Best Drama Films of 1990
The Russia House
"Barley" Scott Blair (Sean ... old Cold War and whether the notebooks are genuine or another deadly chapter in the war of the spies. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
The Old Man and the Sea
This adaptation of Hemingway's ... story adds a few characters but keeps the basic plotline of an old fisherman's greatest battle intact. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Days of Thunder
The Top Gun team ... against Russ Wheeler (Cary Elwes), a dastardly driver who not only wants to see Cole defeated but permanently disabled. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
One Man's War
In this made-for-cable docudrama, ... stars as Joel Filartiga, a Paraguayan doctor battling against human rights abuses and political corruption in his native land. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Havana
A cynical gambler reluctantly ... has also worked on a number of Pollack pictures, stretching from 1969's Castle Keep to 1995's remake of Sabrina. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Awakenings
Based on a true ... encouraging Sayers to administer L-DOPA to the other patients under his care. Julie Kavner and John Heard also star. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
White Palace
Screenwriters Ted Tally and ... upper middle-class, Jewish social circle. White Palace co-stars Renée Taylor, Eileen Brennan, Kathy Bates, Jason Alexander, and Corey Parker. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Judgment
The true-story of a ... their son wasn't the only victim, and they have to decide if they want to fight the Catholic Church. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
A Killing in a Small Town
To escape from the ... axe. In the resulting trial, her plea of self-defense is examined. This TV-movie is based on a true story. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Good Cops, Bad Cops
One of the largest ... the 1980 robbery of the Boston Depositors Trust by a group of policemen as related in this true story. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
Mr. and Mrs. Bridge ... Evan S. Connell, Mr. & Mrs. Bridge is a rare excursion into Americana by the Ismail Merchant-James Ivory team. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
The Josephine Baker Story
Brian Gibson's made-for-cable biography ... black American who found stardom and scandal as the toast of the Paris night-life during the 1920s and '30s. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
The Sheltering Sky
From director Bernardo Bertolucci, ... and lives challenged. The Sheltering Sky earned a Best Director nomination for Bertolucci at the 1991 Golden Globe Awards. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Originally aired on HBO, ... Griffith and James Woods as a couple trying to convince themselves that her abortion will not affect their relationship. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Zora is My Name!
A PBS "American Playhouse" ... Hurston, a black writer known for her folklore and stories from the rural South of the 1930s and 1940s. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Rocky V
Touted upon its release ... turns his back on his mentor to sign a more lucrative deal with Duke, leading to a street-fight showdown. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
Based on Doug Magee's ... evidence that suggests the convicted man is actually innocent, and he tries to save him before it's too late. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Cadence
When a young Caucasian ... a racist sergeant. Charlie Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Martin Sheen (who also directed) and others appear in this well-intentioned drama. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
White Hunter, Black Heart
Something of a sleeper ... outlandish performance will be particularly remarkable to fans who tend to think of him as the soft-spoken tough guy. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Heat Wave
Set during the Watts ... able to cover the story, since White reporters were unable to gain access to the area and the rioters. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Mo' Better Blues
Spike Lee's 1990 directing ... scored the film, with contributions from Branford Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Abbey Lincoln and Ruben Blades (who plays Giant's bookie). [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Q & A
Following Serpico (1973) and ... would again return to the subject of New York's corrupt criminal justice system with Night Falls on Manhattan (1997). [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Texasville
Texasville is Peter Bogdanovich's ... last movie, and face a number of adult problems, as well as confronting lingering emotions and memories from adolescence. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Crossing the Line
Filmmaker David Leland handled ... Adapted from a novel by William McIvanney, the film has also been released under the title The Big Man. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
The Field
Richard Harris was nominated ... Field was based on the landmark play by John B. Keane, and directed by My Left Foot's Jim Sheridan. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Avalon
The third of director ... omnipresence in the American home. Avalon's elegiac and melancholy effect is underlined by Randy Newman's soulful musical score. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Millions
One of the heirs ... fortune is willing to do anything to possess it, but finds his beautiful sister-in-law and cousin in the way. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Wild Orchid
A beautiful woman discovers ... living together at the time, had actually had sex while the scene was filmed, though Otis later denied it. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Kill Cruise
This thriller stars Jurgen ... as an alcoholic sailor who agrees to deliver two young English women to the Caribbean. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Too Young to Die?
