1990 Chronicle of The Cinema
by wijayaandik | created - 20 Jun 2016 | updated - 3 days ago | PublicAnnual looks at The Best Films from around the world.
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101. Fantasy Romance (1990)
86 min | Fantasy, Romance
Shing (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) is a artist draws his dream girl Ching Ching (Joey Wang) in a comic strip, When he gets into an accident she is thrown into the real world.
Director: Taylor Wong | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Joey Wang, Deannie Ip, Paul Chun
Votes: 113
Nova / Film 103
102. Revenge (1989)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, History
After their daughter is murdered, a couple raises a son to avenge her.
Director: Yermek Shinarbayev | Stars: Aleksandr Pan, Valentina Tyo, Kasym Zhakibayev, Lyubov Germanova
Votes: 730
Criterion
103. Fools of Fortune (1990)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Iain Glen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Sean T. McClory, Frankie McCafferty
Votes: 257 | Gross: $0.08M
104. Ghost of the Fox (1990)
82 min
Director: Bruce Le | Stars: Sibelle Hu, Bruce Le, Yu Chang, Jan-Wah Cheung
Votes: 22
Nova
105. Die Hard 2 (1990)
R | 124 min | Action, Thriller
John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Bruce Willis, William Atherton, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson
Votes: 383,046 | Gross: $117.54M
106. The Freshman (1990)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Crime
An N.Y.C. film school student accepts a job with a local mobster who resembles a famous cinema godfather and who takes the young man under his wing, after demanding total loyalty.
Director: Andrew Bergman | Stars: Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Bruno Kirby, Penelope Ann Miller
Votes: 22,038 | Gross: $21.46M
107. Mountains of the Moon (1990)
R | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, History
The legendary true-story of Capt. Richard Francis Burton and Lt. John Hanning Speke's tumultuous expedition to find the source of the Nile river.
Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant, Fiona Shaw
Votes: 4,253 | Gross: $4.01M
108. Paris Is Burning (1990)
R | 78 min | Documentary
A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.
Director: Jennie Livingston | Stars: Brooke Xtravaganza, André Christian, Dorian Corey, Paris Duprée
Votes: 17,600 | Gross: $3.78M
Criterion / Film 104
109. The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A couple retreat to Venice to work on their relationship, but an encounter with a stranger leads them into a world of intrigue - where their darkest desires are in reach.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Christopher Walken, Rupert Everett, Natasha Richardson, Helen Mirren
Votes: 6,350 | Gross: $1.24M
Criterion
110. Cold Dog Soup (1990)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy
Michael meets a cute girl and has dinner at her mom's. Sadly, the dog dies and he's to bury it. The mad cab driver suggests selling the cold dog. An adventurous night begins.
Director: Alan Metter | Stars: Randy Quaid, Frank Whaley, Christine Harnos, Sheree North
Votes: 533
Criterion
111. Life Is Sweet (1990)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
A shop assistant, her cook husband, and their twin daughters go about their lives in a working-class London suburb.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks
Votes: 11,295 | Gross: $1.52M
Criterion
112. Ronin Gai (1990)
117 min | Action, Drama
A group of masterless samurai living in Edo's red light district must fend off a militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.
