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Ninja Academy
Ninja Academy (1989) on 1 january 1990
, 2h
Directed by Nico Mastorakis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Gerald Okamura, Marc Dacascos, James Lew
Rating36% 1.8138651.8138651.8138651.8138651.813865
Un groupe d'étudiants intègre une école de ninjas, et apprennent tous les moyens pour combattre le crime.
Burning Down Tomorrow
Burning Down Tomorrow (1990) on 1 january 1990

Directed by Kit Thomas
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Rating71% 3.5971953.5971953.5971953.5971953.597195
Challenger
Challenger (1990) on 1 january 1990

Genres Drama, Documentary
Actors Karen Allen, Barry Bostwick, Richard Jenkins, Joe Morton, Keone Young, Brian Kerwin
Rating58% 2.905212.905212.905212.905212.90521
In the film, NASA managers and Thiokol engineers argue back and forth about whether the data Thiokol has is adequate to support the risk they claim. In a teleconference, Morton Thiokol engineer Roger Boisjoly describes to the NASA team the soot from prior O-ring "blow-by" incidents on prior launches as "black", trying to communicate the severity of the malfunction, and says "it looked bad". A NASA director challenges him, asking "What does the black color mean?" Boisjoly, played by Boyle, is unable to put into words a concrete logical argument for concern about what is to him obviously a serious problem, and he just replies with something like, "I'm telling you, if you'd seen it, you'd know it isn't good." The NASA manager demands proof before he will ground the shuttle, and the call ends leaving Boisjoly frustrated and baffled at their attitude. Unable to prove their case with certainty, Thiokol managers cave in to direct pressure and reverse their recommendation, finally recommending launch.
Checkered Flag
Checkered Flag (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 1h35
Directed by John Glen
Themes Sports films
Actors Billy Campbell, Rob Estes, Amanda Wyss, Robert Forster, Carrie Hamilton, Leilani Sarelle
Rating48% 2.4482052.4482052.4482052.4482052.448205
Race car driver Mike Reardon and mechanic Tommy Trehearn are the best of friends whose friendship is damaged, however, when Reardon's girlfriend (Chris) ends up falling for Trehearn. Years later, Trehearn and Chris are now married with children and move to Arizona when Trehearn is selected to be a mechanic for a new racing team, of which Reardon also happens to be a part. Somehow, Trehearn must do more than win the big race.
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990) on 7 january 1990
, 4h
Directed by Brian Gibson
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Steven Bauer, Miguel Ferrer, Elizabeth Peña, Benicio del Toro, Treat Williams, Craig T. Nelson
Rating65% 3.294343.294343.294343.294343.29434
Fact-based story of undercover DEA agent Enrique Camarena (Bauer) who, while stationed in Guadalajara, uncovered a massive marijuana operation in Northern Mexico that led to his death and a remarkable investigation of corruption within the Mexican government.
Getting Married in Buffalo Jump
Getting Married in Buffalo Jump (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 1h37
Directed by Eric Till
Origin Canada
Actors Wendy Crewson, Paul Gross
Rating67% 3.383883.383883.383883.383883.38388
After her father's death Sophie Ware returns to her home town in hopes of running the family ranch. She struggles with the awkwardness of being home as she is now used to living in a big city as an accomplished musician. She is surprised when Alex, the farm's handyman, offers her a marriage of convenience in order to keep the farm afloat.
Sweet 15
Sweet 15 (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 2h
Directed by Victoria Hochberg
Genres Drama
Actors Karla Montana, Jerry Stiller, Tony Plana, Liz Torres, Susan Ruttan, Jenny Gago
Rating40% 2.0412752.0412752.0412752.0412752.041275
Marta de la Cruz is the daughter of two hardworking Mexican immigrants. She and her two siblings were born in the United States and are living in Los Angeles. They are a working-class family, and their hardworking father, Samuel, is the operations manager of a steel mill that makes chain link fences. He has been working hard for much of his life, and the work finally paid off when they became legal citizens. They also have a close relationship with their next-door neighbor Jorge, who is struggling to find work because he has no papers. Marta is seen as spoiled, immature, and somewhat naive, but she wants to have an amazing quinceanera, as her friends are not having one. Her parents tell her that she may have to postpone it, because of financial problems, when in reality, they are not legal citizens, and they need to save money in case Samuel's boss, Mr. Waterman (Jerry Stiller) finds out and he is left jobless. Marta does not understand the situation and is very angry and upset. Her jealousy only increases when she is forced to get a job in the immigration department of their church to volunteer in the community.
