1990 Comedy Movies

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Back to the Future Part III(1990)

| 1h 59min | Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

3.7/5 (with 4,892 votes)

The final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis - With Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue, ...

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Tremors(1990)

PG-13

| 1h 36min | Horror, Comedy, Action, Science Fiction

3.4/5 (with 1,388 votes)

Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's picking up odd readings on her equipment. Before long, Val and Earl discover what's responsible for those readings: 30-foot-long carnivorous worms with a proclivity for sucking their prey underground.

Directed by Ron Underwood - With Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Reba McEntire, Michael Gross, Victor Wong, ...

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Problem Child(1990)

| 1h 21min | Comedy

3.0/5 (with 352 votes)

Ben Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares.

Directed by Dennis Dugan - With John Ritter, Jack Warden, Michael Oliver, Gilbert Gottfried, Amy Yasbeck, Michael Richards, ...

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DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp(1990)

| 1h 14min | Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy

3.4/5 (with 377 votes)

With his nephews and niece, everyone's favorite rich uncle, Scrooge McDuck, treks from his mansion home in Duckburg in search of the long-lost loot of the thief Collie Baba. But finding the goods isn't quite what it's "quacked" up to be! Their thrilling adventure leads to comical chaos, magical mayhem, and a lesson about what is far more valuable than money, gold and jewels.

Directed by Bob Hathcock

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The Rookie(1990)

| 2h | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

3.0/5 (with 222 votes)

Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his newbie partner is his only hope.

Directed by Clint Eastwood - With Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen, Raul Julia, Sônia Braga, Tom Skerritt, Lara Flynn Boyle, ...

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Quick Change(1990)

| 1h 29min | Comedy, Crime

3.4/5 (with 147 votes)

With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.

Directed by Howard Franklin, Bill Murray - With Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, Jason Robards, Phil Hartman, Kurtwood Smith, ...

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The Freshman(1990)

| 1h 42min | Comedy, Crime

3.1/5 (with 116 votes)

After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. Soon, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.

Directed by Andrew Bergman - With Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Bruno Kirby, Penelope Ann Miller, Frank Whaley, Jon Polito, ...

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Frankenhooker(1990)

| 1h 25min | Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction

3.1/5 (with 121 votes)

A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so he goes to the red light district in the city and lures prostitutes into a hotel room so he can collect body parts to reassemble her.

Directed by Frank Henenlotter - With Louise Lasser, Joanne Ritchie, James Lorinz, Shirley Stoler, Frank Henenlotter

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3 Men and a Little Lady(1990)

| 1h 44min | Kids & Family, Comedy

2.9/5 (with 225 votes)

Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary with her, the three men are heartbroken at losing the two most important females in their lives.

Directed by Emile Ardolino - With Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis, Christopher Cazenove, Robin Weisman, ...

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The Ambulance(1990)

| 1h 36min | Action, Thriller, Comedy

3.0/5 (with 41 votes)

Josh meets a young woman who shortly afterwards collapses and is rushed to hospital in an ambulance. He follows after her only to find that there is no record her being admitted, and he soon learns that her roommate also vanished after being picked up by the same ambulance. Convinced of a conspiracy, Josh proceeds to investigate, despite the discouragement of the police.

Directed by Larry Cohen - With Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Red Buttons, Megan Gallagher, Janine Turner, Eric Braeden, ...

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Flashback(1990)

| 1h 48min | Action, Comedy, Crime

3.3/5 (with 37 votes)

A hippie radical, Huey Walker has been a fugitive for decades, accused of a crime that he may not have committed. Finally apprehended, Walker is escorted to trial by uptight 20-something FBI agent John Buckner. While the two seem to be polar opposites, it turns out that Buckner may have more in common with Walker than is initially apparent, a point that is driven home when the pair faces off against a sinister small-town sheriff.

Directed by Franco Amurri - With Carol Kane, Cliff DeYoung, Dennis Hopper, Kathleen York, Kiefer Sutherland, Michael McKean, ...

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Look Out, Officer!(1990)

1h 27min | Comedy

2.9/5 (with 12 votes)

After police officer Piao is murdered, his soul cannot be at rest for his murder has been written off as a suicide. Therefore the heavens send him back to Earth as a spirit to find his 'savior' who will help him clear his name. Hsing, a rookie officer, is the savior and in return for finding Piao's killer, Piao must get him a girlfriend and a promotion.

Directed by Sze Yu Lau - With Stephen Chow

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Jetsons: The Movie(1990)

| 1h 22min | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Science Fiction

3.0/5 (with 81 votes)

George Jetson is forced to uproot his family when Mr. Spacely promotes him to take charge of a new factory on a distant planet.