Directors: Kazuo Kuroki, Masahiro Makino | Stars: Yoshio Harada, Kanako Higuchi, Renji Ishibashi, Kaoru Sugita
Votes: 577
Criterion
113. The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A woman's terribly dull life is upended by a one-night stand pregnancy, causing her to seek retribution.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Vesa Vierikko
Votes: 11,645
Criterion
114. Close-Up (1990)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of Hossain Sabzian, a cinephile who impersonated the director Mohsen Makhmalbaf to convince a family they would star in his so-called new film.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Hossain Sabzian, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Abolfazl Ahankhah, Mehrdad Ahankhah
Votes: 23,006 | Gross: $0.00M
Criterion
115. Privilege (1990)
103 min | Drama
Privilege is an intelligently-conceived, boldly-anarchic, and wickedly-insightful exposition on the culturally-ingrained and socially-divisive malaise of isms that artificially define and ... See full summary »
Director: Yvonne Rainer | Stars: Daniel Martin Berkey, Blaire Baron, Gabrielle Made, Novella Nelson
Votes: 124
Criterion
116. Mister Johnson (1990)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama
In 1923, a local resident of British Colonial Nigeria tries to be equal with the colonial administration.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Edward Woodward, Maynard Eziashi, Beatie Edney
Votes: 1,202 | Gross: $1.46M
Criterion / OKRU / Film 104
117. Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990)
114 min | Comedy, Drama
Her childhood was hardly ideal as she was abandoned and grew up without parental love. She finds a home and a profession as a geisha who is particularly popular because she has that lucky ... See full summary »
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Hiroshi Ohkôchi, Ryûnosuke Kaneda
Votes: 333
AMO / Criterion / Nova / Film 104
118. Christo in Paris (1990)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary
This is the story of the quest of the artist Christo to wrap the famous Pont Neuf in France in fabric. It took Christo and his wife ten years to get permission from the Parisian government,... See full summary »
Directors: Deborah Dickson, Susan Froemke, Albert Maysles, David Maysles | Stars: Jacques Chirac, Christo, Jeanne-Claude
Votes: 113
Criterion
119. Genuine Risk (1990)
R | 90 min | Crime, Thriller
A gambler is recruited by his friend to work as a collector for a cold and vicious mobster.
Director: Kurt Voss | Stars: Terence Stamp, Peter Berg, Michelle Johnson, Michael Harris
Votes: 191
120. Any Man's Death (1990)
R | 108 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A veteran reporter is investigating the disappearance of a photo-journalist who was covering a civil war in Africa. The only clue is a roll of film he left behind. The reporter soon realizes he may have bitten more than he can chew.
Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: John Savage, William Hickey, Mia Sara, Michael Lerner
Votes: 129 | Gross: $0.01M
121. Shaking the Tree (1990)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A crowd of guys in their 20's spend most of their time hanging out. It's Christmas time in the early 1990's and the guys all begin to think it's about time they went about their lives without the comfort of the diner.
Director: Duane Clark | Stars: Arye Gross, Gale Hansen, Doug Savant, Steven Wilde
Votes: 215
122. Mister Frost (1990)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial killer gets sent to a mental institution, but as his insidious presence cause the doctors and orderlies to receive strange visions, his psychiatrist tries to find out his true identity.
Director: Philippe Setbon | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Kathy Baker, Alan Bates, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Votes: 2,808
123. The Spirit of '76 (1990)
PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In 2176, a magnetic storm erases all recorded history, including the U.S. Constitution, so, three time travelers are sent back to July 4, 1776, to retrieve the heritage, but end up in 1976's Bicentennial, while being perceived as aliens.
Director: Lucas Reiner | Stars: Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale, Carl Reiner, Nancye Ferguson
Votes: 837
124. Blood Oath (1990)
R | 108 min | Drama, War
The island of Ambon in Indonesia, 1945. During the War, the number of Australian POWs on the island had dropped from 1100 to less than 300 due to abuses by their Japanese captors. Capt. ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Wallace | Stars: Bryan Brown, George Takei, Terry O'Quinn, John Bach
Votes: 960
125. Far Out Man (1990)
R | 81 min | Comedy
An aging hippie sets out on a trip across America to find his family.
Director: Tommy Chong | Stars: Tommy Chong, C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Shelby Chong
Votes: 1,220
126. Why Me? (1990)
R | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A jewel thief steals a sacred ruby which sets off a chase by the police, the Turkish government, nutty American terrorists, and the C.I.A.
Director: Gene Quintano | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Kim Greist, Christopher Lloyd, J.T. Walsh
Votes: 1,395
127. The End of Innocence (1990)
R | 102 min | Drama
Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitted to a rehab center by her parents. Eventually here is where she finds her answers.
Director: Dyan Cannon | Stars: Dyan Cannon, John Heard, George Coe, Lola Mason
Votes: 239 | Gross: $0.12M
128. Frankenhooker (1990)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes.
Director: Frank Henenlotter | Stars: James Lorinz, Joanne Ritchie, Patty Mullen, J.J. Clark
Votes: 13,499 | Gross: $0.21M
129. A Show of Force (1990)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
An American journalist in Puerto Rico in 1978 investigates the death of nationalists who may have been murdered by the police.
Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Amy Irving, Robert Duvall, Andy Garcia, Lou Diamond Phillips
Votes: 852 | Gross: $0.15M
130. Body Chemistry (1990)
R | 84 min | Drama, Thriller
A research project on sexual response leads two doctors into an affair where their deepest passions and darkest fantasies are revealed.
Director: Kristine Peterson | Stars: Marc Singer, Lisa Pescia, Mary Crosby, David Kagen
Votes: 524 | Gross: $2.42M
131. Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
R | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
The ultimate weapon which was meant to be safe for the mankind produces global side effects including time slides and disappearances.The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817's Switzerland.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: John Hurt, Raul Julia, Nick Brimble, Bridget Fonda
Votes: 4,129 | Gross: $0.33M
132. Side Out (1990)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A law student comes to California for the summer and ends up playing professional volleyball.
Director: Peter Israelson | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Peter Horton, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Harley Jane Kozak
Votes: 2,388 | Gross: $0.45M
Nova /
133. Coupe de Ville (1990)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
Three bickering brothers who don't get along reluctantly go on a cross country road trip together to deliver a car in time for their mother's birthday.
Director: Joe Roth | Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Arye Gross, Daniel Stern, Annabeth Gish
Votes: 2,662 | Gross: $0.72M
134. The Return of Superfly (1990)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In this action-packed sequel, a retired drug dealer living in Paris discovers his old partner has been killed and returns to NY to avenge his murder.
Director: Sig Shore | Stars: Nathan Purdee, Margaret Avery, Leonard L. Thomas, Christopher Curry
Votes: 500 | Gross: $0.61M
135. Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990)
PG-13 | 115 min | Documentary, Music
A unique look at the legendary musician, arranger, composer and producer offers a collage of memories, sounds and intimate interviews with musical greats in a rousing showcase.
Director: Ellen Weissbrod | Stars: Clarence Avant, George Benson, Big Daddy Kane, Richard Brooks
Votes: 222 | Gross: $0.78M
136. Waiting for the Light (1990)
PG | 94 min | Comedy
It is not about Aunt Z moving her niece and family....The niece, Garr, moves her family away from the city. The kids enjoy playing tricks, learned from Aunt Z (MacLaine). The kids get ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Monger | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Teri Garr, Louis Guzzo, Colin Baumgartner
Votes: 584 | Gross: $0.81M
137. Streets (1990)
R | 85 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The story of runaways living in Venice, California, under the threat of a psychotic cop who is a serial killer of prostitutes.
Director: Katt Shea | Stars: Christina Applegate, David Mendenhall, Eb Lottimer, Jane Chung
Votes: 879 | Gross: $1.51M
138. Angel Town (1990)
R | 106 min | Action, Drama
Tenant helps landlord fight off local street gang.
Director: Eric Karson | Stars: Olivier Gruner, Peter Kwong, Theresa Saldana, Francisco Aragon
Votes: 847 | Gross: $0.86M
139. Where the Heart Is (1990)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
A wealthy businessman shows his young-adult offspring how tough life can be.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Dabney Coleman, Uma Thurman, Joanna Cassidy, Crispin Glover
Votes: 1,779 | Gross: $1.11M
Nova / Film 103
140. The Boyfriend School (1990)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
Cartoonist Gus has survived cancer treatment and now his romance novelist sister tries to find him a woman and guide him. Will they succeed?
Director: Malcolm Mowbray | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Jami Gertz, Shelley Long, Kyle MacLachlan
Votes: 3,266 | Gross: $1.17M
141. Love at Large (1990)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Vampish miss Dolan hires hardboiled P.I. Harry Dobbs to tail her shady boyfriend. Harry realizes that the man leads a double life but then his client disappears. Harry teams up with his own tail, P.I. Stella Wynkowski, to clear things up.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins, Anne Archer, Kate Capshaw
Votes: 1,485 | Gross: $1.44M
142. Vital Signs (1990)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a group of third-year students at a Los Angeles medical school and their struggles with love, their studies and one another.
