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Buried Alive
Buried Alive (1989) on 3 october 1990
, 1h27
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Robert Vaughn, John Carradine, Donald Pleasence, Ginger Lynn, Nia Long, Arnold Vosloo
Rating44% 2.2102652.2102652.2102652.2102652.210265
A young woman goes to teach at the Ravenscroft Institute, a girls' school overrun by ants and staffed by various ex-mental patients. Spurred on by a series of horrific hallucinations, she begins to investigate the mysterious disappearances of several students.
When You Remember Me
When You Remember Me (1990) on 7 october 1990
, 1h31
Directed by Harry Winer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Fred Savage, Kevin Spacey, Ellen Burstyn, Richard Jenkins, Lee Garlington, Dwier Brown
Rating66% 3.332813.332813.332813.332813.33281
Mike Mills is a teen with muscular dystrophy, whose destitute single mother placed him in a state nursing home, where he contends with being a young person in the clinic and with an abusive head nurse, while Wade Blank started ADAPT, a grassroots national disability rights group in Denver in the 1980s.
The Nasty Girl
The Nasty Girl (1990) on 6 october 1990
, 1h32
Directed by Michael Verhoeven
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Lena Stolze, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Monika Baumgartner, Fred Stillkrauth, Stella Maria Adorf, Rudolf Schündler
Rating72% 3.642783.642783.642783.642783.64278
A German high school student, Sonja (Lena Stolze as a fictionalized version of Anna Rosmus) wins an essay contest and goes on a trip to Paris.
Sorority House Massacre II
Sorority House Massacre II (1990) on 5 october 1990
, 1h20
Directed by Jim Wynorski
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Gail Harris, Melissa Moore, Savannah, Toni Naples, Kevin Tent
Rating48% 2.413342.413342.413342.413342.41334
Five women, Linda (Gail Harris), Jessica (Melissa Moore), Kimberly (Stacia Zhivago), Suzanne (Barbii) and Janey (Dana Bentley) buy the old Hokstedter place for their new sorority house. They get it cheap because of the bloody incidents from five years before committed by Hokstedter. They decide to stay in it for the night so they can meet the movers in the morning, despite the electricity and the phones not working. Janey tells the group of the murders years before, putting the group on edge. As it turns to night, a storm rolls in and the girls are crept out by they neighbor Orville Ketchum (Peter Spellos) who recalls the night of the murders, and how Hokstedter was defeated. He gives them the keys to the basement before returning home. The girls decide to explore the basement, and find Hokstedter's tools and also a ouija board. Meanwhile, Lt. Mike Block (Jürgen Baum) and Sgt. Phyliss Shawlee (Toni Naples) set out in the storm to get to the Hokstedter house after they receive a disturbance call from the house, and also suspect Orville had something to do with the murders, although Mike was unable to pin anything on him at the time.
The Fifth Monkey
The Fifth Monkey (1990) on 5 october 1990
, 1h33
Directed by Eric Rochat
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Ben Kingsley, Vera Fischer, Milton Gonçalves, Tonico Pereira, Antônio Pitanga, Brook Williams
Rating51% 2.5869152.5869152.5869152.5869152.586915
Cunda (Kingsley) lives deep in the Brazilian rainforest and is intent on making enough money so he can marry a widow in his village. However, his trade - capturing snakes for scientists - pays very little money, and he's in direct competition with other suitors.
Syngenor
Syngenor (1990) on 3 october 1990
, 1h38
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors David Gale, Jeff Doucette, Lewis Arquette, Starr Andreeff, Jon Korkes, Roy Fegan
Rating43% 2.1622252.1622252.1622252.1622252.162225
Norton Cyberdyne provides high-tech military technology and their latest super weapon is "Syngenor" (SYNthesized GENetic ORganism). A prototype breaks loose and starts leaving a trail of bodies. As bodies pile up other Syngenors emerge from the basement and a battle rages between the monsters and the corporate humans.
Shakma
Shakma (1990) on 5 october 1990
, 1h40
Directed by Tom Logan
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films
Actors Christopher Atkins, Amanda Wyss, Ari Meyers, Roddy McDowall
Rating50% 2.504372.504372.504372.504372.50437
Professor Sorenson, the head of a university med school, organizes a live-action role playing game for several of his students using the laboratory building after hours. But after they are locked in, the game begins. Shakma, an adorable, crazed, genetically mutated lab baboon, escapes and begins killing the players.
