Movies Using the English Language and Released in 1990
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The list below includes all films using the English language, including movies using other languages as well.
Note: Since we are still actively researching languages, we consider this chart to be in beta mode.
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| Movie | Language(s) | Genre | Production
Budget | Worldwide
Box Office
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| Ghost |
English |
Drama |
$22,000,000 |
$517,599,988 |
|
| Home Alone |
English |
Comedy |
$15,000,000 |
$476,680,641 |
|
| Pretty Woman |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
$14,000,000 |
$432,566,361 |
|
| Dances with Wolves |
English |
Western |
$19,000,000 |
$424,208,805 |
|
| Total Recall |
English |
Action |
$65,000,000 |
$261,399,830 |
|
| Back to the Future Part III |
English |
Western |
$40,000,000 |
$244,087,259 |
|
| Die Hard 2 |
English,
Spanish |
Action |
$70,000,000 |
$239,813,888 |
|
| Presumed Innocent |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$221,300,000 |
|
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
English |
Adventure |
$13,500,000 |
$202,000,000 |
|
| Kindergarten Cop |
English |
Comedy |
$26,000,000 |
$202,000,000 |
|
| The Hunt for Red October |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$30,000,000 |
$200,500,000 |
|
| Dick Tracy |
English |
Action |
$47,000,000 |
$162,738,726 |
|
| Days of Thunder |
English |
Action |
$60,000,000 |
$157,670,733 |
|
| Another 48 Hrs. |
English |
Action |
|
$152,747,413 |
|
| Bird on a Wire |
English |
Action |
|
$138,697,012 |
|
| 3 Men and a Little Lady |
English |
Comedy |
|
$71,609,321 |
|
| The Godfather: Part III |
English,
German,
Italian,
Latin |
Drama |
$54,000,000 |
$66,786,966 |
Play |
| Flatliners |
English |
Horror |
$26,000,000 |
$61,308,153 |
|
| Misery |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$61,166,323 |
|
| Predator 2 |
English |
Action |
$35,000,000 |
$54,768,418 |
|
| Edward Scissorhands |
English |
Drama |
$20,000,000 |
$53,980,220 |
|
| Arachnophobia |
English,
Spanish |
Horror |
$31,000,000 |
$53,208,180 |
|
| Awakenings |
English |
Drama |
$29,000,000 |
$51,636,504 |
|
| Hard To Kill |
English |
Action |
|
$47,381,527 |
|
| Goodfellas |
English |
Drama |
$25,000,000 |
$47,103,483 |
|
| Young Guns II |
English |
Western |
|
$44,143,410 |
|
| Gremlins 2: The New Batch |
English |
Comedy |
$50,000,000 |
$41,476,097 |
|
| Joe Versus the Volcano |
English |
Comedy |
|
$39,381,963 |
|
| Child's Play 2 |
English |
Horror |
$13,000,000 |
$34,166,572 |
|
| Darkman |
English |
Action |
|
$32,942,739 |
|
| Air America |
English |
Action |
|
$32,914,515 |
|
| Green Card |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$29,804,169 |
|
| Memphis Belle |
English |
Drama |
|
$27,385,582 |
|
| Cadillac Man |
English |
Comedy |
|
$27,257,086 |
|
| House Party |
English |
Comedy |
|
$26,385,627 |
|
| Jacob’s Ladder |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$25,965,144 |
|
| Ernest Goes to Jail |
English |
Comedy |
|
$25,029,569 |
|
| The Exorcist III |
English |
Horror |
|
$25,011,739 |
|
| My Blue Heaven |
English |
Comedy |
|
$23,591,472 |
|
| Henry & June |
English,
French |
Drama |
|
$23,411,903 |
|
| Ghost Dad |
English |
Comedy |
|
$23,007,150 |
|
| Hamlet |
English |
Drama |
|
$22,493,727 |
|
| Quigley Down Under |
English |
Western |
$20,000,000 |
$21,413,105 |
|
| The First Power |
English |
Horror |
|
$21,365,321 |
|
| The Freshman |
English,
French,
German,
Italian |
Comedy |
|
$21,289,527 |
|
| The Adventures of Ford Fairlane |
English |
Comedy |
$49,000,000 |
$20,423,389 |
|
| Taking Care of Business |
English |
Comedy |
|
$20,005,435 |
|
| Betsy's Wedding |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$19,740,070 |
|
| Jetsons: The Movie |
English |
Comedy |
|
$19,543,985 |
|
| DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp |
English |
Adventure |
|
$18,075,331 |
|
| Tremors |
English |
Comedy |
$10,000,000 |
$16,668,089 |
|
| Tales from the Darkside: The Movie |
English |
Horror |
