Saturday, April 27, 2024

Films of 1990, Ranked Best to Worst

A list of the films I've seen that were released in 1990 (according to Letterboxd), ranked best to worst.

1. Mountains of the Moon (Bob Rafelson) *****
2. Misery (Rob Reiner) *****
3. Arachnophobia (Frank Marshall) *****
4. Uranus (Claude Berri) *****
5. Europa Europa (Agnieszka Holland) *****
6. Memphis Belle (Michael Caton-Jones) ****1/2
7. Jacob’s Ladder (Adrian Lyne) ****1/2
8. Cry-Baby (John Waters) ****1/2
9. Reversal of Fortune (Barbet Schroeder) ****1/2
10. Frankenstein Unbound (Roger Corman) ****1/2
11. Ghost (Jerry Zucker) ****
12. Night of the Living Dead (Tom Savini) ****
13. Dreams (Akira Kurosawa) ****
14. Lord of the Flies (Harry Hook) ****
15. Postcards from the Edge (Mike Nichols) ****
16. GoodFellas (Martin Scorsese) ****
17. Resident Alien (Jonathan Nossiter) ****
18. Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (Kjell Grede) ****
19. Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner) ****
20. The Civil War (Ken Burns) ****
21. Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton) ****
22. Flatliners (Joel Schumacher) ****
23. Young Guns II (Geoff Murphy) ****
24. Psycho IV: The Beginning (Mick Garris) ****
25. Awakenings (Penny Marshall) ****
26. The Nasty Girl (Michael Verhoeven) ****
27. Two Evil Eyes (Dario Argento, George A. Romero) ****
28. Call Me Anna (Gilbert Cates) ****
29. The Reflecting Skin (Philip Ridley) ****
30. The Sheltering Sky (Bernardo Bertolucci) ****
31. The Hunt for Red October (John McTiernan) ****
32. Frankenhooker (Frank Henenlotter) ****
33. Quigley Down Under (Simon Wincer) ****
34. The Exorcist III (William Peter Blatty) ****
35. The Evil Cameraman (Richard Kern) ****
36. The Evil Within (Alain Robak) ****
37. Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty) ***1/2
38. Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven) ***1/2
39. The Grifters (Stephen Frears) ***1/2
40. Bride of Re-Animator (Brian Yuzna) ***1/2
41. RoboCop 2 (Irvin Kershner) ***1/2
42. Hardware (Richard Stanley) ***1/2
43. Miller’s Crossing (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen) ***1/2
44. Presumed Innocent (Alan J. Pakula) ***1/2
45. A Shock to the System (Jan Egleson) ***1/2
46. The First Power (Robert Resnikoff) ***1/2
47. Nuns on the Run (Jonathan Lynn) ***1/2
48. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (Jeff Burr) ***1/2
49. Pacific Heights (John Schlesinger) ***
50. Tremors (Ron Underwood) ***
51. Thousand Pieces of Gold (Nancy Kelly) ***
52. Henry & June (Philip Kaufman) ***
53. China O’Brien (Robert Clouse) ***
54. Prisoners of the Sun (Stephen Wallace) ***
55. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (John Harrison) ***
56. Basket Case 2 (Frank Henenlotter) ***
57. Narrow Margin (Peter Hyams) ***
58. The Krays (Peter Medak) ***
59. Texasville (Peter Bogdanovich) ***
60. Darkman (Sam Raimi) ***
61. Chattahoochee (Mick Jackson) ***
62. La Femme Nikita (Luc Besson) ***
63. Hard to Kill (Bruce Malmuth) ***
64. Maniac Cop 2 (William Lustig) ***
65. Puppet Master II (David Allen) ***
66. It (Tommy Lee Wallace) ***
67. Grim Prairie Tales (Wayne Coe) ***
68. The Godfather: Part III (Francis Ford Coppola) ***
69. Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (Jim Abrahams) ***
70. Gate II (Tibor Takacs) ***
71. Moon 44 (Roland Emmerich) ***
72. Night Angel (Dominique Othenin-Girard) **1/2
73. Meet the Applegates (Michael Lehmann) **1/2
74. My Blue Heaven (Herbert Ross) **1/2
75. Back to the Future Part III (Robert Zemeckis) **1/2
76. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard) **1/2
77. Internal Affairs (Mike Figgis) **1/2
78. Predator 2 (Stephen Hopkins) **1/2
79. The Sleeping Car (Douglas Curtis) **1/2
80. Quick Change (Howard Franklin, Bill Murray) **1/2
81. Nightbreed (Clive Barker) **1/2
82. The Two Jakes (Jack Nicholson) **1/2
83. The Amityville Curse (Tom Berry) **1/2
84. Marked for Death (Dwight H. Little) **1/2
85. Fire Birds (David Green) **1/2
86. Rocky V (John G. Avildsen) **1/2
87. Lionheart (Sheldon Lettich) **1/2
88. Martial Law (Steve Cohen) **1/2
89. China O’Brien II (Robert Clouse) **1/2
90. Xtro 2: The Second Encounter (Harry Bromley Davenport) **1/2
91. The Bonfire of the Vanities (Brian De Palma) **
92. The Rookie (Clint Eastwood) **
93. Air America (Roger Spottiswoode) **
94. Revenge (Tony Scott) **
95. Class of 1999 (Mark L. Lester) **
96. Bloodmoon (Alec Mills) **
97. The Handmaid’s Tale (Volker Schlondorff) **
98. Cadillac Man (Roger Donaldson) **
99. The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (Renny Harlin) **
100. The Guardian (William Friedkin) **
101. Home Alone (Chris Columbus) **
102. Bird on a Wire (John Badham) **
103. Joe Versus the Volcano (John Patrick Shanley) **
104. Taking Care of Business (Arthur Hiller) **
105. Abraxas: Guardian of the Universe (Damian Lee) **
106. Betsy’s Wedding (Alan Alda) **
107. Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (Dick Lowry) **
108. Graveyard Shift (Ralph S. Singleton) **
109. Kiss Napoleon Goodbye (Babeth Mondini) **
110. X Is Y (Richard Kern) **
111. Circuitry Man (Steven Lovy) **
112. Kindergarten Cop (Ivan Reitman) **
113. Children of the Bride (Jonathan Sanger) **
114. The Face of Fear (Farhad Mann) **
115. Blue Steel (Kathryn Bigelow) **
116. The Ambulance (Larry Cohen) *1/2
117. Stanley & Iris (Martin Ritt) *1/2
118. The Haunting of Morella (Jim Wynorski) *1/2
119. I Come in Peace (Craig R. Baxley) *1/2
120. I Love You to Death (Lawrence Kasdan) *1/2
121. Die Hard 2 (Renny Harlin) *
122. Desperate Hours (Michael Cimino) *
123. Wild at Heart (David Lynch) *
124. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Joe Dante) *
125. Madhouse (Tom Ropelewski) *
126. Another 48 Hrs. (Walter Hill) *
127. Silent Night Deadly Night 4: Initiation (Brian Yuzna) *
128. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Steve Barron) *
129. All the Vermeers in New York (Jon Jost) *
130. Three Men and a Little Lady (Emile Ardolino) *
131. Captain America (Albert Pyun) *
132. Soultaker (Michael Rissi) *
133. Alienator (Fred Olen Ray) *
134. Alice (Woody Allen) *
135. Bullseye! (Michael Winner) *
136. Ghost Dad (Sidney Poitier) *
137. Pretty Woman (Garry Marshall) 1/2*
138. Crystal Force (Laura Keats) 1/2*
139. Meridian (Charles Band) 1/2*
140. Triple Cross (Ackyl Anwari) 1/2*

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