Night of the Living Bread
Night of the Living Bread (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 8minutes
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Rating60% 3.048593.048593.048593.048593.04859
Two people are attacked in a cemetery by slices of bread, which is hurled at them. The people escape in their car as more bread hurls itself at them from offscreen. They make it to a farmhouse where they and others are besieged by rampant slices of killer bread. One person is smothered to death, leaving behind a corpse strewn with white bread. News reports speculate that an explosion at a bakery is animating all manner of bread. During Catholic Mass in an emergency shelter, the worshippers are attacked by Communion wafers. The group in the farmhouse fortify their defences, using toasters (instead of torches) to frighten off the bread, and barricading the doors and windows with sandwich bags (instead of wooden planks). Two women seek refuge in the basement, unaware that there is a lunch bag next to them. The bread inside kills them and one of the men, leaving only one person alive. At the end of the film, the sole survivor is smothered by the bread.
Luther the Geek
Luther the Geek (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 1h20
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror
Actors Stacy Haiduk
Rating52% 2.606192.606192.606192.606192.60619
A young Luther Watts has a fascination with carnival geeks. When he loses his teeth while at a geek show and has them replaced with a pair of sharp metallic dentures, he acquires a liking for human blood. He begins murdering people by biting their heads off, but is captured and placed in prison.
Dark River
Dark River (1990) on 1 january 1990

Genres Drama
Actors Tom Bell, Ian McNeice, Siân Phillips, Kate Buffery, Tony Haygarth, Freddie Jones

On the banks of a river flowing through the lowlands of Africa, the British have set up a colony without the constraints of European civilization. Into this tight-knit community a stranger (Deacon) strays, refusing to abide by its self-serving code. He is immediately set at odds with the locals: a businessman (K B Priestley) who employs his authority in the community to disguise his personal weaknesses, his daughter (Lydia) who uses the men in the community as rungs in her climb out of provincialism; a sour, manipulative club barman (Yorkie); a widow and cocoa heiress (Mrs Blessington) who plays puppet-master from a distance; hero of the bars (Oliver) with his dubious investment schemes, sardonic gossip columnist Jane Audeby, and club waiter Elias who becomes his most candid counsellor.
Playroom
Playroom (1989) on 1 january 1990
, 1h30
Directed by Manny Coto
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Christopher McDonald, Aron Eisenberg, Vincent Schiavelli, Jamie Rose, Kimberly Beck
Rating48% 2.425372.425372.425372.425372.42537
An archaeologist is haunted by a nightmare in which his family is murdered.
Geronimo
Geronimo (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 1h41
Directed by Arnold Laven, Edward T. McDougal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Western
Actors Chuck Connors, Adam West, Denver Pyle, Kamala Devi, Patrick Douglas "Pat" Conway, Armando Silvestre
Rating58% 2.901032.901032.901032.901032.90103
En 1883, le chef apache Geronimo et son groupe de guerriers sont victimes des attaques américaines et mexicaines. En échange d'un territoire et de nourriture, les guerriers se rendent alors à contrecœur. Mais bientôt Geronimo va s'évader de la réserve et déclarer la guerre aux Américains.
The Final Sacrifice
The Final Sacrifice (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 1h18
Origin Canada
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Rating25% 1.2572651.2572651.2572651.2572651.257265
In the first scene of the film, hooded men chase a lone man through a snowy forest. A shot rings out and the opening credits roll.
