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1990 In Film Information

The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.

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Events

Top grossing films (worldwide)

Rank Title Studio Actors Director Gross
1. Ghost Paramount Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg Jerry Zucker $505,702,588
2. Home Alone Fox Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara and John Heard Chris Columbus $476,684,675
3. Pretty Woman Touchstone Richard Gere and Julia Roberts Garry Marshall $464,406,268
4. Jetsons: The Movie Universal/Hanna-Barbera George O'Hanlon, Mel Blanc, Penny Singleton, Tiffany,

Patrick Zimmerman, Don Messick and Jean Vander Pyl

 William Hanna and Joseph Barbera $424,208,848
5. Total Recall TriStar Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside and Ronny Cox Paul Verhoeven $261,299,840
6. Back to the Future Part III Universal Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen and Thomas F. Wilson Robert Zemeckis $244,527,583
7. Die Hard 2: Die Harder Fox Bruce Willis Renny Harlin $240,031,094
8. Presumed Innocent Warner Bros. Harrison Ford, John Spencer, Brian Dennehy, Raúl Juliá, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Winfield and Greta Scacchi Alan J. Pakula $221,303,188
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Line Cinema Judith Hoag and Elias Koteas Steve Barron $201,965,915
10 Kindergarten Cop Universal Arnold Schwarzenegger Ivan Reitman $201,957,688

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Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Dances with Wolves - Tig Productions, Majestic Films International
Best Director: Kevin Costner - Dances With Wolves
Best Actor: Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune
Best Actress: Kathy Bates - Misery
Best Supporting Actor: Joe Pesci - Goodfellas
Best Supporting Actress: Whoopi Goldberg - Ghost
Best Foreign Language Film: Journey of Hope (Reise der Hoffnung), directed by Xavier Koller, Switzerland

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: Dances With Wolves
Best Actor: Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune
Best Actress: Kathy Bates - Misery
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture: Green Card
Best Actor: Gérard Depardieu - Green Card
Best Actress: Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman
Other
Best Director: Kevin Costner - Dances with Wolves
Best Foreign Language Film: Cyrano de Bergerac, France

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Wild at Heart, directed by David Lynch, United States

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, directed by Tom Stoppard, U.K. / U.S.A.

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Music Box, directed by Costa Gavras, United States
Larks on a String (Skrivánci na niti), directed by Jiri Menzel, Czechoslovakia

Films released in 1990

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Wide-release movies

January–March

April–June

June 8 "Another 48 Hrs"

