Films of 1990

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Last Updated: 3/28/25
Total Films: 115
Note: The year of each film is according to IMDb. It sometimes changes without my knowledge. When I become aware, I will make adjustments. Like the Oscars, I select the best for each category: picture, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, director, cinematography, editing, original screenplay, adapted screenplay, and documentary. This is based on the movies I've actually seen, and miniseries and telefilms are fair game. Each winner is named along with the next four ordered runner-ups (which may be less) and honorable mentions (if any). Any of these categories may be left blank if I feel there's no deserving winner. A ranked list of films is presented afterwards.



Best Picture
Dances With Wolves

2. Goodfellas
3. The Godfather Part III
4. Q&A
5. Vincent & Theo
Honorable Mentions: Days of Thunder, Back to the Future Part III, Pretty Woman, and Memphis Belle


Best Actor
Tim Roth (Vincent & Theo)

2. Ray Liotta (Goodfellas)
3. Nick Nolte (Q&A)
4. Kevin Costner (Dances With Wolves)
5. Richard Harris (The Field)
Honorable Mentions: Alec Baldwin (Miami Blues), Tom Cruise (Days of Thunder), John Cusack (The Grifters), Harrison Ford (Presumed Innocent), Richard Gere (Pretty Woman), Timothy Hutton (Q&A), Al Pacino (The Godfather Part III), Ron Silver (Reversal of Fortune), Sylvester Stallone (Rocky V), and Patrick Swayze (Ghost)


Best Actress
Kathy Bates (Misery)

2. Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman)
3. Maria de Medeiros (Henry & June)
4. Debra Winger (Everybody Wins)
5.
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Supporting Actor
Michael Rooker (Days of Thunder)

2. John Hurt (The Field)
3. Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune)
4. Andy Garcia (The Godfather Part III)
5. Paul Rhys (Vincent & Theo)
Honorable Mentions: Armand Assante (Q&A), Paul Calderon (Q&A), Charles S. Dutton (Q&A), Robert Duvall (Days of Thunder), Hector Elizondo (Pretty Woman), Michael Faustino (Judgment), Richard Gant (Rocky V), Tony Goldwyn (Ghost), Luis Guzmán (Q&A), Joe Mantegna (The Godfather Part III), Lee Richardson (Q&A), Eli Wallach (The Godfather Part III), and Thomas F. Wilson (Back to the Future Part III)


Best Supporting Actress
Whoopi Goldberg (Ghost)

2. Lorraine Bracco (Goodfellas)
3. Mary McDonnell (Dances With Wolves)
4. Virginia Madsen (The Hot Spot)
5. Annette Bening (The Grifters)
Honorable Mentions: Anne Archer (Love at Large), Sofia Coppola (The Godfather Part III), Maddie Corman (The Adventures of Ford Fairlane), Blythe Danner (Judgment), Laura San Giacomo (Pretty Woman), Talia Shire (The Godfather Part III), and Uma Thurman (Henry & June)


Best Director
Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas)

2. Kevin Costner (Dances With Wolves)
3. Robert Altman (Vincent & Theo)
4. Tony Scott (Days of Thunder)
5. Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall)
Honorable Mentions: Michael Caton-Jones (Memphis Belle), Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather Part III), Sidney Lumet (Q&A), Alan Pakula (Presumed Innocent), Jim Sheridan (The Field), Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future Part III), and Jerry Zucker (Ghost)


Best Cinematography
Jean Lépine (Vincent & Theo)

2. Dean Semler (Dances With Wolves)
3. Jack Conroy (The Field)
4. Gordon Willis (The Godfather Part III)
5. Andrzej Bartkowiak (Q&A)
Honorable Mentions: Philippe Rousselot (Henry & June), Ward Russell (Days of Thunder), Michael Seresin (Come See the Paradise), Vittorio Storaro (Sheltering Sky), Luciano Tovoli (Reversal of Fortune), and Jost Vacano (Total Recall)


Best Editing
Robert C. Jones, Chris Lebenzon, Bert Lovitt, Michael Tronick, Stuart Waks, and Billy Weber (Days of Thunder)