Director: Marisa Silver | Stars: Adrian Pasdar, Diane Lane, Jack Gwaltney, Laura San Giacomo
Votes: 869 | Gross: $1.22M
143. Everybody Wins (1990)
R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Angela (Debra Winger) hires/lures a P.I. (Nick Nolte) to prove a convicted teenager is innocent of his uncle's murder.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Debra Winger, Nick Nolte, Will Patton, Judith Ivey
Votes: 1,371 | Gross: $1.37M
144. The Fourth War (1990)
R | 91 min | Drama, Thriller
Cold War drama about two gung-ho border commanders (Roy Scheider, Jurgen Prochnow) who carry out their own private war against each other on the German - Czechoslovakia border.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Roy Scheider, Jürgen Prochnow, Tim Reid, Lara Harris
Votes: 1,966 | Gross: $1.31M
145. Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? (1990)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy
Bickering siblings are reunited at their Texas home as their father lies on his deathbed.
Director: Jack Fisk | Stars: Beau Bridges, Keith Carradine, Beverly D'Angelo, Tess Harper
Votes: 872 | Gross: $1.37M
146. Book of Love (1990)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Romance
A reminiscence of youth in the 1950's.
Director: Robert Shaye | Stars: Chris Young, Keith Coogan, Aeryk Egan, Josie Bissett
Votes: 1,277 | Gross: $1.38M
147. Courage Mountain (1990)
PG | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In this version of "Heidi," a young Swiss girl is sent off to boarding school at the beginning of World War I.
Director: Christopher Leitch | Stars: Juliette Caton, Charlie Sheen, Joanna Clarke, Nicola Stapleton
Votes: 925 | Gross: $1.39M
148. The Last of the Finest (1990)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama
4 LA cops are fighting the war on drugs. Corrupt superiors manage to break up their team when one of them gets killed. The 3 quit LAPD and continue investigating.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, Bill Paxton
Votes: 1,648 | Gross: $1.53M
149. Class of 1999 (1990)
R | 99 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Three ex-military robots are reprogrammed as teachers and secretly placed in a school where most students are part of organized gangs. They begin to respond violently to unruly students, and their military training starts to take over.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Bradley Gregg, Traci Lind, Malcolm McDowell, Stacy Keach
Votes: 8,635 | Gross: $2.46M
150. Brain Dead (1990)
R | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In a showdown of man versus machine, Martin plunges into a chaotic nightmare trying to save his mind from the megalomaniacal corporation.
Director: Adam Simon | Stars: Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort, Nicholas Pryor
Votes: 5,433 | Gross: $1.63M
151. The Forbidden Dance (1990)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A Brazilian princess tries to save the rain forests by introducing the world to the electrifying exotic lambada.
Director: Greydon Clark | Stars: Laura Harring, Jeff James, Barbra Brighton, Miranda Garrison
Votes: 1,886 | Gross: $1.82M
152. Tune in Tomorrow... (1990)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Romance
New Orleans, 1951: A law student, working at WXBU radio station, falls in love with his cute aunt, who's looking for a third husband. Then Pedro starts writing radio series at WXBU, stirring up things.
Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Barbara Hershey, Keanu Reeves, Peter Falk, Bill McCutcheon
Votes: 2,015 | Gross: $1.79M
153. State of Grace (1990)
R | 134 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A New York cop is recruited to return to his hometown and infiltrate the mob ran by his best friend's brother.
Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright
Votes: 24,773 | Gross: $1.91M
154. Dreams (1990)
PG | 119 min | Drama, Fantasy
A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.
Directors: Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baishô, Toshie Negishi, Mieko Harada
Votes: 29,168 | Gross: $1.96M
OKRU / Film 105
155. The Sheltering Sky (1990)
R | 138 min | Adventure, Drama
An American couple travel abroad to revitalize their relationship. But as the trip drags on, their attempt at recovering what they once had seems futile.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott, Jill Bennett
Votes: 13,731 | Gross: $2.08M
156. Downtown (1990)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An eager rookie cop gets transferred to a tough downtown Philadelphia precinct after stopping a powerful man for traffic violations. When his old cop buddy is murdered, he wants in on catching the killer.
Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Anthony Edwards, Forest Whitaker, Penelope Ann Miller, Joe Pantoliano
Votes: 2,162 | Gross: $2.35M
157. Def by Temptation (1990)
R | 95 min | Horror
An evil succubus is preying on libidinous black men in New York City, and all that stands in her way is a minister-in-training, an aspiring actor, and a cop who specializes in cases involving the supernatural.
