Movies released in 1990| 20 Minutes to Go | |
| After Death | Claudio Fragasso |
| Alice | Woody Allen |
| Alienator | Fred Olen Ray |
| Ambulance, The | Larry Cohen |
| Angel at My Table, An | Jane Campion |
| Another 48 Hrs. | Walter Hill |
| Arachnophobia | Frank Marshall |
| Archangel | Guy Maddin |
| Ator IV: The Hobgoblin | Joe D'Amato |
| Attack of the Killer Refrigerator | Michael Savino |
| Awakenings | Penny Marshall |
| Baby Blood | Alain Robak |
| Back to the Future Part III | Robert Zemeckis |
| Bad Girls from Mars | Fred Olen Ray |
| Bad Influence | Curtis Hanson |
| Basket Case 2 | Frank Henenlotter |
| Betsy's Wedding | Alan Alda |
| Beyond Darkness | Claudio Fragasso |
| Black Butterfly | Liao Ming-Li |
| Black Crystal, The | Mike Conway |
| Blood Games | Tanya Rosenberg |
| Blood Salvage | Tucker Johnston |
| Bloodfist II | Andy Blumenthal |
| Bloodmoon | Alec Mills |
| Blue Steel | Kathryn Bigelow |
| Body Chemistry | Kristine Peterson |
| Brain Dead | Adam Simon |
| Brave Young Girls | Luk Bong |
| Bride of Re-Animator | Brian Yuzna |
| Bullet in the Head | John Woo |
| Cadillac Man | Roger Donaldson |
| Captain America | Albert Pyun |
| Cat in the Brain, A | Lucio Fulci |
| Child's Play 2 | John Lafia |
| China O'Brien | Robert Clouse |
| China O'Brien II | Robert Clouse |
| City Hunter: Million Dollar Conspiracy | Kenji Kodama |
| Click: The Calendar Girl Killer | Ross Hagen, John Stewart |
| Clownhouse | Victor Salva |
| Cold Front | Allan A. Goldstein |
| Crash and Burn | Charles Band |
| Cry-Baby | John Waters |
| Curse of Kazuo Umezu, The | Naoko Omi |
| Cyber City Oedo 808 | Yoshiaki Kawajiri |
| Dark Angel | Craig R. Baxley |
| Dark Avenger | Guy Magar |
| Darkman | Sam Raimi |
| Days of Being Wild | Wong Kar-wai |
| Days of Thunder | Tony Scott |
| Dead Girls | Dennis Devine |
| Deadly Manor | José Ramón Larraz |
| Death Warrant | Deran Sarafian |
| Def by Temptation | James Bond III |
| Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection | Aaron Norris |
| Demon Cop | Hal Miles, Rocco Karega |
| Demon Wind | Charles Philip Moore |
| Demonia | Lucio Fulci |
| Dial Code Santa Claus | René Manzor |
| Dick Tracy | Warren Beatty |
| Die Hard 2 | Renny Harlin |
| Disturbance, The | Cliff Guest |
| Disturbed | Charles Winkler |
| Dragon from Russia, The | Clarence Yiu-leung Fok |
| Dreams | Akira Kurosawa |
| Driving Force | Andrew Prowse |
| Eating | Henry Jaglom |
| Edward Scissorhands | Tim Burton |
| Empire of Ash III | Lloyd A. Simandl, Michael Mazo |
| Empire of the Dark | Steve Barkett |
| Erotic Ghost Story | Lam Nai-Choi |
| Exorcist III, The | William Peter Blatty |
| Eye for an Eye, An | O Sing-Pui |
| Fatal Charm | Alan Smithee, Fritz Kiersch |
| Fatal Exam | Jack Snyder |
| Fatal Termination | Andrew Kam |
| Final Destinations | James Salisbury, Paul Bunnell, Northrop Davis, Dave Kost |
| Final Sanction, The | David A. Prior |
| Fire Birds | David Green |
| Flatliners | Joel Schumacher |
| Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders | Howard Ziehm, Doug Frisby |
| Frankenhooker | Frank Henenlotter |
| Frankenstein Unbound | Roger Corman |
| Freshman, The | Andrew Bergman |
| Gate II | Tibor Takács |
| German Chainsaw Massacre, The | Christoph Schlingensief |
| Ghost | Jerry Zucker |
| Ghost | Takashi Ito |
| Ghost Dad | Sidney Poitier |
| Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College | John Carl Buechler |
| God of Gamblers II | Wong Jing |
| Godfather Part III, The | Francis Ford Coppola |
| GoodFellas | Martin Scorsese |
| Graffiti Bridge | Prince |
| Grand Day Out, A | Nick Park |
| Graveyard Shift | Ralph S. Singleton |
| Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Joe Dante |
| Grifters, The | Stephen Frears |
| Grim Prairie Tales | Wayne Coe |
| Guardian, The | William Friedkin |
| Guns | Andy Sidaris |
| Hard to Die | Jim Wynorski |
| Hard to Kill | Bruce Malmuth |
| Hardware | Richard Stanley |
| Haunting of Morella, The | Jim Wynorski |
| Hired to Kill | Nico Mastorakis, Peter Rader |
| Home Alone | Chris Columbus |
| Hook of Woodland Heights, The | Michael Savino, Mark Veau |
| Hunt for Red October, The | John McTiernan |
| In the Cold of the Night | Nico Mastorakis |
| In the Line of Duty 5: Middle Man | Cha Chuen-Yee |
| Inspector Wears Skirts 3: Raid on Royal Casino Marine, The | Wellson Chin |
| Invisible Maniac, The | Adam Rifkin |
| Island of Fire | Chu Yen-ping |
| Jacob's Ladder | Adrian Lyne |
| Joe Versus the Volcano | John Patrick Shanley |
| Kamillions | Mike B. Anderson |
