February 13, 1990

In honor of my sister’s birthday I made the executive decision to make another list. Yaaaaaaaay. Such a joyous occasion. This time you’ll be seeing the best films to come out of 1990. The start of a new decade filled with trends and film – actually, the quality of film that came from 1990 is shocking – but most of all, it saw the birth of a talented individual. And one day soon she will mirror the talent and content of these films with her own. Happy birthday Cassandra.

And now, in no particular order, I give you 1990’s finest.

Home Alone

the directing: Chris Columbus
the writing: John Hughes
the acting: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern
the good, the great, and the greatest: the great.

Dances with Wolves

the directing: Kevin Costner
the writing: Michael Blake
the acting: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene
the good, the great, and the greatest: the great.

Total Recall

the directing: Paul Verhoeven
the writing: Ronald Shusett, Dan O’Bannon, Gary Goldman & Jon Povill
the acting: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone
the good, the great, and the greatest: the great.

Back to the Future Part III

the directing: Robert Zemeckis
the writing: Bob Gale & Robert Zemeckis
the acting: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Thomas F. Wilson
the good, the great, and the greatest: the good.

Die Hard 2: Die Harder

the directing: Renny Harlin
the writing: Steven E. de Souza & Doug Richardson
the acting: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton
the good, the great, and the greatest: the good.

Kindergarten Cop

the directing: Ivan Reitman
the writing: Murray Salem, Herschel Weingrod & Timothy Harris
the acting: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed
the good, the great, and the greatest: the good.

The Hunt for Red October

the directing: John McTiernan
the writing: Larry Ferguson & Donald E. Stewart
the acting: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, James Earl Jones
the good, the great, and the greatest: the great.

Dick Tracy

the directing: Warren Beatty
the writing: Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr.
the acting: Warren Beatty, Madonna
the good, the great, and the greatest: the good.

The Godfather Part III

the directing: Francis Ford Coppola
the writing: Mario Puzo & Francis Ford Coppola
the acting: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Andy Garcia
the good, the great, and the greatest: the great.

Rocky V

the directing: John G. Avildsen
the writing: Sylvester Stallone
the acting: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young
the good, the great, and the greatest: the good.

Edward Scissorhands

the directing: Tim Burton
the writing: Caroline Thompson & Tim Burton
the acting: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Vincent Price
the good, the great, and the greatest: the great.

Darkman

the directing: Sam Raimi
the writing: Sam Raimi, Chuck Pfarrer, Ivan Raimi, Daniel Goldin & Joshua Goldin
the acting: Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand
the good, the great, and the greatest: the great.

The Freshman

the directing: Andrew Bergman
the writing: Andrew Bergman
the acting: Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick
the good, the great, and the greatest: the good.

Ghost

the directing: Jerry Zucker
the writing: Bruce Joel Rubin
the acting: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg
the good, the great, and the greatest: the good.

Goodfellas

the directing: Martin Scorsese
the writing: Martin Scorsese & Nicholas Pileggi
the acting: Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci
the good, the great, and the greatest: the greatest.

Misery

the directing: Rob Reiner
the writing: William Goldman
the acting: James Caan, Kathy Bates
the good, the great, and the greatest: the great.

Predator 2

the directing: Stephen Hopkins
the writing: Jim Thomas & John Thomas
the acting: Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Maria Conchita Alonso
the good, the great, and the greatest: the good.

RoboCop 2

the directing: Irvin Kershner
the writing: Frank Miller & Walon Green
the acting: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O’Herlihy
the good, the great, and the greatest: the good.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

the directing: Steve Barron
the writing: Todd W. Langen & Bobby Herbeck
the acting: Brian Tochi, Robbie Rist, Corey Feldman, Josh Pais
the good, the great, and the greatest: the good.