See also: 1989 in film, other events of 1990, 1991 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Events

• Chris Rock and Adam Sandler join SNL
• February 4 - Actor Tom Cruise and actress Mimi Rogers get divorce
• December 24 - Tom Cruise and actress Nicole Kidman get married

Top grossing films of the year

1. Home Alone
2. Ghost, starring Demi Moore
3. Dances with Wolves, starring and directed by Kevin Costner
4. Pretty Woman, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
6. The Hunt for Red October, starring Sean Connery
7. Total Recall, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
8. Die Hard 2, starring Bruce Willis
9. Dick Tracy
10. Kindergarten Cop, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Dances With Wolves - Tig Productions, Majestic Films International
• Best Actor: Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune
• Best Actress: Kathy Bates - Misery

Births

• March 24 - Keisha Castle-Hughes
• April 15 - Emma Watson, English actress, famous for playing Hermione Granger in Harry Potter
• October 22 - Jonathan Lipnicki

Deaths

• January 6 - Ian Charleson, actor
• January 8 - Terry-Thomas, actor, comedian
• January 15 - Gordon Jackson, actor
• January 20 - Barbara Stanwyck, actress
• January 24 - Madge Bellamy, actress
• January 25 - Ava Gardner, actress
• March 5 - Gary Merrill, actor
• March 17 - Capucine, actress
• April 15 - Greta Garbo, actress
• April 23 - Paulette Goddard, actress
• May 10 - Susan Oliver , actress, pilot
• May 16 - Sammy Davis Jr, actor, singer
• May 16 - Jim Henson, creator of Muppets
• May 18 - Jill Ireland, actress
• June 2 - Rex Harrison, actor
• July 15 - Margaret Lockwood, actress
• August 27 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, 36, songwriter
• September 4 - Irene Dunne, actress
• September 19 - Hermes Pan , choreographer
• October 15 - Delphine Seyrig, French actress
• October 20 - Joel McCrea, actor
• November 3 - Mary Martin, actress
• November 12 - Eve Arden, actress
• December 2 - Robert Cummings, actor
• December 7 - Joan Bennett, actress
• December 8 - Martin Ritt, director

Other movies released

• Another 48 Hrs. , starring Eddie Murphy
• Awakenings, starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro
• Betsy's Wedding
• The Bonfire of the Vanities
• Days of Thunder
• Edward Scissorhands, starring Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder
• The Godfather Part III
• Goodfellas
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch
• Jacob's Ladder
• Jetsons: The Movie
• Joe Versus The Volcano
• Kiki's Delivery Service
• King of New York
• Look Who's Talking Too
• Miller's Crossing
• Mo' Better Blues
• My Blue Heaven, starring Steve Martin
• Q & A , starring Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton
• Quick Change
• Predator 2, starring Danny Glover
• Repossessed, a parody of The Exorcist
• Side Out, with Courtney Thorne-Smith