1990 in film

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The year 1990 in film involved many significant events as shown below. Universal Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1990, despite its actual 75th anniversary taking place in 1987.

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Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1990 by worldwide gross are as follows: [1]

Highest-grossing films of 1990
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 Ghost Paramount $505,702,588
2 Home Alone 20th Century Fox $476,684,675
3 Pretty Woman Buena Vista $463,406,268
4 Dances with Wolves Orion $424,208,848
5 Total Recall Sony / Carolco $261,317,921
6 Back to the Future Part III Universal $244,527,583
7 Die Hard 2 20th Century Fox $240,031,094
8 Presumed Innocent Warner Bros. $221,303,188
9 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Line $202,000,000
10 Kindergarten Cop Universal $91,457,688

Events

Awards

Category/Organization 48th Golden Globe Awards
January 19, 1991
44th BAFTA Awards
March 17, 1991
63rd Academy Awards
March 25, 1991
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best Film Dances with Wolves Green Card Goodfellas Dances with Wolves
Best Director Kevin Costner
Dances with Wolves
Martin Scorsese
Goodfellas
Kevin Costner
Dances with Wolves
Best Actor Jeremy Irons
Reversal of Fortune
Gérard Depardieu
Green Card
Philippe Noiret
Cinema Paradiso
Jeremy Irons
Reversal of Fortune
Best Actress Kathy Bates
Misery
Julia Roberts
Pretty Woman
Jessica Tandy
Driving Miss Daisy
Kathy Bates
Misery
Best Supporting Actor Bruce Davison
Longtime Companion
Salvatore Cascio
Cinema Paradiso
Joe Pesci
Goodfellas
Best Supporting Actress Whoopi Goldberg
Ghost
Best Screenplay, Adapted Michael Blake
Dances with Wolves
Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi
Goodfellas
Michael Blake
Dances with Wolves
Best Screenplay, Original Giuseppe Tornatore
Cinema Paradiso
Bruce Joel Rubin
Ghost
Best Original Score The Sheltering Sky
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Richard Horowitz
Cinema Paradiso
Ennio Morricone and Andrea Morricone
Dances with Wolves
John Barry
Best Original Song"Blaze of Glory"
Young Guns II
N/A"Sooner or Later"
Dick Tracy
Best Foreign Language Film Cyrano de Bergerac