Another "based on fact" ... the horrendous wrongs piled upon Juliette Lewis in Too Young to Die?, her character fails to elicit audience sympathy. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Cyrano De Bergerac
Edmond Rostand's classic drama ... attention to detail creates a particularly faithful cinematic rendering of the original work that met with positive critical responses. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Murder in Mississippi
Made for television, Murder ... Goodman and James Chaney. Filmed in Georgia, Murder in Mississippi was produced by David L. Wolper of Roots fame. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
83 Hours 'Til Dawn ... ran a distant second to a competing network showing of the theatrical feature Three Men and A Baby (87). [ best drama films - 1990 ]
A Son's Promise
The promise made by ... story. Real or fabricated, the film offers a good workout for your tear-ducts, even when lapsing into the Obvious. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Andre's Mother
After her son dies ... person's choices affect those who love them. Terrence McNally authored the acclaimed play on which the film was based. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Corporate Affairs
Two business rivals, a ... Crosby) and her rival (Peter Scolari), make life hard for each other while scratching their way to the top. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Not Without My Daughter
In this docudrama based ... Mahmoody and William Hoffer, Not Without My Daughter was coincidentally released during the long build-up to 1991's Gulf War. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Vital Signs
Marisa Silver helmed this ... wisdom of a dying cancer patient (Norma Aleandro) to make the medical students realize the important things in life. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
Following up on his ... the final dream, Kurosawa meets a 103-year-old man (played by Ozu regular Chishu Ryu) in a utopian rural village. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson is a ... is played by Thomas Ian Griffith, who came from obscurity and promptly went back after this film was completed. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Shattered Dreams
Shattered Dreams is a ... its most convincing in detailing Ms. Wagner's life after the split; the domestic violence scenes are only adequately staged. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Bandidos
Luis is the only ... by the sadistic Cacho. Before long, the kid bandits are wreaking havoc in the countryside all on their own. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Night Sun
In this film, Tolsoy's ... he is receiving. Devastated by his lapse, he leaves the hermitage and wanders around Italy as a homeless beggar. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
I, the Worst of All
Sister Juana (Assumpta Serna) ... this harsh man. This difficult story is based on a novel by the award-winning poet and writer Octavio Paz. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Mountains of the Moon
Director Bob Rafelson fulfilled ... saves Mountains of the Moon is the rapport between its stars and the brilliant, epic-like cinematography of Roger Deakins. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Against the Wind
Juan (Antonio Banderas) has ... engineer (Bruce McGuire) at the same plant, and gradually she relinquishes the hold she has held over her bother. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Pump up the Volume
Teenage angst finds a ... Moyle, who previously dealt with disaffected, music-obsessed teens in Times Square and would return to them with Empire Records. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Come See the Paradise
One of the few ... Army and soon goes AWOL to return to California, where he tries to find his wife in the camps. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Longtime Companion
At the time of ... soap opera writer whose mind is slowly deteriorating because of the disease, and his supportive friend David (Bruce Davidson). [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Farewell China
Hong Kong filmmaker Clara ... Nansan realizes that his wife has become someone whom he can barely recognize. Hayley Man co-stars with Liu Chin. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Beverly Hills 90210: Season 01
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Daddy Nostalgia
In Bertrand Tavernier's Daddy ... yearns for Tony's acceptance and love, and they both dread the day when she has to return to Paris. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
A Girl of the Limberlost
Adapted from Gene Stratton-Porter's ... the story of an Indiana farmgirl growing up with her widowed mother. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Disha
The lure of the ... friends who stayed at the village has been putting all his energy into digging a well to get water. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg
This historical drama chronicles ... Raoul Wallenberg (Stella Skarsgard), as he fought valiantly to save the lives of the Jewish residents of Nazi-occupied Budapest. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Paper Wedding
A couple are forced ... two days to learn the small details about one another which would be second nature for a married couple. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
21 Jump Street: Season 04
Jailed on a trumped-up ... network at the end of its fourth season, the series lived on for an additional year in off-network syndication. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
An American Summer
In this youthful drama, ... them dangerous; by the summer's end, Tom finds himself wiser, accustomed to California, and a lot more grown up. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501
Cheryl Ladd stars as ... culprit. But Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 is based on fact, and is reasonably faithful to the truth. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
The Disenchanted
Beth (Judith Godreche) is ... is trying to break up with him. In the three days covered by this drama, Beth's life is transformed. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Tales From Avonlea: Season 01
Season one of the ... dad cleared of all criminal charges, meaning that Sara can now return to Montreal...except that she doesn't want to. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Vincent and Theo
The relationship between the ... The cinematography by Jean Lepine illuminates the links between Altman's trademark wandering camera and Van Gogh's impressionistic painting style. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
100 Days Before the Command
Life in the Russian ... actually made in 1990; it could not be internationally released until Erkenov could afford to create his own company. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
The Forbidden Dance
When the Brazilian rainforest ... her path, and together they enter a televised lambada contest, Nisa might have found the answer to her prayers. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
The Juniper Tree
This stark black-and-white drama ... of the careful craftsmanship of the film though they warned that most casual viewers would find it immensely unappealing. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Graffiti Bridge
Prince wrote, directed, and ... The Time and The Kid jamming off of one another, battling for the souls of the two-drink minimum suckers. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
A Fishy Story
In 1969, while Hong ... a hard-working cab driver. One highlight of this light-hearted romantic comedy is its use of music from the period. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Portrait of a Marriage
