Pump Up the Volume (1990)

Pump Up the Volume (1990)

[9] I think the movies we see when we're impressionable teenagers have the greatest impact on our lives. As a quiet kid who started finding his voice in high school, Pump Up the Volume influenced and inspired me. The movie…
Dances With Wolves (1990)

Dances With Wolves (1990)

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Kevin Costner’s ambitious ode to the American frontier is grand, romantic storytelling at its best. And talk about an underdog. People were calling it ‘Kevin’s Gate’ months prior to release — and why shouldn’t they? A three-hour long western with most of its dialogue in Lakota Sioux? How could such a movie find an audience, much less sweep the Academy Awards?

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

[9] A naive Avon lady discovers a strange young man named Edward who has scissors for hands living in an abandoned castle and decides to bring him home to her suburban community. At first Edward is the talk of the…
Wild at Heart (1990)

Wild at Heart (1990)

[9] David Lynch's surreal cinematic mash-up of love and depravity won the Cannes Film Festival's prestigious Palme d'Or. It's a surprisingly simple story about two fierce lovers, Sailor and Lula (Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern) who try to keep their…
I Love You to Death (1990)

I Love You to Death (1990)

[9] Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill, Grand Canyon) directs this dark comedy based on the true story of a woman who tried to kill her husband after learning he had cheated on her. Kevin Kline and Tracey Ullman star as…