1990 in film

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

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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:[1]

Highest-grossing films of 1990
RankTitleStudioWorldwide gross
1 Ghost Paramount $505,702,588
2 Home Alone Fox $476,684,675
3 Pretty Woman Disney $463,406,268
4 Dances with Wolves Orion $424,208,848
5 Total Recall Sony / Carolco $261,317,921
6 Back to the Future Part III Universal $244,527,583
7 Die Hard 2 Fox $240,031,094
8 Presumed Innocent Warner Bros. $221,303,188
9 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Line $201,965,915
10 Kindergarten Cop Universal $201,957,688

Events

Awards
Category/Organization48th Golden Globe Awards
January 19, 1991		63rd Academy Awards
March 25, 1991		44th BAFTA Awards
March 17, 1991
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmDances with WolvesGreen CardDances with WolvesGoodfellas
Best DirectorKevin Costner
Dances with Wolves		Martin Scorsese
Goodfellas
Best ActorJeremy Irons
Reversal of Fortune		Gérard Depardieu
Green Card		Jeremy Irons
Reversal of Fortune		Philippe Noiret
Cinema Paradiso
Best ActressKathy Bates
Misery		Julia Roberts
Pretty Woman		Kathy Bates
Misery		Jessica Tandy
Driving Miss Daisy
Best Supporting ActorBruce Davison
Longtime Companion		Joe Pesci
Goodfellas		Salvatore Cascio
Cinema Paradiso
Best Supporting ActressWhoopi Goldberg
Ghost
Best Screenplay, AdaptedMichael Blake
Dances with Wolves		Michael Blake
Dances with Wolves		Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi
Goodfellas
Best Screenplay, OriginalBruce Joel Rubin
Ghost		Giuseppe Tornatore
Cinema Paradiso
Best Original ScoreThe 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 FilmCyrano de BergeracJourney of Hope

Cinema Paradiso

1990 wide-release movies

January–March
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Y		 5 Henry: Portrait of a Serial KillerGreycat FilmsJohn McNaughton (director/screenplay); Richard Fire (screenplay); Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, Tracy ArnoldHorror, CrimeLive action
12 Downtown20th Century FoxRichard 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 CurtoAction, ComedyLive action
Internal AffairsParamount PicturesMike 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 KapelosCrime, ThrillerLive action
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre IIINew Line CinemaJeff 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 WilliamsHorrorLive action
The Plot Against HarryNew Yorker FilmsMichael Roemer (director/screenplay); Martin Priest, Ben Lang, Maxine Woods, Henry Nemo, Jacques Taylor, Jean Leslie, Ellen Herbert, Sandra Kazan, Ronald Coralian, Max UlmanComedyLive action
Ski PatrolEpic ProductionsRichard 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 RoseComedyLive action
19 Brain DeadConcordeAdam 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 HinkleyHorror, ThrillerLive action
Everybody WinsOrion PicturesKarel Reisz (director); Arthur Miller (screenplay); Debra Winger, Nick Nolte, Will Patton, Jack Warden, Judith Ivey, Kathleen Wilhoite, Frank Converse, James ParisiDramaLive action
TremorsUniversal PicturesRon 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 PappasComedy, HorrorLive action
27 The ImageHBO Pictures / Citadel EntertainmentPeter 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 VlastnikDramaLive action
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Y		 2 FlashbackParamount PicturesFranco Amurri (director); David Loughery (screenplay); Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, Carol Kane, Paul Dooley, Cliff DeYoung, Richard Masur, Michael McKeanAction, ComedyLive action
Heart ConditionNew Line CinemaJames 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 LandeyFantasy, ComedyLive action
Men Don't LeaveWarner Bros. PicturesPaul Brickman (director/screenplay); Barbara Benedek (screenplay); Jessica Lange, Arliss Howard, Joan Cusack, Chris O'Donnell, Kathy Bates, Charlie Korsmo, Belita MorenoComedy, DramaLive action
StellaTouchstone Pictures / The Samuel Goldwyn CompanyJohn 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 PorterDramaLive action
9 Hard to KillWarner Bros. PicturesBruce 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 LivelyActionLive action
Loose CannonsTriStar PicturesBob 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 GreenquistComedyLive action
Stanley & IrisMetro-Goldwyn-MayerMartin 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 RootRomance, DramaLive action
16 Courage MountainTriumph FilmsChristopher 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 LudlowDramaLive action
MadhouseOrion PicturesTom 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 OttoComedyLive action