Marked for Death
Marked for Death (1990) on 5 october 1990
, 1h31
Directed by Dwight H. Little
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about drugs, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Children's films
Actors Steven Seagal, Keith David, Basil Wallace, Tom Wright, Tom Wright, Joanna Pacuła
Rating59% 2.952032.952032.952032.952032.95203
Chicago DEA agent John Hatcher returns from Colombia, where drug dealers killed his partner Chico. As a result of Chico's death and years of dead end work, John retires and heads to his family's home in suburban Chicago. John and his army buddy Max reunite and celebrate at a bar. A gunfight breaks out between local drug dealers and a Jamaican gang called the Jamaican Posse, whose leader is a drug kingpin known as Screwface. John arrests one of Screwface's henchmen as the gunfight ends. The next day, Screwface shoots up the house where John, his sister Melissa, and Melissa's 12-year-old daughter Tracey live. Tracey is hospitalized in critical condition.
Avalon
Avalon (1990) on 5 october 1990
, 2h6
Directed by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration
Actors Armin Mueller-Stahl, Aidan Quinn, Eve Gordon, Thomas Mills Wood, Kevin Pollak, Elizabeth Perkins
Rating71% 3.5954853.5954853.5954853.5954853.595485
It is the early 1950s, and much has happened to the family of Polish Jewish immigrant Sam Krichinsky since he first arrived in America in 1914 and eventually settled in Baltimore.
Henry & June
Henry & June (1990) on 5 october 1990
, 2h23
Directed by Philip Kaufman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Fred Ward, Uma Thurman, Richard E. Grant, Maria de Medeiros, Kevin Spacey, Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Rating62% 3.148823.148823.148823.148823.14882
The story takes place in and around Paris, France in 1931. The story told is one of a love triangle between the Millers and Anaïs Nin. She is in a stable relationship with her husband Hugo, but longs for more out of life. When Nin first meets Henry Miller, he is working on his first novel. Nin is drawn to Miller and his wife June, as well as their bohemian lifestyle. Nin becomes involved in the couple's tormented relationship, having an affair with Miller and also pursuing June. Ultimately, Nin helps Miller to publish his novel, Tropic of Cancer, but catalyzes the Millers' separation, while she returns to Hugo.
Desperate Hours
Desperate Hours (1990) on 5 october 1990
, 1h45
Directed by Michael Cimino
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Politic
Actors Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Lindsay Crouse, Kelly Lynch, David Morse
Rating54% 2.701782.701782.701782.701782.70178
In Utah, Nancy Breyers (Kelly Lynch) is a defense lawyer who is inexplicably in love with client Michael Bosworth (Mickey Rourke), a sociopathic convict. During a break from a courtroom hearing, Nancy sneaks a gun to Bosworth. After Bosworth snaps a guard's neck, Bosworth and Nancy slip away.
Aftershock
Aftershock (1990) on 5 october 1990
, 1h31
Directed by Frank Harris
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action
Actors James Lew, Russ Tamblyn, Christopher Mitchum, Elizabeth Kaitan, John Saxon, Chris DeRose
Rating42% 2.135792.135792.135792.135792.13579
An alien (Elizabeth Kaitan) visits Earth during World War III.
Miller's Crossing
Miller's Crossing (1990) on 5 october 1990
, 1h55
Directed by Frères Coen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Noir, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Children's films, Gangster films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, J. E. Freeman, Jon Polito
Rating76% 3.848593.848593.848593.848593.84859
Tom Reagan is the advisor and right hand man for Leo O'Bannon (Albert Finney), an Irish American mob boss who runs an unspecified eastern city during Prohibition. When Leo's Italian rival Johnny Caspar (John Polito) announces his intent to kill bookie Bernie Bernbaum (John Turturro), Leo goes against Tom's advice and extends his protection to Bernie. Bernie is the brother of Verna Bernbaum (Marcia Gay Harden), who has begun a relationship with Leo while carrying on an affair with Tom.