A list of American films released in 1990.
[edit] Highest grossing films - Home Alone, starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O'Hara, $477,561,243
- Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, Rick Aviles
- The Hunt for Red October, starring Sean Connery
- Total Recall, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Die Hard 2, starring Bruce Willis
- Pretty Woman
- Kindergarten Cop, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller
- Back to the Future Part III
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Young Guns II
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | | The Adventures of Ford Fairlane | Renny Harlin | Andrew Dice Clay | Action, Comedy | Winner of 3 Golden Raspberries including Worst Picture (Tied with "Ghosts Can't Do It") | | After Dark, My Sweet | James Foley | Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern | Mystery | | | Air America | Roger Spottiswoode | Mel Gibson, Robert Downey, Jr. | Action, Comedy | | | Alice | Woody Allen | Mia Farrow, Joe Mantegna | Romance, Comedy | | | Almost an Angel | John Cornell | Paul Hogan | Comedy | | | American Dream | Barbara Kopple, Cathy Caplan | | Documentary | | | American Ninja 4: The Annihilation | Cedric Sundstrom | Michael Dudikoff | Action | | | Andre's Mother | Deborah Reinisch | Richard Thomas, Sada Thompson | Drama | Made for TV | | Another 48 Hrs. | Walter Hill | Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte | Action Comedy | | | Arachnophobia | Frank Marshall | Jeff Daniels, John Goodman | Comedy, Thriller | | | Avalon | Barry Levinson | Aidan Quinn, Armin Mueller-Stahl | Drama | | | Awakenings | Penny Marshall | Robert DeNiro, Robin Williams | Drama | | | Back to the Future Part III | Robert Zemeckis | Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd | Comedy, Sci-Fi | | | Bad Influence | Curtis Hanson | Rob Lowe, James Spader | Thriller | | | Basket Case 2 | Frank Henenlotter | Annie Ross | Horror | | | Betsy's Wedding | Alan Alda | Alan Alda, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy | Comedy | | | Bird on a Wire | John Badham | Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn | Comedy, Crime | | | Bloodfist II | Andy Blumenthal | | Action | | | Blue Steel | Kathryn Bigelow | Jamie Lee Curtis | Thriller | | | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Brian De Palma | Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis | Comedy, Drama | Based on novel by Tom Wolfe | | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | | Cadence | Martin Sheen | Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen | Drama | | | Cadillac Man | Roger Donaldson | Robin Williams, Tim Robbins | Comedy | | | Camp Cucamonga | Roger Duchowny | John Ratzenberger | Comedy | Made for TV | | A Captive in the Land | John Berry | Sam Waterston | | Russian | | Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue | | | Animated | | | Catchfire | "Alan Smithee" | Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster | Drama | Released as Backtrack | | Challenger | Ben Jordan | Karen Allen, Barry Bostwick | Drama | Made for TV | | Checkered Flag | John Glen, Michael Levine | Bill Campbell, Rob Estes | Drama | Made for TV | | Child in the Night | | Elijah Wood, Tom Skerritt | Drama | Made for TV | | Child's Play 2 | John Lafia | Alex Vincent, Gerrit Graham | Horror | | | The China Lake Murders | Alan Metzger | Tom Skerritt | | Made for TV | | China O'Brien | Robert Clouse | Cynthia Rothrock | Martial arts | | | Close-Up | | | Drama | Iranian | | Coins in the Fountain | | Loni Anderson, Stepfanie Kramer, | Romantic comedy | Remake of Three Coins in the Fountain | | Come See The Paradise | Alan Parker | Dennis Quaid | Drama | | | The Company of Strangers | Cynthia Scott | | | Canadian | | Coupe de Ville | Joe Roth | Daniel Stern, Patrick Dempsey | comedy | | | Crash and Burn | Charles Band | Megan Ward | Sci-fi | | | Crazy People | Tony Bill | Dudley Moore, Daryl Hannah | Comedy | | | Cry-Baby | John Waters | Johnny Depp | Comedy | | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | | Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will? | Jack