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.
Highest-grossing films
{{see also|Lists of box office number-one films#1990}}
The top 10 films released in 1990 by worldwide gross are as follows:{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/1990/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1|title=1990 Worldwide Box Office |website=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb|access-date=March 7, 2020}}
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|+ Highest-grossing films of 1990 | |||
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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style="text-align:center;"| 1
| Ghost | $505,702,588 | |||
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| $476,684,675 | |||
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| $463,406,268 | |||
style="text-align:center;"| 4
| Orion | $424,208,848 | |||
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| $261,317,921 | |||
style="text-align:center;"| 6
| $245,000,000 | |||
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| $240,031,094 | |||
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| $221,303,188 | |||
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| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | New Line | $202,084,756 | |||
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| $201,957,688 |
Events
- March 2 - The Hunt for Red October is released. It is the first film in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan franchise and is met with critical and blockbuster commercial success.
- March 23 – Pretty Woman is released and grosses $463 million, making Julia Roberts a worldwide star.
- March 30 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is released to massive box office success. At the time, it is the highest-grossing independent film in history.
- May 25 – Universal Pictures unveils a new opening logo with music composed by James Horner, which debuts on Back to the Future Part III. It is the first change to the Universal opening logo in 27 years.
- June 1 – CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall.
- June 15 – Following a massive media and marketing blitz, Dick Tracy is released. Walt Disney Studios chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg expressed disappointment in a studio memo that noted that the film had cost about $100 million in total to produce, market and promote and with its disappointing performance claimed "We made demands on our time, talent and treasury that, upon reflection, may not have been worth it".
- June 22 – The use of real-time computer graphics or "digital puppetry" to create a character in a motion picture is performed, in RoboCop 2.
- July 4 – The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2.
- July 13 - Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg, is released and grosses $506 million, making it the third highest-grossing movie at the time.
- November 9 – Kevin Costner's directorial debut, Dances with Wolves, is released. It later earns twelve Academy Award nominations and wins seven, including Best Picture and Best Director for Costner.
- November 16
- Home Alone is released. It spends twelve consecutive weeks at number one on the United States box office, becoming both the highest-grossing film of the year and the highest-grossing comedy of all-time.
- The Rescuers Down Under is considered as the first fully digital film ever made.
- December 24 – Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman marry.
- Buchwald v. Paramount decided, a leading case on the financial rewards due to writers of film treatments.
Awards
1990 films
= By country/region =
- List of American films of 1990
- List of Argentine films of 1990
- List of Australian films of 1990
- List of Bangladeshi films of 1990
- List of British films of 1990
- List of Canadian films of 1990
- List of French films of 1990
- List of Hong Kong films of 1990
- List of Indian films of 1990
- List of Hindi films of 1990
- List of Kannada films of 1990
- List of Malayalam films of 1990
- List of Marathi films of 1990
- List of Tamil films of 1990
- List of Telugu films of 1990
- List of Japanese films of 1990
- List of Mexican films of 1990
- List of Pakistani films of 1990
- List of Soviet films of 1990
- List of South Korean films of 1990
- List of Spanish films of 1990
=By genre/medium=
- List of action films of 1990
- List of animated feature films of 1990
- List of avant-garde films of 1990
- List of crime films of 1990
- List of comedy films of 1990
- List of drama films of 1990
- List of horror films of 1990
- List of science fiction films of 1990
- List of thriller films of 1990
- List of western films of 1990
Births
- January 1 - Tom Ackerley, British producer and former assistant director
- January 7 – Liam Aiken, American actor
- January 13 – Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor
- January 14 - Grant Gustin, American actor and singer
- January 15 - Chris Warren, American actor
- January 18 - Zeeko Zaki, Egyptian-born American actor
- January 19 - Shaunette Renée Wilson, Guyanese-born American actress
- January 21 - Jacob Smith, American actor
- January 23 - Joel Basman, Swiss actor
- January 25 - Dustin Ingram, American actor and musician
- January 26 – Christopher Massey, American actor, comedian and rapper
- January 29 – François Civil, French actor{{Cite web |last=Mauduech |first=Bénédicte |date=18 February 2019 |title=François Civil, jeunesse se place |url=https://www.liberation.fr/cinema/2019/02/18/francois-civil-jeunesse-se-place_1710093/ |website=Libération |language=fr |access-date=16 February 2023 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216044234/https://www.liberation.fr/cinema/2019/02/18/francois-civil-jeunesse-se-place_1710093/ |url-status=live}}
