1990 in film
See also: 1989 in film, other events of 1990, 1991 in film, list of 'years in film'.
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Events
- Chris Rock and Adam Sandler join SNL
- February 4 – Actor Tom Cruise and actress Mimi Rogers get divorce
- December 24 – Tom Cruise and actress Nicole Kidman get married
Top grossing films of the year
- Home Alone
- Ghost, starring Demi Moore
- Dances with Wolves, starring and directed by Kevin Costner
- Pretty Woman, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- The Hunt for Red October, starring Sean Connery
- Total Recall, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Die Hard 2, starring Bruce Willis
- Dick Tracy
- Kindergarten Cop, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
Academy Awards
- Best Picture: Dances With Wolves – Tig Productions, Majestic Films International
- Best Actor: Jeremy Irons – Reversal of Fortune
- Best Actress: Kathy Bates – Misery
Births
- March 24 – Keisha Castle-Hughes, actress
- April 15 – Emma Watson, actress
- October 22 – Jonathan Lipnicki, actor
Deaths
- January 6 – Ian Charleson, actor
- January 8 – Terry-Thomas, actor, comedian
- January 15 – Gordon Jackson, actor
- January 20 – Barbara Stanwyck, actress
- January 24 – Madge Bellamy, actress
- January 25 – Ava Gardner, actress
- March 5 – Gary Merrill, actor
- March 17 – Capucine, actress
- April 15 – Greta Garbo, actress
- April 23 – Paulette Goddard, actress
- May 10 – Susan Oliver, actress, pilot
- May 16 – Sammy Davis Jr, actor, singer
- May 16 – Jim Henson, creator of Muppets
- May 18 – Jill Ireland, actress
- June 2 – Rex Harrison, actor
- July 15 – Margaret Lockwood, actress
- August 27 – Stevie Ray Vaughan, 36, songwriter
- September 4 – Irene Dunne, actress
- September 19 – Hermes Pan, choreographer
- October 15 – Delphine Seyrig, French actress
- October 20 – Joel McCrea, actor
- November 3 – Mary Martin, actress
- November 12 – Eve Arden, actress
- December 2 – Robert Cummings, actor
- December 7 – Joan Bennett, actress
- December 8 – Martin Ritt, director
Other movies released
- Another 48 Hrs., starring Eddie Murphy
- Awakenings, starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro
- Betsy's Wedding
- The Bonfire of the Vanities
- Days of Thunder
- Edward Scissorhands, starring Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder
- The Godfather Part III
- Goodfellas
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch
- Jacob's Ladder
- Jetsons: The Movie
- Joe Versus The Volcano
- Kiki's Delivery Service
- King of New York
- Look Who's Talking Too
- Miller's Crossing
- Mo' Better Blues
- My Blue Heaven, starring Steve Martin
- Q & A, starring Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton
- Quick Change
- Predator 2, starring Danny Glover
- Repossessed, a parody of The Exorcist
- Side Out, with Courtney Thorne-Smith
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