Comedy Movies of 1990
Joe Versus the Volcano
Academy Award-winning screenwriter John Patrick Shanley's first foray into the director's chair is a quirky romantic fantasy, featuring Bo Welch's signature production design. Tom Hanks plays Joe Banks, a man who hates ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Look Who's Talking, Too
Amy Heckerling repeats the successful formula of Look Who's Talking in this sequel, with the addition of John Travolta singing "All Shook Up" to a group of nursery schoolers and Mel Brooks cast as the voice of ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Brian De Palma's Hollywood sanitization of Tom Wolfe's scabrous satire stars Tom Hanks as Sherman ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
I Love You to Death
Lawrence Kasdan's black comedy about a wife's ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Evening Shade: Season 01
[ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Pretty Woman
Self-involved corporate raider Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) has recently split up with his girlfriend. Seeking directions to the Beverly Hills Hotel, he makes the acquaintance of free-spirited hooker Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) and decides to put ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
The Freshman
In this farcical comedy, Matthew Broderick plays Clark ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Dick Tracy
Warren Beatty directed and starred in this big-budget action comedy featuring Chester Gould's square-jawed, two-dimensional comic strip detective. Ruthless gangster Big Boy Caprice (Al Pacino) touches off a gang war against ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Betsy's Wedding
Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper (Molly Ringwald) and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé, Jake Lovell(Dylan Walsh), just want an intimate little wedding reception, but Betsy's father, Eddie (Alan Alda), a Long ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Quick Change
Bill Murray co-directed (along with Howard Franklin) this mixture of The Out-of-Towners and After Hours, ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Benny Hill's World Tour: New York
Benny Hill's World Tour: New York was the final television special before the death of the British comic. The show finds him employing his usual brand of silly antics and partially-clad buxom beauties in ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Framed
Made for cable TV, Framed top-bills Jeff Goldblum as Wiley, a talented but somewhat naïve art forger. Wiley's big chance to score a con is cleverly foiled by another scam artist, Kate (Kristin ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Crazy People
Dudley Moore stars as Emory Lesson, an advertising genius whose finds himself committed to an insane asylum in Tony Bill's Crazy People. Emory becomes tired with creating phony ad campaigns and decides to create his own campaigns that tell ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Home Alone
Home Alone is the highly successful and beloved family comedy about a young boy named Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) who is accidentally left behind when his family takes off for a vacation in France ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Impromptu
Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, better known in the ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Mr. Destiny
Businessman Larry Burrows (James Belushi) has a wife who ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Tune in Tomorrow
Tune in Tomorrow is based on Mario Vargas Llosa's novel, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter. In New Orleans, circa 1951, a news writer for a local radio station, Martin Loader (Keanu ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Green Card
Green Card fuses the template of a light romantic comedy with a classic fish-out-of-water scenario. In order to retain her beautiful rent-controlled Manhattan apartment, a beautiful, socially-conscious American woman ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Heart Condition
Jack Moony (Bob Hoskins) is a vice detective, but he is also an intense and crazed, racist lout. Jack has had a brief fling with a hooker named Crystal (Chloe ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Arachnophobia
Referring to the fear of spiders, Arachnophobia features a particularly deadly species of spider that manages to make its way from the Venezuelan rain forest to a small California ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Cry-Baby
John Waters does a quirky spin on '50s nostalgia in Cry-Baby, his musical homage to Rebel Without a Cause and Romeo and Juliet. Set in Baltimore in 1954 at the birth of rock & roll, the film features Johnny Depp as ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Kindergarten Cop
Arnold Schwarzenegger sheds his action image in Ivan Reitman's police comedy Kindergarten Cop, where he plays an undercover cop teaching a class of hyperactive six-year-olds. As the film begins, John ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Sibling Rivalry
Carl Reiner directed this situation comedy about a neglected wife who, in frustration, has her first affair, ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Loose Cannons
Loose Cannons may be a wacky buddy-cop comedy, but it starts with a chilling premise. It seems that a film is discovered ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Where the Heart Is
In this comedy from writer-director John Boorman, ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Cheers: Season 09
Season nine of Cheers picked up where the eighth had left off, with Sam Malone (Ted Danson) and Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley) poised to consummate their newfound romance on the couch ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