23 Mountains of the MoonTriStar Pictures / Carolco PicturesBob 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 OkelloAdventure, DramaLive action
Nightbreed20th Century Fox / Morgan Creek ProductionsClive 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 HenryFantasy, HorrorLive action
RevengeColumbia Pictures / RastarTony 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 MurceloCrime, Drama, ThrillerLive action
Where the Heart IsTouchstone PicturesJohn 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 PogueRomance, ComedyLive action
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H		 2 The Hunt for Red OctoberParamount PicturesJohn 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 ZinnerAction, ThrillerLive action
9 Bad InfluenceTriumph FilmsCurtis 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 KaakeDramaLive action
Coupe de VilleUniversal Pictures / Morgan Creek ProductionsJoe 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 SegalComedy, HorrorLive action
The Handmaid's TaleMetro-Goldwyn-MayerVolker 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 StrubleDramaLive action
House PartyNew Line CinemaReginald 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 HudlinComedyLive action
Joe Versus the VolcanoWarner Bros. Pictures / Amblin EntertainmentJohn 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 LeBlancRomance, ComedyLive action
Last of the FinestOrion PicturesJohn 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 CampbellAction, CrimeLive action
Love at LargeOrion PicturesAlan 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 BlockerRomance, MysteryLive action
16 Blind FuryTriStar Pictures / Interscope CommunicationsPhillip 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 LeeAction, SamuraiLive action
Blue SteelMetro-Goldwyn-MayerKathryn 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 StarrAction, ThrillerLive action
The Forbidden DanceColumbia PicturesGreydon 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 CreoleDramaLive action
LambadaCannon FilmsJoel 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 HofmanDramaLive action
Lord of the FliesColumbia Pictures / Castle Rock Entertainment / Nelson EntertainmentHarry Hook (director); Jay Presson Allen (screenplay); Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly, James Badge Dale, Andrew Taft, Edward Taft, Gary Rule, Michael Greene, Bob PeckThrillerLive action
Nuns on the Run20th Century FoxJonathan 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 YueComedyLive action
23 Pretty WomanTouchstone PicturesGarry 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 RazzacRomance, ComedyLive action
A Shock to the SystemCorsair PicturesJan 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. JacksonCrime, ThrillerLive action
30 Opportunity KnocksUniversal Pictures / Imagine EntertainmentDonald 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 ScottComedyLive action
Side OutTriStar PicturesPeter 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 VélezSportsLive action
Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesNew Line CinemaSteve 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 SistiAction, Comedy, Martial Arts, FantasyLive action
31 The AmbulanceTriumph FilmsLarry 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'HareThrillerLive action

April–June
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L		 3 CatchfireVestron PicturesDennis 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 BasilAction, Thriller, DramaLive action
6 The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her LoverPalace Pictures / MiramaxPeter 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 GoodyCrime, DramaLive action
Cry-BabyUniversal Pictures / Imagine EntertainmentJohn 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 SweetRomance, Comedy, MusicalLive action
Ernest Goes to JailTouchstone PicturesJohn 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. MuellerComedyLive action
The First PowerOrion Pictures / Nelson EntertainmentRobert 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 AbbottHorrorLive action
I Love You to DeathTriStar PicturesLawrence 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 CatesComedyLive action
ImpulseWarner Bros. PicturesSondra Locke (director); John DeMarco, Leigh Chapman (screenplay); Theresa Russell, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza, Alan RosenbergThrillerLive action
In the SpiritAcademy EntertainmentSandra 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 DurangComedyLive action
13 Crazy PeopleParamount PicturesTony 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 PackerComedyLive action
