carol Ann Susi	Comedy	Live action
		Taking Care of Business	Hollywood Pictures	Arthur Hiller (director); Jill Mazursky, J. J. Abrams (screenplay); James Belushi, Charles Grodin, Anne De Salvo, Loryn Locklin, Stephen Elliott, Héctor Elizondo, Veronica Hamel, Mako, Gates McFadden, John de Lancie, Burke Byrnes	Comedy	Live action
		Wild at Heart	The Samuel Goldwyn Company	David Lynch (director/screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Crispin Glover, Diane Ladd, Isabella Rossellini, Harry Dean Stanton, Calvin Lockhart, J. E. Freeman, W. Morgan Sheppard, Grace Zabriskie, Marvin Kaplan, David Patrick Kelly, Freddie Jones, John Lurie, Jack Nance, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Sherilyn Fenn, Frances Bay, Frank Collison, Sheryl Lee, Peter Bromilow, Sally Boyle, Gregg Dandridge, Koko Taylor	Crime, Thriller	Live action
	19	Women & Men: Stories of Seduction	HBO Showcase	Frederic Raphael, Tony Richardson, Ken Russell (directors); Valerie Curtin, Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne (screenplay); James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Beau Bridges, Elizabeth McGovern, Molly Ringwald, Peter Weller, Kyra Sedgwick, Carmen Segarra, Felipe García Vélez, Luis Maluenda, Liza Ross, Louis Mahoney, Philip O'Brien, Dominic Hawksley, Paul Raphael	Romance, Drama	Live action
	22	Pump Up the Volume	New Line Cinema	Allan Moyle (director/screenplay); Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Mimi Kennedy, Scott Paulin, Cheryl Pollak, Annie Ross, Ahmet Zappa, Billy Morrissette, Seth Green, Robert Schenkkan, Ellen Greene, Andy Romano, Anthony Lucero, Lala Sloatman, James Hampton	Comedy, Drama	Live action
	24	After Dark, My Sweet	Avenue Pictures	James Foley (director/screenplay); Robert Redlin (screenplay); Jason Patric, Rocky Giordani, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern, Mike Hagerty, George Dickerson, Corey Carrier	Thriller	Live action
		Darkman	Universal Pictures	Sam Raimi (director/screenplay); Chuck Pfarrer, Ivan Raimi, Daniel Goldin, Joshua Goldin (screenplay); Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels, Larry Drake, Nelson Mashita, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, Rafael H. Robledo, Dan Hicks, Ted Raimi, Dan Bell, Nicholas Worth, Aaron Lustig, Arsenio 'Sonny' Trinidad, Nathan Jung, Professor Toru Tanaka, William Dear, Julius Harris, Bridget Hoffman, John Landis, Neal McDonough, Stuart Cornfeld, William Lustig, Scott Spiegel, Bruce Campbell, Jenny Agutter, Joel and Ethan Coen, Christopher Doyle, Tony Gardner	Action, Thriller	Live action
		Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection	Cannon Films	Aaron Norris (director); Lee Reynolds (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Billy Drago, John P. Ryan, Richard Jaeckel, Paul Perri, Mark Margolis	Action	Live action
		Dreams	Warner Bros. Pictures	Ishirō Honda (director); Akira Kurosawa (director/screenplay); Akira Terao, Martin Scorsese, Mitsunori Isaki, Chishū Ryū, Mieko Harada	Drama	Live action
		Men at Work	Triumph Films	Emilio Estevez (director/screenplay); Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Leslie Hope, Keith David, Dean Cameron, John Getz, Hawk Wolinski, John Lavachielli, Geoffrey Blake, Cameron Dye, John Putch, Tommy Hinkley, Darrell Larson, Sy Richardson, Troy Evans, Jim "Poorman" Trenton	Comedy	Live action
		The Witches	Warner Bros. Pictures	Nicolas Roeg (director); Allan Scott (screenplay); Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, Rowan Atkinson, Jane Horrocks, Charlie Potter, Anne Lambton, Angelique Rockas, Annabel Brooks, Sukie Smith, Bill Paterson, Brenda Blethyn, Jenny Runacre, Emma Relph, Rose English, Nora Connolly, Rosamund Greenwood, Darcy Flynn, Vincent Marzello, Elsie Eide, Grete Nordrå, Ola Otnes, Merete Armand, Jim Carter, Roberta Taylor, Stella Tanner, Barbara Hicks, Michael Palin	Comedy, Fantasy	Live action
S E P T E M B E R	8	Criminal Justice	HBO Showcase / Elysian Films	Andy Wolk (director/screenplay); Forest Whitaker, Anthony LaPaglia, Rosie Perez, Jennifer Grey, Tony Todd, Saundra McClain, Joe Lisi, Stephen Pearlman, William Cameron, Chuck Cooper, Bill Dalzell, Charles Sanders, Don Brockett, Rick Applegate, Ro'ee Levi, Benjamin J. Cain Jr., Jacquay L. McCall, Yancey Arias, Marc Field, Patricia Hicok, Lonzo Green, Ellsworth Gearinger, Etta Cox, Peter Wolk	Drama	Live action
	9	Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture	HBO Pictures	Frank Pierson (director); Doug Magee (screenplay); Roy Scheider, Bonnie Bedelia, Robert Carradine, Andre Braugher, Arliss Howard, Bob Barnes, Rex Benson, Harold Bergman, Ginger Burgett, Traber Burns, Patrick Cherry, Antoni Corone, Danny Hanemann, Tom Kouchalakos, Marc Macaulay, Shawn McAllister, Mark McCracken, Greg Paul Meyers, Kathy Neff, Tom Nowicki, Kevin Quigley, Ric Reitz, Tracy Roberts, Tom Schuster, Lou Walker, Mattie Wolf	Drama	Live action
	12	Postcards from the Edge	Columbia Pictures	Mike Nichols (director); Carrie Fisher (screenplay); Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner, Mary Wickes, Conrad Bain, Annette Bening, Simon Callow, Gary Morton, CCH Pounder, Robin Bartlett, Barbara Garrick, Anthony Heald, Dana Ivey, Oliver Platt	Comedy, Drama	Live action