|
$16,324,573 |
|
| Mo' Better Blues |
English |
Drama |
$10,000,000 |
$16,153,000 |
|
| The Guardian |
English |
Horror |
|
$16,140,440 |
|
| Avalon |
English,
Yiddish |
Drama |
|
$15,702,685 |
|
| Reversal of Fortune |
English |
Drama |
|
$15,445,131 |
|
| Death Warrant |
English |
Action |
|
$15,394,200 |
|
| Mr. Destiny |
English |
Comedy |
|
$15,379,253 |
|
| The Witches |
English |
Horror |
|
$15,349,948 |
|
| Quick Change |
English |
Comedy |
|
$15,260,154 |
|
| Spaced Invaders |
English |
Comedy |
$3,000,000 |
$15,000,000 |
|
| Fire Birds |
English |
Action |
|
$14,760,451 |
|
| Wild at Heart |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$14,561,825 |
|
| Lord of the Flies |
English |
Adventure |
|
$13,812,230 |
|
| Crazy People |
English |
Comedy |
|
$13,204,459 |
|
| The Grifters |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$12,850,000 |
|
| Bad Influence |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$12,626,043 |
|
| Graveyard Shift |
English |
Horror |
|
$11,578,883 |
|
| Pump Up the Volume |
English |
Drama |
|
$11,541,758 |
|
| Opportunity Knocks |
English |
Comedy |
|
$11,359,129 |
|
| Narrow Margin |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$10,873,237 |
|
| The Two Jakes |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$10,005,969 |
|
| The Gods Must be Crazy II |
Afrikaans,
English |
Comedy |
|
$9,591,444 |
|
| Havana |
English,
Spanish |
Drama |
|
$9,200,339 |
|
| Nightbreed |
English |
Horror |
|
$8,605,163 |
|
| Funny About Love |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$8,128,773 |
|
| Ski Patrol |
English |
Comedy |
|
$8,000,000 |
|
| Cry-Baby |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$7,736,103 |
|
| Blue Steel |
English |
Action |
|
$7,701,707 |
|
| The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover |
Dutch,
English,
French |
Drama |
|
$7,408,830 |
|
| Alice |
Cantonese,
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$7,331,647 |
|
| Almost An Angel |
English |
Comedy |
|
$6,633,976 |
|
| Flashback |
English |
Action |
|
$6,476,134 |
|
| Delta Force 2 |
English,
Spanish |
Action |
|
$6,154,944 |
|
| Night of the Living Dead |
English |
Horror |
$4,200,000 |
$5,835,247 |
|
| Stanley & Iris |
English |
Drama |
|
$5,820,015 |
|
| Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III |
English |
Horror |
|
$5,697,588 |
|
| Hardware |
English |
Action |
|
$5,649,801 |
|
| The Handmaid's Tale |
English |
Drama |
|
$4,960,385 |
|
| Miller's Crossing |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$4,693,786 |
|
| Graffiti Bridge |
English |
Drama |
|
$4,562,778 |
|
| Dark Angel |
English |
Action |
$7,000,000 |
$4,372,561 |
|
| Heart Condition |
English |
Comedy |
|
$4,134,992 |
|
| The Tall Guy |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$3,510,000 |
|
| China Cry: A True Story |
English |
Drama |
|
$3,254,801 |
|
| Ah Fei Ching Chuen |
Cantonese,
English,
Mandarin,
Shanghainese |
Drama |
|
$3,196,871 |
|
| Metropolitan |
English |
Comedy |
$430,000 |
$2,938,000 |
|
| After Dark, My Sweet |
English |
Drama |
|
$2,678,414 |
|
| Desperate Hours |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$2,624,629 |
|
| Impulse |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$2,531,528 |
|
| King of New York |
English |
Action |
|
$2,391,063 |
|
| Blind Fury |
English |
Action |
|
$2,345,628 |
|
| Vincent & Theo |
English |
Drama |
|
$2,231,274 |
|
| Def by Temptation |
English |
Horror |
|
$2,218,579 |
|
| Downtown |
English |
|
|
$2,205,486 |
|
| Tune in Tomorrow |
English |
Comedy |
|
$1,794,000 |
|
| The Forbidden Dance |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,719,538 |
|
| Class of 1999 |
English |
Adventure |
|
$1,400,149 |
|
| The Last of the Finest |
English |
Action |
|
$1,395,694 |
|
| Courage Mountain |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,393,610 |
|
| Book of Love |
English |
Comedy |
|
$1,382,259 |
|
| Daddy's Dyin'… Who's Got the Will? |
English |
Comedy |
|
$1,373,728 |
|
| The Fourth War |
Czech,
English,
Russian |
Drama |
|
$1,305,888 |
|
| Everybody Wins |
English |
|
|