The Gods Must Be Crazy IIColumbia PicturesJamie Uys (director/screenplay); N!xau, Lena Farugia, Hans Strydom, Eiros, Nadies, Erick Bowen, Treasure Tshabalala, Pierre Van Pletzen, Lourens SwanepoelComedyLive action
Vital Signs20th Century FoxMarisa 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 ZoltaszekComedy, DramaLive action
20 ChattahoocheeHemdale Film CorporationMick 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 NewmanDramaLive action
LisaMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer / United ArtistsGary Sherman (director/screenplay); Karen Clark (screenplay); Cheryl Ladd, D. W. Moffett, Staci Keanan, Tanya Fenmore, Jeffrey Tambor, Julie Cobb, Edan GrossDrama, ThrillerLive action
Miami BluesOrion PicturesGeorge Armitage (director/screenplay); Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Charles Napier, Nora Dunn, Obba Babatundé, Jose Perez, Paul GleasonAction, Crime, ThrillerLive action
27 The GuardianUniversal PicturesWilliam 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 GelmanHorrorLive action
Q&ATriStar PicturesSidney 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 ChianeseCrimeLive action
Spaced InvadersTouchstone PicturesPatrick 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 ThatcherSci-Fi, ComedyLive action
Wild OrchidTriumph ReleasingZalman King (director/screenplay); Patricia Louisianna Knop (screenplay); Mickey Rourke, Jacqueline Bisset, Carré Otis, Bruce Greenwood, Assumpta SernaEroticLive action
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Y		 4 Short Time20th Century Fox / Gladden EntertainmentGregg 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 TritterAction, Comedy, CrimeLive action
Tales from the Darkside: The MovieParamount PicturesJohn 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 RochelleHorrorLive action
11 The Big BangTriton PicturesJames Toback (director); James Toback, Anne Marie Keyes, Barbara Traub, Tony Sirico, Fred Hess, Veronica Geng, Jack Richardson, Don Simpson, Elaine KaufmanDocumentaryLive action
Class of 1999Lightning PicturesMark 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 FraserSci-FiLive action
Far Out ManNew Line CinemaTommy 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 HertzbergComedyLive action
A Show of ForceParamount PicturesBruno Barreto (director); Evan Jones, John Strong (screenplay); Amy Irving, Andy García, Lou Diamond Phillips, Robert Duvall, Kevin Spacey, Erik Estrada, Jorge Castillo, Lupe OntiverosThrillerLive action
18 Bird on a WireUniversal PicturesJohn Badham (director); Louis Venosta, David Seltzer (screenplay); Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine, Bill Duke, Stephen Tobolowsky, Joan Severance, Jeff CoreyAction, ComedyLive action
Cadillac ManOrion PicturesRoger 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 KlarComedyLive action
19 By Dawn's Early LightHBO Pictures / Paravision InternationalJack 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 DivoffAction, Drama, ThrillerLive action
20 Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi ChaseABC / New World Television / ItzBinso Long Productions / P.A. ProductionsLamont Johnson (director); E. Jack Neuman, Truddi Chase (screenplay); Shelley Long, Tom Conti, John Rubinstein, Alan Fudge, Jamie Rose, Christine Healy, Ernie Lively, Carl Ciarfalio, John Hancock, Frank Converse, Robert Costanzo, Val Bettin, Miriam Johnson, Manuel DePina, Brendan Dillon, David Fox-Brenton, Guido Koock, Bennett Liss, Joe Minjares, Melinda Peterson, Steven M. Porter, Benjamin L. Scott, Nicholas Scott, Marsha Van Winkle, Alisha Waite, Irina Cashen, Tiffany Ballenger, Kelly Brookman, Stephanie Watson, Lisa WatsonDramaLive action
22 The SwordsmanFilm WorkshopKing Hu (director); Kwan Man-leung (screenplay); Sam Hui, Cecilia Yip, Jacky Cheung, Sharla Cheung, Fennie YuenActionLive action
25 Back to the Future Part IIIUniversal Pictures / Amblin EntertainmentRobert 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 TopSci-Fi, Comedy, WesternLive action
Fire BirdsTouchstone PicturesDavid 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 LópezAction, ThrillerLive action
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Total RecallTriStar Pictures / Carolco PicturesPaul 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 NaffSci-Fi, ActionLive action
8 Another 48 Hrs.Paramount PicturesWalter 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 OrlandiAction, Crime, ComedyLive action
15 Dick TracyTouchstone PicturesWarren 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, James Caan, Catherine O'Hara, Mike Hagerty, Arthur Malet, Bert Remsen, Jack Kehoe, Mary Woronov, Estelle Parsons, Hamilton Camp, Bing Russell, Robert Costanzo, Marshall Bell, Allen Garfield, John Schuck, Charles Fleischer, Walker Edmiston, John Moschitta Jr., Neil Ross, Colm Meaney, Mike Mazurki, Ian Wolfe, Chuck Hicks, Neil Summers, Stig Eldred, Lawrence Steven Meyers, Robert Beecher, Rita Bland, Lada Boder, Dee Hengstler, Liz Imperio, Michelle Johnston, Karyne Ortega, Karen Russell, Lew Horn, Michael Donovan O'Donnell, Jim WilkeyActionLive action