	14	Death Warrant	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Deran Sarafian (director); David S. Goyer (screenplay); Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb, George Dickerson, Art LaFleur, Patrick Kilpatrick, Joshua John Miller, Hank Stone, Conrad Dunn, Jack Bannon, Abdul Salaam El Razzac, Armin Shimerman, Larry Hankin	Action	Live action
		Hardware	Palace Pictures / Miramax Films	Richard Stanley (director); Steve MacManus, Kevin O'Neill, Richard Stanley (screenplay); Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, John Lynch, Iggy Pop, Carl McCoy, William Hootkins, Mark Northover, Paul McKenzie, Lemmy	Sci-Fi, Horror	Live action
		Repossessed	Seven Arts Pictures / Carolco Pictures	Bob Logan (director); Bob Logan (screenplay); Leslie Nielsen, Linda Blair, Ned Beatty, Anthony Starke, Lana Schwab, Thom J. Sharp, Robert Fuller, Jesse Ventura, Gene Okerlund, Bob Zany, Jake Steinfeld, Wally George, Jack LaLanne, Army Archerd	Comedy	Live action
		State of Grace	Orion Pictures	Phil Joanou (director); Dennis McIntyre (screenplay); Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright, John Turturro, John C. Reilly, R. D. Call, Joe Viterelli, Burgess Meredith, Marco St. John, Mo Gaffney, Deirdre O'Connell, Thomas G. Waites, Michael Cumpsty, Michael Cunningham	Thriller	Live action
		White Hunter Black Heart	Warner Bros. Pictures / Rastar	Clint Eastwood (director); Peter Viertel, James Bridges, Burt Kennedy (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza, Alun Armstrong, Marisa Berenson, Charlotte Cornwell, Norman Lumsden, Richard Vanstone, Edward Tudor-Pole, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Richard Warwick, Boy Mathias Chuma, Timothy Spall	Thriller	Live action
	19	Goodfellas	Warner Bros. Pictures	Martin Scorsese (director/screenplay); Nicholas Pileggi (screenplay); Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero, Tony Darrow, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Chuck Low, Frank DiLeo, Henny Youngman, Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Suzanne Shepherd, Debi Mazar, Margo Winkler, Jerry Vale, Christopher Serrone, Beau Starr, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Imperioli, Frank Pellegrino, Tony Sirico, Joseph D'Onofrio, Frank Adonis, Marianne Leone, Illeana Douglas, Susan Varon, Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Herman, Daniela Barbosa, Margaret Smith, Frank Albanese, Bob Golub, Tony Lip, Vincent Pastore, Vito Antuofermo, Vincent Gallo, Garry Pastore, Stella Keitel, Peter Onorati, Tobin Bell, Berlinda Tolbert, Isiah Whitlock Jr.	Crime	Live action
	21	Don't Tell Her It's Me	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Malcolm Mowbray (director); Sarah Bird (screenplay); Steve Guttenberg, Jami Gertz, Shelley Long, Kyle MacLachlan, Mädchen Amick, O'Neal Compton, Beth Grant	Romance, Comedy	Live action
		Funny About Love	Paramount Pictures	Leonard Nimoy (director); Norman Steinberg, David Frankel (screenplay); Gene Wilder, Christine Lahti, Mary Stuart Masterson, Robert Prosky, Stephen Tobolowsky, Wendie Malick, Anne Jackson, Susan Ruttan, Freda Foh Shen, Regis Philbin, Patrick Ewing	Romance, Comedy	Live action
		Narrow Margin	TriStar Pictures / Carolco Pictures	Peter Hyams (director/screenplay); Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James B. Sikking, J. T. Walsh, M. Emmet Walsh, Susan Hogan, Nigel Bennett, J. A. Preston, Harris Yulin	Thriller	Live action
	28	I Come in Peace	Triumph Films	Craig R. Baxley (director); Jonathan Tydor, Leonard Maas Jr., David Koepp, John Kamps (screenplay); Dolph Lundgren, Brian Benben, Betsy Brantley, Matthias Hues, Jay Bilas, Jim Haynie, David Ackroyd, Sherman Howard, Sam Anderson, Alex Morris, Mark Lowenthal, Michael J. Pollard, Jesse Vint, Mimi Cochran, Jack Willis, Tony Brubaker, Brandon Smith, Al Leong	Action, Sci-Fi	Live action
		King of New York	Seven Arts Pictures / Carolco Pictures	Abel Ferrara (director); Nicholas St. John (screenplay); Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, David Caruso, Victor Argo, Janet Julian, Wesley Snipes, Steve Buscemi, Paul Calderón, Giancarlo Esposito, Theresa Randle, Frank Adonis, Harold Perrineau	Crime, Drama	Live action
		Pacific Heights	20th Century Fox / Morgan Creek Productions	John Schlesinger (director); Daniel Pyne (screenplay); Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine, Michael Keaton, Laurie Metcalf, Mako, Carl Lumbly, Dorian Harewood, Nobu McCarthy, Tippi Hedren, Sheila McCarthy, Luca Bercovici, Jerry Hardin, Dan Hedaya, Guy Boyd, Nicholas Pryor, Tracey Walter, F. William Parker, O-Lan Jones, Miriam Margolyes, William Paterson, D. W. Moffett, Barbara Tyson	Thriller	Live action
		Texasville	Columbia Pictures	Peter Bogdanovich (director/screenplay); Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Annie Potts, Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid, Timothy Bottoms, Eileen Brennan, William McNamara	Drama	Live action