- January 30
- Eiza González, Mexican actress and singer
- Jake Thomas, American actor and voice actor
- January 31 - Siobhán Cullen, Irish actress
- February 1 - Toby Onwumere, Nigerian-American actor
- February 2 - Julia Fox, Italian-American actress
- February 4 - Will Denton, American actor
- February 5
- Charlbi Dean, South African actress and model (died 2022)
- Anthony Ingruber, Dutch-Australian actor and impressionist
- February 8 - Christian Madsen, American actor
- February 9 - Tyson Houseman, Canadian actor
- February 10 - Trevante Rhodes, American actor
- February 15 - Callum Turner, British actor and model
- February 16 - The Weeknd, Canadian singer-songwriter
- February 21 – Flavio Aquilone, Italian voice actor
- February 28 - Georgina Leonidas, British actress
- March 1 – Harry Eden, British actor
- March 2 - Tiger Shroff, Indian actor
- March 11 - Reiley McClendon, American actor
- March 12 – Jörgen Liik, Estonian actor
- March 13 - Sasha Clements, Canadian actress
- March 20 - Stacy Martin, French actress
- March 24 – Keisha Castle-Hughes, Australian-New Zealand actress
- March 25 - Kiowa Gordon, American actor of Hualapai descent
- March 26 - Choi Woo-shik, Korean-Canadian actor
- March 28 – Laura Harrier, American actress
- March 29 - Josh Blaylock, American actor
- March 30 - Chelsea Harris, American actress
- April 5 - Haruma Miura, Japanese actor (died 2020)
- April 9 – Kristen Stewart, American actress
- April 10 – Alex Pettyfer, English actor and model
- April 12 - Jamie Muscato, English actor and singer
- April 15 – Emma Watson, English actress{{cite web |title=Emma Watson {{!}} Biography, Movie, Harry Potter, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emma-Watson |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=9 January 2022 |language=en}}
- April 16 – Lorraine Nicholson, American actress
- April 17 – Gia Mantegna, American actress
- April 18 - Britt Robertson, American actress
- April 23 – Dev Patel, British actor
- April 25 - Meghann Fahy, American actress
- May 1 - Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress and singer
- May 2 - Kay Panabaker, American retired actress
- May 3 - Harvey Guillén, American actor
- May 6 - Moses Storm, American writer, actor and comedian
- May 14
- Rea Lest-Liik, Estonia actress
- Sasha Spielberg, American actress, daughter of producer/director Steven Spielberg and actress Kate Capshaw
- May 15 - Sophie Cookson, English actress
- May 16
- Deniz Akdeniz, Australian actor
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster, British actor
- Marc John Jefferies, American actor
- May 17
- Ross Butler, American actor
- Leven Rambin, American actress
- May 18 - Luke Kleintank, American actor
- May 20 - Josh O'Connor, British actor
- May 24 - Félix Moati, French actor, director and screenwriter
- May 27 - Chris Colfer, American actor and singer
- May 30
- Sai Bennett, English actress
- Im Yoon-ah, South Korean actress
- Mason Lee, Taiwanese-American actor
- May 31 - Phillipa Soo, American actress and singer
- June 2
- Brittany Curran, American actress
- Jack Lowden, Scottish actor
- June 13 - Aaron Taylor-Johnson, British actor
- June 15 - Denzel Whitaker, American actor
- June 17 - Monica Barbaro, American actress
- June 18 - Jeremy Irvine, English actor
- June 20 - Jacob Wysocki, American actor and comedian
- July 2 – Margot Robbie, Australian actress{{cite web |title=Margot Robbie {{!}} Biography, Movies, Wolf of Wall Street, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margot-Robbie |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=2 July 2022 |language=en}}
- July 4
- Melissa Barrera, Mexican actress and singer
- David Kross, German actor
- July 6 – Jeremy Suarez, American actor
- July 12 – Rachel Brosnahan, American-British actress
- July 13 - Nomzamo Mbatha, South African actress and television personality
- July 15
- Olly Alexander, British musician, actor and screenwriter
- Alexander Calvert, Canadian actor
- July 16
- Eddie Hassell, American actor (died 2020)
- James Maslow, American actor
- July 19 - Steven Anthony Lawrence, American actor
- July 24 – Daveigh Chase, American actress
- July 27 – Indiana Evans, Australian actress and singer-songwriter
- July 29 – Matt Prokop, American actor
- July 30 - Eliot Sumner, English singer-songwriter and actor
- July 31 - Ruby Modine, American actress, model and singer
- August 1 - Jack O'Connell, English actor
- August 4 - Chet Hanks, American actor and musician
- August 9
- Bill Skarsgård, Swedish actor
- Emily Tennant, Canadian actress
- August 10 – Lucas Till, American actor
- August 15 – Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
- August 17 – Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress
- August 20 - Win Morisaki, Burmese singer and actor
- August 23 – Wesley Singerman, American record producer, songwriter and guitarist, and voice actor
- August 24 – Elizabeth Debicki, Australian actress
- August 29
- Nicole Gale Anderson, American actress
- Erika Harlacher, American voice actress
- September 1 - Aisling Loftus, English actress
- September 3 - Bianca Bin, Brazilian actress
- September 9 – Klaudia Tiitsmaa, Estonian actress
- September 11 - Georgina Terry, British actress
- September 15 – Matt Shively, American actor
- September 20 – Saara Pius, Estonian actress
- September 21
- Christian Serratos, American actress
- Allison Scagliotti, American actress and director
- September 28 - Kirsten Prout, Canadian actress
- October 2 - Samantha Barks, Manx actress and singer
- October 5
- Wesley Morgan, Canadian actor and model
- Taylour Paige, American actress and dancer
- October 6 - Scarlett Byrne, English actress and model
- October 8 - Tom Rhys Harries, Welsh actor
- October 13