A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell
A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 1h22
Directed by Brett Piper
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Post-apocalyptic films
Rating27% 1.369721.369721.369721.369721.36972
Après une guerre nucléaire, l'homme a quasiment été rayé de la surface de la terre. Les radiations ont transformés bon nombre d'entre eux en horribles mutants, alors que les animaux qui peuplaient alors la planète sont devenus d'énormes monstres ressemblant à des dinosaures. Léa, dernière femme sur Terre, va tout faire pour survivre dans ce monde hostile...
Wilt
Wilt (1989) on 1 january 1990
, 1h32
Directed by Mel Smith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Alison Steadman, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Diana Quick, Jeremy Clyde
Rating60% 3.0490653.0490653.0490653.0490653.049065
Henry Wilt is a community studies teacher at a poorly funded college where most of the pupils seem to be fairly apathetic to learning. Eva Wilt, his wife, is interested in the spiritual aspects of martial arts, Transcendental Meditation and similar pursuits. Eva's disdain for Henry's interest in reading adds to his general frustration at work, including being turned down for a promotion again, and leads him to occasionally fantasize about killing her. Her 'Yuppie' friends, Hugh Westroper and his beautiful, glamorous wife Sally, only exacerbate his alienation from her world by talking disparagingly about teaching as a profession and about his car.
Silence Like Glass
Silence Like Glass (1989) on 1 january 1990
, 1h43
Directed by Carl Schenkel
Origin German
Genres Drama
Actors Jami Gertz, Martha Plimpton, George Peppard, Gayle Hunnicutt, Bruce Payne, Rip Torn
Rating65% 3.2938553.2938553.2938553.2938553.293855
The main character of the film, Eva, is a wealthy, snobbish ballerina who is diagnosed with cancer. She is admitted into the youth cancer ward at a hospital where she is forced into humility by her disease. She rooms with fellow cancer patient Claudia (Martha Plimpton), and the majority of the film revolves around their interactions together in their hospital room. She is treated with 'concern and compassion' by Dr Burton.
Centrespread
Centrespread (1981) on 1 january 1990

Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Kylie Foster
Rating46% 2.311732.311732.311732.311732.31173
Silent Scream
Silent Scream (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 1h25
Directed by David Hayman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Biography, Horror, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Iain Glen, Robert Carlyle, Tom Watson, Julie Graham, Alexander Morton, David Hayman
Rating56% 2.81762.81762.81762.81762.8176
Based on a true story. Larry Winters was sentenced to life imprisonment for a murder in a Soho bar in London in 1963. Silent Scream, directed by David Hayman and starring Iain Glen as Winters, is based on the life and writing of Winters. A violent and drug addicted member of the Barlinnie Special Unit in Scotland, Larry died in 1977 of a drug overdose at the age of 34.
The Hook of Woodland Heights
The Hook of Woodland Heights (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 40minutes
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Rating48% 2.423422.423422.423422.423422.42342
Mason Crane, a one-handed man who went on a murderous rampage after committing familicide, is set to be moved from one section of a Woodland Heights psychiatric hospital to another. As soon as Mason's cell is opened, the deranged man crushes an orderly with the door, cuts another's skullcap off with a clipboard, and escapes. Mason makes his way to a wilderness-adjacent home, where he kills a dog, and replaces his missing hand with a bent two-pronged grilling fork. With his new weapon, Mason attacks a group of children playing in a cemetery, stabbing one to death, and scattering the rest.
Soultaker
Soultaker (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 1h34
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Joe Estevez, Robert Z'Dar, Vivian Schilling, David "Shark" Fralick
Rating24% 1.2099251.2099251.2099251.2099251.209925
The film begins in a hospital where the Soultaker is trying to find a room containing an elderly man. He eventually finds the room. The Soultaker looks at his pocket watch before using a ring to take the man's soul. The next day, a rich teen-aged girl named Natalie McMillan and her friend Karen get ready to go to "Summerfest". Meanwhile, a teenaged boy named Brad (David "Shark" Fralick) goes to pick up Natalie's former boyfriend Zack to go to Summerfest. Zack tells Brad that he wants to see Natalie again, but Brad tells him that he can never win a girl like Natalie again without money. Later they go to pick up another teenager named Tommy Marcetto.