October–December

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
O C T O B E R	5	Avalon	TriStar Pictures / Baltimore Pictures	Barry Levinson (director/screenplay); Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elizabeth Perkins, Joan Plowright, Aidan Quinn, Kevin Pollak, Leo Fuchs, Eve Gordon, Lou Jacobi, Israel Rubinek, Elijah Wood, Curtis Carnathan, Tom Wood, Ronald Guttman	Drama	Live action
		Desperate Hours	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Michael Cimino (director); Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal (screenplay); Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Lindsay Crouse, Kelly Lynch, David Morse, Elias Koteas, Shawnee Smith, Danny Gerard, Matt McGrath, Gerry Bamman	Crime, Drama	Live action
		Fantasia	Walt Disney Pictures	Samuel Armstrong, James Algar, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen, David D. Hand, Hamilton Luske, Jim Handley, Ford Beebe, T. Hee, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson (directors); Joe Grant, Dick Huemer (screenplay); Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor	Fantasy	Animation
		Henry & June	Universal Pictures	Philip Kaufman (director/screenplay); Rose Kaufman (screenplay); Fred Ward, Uma Thurman, Maria de Medeiros, Richard E. Grant, Kevin Spacey, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Maurice Escargot, Artus de Penguern, Liz Hasse, Brigitte Lahaie, Féodor Atkine	Biography, Drama	Live action
		Marked for Death	20th Century Fox	Dwight H. Little (director); Michael Grais, Mark Victor (screenplay); Steven Seagal, Keith David, Joanna Pacuła, Basil Wallace, Tom Wright, Kevin Dunn, Elizabeth Gracen, Bette Ford, Danielle Harris, Al Israel, Arlen Dean Snyder, Victor Romero Evans, Michael Ralph, Danny Trejo, Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter, Peter Jason, Jimmy Cliff	Action	Live action
		Miller's Crossing	20th Century Fox	Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (director/screenplay); Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito, J. E. Freeman, Albert Finney, Steve Buscemi, John McConnell, Mike Starr, Al Mancini, Olek Krupa	Crime	Live action
		Shakma	Castle Hill Productions / Quest Entertainment	Hugh Parks, Tom Logan (director); Roger Engle (screenplay); Christopher Atkins, Amanda Wyss, Ari Meyers, Roddy McDowall	Horror	Live action
	12	Memphis Belle	Warner Bros. Pictures	Michael Caton-Jones (director); Monte Merrick (screenplay); Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, D. B. Sweeney, Billy Zane, Sean Astin, Harry Connick Jr., Reed Diamond, Courtney Gains, Neil Giuntoli, David Strathairn, John Lithgow, Jane Horrocks, Mac McDonald	Action, Drama	Live action
		Mr. Destiny	Touchstone Pictures	James Orr (director/screenplay); Jim Cruickshank (screenplay); James Belushi, Linda Hamilton, Jon Lovitz, Hart Bochner, Rene Russo, Michael Caine, Bill McCutcheon, Jay O. Sanders, Maury Chaykin, Pat Corley, Douglas Seale, Courteney Cox, Doug Barron, Jeff Weiss, Jeff Pillars, Kathy Ireland, Bryan Buffington	Comedy	Live action
		To Sleep with Anger	The Samuel Goldwyn Company	Charles Burnett (director/screenplay); Danny Glover, Richard Brooks, Paul Butler, Mary Alice	Drama	Live action
		Troll 2	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Claudio Fragasso (director/screenplay); Michael Stephenson, George Hardy, Margo Prey, Connie McFarland, Deborah Reed, Jason F. Wright, Darren Ewing, Jason Steadman, Ethan Sarphie	Horror, Fantasy	Live action
		Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael	Paramount Pictures	Jim Abrahams (director); Karen Leigh Hopkins (screenplay); Winona Ryder, Jeff Daniels, Dinah Manoff, Laila Robins, Thomas Wilson Brown, Joan McMurtrey, Frances Fisher, Graham Beckel, Sachi Parker, Robby Kiger, Stephen Tobolowsky, Micole Mercurio	Comedy, Drama	Live action
	13	Judgment	HBO Pictures	Tom Topor (director/screenplay); Keith Carradine, Blythe Danner, Jack Warden, David Strathairn, Michael Faustino, Bob Gunton, Mitch Ryan, Robert Joy, Steve Hofvendahl, Mary Joy, Brad Sullivan, Dylan Baker, Bob Barnes, Deborah Barone, Douglas Brush, Christopher Carge, Ann Christiansen, Daisy Eagan, Richard Eagan, Otto Felix, Crystal McKellar, Stacy L. Robison, Jeff Weiss, Kimberli Bronson	Drama	Live action
	19	Night of the Living Dead	Columbia Pictures	Tom Savini (director); George A. Romero (screenplay); Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles, McKee Anderson, William Butler, Katie Finneran, Heather Mazur, Bill Moseley, Russell Streiner	Horror	Live action
		Quigley Down Under	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Simon Wincer (director); John Hill (screenplay); Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman, Chris Haywood, Ron Haddrick, Tony Bonner, Jerome Ehlers, Conor McDermottroe, Roger Ward, Ben Mendelsohn, Steve Dodd, Karen Davitt, Kylie Foster, William Zappa, Jonathan Sweet, Ollie Hall	Western	Live action
		Reversal of Fortune	Warner Bros. Pictures	Barbet Schroeder (director); Nicholas Kazan (screenplay); Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver, Uta Hagen, Annabella Sciorra, Fisher Stevens, Jack Gilpin, Christine Baranski, Stephen Mailer, Felicity Huffman, Johann Carlo, Keith Reddin, Mitchell Whitfield, Tom Wright, Michael Lord, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Julie Hagerty, Bill Camp	Drama	Live action
		White Palace	Universal Pictures	Luis Mandoki (director); Ted Tally, Alvin Sargent (screenplay); Susan Sarandon, James Spader, Jason Alexander, Kathy Bates, Eileen Brennan, Steven Hill, Rachel Chagall, Corey Parker, Renée Taylor, Jonathan Penner, Barbara Howard, Kim Myers, Mitzi McCall	Romance, Drama	Live action
	26	Graveyard Shift	Paramount Pictures	Ralph S. Singleton (director); John Esposito (screenplay); David Andrews, Kelly Wolf, Stephen Macht, Andrew Divoff, Vic Polizos, Brad Dourif, Robert Alan Beuth, Ilona Margolis, Jimmy Woodard, Jonathan Emerson, Minor Rootes, Kelly L. Goodman, Susan Lowden, Joe Perham, Dana Packard, Frank Welker	Horror	Live action
		The Hot Spot	Orion Pictures	Dennis Hopper (director); Nona Tyson (screenplay); Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly, Jerry Hardin, William Sadler, Charles Martin Smith, Barry Corbin, Leon Rippy, Jack Nance, Virgil Frye	Thriller	Live action
		Sibling Rivalry	Columbia Pictures / Castle Rock Entertainment / Nelson Entertainment	Carl Reiner (director); Martha Goldhirsh (screenplay); Kirstie Alley, Sam Elliott, Jami Gertz, Bill Pullman, Carrie Fisher, Scott Bakula, Ed O'Neill, Frances Sternhagen, John Randolph	Comedy	Live action
		Soultaker	AIP Home Video	Michael Rissi (director); Vivian Schilling (screenplay); Joe Estevez, Vivian Schilling, Gregg Thomsen, Chuck Williams, Robert Z'Dar, David "Shark" Fralick, Jean Reiner	Fantasy, Horror	Live action
N O V E M B E R	2	China Cry	Parakletus	James F. Collier (director/screenplay); Julia Nickson, France Nuyen, James Shigeta	Biography	Live action
		Frankenstein Unbound	20th Century Fox	Roger Corman (director/screenplay); F. X. Feeney (screenplay); John Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Nick Brimble, Bridget Fonda, Catherine Rabett, Jason Patric, Michael Hutchence, Catherine Corman, Mickey Knox, Terri Treas	Horror	Live action