Director: James Bond III | Stars: James Bond III, Kadeem Hardison, Bill Nunn, Samuel L. Jackson
Votes: 2,408 | Gross: $2.22M
158. Texasville (1990)
R | 126 min | Drama, Romance
The summer of 1984: 32 years after Duane Jackson captained the high school football team and Jacy Farrow was homecoming queen, the small town of Anarene, Texas prepares for its centennial ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Timothy Bottoms, Harvey Christiansen
Votes: 3,047 | Gross: $2.27M
159. King of New York (1990)
R | 103 min | Crime, Thriller
A drug kingpin is released from prison and seeks to take total control of the criminal underworld in order to give back to the community.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, Victor Argo
Votes: 42,093 | Gross: $2.55M
160. Impulse (1990)
R | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Lottie is a vice cop in LA posing as a hooker and likes the action. She meets Stan, who's also single. He needs her for a major drug bust.
Director: Sondra Locke | Stars: Theresa Russell, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza, Alan Rosenberg
Votes: 1,490 | Gross: $2.54M
161. A Shock to the System (1990)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
When electrocuted by the fuse box at home, Graham gets ideas concerning his nagging wife and the guy, who got Graham's promotion at the office.
Director: Jan Egleson | Stars: Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert, Swoosie Kurtz
Votes: 5,850 | Gross: $3.42M
162. Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A small town prepares for the homecoming of superstar Roxy Carmichael, as does a young outsider, who believes Roxy is her mother.
Director: Jim Abrahams | Stars: Winona Ryder, Jeff Daniels, Laila Robins, Thomas Wilson Brown
Votes: 5,933 | Gross: $3.99M
163. Short Time (1990)
PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When a police detective thinks he is dying and learns that his life insurance pays out more if he dies in the line of duty, he tries to make that happen.
Director: Gregg Champion | Stars: Dabney Coleman, Matt Frewer, Teri Garr, Barry Corbin
Votes: 2,643 | Gross: $4.01M
164. Heart Condition (1990)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A racist cop receives a heart transplant from a black lawyer he hates, who returns as a ghost to ask the cop to help take down the men who murdered him.
Director: James D. Parriott | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Denzel Washington, Chloe Webb, Roger E. Mosley
Votes: 4,018 | Gross: $4.13M
165. Lambada (I) (1990)
PG | 104 min | Drama
Kevin Laird is a Beverly Hills school teacher by day and a mystery man by night. Using his lambada dance moves to first earn the kid's respect and acceptance, Kevin then teaches them ... See full summary »
Director: Joel Silberg | Stars: J. Eddie Peck, Melora Hardin, Adolfo Quinones, Leticia Vasquez
Votes: 1,182 | Gross: $4.26M
166. Dark Angel (1990)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A Renegade Cop is forced to work with an FBI Agent in order to bring down a group of Drug Dealers with sinister plans.
Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Brian Benben, Betsy Brantley, Matthias Hues
Votes: 13,829 | Gross: $4.35M
167. Loose Cannons (1990)
R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An unconventional cop who doesn't take any bull, is paired up with an amazing detective to capture some powerful criminals but the cop soon realizes that his by the book partner has split personality disorder.
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, Dom DeLuise, Ronny Cox
Votes: 5,192 | Gross: $5.59M
168. Graffiti Bridge (1990)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Music
The unofficial sequel to 'Purple Rain' (1984). The Kid is now club owner and rival to Morris (Morris Day), with whom he gets into a fight for the Glam Slam Nightclub.
Director: Prince | Stars: Prince, Morris Day, Ingrid Chavez, Jerome Benton
Votes: 5,982 | Gross: $4.56M
169. Miller's Crossing (1990)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro, Marcia Gay Harden
Votes: 142,121 | Gross: $5.08M
170. The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Under a dystopian religious tyranny, most women cannot conceive children. Those young women who can live in a form of sexual slavery to provide children for influential families.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern
Votes: 10,737 | Gross: $4.96M
Trailers / Film 104
171. Hardware (1990)
R | 94 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
The head of a cyborg reactivates, rebuilds itself, and goes on a violent rampage in a space marine's girlfriend's apartment.