July–September

October–December

Births

Notable deaths

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 2 Alan Hale, Jr. 68 Actor Hang 'Em High • Johnny Dangerously • The Fifth Musketeer
5 Arthur Kennedy 75 Actor Lawrence of Arabia • Peyton Place • Elmer Gantry • The Man from Laramie • Fantastic Voyage • Nevada Smith
6 Ian Charleson 40 Actor Chariots of Fire • Gandhi • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
10 Lyle R. Wheeler 84 Art Director Gone with the Wind • The Day the Earth Stood Still • All About Eve • The Diary of Anne Frank • Rebecca • Broken Lance • Twelve O'Clock High
15 Gordon Jackson 66 Actor The Great Escape • The Ipcress File • Shaka Zulu
27 Zelda Rubinstein 76 Actress Sixteen Candles • Poltergeist • Teen Witch • Southland Tales
February 1 David Brown 93 Producer The Sugarland Express • The Sting • Jaws • The Verdict • Cocoon • Driving Miss Daisy • The Player • A Few Good Men
1 Justin Mentell 27 Actor G-Force • Palo Alto • Roll Bounce
5 Ian Carmichael 89 Actor Miss Robin Hood • Private's Progress • Brothers in Law • I'm All Right Jack • School for Scoundrels • The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
16 John Davis Chandler 75 Actor The Young Savages • Ride the High Country • Once a Thief • The Outlaw Josey Wales
17 Kathryn Grayson 88 Actress Show Boat • Anchors Aweigh • Till the Clouds Roll By • Andy Hardy's Private Secretary • The Toast of New Orleans • Thousands Cheer
19 Lionel Jeffries 83 Actor, Screenwriter, Director Stage Fright • The Colditz Story • Bhowani Junction • Tarzan the Magnificent • Two-Way Stretch • The Trials of Oscar Wilde • First Men in the Moon •Camelot • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang • The Railway Children • The Amazing Mr Blunden
22 Robin Davies 56 Actor Shakespeare in Love • Blood on Satan's Claw • Britannia Hospital
26 Richard Devon 84 Actor Magnum Force • The Seventh Sign • The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze
28 Martin Benson 91 Actor The Omen • Cleopatra • Goldfinger • The King and I • Angela's Ashes
March 4 Nan Martin 82 Actress A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors • Shallow Hal • Cast Away • Toys in the Attic
5 Charles B. Pierce 71 Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Actor, Set decorator, cinematographer Sudden Impact • The Legend of Boggy Creek • Dillinger • The Phantom Tollbooth • Carny
10 Corey Haim 38 Actor Lucas • Crank: High Voltage • The Lost Boys • License to Drive • Blown Away • Dream a Little Dream
14 Peter Graves 83 Actor Airplane! • Stalag 17 • Addams Family Values • Men in Black II • House on Haunted Hill • Looney Tunes: Back in Action
15 David J. Steinberg 45 Actor Willow • Epic Movie
18 Fess Parker 85 Actor Old Yeller • The Great Locomotive Chase • Harvey • The Light in the Forest • Island in the Sky
24 Robert Culp 79 Actor Sunday in New York • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice • Hannie Caulder • The Pelican Brief
April 1 John Forsythe 92 Actor Destination Tokyo • The Trouble with Harry • In Cold Blood • ...And Justice for All
4 Lori Martin 62 Actor Cape Fear • The Chase
6 Sam Menning 85 Actor The Onion Movie • The Butcher's Wife • The Prestige • Life Stinks
8 James Aubrey 62 Actor Lord of the Flies • Spy Game • The Hunger
8 Christopher Cazenove 65 Actor Three Men and a Little Lady • Zulu Dawn • A Knight's Tale • Aces: Iron Eagle III
9 Meinhardt Raabe 94 Actor The Wizard of Oz
10 Dixie Carter 70 Actress That Evening Sun • Going Berserk
16 Sid Conrad 86 Actor The Glimmer Man • Caddyshack II • King Kong
17 Dede Allen 86 Film Editor Dog Day Afternoon • Bonnie and Clyde • The Hustler • Reds • Wonder Boys • The Breakfast Club • Little Big Man
23 Shay Duffin 79 Actor Seabiscuit • The Departed • Leprechaun • Beowulf • Titanic • Newsies • Raging Bull
25 Dorothy Provine 75 Actress It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • That Darn Cat! • The Great Race • Never a Dull Moment