This screen version of Del Shores' play follows a dysfunctional Southern family as they squabble among themselves over the family fortune. As the title would suggest, Daddy (Bert ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
The Golden Girls: Season 06
America's four favorite senior citizens, Dorothy (Bea Arthur), Rose (Betty White), Blanche (Rue McClanahan), and Sophia (Estelle Getty), are still ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Much as he would later do with Shakespeare in Love (1998), writer Tom ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Waiting for the Light
Set during the Cuban missile crisis, Waiting for the Light is an off-beat comic tale about a single mother of ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
My Blue Heaven
Herbert Ross directed this Nora Ephron-scripted buddy comedy starring Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, and Joan Cusack. Steve Martin ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Where the original Gremlins was a horror film spiked with comedy, Gremlins 2: The New Batch is essentially a black comedy, with a couple of horrifying touches. As the film starts, the ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Opportunity Knocks
Saturday Night Live star Dana Carvey had his first leading role on the big screen in this comedy. Eddie (Carvey) and Lou (Todd Graff) are a pair of small-time con ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Men at Work
A pair of garbage workers (Charlie Sheen and Emilio ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
In Living Color: Season 01
The first season of Fox's Afro-centric comedy ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Scenes from a Mall
Woody Allen and Bette Midler star as a well-heeled couple who spend their 16th wedding anniversary at the mall shopping for a party that they're throwing that night. In the course of ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Tremors
Tremors is actually two movies in one. On its own terms, it's an enjoyable modern sci-fi horror-thriller, with good pacing and a sense of humor; but it's also ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
How to Murder a Millionaire
The millionaire of the title is Joan Rivers, an over-aged Beverly Hills brat whom many of the film's characters want to see dead or in rags. Armed with only her ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Far Out Man
Starring many of his family members, this is Tommy Chong's (of the well-known duo, Cheech and Chong) first solo production. As an outdated hippie, Far Out Man ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Ghost Dad
Bill Cosby mugs so uncontrollably that it looks as if he may be the victim of a muscular disorder in the inane and unfunny Ghost Dad. Cosby plays Elliot, a ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Don't Tell Her It's Me
In this romantic comedy, recovering chemotherapy patient and cartoonist Gus Kubicek (Steve Guttenberg) is made over into every woman's fantasy man by his romance-novelist sister, Lizzie (Shelley Long). As Gus ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Lena's Holiday
In Lena's Holiday, the title heroine (Felicity Waterman) is an East German who makes the most of her newfound post-Berlin ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Three Men and a Little Lady
Emile Ardolino directed this treacly sequel to Three Men and a Baby. The middle-aged trio of doting ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Roseanne: Season 03
Season three of Roseanne opened following the media frenzy surrounding the infamous baseball game where Roseanne slaughtered the National Anthem on television. Married to ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
In this film, the small town of Clyde, Ohio is buzzing ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
The Big Slice
Written and directed by John Bradshaw, The Big Slice stars ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Repossessed
This is almost a follow-up to its relative The Exorcist, since it stars Linda Blair, also the leading lady in the '70s head-spinner tale. In Repossessed, a grown-up Blair plays a housewife who becomes possessed by the Devil while watching TV. ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Collision Course
An arrogant Detroit cop (Jay Leno) must work with his efficient Japanese counterpart (Pat Morita) to corner an evil ganglord. ~ John Bush, All ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Married... With Children: Season 05
The big news during season five of Married...With Children is the remarriage of Marcy Rhoades (Amanda Bearse), next-door neighbor of the boorish Bundys. After a drunken ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Taking Care of Business
James Belushi and Charles Grodin team up for this variation on the Prince and the ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Nuns on the Run
Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane team up for this bad boy comic burlesque, directed by Jonathan Lynn. Idle and ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Saved by the Bell: Season 02
[ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Camp Cucamonga
Familiar faces from television sitcoms abound in this kids-at-camp TV-movie. John Ratzenberger stars as Colonel Marv Schector, a former accountant ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon
King-sized martial arts hero Sammo Hung stars in this wild and wacky blend of action and comedy. Skinny (Karl Maka) and ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Full House: Season 04
Season four of Full House opens with a visit from the Greek grandparents of rock star wannabe Jesse Cochran (John Stamos). In fact, Jesse is center of attention in ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
The Cosby Show: Season 07
So here are the conditions that prevail as The Cosby Show enters its seventh season. Obstetrician Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby) and his attorney wife, Clair (Phylicia Rashad) ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Ernest Goes to Jail