Directed by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera

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The Invisible Maniac(1990)

| 1h 26min | Science Fiction, Comedy, Horror

2.0/5 (with 11 votes)

An invisible scientist escapes from an asylum and teaches high-school physics to nubile teens.

Directed by Adam Rifkin

Nuns on the Run(1990)

PG-13

| 1h 29min | Comedy

2.9/5 (with 55 votes)

Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave" he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. B&C decide to steal the money for themselves, but when their escape doesn't go to plan, they have to seek refuge in a Nuns' teacher training school.

Directed by Jonathan Lynn - With Eric Idle, Robbie Coltrane, Camille Coduri, Janet Suzman, Doris Hare, Julie Graham, ...

Cadillac Man(1990)

| 1h 37min | Comedy, Drama, Crime

2.9/5 (with 96 votes)

Joe's a car salesman with a problem—he has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe has to contend with his girlfriends (he's two-timing), a missing teenage daughter and an ex-wife.

Directed by Roger Donaldson - With Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Pamela Reed, Fran Drescher, Lauren Tom, Annabella Sciorra, ...

The Grey Wolf & Little Red Riding Hood(1990)

27min | Animation

3.6/5 (with 12 votes)

A Soviet claymation short film created by Garri Bardin in 1990 that retells the story of Red Riding Hood while incorporating political metaphors and themes about the USSR's demise; the wolf representing communism, devouring innocent creatures who have never known him.

Directed by Garri Bardin

My Blue Heaven(1990)

PG-13

| 1h 37min | Action, Comedy

3.1/5 (with 95 votes)

FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith certainly has his hands full keeping Antonelli away from the Mafia hitmen who want to stop him testifying, not to mention the nightclubs...

Directed by Herbert Ross - With Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack, Carol Kane, Bill Irwin, Melanie Mayron, ...

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A Shock to the System(1990)

| 1h 31min | Crime, Comedy, Drama, Thriller

3.2/5 (with 48 votes)

Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife with one thing to look forward to: a well-deserved promotion. But when the promotion is given to a loud-mouthed yuppie associate, Graham unleashes his rage on an overly aggressive panhandler, who he accidently kills by pushing him into the path of an oncoming subway train. He re-thinks his problems with an entirely new solution. First, he arranges an "accident" for his annoying wife. Then he creates another "mishap" for his boss. It seems like the world is once more Graham's oyster…but a missing cigarette lighter and a prying police detective may change all that.

Directed by Jan Egleson - With Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Swoosie Kurtz, Haviland Morris, Jenny Wright, John McMartin, ...

1001 Nights(1990)

1h 38min | Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure

2.5/5 (with 19 votes)

Sheherazade has been married to a ruler who wants many wives, but only one at a time. Consequently, as soon as he has bedded them, he has them put to death. In most retellings, the girl staves off this unfortunate conclusion by putting off the connubial event for a thousand and one nights, telling irresistible stories instead. In this one, she gets hold of a magic lamp.

Directed by Philippe de Broca - With Catherine Zeta-Jones, Gérard Jugnot, Stéphane Freiss, Thierry Lhermitte, Vittorio Gassman, Alfredo Pea, ...

Loose Cannons(1990)

| 1h 34min | Comedy, Crime

2.5/5 (with 37 votes)

Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burnout, to work with him on a new and difficult case. The new partner is Ellis, an amazing detective, one who puts Sherlock Holmes to shame with his lightning-fast deductions. But he keeps assuming the personalities of entire casts of Television shows. This can be a problem when people begin shooting at them.

Directed by Bob Clark - With Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Fagerbakke, Brad Greenquist, David Alan Grier, Dick O'Neill, ...

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Ghost Dad(1990)

| 1h 24min | Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy

2.6/5 (with 89 votes)

A widower with three children is working on a business deal to get his family out of financial straits when he is killed in a taxi accident. With the aid of a paranormal researcher, he attempts to complete the deal from the beyond, ensuring his family will be taken care of.

Directed by Sidney Poitier - With Bill Cosby, Denise Nicholas, Ian Bannen, Christine Ebersole, Barry Corbin, Dakin Matthews, ...

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Heart Condition(1990)

| 1h 40min | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy

2.9/5 (with 36 votes)

Racist police officer Jack Moony has a vendetta against Napoleon Stone, a charismatic black lawyer who is sleeping with Jack's old flame Crystal Gerrity. Jack has a heart attack, but his life is saved when he receives Stone's heart, since Stone died mysteriously the same night as Jack was stricken. Stone is not completely gone, however, and as a ghost he is all too happy to give Jack advice on how he should do his job and live his life.