May 1 Danny Aiello III 53 Stuntman Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind • Catch Me If You Can • Burn After Reading • The Last Boy Scout • Scent of a Woman • Meet Dave • Die Hard: With a Vengeance • Kate & Leopold • Sex and the City • Hoffa • Ladder 49 • Shooter • In America • Jungle 2 Jungle
2 Lynn Redgrave 67 Actress Gods and Monsters • Georgy Girl • Shine • The Jane Austen Book Club • Tom Jones • Peter Pan • The Wild Thornberrys Movie • Kinsey
3 Jimmy Gardner 85 Actor Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves • Frenzy • Finding Neverland • Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
9 Lena Horne 92 Actress Panama Hattie • Cabin in the Sky • Stormy Weather • The Wiz
16 Ronnie James Dio 67 Singer, Actor, Writer Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
23 Simon Monjack 39 Writer Factory Girl
24 Paul Gray 38 Musician Rollerball • Behind the Player: Paul Gray
26 Art Linkletter 97 Actor, Comedian Champagne for Caesar
28 Eddie Barth 78 Actor Fame • The Amityville Horror • Osmosis Jones • Babe: Pig in the City • Rover Dangerfield
28 Gary Coleman 42 Actor, Comedian Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star • An American Carol • S.F.W.
29 Dennis Hopper 74 Actor, Director Speed • Giant • Land of the Dead • Easy Rider • True Romance • The Indian Runner • Apocalypse Now • Hoosiers • Blue Velvet • True Grit • Waterworld • Hang 'Em High • Swing Vote • Cool Hand Luke • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 • Rebel Without a Cause • Super Mario Bros. • Rumble Fish • Chattahoochee • Boiling Point • EDtv • Knockaround Guys • Meet the Deedles • Paris Trout • River's Edge • Out of the Blue • Jesus' Son • Space Truckers • Alpha and Omega • Black Widow • Hell Ride
31 William A. Fraker 86 Cinematographer, Director, Producer The President's Analyst • Rosemary's Baby • Looking for Mr. Goodbar • Heaven Can Wait • 1941 • WarGames • Irreconcilable Differences • Murphy's Romance • Tombstone • Close Encounters of the Third Kind • Heaven Can Wait • Street Fighter
June 3 Rue McClanahan 76 Actress The Rotten Apple • Walk the Angry Beach • Hollywood After Dark • The Fighting Temptations • Some of My Best Friends Are... • They Might Be Giants • Starship Troopers
4 Richard Dunn 73 Actor Road to Perdition • The Wedding Singer
6 Robert B. Radnitz 85 Producer My Side of the Mountain • Sounder • Cross Creek • Island of the Blue Dolphins
13 Jimmy Dean 81 Singer, Actor Diamonds Are Forever • Big Bad John
16 Ronald Neame 99 Director, Cinematographer Scrooge • The Poseidon Adventure • Meteor • Gambit • The Odessa File • Hopscotch
17 Elżbieta Czyżewska 72 Actress The Saragossa Manuscript • Music Box • Małżeństwo z rozsądku • The First Day of Freedom • The Impossible Goodbye • Mąż swojej żony
19 Vince O'Brien 90 Actor Annie Hall • Quiz Show • Six Degrees of Separation • The Cross and the Switchblade
21 Tam White 67 Actor, Musician Cutthroat Island • The Negotiator • Braveheart
22 Tracy Wright 50 Actress Monkey Warfare • Superstar
23 Allyn Ferguson 85 Composer Back to the Secret Garden • Little Lord Fauntleroy • The Count of Monte Cristo • Avalanche Express • The Last Days of Patton • Pancho Barnes • Ivanhoe • Camille
27 Aldo Giuffre 86 Actor The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
27 Corey Allen 75 Actor, Director Rebel Without a Cause • I-Man • The Chapman Report
30 Elliott Kastner 80 Producer Where Eagles Dare • The Long Goodbye • Equus
July 1 Ilene Woods 81 Actress, Singer Cinderella
9 Vonetta McGee 65 Actress Blackula • Repo Man
10 Robert Spillane 45 Actor The Thomas Crown Affair
13 Alan Hume 85 Cinematographer Return of the Jedi • A Fish Called Wanda • Supergirl • Octopussy
15 Peter Fernandez 83 Voice Actor, Actor Speed Racer • What's Eating Gilbert Grape • That Man from Rio
15 Kip King 72 Actor A Night at the Roxbury • Westworld • Corky Romano • Perfumed Garden