| Kickboxer from Hell | Godfrey Ho, Alton Cheung |
| Killer Crocodile 2 | Giannetto De Rossi |
| Killer's Romance | Phillip Ko |
| Kindergarten Cop | Ivan Reitman |
| King of New York | Abel Ferrara |
| La Femme Nikita | Luc Besson |
| Lady Battle Cop | Akihisa Okamoto |
| Lambada | Joel Silberg |
| Last Blood, The | Wong Jing |
| Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III | Jeff Burr |
| Legend of Zipang, The | Kaizô Hayashi |
| Legion of Iron | Yakov Bentsvi |
| Lethal Panther | Godfrey Ho |
| License to Steal | Billy Chan |
| Lionheart | Sheldon Lettich |
| Lisa | Gary Sherman |
| Living Doll | George Dugdale, Peter Mackenzie Litten |
| Magic Cop | Stephen Tung Wai |
| Maniac Cop 2 | William Lustig |
| Marked for Death | Dwight H. Little |
| Martial Law | Steve Cohen |
| Mask of Satan, The | Lamberto Bava |
| Memphis Belle | Michael Caton-Jones |
| Metropolitan | Whit Stillman |
| Michael Jordan's Playground | Zack Snyder |
| Miller's Crossing | Joel Coen |
| Mirror Mirror | Marina Sargenti |
| Misery | Rob Reiner |
| Mo' Better Blues | Spike Lee |
| Mom | Patrick Rand |
| Moment of Romance, A | Benny Chan |
| Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero | Makoto Tezuka |
| Narrow Margin | Peter Hyams |
| Navy Seals | Lewis Teague |
| New Kids in Town | Lau Ga-Yung |
| Night Brings Charlie, The | Tom Logan |
| Night Killer | Claudio Fragasso, Bruno Mattei |
| Night of the Living Dead | Tom Savini |
| Night Visions | Wes Craven |
| Nightbreed | Clive Barker |
| Nightbreed: The Director's Cut | Clive Barker |
| Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell, A | Brett Piper |
| Outlaw Brothers | Frankie Chan Fan-Kei |
| Pacific Heights | John Schlesinger |
| Playroom | Manny Coto |
| Pledge Night | Paul Ziller |
| Postcards from the Edge | Mike Nichols |
| Predator 2 | Stephen Hopkins |
| Pretty Woman | Garry Marshall |
| Problem Child | Dennis Dugan |
| Prom Night III: The Last Kiss | Peter R. Simpson, Ron Oliver |
| Psycho IV: The Beginning | Mick Garris |
| Pump Up the Volume | Allan Moyle |
| Puppet Master II | David Allen |
| Queen's High | Chris Lee Kin-Sang |
| Quigley Down Under | Simon Wincer |
| Rafales | André Melançon |
| Red Dawn | Jorge Fons |
| Reflecting Skin, The | Philip Ridley |
| Rescue Force | Charles Nizet |
| Rescuers Down Under, The | Mike Gabriel, Hendel Butoy |
| Revenge | Tony Scott |
| Revenge | Yermek Shinarbayev |
| Rift, The | Juan Piquer Simón |
| Riki-Oh 2: Child of Destruction | Satoshi Dezaki |
| Ritual of Death | Fauzi Mansur |
| RoboCop 2 | Irvin Kershner |
| Rockula | Luca Bercovici |
| Rocky V | John G. Avildsen |
| Satanic Cults and Ritual Crime | |
| Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections | Jonas Mekas |
| Secret Agent 00 Soul | Julius LeFlore |
| Shakma | Hugh Parks |
| She Shoots Straight | Corey Yuen |
| Shock to the System, A | Jan Egleson |
| Silent Night Deadly Night 4: Initiation | Brian Yuzna |
| Singapore Sling | Nikos Nikolaidis |
| Ski Patrol | Rich Correll |
| Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon | Lau Kar-Wing |
| Sleeping Car, The | Douglas Curtis |
| Slumber Party Massacre III | Sally Mattison |
| Soldier of Fortune | Pierluigi Ciriaci |
| Spontaneous Combustion | Tobe Hooper |
| Suckling, The | Francis Teri |
| Syngenor | George Elanjian Jr. |
| Tale from the East, A | Manfred Wong |
| Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | John Harrison |
| Tales of a Golden Geisha | Juzo Itami |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Steve Barron |
| Terrorgram | Stephen M. Kienzle |
| Texasville | Peter Bogdanovich |
| Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Tiger Cage II | Yuen Woo-ping |
| To Sleep with Anger | Charles Burnett |
| Total Recall | Paul Verhoeven |
| Treasure of the Bitch Islands | F.J. Ossang |
| Tremors | Ron Underwood |
| Troll 2 | Claudio Fragasso |
| Twelve Fairies, The | Chiu Chung-Hing |
| Twin Peaks | David Lynch |
| Twisted Justice | David Heavener |
| Two Evil Eyes | Dario Argento, George A. Romero |
| Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars | Akio Jissoji |
| Ultraman Great: The Battle for Earth | Andrew Prowse |
| Undeclared War | Ringo Lam |
| Vampire Cop | Donald Farmer |
| Vampyre | Bruce G. Hallenbeck |
| Watchers II | Thierry Notz |
| White Fury | David A. Prior |
| Wild at Heart | David Lynch |
| Wind Named Amnesia, A | Kazuo Yamazaki |
| Witchcraft II: The Temptress | Mark Woods |
| Witches, The | Nicolas Roeg |
| Wrong Door, The | James Groetsch, Bill Weiss, Shawn Korby |
| Yellow Fangs | Sonny Chiba |