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.

61. The Long Walk Home

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Pearce
Actors: Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg, Dwight Schultz, Ving Rhames, Dylan Baker, Erika Alexander

62. Postcards from the Edge

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Nichols
Actors: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner
Plot: Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Carrie Fisher, Postcards from the Edge follows a fallen Hollywood idol, trying to come back from the depths of drug and alcohol abuse while also trying to emerge from the shadow of her famous mother.

63. Bullet in the Head ( Die xue jie tou )

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Woo
Actors: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee, Simon Yam, Fennie Yuen, Yolinda Yam

64. Night of the Living Dead

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tom Savini
Actors: Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles, McKee Anderson, William Butler, Katie Finneran, Bill Moseley
Plot: A remake of the 1968 classic finds a group of people once again stranded in a farm house while legions of the undead try to get inside.

65. Speaking Parts

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Atom Egoyan
Actors: Michael McManus, Arsinée Khanjian, Gabrielle Rose, Tony Nardi, David Hemblen, Patricia Collins
Plot: A struggling actor works as a hotel custodian but in actuality is rented out as a gigalo by his manager. While he spurns all advances by a co-worker, he leaves his resume in a screenwriter's hotel room leading to a part - and a new lover - but she has her own issues as she realizes her script is being re-written by the producer.

66. DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Bob Hathcock
Actors: Alan Young, Christopher Lloyd, Terence McGovern, Russi Taylor, June Foray, Rip Taylor
Plot: Scrooge McDuck takes his nephews to Egypt to find a pyramid that contains a magic lamp.

67. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Steve Barron
Actors: Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Josh Pais, David Forman, Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden
Plot: Four large, mutated turtles, with the help of their large, mutated, rat mentor, fight the evil Shredder.

68. Q & A

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante, Patrick O'Neal, Luis Guzmán, Charles S. Dutton
Plot: A young lawyer works with a decorated, but dirty detective, while trying to sort out his feelings for a past love who is involved in one of the detectives escapades.

69. Cry-Baby

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Waters
Actors: Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Polly Bergen, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake
Plot: Teenagers in the 1950 battle to be hip or be square. Johnny Depp plays Cry Baby, the leader of the coolest gang around. He falls for a Square (played by Amy Locane) but society wants to keep them apart.

70. The Prince and the Pauper

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: George Scribner
Actors: Wayne Allwine, Bill Farmer, Arthur Burghardt, Tony Anselmo, Charles Adler, Frank Welker
Plot: Mickey Mouse and his double switch places in order to experience life on the other side of the social order.

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