		Graffiti Bridge	Warner Bros. Pictures	Prince (director/screenplay); Prince, Morris Day, Jerome Benton, The Time, Jill Jones, Mavis Staples, George Clinton, Ingrid Chavez, Tevin Campbell, Robin Power, Rosie Gaines, Elisa Fiorillo	Musical, Drama	Live action
		Jacob's Ladder	TriStar Pictures / Carolco Pictures	Adrian Lyne (director); Bruce Joel Rubin (screenplay); Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello, Matt Craven, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Jason Alexander, Patricia Kalember, Eriq La Salle, Ving Rhames, Brian Tarantina, Anthony Alessandro, Brent Hinkley, S. Epatha Merkerson, Kyle Gass, Lewis Black, Perry Lang	Horror	Live action
	9	Child's Play 2	Universal Pictures	John Lafia (director); Don Mancini (screenplay); Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, Christine Elise, Grace Zabriskie, Brad Dourif, Peter Haskell, Beth Grant, Greg Germann, Adam Wylie	Horror, Comedy	Live action
		Guns	Malibu Bay Films	Andy Sidaris (director/screenplay); Erik Estrada, Dona Speir, Devin DeVasquez, Danny Trejo, Cynthia Brimhall	Action	Live action
		The Krays	Rank Film Distributors	Peter Medak (director); Philip Ridley (screenplay); Martin Kemp, Gary Kemp, Billie Whitelaw, Tom Bell, Susan Fleetwood, Charlotte Cornwell, Kate Hardie, Avis Bunnage, Alfred Lynch, Gary Love, Steven Berkoff, Jimmy Jewel	Drama	Live action
	16	Home Alone	20th Century Fox / Hughes Entertainment	Chris Columbus (director); John Hughes (screenplay); Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O'Hara, Roberts Blossom, Angela Goethals, Devin Ratray, Gerry Bamman, Terrie Snell, Hillary Wolf, Larry Hankin, Michael C. Maronna, Kristin Minter, Kieran Culkin, Senta Moses, Anna Slotky, Bill Erwin, Gerry Becker, Alan Wilder, Hope Davis, Ken Hudson Campbell	Comedy, Family	Live action
		The Rescuers Down Under	Walt Disney Pictures	Hendel Butoy, Mike Gabriel (director); Jim Cox, Karey Kirkpatrick, Byron Simpson, Joe Ranft (screenplay); Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, John Candy, Tristan Rogers, Adam Ryen, George C. Scott, Wayne Robson, Douglas Seale, Frank Welker, Bernard Fox, Peter Firth, Billy Barty, Ed Gilbert, Carla Meyer, Russi Taylor, Charlie Adler, Jack Angel, Vanna Bonta, Peter Greenwood, Marii Mak, Mickie McGowan, Patrick Pinney, Phil Proctor	Adventure	Animation
		Rocky V	United Artists	John G. Avildsen (director); Sylvester Stallone (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Sage Stallone, Richard Gant, Tommy Morrison, Burgess Meredith, Tony Burton, Paul J. Micale, Michael Williams, Kevin Connolly, Al Bernstein, Stu Nahan	Sports, Drama	Live action
	18	Stephen King's It	ABC / Warner Bros. Television Distribution	Tommy Lee Wallace (director/screenplay); Lawrence D. Cohen (screenplay); Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher, Richard Masur, Annette O'Toole, Tim Reid, John Ritter, Richard Thomas, Tim Curry, Jonathan Brandis, Brandon Crane, Adam Faraizl, Seth Green, Ben Heller, Emily Perkins, Marlon Taylor, Olivia Hussey, Sheila Moore, Jarred Blancard, Chris Eastman, Gabe Khouth, Michael Ryan, Venus Terzo, Frank C. Turner, Caitlin Hicks, Tony Dakota, Steven Hilton, Sheelah Megill, Chelan Simmons, Merrilyn Gann, Susan Astley, Claire Vardiel, Garry Chalk, Terence Kelly, Donna Peerless, Steve Makaj, William B. Davis, Michael Cole, Florence Paterson, Jay Brazeau, Charles Siegel, Kim Kondrashoff, Noel Geer, Scott Swanson, Nicola Cavendish, Megan Leitch, Laura Harris	Horror, Drama	Live action
	21	Dances with Wolves	Orion Pictures	Kevin Costner (director); Michael Blake (screenplay); Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Tantoo Cardinal, Jimmy Herman, Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, Michael Spears, Jason R. Lone Hill, Charles Rocket, Robert Pastorelli, Tony Pierce, Larry Joshua, Kirk Baltz, Tom Everett, Maury Chaykin, Wes Studi, Wayne Grace, Doris Leader Charge, Donald Hotton, Frank P. Costanza	Western	Live action
		Hidden Agenda	Hemdale Film Corporation	Ken Loach (director); Jim Allen (screenplay); Frances McDormand, Brian Cox, Brad Dourif, Mai Zetterling, John Benfield, Des McAleer, Jim Norton, Maurice Roëves, Ian McElhinney, Michelle Fairley	Thriller	Live action
		The Nutcracker Prince	Warner Bros. Pictures / Lacewood Productions	Paul Schibli (director); Patricia Watson (screenplay); Kiefer Sutherland, Megan Follows, Peter Boretski, Phyllis Diller, Mike MacDonald, Peter O'Toole, Lynne Gorman, George Merner, Stephanie Morgenstern, Christopher Owens, Diane Stapley, Mona Waserman, Noam Zylberman, Len Carlson, Marvin Goldhar, Keith Hampshire, Elizabeth Hanna, Susan Roman, Theresa Sears	Romance, Fantasy	Animation
		Predator 2	20th Century Fox	Stephen Hopkins (director); Jim Thomas, John Thomas (screenplay); Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Rubén Blades, María Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, Robert Davi, Lilyan Chauvin, Adam Baldwin, Kent McCord, Morton Downey Jr., Calvin Lockhart, Elpidia Carrillo, Henry Kingi, Kevin Peter Hall, Hal Rayle	Action, Sci-Fi	Live action
		Robot Jox	Empire International Pictures	Stuart Gordon (director); Joe Haldeman (screenplay); Gary Graham, Anne-Marie Johnson, Paul Koslo	Sci-Fi	Live action
		Three Men and a Little Lady	Touchstone Pictures	Emile Ardolino (director); Charlie Peters (screenplay); Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis, Christopher Cazenove, Robin Weisman, Fiona Shaw, John Boswall, Sheila Hancock	Comedy	Live action
	23	Mr. and Mrs. Bridge	Miramax Films	James Ivory (director); Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay); Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Margaret Welsh, Kyra Sedgwick, Robert Sean Leonard, Simon Callow, Remak Ramsay, Blythe Danner, Austin Pendleton, Gale Garnett, Saundra McClain, Diane Kagan, Robyn Rosenfeld, Marcus Giamatti, Sal Licata	Drama	Live action
	25	Descending Angel	HBO Pictures	Jeremy Kagan (director); Robert J. Seigel, Grace Woodard, Alan Sharp (screenplay); George C. Scott, Diane Lane, Eric Roberts, Mark Margolis, Vyto Ruginis, Amy Aquino, Ken Jenkins, Elsa Raven, Richard Jenkins, Jan Rubeš, Philip Akin, George Buza, David De Sanctis, Aidan Devine, Colin Fox, Judith Hilderman, Richard Jutras, Elizabeth Oliver, Mark Walker	Drama, Thriller, War	Live action
	30	Misery	Columbia Pictures / Castle Rock Entertainment / Nelson Entertainment	Rob Reiner (director); William Goldman (screenplay); James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen	Horror	Live action
D E C E M B E R	1	Cyrano de Bergerac	Orion Classics	Jean-Paul Rappeneau (director/screenplay); Jean-Claude Carrière, Edmond Rostand (screenplay); Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Pérez	Comedy, Drama	Live action
	5	The Grifters	Miramax Films	Stephen Frears (director); Donald E. Westlake (screenplay); John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening, Pat Hingle, Henry Jones, Gailard Sartain, J.T. Walsh, Charles Napier, Noelle Harling, Paul Adelstein, Jeremy Piven, Stephen Tobolowsky, Xander Berkeley, Frances Bay, Sandy Baron	Neo-Noir, Crime, Drama	Live action
