11. Killer, The ( Dip huet seung hung )
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Woo
Actors: Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Kenneth Tsang, Kong Chu, Fui-On Shing
Plot: A humane assassin Ah Jong (Chow Yun-fat) from the Triad tries to perform his last job to aid a club singer's fate of becoming blind. Police detective Li Ying (Danny Lee) hopes to bring a criminal to justice in any possible way.
12. The Hunt for Red October
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John McTiernan
Actors: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones, Joss Ackland
Plot: When Marko Ramius goes rogue and takes a revolutionary nuclear submarie to the U.S. the government is quick to judge him a threat, but CIA analyst Jack Ryan believes he is defecting. With the Russian and American navy both after the sub, it's only a matter of time before tough decisions will have to made on everyone's part.
13. Reversal of Fortune
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Actors: Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver, Annabella Sciorra, Uta Hagen, Fisher Stevens
Plot: Follows Alan Dershowitz as he defends wealthy socialite Claus von Bulow from attempted murder charges against his brain-dead wife. Instead of the trial, it focuses on Dershowitz and his team as they prepare their defense.
14. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John McNaughton
Actors: Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, Tracy Arnold, David Katz
Plot: FIlm based on real-life serial killer Henry Lee Lucas and his relationship with Otis and his sister.
15. Jacob's Ladder
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Adrian Lyne
Actors: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Pe?a, Danny Aiello, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Matt Craven, Eriq La Salle
Plot: A New York postal worker, has increasingly harrowing flashbacks to Vietnam as his life unravels before him.
16. State of Grace
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Phil Joanou
Actors: Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright Penn, John Turturro, John C. Reilly
Plot: After ten years, Terry Noonan returns to Hell's Kitchen where he quickly finds himself kindling an old flame but also getting involved with his brother and the mob. Soon he must decide where his true loyalties lie.
17. Pretty Woman
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Garry Marshall
Actors: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Jason Alexander, Alex Hyde-White, Hector Elizondo
Plot: A rich lawyer type falls in love with a prostitute as he takes her to his social events and uses her for sex until they both realize there is something more.
18. Total Recall
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin, Ronny Cox, Michael Ironside, Marshall Bell
Plot: A man, Arnold Schwarzenegger, goes on a virtual reality vacation to mars but when things start getting odd and dangerous he finds himself traveling to Mars for real to get a hold of things.
19. The Godfather: Part III
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Sofia Coppola, Joe Mantegna
Plot: Michael Corleone tries to make his business legit and save what is left of his family and his life.
20. Ghost
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jerry Zucker
Actors: Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze, Whoopi Goldberg, Vincent Schiavelli, Tony Goldwyn, Rick Aviles
Plot: Sam promises Molly he will always love and protect when he is mugged and killed he is allowed to stay on earth in a supernatural form to discover the truth about his murder.
