1990 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1990. Top 30 & many honorables. 

(ballot)

Here's the countdown:

30.         SANTA SANGRE

29.          WAR REQUIEM

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-tie- 29.    THE GARDEN

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28.   AFTER DARK, MY SWEET

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27.         METROPOLITAN

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26.           THE WITCHES

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25.          MANIAC COP 2

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24.        NOUVELLE VAGUE

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23.            DICK TRACY

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22.          TOTAL RECALL

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21.  THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH

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20.        PARIS IS BURNING

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19.             HARDWARE

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18.         VINCENT & THEO

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17.      TIME OF THE GYPSIES

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16.               DREAMS

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15.       KING OF NEW YORK

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14.        A GRAND DAY OUT

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13.   SHADOWS IN PARADISE

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                   LENINGRAD
-tie-13. COWBOYS GO AMERICA

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12.               SWEETIE

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11.          WILD AT HEART

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10.    EDWARD SCISSORHANDS

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9.               THE KILLER

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8.         MILLER'S CROSSING

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7.                 TREMORS

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6.      TO SLEEP WITH ANGER

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5.      LANDSCAPE IN THE MIST

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4.           JACOB'S LADDER

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3.                  CLOSE-UP

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2. GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH

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1.                GOODFELLAS

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED 

(the other titles of '90 I loved that could've placed)

THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER

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WHITE HUNTER BLACK HEART

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DARKMAN

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CREATURE COMFORTS

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FRANKENHOOKER

THE COOK, THE THIEF,

HIS WIFE, & HER LOVER

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BASHU, THE LITTLE STRANGER

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TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY

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PUMP UP THE VOLUME

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TILAI [THE LAW]

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A MOMENT OF ROMANCE

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QUICK CHANGE

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NIGHTBREED [the "Cabal" cut]

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MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON

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THE EXORCIST III

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NEXT!

TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN!

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BOILING POINT

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HENRY & JUNE

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BULLET IN THE HEAD

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JU DOU 菊豆

 

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VERONICO CRUZ 

[LA DEUDA INTERNA]

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MIAMI BLUES

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AMERICAN DREAM

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MEMPHIS BELLE

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SINGAPORE SLING

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MISERY

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THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER

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WITHOUT YOU I'M NOTHING

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BRAIN DEAD

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SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION

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THE GRIFTERS

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REVERSAL OF FORTUNE

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JOURNEY OF HOPE

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HENRY: 
PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER

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STATE OF GRACE

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THE SHELTERING SKY

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ALICE

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ROBOCOP 2

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THE FIELD

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TEXASVILLE

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BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III

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CHIMPS: SO LIKE US

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ODE TO G.I. JOE

GOING EQUIPPED

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1990

TOP 30

1. GOODFELLAS (Scorsese)
2. GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (Dante)
3. CLOSE-UP (Kiarostami)
4. JACOB'S LADDER (Lyne)
5. LANDSCAPE IN THE MIST (Angelopoulos)
6. TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (Burnett)
7. TREMORS (Underwood)
8. MILLER'S CROSSING (Coen Bros.)
9. THE KILLER (Woo)
10. EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (Burton)
11. WILD AT HEART (Lynch)
12. SWEETIE (Campion) 
13. LENINGRAD COWBOYS (Kaurismäki)                           -tie- SHADOWS IN PARADISE (Kaurismäki)
14. A GRAND DAY OUT (Park)
15. KING OF NEW YORK (Ferrara)
16. DREAMS (Kurosawa)
17. TIME OF THE GYPSIES (Kusturica)
18. VINCENT AND THEO (Altman)
19. HARDWARE (Stanley)
20. PARIS IS BURNING (Jennie Livingston)
21. UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH (Hartley)
22. TOTAL RECALL (Verhoeven)
23. DICK TRACY (Beatty)
24. NOUVELLE VAGUE (Godard)
25. MANIAC COP 2 (Lustig)
26. THE WITCHES (Joffe)
27. METROPOLITAN (Stillman)
28. AFTER DARK, MY SWEET (Foley)
29. WAR REQUIEM (Jarman)                                               -tie- THE GARDEN (Jarman)
30. SANTA SANGRE (Jodorowsky)

RUNNER-UP

RESCUERS DOWN UNDER (Butoyl), WHITE HUNTER BLACK HEART (Eastwood), DARKMAN (Raimi), CREATURE COMFORTS (N.Park), FRANKENHOOKER (Henenlotter), THE COOK, THE THIEF.. (Greenaway), BASHU THE LITTLE STRANGER (Beyzaie), TRULY MADLY DEEPLY (Minghella), PUMP UP THE VOLUME (Moyle), TILAI (Ouedraogo), MOMENT OF ROMANCE (B.Chan), QUICK CHANGE (Bill Murray), NIGHTBREED (Barker), MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON (Rafelson), EXORCIST III (Blatty), NEXT! (Purves), TIE ME UP TIE ME DOWN (Almodovar), BOILING POINT (Takeshi Kitano), HENRY & JUNE (Kaufman), BULLET IN THE HEAD (Woo), JU DOU (Zhang Yimou), VERONICO CRUZ (Pereira), MIAMI BLUES (Armitage), AMERICAN DREAM (Barbara Kopple), MEMPHIS BELLE (Caton-Jones), SINGAPORE SLING (Nikolaidis), MISERY (R.Reiner), HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (McTiernan), WITHOUT YOU I'M NOTHING (Boskovich), BRAIN DEAD (A.Simon), SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION (Hooper), THE GRIFTERS (Frears), REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (Schroeder), JOURNEY OF HOPE (X.Koller), HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (McNaughton), STATE OF GRACE (Joanou), SHELTERING SKY (Bertolucci), ALICE (Allen), ROBOCOP 2 (Kershner), THE FIELD (Sheridan), TEXASVILLE (Bogdanovich), BACK TO THE FUTURE PT. III (Zemeckis), CHIMPS SO LIKE US (Karen Goodman), ODE TO G.I. JOE (G.P. Grant) GOING EQUIPPED (Lord)