Dorf Goes Auto Racing
Dorf Goes Auto Racing (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 30minutes
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Eddie Deezen, Tim Conway, Hoyt Axton
Rating56% 2.8416552.8416552.8416552.8416552.841655
World-famous European race car driver, Duessel Dorf, comes to America to take on his greatest challenge-stock car racing at Sears Point Raceway. However, Dorf, with his usual skill, soon turns the race into a shambles and sets the world of stock car racing on its ear.
12:01 PM
12:01 PM (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 25minutes
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Time travel films
Actors Kurtwood Smith, Don Amendolia, Laura Harrington
Rating75% 3.785513.785513.785513.785513.78551
Kurtwood Smith plays Myron Castleman, an everyman stuck in a loop that forces him to constantly relive the same hour of his life over and over, being the only person aware of this. During one loop, he discovers that a scientist named Nathan Rosenbluth has predicted an event that matches his experience. Castleman calls him and explains what is going on, however, Rosenbluth is highly skeptical of his claims. Over the next loops, Myron struggles to get into contact with Rosenbluth again, and in the process becomes frustrated to the point of screaming at his secretary and throwing his suitcase into traffic. Eventually, he does manage to talk to Rosenbluth, who initially dismisses Myron as crazy until Myron describes the transition as the scientist had predicted (including the phrase "Consciousness is an independent variable," which is central to Rosenbluth's theories). The professor sadly informs Castleman that there is nothing that can be done, causing Myron to become hysterical and shoot himself. There is a brief pause until Myron finds himself back at the beginning of the loop, realizing that he is trapped for eternity.
Step Across the Border
Step Across the Border (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 1h30
Directed by Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel
Origin German
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors Fred Frith, Iva Bittová, Jean Derome, John Zorn, Jonas Mekas, Robert Frank
Rating79% 3.95793.95793.95793.95793.9579
Un film documentaire d'avant-garde sur le guitariste, compositeur et improvisateur anglais Fred Frith.
Island of Fire
Island of Fire (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 1h36
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Prison films, Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Andy Lau, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Jimmy Wang Yu, Jack Kao
Rating57% 2.8556952.8556952.8556952.8556952.855695
Wang Wei (Tony Leung Ka-fai) is a police officer who goes undercover in a prison, hoping to determine how the fingerprints on a recently killed felon could belong to a con who had been executed three months before. While inside, he is tortured for getting involved in internal matters.
Sons
Sons (1990) on 1 january 1990

Directed by Alexandre Rockwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Stéphane Audran, Jennifer Beals, D. B. Sweeney, Rockets Redglare, William Forsythe, Bernard Fresson
Rating63% 3.1800453.1800453.1800453.1800453.180045
Les trois fils d'un homme malade décident de l'emmener en France pour y retrouver la femme dont il était tombé amoureux pendant la seconde Guerre mondiale.
Rainbow Drive
Rainbow Drive (1990) on 1 january 1990

Directed by Bobby Roth
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Peter Weller, Sela Ward, David Caruso, Tony Jay, Jon Gries, Henry G. Sanders
Rating51% 2.5667052.5667052.5667052.5667052.566705
Mike Gallagher is one of Los Angeles' top cops, who is acting head of Hollywood's homicide division. But Gallagher is soon wrenched out of his orderly existence into a dirty world of killing and corruption. Gallagher's affair with a married woman leads him to stumble across a vicious scene of multiple murder on L.A. highway Rainbow Drive. Gallagher senses something strange when reinforcements arrive even before he has called them. When his superiors freeze him out of the case, Gallagher begins his own investigations. With the help of mysterious ally Laura Demming, Gallagher draws closer to the truth, and danger moves closer to his partner and mistress. His investigation propels him into a web of drugs and vice, corruption and cover-up - an intricate web that implicates some of the city's most senior figures.
