Movies by Release Date: 1990

Poster for the movie "A Grand Day Out"

A Grand Day Out (1990)

NR 23 min - Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction, Family - 18 May 1990
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Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese and this provides an excellent excuse for the animated duo to take their holiday on the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. The moon is inhabited by a mechanical caretaker, who is not too happy about the two visitors from earth that nibble on the moon.

Director:  Nick Park
Stars:  Peter Sallis

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Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese and this provides an excellent excuse for the animated duo to take their holiday on the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. The moon is inhabited by a mechanical caretaker, who is not too happy about the two visitors from earth that nibble on the moon.


Collections: Nick Park

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Country:   United Kingdom
Language:  English
Release Date:  18 May 1990

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Production Companies:  Aardman Animations

Technical Specs

Runtime:  0 h 23 min
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Arachnophobia (1990)

PG-13 103 min - Comedy, Horror - 9 August 1990
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A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.

Director:  Frank Marshall

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A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.


Collections: Frank Marshall

Tagline: Eight legs, two fangs, and an attitude.

Genres: Comedy, Horror

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English, Spanish
Release Date:  9 August 1990

Box Office

Budget:  $31,000,000
Revenue:  $53,208,180

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Amblin Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures, Tangled Web Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 43 min
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Back to the Future Part III (1990)

PG 118 min - Adventure, Action, Comedy, Science Fiction, Family - 25 May 1990
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The final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking up Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.

Director:  Robert Zemeckis

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The final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking up Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.



Tagline: They've saved the best trip for last... But this time they may have gone too far.

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Official Website:  http://www.bttf.com/
Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  25 May 1990

Box Office

Budget:  $40,000,000
Revenue:  $244,527,583

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, U-Drive Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 58 min
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Bird on a Wire (1990)

PG-13 111 min - Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance - 18 May 1990
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A FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years, now an old flame has recognised him and the bad guys are back for revenge.

Director:  John Badham

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A FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years, now an old flame has recognised him and the bad guys are back for revenge.


Collections: John Badham

Tagline: He's every woman's dream and one woman's nightmare

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  18 May 1990

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Company Credits

Production Companies:  Universal Pictures, Interscope Communications, The Badham-Cohen Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 51 min
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Child's Play 2 (1990)

R 84 min - Drama, Horror - 9 November 1990
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Chuckie's back as the doll possessed by the soul of a serial killer, butchering all who stand in his way of possessing the body of a boy.

Director:  John Lafia

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Chuckie's back as the doll possessed by the soul of a serial killer, butchering all who stand in his way of possessing the body of a boy.


Collections: John Lafia, Child's play

Tagline: Look out Jack! Chucky's back!

Genres: Drama, Horror

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English, Turkish
Release Date:  9 November 1990

Box Office

Budget:  $13,000,000
Revenue:  $35,763,605

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 24 min
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Die Hard 2 (1990)

R 124 min - Action, Thriller - 2 July 1990
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John McClane is an off-duty cop gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military commandos led by a murderous rogue officer plot to rescue a drug lord from justice and are prepared for every contingency except one: McClane's smart-mouthed heroics.

Director:  Renny Harlin

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John McClane is an off-duty cop gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military commandos led by a murderous rogue officer plot to rescue a drug lord from justice and are prepared for every contingency except one: McClane's smart-mouthed heroics.


Collections: Renny Harlin, Die Hard

Tagline: Die Harder

Genres: Action, Thriller

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English, Spanish
Release Date:  2 July 1990

Box Office

Budget:  $70,000,000
Revenue:  $240,031,094

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Gordon Company, Silver Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  2 h 04 min
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Edward Scissorhands (1990)

PG-13 105 min - Fantasy, Drama, Romance - 5 December 1990
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A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

Director:  Tim Burton

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A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.


Collections: Tim Burton

Tagline: His scars run deep.