	7	The Rookie	Warner Bros. Pictures	Clint Eastwood (director); Scott Spiegel, Boaz Yakin (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga, Tom Skerritt, Lara Flynn Boyle, Pepe Serna, Marco Rodríguez, Xander Berkeley, Roberta Vasquez, Hal Williams	Action	Live action
	9	The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story	HBO Showcase	Leslie Woodhead (director); Michael Eaton (screenplay); Ned Beatty, Peter Boyle, Harry Ditson, Vincent Gardenia, Timothy West, Michael Wincott, Sean Pertwee, Richard Howard, Michael Cronin, Stephen Hoye, Emma Martin, Sasson Gabai, Aharon Ipalé, Tony Alleff, Tariq Alibai, Cherif Ezzeldin, John Shrapnel, Stafford Gordon, Richard Durden, Richard Webb, Eric Loren, Colin Stinton, Garrick Hagon, Mozaffar Shafeie, William Roberts, Andrew Robertson, Bill McCabe, Moshe Ivgy, Paul Birchard, Mac McDonald, Robin Ellis	Drama	Live action
	12	Havana	Universal Pictures	Sydney Pollack (director); Judith Rascoe, David Rayfiel (screenplay); Robert Redford, Lena Olin, Raúl Juliá, Alan Arkin, Tomas Milian, Daniel Davis, Tony Plana, Betsy Brantley, Lise Cutter, Richard Farnsworth, Mark Rydell, Vasek Simek, Fred Asparagus, Richard Portnow, Dion Anderson, Carmine Caridi	Drama	Live action
		The Sheltering Sky	Warner Bros. Pictures	Bernardo Bertolucci (director/screenplay); Mark Peploe (screenplay); Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott, Jill Bennett, Timothy Spall, Eric Vu-An, Amina Annabi, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Nicoletta Braschi, Sotigui Kouyaté, Tom Novembre	Drama	Live action
	14	Edward Scissorhands	20th Century Fox	Tim Burton (director); Caroline Thompson (screenplay); Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker, Robert Oliveri, Conchata Ferrell, Caroline Aaron, Dick Anthony Williams, O-Lan Jones, Vincent Price, Alan Arkin	Fantasy, Romance	Live action
		Look Who's Talking Too	TriStar Pictures	Amy Heckerling (director/screenplay); Neal Israel (screenplay); John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Olympia Dukakis, Elias Koteas, Twink Caplan, Lesley Ewen, Gilbert Gottfried, Don S. Davis, Bruce Willis, Roseanne Barr, Damon Wayans, Mel Brooks	Comedy	Live action
		Mermaids	Orion Pictures	Richard Benjamin (director); June Roberts (screenplay); Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder, Michael Schoeffling, Christina Ricci, Caroline McWilliams, Jan Miner	Comedy, Drama	Live action
	17	Awakenings	Columbia Pictures	Penny Marshall (director); Steven Zaillian (screenplay); Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Julie Kavner, Penelope Ann Miller, Max Von Sydow, Ruth Nelson, Alice Drummond, Judith Malina, Anne Meara, Richard Libertini, Keith Diamond, Peter Stormare, Bradley Whitford, Dexter Gordon	Drama	Live action
	19	Almost an Angel	Paramount Pictures	John Cornell (director); Paul Hogan (screenplay); Paul Hogan, Elias Koteas, Linda Kozlowski, Doreen Lang, Douglas Seale, Ruth Warshawsky, Parley Baer, Michael Alldredge, David Alan Grier, Larry Miller, Travis Venable, Robert Sutton, Ben Slack, Troy Curvey Jr., Eddie Frias	Crime	Live action
		Hamlet	Warner Bros. Pictures	Franco Zeffirelli (director/screenplay); Christopher De Vore (screenplay); Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Dillane, Nathaniel Parker, Michael Maloney, Sean Murray, Trevor Peacock, Pete Postlethwaite, Christopher Fairbank, John McEnery, Richard Warwick, Christien Anholt	Drama	Live action
		The Russia House	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Fred Schepisi (director); Tom Stoppard (screenplay); Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roy Scheider, James Fox, John Mahoney, Michael Kitchen, J. T. Walsh, Ken Russell, David Threlfall, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Mac McDonald, Nicholas Woodeson, Martin Clunes, Ian McNeice, Colin Stinton	Action	Live action
	21	The Bonfire of the Vanities	Warner Bros. Pictures	Brian De Palma (director); Michael Cristofer (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Morgan Freeman, Kim Cattrall, Saul Rubinek, Alan King, John Hancock, Kevin Dunn, Donald Moffat, Barton Heyman, Norman Parker, Louis Giambalvo, Mary Alice, Kurt Fuller, Robert Stephens, Richard Libertini, Andre Gregory, Clifton James, Beth Broderick, Adam LeFevre, Kirsten Dunst, Geraldo Rivera, F. Murray Abraham, Rita Wilson	Drama, Comedy	Live action
		Kiki's Delivery Service	TriStar Pictures / Streamline Pictures	Greg Snegoff (director/screenplay); Lisa Michelson, Eddie Frierson	Drama, Family	Animation
		Kindergarten Cop	Universal Pictures / Imagine Entertainment	Ivan Reitman (director); Murray Salem, Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Linda Hunt, Richard Tyson, Carroll Baker, Christian and Joseph Cousins, Cathy Moriarty, Jayne Brook, Park Overall, Richard Portnow, Bob Nelson, Justin Page, Sarah Rose Karr, Adam Wylie, Angela Bassett, Marissa Rosen, Miko Hughes, Ben Diskin, Ben McCreary, Krystle and Tiffany Mataras, Amber Reaves, Odette Yustman	Comedy, Thriller	Live action
		The Long Walk Home	Miramax Films	Richard Pearce (director); John Cork (screenplay); Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg, Dwight Schultz, Ving Rhames, Dylan Baker, Erika Alexander, Lexi Faith Randall, Richard Parnell Habersham, Jason Weaver, Crystal Robbins, Cherene Snow, Chelcie Ross, Dan Butler, Philip Sterling, Schuyler Fisk, Mary Steenburgen	Historical, Drama	Live action
	23	Come See the Paradise	20th Century Fox	Alan Parker (director/screenplay); Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono, Shizuko Hoshi, Caroline Junko King, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Colm Meaney, Becky Ann Baker, Stan Egi, Ronald Yamamoto, Akemi Nishino, Naomi Nakano, Brady Tsurutani, Elizabeth Gilliam, Shyree Mezick	Drama	Live action
	25	Alice	Orion Pictures	Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Mia Farrow, Joe Mantegna, William Hurt, Blythe Danner, June Squibb, Holland Taylor, Peggy Miley, Robin Bartlett, Keye Luke, Judy Davis, Alec Baldwin, Bernadette Peters, Cybill Shepherd, Gwen Verdon, Patrick O'Neal, Diane Salinger, Bob Balaban, Caroline Aaron, James Toback, Elle Macpherson, Lisa Marie, Rachel Miner	Romance, Fantasy	Live action
		The Godfather Part III	Paramount Pictures	Francis Ford Coppola (director/screenplay); Mario Puzo (screenplay); Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy García, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, George Hamilton, Bridget Fonda, Sofia Coppola, Richard Bright, Raf Vallone, Franc D'Ambrosio, Donal Donnelly, Helmut Berger, Don Novello, John Savage, Mario Donatone, Vittorio Duse, Enzo Robutti, Al Martino, Franco Citti, Brett Halsey, Robert Cicchini	Crime, Drama	Live action
		Green Card	Touchstone Pictures	Peter Weir (director/screenplay); Gérard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell, Bebe Neuwirth, Gregg Edelman, Robert Prosky, Lois Smith, Ann Dowd, Larry Wright, Ethan Phillips	Romance, Comedy	Live action