Gremlins 2: The New BatchWarner Bros. Pictures / Amblin EntertainmentJoe 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, Shawn Nelson, Archie Hahn, Ron Fassler, Jason Presson, Patrika Darbo, Jerry Goldsmith, Rick Ducommun, John Capodice, Belinda Balaski, Paul Bartel, Kenneth Tobey, Raymond Cruz, Julia Sweeney, Charles S. Haas, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Dean Norris, John Astin, Henry Gibson, Leonard Maltin, Hulk Hogan, Dick Butkus, Bubba Smith, Howie Mandel, Tony Randall, Frank Welker, Kirk R. Thatcher, Mark Dodson, Neil Ross, Jeff Bergman, Joe Dante, Michael Sheehan, Nancy McConnorComedy, HorrorLive action
22 Betsy's WeddingTouchstone PicturesAlan Alda (director/screenplay); Alan Alda, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Madeline Kahn, Joe Pesci, Joey Bishop, Anthony LaPaglia, Burt Young, Catherine O'Hara, Julie Bovasso, Nicolas Coster, Bibi Besch, Dylan Walsh, Camille Saviola, Allan Rich, Sully Boyar, Monica Carr, Frankie R. Faison, Tom Mardirosian, Larry Block, Helen Hanft, Samuel L. JacksonComedyLive action
Felix the Cat: The MovieNew World PicturesTibor Hernádi (director); Peter Brown (screenplay); Chris Phillips, Alice PlaytenFantasyAnimation
RoboCop 2Orion PicturesIrvin 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 MartinSci-Fi, ActionLive action
24 FramedHBO PicturesDean 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 DareComedy, CrimeLive action
27 Days of ThunderParamount Pictures / Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer FilmsTony 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 JenkinsSportsLive action
29 Ghost DadUniversal PicturesSidney 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 ScheineComedy, FantasyLive action

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Y		 4 Die Hard 220th Century FoxRenny 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 MeaneyAction, ThrillerLive action
6 Jetsons: The MovieUniversal Pictures / Hanna-BarberaWilliam 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 PaulsenComedy, FamilyAnimation
11 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane20th Century FoxRenny 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 LoderAction, ComedyLive action
13 GhostParamount PicturesJerry 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 JarchowRomance, Fantasy, ThrillerLive action
The Invisible ManiacRepublic PicturesAdam Rifkin (director/screenplay); Noel PetersDramaLive action
The Jungle Book (re-release)Walt Disney PicturesWolfgang 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 HendersonMusical, ComedyAnimation
Quick ChangeWarner Bros. PicturesHoward 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 GilpinComedyLive action
18 ArachnophobiaHollywood Pictures / Amblin EntertainmentFrank Marshall (director); Don Jakoby, Wesley Strick (screenplay); Jeff Daniels, Harley Jane Kozak, John Goodman, Julian Sands, Stuart Pankin, Brian McNamara, Mark L. Taylor, Henry Jones, Peter Jason, James Handy, Roy Brocksmith, Kathy Kinney, Mary Carver, Garette Patrick Ratliff, Frances Bay, Lois de Banzie, Brandy Norwood, Marlene KatzComedy, HorrorLive action
20 The FreshmanTriStar PicturesAndrew 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 SchellCrime, ComedyLive action
Navy SEALsOrion PicturesLewis 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 VentureActionLive action
22 El DiabloHBO PicturesPeter 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 RisleyWesternLive action
26 Blood OathRoadshow EntertainmentStephen 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 BarrettDramaLive action
27 Chicago Joe and the ShowgirlNew Line CinemaBernard Rose (director); David Yallop (screenplay); Kiefer Sutherland, Emily Lloyd, Patsy Kensit, Liz Fraser, John Lahr, Harry Fowler, Keith Allen, Angela MorantCrime, DramaLive action
Presumed InnocentWarner Bros. PicturesAlan 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 WrightThrillerLive action
Problem ChildUniversal Pictures / Imagine EntertainmentDennis Dugan (director); Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski (screenplay); John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Jack Warden, Gilbert Gottfried, Amy Yasbeck, Michael Richards, Peter Jurasik, Colby Kline, Dennis DuganComedyLive action
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3 DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost LampWalt Disney PicturesBob 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 WelkerAdventure, Comedy, FantasyAnimation
