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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.

Highest-grossing filmsEdit

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Highest-grossing films of 1990
Rank Title Distributor Worldwide 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 TriStar / Carolco $261,317,921
6 Back to the Future Part III Universal $245,000,000
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 $202,084,756
10 Kindergarten Cop Universal $201,957,688

EventsEdit

AwardsEdit

Category/Organization 48th Golden Globe Awards
January 19, 1991
44th BAFTA Awards
March 17, 1991
63rd Academy Awards
March 25, 1991
Drama Musical 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 filmsEdit

By country/regionEdit

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BirthsEdit

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

Film debutsEdit

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