In Ernest Goes to Jail, Jim Varney returns as leering idiot savant Ernest P. Worrall, star of scores of TV commercials and feature films. Varney also takes on a second role in the film: an ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Season 01
Rap star Will Smith plays West Philadelphia teenager Will Smith (!) as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air launches its first season. Worried that the family's ghetto neighborhood is ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Eating
The title of Henry Jaglom's stream-of-consciousness Eating says it all. Three women (Lisa Blake ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Killer Tomatoes Strike Back
This third entry in the dumbfoundingly silly "Killer Tomatoes" series continues the low-budget franchise's tradition of bombarding audiences with endless inane sight gags, horror movie in-jokes, and "nudge-nudge, ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Mob Story
A gangster boss (John Vernon) is being pursued not only by the feds, but also by his girlfriend (Margot Kidder) ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
The Shrimp on the Barbie
In this comedy, Carlos Munoz (Cheech Marin) travels from America to Australia to find work, and gets a job at a Mexican restaurant. While there, he meets up with poor little rich girl Alex Hobart (Emma Samms) who hires him to ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Spaced Invaders
This slapstick parody of space movies chronicles the riotous exploits of a group of dim-bulbed, misguided aliens ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
The Unbelievable Truth
Writer-director Hal Hartley's first feature -- shot in less than 12 days in his backyard for a mere $200,000 -- is a dry and dark ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
All for the Winner
This low-budget knockoff of God of Gamblers succeeds primarily due to an exuberant star-making turn from ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Nobody's Perfect
In this adolescent-oriented, loose remake of Some Like It Hot, a lovestruck teenage boy is so desperate to be near his new beloved that he ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
The Spirit of '76
Making great fun of the '70s, this lively sci-fi comedy centers on a trio of time travellers who go into the past in hopes of retrieving the Constitution to ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
America's Funniest Home Videos [TV Series]
[ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
House Party
House Party is an infectious, engaging comedy starring the rap duo Kid 'N Play. Kid ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Identity Crisis
This hip-hop comedy stars Mario Van Peebles as rapper Chilly D, who becomes possessed by the spirit of outrageous fashion designer Yves Malmaison ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Ghoul School
The debut feature from writer/director Timothy O'Rawe, this campy horror film centers on a high-school overrun by cannibalistic zombies. ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Ninja Academy
In this comedic ninja spoof, a septet of aspiring ninjas struggles to survive the rigid curriculum at the Ninja Academy. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Popcorn
In this off-beat horror outing, a band of film students ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Victor Borge: 80th Birthday Gala
This performance was filmed live at Wolf Trap and features Victor Borge presenting a number of ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Zapped Again!
The sequel to Zapped!, this comedy follows the wacky events that occur when a mysterious formula endows a geeky high school boy with telekinetic abilities. ~ ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
El Mofles En Acapulco
[ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Compadres a la Mexicana
In this sexy comedy from Mexico, Ponchito is the head of a large ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Mujeres de Media Noche
[ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Working Trash
Working Trash's ad copy consisted of a photo of a large threaded screw, with the caption "Tonight, two working stiffs are going to do to Wall Street what it's done to ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
King of Beggars
Hong Kong comedy star Stephen Chiau stars in this ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
The Best of Victor Borge, Act One & Two
This program presents some of the best-known routines of famous pianist and comedian Victor Borge. Borge combines his self-deprecating humor with capable musicianship in such routines as "Introducing Mozart," "My Favorite Barber," ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Sam Kinison: Family Entertainment Hour
This 1991 Sam Kinison concert was taped live less than a year before Kinison died in a car accident. Here Kinison ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hellcats
This installment of Mystery Science Theater 3000 was first shown on December 8, 1990. The feature is Hellcats, a ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
The Simpsons: Season 02
[ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Dream On [TV Series]
[ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
The Kids in the Hall: Season 02
[ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Los Hojalateros
[ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Cosi Fan Tutte
Celebrated stage director Peter Sellars supervised this unusual production of Mozart's beloved comic opera, ... [ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Jeeves & Wooster: Season 01
[ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Only Fools and Horses: Series 07
[ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
El Inocente y las Pecadoras
[ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
El Dia de los Albañiles 4
[ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
Coach: Season 03
[ Comedy movie - 1990 ]