MetropolitanNew Line CinemaWhit Stillman (director/screenplay); Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Taylor Nichols, Chris Eigeman, Allison Parisi, Dylan HundleyComedy, DramaLive action
Mo' Better BluesUniversal Pictures / 40 Acres and a Mule FilmworksSpike 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 BladesDramaLive action
10 Air AmericaTriStar Pictures / Carolco PicturesRoger 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 JasonAction, ComedyLive action
Asterix and the Big FightGaumontDavid N. Weiss (director/screenplay); Henry WinklerAdventure, ComedyAnimation
FlatlinersColumbia PicturesJoel 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 GrantSci-Fi, Drama, ThrillerLive action
The Two JakesParamount PicturesJack 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 DunawayMystery, ThrillerLive action
17 The Exorcist III20th Century Fox / Morgan Creek ProductionsWilliam 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. JacksonHorrorLive action
My Blue HeavenWarner Bros. PicturesHerbert 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 SusiComedyLive action
Taking Care of BusinessHollywood PicturesArthur 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 ByrnesComedyLive action
Wild at HeartThe Samuel Goldwyn CompanyDavid 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 TaylorCrime, ThrillerLive action
19 Women & Men: Stories of SeductionHBO ShowcaseFrederic 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 RaphaelRomance, DramaLive action
22 Pump Up the VolumeNew Line CinemaAllan 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 HamptonComedy, DramaLive action
24 After Dark, My SweetAvenue PicturesJames Foley (director/screenplay); Robert Redlin (screenplay); Jason Patric, Rocky Giordani, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern, Mike Hagerty, George Dickerson, Corey CarrierThrillerLive action
DarkmanUniversal PicturesSam 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 GardnerAction, ThrillerLive action
Delta Force 2: The Colombian ConnectionCannon FilmsAaron Norris (director); Lee Reynolds (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Billy Drago, John P. Ryan, Richard Jaeckel, Paul Perri, Mark MargolisActionLive action
DreamsWarner Bros. PicturesIshirō Honda (director); Akira Kurosawa (director/screenplay); Akira Terao, Martin Scorsese, Mitsunori Isaki, Chishū Ryū, Mieko HaradaDramaLive action
Men at WorkTriumph FilmsEmilio 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" TrentonComedyLive action
The WitchesWarner Bros. PicturesNicolas 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 PalinComedy, FantasyLive action
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9 Somebody Has to Shoot the PictureHBO PicturesFrank 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 WolfDramaLive action
12 Postcards from the EdgeColumbia PicturesMike 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 PlattComedy, DramaLive action
14 Death WarrantMetro-Goldwyn-MayerDeran 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 HankinActionLive action
HardwarePalace Pictures / Miramax FilmsRichard 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, LemmySci-Fi, HorrorLive action
RepossessedSeven Arts Pictures / Carolco PicturesBob 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 ArcherdComedyLive action
State of GraceOrion PicturesPhil 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 CunninghamThrillerLive action
White Hunter Black HeartWarner Bros. Pictures / RastarClint 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 SpallThrillerLive action
19 GoodfellasWarner Bros. PicturesMartin 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.CrimeLive action
21 Don't Tell Her It's MeMetro-Goldwyn-MayerMalcolm Mowbray (director); Sarah Bird (screenplay); Steve Guttenberg, Jami Gertz, Shelley Long, Kyle MacLachlan, Mädchen Amick, O'Neal Compton, Beth GrantRomance, ComedyLive action
Funny About LoveParamount PicturesLeonard 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 EwingRomance, ComedyLive action
Narrow MarginTriStar Pictures / Carolco PicturesPeter Hyams (director/screenplay); Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James B. Sikking, J. T. Walsh, M. Emmet Walsh, Susan Hogan, Nigel Bennett, J. A. Preston, Harris YulinThrillerLive action
28 I Come in PeaceTriumph FilmsCraig 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 LeongAction, Sci-FiLive action
King of New YorkSeven Arts Pictures / Carolco PicturesAbel 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 PerrineauCrime, DramaLive action