- Florian Munteanu, German-Romanian actor and model
- Himesh Patel, British actor
- October 18 - Carly Schroeder, American actress
- October 22 – Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor
- October 31 - Patti Harrison, American actress and comedian
- November 2 – Kendall Schmidt, American actor
- November 4 – Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Canadian actor
- November 6 - Bowen Yang, Australian-born American comedian, writer and actor
- November 9 – Chris Di Staulo, Canadian filmmaker
- November 14 - Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (died 2008)
- November 16 - Milo Gibson, American actor
- November 18 - Matt Milne, English actor and director
- November 24 - Sarah Hyland, American actress
- November 26 - Rita Ora, British actress, singer and songwriter
- November 28 - Carla Diaz, Brazilian actress
- November 29 - Diego Boneta, Mexican actor, producer and singer
- December 10 - Teyana Taylor, American singer-songwriter and actress
- December 20 – JoJo, American singer-songwriter and actress
- December 23
- Moses J. Moseley, American actor, writer and model (died 2022)
- Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress and singer
Deaths
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! Month !! Date !! Name !! Age !! Country !! Profession !! Notable films | |||||
rowspan=13 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| January
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 | Alan Hale Jr. | style="text-align:center;"| 68 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Hang 'Em High| Johnny Dangerously}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Arthur Kennedy | style="text-align:center;"| 75 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Lawrence of Arabia| Some Came Running}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Ian Charleson | style="text-align:center;"| 40 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Chariots of Fire| Gandhi}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Peter Cookson | style="text-align:center;"| 76 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Swingtime Johnny| Detective Kitty O'Day}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 8 | Terry-Thomas | style="text-align:center;"| 78 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Bachelor Flat| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Lyle R. Wheeler | style="text-align:center;"| 84 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Art Director | {{hlist|Gone with the Wind| The Day the Earth Stood Still}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 14 | John Witty | style="text-align:center;"| 74 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Frightened City| The Vault of Horror}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Gordon Jackson | style="text-align:center;"| 66 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Great Escape| The Ipcress File}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 20 | John Maxim | style="text-align:center;"| 64 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Frightened City| Dracula: Prince of Darkness}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 20 | Barbara Stanwyck | style="text-align:center;"| 82 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Double Indemnity| Stella Dallas}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 25 | Ava Gardner | style="text-align:center;"| 67 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|The Barefoot Contessa| The Killers}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 26 | Dodo Abashidze | style="text-align:center;"| 66 | style="text-align:center;"| Georgia | style="text-align:center;"| Director | {{hlist|The Legend of Suram Fortress| Ashik Kerib}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Helen Jerome Eddy | style="text-align:center;"| 92 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Girls Demand Excitement| A Shot in the Dark}} |
rowspan=13 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| February
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 | Hans Schumm | style="text-align:center;"| 93 | style="text-align:center;"| Germany | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Spy Smasher| The Great Dictator}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 6 | John Merivale | style="text-align:center;"| 72 | style="text-align:center;"| Canada | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The List of Adrian Messenger| Arabesque}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Jimmy Van Heusen | style="text-align:center;"| 77 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Songwriter | {{hlist|Going My Way| The Joker Is Wild}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 8 | Frank Ross | style="text-align:center;"| 85 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Producer | {{hlist|The Devil and Miss Jones| The Robe}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 13 | Ken Lynch | style="text-align:center;"| 79 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|North by Northwest| Anatomy of a Murder}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 14 | Jean Wallace | style="text-align:center;"| 66 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Lancelot and Guinevere| No Blade of Grass}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Henry Brandon | style="text-align:center;"| 77 | style="text-align:center;"| Germany | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The War of the Worlds| The Searchers}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Michel Drach | style="text-align:center;"| 59 | style="text-align:center;"| France | style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter, Producer | {{hlist|Amelie or The