16 James Gammon 70 Actor Urban Cowboy • Major League • Cold Mountain • The Country Bears • In the Electric Mist • Wyatt Earp• Silver Bullet • I Love You to Death • The Adventures of Huck Finn • Cabin Boy • Wild Bill • Ironweed • A Man Called Horse • Silverado • The Iron Giant
27 Maury Chaykin 61 Actor Entrapment • Dances with Wolves • My Cousin Vinny • Intern Academy • Casino Jack
31 Tom Mankiewicz 69 Screenwriter, Director, Producer Diamonds Are Forever • Superman • Dragnet
August 1 Robert F. Boyle 100 Art Director, Production Designer Saboteur • North by Northwest • Cape Fear • The Birds
8 Patricia Neal 84 Actress The Fountainhead • The Breaking Point • The Day the Earth Stood Still • A Face in the Crowd • Breakfast at Tiffany's • Hud • In Harm's Way • The Subject Was Roses • Cookie's Fortune
9 George DiCenzo 70 Actor Back to the Future • Close Encounters of the Third Kind • The Exorcist III • A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints • Helter Skelter
10 David L. Wolper 82 Producer, Documentary Film-maker The Race for Space • The Making of the President, 1960 • Four Days in November • The Devil's Brigade • The Bridge at Remagen • The Hellstrom Chronicle • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory • This is Elvis • L.A. Confidential
11 Bruno Schleinstein 78 Actor, Musician, Artist The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser • Stroszek
14 Abby Lincoln 80 Actress, Singer The Girl Can't Help It • Nothing But a Man • For Love of Ivy • Mo' Better Blues
24 Satoshi Kon 46 Director Perfect Blue • Millennium Actress • Tokyo Godfathers • Paprika
September 1 Cammie King 76 Actress Gone with the Wind • Bambi
3 Robert Schimmel 60 Actor, Comedian Blankman • A Low Down Dirty Shame • Scary Movie 2
7 Clive Donner 84 Director, Film Editor The Purple Plain • Nothing But the Best • What's New Pussycat? • Luv • Alfred the Great
7 Glenn Shadix 58 Actor Beetlejuice • Planet of the Apes • The Nightmare Before Christmas • Dunston Checks In • Demolition Man
11 Harold Gould 86 Actor The Sting • Patch Adams • The Master of Disguise • Brother Bear • Stuart Little
11 Kevin McCarthy 96 Actor Invasion of the Body Snatchers • Twilight Zone: The Movie • Just Cause • Death of a Salesman • UHF • Greedy • Piranha • Winged Victory • The Misfits • Hotel • A Big Hand for the Little Lady
12 Claude Chabrol 80 Director Madame Bovary • Story of Women • Les Cousins
19 Irving Ravetch 89 Screenwriter The Long, Hot Summer • Home from the Hill • Hud • The Reivers • The Cowboys • Norma Rae • Murphy's Romance
26 Gloria Stuart 100 Actress Back Street • The Old Dark House • The Kiss Before the Mirror • It's Great to Be Alive • Secret of the Blue Room • The Invisible Man • Roman Scandals • Here Comes the Navy • Gold Diggers of 1935 • Poor Little Rich Girl • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm • My Favorite Year • Mass Appeal • Wildcats • Titanic • The Love Letter • The Million Dollar Hotel • Land of Plenty
28 Sally Menke 56 Film Editor Pulp Fiction • Kill Bill • Inglourious Basterds • Reservoir Dogs • Jackie Brown • Heaven & Earth
28 Arthur Penn 88 Director, Producer The Left Handed Gun • The Miracle Worker • Mickey One • The Chase • Bonnie and Clyde • Alice's Restaurant • Little Big Man • Night Moves • The Missouri Breaks • Four Friends • Target • Dead of Winter
29 Tony Curtis 85 Actor Houdini • The Black Shield of Falworth • Trapeze • Sweet Smell of Success • The Vikings • The Defiant Ones • Some Like It Hot • Operation Petticoat • Spartacus • The Great Impostor • Taras Bulba • Captain Newman, M.D. • The Great Race • The Boston Strangler • The Last Tycoon • Little Miss Marker • The Mirror Crack'd
29 Joe Mantell 94 Actor Marty • Storm Center • Beau James • The Birds • Chinatown • The Two Jakes
October 4 Norman Wisdom 95 Actor, Comedian Trouble in Store • The Square Peg • A Stitch in Time • The Early Bird
5 Roy Ward Baker 93 Director A Night to Remember • Quatermass and the Pit
12 Angelo Infanti 71 Actor The Godfather • Letters to Juliet