Directed by James D. Parriott - With Bob Hoskins, Denzel Washington, Chloe Webb, Eva LaRue, Roger E. Mosley, Alan Rachins, ...

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Werner - Beinhart!(1990)

1h 33min | Animation, Comedy, Action

3.3/5 (with 69 votes)

Comic artist Brösel trades a magic pen that helps him come up with funny stories for the promise to fulfill one of Rumpelstiltskin's wishes. The resulting animated films show episodes of the life of Werner, a plumber apprentice and motorbike enthusiast and his friends. They are interspersed with the live-action portions.

Directed by Niki List, Michael Schaack, Gerhard Hahn

Macken(1986)

30min per episode | Comedy

3.7/5 (with 11 votes)

Macken is a Swedish 6-part musical sit-com that ran on SVT in 1986. It was produced by Galenskaparna och After Shave and was a major breakthrough for the group. Some of the songs from the show became hits on Svensktoppen and a movie was made in 1990. The title translates as "the mack" with "mack" in this case being common Swedish slang for gas station.

Ski Patrol(1990)

| 1h 31min | Comedy, Action

2.4/5 (with 16 votes)

Pops isn't worried about the renewal of the lease for his ski lodge - the safety record is unblemished in spite of the crew of misfits who make up his ski patrol. But a scheming land developer has other plans and the ski patrol is thrust into a skiing showdown in order to save Pops' mountain.

Directed by Rich Correll - With Roger Rose, Yvette Nipar, T. K. Carter, Leslie Jordan, Paul Feig

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Taking Care of Business(1990)

| 1h 48min | Comedy

3.2/5 (with 70 votes)

An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.

Directed by Arthur Hiller - With Jim Belushi, Charles Grodin, Loryn Locklin, Stephen Elliott, Héctor Elizondo, Veronica Hamel, ...

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Miami Blues(1990)

| 1h 37min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

3.0/5 (with 72 votes)

When Fred gets out of prison, he decides to start over in Miami, where he starts a violent one-man crime wave. He soon meets up with amiable college student Susie. Opposing Fred is Sgt Hoke Moseley, a cop who is getting a bit old for the job.

Directed by George Armitage - With Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nora Dunn, Charles Napier, Martine Beswick, ...

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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael(1990)

PG-13

| 1h 35min | Comedy, Drama

3.2/5 (with 42 votes)

Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her now-married old flame Denton Webb and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti. An orphan with few friends, Dinky is convinced that Carmichael is her birth mother, and that the actress will reclaim her when she returns.

Directed by Jim Abrahams - With Winona Ryder, Jeff Daniels, Laila Robins, Thomas Wilson Brown, Frances Fisher, Dinah Manoff, ...

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Nobody's Perfect(1990)

PG-13

| 1h 30min | Comedy

2.6/5 (with 7 votes)

Steve is a college freshman who plays tennis for the school. But he falls desperately in love with Shelly, also a tennis player. It's all downhill from there. Steve can't eat, he can't sleep, his grades drop, and he gets kicked off the tennis team. What can he do? Well, his resourceful friend suggest turning Steve into a woman in order to get him close to Shelly who doesn't know he is alive.

Directed by Robert Kaylor - With Chad Lowe, Gail O'Grady, Robert Vaughn, Patrick Breen, Kim Flowers, Eric Bruskotter, ...

1990 Comedy Movies

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Back to the Future Part III(1990)

Tremors(1990)

Problem Child(1990)

DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp(1990)

The Rookie(1990)

Quick Change(1990)

The Freshman(1990)

Frankenhooker(1990)

3 Men and a Little Lady(1990)

The Ambulance(1990)

Flashback(1990)

Look Out, Officer!(1990)

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Jetsons: The Movie(1990)

The Invisible Maniac(1990)

Nuns on the Run(1990)

Cadillac Man(1990)

The Grey Wolf & Little Red Riding Hood(1990)

My Blue Heaven(1990)

A Shock to the System(1990)

1001 Nights(1990)

Loose Cannons(1990)

Ghost Dad(1990)

Heart Condition(1990)

Werner - Beinhart!(1990)

Macken(1986)

Ski Patrol(1990)

Taking Care of Business(1990)

Miami Blues(1990)

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael(1990)

Nobody's Perfect(1990)

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