Best Movies of 1990

1. 1
   GoodFellas 1990

   Directed by Martin Scorsese · Streaming on Howdy
   8.4

   8.5 · 15K votes
2. 2
   Dances with Wolves 1990

   Directed by Kevin Costner · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube TV, Amazon MX Player
   7.8

   7.8 · 4.9K votes
3. 3
   Awakenings 1990

   Directed by Penny Marshall · Streaming on Tubi TV, Sony Pictures Core
   7.7

   7.8 · 3K votes
4. 4
   Misery 1990

   Directed by Rob Reiner · Streaming on HBO Max
   7.7

   7.8 · 5.5K votes
5. 5
   Edward Scissorhands 1990

   Directed by Tim Burton · Streaming on Disney Plus, Hulu, fuboTV
   7.7

   7.7 · 14K votes
6. 6
   Close-Up 1990

   Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
   7.7

   8.0 · 471 votes
7. 7
   Dreams 1990

   Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on YouTube Free
   7.5

   7.7 · 608 votes
8. 8
   Red Dawn 1990

   Directed by Jorge Fons
   7.5

   8.3 · 165 votes
9. 9
   Back to the Future Part III 1990

   Directed by Robert Zemeckis
   7.5

   7.5 · 12K votes
10. 10
    Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku 1990

    Directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto
    7.5

    7.6 · 801 votes
11. 11
    Home Alone 1990

    Directed by Chris Columbus · Streaming on Disney Plus
    7.5

    7.5 · 13K votes
12. 12
    Pretty Woman 1990

    Directed by Garry Marshall · Streaming on YouTube TV, Howdy
    7.4

    7.4 · 9.3K votes
13. 13
    The Godfather Part III 1990

    Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount+
    7.4

    7.4 · 7.1K votes
14. 14
    A Grand Day Out 1990

    Directed by Nick Park
    7.4

    7.5 · 1.1K votes
15. 15
    Miller's Crossing 1990

    Directed by Joel Coen
    7.4

    7.4 · 1.9K votes
16. 16
    The Hunt for Red October 1990

    Directed by John McTiernan · Streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Pluto TV
    7.4

    7.4 · 3.8K votes
17. 17
    Total Recall 1990

    Directed by Paul Verhoeven · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.3 · 6.8K votes
18. 18
    Jacob's Ladder 1990

    Directed by Adrian Lyne · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.4 · 2K votes
19. 19
    Bullet in the Head 1990

    Directed by John Woo · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Kanopy
    7.2

    7.5 · 340 votes
20. 20
    Ghost 1990

    Directed by Jerry Zucker · Streaming on MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.2

    7.2 · 6.3K votes
21. 21
    Cyrano de Bergerac 1990

    Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
    7.2

    7.3 · 856 votes
22. 22
    Days of Being Wild 1990

    Directed by Wong Kar-wai · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.1

    7.3 · 629 votes
23. 23
    The Long Walk Home 1990

    Directed by Richard Pearce · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, The Roku Channel
    7.1

    7.7 · 168 votes
24. 24
    The Match Factory Girl 1990

    Directed by Aki Kaurismäki · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.1

    7.4 · 317 votes
25. 25
    My Father's Glory 1990

    Directed by Yves Robert · Streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Film Movement Plus
    7.1

    7.3 · 346 votes
26. 26
    Nikita 1990

    Directed by Luc Besson
    7.1

    7.1 · 2.2K votes
27. 27
    Juan Gabriel en el Palacio de Bellas Artes 1990

    Directed by Benjamín Estavillo
    7.0

    8.2 · 69 votes
28. 28
    Darkness, Light, Darkness 1990

    Directed by Jan Švankmajer
    7.0

    7.5 · 167 votes
29. 29
    Wild at Heart 1990

    Directed by David Lynch · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    7.0

    7.0 · 2K votes
30. 30
    Die Hard 2 1990

    Directed by Renny Harlin · Streaming on Hulu, YouTube TV
    7.0

    7.0 · 6.7K votes
31. 31
    Europa Europa 1990

    Directed by Agnieszka Holland · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.0