Director: Richard Stanley | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, John Lynch, Carl McCoy
Votes: 16,442 | Gross: $5.73M
172. Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A California couple and a survivalist encounter Leatherface and his family.
Director: Jeff Burr | Stars: Kate Hodge, Ken Foree, R.A. Mihailoff, William Butler
Votes: 19,357 | Gross: $5.77M
173. Stanley & Iris (1990)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A struggling widow falls in love with an illiterate short-order cook whom she teaches to read and write in her kitchen each night.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz, Martha Plimpton
Votes: 8,524 | Gross: $5.82M
174. Night of the Living Dead (1990)
R | 92 min | Horror
When the unburied dead return to life and seek human victims, seven refugees shelter in a house in the Pennsylvanian countryside.
Director: Tom Savini | Stars: Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles, McKee Anderson
Votes: 45,489 | Gross: $5.84M
175. Men Don't Leave (1990)
PG-13 | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
Jessica Lange plays Beth in this warm-hearted, funny fable about staying together when all else is falling apart.
Director: Paul Brickman | Stars: Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Arliss Howard, Joan Cusack
Votes: 2,747 | Gross: $6.07M
176. Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990)
R | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When DEA agents are taken captive by a ruthless South American kingpin, the Delta Force is reunited to rescue them in this sequel to the 1986 film.
Director: Aaron Norris | Stars: Chuck Norris, John P. Ryan, Billy Drago, Richard Jaeckel
Votes: 8,121 | Gross: $6.70M
177. Flashback (1990)
R | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
At last the Feds have caught him! Infamous 60's radical Huey Walker is heading for jail. So how come it's Huey's yuptight FBI escort who ends up behind bars?
Director: Franco Amurri | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, Carol Kane, Paul Dooley
Votes: 5,759 | Gross: $6.49M
178. Almost an Angel (1990)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A small-time crook becomes convinced he is an angel after a traumatic incident and resolves to perform the work of one.
Director: John Cornell | Stars: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Elias Koteas, Doreen Lang
Votes: 4,984 | Gross: $6.94M
179. Cry-Baby (1990)
PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Musical
In 1950s Baltimore, a bad boy with a heart of gold wins the love of a good girl, whose boyfriend sets out for revenge.
Director: John Waters | Stars: Johnny Depp, Ricki Lake, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell
Votes: 64,809 | Gross: $8.27M
Nova / Film 103
180. Ski Patrol (1990)
PG | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Sport
A developer attempts to sabotage the safety record of a ski resort.
Director: Richard Correll | Stars: Roger Rose, T.K. Carter, Yvette Nipar, Leslie Jordan
Votes: 4,152 | Gross: $8.53M
181. Funny About Love (1990)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
NYC cartoonist Duffy meets the bad cappuccino maker, chef Meg, and falls in love. She moves in with him, marries him - but they have problems having a baby.
Director: Leonard Nimoy | Stars: Gene Wilder, Christine Lahti, Mary Stuart Masterson, Robert Prosky
Votes: 1,571 | Gross: $8.14M
182. Miami Blues (1990)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An ex-con's first act of freedom is moving to Miami where he restarts his old criminal ways with even more potency.
Director: George Armitage | Stars: Fred Ward, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Cecilia Pérez-Cervera
Votes: 10,162 | Gross: $9.89M
183. The Witches (1990)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A young boy stumbles onto a witch convention and must stop them, even after he has been turned into a mouse.
Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, Rowan Atkinson
Votes: 54,645 | Gross: $10.36M
184. Nuns on the Run (1990)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Crime
2 criminals want out but their boss kills those leaving. When the men are ordered to rob the triad, they keep the money and hide from the boss, triad and police at a convent, dressed as nuns.
Director: Jonathan Lynn | Stars: Eric Idle, Robbie Coltrane, Camille Coduri, Janet Suzman
Votes: 8,971 | Gross: $10.96M
185. Q&A (1990)
R | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dirty cop, Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder. But during a routine Q&A, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante, Patrick O'Neal
Votes: 7,003 | Gross: $11.21M
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186. Opportunity Knocks (1990)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy
Two con men hide out in a house while the owner is away; one of them assumes the identity of the absent house sitter when the owner's relatives come to visit, only for further complications to set in.
Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Dana Carvey, Robert Loggia, Todd Graff, Julia Campbell
Votes: 3,357 | Gross: $11.36M
187. Graveyard Shift (1990)
R | 86 min | Horror
In a very old textile mill with a serious rat infestation, deadly accidents start happening, but the corrupt foreman continues to put his workers in danger, until they discover a horrifying secret deep in the basement.
Director: Ralph S. Singleton | Stars: David Andrews, Kelly Wolf, Stephen Macht, Andrew Divoff
Votes: 12,641 | Gross: $11.58M
188. Bad Influence (1990)
R | 99 min | Drama, Thriller
A soft and hesitant young man is in danger when he tries to break toxic relationships with a mysterious stranger claiming to be his friend.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Rob Lowe, James Spader, Palmer Lee Todd, Rosalyn Landor
Votes: 10,864 | Gross: $12.63M
189. Crazy People (1990)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A bitter ad executive who has reached his breaking point lands in a mental institution, where his career actually begins to thrive with help from his fellow patients.
Directors: Tony Bill, Barry L. Young | Stars: Dudley Moore, Daryl Hannah, Paul Reiser, J.T. Walsh
Votes: 4,970 | Gross: $13.24M
190. Lord of the Flies (1990)
R | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Stranded on an island, a group of schoolboys degenerate into savagery.
Director: Harry Hook | Stars: Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly, James Badge Dale
Votes: 33,607 | Gross: $13.99M
191. Fire Birds (1990)
PG-13 | 85 min | Action, Adventure
Elite Apache helicopter pilots are tasked with destroying powerful armed drug cartels operating in South America.
Director: David Green | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Young, Bryan Kestner
Votes: 7,182 | Gross: $14.76M
192. Spaced Invaders (1990)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Dimwitted Martians drop into a little Illinois town on the day that the local radio station happens to rebroadcast Orson Welles 1938 "War Of The Worlds".
Director: Patrick Read Johnson | Stars: Douglas Barr, Royal Dano, Ariana Richards, J.J. Anderson
Votes: 3,939 | Gross: $15.37M
193. Quick Change (1990)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Crime
Three thieves successfully rob a New York City bank, but making the escape from the city proves to be almost impossible.
Directors: Howard Franklin, Bill Murray | Stars: Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, Dale Grand
Votes: 22,198 | Gross: $15.26M
194. Mr. Destiny (1990)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Unhappy Larry Burrows sees what his life could have been like if he had made that winning home run as a teenager.
Director: James Orr | Stars: Jim Belushi, Linda Hamilton, Michael Caine, Jon Lovitz
Votes: 13,265 | Gross: $15.38M
195. Death Warrant (1990)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
In a violent and corrupt prison, decorated cop Louis Burke must infiltrate the jail to find answers to a number of inside murders. What he finds is a struggle of life and death tied in to his own past.
Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb, George Dickerson
Votes: 20,784 | Gross: $16.85M
196. The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
R | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After his mistress runs over a young teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight and attracts the interest of a down-and-out reporter.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall
Votes: 26,739 | Gross: $15.69M
197. Revenge (I) (1990)
R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retired US Navy pilot comes to Mexico, where he falls in love with the wife of a powerful businessman. The consequences will be cruel and unforeseen.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn, Madeleine Stowe, Tomas Milian
Votes: 20,515 | Gross: $15.65M
198. I Love You to Death (1990)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime
Joey Boca (Kevin Kline) owns a pizza parlor, and is married to Rosalie (Tracey Ullman). He's also a serial womanizer. Rosalie goes to extremes when she finds he has been cheating.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, William Hurt, Joan Plowright
Votes: 15,551 | Gross: $16.19M
199. The Guardian (1990)
R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young couple with a newborn baby don't realize that the nanny they hired is a magical nymph who sacrifices infants to an evil tree.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Jenny Seagrove, Dwier Brown, Carey Lowell, Brad Hall
Votes: 6,393 | Gross: $17.04M
200. Men at Work (1990)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two garbage men uncover a conspiracy involving illegal toxic waste dumping and decide to bring the whole operation down.
Director: Emilio Estevez | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Leslie Hope, Keith David
Votes: 26,751 | Gross: $16.25M
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