Genres: Fantasy, Drama, Romance

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  5 December 1990

Box Office

Budget:  $20,000,000
Revenue:  $53,000,000

Company Credits

Production Companies:  20th Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 45 min
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Ghost (1990)

PG-13 127 min - Fantasy, Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance - 12 July 1990
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Gothamites Sam and Molly see their romance shattered when a street thug kills Sam during a mugging. But love endures beyond the grave when a spectral Sam learns that Molly is in danger and he must find a way to warn her before she suffers his fate.

Director:  Jerry Zucker

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Gothamites Sam and Molly see their romance shattered when a street thug kills Sam during a mugging. But love endures beyond the grave when a spectral Sam learns that Molly is in danger and he must find a way to warn her before she suffers his fate.


Collections: Jerry Zucker

Tagline: A love that will last forever.

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  12 July 1990

Box Office

Budget:  $22,000,000
Revenue:  $505,000,000

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  2 h 07 min
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GoodFellas (1990)

R 145 min - Drama, Crime - 12 September 1990
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The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

Director:  Martin Scorsese
Stars:  Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero, Tony Darrow, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Chuck Low, Frank DiLeo, Henny Youngman, Gina Mastrogiacomo, Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Suzanne Shepherd, Debi Mazar, Margo Winkler, Welker White, Jerry Vale, Julie Garfield, Christopher Serrone, Elaine Kagan, Beau Starr, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Imperioli, Robbie Vinton, Johnny Williams, Daniel P. Conte, Tony Conforti, Frank Pellegrino, Ronald Maccone, Tony Sirico, Joseph D'Onofrio, Steve Forleo, Richard Dioguardi, Frank Adonis, John Manca, Joseph Bono, Katherine Wallach, Mark Evan Jacobs, Angela Pietropinto, Marianne Leone Cooper, Marie Michaels, LoNardo, Melissa Prophet, Illeana Douglas, Susan Varon, Elizabeth Whitcraft, Clem Caserta, Samuel L. Jackson, Fran McGee, Paul Herman, Edward McDonald, Edward Hayes, Gina Mattia, Joel Calendrillo, Anthony Valentin, Edward D. Murphy, Michael Citriniti, Peter Hock, Erasmus C. Alfano, John Di Benedetto, Manny Alfaro, Thomas Lowry, Margaret Smith, Richard Mullally, Frank Albanese, Paul McIsaac, Bob Golub, Louis Eppolito, Tony Lip, Mikey Black, Peter Cicale, Anthony Powers, Vincent Pastore, Anthony Alessandro, Victor Colicchio, Mike Contessa, Philip Suriano, Paul Mougey, Norman Barbera, Anthony Polemeni, James Quattrochi, Lawrence Sacco, Dino Laudicina, Thomas E. Camuti, Andrew Scudiero, Irving Welzer, Jesse Kirtzman, Russell Halley, Spencer Bradley, Bob Altman, Joanna Bennett, Gayle Lewis, Gaetano Lisi, Luke Walter, Ed Deacy, Larry Silvestri, John 'Cha Cha' Ciarcia, Vito Picone, Janis Corsair, Lisa D’Apolito, Frank Aquilino, Michael Calandrino, Vito Antuofermo, Vincent Gallo, Gaetano LoGiudice, Garry Pastore, Nicole Burdette, Stella Keitel, Dominique DeVito, Michaelangelo Graziano, Paula Kcira, Nadine Kay, Tony Ellis, Peter Onorati, Jamie deRoy, Joel Blake, H. Clay Dear, Thomas Hewson, Gene Canfield, Margaux Guerard, Violet Gaynor, Tobin Bell, Berlinda Tolbert, Nancy Cassaro, Adam Wandt, Joe Gioco, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Alyson Jones, Ruby Gaynor, Bo Dietl, Frank Cassini, Anthony Caso, Lisa Bostnar, Billy L. Sullivan, Daniela Barbosa

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The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.


Collections: Martin Scorsese

Tagline: Three Decades of Life in the Mafia.

