IMDb Birthday Poll
by Rafael_M | created - 17 Oct 2013 | updated - 27 Sep 2015 | PublicFrom this list of movies that earned at least one Oscar nomination and were released the year that IMDb was born (October 17, 1990) which one is your favorite?
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1. Goodfellas (1990)
R | 145 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco
Votes: 1,255,823 | Gross: $46.84M
Won Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Joe Pesci
Nominated for
Best Picture: Irwin Winkler
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Lorraine Bracco
Best Director: Martin Scorsese
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Nicholas Pileggi
Martin Scorsese
Best Film Editing Thelma Schoonmaker
2. Ghost (1990)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
Director: Jerry Zucker | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn
Votes: 235,707 | Gross: $217.63M
Won Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Whoopi Goldberg
Nominated for
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Bruce Joel Rubin
Best Picture: Lisa Weinstein
Best Film Editing: Walter Murch
Best Music, Original Score: Maurice Jarre
3. Pretty Woman (1990)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Romance
A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Jason Alexander, Laura San Giacomo
Votes: 361,592 | Gross: $178.41M
Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role: Julia Roberts
4. Misery (1990)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen
Votes: 235,257 | Gross: $61.28M
Won Best Actress in a Leading Role: Kathy Bates
5. Dances with Wolves (1990)
PG-13 | 181 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Lieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, finds himself engaging with a neighbouring Sioux settlement, causing him to question his own purpose.
Director: Kevin Costner | Stars: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant
Votes: 290,240 | Gross: $184.21M
Won Best Picture: Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner
Best Director: Kevin Costner
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Michael Blake
Best Cinematography: Dean Semler
Best Sound: Russell Williams II, Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins
Best Film Editing: Neil Travis
Best Music, Original Score: John Barry
Nominated for: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Kevin Costner) , Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Graham Greene) , Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Mary McDonnell) , Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Jeffrey Beecroft, Lisa Dean) , Best Costume Design
(Elsa Zamparelli)
6. Avalon (1990)
PG | 128 min | Drama
A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth Perkins, Leo Fuchs, Eve Gordon
Votes: 6,776 | Gross: $15.74M
Nominated for:
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Barry Levinson
Best Cinematography: Allen Daviau
Best Costume Design: Gloria Gresham
Best Music, Original Score: Randy Newman
7. Ju Dou (1990)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Romance
In rural China, the young bride of a tyrannical owner of a silk-dyeing business finds temporary solace in the arms of her husband's nephew, but problems arise when she becomes pregnant.
Directors: Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang | Stars: Gong Li, Wei Li, Baotian Li, Zhang Yi
Votes: 9,007 | Gross: $1.99M
Nominated for: Best Foreign Language Film China.
8. The Grifters (1990)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening, Jan Munroe
Votes: 30,523 | Gross: $13.45M
Nominated for:
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Anjelica Huston
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Annette Bening
Best Director: Stephen Frears
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Donald E. Westlake
9. The Field (1990)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
When a field (which has been farmed by the McCabe family for generations) goes up for auction, the patriarch of the McCabe family will stop at nothing to prevent a rich American from buying it.
Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Richard Harris, John Hurt, Sean Bean, Frances Tomelty
Votes: 6,761 | Gross: $1.41M
Nominated for: Best Actor in a Leading Role: Richard Harris
10. Alice (1990)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
A spoiled Manhattan housewife re-evaluates her life after visiting a Chinatown healer.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Mia Farrow, William Hurt, Joe Mantegna, June Squibb
Votes: 15,329 | Gross: $7.33M
Nominated for:
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Woody Allen
11. Havana (I) (1990)
R | 144 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1950s Cuba, a professional gambler falls for a woman heavily involved in the revolution movement.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Redford, Lena Olin, Alan Arkin, Tomas Milian
Votes: 8,502 | Gross: $9.24M
Nominated for: Best Music, Original Score: Dave Grusin
12. Hamlet (1990)
PG | 135 min | Drama
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield
Votes: 23,588 | Gross: $20.71M
Nominated for:
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: nm027472, Francesca Lo Schiavo
Best Costume Design: Maurizio Millenotti
13. Dick Tracy (1990)
PG | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
Director: Warren Beatty | Stars: Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino, Charlie Korsmo
Votes: 65,698 | Gross: $103.74M
Won:
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Richard Sylbert, Rick Simpson
Best Makeup: John Caglione Jr., Doug Drexler
Best Music, Original Song: Stephen Sondheim
Nominated for:
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Al Pacino
Best Cinematography: Vittorio Storaro
Best Costume Design: Milena Canonero
Best Sound: Thomas Causey, Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell
Doug Hemphill
14. The Nasty Girl (1990)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, History
When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.
Director: Michael Verhoeven | Stars: Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Müller, Monika Baumgartner, Elisabeth Bertram
Votes: 2,755 | Gross: $2.28M
Nominated for: Best Foreign Language Film Germany.
15. Wild at Heart (1990)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, J.E. Freeman
Votes: 100,861 | Gross: $14.56M
Nominated for: Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Diane Ladd
16. Awakenings (1990)
PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Drama
The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.
Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson
Votes: 158,537 | Gross: $52.10M
Nominated for:
Best Picture: Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Robert De Niro
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Steven Zaillian
17. Open Doors (1990)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama
A principled judge faces a case that society demands capital punishment for.
Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Ennio Fantastichini, Renato Carpentieri, Tuccio Musumeci
Votes: 1,001 | Gross: $0.12M
Nominated for: Best Foreign Language Film Italy.
18. Henry & June (1990)
NC-17 | 136 min | Biography, Drama
Anaïs Nin meets American writer Henry Miller in Paris in 1931. She keeps a diary of her sexual awakening, which includes Henry and his wife June.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Fred Ward, Uma Thurman, Maria de Medeiros, Richard E. Grant
Votes: 14,176 | Gross: $11.57M
Nominated for: Best Cinematography: Philippe Rousselot
19. Home Alone (1990)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Family
An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard
Votes: 652,336 | Gross: $285.76M
Nominated for:
Best Music, Original Song: John Williams (music)
Leslie Bricusse (lyrics)
Best Music, Original Score: John Williams
20. Flatliners (1990)
R | 115 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Five medical students experiment with "near death" experiences, until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin
Votes: 93,336 | Gross: $61.49M
Nominated for:
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: Charles L. Campbell, Richard C. Franklin
21. Total Recall (1990)
R | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Rachel Ticotin
Votes: 354,130 | Gross: $119.39M
Won Special Achievement Award For visual effects (Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern,
Alex Funke)
Nominated for: Best Sound
Nelson Stoll, Michael J. Kohut, Carlos Delarios,
Aaron Rochin
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: Stephen Hunter Flick
22. Green Card (1990)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man wanting to stay in the US enters into a marriage of convenience, but it turns into more than that.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell, Bebe Neuwirth, Gregg Edelman
Votes: 25,823 | Gross: $29.89M
Nominated for:
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Peter Weir
23. Metropolitan (1989)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.
Director: Whit Stillman | Stars: Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Chris Eigeman, Taylor Nichols
Votes: 12,395 | Gross: $2.94M
Nominated for:
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Whit Stillman
24. Young Guns II (1990)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Drama, Western
Billy the Kid and his band of outlaws are pursued across New Mexico territory by Sheriff Pat Garrett, whom the young gunslingers must face-off with if they are to reach the safety of the border.
Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater
Votes: 38,996 | Gross: $44.14M
Nominated for: Best Music, Original Song: Jon Bon Jovi
25. Journey of Hope (1990)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Drama
The story of a poor Turkish family who try to emigrate illegally to Switzerland.
Director: Xavier Koller | Stars: Necmettin Çobanoglu, Nur Sürer, Emin Sivas, Erdinç Akbas
Votes: 2,247 | Gross: $0.26M
Won: Best Foreign Language Film Switzerland.
26. Days of Thunder (1990)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, Sport
A young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid
Votes: 96,306 | Gross: $82.67M
Nominated for:
Best Sound: Charles M. Wilborn, Donald O. Mitchell,
Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell
27. The Hunt for Red October (1990)
PG | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
In November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain violates orders and heads for the U.S. in a new undetectable sub. The American CIA and military must quickly determine: Is he trying to defect or to start a war?
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill
Votes: 214,537 | Gross: $122.01M
Won: Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing
Cecelia Hall, George Watters II
Nominated for:
Best Sound: Richard Bryce Goodman, Richard Overton, Kevin F. Cleary, Don J. Bassman
Best Film Editing: Dennis Virkler, John Wright
28. Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
PG | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez, Jacques Weber
Votes: 25,932 | Gross: $15.14M
Won: Best Costume Design: Franca Squarciapino
Nominated for:
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Gérard Depardieu
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Ezio Frigerio
Jacques Rouxel
Best Makeup: Michèle Burke, Jean-Pierre Eychenne
Best Foreign Language Film
France.
29. Reversal of Fortune (1990)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Ron Silver, Annabella Sciorra
Votes: 18,720 | Gross: $15.45M
Won: Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jeremy Irons
Nominated for:
Best Director: Barbet Schroeder
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:
Nicholas Kazan
30. The Godfather Part III (1990)
R | 162 min | Crime, Drama
Follows Michael Corleone, now in his 60s, as he seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Andy Garcia, Talia Shire
Votes: 423,688 | Gross: $66.67M
Nominated for:
Best Picture: Francis Ford Coppola
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Andy Garcia
Best Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Best Cinematography: Gordon Willis
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: [link=nm0851790, Gary Fettis
Best Film Editing: Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman, Walter Murch
Best Music, Original Song: Carmine Coppola (music),John Bettis (lyrics)
31. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
The solitary life of an artificial man - who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands - is upended when he is taken in by a suburban family.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall
Votes: 523,408 | Gross: $56.36M
Nominated for: Best Makeup: Ve Neill, Stan Winston
32. Postcards from the Edge (1990)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she is forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman
Votes: 19,297 | Gross: $37.96M
Nominated for:
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Meryl Streep
Best Music, Original Song: Shel Silverstein
33. Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama
Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Saundra McClain, Margaret Welsh
Votes: 3,481 | Gross: $7.70M
Nominated for:
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Joanne Woodward
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