Notable films released in 1990

United States except where noted.

A

• The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, 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
• The Ambulance, starring Eric Roberts
• 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, 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, starring James Spader and Rob Lowe
• Bad Jim, starring James Brolin, Richard Roundtree, and John Clark Gable
• Betsy's Wedding, directed by and starring Alan Alda, with Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Madeline Kahn
• The Big Man aka Crossing the Line, starring Liam Neeson, Joanne Whalley and Billy Connolly
• The Big Steal
• Bird on a Wire, starring Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn
• Blind Fury, starring Rutger Hauer
• Blue Steel, starring Jamie Lee Curtis
• Boiling Point, directed by Takeshi Kitano
• The Bonfire of the Vanities, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith
• Bride of Re-Animator

C

• Cadence, starring Charlie Sheen and Martin Sheen
• Cadillac Man, starring Robin Williams and Tim Robbins
• Captain America, starring Matt Salinger
• Childhood Days – Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year
• Child's Play 2, starring Jenny Agutter
• China Cry
• City Hunter: Bay City Wars
• Class of 1999, starring Malcolm McDowell and Pam Grier
• Close-Up – (Iran)
• Coins in the Fountain, starring Loni Anderson
• Come See the Paradise, starring Dennis Quaid and Tamlyn Tomita
• The Comfort of Strangers, starring Natasha Richardson and Helen Mirren
• Crash and Burn
• 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, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
• Dei tau lung (Dragon Fighter)
• Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection, starring Chuck Norris
• Denial
• Desperate Hours, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Anthony Hopkins and Mickey Rourke
• Dick Tracy, directed by and starring Warren Beatty, with 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

• Edward Scissorhands, directed by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest
• El Diablo, starring Anthony Edwards, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Beltran, Jim Beaver, Don Collier
• 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

F

• Fantasia (restored version)
• La Femme Nikita, directed by Luc Besson
• The Field, starring Richard Harris
• 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, starring John Hurt
• 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, Whoopi Goldberg
• The Godfather Part III, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy García, Joe Mantegna, 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
• The Grifters, starring Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening
• The Guardian, directed by William Friedkin
• Gunsmoke: The Last Apache, directed by Charles Correll, starring James Arness, Richard Kiley, Michael Learned, Amy Stock-Poynton, Geoffrey Lewis, Hugh O'Brian, Joe Lara
• The Guyver

H

• Hamlet, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Helena Bonham Carter
• The Handmaid's Tale, directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall
• Happily Ever After, featuring the voices of Irene Cara, Edward Asner, Carol Channing, Dom DeLuise
• Hard to Kill, starring Steven Seagal
• Havana, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Redford, Lena Olin, Raúl Juliá
• Heart Condition, starring Bob Hoskins, and Denzel Washington
• Heaven and Earth
• Henry & June, starring Fred Ward, Uma Thurman, Maria de Medeiros and Richard E. Grant
• Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
• Hidden Agenda, directed by Ken Loach, starring Frances McDormand
• Home Alone, starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern
• The Hot Spot, directed by Dennis Hopper, starring Don Johnson, Jennifer Connelly, Virginia Madsen
• House Party
• The Hunt for Red October, starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, directed by John McTiernan

I

• I Come in Peace, starring Dolph Lundgren
• I Love You to Death, starring Kevin Kline and Tracey Ullman
• 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, Wesley Snipes, Laurence Fishburne
• The Krays, directed by Peter Medak, starring Martin Kemp, Gary Kemp, 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, starring Diane Keaton
• Life Is Sweet, directed by Mike Leigh, starring Jim Broadbent
• Lionheart, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
• Longtime Companion, starring Bruce Davison
• 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, starring Balthazar Getty
• Love at Large, starring Tom Berenger

M

• Mack the Knife, starring Raúl Juliá and Richard Harris
• A Man Called Sarge, starring Gary Kroeger and Marc Singer
• Marked for Death, starring Steven Seagal
• The Match Factory Girl, directed by Aki Kaurismäki, starring Kati Outinen
• Memories of a River
• Memphis Belle, directed by Michael Caton-Jones, starring Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, John Lithgow
• Men at Work, starring Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen
• Mermaids, directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder, Christina Ricci
• Metropolitan
• Miami Blues, starring Fred Ward and Alec Baldwin
• Midnight Ride, starring Mark Hamill
• Miller's Crossing, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, 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, Samuel L. Jackson
• Mountains of the Moon, directed by Bob Rafelson, starring Patrick Bergin
• Movie... In Your Face
• Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
• Mr. Destiny, starring James Belushi
• 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, 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, starring Craig Sheffer
• Nuns on the Run, starring Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane
• The Nutcracker Prince
• Nobody's Perfect

P

• 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
• 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, starring John Ritter
• Pump Up the Volume, directed by Allan Moyle, starring Christian Slater – Golden Space Needle award

Q

• Q&A, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Nick Nolte and Timothy Hutton
• Quick Change, starring Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid
• Quigley Down Under, starring Tom Selleck and Alan Rickman

R

• The Reflecting Skin
• Repossessed, a parody of The Exorcist, starring Leslie Nielsen and Linda Blair
• The Rescuers Down Under
• Revenge, starring Kevin Costner and Anthony Quinn
• Reversal of Fortune, starring Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Ron Silver
• RoboCop 2, starring Peter Weller and Nancy Allen, directed by Irvin Kershner
• Robot Jox
• Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever, starring Corey Feldman
• 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, starring Richard Dreyfuss and Tim Roth – 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, starring Gabriel Byrne
• Short Time, starring Dabney Coleman
• A Show of Force, starring Amy Irving
• Sibling Rivalry, starring Kirstie Alley
• Side Out, starring Courtney Thorne-Smith and C. Thomas Howell
• Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation
• Silent Scream, starring Robert Carlyle
• Singapore Sling
• 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
• Stella, starring Bette Midler

