# List of British films of 1990

A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1990 (see 1990 in film):

## 1990

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1990 |||||||
| 1871 | Ken McMullen | | | Screened at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival |
| American Dream | Barbara Kopple | | Documentary | With the US - Academy Award for Documentary Feature win |
| The Big Man | David Leland | Kenny Ireland, Liam Neeson | Drama | |
| Blood Oath | Stephen Wallace | Bryan Brown, George Takei, Terry O'Quinn, John Polson, Nicholas Eadie, Toshi Shioya, Deborah Unger, Ray Barrett, Jason Donovan | Drama | |
| Bullseye! | Michael Winner | Michael Caine, Roger Moore | Comedy | |
| Chicago Joe and the Showgirl | Bernard Rose | Kiefer Sutherland, Emily Lloyd, Liz Fraser | Crime/drama | |
| The Children | Tony Palmer | Ben Kingsley, Kim Novak, Britt Ekland | Drama | |
| The Comfort of Strangers | Paul Schrader | Natasha Richardson, Christopher Walken | Drama | Screened at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival |
| Dances with Wolves | Kevin Costner | Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney Grant | Epic western | |
| Dancin' Thru the Dark | Mike Ockrent | Ben Murphy, Con O'Neill | Comedy | |
| The Field | Jim Sheridan | Richard Harris, John Hurt | Drama | Co-production with the Republic of Ireland |
| The Fool | Christine Edzard | Derek Jacobi, Cyril Cusack | Drama | |
| Fools of Fortune | Pat O'Connor | Iain Glen, Julie Christie | Drama | |
| The Garden | Derek Jarman | Tilda Swinton, Johnny Mills | Drama | Entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Hamlet | Franco Zeffirelli | Mel Gibson, Glenn Close | Drama | |
| Hardware | Richard Stanley | Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, John Lynch, William Hootkins, Iggy Pop | cyberpunk science fiction horror | |
| Hidden Agenda | Ken Loach | Frances McDormand, Brian Cox | Political thriller | Won the Jury Prize at Cannes |
| I Hired a Contract Killer | Aki Kaurismäki | Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke | Drama | |
| Killing Dad | Michael Austin | Richard E. Grant, David Austin | Comedy | |
| The Krays | Peter Medak | Martin Kemp, Gary Kemp, Billie Whitelaw | Crime biopic | |
| Life is Sweet | Mike Leigh | Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks | Comedy drama | |
| Memphis Belle | Michael Caton-Jones | Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz | World War II drama | |
| Mister Frost | Philippe Setbon | Jeff Goldblum, Alan Bates | Thriller | |
| Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | James Ivory | Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Blythe Danner, Simon Callow, Kyra Sedgwick, Robert Sean Leonard | Drama | British-American-Canadian co-production |
| Nightbreed | Clive Barker | Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg, Charles Haid | Dark fantasy horror | |
| Nuns on the Run | Jonathan Lynn | Eric Idle, Robbie Coltrane, | Comedy | |
| Paris Is Burning | Jennie Livingston | Dorian Corey, Pepper LaBeija, Venus Xtravaganza, Octavia St. Laurent, Carmen Xtravaganza, Willi Ninja, Angie Xtravaganza, Sol Pendavis Williams, Freddie Pendavis, Junior Labeija, | Documentary | |
| Reversal of Fortune | Barbet Schroeder | Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver | Drama | American-Japanese-British co-production |
| Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Tom Stoppard | Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss | Literary drama | |
| The Sheltering Sky | Bernardo Bertolucci | Debra Winger, John Malkovich | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
| Silent Scream | David Hayman | Iain Glen | | Glen won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at Berlin. |
| State of Grace | Phil Joanou | Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright, John Turturro | Neo-noir crime | |
| Treasure Island | Fraser Clarke Heston | Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed | Adventure | |
| Truly, Madly, Deeply | Anthony Minghella | Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman | Fantasy romance | |
| Vroom | Beeban Kidron | Diana Quick, Clive Owen | Drama | |
| The Witches | Nicolas Roeg | Jasen Fisher, Anjelica Huston | Fantasy | |