Pacific Heights20th Century Fox / Morgan Creek ProductionsJohn 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 TysonThrillerLive action
TexasvilleColumbia Pictures / Nelson EntertainmentPeter Bogdanovich (director/screenplay); Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Annie Potts, Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid, Timothy Bottoms, Eileen Brennan, William McNamaraDramaLive action

October–December
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R		 5 AvalonTriStar Pictures / Baltimore PicturesBarry 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 GuttmanDramaLive action
Desperate HoursMetro-Goldwyn-MayerMichael 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 BammanCrime, DramaLive action
Fantasia (re-release)Walt Disney PicturesSamuel 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 TaylorFantasyAnimation
Henry & JuneUniversal PicturesPhilip 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 AtkineBiography, DramaLive action
Marked for Death20th Century FoxDwight 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 CliffActionLive action
Miller's Crossing20th Century FoxJoel 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 KrupaCrimeLive action
ShakmaCastle Hill Productions / Quest EntertainmentHugh Parks, Tom Logan (director); Roger Engle (screenplay); Christopher Atkins, Amanda Wyss, Ari Meyers, Roddy McDowallHorrorLive action
12 Memphis BelleWarner Bros. PicturesMichael 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 McDonaldAction, DramaLive action
Mr. DestinyTouchstone PicturesJames 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 BuffingtonComedyLive action
To Sleep with AngerThe Samuel Goldwyn CompanyCharles Burnett (director/screenplay); Danny Glover, Richard Brooks, Paul Butler, Mary AliceDramaLive action
Troll 2Metro-Goldwyn-MayerClaudio Fragasso (director/screenplay); Michael Stephenson, George Hardy, Margo Prey, Connie McFarland, Deborah Reed, Jason F. Wright, Darren Ewing, Jason Steadman, Ethan SarphieHorror, FantasyLive action
Welcome Home, Roxy CarmichaelParamount PicturesJim 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 MercurioComedy, DramaLive action
13 JudgmentHBO PicturesTom 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 BronsonDramaLive action
19 Night of the Living DeadColumbia PicturesTom Savini (director); George A. Romero (screenplay); Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles, McKee Anderson, William Butler, Katie Finneran, Heather Mazur, Bill Moseley, Russell StreinerHorrorLive action
Quigley Down UnderMetro-Goldwyn-MayerSimon 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 HallWesternLive action
Reversal of FortuneWarner Bros. PicturesBarbet 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 CampDramaLive action
White PalaceUniversal PicturesLuis 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 McCallRomance, DramaLive action
26 Graveyard ShiftParamount Pictures / Columbia PicturesRalph 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 WelkerHorrorLive action
The Hot SpotOrion PicturesDennis 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 FryeThrillerLive action
Sibling RivalryColumbia Pictures / Castle Rock Entertainment / Nelson EntertainmentCarl Reiner (director); Martha Goldhirsh (screenplay); Kirstie Alley, Sam Elliott, Jami Gertz, Bill Pullman, Carrie Fisher, Scott Bakula, Ed O'Neill, Frances Sternhagen, John RandolphComedyLive action
SoultakerAIP Home VideoMichael Rissi (director); Vivian Schilling (screenplay); Joe Estevez, Vivian Schilling, Gregg Thomsen, Chuck Williams, Robert Z'Dar, David "Shark" Fralick, Jean ReinerFantasy, HorrorLive action
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Frankenstein Unbound20th Century FoxRoger 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 TreasHorrorLive action
Graffiti BridgeWarner Bros. PicturesPrince (director/screenplay); Prince, Morris Day, Jerome Benton, The Time, Jill Jones, Mavis Staples, George Clinton, Ingrid Chavez, Tevin Campbell, Robin Power, Rosie Gaines, Elisa FiorilloMusical, DramaLive action
Jacob's LadderTriStar Pictures / Carolco PicturesAdrian 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 LangHorrorLive action
9 Child's Play 2Universal PicturesJohn Lafia (director); Don Mancini (screenplay); Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, Christine Elise, Grace Zabriskie, Brad Dourif, Peter Haskell, Beth Grant, Greg Germann, Adam WylieHorror, ComedyLive action
GunsMalibu Bay FilmsAndy Sidaris (director/screenplay); Erik Estrada, Dona Speir, Devin DeVasquez, Danny Trejo, Cynthia BrimhallActionLive action
The KraysRank Film DistributorsPeter 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 JewelDramaLive action
