Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
1990 |
1001 Nights | Philippe de Broca | Catherine Zeta-Jones, Thierry Lhermitte, Vittorio Gassman | fantasy | French-Italian co-production |
Alberto Express | Arthur Joffé | Sergio Castellitto, Nino Manfredi, Marie Trintignant | comedy | French-Italian co-production |
The Amusements of Private Life | Cristina Comencini | Delphine Forest, Christophe Malavoy, Giancarlo Giannini, Vittorio Gassman | comedy | Italian-French co-production |
L'aria serena dell'ovest | Silvio Soldini | Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Comedy | |
Atto di dolore | Pasquale Squitieri | Claudia Cardinale, Bruno Cremer, Giulia Boschi | drama | |
L'avaro | Tonino Cervi | Alberto Sordi, Laura Antonelli, Christopher Lee | comedy | |
The Bachelor (Mio caro dottor Gräsler) | Roberto Faenza | Keith Carradine, Miranda Richardson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Mario Adorf, Max von Sydow | Drama | |
The Black Cobra 2 | Edoardo Margheriti | Fred Williamson | action | |
Terminator II | Bruno Mattei | Geretta Geretta | science fiction | |
Breath of Life (Diceria dell'untore) | Beppe Cino | Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Fernando Rey | Drama | |
Captain Fracassa's Journey | Ettore Scola | Vincent Perez, Emmanuelle Béart, Massimo Troisi, Ornella Muti | comedy | Entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival |
A Cat in the Brain | Lucio Fulci | Lucio Fulci, Brett Halsey | horror | |
Le comiche | Neri Parenti | Renato Pozzetto, Paolo Villaggio | comedy | |
The Dark Sun | Damiano Damiani | Michael Paré, Jo Champa, Phyllis Logan | Thriller | |
Demonia | Lucio Fulci | Brett Halsey | horror | |
Una donna da guardare | Michele Quaglieri | Pamela Prati, George Ardisson | erotic | |
Everybody's Fine | Giuseppe Tornatore | Marcello Mastroianni, Michèle Morgan | drama | Entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival |
The Flesh | Marco Ferreri | Sergio Castellitto, Francesca Dellera | Drama | |
I'll Be Going Now | Dino Risi | Vittorio Gassman, Elliott Gould, Dominique Sanda | comedy-drama | |
In nome del popolo sovrano | Luigi Magni | Luca Barbareschi, Elena Sofia Ricci, Alberto Sordi, Nino Manfredi | historical comedy-drama | David di Donatello for best costumes |
Italia-Germania 4-3 | Andrea Barzini | Massimo Ghini, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Nancy Brilli | comedy | |
The King's Whore | Axel Corti | Timothy Dalton, Valeria Golino | drama | French-Italian co-production |
Il male oscuro | Mario Monicelli | Giancarlo Giannini, Emmanuelle Seigner, Stefania Sandrelli | comedy drama | David di Donatello for Best Director |
Ne parliamo Lunedì | Luciano Odorisio | Andrea Roncato, Elena Sofia Ricci | comedy | David di Donatello for Best Actress |
On Tour (Turnè) | Gabriele Salvatores | Diego Abatantuono, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Laura Morante | comedy | Screened at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival |
Open Doors (Porte Aperte) | Gianni Amelio | Gian Maria Volontè, Ennio Fantastichini, Renato Carpentieri, Tuccio Musumeci | Drama | Academy Award nominee. 4 David di Donatello. 2 Nastro d'Argento. 4 European Film Awards |
Pummarò | Michele Placido | Pamela Villoresi, Franco Interlenghi | drama | Screened at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival |
Ragazzi fuori | Marco Risi | Francesco Benigno, Alessandro Di Sanzo, Salvatore Termini | drama | Entered into the 47th Venice International Film Festival |
The Secret | Francesco Maselli | Nastassja Kinski, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli | drama | Entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival |
The Sheltering Sky | Bernardo Bertolucci | Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott | Drama | British-Italian co-production. BAFTA and Golden Globe winner |
Stasera a casa di Alice | Carlo Verdone | Carlo Verdone, Sergio Castellitto, Ornella Muti | comedy | |
The Station (La stazione) | Sergio Rubini | Sergio Rubini, Margherita Buy, Ennio Fantastichini | Comedy, Drama | 2 David di Donatello. 2 Nastro d'Argento. Venice Award |
The Sun Also Shines at Night | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | Julian Sands, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Nastassja Kinski | drama | Screened at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival |
Terminator II | Bruno Mattei | Geretta Geretta | science fiction | |
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs | Duccio Tessari | Peter Ustinov, Jean-Claude Brialy | comedy | |
Towards Evening | Francesca Archibugi | Marcello Mastroianni, Sandrine Bonnaire, Giovanna Ralli | drama | 2 David di Donatello, 2 Nastro d'Argento |
Traces of an Amorous Life | Peter Del Monte | Valeria Golino, Chiara Caselli, Walter Chiari, Laura Morante, Stefania Sandrelli | drama | Entered into the 47th Venice International Film Festival |
Tre colonne in cronaca | Carlo Vanzina | Gian Maria Volontè, Sergio Castellitto, Senta Berger | drama | David di Donatello for best supporting actor |
Troll 2 | Claudio Fragasso | Michael Stephenson | Fantasy-horror | |
Two Evil Eyes | Dario Argento, George A. Romero | Adrienne Barbeau, Harvey Keitel | Horror | |
A Violent Life | Giacomo Battiato | Wadeck Stanczak, Max von Sydow, Ennio Fantastichini, Ben Kingsley | Biographical drama | |
Vita coi figli | Dino Risi | Giancarlo Giannini, Monica Bellucci, Corinne Cléry | Comedy | Television film |
Voglia di vivere | Lodovico Gasparini | Tomas Milian, Dominique Sanda | Drama | Television film |
The Voice of the Moon | Federico Fellini | Roberto Benigni, Paolo Villaggio | Comedy | |
Volevo i pantaloni | Maurizio Ponzi | Giulia Fossà, Lucia Bosé, Ángela Molina | drama | |
The Week of the Sphinx | Daniele Luchetti | Margherita Buy, Paolo Hendel, Silvio Orlando | comedy-drama | |
Welcome to Home Gori | Alessandro Benvenuti | Alessandro Benvenuti, Ilaria Occhini | Comedy | |