Top Movies of 1990


The top movies of 1990 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

21. Ronin Gai ( Rônin-gai )

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kazuo Kuroki
Actors: Yoshio Harada, Kanako Higuchi, Shintarô Katsu, Takui Aoki, Hiroyuki Nagato, Kunie Tanaka

22. King of New York

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Abel Ferrara
Actors: Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, Victor Argo, Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito
Plot: It's Robin Hood with a gritty, urban twist - a drug lord has fallen but after prison he returns home determined to wipe out the competition and spread the wealth to poorer citizens.

23. Back to the Future Part III

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Thomas F. Wilson, Lea Thompson, Mary Steenburgen, Elisabeth Shue
Plot: Marty, Trapped in 1955 digs out the Time Machine from 1885 to rescue Doc Brown back in the Old West from Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen to finally bring them all back to 1985 when the time machine experiences a major problem that can not be dealt with in the late 1800's.

24. Sweetie

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jane Campion
Actors: Geneviève Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos, Jon Darling, Dorothy Barry, Michael Lake
Plot: Two sisters, very different but equally dysfunctional, try to get through life.

25. Time of the Gypsies ( Dom za vesanje )

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Serbian
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Emir Kusturica
Actors: Davor Dujmovic, Bora Todorovic, Ljubica Adzovic, Husnija Hasimovic, Sinolicka Trpkova, Zabit Memedov
Plot: Perhan is a young Romany (gypsy) who is gifted with telekinetic powers. Yet despite this gift, he finds himself seduced by the world of petty crime and quick cash - and the decision to make this life his own threatens to destroy not just his own life, but those around him as well.

26. The Krays

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Medak
Actors: Billie Whitelaw, Tom Bell, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Alfred Lynch, Susan Fleetwood
Plot: Follows the lives of twin brothers Ronald and Reginald Kray - London-born boys who rose to power in the 1960s as crime lords of the underworld.

27. Die Hard 2: Die Harder

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Renny Harlin
Actors: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, William Sadler, Dennis Franz, Reginald VelJohnson
Plot: Waiting for his wife at Dulles International Airport, John McClane is once again in the right place at the wrong time. A group of terrorists are plotting to release a drug kingpin and hold the entire airport hostage, including all the planes in the air. If they had known one of the planes held McClane's wife Holly, they would have waited.

28. Stephen King's It

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
Actors: Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher, Annette O'Toole, John Ritter, Tim Curry, Seth Green
Plot: This is Stephen King's story about a group of friends are called back to their hometown to face an evil they thought they defeated 30 years ago. In able to do so they are forced to open old wounds and face unwanted memories.

29. The Grifters

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Frears
Actors: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening, Jan Munroe, Stephen Tobolowsky, Michael Laskin
Plot: The story of three con artists; Roy, a small time grifter; Lily, his mother; and Myra, his girlfriend. As they face divided loyalties and conflicted feelings, a deadly triangle is formed in this gripping noir.

30. Wild at Heart

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Lynch
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Crispin Glover, Isabella Rossellini, Harry Dean Stanton
Plot: Lulu runs away with her lover Sailor - just out of prison and breaking probation in order to reach California - but Lulu's psychotic mother will stop at nothing to get her back - including sending hired killers after Sailor.

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