10 Psycho IV: The BeginningUniversal Television / Smart Money Productions / ShowtimeMick Garris (director); Joseph Stefano (screenplay); Anthony Perkins, Henry Thomas, Olivia Hussey, CCH Pounder, Warren Frost, John Landis, Kurt Paul, Alice Hirson, Donna Mitchell, Thomas Schuster, Sharen Camille, Bobbi Evors, Doreen ChalmersSlasherLive action
11 The Great Los Angeles EarthquakeNBC / Von Zerneck Sertner FilmsLarry Elikann (director); William Bast, Paul Huson (screenplay); Joanna Kerns, Dan Lauria, Lindsay Frost, Joe Spano, Michael T. Weiss, Richard Masur, Ed Begley Jr., Bonnie Bartlett, Alan Autry, Holly Fields, Brock Peters, Stephen Elliott, Robert Ginty, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Silvana Gallardo, Charles Siebert, Richard Herd, J. Kenneth Campbell, Kasi Lemmons, Ross Kettle, Eloy Casados, Jacob Vargas, Steven V. Barr, Patrick Thomas O'Brien, Jean Speegle Howard, Vladimir Kulich, Michael Bendetti, Lance E. Nichols, Jeff ImadaDisasterLive action
16 Home Alone20th Century Fox / Hughes EntertainmentChris 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 CampbellComedy, FamilyLive action
The Rescuers Down UnderWalt Disney PicturesHendel 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, Russi Taylor, Charlie Adler, Jack Angel, Vanna Bonta, Peter Greenwood, Patrick Pinney, Phil Proctor, Mickie McGowan, Carla Meyer, Marii MakAdventureAnimation
Rocky VUnited ArtistsJohn 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 NahanSports, DramaLive action
18 Stephen King's ItABC / Warner Bros. Television DistributionTommy 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 HarrisHorror, DramaLive action
21 Dances with WolvesOrion PicturesKevin 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. CostanzaWesternLive action
Hidden AgendaHemdale Film CorporationKen Loach (director); Jim Allen (screenplay); Frances McDormand, Brian Cox, Brad Dourif, Mai Zetterling, John Benfield, Des McAleer, Jim Norton, Maurice Roëves, Ian McElhinney, Michelle FairleyThrillerLive action
The Nutcracker PrinceWarner Bros. Pictures / Lacewood ProductionsPaul 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 SearsRomance, FantasyAnimation
Predator 220th Century FoxStephen 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 RayleAction, Sci-FiLive action
Robot JoxEmpire International PicturesStuart Gordon (director); Joe Haldeman (screenplay); Gary Graham, Anne-Marie Johnson, Paul KosloSci-FiLive action
Three Men and a Little LadyTouchstone PicturesEmile Ardolino (director); Charlie Peters (screenplay); Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis, Christopher Cazenove, Robin Weisman, Fiona Shaw, John Boswall, Sheila HancockComedyLive action
23 Mr. and Mrs. BridgeMiramax FilmsJames 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 LicataDramaLive action
25 Descending AngelHBO PicturesJeremy 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 WalkerDrama, Thriller, WarLive action
30 MiseryColumbia Pictures / Castle Rock Entertainment / Nelson EntertainmentRob Reiner (director); William Goldman (screenplay); James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth, Frances SternhagenHorrorLive action
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5 The GriftersMiramax FilmsStephen 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 BaronNeo-Noir, Crime, DramaLive action
7 The RookieWarner Bros. PicturesClint 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 WilliamsActionLive action
9 The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside StoryHBO ShowcaseLeslie 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 EllisDramaLive action
12 HavanaUniversal PicturesSydney 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 CaridiDramaLive action
The Sheltering SkyWarner Bros. PicturesBernardo 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 NovembreDramaLive action
14 Edward Scissorhands20th Century FoxTim 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 ArkinFantasy, RomanceLive action
Look Who's Talking TooTriStar PicturesAmy 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 BrooksComedyLive action
MermaidsOrion PicturesRichard Benjamin (director); June Roberts (screenplay); Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder, Michael Schoeffling, Christina Ricci, Caroline McWilliams, Jan MinerComedy, DramaLive action
17 AwakeningsColumbia PicturesPenny 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 GordonDramaLive action
19 Almost an AngelParamount PicturesJohn 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 FriasCrimeLive action
HamletWarner Bros. PicturesFranco 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 AnholtDramaLive action
The Russia HouseMetro-Goldwyn-MayerFred 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 StintonActionLive action
