The 30 best movies of 1990

Ranked by weighted audience rating: among 108 movies with at least 300 votes on TMDb, the formula balances the score with the vote count, so a barely-rated title cannot leap past a classic. Os Bons Companheiros leads, rated 8.4 (1990). The average release year on the list is 1990. The list is recalculated weekly; each title links to its full page, including where to watch in Brazil.

Page updated on 09/20/2026.

1

GoodFellas (1990)

directed by Martin Scorsese · 146 min · 8.5 14,714 votes
2

Misery (1990)

directed by Rob Reiner · 107 min · 7.8 5,389 votes
3

Dances with Wolves (1990)

directed by Kevin Costner · 180 min · 7.8 4,809 votes
4

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

directed by Tim Burton · 105 min · 7.7 14,012 votes
5

Awakenings (1990)

directed by Penny Marshall · 121 min · 7.8 2,946 votes
6

Home Alone (1990)

directed by Chris Columbus · 103 min · 7.5 12,820 votes
7

Back to the Future Part III (1990)

directed by Robert Zemeckis · 118 min · 7.5 11,785 votes
8

Pretty Woman (1990)

directed by Garry Marshall · 119 min · 7.4 9,145 votes
9

The Godfather Part III (1990)

directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 162 min · 7.4 7,031 votes
10

The Hunt for Red October (1990)

directed by John McTiernan · 135 min · 7.4 3,741 votes
11

Total Recall (1990)

directed by Paul Verhoeven · 113 min · 7.3 6,666 votes
12

Close-Up (1990)

directed by Abbas Kiarostami · 98 min · 8.0 459 votes
13

Jacob's Ladder (1990)

directed by Adrian Lyne · 114 min · 7.4 1,976 votes
14

Miller's Crossing (1990)

directed by Joel Coen · 115 min · 7.4 1,903 votes
15

Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku (1990)

directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto · 47 min · 7.6 790 votes
16

A Grand Day Out (1990)

directed by Nick Park · 23 min · 7.5 1,033 votes
17

Dreams (1990)

directed by Akira Kurosawa · 119 min · 7.7 591 votes
18

Ghost (1990)

directed by Jerry Zucker · 129 min · 7.2 6,185 votes
19

Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)

directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau · 137 min · 7.3 846 votes
20

Nikita (1990)

directed by Luc Besson · 118 min · 7.1 2,209 votes
21

Bullet in the Head (1990)

directed by John Woo · 130 min · 7.6 328 votes
22

Days of Being Wild (1990)

directed by Wong Kar-Wai · 95 min · 7.3 611 votes
23

Die Hard 2 (1990)

directed by Renny Harlin · 124 min · 7.0 6,568 votes
24

Wild at Heart (1990)

directed by David Lynch · 124 min · 7.0 1,974 votes
25

The Match Factory Girl (1990)

directed by Aki Kaurismäki · 69 min · 7.4 306 votes
26

The Witches (1990)

directed by Nicolas Roeg · 105 min · 7.0 1,402 votes
27

My Father's Glory (1990)

directed by Yves Robert · 105 min · 7.3 344 votes
28

Tremors (1990)

directed by Ron Underwood · 96 min · 6.9 3,680 votes
29

Pump Up the Volume (1990)

directed by Allan Moyle · 102 min · 7.1 422 votes
30

My Mother's Castle (1990)

directed by Yves Robert · 99 min · 7.2 308 votes