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
• 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
• Too Much Sun, directed by Robert Downey Sr., starring Robert Downey Jr. and Eric Idle
• Total Recall, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone
• Treasure Island, starring Charlton Heston and Christian Bale
• Tremors, starring Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward
• Truly, Madly, Deeply, directed by Anthony Minghella, starring Alan Rickman and Juliet Stevenson
• The Two Jakes, directed by and starring Jack Nicholson, with Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Eli Wallach

U

• Uchū no hōsoku
• Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars

V

• Vincent & Theo, starring Tim Roth
• Vincent and Me

W

• Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael, starring Winona Ryder
• Where the Heart Is, starring Dabney Coleman
• 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
• Wild Orchid, starring Mickey Rourke
• The Witches, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Anjelica Huston

Y

• Young Guns II, starring Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater, William Petersen

Births

• January 13 – Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor
• January 26 - Christopher Massey, American actor, comedian and rapper
• January 30 - Jake Thomas, American actor and voice actor
• March 1 – Harry Eden, British actor
• March 24 – Keisha Castle-Hughes, actress
• March 28 – Laura Harrier, actress
• April 9 – Kristen Stewart, American actress
• April 10 – Alex Pettyfer, English actor, model
• April 15 – Emma Watson, English actress
• April 16 – Lorraine Nicholson, American actress
• April 17 - Gia Mantegna, American actress
• April 23 – Dev Patel, British actor
• May 14 – Sasha Spielberg, American actress, daughter of producer/director Steven Spielberg and actress Kate Capshaw
• May 16 – Thomas Brodie-Sangster, British actor
• June 2 – Jack Lowden, British actor
• June 13 – Aaron Taylor-Johnson, British actor
• June 20 – Josh O'Connor, British actor
• July 2 – Margot Robbie, Australian actress
• July 6 – Jeremy Suarez, actor and voice actor
• July 16 – James Maslow, American actor
• July 24 – Daveigh Chase, American actress
• July 27 - Indiana Evans, Australian actress and singer-songwriter
• July 29 - Matt Prokop, American actor
• August 10 – Lucas Till, American actor
• August 15 – Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
• August 17 – Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress
• August 29 - Nicole Gale Anderson, American actress
• September 9 – Klaudia Tiitsmaa, Estonian actress
• September 20 – Saara Kadak, Estonian actress
• September 21
  • Christian Serratos, American actress
  • Allison Scagliotti, American actress and director
• October 22 – Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor
• November 2 – Kendall Schmidt, American actor
• November 4 - Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Canadian actor
• December 1 – Jack O'Connell, actor
• December 20 – JoJo, American singer-songwriter and actress
• December 23 - Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress and singer