Fisk | Beau Bridges, Beverly D'Angelo | Comedy | | | Dances with Wolves | Kevin Costner | Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell | Drama, Western | Academy Award Best Picture | | Dancin' Thru the Dark | Mike Ockrent | Ben Murphy | Drama | | | Deep Throat 2 | | | Adult | | | The Dark Side of the Moon | D.J. Webster | Robert Sampson | Sci-fi | | | Daughter of Darkness | Stuart Gordon | Anthony Perkins, Mia Sara | Horror | | | Days of Thunder | Tony Scott | Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Nicole Kidman, Cary Elwes | Drama | | | Death Machine | Stephen Norrington | Brad Dourif | Sci-fi | | | Death Warrant | Richard C. Sarafian | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Action | | | Deceptions | | Nicollette Sheridan, Harry Hamlin | Drama | | | Decoration Day | | James Garner | Drama | Made for TV | | Def by Temptation | James Bond III | Samuel L. Jackson, Kadeem Hardison | Horror | | | Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection | Aaron Norris | Chuck Norris, Billy Drago | Action | | | Desperate Hours | Michael Cimino | Anthony Hopkins, Mickey Rourke | Suspense | Remake of 1955 film | | Dick Tracy | Warren Beatty | Warren Beatty, Al Pacino, Madonna | Comedy, Fantasy | Music by Stephen Sondheim | | Die Hard 2 | Renny Harlin | Bruce Willis | Action | Set in Dulles Airport | | A Divine Double Feature | | | | | | Dorf Goes Auto Racing | | Tim Conway | Comedy | | | The Dream Machine | Lyman Dayton | Corey Haim | Thriller | | | Dreams | Akira Kurosawa | | | Japanese | | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp | | | Animated film | | | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | | Faces of Death IV | | | Documentary | | | Far Out Man | Tommy Chong | Tommy Chong, Rae Dawn Chong | Comedy | | | Father | John Power | Max von Sydow | | Australian | | The Field | Jim Sheridan | Richard Harris, John Hurt | Drama | | | Fight Back to School | | Stephen Chow | Comedy | Chinese | | The Final Sacrifice | | Bruce J. Mitchell | Action | Canadian | | The Final Sanction | David A. Prior | Ted Prior | | | | Fire Birds | David Green | Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Young | Action | | | The First Power | Robert Resnikoff | Lou Diamond Phillips | Horror | | | Flashback | Franco Amurri | Kiefer Sutherland, Dennis Hopper | Comedy | | | Flatliners | Joel Schumacher | Julia Roberts, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon | Drama | | | The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship | | | | Russian | | The Fool | Christine Edzard | Miranda Richardson, Derek Jacobi | Drama | British | | The Forbidden Dance | Greydon Clark | Laura Harring | Drama | | | Frankenhooker | Frank Henenlotter | James Lorinz | Comedy | | | Frankenstein Unbound | Roger Corman | John Hurt, Raul Julia, Bridget Fonda | Horror | | | The Freshman | Andrew Bergman | Matthew Broderick, Marlon Brando, Bruno Kirby | Comedy | | | Full Fathom Five | Carl Franklin | Michael Moriarty | Action | | | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | | The Garden | Derek Jarman | Tilda Swinton | Drama | | | Getting Lucky | Michael Paul Girard | Steven Cooke, Lezlie McCraw | Comedy, Fantasy | | | Ghost | Jerry Zucker | Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze, Whoopi Goldberg | Drama | Academy Award for Whoopi Goldberg | | Ghost Dad | | Bill Cosby | Comedy | | | Ghosts Can't Do It | John Derek | Bo Derek, Anthony Quinn | Comedy | | | Girlfriend from Hell | Daniel M. Peterson | Dana Ashbrook | | | | The Godfather Part III | Francis Coppola | Al Pacino, Andy Garcia, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Sofia Coppola, Joe Mantegna, Bridget Fonda, George Hamilton, Eli Wallach | Crime drama | | | Goodfellas | Martin Scorsese | Robert DeNiro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino | Crime drama | | | Graffiti Bridge | Prince | Prince | Prince, Morris Day | Drama | | | Green Card | Peter Weir | Andie MacDowell, Gerard Depardieu | Comedy | | | The Green Man | | Albert Finney | Drama | British TV | | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Joe Dante | Phoebe Cates, Zach Galligan | Comedy, Sci-Fi | | | The Grifters | Stephen Frears | John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening | Crime drama | | | Grim Prairie Tales | Wayne Coe | James Earl Jones | Horror | | | The Guardian | William Friedkin | Jenny Seagrove | Horror | | | Guns | Andy Sidaris | Erik Estrada | Action | | | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | | The Hairdresser's Husband | Patrice Leconte | Jean Rochefort | | France | | Hamlet | Franco Zeffirelli | Mel Gibson, Paul Scofield, Glenn Close, Alan Bates | Drama | | | The Handmaid's Tale | Volker Schlondorff | Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall | Drama, Sci-Fi | Based on novel by Margaret Atwood | | Hard to Kill | Bruce Malmuth | Steven Seagal, Kelly LeBrock | Action | | | Hardware | | | | | | Havana | Sydney Pollack | Robert Redford, Raul Julia, Lena Olin | Drama | | | Heart Condition | James D. Parriott | Denzel Washington, Bob Hoskins | Comedy | | | Heaven and Earth | | | | | | Henry & June | Philip Kaufman | Fred Ward, Uma Thurman | Drama, Biopic | Rated X | | Hidden Agenda | Ken Loach | Frances McDormand, Brian Cox | Drama | | | Home Alone | Chris Columbus | Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern | Comedy, Family | | | A Home Too Far | | | War | Korean | | Hot Cars, Cold Facts | | | Short subject | Educational | | The Hot Spot | Dennis Hopper | Don Johnson, Jennifer Connelly, Virginia Madsen | Drama | | | House Party | Reginald Hudlin | Kid 'n Play, Robin Harris | Comedy | | | The Hunt for Red October | John McTiernan | Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, Sam Neill, Courtney B. Vance, Tim Curry | Drama, Adventure | Based on novel by Tom Clancy | | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | | Mack the Knife | Menahem Golan | Raul Julia, Richard Harris | Drama | | | Madhouse | Tom Ropelewski | Kirstie Alley, John Larroquette | Comedy | | | Maniac Cop 2 | William Lustig | Robert Davi, Laurene Landon | Action | | | Marked for Death | Dwight H. Little | Steven Seagal, Keith David | Action | | | Martians Go Home | David Odell | Randy Quaid | Comedy, Sci-Fi | | | Masters of Venice | | | | | | The Match Factory Girl | | | Drama | Finnish-Swedish | | Megaville | Peter Lehner | Billy Zane | Sci-fi | Direct to video | | Memphis Belle | Michael Caton-Jones | Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, John Lithgow, Harry Connick Jr. | Drama, War | | | Men at Work | Emilio Estevez | Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez | Comedy | | | Meridian: Kiss of the Beast | | | | | | Mermaids | Richard Benjamin | Cher, Winona Ryder | Comedy | | | Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor | Glenn Takajian | | Sci-fi | | | Metropolitan | Whit Stillman | Carolyn Farina | Drama | | | Miami Blues | George Armitage | Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Fred Ward | Crime drama | | | Miller's Crossing | Joel Coen | Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro | Crime drama | | | Misery | Rob Reiner | James Caan, Kathy Bates | Thriller | Story by Stephen King | | Mister Frost | Philippe Setbon | Jeff Goldblum, Kathy Baker, Alan Bates | Thriller | | | Mister Johnson | Bruce Beresford | Pierce Brosnan | Drama | | | Mo' Better Blues | Spike Lee | Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn | Drama | | | Mob Story | | John Vernon, Kate Vernon | Drama | Canadian | | A Mom for Christmas | George T. Miller | Olivia Newton-John | Family | Made for TV | | Moon 44 | Roland Emmerich | Michael Pare | Sci-fi | | | Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme | | | Family | | | Mountains of the Moon | Bob Rafelson | Patrick Bergin | Drama | | | Mr. Destiny | James Orr | James Belushi, Michael Caine, Linda Hamilton | Drama | | | Mr. and Mrs. Bridge | James Ivory | Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward | Drama | | | Murder in Mississippi | Roger Young | Tom Hulce, Blair Underwood | Drama | | | My Blue Heaven | Herbert Ross | Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack | Comedy | | | My Father's Glory | | | | French | | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | | Pacific