$1,299,327 |
|
| Vital Signs |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,224,605 |
|
| The Hot Spot |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$1,206,153 |
|
| Hidden Agenda |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,193,890 |
|
| Don't Tell Her it's Me |
English |
Comedy |
|
$1,171,762 |
|
| To Sleep With Anger |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,161,135 |
|
| An Angel at My Table |
English,
Spanish |
Drama |
|
$1,055,098 |
|
| Angel Town |
English |
|
|
$920,810 |
|
| The Blood of Heroes |
English |
Action |
$7,700,000 |
$882,290 |
|
| Come See The Paradise |
English,
Japanese |
Drama |
|
$865,660 |
|
| Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer |
English |
|
|
$613,865 |
|
| The Haunting of Morella |
English |
Horror |
|
$599,951 |
|
| Coupe De Ville |
English |
Comedy |
|
$592,089 |
|
| Side Out |
English |
Comedy |
|
$450,000 |
|
| Eating |
English |
Comedy |
|
$446,018 |
|
| American Ninja 4: The Annihilation |
English |
Action |
|
$358,000 |
|
| Frankenstein Unbound |
English |
Horror |
|
$334,000 |
|
| Body Chemistry |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$323,908 |
|
| Chattahoochee |
English |
Drama |
|
$259,486 |
|
| A Show of Force |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$152,982 |
|
| Frankenhooker |
English,
Swedish |
Comedy |
|
$146,931 |
|
| The End of Innocence |
English |
|
|
$115,000 |
|
| Happy Together |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$100,000 |
|
| Why Me? |
English |
Comedy |
|
$84,000 |
|
| Fools of Fortune |
English |
Drama |
|
$83,000 |
|
| Far Out Man |
English |
Comedy |
|
$82,000 |
|
| The Spirit of '76 |
English |
Comedy |
|
$52,000 |
|
| Ghosts Can’t Do It |
English |
Comedy |
|
$25,000 |
|
| Convicts |
English |
|
|
$13,000 |
|
| Paper Mask |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$7,991 |
|
| Any Man’s Death |
Afrikaans,
English |
Drama |
|
$5,433 |
|
| The Garden |
English |
Drama |
|
$5,006 |
|
| Elliot Fauman, Ph.D |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$3,128 |
|
| Genuine Risk |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$2,900 |
|
| Eversmile, New Jersey |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Troll 2 |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| The Two Worlds Of Jennie Logan |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Ain't No Way Back |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Cold Dog Soup |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Bullseye! |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Maniac Cop 2 |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Deceptions |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Robot Jox |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Basket Case 2 |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| The Rift |
English,
Spanish |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Fire, Ice & Dynamite |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| The Color of Evening |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Echoes That Remain |
English |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| The Ambulance |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Rockula |
English |
Musical |
|
$0 |
|
| Spontaneous Combustion |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Fishy Stones |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Guns |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Mirror Mirror |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| S.O.S. Titanic |
English |
Multiple Genres |
|
$0 |
|
| Picture Mommy Dead |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Coins in the Fountain |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Santa Sangre |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Berkeley in the Sixties |
English |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| Fast Getaway |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| The Wrong Door |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Bloodmoon |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
