Temporal Top Ten – 1990

Number of movies seen from this year – 138
Number of movies reviewed – 147 (including 31 Encore Reviews)

I’m usually not a fan of non-English language movies at all, but this year’s #1 actually is in Polish, German, Russian and Hebrew without a word of English.  I fell in love with this movie when my parents dragged me to an art house premiere when I was 16. I have seen it several times since and am always impressed by the quality of the storytelling.

Unfortunately, since it was a multi country production, it was ineligible to even be nominated for the Best Foreign Film despite it winning that award at the Globes.

As a 16 year old, I spent a lot of time in the theater and of all 10 of these movies, #9 is the only one that I didnt originally see on the big screen.

Deciding between #2 and #3 was not simple because they are both amazing movies despite being so different in scope and story.

Ultimately, the epic feel and cinematography are what helped me decide on my #2. (It was really close tho)

#4 is a guilty pleasure of mine and is one of the few movies that I have ever seen twice in the theater within less than 24 hours.

#5 is an amazingly fun sci-fi action thriller that has special effects that were so cutting edge that they were given the Oscar instead of it being a competition for the SFX award.

#6 is one of my favorite Stephen King thrillers with an epic performance by its leading lady who was pretty much an unknown before this movie helped her win Best Actress.

#7 is a thrilling courtroom drama that is almost as good as the book.

#8 is a star studded WWII drama that deals with the crew of a bomber on their final mission before going home.

#9 is a pretty much unknown WWII drama that tells a story of how people managed on the homefront despite difficult circumstances.

And finally my #10 is a romantic drama with supernatural elements that changed the way we all will forever think of making pottery.

Update 1 Aug 2019 – The Civil War is now #3, moving all subsequent films down one slot

My Top Ten

Honorable Mention – Ghost

10. Come See the Paradise

9. Memphis Belle

8. Presumed Innocent

7. Misery

6. Total Recall

5. Die Hard 2

4. Goodfellas

3. The Civil War

2. Dances With Wolves

1. Europa Europa

Here’s a complete list of movies that I’ve seen from 1990

1. 3 Men and a Little Lady
2. The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
3. Agenda For Murder
4. Air America
5. Another 48 Hrs.       Encore Review
6. Arachnophobia
7. Archangel
8. Avalon
9. Awakenings
10. Back to the Future Part III Encore Review Encore Review 2 Encore Review 3 Encore Review 4 5 6
11. Bad Influence
12. Betsy’s Wedding
13. Bird on a Wire
14. Blind Fury
15. Blue Steel
16. The Bonfire of the Vanities
17. Cadence
18. Cadillac Man
19. Captain America
20. Civil War, The
21. Columbo Cries Wolf
22. Columbo Goes to College
23. Come See the Paradise
24. Crazy People
25. Cry-Baby
26. Cyrano de Bergerec
27. Dances with Wolves    Encore Review
28. Darkman
29. Days of Thunder
30. Deceptions
31. Decoration Day
32. Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
33. Desperate Hours
34. Dick Tracy
35. Die Hard 2  Encore Review Encore Review 2 Encore Review 3 4 5 6 7 8
36. Downtown
37. Edward Scissorhands
38. Europa Europa  Encore Review
39. The Field
40. Fire Birds
41. The First Power
42. Flashback
43. Flatliners
44. The Fourth War
45. The Freshman
46. Funny About Love
47. Ghost
48. The Godfather Part III
49. Goodfellas
50. Green Card
51. Gremlins 2: The New Batch  Encore Review
52. The Grifters
53. Hamlet
54. Hard to Kill
55. Hardware
56. Havana
57. Heart Condition
58. Heaven and Earth
59. Henry & June
60. Home Alone
61. The Hunt for Red October
62. I Come in Peace
63. I Love You to Death
64. In the Line of Duty: A Cop For the Killing
65. Internal Affairs
66. IT
67. Jacob’s Ladder
68. Jetsons: The Movie
69. Joe Versus the Volcano
70. Kindergarten Cop   Encore Review
71. King of New York
72. Korczak
73. Last of the Finest, The
74. Lionheart
75. Look Who’s Talking Too
76. Loose Cannons
77. Lord of the Flies
78. Love at Large
79. Marked for Death
80. Memphis Belle   Encore Review
81. Men at Work
82. Men Don’t Leave
83. Mermaids
84. Miami Blues
85. Miller’s Crossing
86. Misery Encore Review
87. Mo’ Better Blues
88. Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
89. Mr. Destiny
90. Murder in Malibu
91. My Blue Heaven
92. Narrow Margin
93. Navy SEALs
94. Nuns on the Run
95. Opportunity Knocks
96. Pacific Heights
97. Postcards from the Edge
98. Predator 2
99. Presumed Innocent      Encore Review       Encore Review 2   Encore Review 3
100. Pretty Woman
101. Problem Child
102. Pump Up the Volume
103. Q&A
104. Quantum Leap: Rebel Without A Clue
105. Quick Change   Encore Review
106. Quigley Down Under
107. The Rescuers Down Under
108. Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo
109. Revenge   Encore Review
110. Reversal of Fortune  Encore Review
111. RoboCop 2
112. Rocky V
113. The Rookie
114. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
115. The Russia House
116. Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy
117. Short Time
118. Sibling Rivalry
119. Side Out
120. Solar Crisis
121. Stanley & Iris
122. State of Grace
123. Taking Care of Business    Encore Review
124. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
125. Texasville
126. To Sleep With Anger
127. Total Recall  Encore Review   Encore Review 2
128. Tremors
129. Truly, Madly, Deeply
130. The Two Jakes
131. Uneasy Lies the Crown
132. Vital Signs
133. Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
134. White Hunter Black Heart
135. White Palace
136. Wild at Heart
137. Wild Orchid
138. Young Guns II      Encore Review