Best Movies of 1990
Most watched in 1990
GoodFellas1990 · ★ 8.5 · 2h 25m
Edward Scissorhands1990 · ★ 7.7 · 1h 45m
Home Alone1990 · ★ 7.5 · 1h 43m
Back to the Future Part III1990 · ★ 7.5 · 1h 59m
Pretty Woman1990 · ★ 7.4 · 2h 0m
The Godfather Part III1990 · ★ 7.4 · 2h 42m
#1 GoodFellas (1990) · ★ 8.5 · 14,822 votes · 2h 25m · drama, crimeThe 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 gu…
#2 Misery (1990) · ★ 7.8 · 5,423 votes · 1h 47m · thriller, dramaAfter an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote…
#3 Dances with Wolves (1990) · ★ 7.8 · 4,834 votes · 3h 1m · adventure, drama, westernWounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, a…
#4 Awakenings (1990) · ★ 7.8 · 2,969 votes · 2h 0m · dramaDr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversia…
#5 Edward Scissorhands (1990) · ★ 7.7 · 14,073 votes · 1h 45m · fantasy, romance, dramaA small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.…
#6 Dreams (1990) · ★ 7.7 · 599 votes · 1h 59m · fantasy, dramaEight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a…
#7 Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku (1990) · ★ 7.6 · 778 votes · 0h 48m · action, fantasy, dramaBardock, Son Goku's father, is a low-ranking Saiyan soldier who was given the power to see into the future by the last remaining alien on a planet he just destroyed. He witnesses t…
#8 Home Alone (1990) · ★ 7.5 · 12,877 votes · 1h 43m · comedy, familyEight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into h…
#9 Back to the Future Part III (1990) · ★ 7.5 · 11,607 votes · 1h 59m · comedy, adventure, science-fictionThe final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the traveler…
#10 A Grand Day Out (1990) · ★ 7.5 · 1,043 votes · 0h 24m · comedy, adventure, science-fictionWallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese.…
#11 Pretty Woman (1990) · ★ 7.4 · 9,204 votes · 2h 0m · comedy, romanceVivian is a carefree, streetwise diamond in the rough when she meets sophisticated billionaire Edward in a chance encounter that turns into a week-long business arrangement. But Vi…
#12 The Godfather Part III (1990) · ★ 7.4 · 7,084 votes · 2h 42m · thriller, drama, crimeIn the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege…
#13 The Hunt for Red October (1990) · ★ 7.4 · 3,777 votes · 2h 15m · action, adventure, thrillerA new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius i…
#14 Jacob's Ladder (1990) · ★ 7.4 · 2,007 votes · 1h 53m · drama, horror, mysteryAfter returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world…
#15 Miller's Crossing (1990) · ★ 7.4 · 1,914 votes · 1h 55m · thriller, drama, crimeSet in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.…
#16 Total Recall (1990) · ★ 7.3 · 6,718 votes · 1h 53m · action, adventure, science-fictionConstruction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Rekall, a virtual vacation company that manufactures memories. When something goes wrong durin…
#17 Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) · ★ 7.3 · 852 votes · 2h 17m · comedy, romance, dramaFamed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he…
#18 Days of Being Wild (1990) · ★ 7.3 · 619 votes · 1h 34m · romance, drama, crimeYuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.…
#19 Ghost (1990) · ★ 7.2 · 6,230 votes · 2h 7m · fantasy, thriller, romanceAfter a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.…
#20 Nikita (1990) · ★ 7.1 · 2,217 votes · 1h 57m · action, thrillerA beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.…
#21 Die Hard 2 (1990) · ★ 7.0 · 6,605 votes · 2h 4m · action, thrillerOne year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his…
#22 Tremors (1990) · ★ 7.0 · 3,725 votes · 1h 36m · action, comedy, horrorVal McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the grou…
#23 Wild at Heart (1990) · ★ 7.0 · 1,985 votes · 2h 5m · thriller, romance, crimeYoung lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers…
#24 The Witches (1990) · ★ 7.0 · 1,427 votes · 1h 31m · comedy, fantasy, horrorWhile staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn…
#25 Night of the Living Dead (1990) · ★ 6.9 · 1,007 votes · 1h 28m · horrorA ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.…
#26 Presumed Innocent (1990) · ★ 6.8 · 851 votes · 2h 7m · thriller, crime, mysteryRusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a…
#27 King of New York (1990) · ★ 6.8 · 824 votes · 1h 43m · thriller, crimeA former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish…
#28 Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990) · ★ 6.8 · 724 votes · 1h 42m · comedy, romance, dramaAfter being released from a mental hospital, a troubled young man tracks down an actress he once had sex with and forces her into captivity, determined to make her part of his life…
#29 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) · ★ 6.7 · 2,027 votes · 1h 33m · action, comedy, adventureA quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in Ninjutsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.…
#30 DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) · ★ 6.7 · 955 votes · 1h 14m · comedy, fantasy, adventureWith his nephews and niece, everyone's favorite rich uncle, Scrooge McDuck, treks from his mansion home in Duckburg in search of the long-lost loot of the thief Collie Baba. But fi…
#31 Society (1990) · ★ 6.7 · 664 votes · 1h 40m · comedy, horror, mysteryBill Whitney is worried that he is different to his sister and parents. They mix with other upper-class people while Bill is more down to earth. Even his girlfriend seems a bit odd…
#32 Mermaids (1990) · ★ 6.7 · 625 votes · 1h 50m · comedy, romance, dramaFifteen-year-old Charlotte Flax is tired of her wacky mom moving their family to a different town any time she feels it is necessary. When they move to a small Massachusetts town a…
#33 The Rescuers Down Under (1990) · ★ 6.6 · 1,417 votes · 1h 17m · action, comedy, fantasyA lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry -- the Rescue Aid Society's top agents, he…
#34 Lionheart (1990) · ★ 6.6 · 1,210 votes · 1h 45m · actionLyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed t…
#35 Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1990) · ★ 6.6 · 566 votes · 1h 0m · action, science-fiction, animationThe evil Dr. Kochin uses the dragon balls to resurrect his mentor, Dr. Wheelo, in an effort to take over the world. Dr. Wheelo, his body having been destroyed by the avalanche that…
#36 Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) · ★ 6.5 · 2,991 votes · 1h 46m · comedy, fantasy, horrorYoung 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…
#37 Flatliners (1990) · ★ 6.5 · 1,803 votes · 1h 55m · drama, horror, science-fictionFive medical students experiment with "near death" experiences, until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives.…
#38 Cry-Baby (1990) · ★ 6.5 · 1,591 votes · 1h 25m · comedy, romanceA prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.…
#39 Arachnophobia (1990) · ★ 6.5 · 1,582 votes · 1h 49m · comedy, horrorA 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…
#40 Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (1990) · ★ 6.5 · 641 votes · 1h 1m · action, tv-movie, science-fictionGoku and friends must stop a band of space pirates from consuming fruit from the Tree of Might before it's destructive powers drain Earth's energy.…