21 The Bonfire of the VanitiesWarner Bros. PicturesBrian 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 WilsonDrama, ComedyLive action
Kiki's Delivery ServiceTriStar Pictures / Streamline PicturesGreg Snegoff (director/screenplay); Lisa Michelson, Kerrigan Mahan, Alexandra Kenworthy, Edie Mirman, Eddie Frierson, Greg Snegoff, Barbara Goodson, John Dantona, Melanie MacQueen, Wendee Lee, Lara Cody, Diane Michelle, Doug Stone, Steve Kramer, Carl Macek, Russi TaylorDrama, FamilyAnimation
Kindergarten CopUniversal Pictures / Imagine EntertainmentIvan 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 YustmanComedy, ThrillerLive action
The Long Walk HomeMiramax FilmsRichard 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 SteenburgenHistorical, DramaLive action
23 Come See the Paradise20th Century FoxAlan 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 MezickDramaLive action
25 AliceOrion PicturesWoody 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 MinerRomance, FantasyLive action
The Godfather Part IIIParamount PicturesFrancis 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 CicchiniCrime, DramaLive action
Green CardTouchstone PicturesPeter Weir (director/screenplay); Gérard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell, Bebe Neuwirth, Gregg Edelman, Robert Prosky, Lois Smith, Ann Dowd, Larry Wright, Ethan PhillipsRomance, ComedyLive action

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MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 2Alan Hale68USActor
5Arthur Kennedy75USActor
6Ian Charleson40UKActor
6Peter Cookson76USActor
8Terry-Thomas78UKActor
10Lyle R. Wheeler84USArt Director
14John Witty74UKActor
15Gordon Jackson66UKActor
18Rusty Hamer42USActorDance with Me, Henry
20John Maxim64UKActor
20Barbara Stanwyck82USActress
25Ava Gardner67USActress
26Dodo Abashidze66USSRDirector
27Helen Jerome Eddy92USActress
February 2Hans Schumm93GermanyActor
6John Merivale72CanadaActor
6Jimmy Van Heusen77USSongwriter
8Frank Ross85USProducer
13Ken Lynch79USActor
14Jean Wallace66USActress
15Henry Brandon77GermanyActor
15Michel Drach59FranceDirector, Writer, Producer
16Joshua Shelley70USActor
17Allen Rivkin86USScreenwriter
19Gabriel Katzka59USProducer
19Michael Powell84UKDirector
28Fabia Drake86UKActress
March 5Gary Merrill74USActor
17Capucine62SwitzerlandActress
18Robin Harris36USActor
20Maurice Cloche82FranceDirector
28Helene Reynolds75USActress
April 2Aldo Fabrizi84ItalyActor
3Clair Huffaker63USScreenwriter
8Ernest Steward79UKCinematographer
11Vanda Godsell67UKActress
15Greta Garbo84SwedenActress
18Robert D. Webb87USDirector
20Alex McCrindle78UKActor, Producer
22Albert Salmi62USActor
23Paulette Goddard79USActress
25Dexter Gordon67USMusician, Actor
May 1Sunset Carson69USActor
2David Rappaport38USActor
6Charles Farrell89USActor
10Susan Oliver58USActress
14Franklyn Seales37West IndiesActor
16Sammy Davis Jr.64USActor, Singer
16Jim Henson53USActor, Writer, Producer
18Jill Ireland54UKActress
22Max Wall82UKActor, Writer
25Vic Tayback60USActor
June 1Eric Barker78UKActor, Writer
2Jack Gilford81USActor
2Rex Harrison82UKActor
3Tom Brown70USActor
7Barbara Baxley67USActress
15Leonard Sachs80UKActor
20Ina Balin52USActress
23Frank Gatliff62UKActor
25Sydney Boehm82USScreenwriter
July 8Howard Duff76USActor
13Lois Moran81USActress
14Philip Leacock74UKDirector
15Margaret Lockwood73UKActress
19Eddie Quillan83USActor
20Sergei Parajanov66USSRDirector
27Elizabeth Allan80UKActress
21Stanley Shapiro65USScreenwriter
28Jill Esmond82UKActress
August 2Edwin Richfield68UKActor, Writer
3Betty Amann85GermanyActress
12Dorothy Mackaill87USActress
12Sara Seegar76USActress
17Pearl Bailey72USActress, Singer
23Dorothea Kent74USActress
27Raymond St. Jacques60USActor
28Edmund H. North79USScreenwriter
September 4Irene Dunne91USActress
20Jackie Moran67USActor
October 4Jill Bennett58UKActress
15Delphine Seyrig58FranceActress, Director
20Joel McCrea84USActor
27Jacques Demy59FranceDirector, Screenwriter, Composer
27Ugo Tognazzi68ItalyActor
November 3Valerie French62UKActress
3Mary Martin76USActress, Singer
10Maura McGiveney51USActress
11Alexis Minotis90GreeceActor
12Eve Arden82USActress
13Don Chaffey73New ZealandDirector
23Roald Dahl74UKWriter
24Dodie Smith94UKWriter, ActressOne Hundred and One Dalmatians
27David White74USActor
December 1Sergio Corbucci63ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
1Carla Lehmann73CanadaActress
2Bob Cummings80USActor
4Edward Binns79USActor
7Joan Bennett80USActress
8Martin Ritt76USDirector, Actor, Producer
9Mike Mazurki82USActor, Technical Advisor
18Anne Revere87USActress
18Connie Russell67USSinger, Actress

Debuts

References
  1. "1990 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
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