All Films

Dear Rosie

1990 • 11 min

Dear Rosie is a 1990 British short film directed by Peter Cattaneo from a script by Peter Morgan and Mark Wadlow. The plot follows Rosie, an unsuccessful novelist who begins receiving letters from overweight people after her agent publishes her diet tips. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Cyberpunk

1990 • 60 min • United States of America

Stylistic documentary about the cyberpunk movement. William Gibson, author of cyberpunk classic Neuromancer, and Timothy Leary, famous advocate of psychedelic drugs, share their thoughts on the future of society and technology.

Nineteen 19

1990 • 42 min • Japan

While in junior high, Kubota, had a major crush on Masana but she was dating Kazuya. Now in his senior year of high school, Kubota, still has a crush on Masana even though he hasn't seen her in years. A chance encounter leads to an interesting situation. It seems Masana has broken up with Kazuya and is ready for a new relationship. Or is she? Will Kubota be so blinded by his feelings that he fails to see what is really happening? Will he even care?! After all he could very easily lose his virginity by pretending that he doesn't. Adapted from the Nineteen manga.

Vampire Wars

1990 • 50 min • Japan

The rural American west is the setting for this OVA, in which a bizarre and brutal attack on a NASA base in Arizona attracts the attention of a French secret service agent, Monsieur Lassar, when a dead CIA agent is found floating on the Seine in Paris. Lassar is convinced that these two events are related, and sets out to prove it. His investigation leads him to film star Lamia Vindaw and a vampire cult that may be far more vicious and dangerous than its eccentric exterior makes it seem.

Aswang

1990 • 44 min • Philippines

Returning home to her jungle village, a young woman is initially perturbed about their sudden interest in partaking in a strange series of rituals. As she spends more time in the village, the more she learns about the truth behind their beliefs and tries to leave once she's aware of the danger.

Vanity Fair: Jeanette Starion the Pet of the Year

1990 • 49 min • Denmark

Jeanette Dyrkjær, better known as Jeanette Starion, was a sought after nude and porn model in the 1980s. Her career took her to the United States, where she won the Million Pet of the Year Pageant and millions of dollars. But she ended up in the porn industry. The story of Jeanette Dyrkjær is the story of the girl who became famous, hit the wall and fell to the absolute rock bottom.

Discovering Hamlet

1990 • 52 min • United Kingdom

IN 1988, rising star Kenneth Branagh tackled the role of Shakespeare’s prince of Denmark for the first time in his professional career under the guidance of celebrated actor Derek Jacobi. Narrated by Patrick Stewart, this hour-long film documents how Kenneth Branagh and Derek Jacobi, two intelligent and passionate men, found new depths in Shakespeare’s classic drama, Hamlet. Filmmakers Mark Olshaker and Larry Klein follow the company through four weeks of rehearsals, from the first read-throughs to opening night.

Angels

1990 • 45 min • Chile

A group of college students gradually disappear, with no explanation.

Hex

1990 • 35 min • Philippines

In the eerie halls of a mysterious hospital, doctors practice voodoo and dead bodies wander in the night.

Dark Horse

1990 • 45 min • Canada

A troubled young woman finds hope when she is sentenced to perform community service at a horse farm.

Snow White

1990 • 49 min • United States of America

Enter the spellbinding realm of a pretty young princess, a scheming queen and seven funny little fellows with very big hearts in this brilliantly animated retelling of the timeless fairy take classic.

Karate Kids

1990 • 21 min • Canada

Two indigent street children in a developing country become the target of an HIV positive pedophile who attempts to lure them in with money.

Hollywood Dog

1990 • 23 min • United States of America

A cartoon dog entertainment promoter manipulates a naive newcomer to be his headline act for an upcoming show.

Ghost

1990 • 39 min • Philippines

Newlyweds Cathy and Mari spend their honeymoon at a rural vacation house in Baguio. They are less welcomed by the old caretaker who gives them a tour, including a locked room.

Chunk Blower

1990 • 4 min • United States of America

Promo trailer/reel for an ultimately unproduced horror feature.

Because

1990 • 34 min • Germany

Tanja and Martin are a couple in their late twenties. They meet back at their apartment late one evening, in bed. Weren’t we supposed to meet up this evening? How come you got home so late? Where the hell were you? An argument ensues, an everyday fight between couples that unleashes an unimaginable destructive force. Three separate variations of the argument are played out. Each time the positions of culprit and victim, guilt and innocence, trust and despair are reversed.

Battle Mode

1990 • 1 min • Japan

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Ikenai Boy

1990 • 51 min • Japan

An anime adaptation of the erotic manga "Ikenai Boy" by Yoshihiro Suma, serialized in Business Jump. Our hero is the typical young energetic college boy, but he got a special gift. He has "magic hands" that put all women in ecstasy. Obviously, he is taking advantage of this gift by meeting one bishoujo after the other!

Tongues Untied

1990 • 55 min • United States of America

Marlon Riggs, with assistance from other gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, celebrates Black men loving Black men as a revolutionary act. The film intercuts footage of Hemphill reciting his poetry, Riggs telling the story of his growing up, scenes of men in social intercourse and dance, and various comic riffs, including a visit to the "Institute of Snap!thology," where men take lessons in how to snap their fingers: the sling snap, the point snap, the diva snap.

Exit

1990 • 20 min • Sweden

Åke is trapped in a theme park with no chance to escape, unless he's having a great time.

The Last Boat

1990 • 31 min • Hungary

The last ship (Utolsó hajó) is leaving the quay. Sirens are sounding.

Silence = Death

1990 • 56 min • Germany

AIDS victims and activists cope with hardship and society’s ignorance.

Carol

1990 • 59 min • Japan

Living in London with her family, Carol is the daughter of a famous musician, Lionel Mudagolas. While he is currently having difficulties playing his cello, she occasionally starts to listen an unfamiliar voice calling her name. Wondering if her father's situation might be connected to the bad phase of her favorite band, Gable Screen, and the inexplicable silence of the Big Ben, Carol is suddenly transported to another world. There she finds out that she might be the girl predestined to fight Gigantica, a demon lord who recently brought chaos to this strange land.

Sol Bianca

1990 • 55 min • Japan

Five female pirates pilot the Sol Bianca, a starship with a higher level of technology than any other known. With it, they seek out riches, such as the Gnosis, an legendary item of power, and pasha, the most valuable mineral in the galaxy.