Journey Into Life: The World of the Unborn, 25minutes
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Rating61% 3.079563.079563.079563.079563.07956
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990) on 1 january 1990

Directed by Frank Pierson
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Roy Scheider, Bonnie Bedelia, Robert Carradine, Andre Braugher, Arliss Howard, Marc Macaulay
Rating62% 3.145973.145973.145973.145973.14597
Un célèbre reporter-photographe qui doit assister à une exécution capitale décèle des indices mettant en doute la culpabilité du condamné.
Ding et Dong : Le film
Ding et Dong : Le film (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 1h36
Directed by Alain Chartrand
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy
Actors Serge Thériault, Claude Meunier, Raymond Bouchard, Sophie Faucher, Yves Jacques, Jean Lapointe
Rating58% 2.9040552.9040552.9040552.9040552.904055
Le duo d'humoristes Ding et Dong tente sans succès de gagner sa vie grâce à son humour. Enchaînant les malchances et les bourdes, un presque étranger fait d'eux ses héritiers d'une somme de 30 millions de dollars, qu'ils utiliseront pour fonder le TNT (Théâtre de la Nouvelle Tragédie). Ils y présentent Le Cid de Corneille. L'amitié qui unit les deux humoristes sera menacée par la direction que chacun veut donner à sa carrière respective; Ding veut s'orienter vers le théâtre de répertoire, influencé par une amie, et Dong semble déterminé à vouloir rester humoriste absurde, guidé par son nouvel agent.
A Bullet in the Head
A Bullet in the Head (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 1h29
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Rating66% 3.327573.327573.327573.327573.32757
Un civil et un soldat deviennent des alliés improbables dans cet examen allégorique de l'amitié et des maux de la guerre. Filmé au Québec, Canada. Ld
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990) on 5 january 1990
, 1h23
Directed by John McNaughton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about films, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Serial killer films
Actors Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, Tracy Arnold, Kurt Naebig
Rating69% 3.4976453.4976453.4976453.4976453.497645
Henry is a drifter who murders scores of people - men, women and children - as he travels through the country. He migrates to Chicago, where he stops at a diner, eats dinner, and kills two waitresses.
Everybody's Fine
Everybody's Fine (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 1h58
Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Michèle Morgan, Valeria Cavalli, Roberto Nobile, Salvatore Cascio, Jacques Perrin
Rating76% 3.840733.840733.840733.840733.84073
Matteo Scuro, a retired Sicilian bureaucrat and opera buff, has been stood up by his five adult children during the summer vacation, all of whom live in various cities on the Italian mainland with what he believes are responsible jobs. Despite their not visiting and the neighbours' criticisms, he remains optimistic, considering that his children could not come because they are too busy. His children are named after popular opera characters, Tosca for Puccini's Tosca, Canio for Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, Norma for Bellini's Norma, Guglielmo for Rossini's Guglielmo Tell and Alvaro for Verdi's La forza del destino.
The Awakening
The Awakening (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 8minutes
Directed by Nacho Cerdà
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy
Actors Nacho Cerdà
Rating56% 2.80262.80262.80262.80262.8026
Un jeune lycéen s'endort en classe. A son réveil, ses camarades et son professeur sont immobiles, le silence est total. Et d'étranges signes sont inscrits au tableau...
Made in Milan
Made in Milan (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 20minutes
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes La mode, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Rating60% 3.046453.046453.046453.046453.04645
Blue Planet
Blue Planet (1990) on 1 january 1990
, 40minutes
Directed by Ben Burtt
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about nature
Rating70% 3.5243553.5243553.5243553.5243553.524355
La face cachée de la Terre vue depuis l'espace! A plus de 300 kms au-dessus de la surface de la Terre,nous pouvons distinguer des paysages familiers : l' Himalaya, les dunes géantes du désert de sable namibien,les îles Caraïbes semblables à des joyaux. De ce point de vue unique,nous voyons comment les forces de la nature - les volcans,les tremblements de terre et les hurricanes - influent sur notre planèteet comment une nouvelle force puissante - l' humanité - a commencé à changer la face de la Terre.