Cinema Paradiso

Journey of Hope

1990 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 2 Alan Hale Jr. 68USActor
5 Arthur Kennedy 75USActor
6 Ian Charleson 40UKActor
6 Peter Cookson 76USActor
8 Terry-Thomas 78UKActor
10 Lyle R. Wheeler 84USArt Director
14 John Witty 74UKActor
15 Gordon Jackson 66UKActor
20 John Maxim 64UKActor
20 Barbara Stanwyck 82USActress
25 Ava Gardner 67USActress
26 Dodo Abashidze 66GeorgiaDirector
27 Helen Jerome Eddy 92USActress
February 2 Hans Schumm 93GermanyActor
6 John Merivale 72CanadaActor
6 Jimmy Van Heusen 77USSongwriter
8 Frank Ross 85USProducer
13 Ken Lynch 79USActor
14 Jean Wallace 66USActress
15 Henry Brandon 77GermanyActor
15 Michel Drach 59FranceDirector, Screenwriter, Producer
16 Joshua Shelley 70USActor
17 Allen Rivkin 86USScreenwriter
19 Gabriel Katzka 59USProducer
19 Michael Powell 84UKDirector
28 Fabia Drake 86UKActress
March 5 Gary Merrill 74USActor
17 Capucine 62SwitzerlandActress
18 Robin Harris 36USActor, Comedian
20 Maurice Cloche 82FranceDirector
28 Helene Reynolds 75USActress
April 2 Aldo Fabrizi 84ItalyActor
3 Clair Huffaker 63USScreenwriter
8 Ernest Steward 79UKCinematographer
11 Vanda Godsell 67UKActress
15 Greta Garbo 84SwedenActress
17 Joseph McMillan Johnson 77USArt Director, Production Designer, Visual Effects Artist
18 Robert D. Webb 87USDirector
20 Alex McCrindle 78UKActor
22 Albert Salmi 62USActor
23 Paulette Goddard 79USActress
25 Dexter Gordon 67USMusician, Actor
27 Bella Spewack 91USScreenwriter
May 1 Sunset Carson 69USActor
2 David Rappaport 38USActor
6 Charles Farrell 89USActor
10 Susan Oliver 58USActress
12 Anthony Masters 70UKProduction Designer
12 Nate Monaster 78USScreenwriter
14 Franklyn Seales 37West IndiesActor
16 Sammy Davis Jr. 64USActor, Singer
16 Jim Henson 53USPuppeteer, Director, Screenwriter, Producer
18 Jill Ireland 54UKActress
22 Max Wall 82UKActor
25 Vic Tayback 60USActor
June 1 Eric Barker 78UKActor
2 Rex Harrison 82UKActor
3 Tom Brown 70USActor
4 Jack Gilford 81USActor
6 Marcel Grignon 75FranceCinematographer
7 Barbara Baxley 67USActress
15 Leonard Sachs 80UKActor
20 Ina Balin 52USActress
23 Frank Gatliff 62UKActor
25 Sydney Boehm 82USScreenwriter
July 8 Howard Duff 76USActor
13 Lois Moran 81USActress
14 Philip Leacock 74UKDirector
15 Margaret Lockwood 73UKActress
15 Bud Thackery 87USCinematographer
19 Eddie Quillan 83USActor
20 Sergei Parajanov 66GeorgiaDirector
21 Stanley Shapiro 65USScreenwriter
23 Georges Flamant 86FranceActor
27 Elizabeth Allan 80UKActress
27 Ernest Archer 80UKArt Director
28 Jill Esmond 82UKActress
August 2 Edwin Richfield 68UKActor, Screenwriter
3 Betty Amann 85GermanyActress
12 Dorothy Mackaill 87USActress
12 Sara Seegar 76USActress
17 Pearl Bailey 72USActress, Singer
23 Dorothea Kent 74USActress
27 Raymond St. Jacques 60USActor
28 Edmund H. North 79USScreenwriter
September 4 Irene Dunne 91USActress
5 Jack Hildyard 82UKCinematographer
19 Werner Janssen 91USComposer
19 Hermes Pan 80USChoreographer
20 Jackie Moran 67USActor
October 4 Jill Bennett 58UKActress
4 Roy Charman 60UKSound Engineer
14 Leonard Bernstein 72USComposer
15 Delphine Seyrig 58FranceActress, Director
20 Joel McCrea 84USActor
27 Jacques Demy 59FranceDirector, Screenwriter, Composer
27 Ugo Tognazzi 68ItalyActor
November 2 William Travilla 70USCostume Designer
3 Valerie French 62UKActress
3 Mary Martin 76USActress, Singer
3 Walter H. Tyler 81USArt Director
4 Carol Sobieski 51USScreenwriter
10 Maura McGiveney 51USActress
11 Alexis Minotis 90GreeceActor
12 Eve Arden 82USActress
13 Don Chaffey 73New ZealandDirector
13 Maurice Richlin 70USScreenwriter
23 Roald Dahl 74UKScreenwriter
27 David White 74USActor
December 1 Sergio Corbucci 63ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
1 Carla Lehmann 73CanadaActress
2 Robert Cummings 80USActor
4 Edward Binns 79USActor
7 Joan Bennett 80USActress
8 Martin Ritt 76USDirector, Actor, Producer
9 Mike Mazurki 82USActor
18 Anne Revere 87USActress
18 Connie Russell 67USSinger, Actress
26 Gene Callahan 67USProduction Designer
28 Warren Skaaren 44USScreenwriter

Debuts

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References

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