Heights | John Schlesinger | Michael Keaton, Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine | Thriller | | | Paris Is Burning | Jennie Livingston | | Documentary | | | The Pit and the Pendulum | Stuart Gordon | Lance Henriksen | Horror | | | Plunder and Lightning | | | Animated | Made for TV | | Postcards from the Edge | Mike Nichols | Meryl Streep, Dennis Quaid, Shirley MacLaine, Gene Hackman | Comedy, Drama | Based on novel by Carrie Fisher | | Predator 2 | Stephen Hopkins | Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades | Sci-Fi | | | Presumed Innocent | Alan J. Pakula | Harrison Ford, Greta Scacchi, Bonnie Bedelia, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia | Crime drama | Based on novel by Scott Turow | | Pretty Woman | Garry Marshall | Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Hector Elizondo | Romantic comedy | | | Problem Child | Dennis Dugan | John Ritter, Jack Warden, Michael Oliver, Gilbert Gottfried, Amy Yasbeck | Comedy | | | Prom Night III: The Last Kiss | Ron Oliver | Courtney Taylor, Tim Conlon, Cynthia Preston, David Stratton, Dylan Neal | Horror | Direct-to-video | | Psycho IV: The Beginning | Mick Garris | Anthony Perkins, Olivia Hussey | Horror | | | Pump Up the Volume | Allan Moyle | Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Mimi Kennedy, Scott Paulin | Comedy, Drama | | | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | | Ralph S. Mouse | | | | | | The Reflecting Skin | Philip Ridley | Viggo Mortensen | Drama | | | Repossessed | Bob Logan | Linda Blair, Leslie Nielsen | Comedy | | | The Rescuers Down Under | | voices of Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, John Candy | Animated film | | | Return Engagement | | | | Chinese | | Revenge | Tony Scott | Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn, Madeline Stowe | Drama | Based on novel by Jim Harrison | | Reversal of Fortune | Barbet Schroeder | Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Ron Silver | Drama | | | Riff-Raff | Ken Loach | Robert Carlyle | Drama | | | Roadkill | Bruce McDonald | Valerie Buhagur | Drama | Canadian | | RoboCop 2 | Irvin Kershner | Peter Weller, Nancy Allen | Sci-fi | | | Robot Jox | Stuart Gordon | Gary Graham | Sci-fi | | | Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever | Deborah Brock | Corey Feldman | Comedy | | | Rocky V | John Avildsen | Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Tommy Morrison | Drama | | | Roller Coaster Rabbit | | | | | | Romeo-Juliet | Armando Acosta | John Hurt, Vanessa Redgrave | Drama, Concert | | | The Rookie | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen | Crime drama | | | Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember | | | | | | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Tom Stoppard | Tim Roth, Gary Oldman, Richard Dreyfuss | Drama | | | The Russia House | Fred Schepisi | Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roy Scheider, James Fox | Drama | Based on novel by John LeCarre | | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | | Shipwrecked | Nils Gaup | Gabriel Byrne | Adventure | Swedish | | A Shock to the System | Jan Egleson | Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Swoosie Kurtz | Thriller | | | Short Time | Gregg Champion | Dabney Coleman, Teri Garr | Comedy | | | A Show of Force | Bruno Barreto | Amy Irving, Andy Garcia | Drama | | | Shreck | | | | | | The Shrimp on the Barbie | "Alan Smithee" | Cheech Marin | Comedy | | | Side Out | Peter Israelson | C. Thomas Howell, Peter Horton | Drama, Sports | | | Slumber Party Massacre 3 | Sally Mattison | | Horror | | | Sorority House Massacre 2 | Jim Wynorski | | Horror | | | Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster | George Erschbamer | Lorenzo Lamas | Action | | | Solar Crisis | "Alan Smithee" | Tim Matheson, Charlton Heston | Sci-fi | | | Somebody has to Shoot the picture | Frank Pierson | Roy Scheider, Bonnie Bedelia | Drama | | | Soultaker | Michael Rissi | Joe Estevez | Suspense | | | Spaced Invaders | Patrick Read Johnson | Douglas Barr | Sci-fi | | | Spirit of '76 | Lucas Reiner | Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner | Comedy | | | Spontaneous Combustion | Tobe Hooper | Brad Dourif | Horror | | | Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming | | | Documentary | | | Stanley & Iris | Martin Ritt | Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro | Romantic drama | | | State of Grace | Phil Joanou | Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright | Crime drama | | | Step Across the Border | | | Documentary | | | Strike It Rich | James Scott | Robert Lindsay, Molly Ringwald | Comedy | | | The Swordsman | | | Action | Chinese | | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | | Taking Care of Business | Arthur Hiller | James Belushi, Charles Grodin | Comedy | | | A Tale of Springtime | Eric Rohmer | | | French | | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | John Harrison | Christian Slater, Julianne Moore | Horror | | | Tales of a Golden Geisha | | | | Japanese | | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Steve Barron | | Action | | | Terminal City Ricochet | | | Drama | Filipino | | Texasville | Peter Bogdanovich | Jeff Bridges, Annie Potts, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman | Drama | Sequel to The Last Picture Show | | That's Black Entertainment | | | Documentary | | | The Ambulance | Larry Cohen | Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones | Drama | | | The Fortune Code | Kent Chang | | | Chinese | | The Grasscutter | Ian Mune | Terrence Cooper | Drama | British | | The Little Kidnappers | Donald Shebib | Bruce Greenwood, Charlton Heston | Family | Made for TV | | The Nameless | Jaume Balaguero | Emma Vilarasau | | Spanish | | Three Men and a Little Lady | Emile Ardolino | Tom Selleck, Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg, Nancy Travis | Comedy | | | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | Pedro Almodovar | Antonio Banderas | Drama | | | Till There Was You | Michael Thomas | Mark Harmon | | Australian | | Time of Love | | | | Iranian-Turkish | | To Sleep with Anger | Charles Burnett | Danny Glover | Drama | | | Total Recall | Paul Verhoeven | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone | Sci-fi | | | Treasure Island | Fraser Clarke Heston | Christian Bale, Charlton Heston | Adventure | | | Tremors | Ron Underwood | Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward | Horror, Comedy | | | Tricky Brains | Wong Jing | Stephen Chow | Comedy | Chinese | | Troll 2 | | | | | | Troll 3 | | | | | | Truly, Madly, Deeply | Anthony Minghella | Alan Rickman, Juliet Stevenson | | British | | Trust | Hal Hartley | Adrienne Shelley | Romantic comedy | | | Tune in Tomorrow | Jon Amiel | Barbara Hershey, Peter Falk, Keanu Reeves | Comedy | | | Twisted Obsession | | Jeff Goldblum | Thriller | Spanish | | The Two Jakes | Jack Nicholson | Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeline Stowe | Crime drama | Sequel to Chinatown | | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | | Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael | Jim Abrahams | Winona Ryder, Jeff Daniels | Comedy | | | When You Remember Me | Harry Winer | Kevin Spacey, Fred Savage | Drama | Made for TV | | Where the Heart Is | John Boorman | Dabney Coleman, Uma Thurman | Drama | | | White Hunter Black Heart | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Jeff Fahey | Drama | | | White Palace | Luis Mandoki | James Spader, Susan Sarandon | Drama | | | White Room | Patricia Rozema | Kate Nelligan, Margot Kidder | Drama | Canadian | | Why Me? | Gene Quintano | Christopher Lambert, Christopher Lloyd | Drama | | | Wild Orchid | | Mickey Rourke, Carre Otis, Jacqueline Bisset | Drama | | | Wild at Heart | David Lynch | Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Harry Dean Stanton | Drama | | | A Wind Named Amnesia | | | Anime | Japanese | | Witchcraft II: The Temptress | Mark Woods | Delia Sheppard | Sci-fi | | | The Witches | Nicolas Roeg | Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling | Fantasy | | | Without You I'm Nothing | | Sandra Bernhard | Concert | | | The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz | | | Sci-fi | Japanese | [edit] External links |