14 Simon MacCorkindale 58 Actor Death on the Nile • The Riddle of the Sands • The Sword and the Sorcerer • Jaws 3-D
15 Johnny Sheffield 79 Actor Tarzan Finds a Son! • Tarzan's Secret Treasure • Tarzan's New York Adventure • Bomba, the Jungle Boy
16 Barbara Billingsley 94 Actress Airplane! • The Bad and the Beautiful • Leave It to Beaver • Shadow on the Wall
19 Tom Bosley 83 Actor Love with the Proper Stranger • The World of Henry Orient • Divorce American Style • The Secret War of Harry Frigg • Yours, Mine and Ours • Gus • Million Dollar Mystery
19 Graham Crowden 87 Actor Out of Africa • For Your Eyes Only • Calender Girls
25 Lisa Blount 53 Actress, Producer An Officer and a Gentleman • The Accountant • Chrystal
28 James MacArthur 72 Actor The Young Stranger • The Light in the Forest • Third Man on the Mountain • Kidnapped • Swiss Family Robinson • The Interns • Spencer's Mountain • The Bedford Incident • Battle of the Bulge • Hang 'Em High
29 George Hickenlooper 47 Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Documentary Film-maker Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse • Ghost Brigade • Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade • The Low Life • Dogtown • The Man from Elysian Fields • Being Mick • Mayor of the Sunset Strip • Factory Girl • Casino Jack
November 4 Michelle Nicastro 50 Singer, Voice Actor The Swan Princess • When Harry Met Sally...
5 Jill Clayburgh 66 Actress The Terminal Man • Silver Streak • Semi-Tough • An Unmarried Woman • Starting Over • First Monday in October • I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can • Hanna K. • Love and Other Drugs
10 Dino De Laurentiis 91 Producer Bitter Rice • La Strada • Battle of the Bulge • The Bible: In The Beginning • Danger: Diabolik • Barbarella • Serpico • Death Wish • Ragtime • Conan the Barbarian • Dune • The Bounty • Raw Deal • Marie • Blue Velvet • Tai-Pan • Manhunter • U-571 • Hannibal • Red Dragon • Army of Darkness
13 Luis García Berlanga 89 Director Welcome Mr. Marshall! • The Executioners • Everyone to Jail
15 Moira Hoey 88 Actress This Is My Father • Angela's Ashes • Headrush • The Tiger's Tail
20 Heinz Weiss 89 Actor The Great Escape • Tread Softly • Die Rechnung - eiskalt serviert • Murderers Club of Brooklyn • Death in the Red Jaguar • Dead Body on Broadway • The Little Drummer Girl
23 Ingrid Pitt 73 Actress Doctor Zhivago • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum • Where Eagles Dare • The House That Dripped Blood • Countess Dracula • The Wicker Man • Who Dares Wins
27 Irvin Kershner 87 Director The Empire Strikes Back • Robocop 2 • Never Say Never Again
28 Giorgos Fountas 86 Actor Stella • Never on Sunday
28 Leslie Nielsen 84 Actor Ransom! • Forbidden Planet • Creepshow • The Poseidon Adventure • Airplane! • The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! • The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear • Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult • Dracula: Dead and Loving It • Scary Movie 3 • Mr. Magoo • Superhero Movie
29 Mario Monicelli 95 Director I soliti ignoti • L'armata Brancaleone • Amici miei • Caro Michele • Un borghese piccolo piccolo• Il Marchese del Grillo• Le rose del deserto
30 Ted Sorel 74 Actor Network • Lenny
December 15 Jean Rollin 72 Director, Producer, Writer, Actor Le Viol du Vampire • Les Raisins de la Mort
15 Blake Edwards 88 Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor Operation Petticoat • Breakfast at Tiffany's • Days of Wine and Roses • The Pink Panther • A Shot in the Dark • 10 • S.O.B. • Victor/Victoria
19 Lupe Gigliotti 84 Actress Os Normais
20 Steve Landesberg 74 Actor Forgetting Sarah Marshall • Wild Hogs • King of the Corner
27 Grant McCune 67 Visual Effects Artist Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope • Ghostbusters II • Speed • Richie Rich • Rambo • Executive Decision

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