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The Best Movies of 1990

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GoodFellas 1990, 145 min.

Martin Scorsese • Starring: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci

Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic

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Miller's Crossing 1990, 120 min.

Joel & Ethan Coen • Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro

Crime Drama • Crime Thriller • Crime

Up by 2 in the past 45 days

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Edward Scissorhands 1990, 105 min.

Tim Burton • Starring: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest

Comedy Drama • Drama • Fantasy

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Total Recall 1990, 113 min.

Paul Verhoeven • Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone

Action Thriller • Action • Adventure

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Die Hard 2 1990, 124 min.

Renny Harlin • Starring: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton

Action Thriller • Action • Crime Thriller

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Back to the Future Part III 1990, 118 min.

Robert Zemeckis • Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen

Comedy Western • Comedy • Hybrid Western

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The Hunt for Red October 1990, 134 min.

John McTiernan • Starring: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill

Action Thriller • Action • Adventure

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Misery 1990, 107 min.

Rob Reiner • Starring: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth

Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Psychological Thriller • Thriller

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Home Alone 1990, 103 min.

Chris Columbus • Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Catherine O'Hara, John Heard

Comedy • Domestic Comedy • Family-Oriented Comedy

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Wild at Heart 1990, 124 min.

David Lynch • Starring: Nicolas Cage, Diane Ladd, Isabella Rossellini

Black Comedy • Crime • Crime Thriller

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Dances with Wolves 1990, 224 min.

Kevin Costner • Starring: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Floyd Red Crow Westerman

Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Epic

Down by 3 in the past 45 days

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Jacob's Ladder 1990, 113 min.

Adrian Lyne • Starring: Tim Robbins, Ving Rhames, Elizabeth Peña

Drama • Horror • Mindbender

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Twin Peaks 1990, 116 min.

David Lynch • Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick

Crime • Crime Drama • Drama

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Close-Up 1990, 90 min.

Abbas Kiarostami • Starring: Hossein Sabzian, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Abolfazl Ahankhah

Courtroom Drama • Crime • Docudrama

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2

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Akira Kurosawa's Dreams 1990, 119 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Akira Terao, Mitsunori Isaki, Chishu Ryu

Adventure • Anthology Film • Drama

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 1990, 117 min.

Tom Stoppard • Starring: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss

Based-on-Shakespeare • Based-on-Theatre • Buddy Film

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La Femme Nikita 1990, 115 min.

Luc Besson • Starring: Marc Duret, Alain Lathière, Laura Chéron

Action Thriller • Action • Foreign Language Film

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Tremors 1990, 96 min.

Ron Underwood • Starring: Kevin Bacon, Reba McEntire, Finn Carter

Comedy • Horror Comedy • Horror

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Pump up the Volume 1990, 102 min.

Allan Moyle • Starring: Christian Slater, Mimi Kennedy, Andy Romano

Coming-of-Age • Drama • Teen Movie

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The Grifters 1990, 119 min.

Stephen Frears • Starring: John Cusack, Annette Bening, Anjelica Huston

Con Artist / Hustler • Crime Drama • Crime

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