Time to Love| The Simple Past}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 16 | Joshua Shelley | style="text-align:center;"| 70 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|All the President's Men| Funny Lady}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 17 | Allen Rivkin | style="text-align:center;"| 86 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|Dancing Lady| The Farmer's Daughter}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 19 | Gabriel Katzka | style="text-align:center;"| 59 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Producer | {{hlist|Kelly's Heroes| The Taking of Pelham One Two Three}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 19 | Michael Powell | style="text-align:center;"| 84 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Director | {{hlist|Black Narcissus| A Matter of Life and Death}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 28 | Fabia Drake | style="text-align:center;"| 86 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|A Room with a View| Year of the Dragon}} |
rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| March
| style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Gary Merrill | style="text-align:center;"| 74 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|All About Eve| Twelve O'Clock High}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 17 | Capucine | style="text-align:center;"| 62 | style="text-align:center;"| Switzerland | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|The Pink Panther| North to Alaska}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 18 | Robin Harris | style="text-align:center;"| 36 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Comedian | {{hlist|Do the Right Thing| House Party}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 20 | Maurice Cloche | style="text-align:center;"| 82 | style="text-align:center;"| France | style="text-align:center;"| Director | {{hlist|Monsieur Vincent| Doctor Laennec}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 28 | Helene Reynolds | style="text-align:center;"| 75 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Moontide| The Man Who Wouldn't Die}} |
rowspan=12 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| April
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 | Aldo Fabrizi | style="text-align:center;"| 84 | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Open City| Cops and Robbers}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Clair Huffaker | style="text-align:center;"| 63 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|The War Wagon| 100 Rifles}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 8 | Ernest Steward | style="text-align:center;"| 79 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer | {{hlist|Some Girls Do| Quest for Love}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 11 | Vanda Godsell | style="text-align:center;"| 67 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|This Sporting Life| A Shot in the Dark}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Greta Garbo | style="text-align:center;"| 84 | style="text-align:center;"| Sweden | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Grand Hotel| Ninotchka}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 17 | Joseph McMillan Johnson | style="text-align:center;"| 77 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Art Director, Production Designer, Visual Effects Artist | {{hlist|Portrait of Jennie| Rear Window}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 18 | Robert D. Webb | style="text-align:center;"| 87 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Director | {{hlist|Beneath the 12-Mile Reef| Love Me Tender}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 20 | Alex McCrindle | style="text-align:center;"| 78 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Star Wars| Eye of the Needle}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 22 | Albert Salmi | style="text-align:center;"| 62 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Brothers Karamazov| The Bravados}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 23 | Paulette Goddard | style="text-align:center;"| 79 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|So Proudly We Hail!| Modern Times}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 25 | Dexter Gordon | style="text-align:center;"| 67 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Musician, Actor | {{hlist|Round Midnight| Awakenings}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Bella Spewack | style="text-align:center;"| 91 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|My Favorite Wife| Week-End at the Waldorf}} |
rowspan=12 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| May
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 | Sunset Carson | style="text-align:center;"| 69 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Sheriff of Cimarron| Alias Billy the Kid}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 2 | David Rappaport | style="text-align:center;"| 38 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Time Bandits| Turkish Delight}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Charles Farrell | style="text-align:center;"| 89 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Lucky Star| 7th Heaven}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Susan Oliver | style="text-align:center;"| 58 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|The Disorderly Orderly| Your Cheatin' Heart}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 12 | Anthony Masters | style="text-align:center;"| 70 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Production Designer | {{hlist|2001: A Space