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	2	Alan Hale	68	US	Actor	Hang 'Em High Johnny Dangerously
	5	Arthur Kennedy	75	US	Actor	Lawrence of Arabia Some Came Running
	6	Ian Charleson	40	UK	Actor	Chariots of Fire Gandhi
	6	Peter Cookson	76	US	Actor	Swingtime Johnny Detective Kitty O'Day
	8	Terry-Thomas	78	UK	Actor	Bachelor Flat It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
	10	Lyle R. Wheeler	84	US	Art Director	Gone with the Wind The Day the Earth Stood Still
	14	John Witty	74	UK	Actor	The Frightened City The Vault of Horror
	15	Gordon Jackson	66	UK	Actor	The Great Escape The Ipcress File
	18	Rusty Hamer	42	US	Actor	Dance with Me, Henry
	20	John Maxim	64	UK	Actor	The Frightened City Dracula: Prince of Darkness
	20	Barbara Stanwyck	82	US	Actress	Double Indemnity Stella Dallas
	25	Ava Gardner	67	US	Actress	The Barefoot Contessa The Killers
	26	Dodo Abashidze	66	USSR	Director	The Legend of Suram Fortress Ashik Kerib
	27	Helen Jerome Eddy	92	US	Actress	Girls Demand Excitement A Shot in the Dark
February	2	Hans Schumm	93	Germany	Actor	Spy Smasher The Great Dictator
	6	John Merivale	72	Canada	Actor	The List of Adrian Messenger Arabesque
	6	Jimmy Van Heusen	77	US	Songwriter	Going My Way The Joker Is Wild A Hole in the Head
	8	Frank Ross	85	US	Producer	The Devil and Miss Jones The Robe
	13	Ken Lynch	79	US	Actor	North by Northwest Anatomy of a Murder
	14	Jean Wallace	66	US	Actress	Lancelot and Guinevere No Blade of Grass
	15	Henry Brandon	77	Germany	Actor	The War of the Worlds The Searchers
	15	Michel Drach	59	France	Director, Writer, Producer	Amelie or The Time to Love The Simple Past
	16	Joshua Shelley	70	US	Actor	All the President's Men Funny Lady
	17	Allen Rivkin	86	US	Screenwriter	Dancing Lady The Farmer's Daughter
	19	Gabriel Katzka	59	US	Producer	Kelly's Heroes The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
	19	Michael Powell	84	UK	Director	Black Narcissus A Matter of Life and Death
	28	Fabia Drake	86	UK	Actress	A Room with a View Year of the Dragon
March	5	Gary Merrill	74	US	Actor	All About Eve Twelve O'Clock High
	17	Capucine	62	Switzerland	Actress	The Pink Panther North to Alaska
	18	Robin Harris	36	US	Actor	Do the Right Thing House Party
	20	Maurice Cloche	82	France	Director	Monsieur Vincent Doctor Laennec
	28	Helene Reynolds	75	US	Actress	Moontide The Man Who Wouldn't Die
April	2	Aldo Fabrizi	84	Italy	Actor	Open City Cops and Robbers
	3	Clair Huffaker	63	US	Screenwriter	The War Wagon 100 Rifles
	8	Ernest Steward	79	UK	Cinematographer	Carry On... Up the Khyber Carry On Camping
	11	Vanda Godsell	67	UK	Actress	The Pink Panther Strikes Again A Shot in the Dark
	15	Greta Garbo	84	Sweden	Actress	Grand Hotel Ninotchka
	18	Robert D. Webb	87	US	Director	Beneath the 12-Mile Reef Love Me Tender
	20	Alex McCrindle	78	UK	Actor, Producer	Star Wars Eye of the Needle
	22	Albert Salmi	62	US	Actor	The Brothers Karamazov The Bravados
	23	Paulette Goddard	79	US	Actress	So Proudly We Hail! Modern Times
	25	Dexter Gordon	67	US	Musician, Actor	Round Midnight Awakenings
May	1	Sunset Carson	69	US	Actor	Sheriff of Cimarron Alias Billy the Kid
	2	David Rappaport	38	US	Actor	Time Bandits Turkish Delight
	6	Charles Farrell	89	US	Actor	Lucky Star 7th Heaven
	10	Susan Oliver	58	US	Actress	The Disorderly Orderly Your Cheatin' Heart
	14	Franklyn Seales	37	West Indies	Actor	The Onion Field Southern Comfort
	16	Sammy Davis Jr.	64	US	Actor, Singer	Ocean's 11 Robin and the 7 Hoods
	16	Jim Henson	53	US	Actor, Writer, Producer	The Dark Crystal The Muppet Movie
	18	Jill Ireland	54	UK	Actress	Hard Times Breakheart Pass
	22	Max Wall	82	UK	Actor, Writer	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jabberwocky
	25	Vic Tayback	60	US	Actor	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore All Dogs Go to Heaven
June	1	Eric Barker	78	UK	Actor, Writer	Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines There's a Girl in My Soup
	2	Jack Gilford	81	US	Actor	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Catch-22
	2	Rex Harrison	82	UK	Actor	My Fair Lady Doctor Dolittle
	3	Tom Brown	70	US	Actor	Duke of Chicago I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
	7	Barbara Baxley	67	US	Actress	East of Eden No Way to Treat a Lady
	15	Leonard Sachs	80	UK	Actor	Thunderball John Wesley
	20	Ina Balin	52	US	Actress	From the Terrace The Patsy
	23	Frank Gatliff	62	UK	Actor	The Ipcress File Operation Daybreak
	25	Sydney Boehm	82	US	Screenwriter	Seven Thieves The Big Heat
July	8	Howard Duff	76	US	Actor	Kramer vs. Kramer The Naked City
	13	Lois Moran	81	US	Actress	Words and Music Under Suspicion
	14	Philip Leacock	74	UK	Director	The War Lover Let No Man Write My Epitaph
	15	Margaret Lockwood	73	UK	Actress	The Lady Vanishes Night Train to Munich
	19	Eddie Quillan	83	US	Actor	Mutiny on the Bounty The Big Shot
	20	Sergei Parajanov	66	USSR	Director	Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors The Color of Pomegranates
	27	Elizabeth Allan	80	UK	Actress	David Copperfield Camille
	21	Stanley Shapiro	65	US	Screenwriter	Pillow Talk That Touch of Mink
	28	Jill Esmond	82	UK	Actress	Thirteen Women No Funny Business
August	2	Edwin Richfield	68	UK	Actor, Writer	Ben-Hur The Dam Busters
	3	Betty Amann	85	Germany	Actress	Strictly Business In Old Mexico
	12	Dorothy Mackaill	87	US	Actress	No Man of Her Own Safe in Hell
	12	Sara Seegar	76	US	Actress	Dead Men Tell No Tales The Music Man
	17	Pearl Bailey	72	US	Actress, Singer	Carmen Jones St. Louis Blues
	23	Dorothea Kent	74	US	Actress	Pin Up Girl She Married a Cop
	27	Raymond St. Jacques	60	US	Actor	Cotton Comes to Harlem The Green Berets
	28	Edmund H. North	79	US	Screenwriter	The Day the Earth Stood Still Patton
September	4	Irene Dunne	91	US	Actress	The Awful Truth Cimarron
	20	Jackie Moran	67	US	Actor	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Nobody's Darling
October	4	Jill Bennett	58	UK	Actress	For Your Eyes Only The Sheltering Sky
	15	Delphine Seyrig	58	France	Actress, Director	Last Year at Marienbad The Day of the Jackal
	20	Joel McCrea	84	US	Actor	Sullivan's Travels Foreign Correspondent
	27	Jacques Demy	59	France	Director, Screenwriter, Composer	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg The Young Girls of Rochefort
	27	Ugo Tognazzi	68	Italy	Actor	La Cage aux Folles The Conjugal Bed
November	3	Valerie French	62	UK	Actress	Jubal Decision at Sundown
	3	Mary Martin	76	US	Actress, Singer	Peter Pan Love Thy Neighbor
	10	Maura McGiveney	51	US	Actress	Twist Around the Clock Do Not Disturb
	11	Alexis Minotis	90	Greece	Actor	Land of the Pharaohs Boy on a Dolphin
	12	Eve Arden	82	US	Actress	Mildred Pierce Anatomy of a Murder
	13	Don Chaffey	73	New Zealand	Director	Jason and the Argonauts Pete's Dragon
	23	Roald Dahl	74	UK	Writer	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory You Only Live Twice
	24	Dodie Smith	94	UK	Writer, Actress	One Hundred and One Dalmatians
	27	David White	74	US	Actor	Sweet Smell of Success The Apartment
December	1	Sergio Corbucci	63	Italy	Director, Screenwriter	Django Navajo Joe
	1	Carla Lehmann	73	Canada	Actress	Candlelight in Algeria 29 Acacia Avenue
	2	Bob Cummings	80	US	Actor	Dial M for Murder Saboteur
	4	Edward Binns	79	US	Actor	12 Angry Men Fail-Safe
	7	Joan Bennett	80	US	Actress	Father of the Bride Scarlet Street
	8	Martin Ritt	76	US	Director, Actor, Producer	Hud The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
	9	Mike Mazurki	82	US	Actor, Technical Advisor	Some Like It Hot Dick Tracy
	18	Anne Revere	87	US	Actress	National Velvet Gentleman's Agreement
	18	Connie Russell	67	US	Singer, Actress	Cruisin' Down the River Nightmare

Debuts

• Hank Azaria – Pretty Woman
• Javier Bardem – The Ages of Lulu
• Benjamin Bratt – Bright Angel
• Julie Benz – Two Evil Eyes
• Robert Carlyle – Silent Scream
• Harry Connick Jr. – Memphis Belle
• Kevin Connolly – Rocky V
• Russell Crowe – Blood Oath
• Hope Davis – Home Alone
• Vin Diesel – Awakenings
• Brad Garrett – Jetsons: The Movie
• Balthazar Getty – Lord of the Flies
• Brendan Gleeson – The Field
• Marcia Gay Harden – Miller's Crossing
• Djimon Hounsou – Without You I'm Nothing
• Lisa Kudrow – Impulse
• Nia Long – Buried Alive
• George Lopez - Ski Patrol
• Samantha Mathis – Pump Up the Volume
• Joseph Mazzello – Presumed Innocent
• Julianne Moore – Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
• Chris O'Donnell – Men Don't Leave
• Robert Patrick – Die Hard 2
• Guy Pearce – Heaven Tonight
• Christina Ricci – Mermaids
• Rob Schneider – Martians Go Home
• Tom Sizemore – Blue Steel
• Catherine Zeta-Jones – Les 1001 Nuits