    7.2 · 292 votes
32. 32
    My Mother's Castle 1990

    Directed by Yves Robert · Streaming on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, France Channel
    6.9

    7.2 · 312 votes
33. 33
    Fatal Mission 1990

    Directed by George Rowe
    6.9

    9.0 · 36 votes
34. 34
    Tremors 1990

    Directed by Ron Underwood · Streaming on Peacock Premium, Philo, AMC Plus
    6.9

    7.0 · 3.8K votes
35. 35
    The Witches 1990

    Directed by Nicolas Roeg · Streaming on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus
    6.9

    7.0 · 1.4K votes
36. 36
    Ju Dou 1990

    Directed by Zhang Yimou
    6.9

    7.3 · 196 votes
37. 37
    Pump Up the Volume 1990

    Directed by Allan Moyle
    6.9

    7.1 · 428 votes
38. 38
    Everybody's Fine 1990

    Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
    6.8

    7.2 · 167 votes
39. 39
    Night of the Living Dead 1990

    Directed by Tom Savini · Streaming on fuboTV, Philo, Tubi TV
    6.8

    6.9 · 1K votes
40. 40
    State of Grace 1990

    Directed by Phil Joanou · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
    6.8

    7.0 · 447 votes
41. 41
    The Best of the Martial Arts Films 1990

    Directed by Sandra Weintraub
    6.8

    8.8 · 30 votes
42. 42
    Presumed Innocent 1990

    Directed by Alan J. Pakula · Streaming on Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
    6.8

    6.8 · 863 votes
43. 43
    How Did I Come to Fall in Love With You? 1990

    Directed by Sergio Olhovich
    6.7

    8.8 · 28 votes
44. 44
    Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! 1990

    Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Shout! Factory TV, Plex
    6.7

    6.8 · 731 votes
45. 45
    An Angel at My Table 1990

    Directed by Jane Campion · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.7

    7.0 · 195 votes
46. 46
    Metropolitan 1990

    Directed by Whit Stillman · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.7

    7.0 · 195 votes
47. 47
    King of New York 1990

    Directed by Abel Ferrara · Streaming on The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
    6.7

    6.8 · 835 votes
48. 48
    George Carlin: Doin' It Again 1990

    Directed by Rocco Urbisci · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Fandango at Home Free
    6.7

    7.7 · 54 votes
49. 49
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990

    Directed by Steve Barron
    6.7

    6.7 · 2.1K votes
50. 50
    I Hired a Contract Killer 1990

    Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
    6.7

    6.9 · 240 votes

Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes.

1. 1
   Madonna: Blond Ambition World Tour Live 1990

   Directed by David Mallet
   6.5

   8.3 · 23 votes
2. 2
   Tatar Ramazan 1990

   Directed by Melih Gülgen
   6.5

   7.9 · 29 votes
3. 3
   La camioneta gris 1990

   Directed by José Luis Urquieta
   6.5

   7.9 · 26 votes
4. 4
   Song of the Exile 1990

   Directed by Ann Hui
   6.4

   7.6 · 25 votes
5. 5
   Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari 1990

   Directed by K Raghavendra Rao · Streaming on Sun Nxt, Eros Now Select
   6.3

   8.0 · 15 votes
6. 6
   The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic 1990

   Directed by Jack Haley Jr.
   6.3

   8.3 · 11 votes
7. 7
   Step Across the Border 1990

   Directed by Nicolas Humbert · Streaming on DocAlliance Films
   6.3

   8.0 · 14 votes
8. 8
   The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship 1990

   Directed by Francis Vose
   6.3

   8.1 · 12 votes
9. 9
   Por Tu Maldito Amor 1990

   Directed by Rafael Villaseñor Kuri · Streaming on The Roku Channel, Tubi TV
   6.4

   7.6 · 21 votes
10. 10
    El último tranvía 1990

    Directed by Víctor Andrés Catena
    6.3

    8.0 · 13 votes