Adapted from the autobiographical ... a Marriage was telecast in Britain and New Zealand in 1990, and in the United States two years later. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
An Angel at My Table
New Zealand poet Janet ... film was originally made as a mini-series for New Zealand television, and slightly reedited for a later theatrical release. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Intimidades en un Cuarto de Bano
Intimate details in the ... of the household is the maid, Esperanza (María Rojo). The entire film takes place in the family's only bathroom. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
The Pistol
This is the biopic ... with their tiny budget. Though Pistol is comparatively little known, odds are it won't remain that way much longer. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Lord of the Flies
Harry Hook directed this ... for rescue become less and less likely, the two factions go to war with each other, with tragic results. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Beverly Hills 90210: Pilot
From director Tim Hunter ... who is unaware of her age, and Steve's car is wrecked by naïve freshman David Silver (Brian Austin Green). [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Coldfire
A team of cops ... the destructive power of a lethal street drug being promulgated on the streets of Los Angeles. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Darkroom
Evidently disturbed, a man ... to blackmail his father by snapping pictures of him in bed with his mistress. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Decoration Day
Originally airing on the ... why his old pal is refusing to accept the Medal of Honor he should have been awarded years before. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Empty Bed
Empty Bed is a ... Houston International Film Festival and Sinking Creek Film Festival. The film was released on a general basis in 1990. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Danielle Steel's 'Fine Things'
Based on a best-selling ... him with her daughter. To make matters worse, his late wife's ex-husband shows up demanding custody of the child. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Life on a String
Life on a String ... in for a shock. The result is a thought-provoking fable on the nature of art and the artist. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
My Father's Glory
This 1990 French film ... arrives, Marcel secretly follows Joseph and Uncle Jules into the woods, setting the stage for the film's climactic moment. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
My Mother's Castle
This charming motion picture ... to the family members since those wonderful days when life was good and all was right with the world. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Night of the Wilding
During the late '80s, ... keep killing anyone who stands in the way of their acquittal including the prosecutor, the attorney's still loved ex-wife. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Rodrigo D: No Future
Rodrigo D (Ramiro Meneses) ... is of historical interest in that it was the first Colombian film to be entered in the Cannes Festival. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Sudie and Simpson
Based on Sara Flanigan ... Georgia town. Eventually, the small community becomes enraged about their friendship, and Simpson is unjustly accused of child molestation. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Sweet 15
In this touching family ... deported back to Mexico. The movie was first shown as part of the Wonderworks family film series on PBS. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
To Play or to Die
Attending an all-boy school, ... home but cannot carry out his intentions. In Dutch (with English subtitles), this is director Krank Krom's feature debut. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
You're Driving Me Crazy
This anthology is set ... are really from outer space, a murderous television producer, and a prominent fashion photographer obsessed with a motivational record. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Children of the Bride
In this film a ... to get married to her younger fiance but is hindered by her four grown children who come bearing grudges. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Joshua's Heart
The crush felt by ... young boy for his father's girlfriend creates heartbreak when the adults call the relationship off. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Sparks: The Price of Passion
In this drama, a ... career is threatened by the avaricious land speculators who are trying to force her to give into their demands. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
El Niki
Caluga O Menta literally ... bored kids who live in these circumstances have few alternatives to an escalating involvement in petty crime and drug-running. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Last Flight Out
This tension-filled made-for-television drama ... chronicles the struggle of Americans and Vietnamese to be on board the last commercial flight out of the city. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Maine Pyar Kiya
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Tridev
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Hamlet
Kevin Kline directed this ... Venora) descends into madness. This adaptation of Hamlet was originally produced for PBS, where it first aired in 1990. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Krug Vtoroy
The director of this ... to the undertaker to get him to take his father's body away for burial, but finally succeeds in this. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Heroes & Villains: Queen of the East
Follow the life of ... the adoring Bedouin tribes, quickly charming her ways into the history books while taking a bevy of exotic lovers. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Shadows of the Heart
A battle of sensibilities ... Michael, it becomes more and more apparent that there may be more to Michael's feelings than meets the eye. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Deewana Mujh Sa Nahin
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Othello
This powerful production of ... Nunn. Imogen Stubbs and Willard White star as Desdemona and Othello in this award-winning production of the timeless tragedy. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Le Sacre du Printemps
The obsessions of three ... of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Sophie Semin, Ariadna del Carmen, and Robert Hunger-Bühler star. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Ronin-Gai
Kazuo Kuroki's Ronin-Gai transpires ... disgraced. The hedonistic warriors are presented with the possibility of redemption when the women of the town are threatened. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Por Tu Maldito Amor
Por Tu Maldito Amor ... one mature and responsible, the other more extroverted. Complicating the situation is the fact that the women are sisters. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Forbidden Fruits
Fredro Starr, Taral Hicks, ... silence it - even if it means resorting to more drastic and violent measures to get Shawn to comply. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
Van Gogh
Golden Globe-winner Linus Roache ... travels from Paris to England, falls in love, creates his masterpieces, and ultimately succumbs to his own inner demons. [ best drama films - 1990 ]
The Day We Met
A military investigator on ... the investigation something unexpected happens, Arik and Natalie form a bond that will change both of their lives forever. [ best drama films - 1990 ]Supplemental Navigation
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