Odyssey| Dune}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 12 | Nate Monaster | style="text-align:center;"| 78 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|That Touch of Mink| How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 14 | Franklyn Seales | style="text-align:center;"| 37 | style="text-align:center;"| West Indies | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Onion Field| Southern Comfort}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 16 | Sammy Davis Jr. | style="text-align:center;"| 64 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer | {{hlist|Ocean's 11| Robin and the 7 Hoods}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 16 | Jim Henson | style="text-align:center;"| 53 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Puppeteer, Director, Screenwriter, Producer | {{hlist|The Dark Crystal| The Muppet Movie}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 18 | Jill Ireland | style="text-align:center;"| 54 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Hard Times| Breakheart Pass}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 22 | Max Wall | style="text-align:center;"| 82 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang| Jabberwocky}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 25 | Vic Tayback | style="text-align:center;"| 60 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore| All Dogs Go to Heaven}} |
rowspan=10 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| June
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 | Eric Barker | style="text-align:center;"| 78 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines| There's a Girl in My Soup}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 2 | Rex Harrison | style="text-align:center;"| 82 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|My Fair Lady| Doctor Dolittle}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Tom Brown | style="text-align:center;"| 70 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Duke of Chicago| I Killed Wild Bill Hickok}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Jack Gilford | style="text-align:center;"| 81 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum| Catch-22}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Marcel Grignon | style="text-align:center;"| 75 | style="text-align:center;"| France | style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer | {{hlist|Is Paris Burning?| The Fixer}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Barbara Baxley | style="text-align:center;"| 67 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|East of Eden| No Way to Treat a Lady}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Leonard Sachs | style="text-align:center;"| 80 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Thunderball| John Wesley}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 20 | Ina Balin | style="text-align:center;"| 52 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|From the Terrace| The Patsy}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 23 | Frank Gatliff | style="text-align:center;"| 62 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Ipcress File| Operation Daybreak}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 25 | Sydney Boehm | style="text-align:Center;"| 82 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|Seven Thieves| The Big Heat}} |
rowspan=12 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| July
| style="text-align:center;"| 8 | Howard Duff | style="text-align:center;"| 76 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Kramer vs. Kramer| The Naked City}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 13 | Lois Moran | style="text-align:center;"| 81 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Words and Music| Under Suspicion}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 14 | Philip Leacock | style="text-align:center;"| 74 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Director | {{hlist|The War Lover| Let No Man Write My Epitaph}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Margaret Lockwood | style="text-align:center;"| 73 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|The Lady Vanishes| Night Train to Munich}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Bud Thackery | style="text-align:center;"| 87 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer | {{hlist|The Crimson Ghost| Coogan's Bluff}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 19 | Eddie Quillan | style="text-align:center;"| 83 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Mutiny on the Bounty| The Big Shot}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 20 | Sergei Parajanov | style="text-align:center;"| 66 | style="text-align:center;"| Georgia | style="text-align:center;"| Director | {{hlist|Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors| The Color of Pomegranates}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 21 | Stanley Shapiro | style="text-align:center;"| 65 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|Pillow Talk| That Touch of Mink}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 23 | Georges Flamant | style="text-align:center;"| 86 | style="text-align:center;"| France | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|La Chienne| The 400 Blows}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Elizabeth Allan | style="text-align:center;"| 80 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|David Copperfield| Camille}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Ernest Archer | style="text-align:center;"| 80 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Art Director | {{hlist|Superman| The Pirates of Penzance}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 28 | Jill Esmond | style="text-align:center;"| 82 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Thirteen Women| No Funny Business}} |
rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| August
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 | Edwin Richfield | style="text-align:center;"| 68 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Screenwriter | {{hlist|Ben-Hur| The Dam Busters}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Betty Amann | style="text-align:center;"| 85 | style="text-align:center;"| Germany | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Strictly Business| In Old Mexico}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 12 | Dorothy Mackaill | style="text-align:center;"| 87 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|No Man of Her Own| Safe in Hell}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 12 | Sara Seegar | style="text-align:center;"| 76 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Dead Men Tell No Tales| The Music Man}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 17 | Pearl Bailey | style="text-align:center;"| 72 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer | {{hlist|Carmen Jones| St. Louis Blues}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 23 | Dorothea Kent | style="text-align:center;"| 74 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Pin Up Girl| She Married a Cop}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Raymond St. Jacques | style="text-align:center;"| 60 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Cotton Comes to Harlem| The Green Berets}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 28 | Edmund H. North | style="text-align:center;"| 79 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|The Day the Earth Stood Still| Patton}} |
rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| September
| style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Irene Dunne | style="text-align:center;"| 91 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|The Awful Truth| Cimarron}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Jack Hildyard | style="text-align:center;"| 82 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer | {{hlist|The Bridge on the River Kwai| The Message}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 19 | Werner Janssen | style="text-align:center;"| 91 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Composer | {{hlist|Blockade| The Southerner}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 19 | Hermes Pan | style="text-align:center;"| 80 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Choreographer | {{hlist|My Fair Lady| Top Hat}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 20 | Jackie Moran | style="text-align:center;"| 67 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer| Nobody's Darling}} |
rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| October
| style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Jill Bennett | style="text-align:center;"| 58 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|For Your Eyes Only| The Sheltering Sky}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Roy Charman | style="text-align:center;"| 60 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Sound Engineer | {{hlist|Aliens| Raiders of the Lost Ark}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 14 | Leonard Bernstein | style="text-align:center;"| 72 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Composer | {{hlist|West Side Story| On the Waterfront}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Delphine Seyrig | style="text-align:center;"| 58 | style="text-align:center;"| France | style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Director | {{hlist|Last Year at Marienbad| The Day of the Jackal}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 20 | Joel McCrea | style="text-align:center;"| 84 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Sullivan's Travels| Foreign Correspondent}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Jacques Demy | style="text-align:center;"| 59 | style="text-align:center;"| France | style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter, Composer | {{hlist|The Umbrellas of Cherbourg| The Young Girls of Rochefort}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Ugo Tognazzi | style="text-align:center;"| 68 | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|La Cage aux Folles| The Conjugal Bed}} |
rowspan=12 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| November
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 | William Travilla | style="text-align:center;"| 70 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Costume Designer | {{hlist|The Seven Year Itch| Adventures of Don Juan}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Valerie French | style="text-align:center;"| 62 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Jubal| Decision at Sundown}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Mary Martin | style="text-align:center;"| 76 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer | {{hlist|Love Thy Neighbor| Night and Day}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Walter H. Tyler | style="text-align:center;"| 81 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Art Director | {{hlist|Samson and Delilah| The Ten Commandments}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Carol Sobieski | style="text-align:center;"| 51 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|Fried Green Tomatoes| Annie}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Maura McGiveney | style="text-align:center;"| 51 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Twist Around the Clock| Do Not Disturb}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 11 | Alexis Minotis | style="text-align:center;"| 90 | style="text-align:center;"| Greece | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Land of the Pharaohs| Boy on a Dolphin}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 12 | Eve Arden | style="text-align:center;"| 82 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Mildred Pierce| Anatomy of a Murder}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 13 | Don Chaffey | style="text-align:center;"| 73 | style="text-align:center;"| New Zealand | style="text-align:center;"| Director | {{hlist|Jason and the Argonauts| Pete's Dragon}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 13 | Maurice Richlin | style="text-align:center;"| 70 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|The Pink Panther| Pillow Talk}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 23 | Roald Dahl | style="text-align:center;"| 74 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory| You Only Live Twice}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | David White | style="text-align:center;"| 74 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Sweet Smell of Success| The Apartment}} |
rowspan=12 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| December
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 | Sergio Corbucci | style="text-align:center;"| 63 | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter | {{hlist|Django| Navajo Joe}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 1 | Carla Lehmann | style="text-align:center;"| 73 | style="text-align:center;"| Canada | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Candlelight in Algeria| 29 Acacia Avenue}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 2 | Robert Cummings | style="text-align:center;"| 80 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Dial M for Murder| Saboteur}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Edward Binns | style="text-align:center;"| 79 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|12 Angry Men| Fail-Safe}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Joan Bennett | style="text-align:center;"| 80 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Father of the Bride| Scarlet Street}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 8 | Martin Ritt | style="text-align:center;"| 76 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Director, Actor, Producer | {{hlist|Hud| The Spy Who Came in from the Cold}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 9 | Mike Mazurki | style="text-align:center;"| 82 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Some Like It Hot| Dick Tracy}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 18 | Anne Revere | style="text-align:center;"| 87 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|National Velvet| Gentleman's Agreement}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 18 | Connie Russell | style="text-align:center;"| 67 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Actress | {{hlist|Cruisin' Down the River| Nightmare}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 26 | Gene Callahan | style="text-align:center;"| 67 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Production Designer | {{hlist|The Hustler| Steel Magnolias}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 28 | Warren Skaaren | style="text-align:center;"| 44 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|Batman| Beetlejuice}} |
Film debuts
{{Column list|
- Hank Azaria – Pretty Woman
- Abraham Benrubi – Diving In
- Julie Benz – Two Evil Eyes
- Brenda Blethyn – The Witches
- Andrew Bryniarski – Dragonfight
- Bill Camp – Reversal of Fortune
- Robert Carlyle – Silent Scream
- Kyle Chandler – The Color of Evening
- Nick Chinlund – The Ambulance
- Scott Cohen – Jacob's Ladder
- Russell Crowe – Blood Oath
- James Badge Dale – Lord of the Flies
- Hope Davis – Flatliners
- Andy Dick – The Grifters
- Vin Diesel – Awakenings
- Ann Dowd – Green Card
- Denise Dowse – Coldfire
- Chris Ellis – Days of Thunder
- Kerry Fox – An Angel at My Table
- Brad Garrett – Jetsons: The Movie
- Balthazar Getty – Lord of the Flies
- Brendan Gleeson – The Field
- John Hannah – Harbour Beat
- Marcia Gay Harden – Miller's Crossing
- Damon Herriman – The Big Steal
- Djimon Hounsou – Without You I'm Nothing
- Ashley Johnson – Lionheart
- Jacek Koman – Hunting
- Valérie Lemercier – May Fools
- Nia Long – Buried Alive
- George Lopez – Ski Patrol
- Aasif Mandvi – No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
- Margo Martindale – Days of Thunder
- Debi Mazar – Goodfellas
- John McConnell – Miller's Crossing
- Neal McDonough – Darkman
- Rose McGowan – Class of 1999
- Kristin Minter – Home Alone
- Julianne Moore – Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
- Peter Mullan – The Big Man
- Guy Pearce – Heaven Tonight
- Luke Perry – Terminal Bliss
- Christina Ricci – Mermaids
- Rob Schneider – Martians Go Home
- Nick Searcy – Days of Thunder
- June Squibb – Alice
- Joe Viterelli – State of Grace
- Isiah Whitlock Jr. – Gremlins 2: The New Batch
- Jeffrey Wright – Presumed Innocent
- Catherine Zeta-Jones – Les 1001 Nuits
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References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1990-01-01,1990-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1990 films] at IMDb
- [https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1990/?grossesOption=calendarGrosses 1990 Domestic Grosses] at Box Office Mojo
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1990-01-01,1990-12-31&adult=include List of 1990 deaths] at IMDb
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1990-01-01,1990-12-31&adult=include List of 1990 births] at IMDb
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