2. Thelma Schoonmaker (Goodfellas)
3. Jim Clark (Memphis Belle)
4. Neil Travis (Dances With Wolves)
5. Bud S. Smith and David Stiven (Darkman)
Honorable Mentions: John G. Avildsen, Robert A. Ferretti, and Michael N. Knue (Rocky V), O. Nicholas Brown (Tremors), Richard P. Cirincione (Q&A), Françoise Coispeau and Geraldine Peroni (Vincent & Theo), Harry Keramidas and Arthur Schmidt (Back to the Future Part III), Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman, and Walter Murch (The Godfather Part III), and Walter Murch (Ghost)


Best Original Screenplay
Robert Towne (Days of Thunder)

2. S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock (Tremors)
3. Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather Part III)
4. Julian Mitchell (Vincent & Theo)
5.
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Adapted Screenplay
Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas)

2. William Goldman (Misery)
3. Sidney Lumet (Q&A)
4. Michael Blake (Dances With Wolves)
5. Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, and Gary Goldman (Total Recall)
Honorable Mentions: None


Films Rated '10'
  1. Dances With Wolves

  2. Goodfellas

  3. The Godfather Part III

  4. Q&A

Films Rated '9'
  1. Vincent & Theo

  2. Days of Thunder

  3. Back to the Future Part III

  4. Pretty Woman

  5. Memphis Belle

  6. Total Recall

  7. Presumed Innocent

  8. Ghost

  9. Kindergarten Cop

  10. Misery

Films Rated '8'
  1. The Field

  2. Tremors

  3. Miami Blues

  4. Arachnophobia

  5. The Hunt For the Red October

  6. Internal Affairs

  7. Europa Europa

  8. Reversal of Fortune

  9. Judgment

  10. The Hot Spot

  11. Rocky V

  12. The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

  13. Awakenings

  14. The Handmaid's Tale

  15. Mr. Destiny

  16. Drug Wars: The Camarena Story

Films Rated '7'
  1. Bad Influence

  2. Darkman

  3. Hard To Kill

  4. Lionheart

  5. The Rookie

  6. Descending Angel

  7. Sheltering Sky

  8. Everybody Wins

  9. Too Young to Die?

  10. The Grifters

  11. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

  12. Love at Large

  13. Kaleidoscope

  14. Lord of the Flies

Films Rated '6'
  1. Die Hard 2

  2. The Bonfire of the Vanities

  3. Ski Patrol

  4. Side Out

  5. Mermaids

  6. Pacific Heights

  7. The Freshman

  8. King of New York

  9. Marked for Death

  10. Fine Things

  11. Class of 1999

  12. Problem Child

  13. The Boyfriend School

  14. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

  15. Shattered Dreams

Films Rated '5'
  1. Home Alone

  2. Come See the Paradise

  3. Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture

  4. Henry & June

  5. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

  6. Edward Scissorhands

  7. Flatliners

  8. Flashback

  9. Dick Tracy

  10. Prom Night III: The Last Kiss

Films Rated '4'
  1. Air America

  2. After Dark, My Sweet

  3. La Femme Nikita

  4. State of Grace

  5. The First Power

  6. Psycho IV: The Beginning

  7. Framed

  8. Jacob's Ladder

  9. Narrow Margin

  10. Pump Up the Volume

  11. Hamlet

Films Rated '3'
  1. I Love You to Death

  2. Wild at Heart

  3. Men at Work

  4. Watchers II

  5. The Return of Superfly

  6. Quick Change

  7. Repossessed

  8. Miller's Crossing

  9. The Russia House

  10. A Show of Force

  11. Truly, Madly, Deeply

  12. Another 48 Hrs.

Films Rated '2'
  1. Revenge

  2. Havana

  3. The Two Jakes

  4. White Palace

  5. The Krays

  6. White Hunter, Black Heart

  7. Das schreckliche Mädchen

  8. Cadillac Man

  9. Night of the Living Dead

  10. The Exorcist III

  11. Bird on a Wire

  12. Nightmare on the 13th Floor

  13. My Blue Heaven

  14. Texasville

  15. RoboCop 2

  16. Postcards from the Edge

  17. Predator 2

  18. Slacker

  19. The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter

Films Rated '1'
  1. Blue Steel

  2. Nightbreed

  3. Mo' Better Blues

  4. Child's Play 2