Skinned Alive (1990)
Crawldaddy and her two kids are travelling across the country on the search for victims. The dysfunctional family has the disturbing habit of skinning people alive before killing them. When…
The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990)
A historical recreation of the 1944 attempt by several German High Command Officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and take control of the German government.
Face to Face (1990)
An American paleontologist and a British miner get in a conflict over who has the rights to dig on a site in Kenya.
Lou Reed and John Cale: Songs for Drella (1990)
Songs for Drella is a concept album by Lou Reed and John Cale, both formerly of The Velvet Underground, and is dedicated to the memory of Andy Warhol, their mentor,…
Jury Duty: The Comedy (1990)
Mild and meek accountant Sanford Lagelfost has been charged with embezzling $3 million dollars from Trout Industries. A decidedly mixed bag of jurors are chosen to serve on the case,…
Monday Morning (1990)
Bobby (a newcomer to the school) begins a relationship with Noreen, a popular girl. Noreen’s brother is displeased by this romance, and brings a gun to school in order to…
Love or Money (1990)
A lucrative real estate deal, or romance with the boss’ daughter–that’s the dilemma facing a yuppie in this comedy.
Fatal Encounter (1990)
A woman finds out that her biological father, a professional race car driver, was murdered twenty years ago and the murderer or murderers are still on the loose.
Janine (1990)
The story of a black lesbian’s relationship with a white, upper middle class high school girl.
Blue Planet (1990)
From the unique vantage point of 200 miles above Earth’s surface, we see how natural forces – volcanoes, earthquakes and hurricanes – affect our world, and how a powerful new…
The Best of the Martial Arts Films (1990)
The most explosive barehanded combat sequences ever filmed. An electrifying video of martial arts mastery and mayhem. This program takes a behind-the-scenes look at the weapons, the mystical eastern philosophy,…
Repo Jake (1990)
Jake Baxter takes a job as a repoman with hopes of living the quiet life. Plans go sour when he’s whipped into supersonic action, involving a vicious crime lord, a…
The FBI’s War on Black America (1990)
Through a secret program called the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), there was a concerted effort to subvert the will of the people to avoid the rise “of a Black Messiah”…
Palm Springs (1989)
This short is about a purple dinosaur named Sigmund, who likes to bounce on top of trees. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.
The Yellow Wallpaper (1989)
A woman goes slowly mad as she is confined to a room for weeks on end by her husband.
Robot Ninja (1989)
A scientist helps a comic-book artist to become the superhero he has created in order to battle a vicious gang of rapists.
One Year in a Life of Crime (1989)
Their job is stealing, their lives a cruel dead end. Director Jon Alpert takes his cameras undercover for this hard-hitting look at men who live by theft and suffer addiction….
Red Surf (1989)
Remar and Attila are a couple of surfers who also deal drugs to make a living. They are trying to set up a final deal with local drug lord, Calavera,…
Dr. Caligari (1989)
Mrs. Van Houten has shown signs of losing touch with reality, and her husband discusses possible treatment with Dr. Caligari, who says Mrs. Van Houten has a disease of the…
It Nearly Wasn’t Christmas (1989)
Feeling unneeded, a disillusioned Santa Claus (Charles Durning) quits Christmas. Through the selflessness of a little girl looking to reunite her parents for Christmas (and the help of his bumbling…
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
On the eve of 1987’s Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, surviving families and friends of people who have died of AIDS prepare panels to be…
Beware: Children at Play (1989)
Parents are in a panic as their children mysteriously disappear. Little do they know that the only thing worse than their children disappearing would be them coming back. After the…
Garfield’s Thanksgiving (1989)
On Thanksgiving, according to Garfield, people celebrate food by eating as much of it as possible. It’s a tradition! But that tradition is history following a checkup from vet Liz,…
Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989)
Inheriting a family resort in Hawaii, the Wyatts find it in such a run-down condition that they decide to sell it after trying to fix it up. Amidst confusing goings-on…
Forbidden City U.S.A. (1989)
A documentary about Forbidden City, a San Francisco Chinese-American nightclub open from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Small Sacrifices (1989)
A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital’s emergency room.
Born Killer (1989)
Two deranged and homicidal escaped convicts terrorize a group of teenagers engaged in a paint-ball war.
The Dead Next Door (1989)
The government sets up a zombie squad after an epidemic has made the world run rampant with living corpses. The team head off to Ohio to try and find a…
Stepfather 2 (1989)
“Stepfather” Jerry Blake escapes an insane asylum and winds up in another town, this time impersonating a marriage counselor. With a future wife and new stepson who love him, Blake…
High Desert Kill (1989)
Jim and Brad make their annual hunting trip to the desert, but this year everything is different: Their third partner, Paul, has died in an accident and they’ve taken his…
For All Mankind (1989)
A testament to NASA’s Apollo program of the 1960s and ’70s. Composed of actual NASA footage of the missions and astronaut interviews, the documentary offers the viewpoint of the individuals…
Wait Until Spring Bandini (1989)
Rocklin Colorado, 1925. A hard cold winter. Young Arturo Bandini loves his father Svevo, his mother Maria and his brothers. Even though his bricklayer father wastes the little money he…
Thomas Hart Benton (1989)
Thomas Hart Benton’s paintings were energetic and uncompromising. Today his works are in museums, but Benton hung them in saloons for ordinary people to appreciate.
Perfect Witness (1989)
An innocent man is thrust into a political power struggle in this drama. After witnessing a mob killing, New York restaurant owner Sam Paxton (Aidan Quinn) reports the crime. Overzealous…
Worth Winning (1989)
Taylor is a man who has no problems with women. So confident is he that he accepts a challenge from his friends: he has to secure proposals of marriage from…
Ghosts Can’t Do It (1989)
Elderly Scott kills himself after a heart attack wrecks his body, but then comes back as a ghost and convinces his loving young hot wife Kate to pick and kill…
Catch Me… If You Can (1989)
A hotshot teenage car racer persuades the class president of a small Minnesota high school to gamble on illegal car races to raise money for their school which is facing…
Mob War (1989)
When the New York City police disrupt a big cocaine deal, the TV news reporters find John Falcone, a local mobster, nearby. They ask some tough questions, and Falcone decides…
Prime Target (1989)
A homicide detective assigned to investigate the serial killings of New York policewomen begins to suspect that the serial killer might be a fellow police officer.
Easy Wheels (1989)
A group of leather-clad bikers are on the trail of the female bikers who are stealing babies all over the state and selling them on the black market.