Genres: Drama, Crime

Details

Country:   United States of America
Language:  Italian, English
Release Date:  12 September 1990

Box Office

Budget:  $25,000,000
Revenue:  $46,835,000

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Winkler Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:  2 h 25 min
Poster for the movie "Gremlins 2: The New Batch"

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

PG-13 106 min - Comedy, Horror, Fantasy - 15 June 1990
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Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!

Director:  Joe Dante
Writers:  Charles S. Haas

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Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!


Collections: Joe Dante

Tagline: Here they grow again.

Genres: Comedy, Horror, Fantasy

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  15 June 1990

Box Office

Budget:  $50,000,000
Revenue:  $41,482,207

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Amblin Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 46 min
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Home Alone (1990)

9 103 min - Comedy, Family - 9 November 1990
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Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ready to defend his territory. By planting booby traps galore, adorably mischievous Kevin stands his ground as his frantic mother attempts to race home before Christmas Day.

Director:  Chris Columbus

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Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ready to defend his territory. By planting booby traps galore, adorably mischievous Kevin stands his ground as his frantic mother attempts to race home before Christmas Day.


Tagline: A Family Comedy Without the Family.

Genres: Comedy, Family

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  9 November 1990

Box Office

Budget:  $18,000,000
Revenue:  $476,684,675

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Hughes Entertainment, 20th Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 43 min
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Kindergarten Cop (1990)

PG-13 111 min - Comedy - 21 December 1990
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Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try his patience and test his mettle, Kimble may have met his match … in more ways than one.

Director:  Ivan Reitman

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Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try his patience and test his mettle, Kimble may have met his match … in more ways than one.


Collections: Ivan Reitman

Tagline: Go ahead, you tell him you didn't do your homework.

Genres: Comedy

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English, Spanish
Release Date:  21 December 1990

Box Office

Budget:  $15,000,000
Revenue:  $201,957,688

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 51 min
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Stephen King's It (1990)

192 min - Fantasy, Drama, Horror - 18 November 1990
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A series of murders prompts Mike Hanlon to suspect that the supernatural menace that he and a group of friends battled as children has returned. He begins to call his friends to remind them of the oath they swore: if It returned again, they would come back to Derry to do battle again.

Director:  Tommy Lee Wallace

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A series of murders prompts Mike Hanlon to suspect that the supernatural menace that he and a group of friends battled as children has returned. He begins to call his friends to remind them of the oath they swore: if It returned again, they would come back to Derry to do battle again.


Collections: Tommy Lee Wallace

Tagline: From the King of terror, a chilling new dimension in horror.

Genres: Fantasy, Drama, Horror

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Country:   Canada,   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  18 November 1990

Box Office

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Lorimar Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:  3 h 12 min
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Total Recall (1990)

R 113 min - Action, Adventure, Science Fiction - 1 June 1990
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Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he's off to Mars to find out who he is and who planted the chip.

Director:  Paul Verhoeven

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Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he's off to Mars to find out who he is and who planted the chip.


Collections: Paul Verhoeven

Tagline: They stole his mind, now he wants it back.

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  1 June 1990

Box Office

Budget:  $65,000,000
Revenue:  $261,317,921

Company Credits

Production Companies:  TriStar Pictures, Carolco Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 53 min
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Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out (1990)

NR 23 min - Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction, Family - 18 May 1990
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Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese and this provides an excellent excuse for the animated duo to take their holiday on the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. The moon is inhabited by a mechanical caretaker, who is not too happy about the two visitors from earth that nibble on the moon.

Director:  Nick Park
Stars:  Peter Sallis

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Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese and this provides an excellent excuse for the animated duo to take their holiday on the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. The moon is inhabited by a mechanical caretaker, who is not too happy about the two visitors from earth that nibble on the moon.


Collections: Nick Park

Tagline: Join the ultimate human-canine team as they blast off in a home-made rocket to see if the moon is really made of cheese.

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Country:   United Kingdom
Language:  English
Release Date:  18 May 1990

Box Office

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Aardman Animations

Technical Specs

Runtime:  0 h 23 min