1990 in home video
A summary of 1990 in home video:
Industry milestones
May
- May – MCA Home Video becomes MCA-Universal Home Video to coincide with Universal Studios's 75th Anniversary.
Date unknown
- CBS/Fox Video continues to release products such as BBC programs.
Movie releases
The following films were released on video on the following dates:
U.S./Canada Release Date | Title | Studio | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
January 4 | Licence to Kill | United Artists | VHS release; distributed by CBS/Fox Video |
January 11 | Do the Right Thing | Universal | VHS release |
January 24 | The Karate Kid Part III | Columbia | VHS release |
New York Stories | Touchstone | VHS release | |
Turner & Hooch | Touchstone | VHS release | |
January 25 | UHF | Orion | VHS release |
Uncle Buck | Universal | VHS release | |
January 31 | Pink Cadillac | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
February 1 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Paramount | VHS release |
February 8 | Lethal Weapon 2 | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
Parenthood | Universal | VHS release | |
Wired | Taurus | VHS release | |
February 15 | Bloodhounds of Broadway | Columbia | VHS release |
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | Paramount | VHS release | |
Relentless | Columbia | VHS release | |
February 28 | The Big Picture | Columbia | VHS release |
Young Einstein | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
March 7 | The Phantom of the Opera (1943) | Universal | VHS release |
The Phantom of the Opera (1989) | Columbia | VHS release | |
March 8 | Field of Dreams | Universal | VHS release |
March 13 | Little Monsters | United Artists | VHS release |
Millennium | 20th Century Fox | VHS release | |
March 16 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Disney | VHS release; including Roger Rabbit short Tummy Trouble |
March 21 | An Innocent Man | Touchstone | VHS release |
March 28 | Dead Poets Society | Touchstone | VHS release |
March 29 | Best of the Best | SVS | VHS release |
April 11 | Look Who's Talking | TriStar | VHS release |
April 19 | Black Rain | Paramount | VHS release |
Sea of Love | Universal | VHS release | |
May 9 | Immediate Family | Columbia | VHS release |
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III | New Line | VHS release | |
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
May 18 | The Little Mermaid | Disney | VHS release; part of Walt Disney Classics |
May 22 | Back to the Future Part II | Universal | VHS release |
June 13 | Heart Condition | New Line | VHS release |
My Left Foot | Palace | VHS release | |
Tango & Cash | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
June 14 | Always | Universal | VHS release |
The Wizard | Universal | VHS release | |
June 27 | Gross Anatomy | Touchstone | VHS release |
June 28 | She-Devil | Orion | VHS release |
The War of the Roses | 20th Century Fox | VHS release | |
We're No Angels | Paramount | VHS release | |
July 12 | Internal Affairs | Paramount | VHS release |
August 2 | Downtown | 20th Century Fox | VHS release |
Driving Miss Daisy | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
Flashback | Paramount | VHS release | |
Revenge | Columbia | VHS release | |
August 29 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | United Artists | VHS release |
Bad Influence | Triumph | VHS release | |
Stella | Touchstone | VHS release | |
September 5 | House Party | New Line | VHS release; distributed by LIVE Entertainment |
September 6 | The Secret of NIMH | MGM | VHS re-release |
The Adventures of Ronald McDonald: McTreasure Island | Hi-Tops Video | VHS re-release | |
September 21 | Peter Pan | Disney | VHS release; part of Walt Disney Classics |
The Sword in the Stone | Disney | VHS release; part of Walt Disney Classics | |
October 4 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | New Line | VHS release; distributed by Family Home Entertainment |
Q&A | TriStar | VHS release | |
October 19 | Alice in Wonderland | Disney | VHS re-release; part of Walt Disney Classics |
Dumbo | Disney | VHS re-release; part of Walt Disney Classics | |
Pretty Woman | Touchstone | VHS release | |
The Sword in the Stone | Disney | VHS re-release; part of Walt Disney Classics | |
October 25 | The Hunt for Red October | Paramount | VHS release |
Jetsons: The Movie | Universal | VHS release | |
Miami Blues | Orion | VHS release | |
November 1 | Total Recall | Carolco | VHS release; distributed by LIVE Entertainment |
November 8 | Back to the Future Part III | Universal | VHS release |
Prancer | Orion | VHS release | |
The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 20th Century Fox | VHS re-release; 15th Anniversary Edition | |
November 15 | Bird on a Wire | Universal | VHS release |
Cadillac Man | Orion | VHS release | |
December 4 | Ernest Goes to Jail | Touchstone | VHS release |
December 5 | The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin | Celebrity Home Entertainment | VHS release |
December 9 | Babes in Toyland | Disney | VHS re-release |
December 13 | RoboCop 2 | Orion | VHS release |
December 18 | Dick Tracy | Touchstone | VHS release; including Roger Rabbit short Roller Coaster Rabbit |
Unknown | Asterix in Britain | Celebrity Home Entertainment | VHS release |
Asterix Versus Caesar | Celebrity Home Entertainment | VHS release | |
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) | United Artists | VHS release | |
Penn & Teller Get Killed | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
- The Abyss – March 29, 1990
- The Adventures of Milo and Otis – October 31, 1990
- Another 48 Hrs. – November 20, 1990
- The Bear – May 31, 1990
- Betsy's Wedding – November 20, 1990
- Blaze – July 25, 1990
- Blue Steel – August 8, 1990
- Born on the Fourth of July – August 9, 1990
- Breaking In – February 21, 1990
- The 'Burbs – January 1990
- Casualties of War – March 21, 1990
- Cheetah – July 25, 1990
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover – October 17, 1990
- Coupe De Ville – August 9, 1990
- Crazy People – September 13, 1990
- Crimes and Misdemeanors – May 24, 1990
- Cry-Baby – September 13, 1990
- Dad – May 10, 1990
- Drugstore Cowboy – May 10, 1990
- A Dry White Season – April 26, 1990
- Enemies, a Love Story – July 11, 1990
- Erik the Viking – April 26, 1990
- The Fabulous Baker Boys – May 24, 1990
- Family Business – July 11, 1990
- Fat Man and Little Boy – May 3, 1990
- Fire Birds – September 26, 1990
- The Forbidden Dance – September 19, 1990
- Glory – September 19, 1990
- The Gods Must Be Crazy II – October 10, 1990
- Ghost Dad – December 6, 1990
- The Guardian – October 11, 1990
- Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers – March 1, 1990
- Hard to Kill – July 25, 1990
- Harlem Nights – May 17, 1990
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer – September 26, 1990
- Henry V – December 6, 1990
- I Love You to Death – October 17, 1990
- Impulse – September 12, 1990
- In Country – May 2, 1990
- Joe Versus the Volcano – August 15, 1990
- Johnny Handsome – April 12, 1990
- Let It Ride – April 26, 1990
- Longtime Companion – December 26, 1990
- Loose Cannons – October 10, 1990
- Madhouse – August 30, 1990
- Men at Work – November 21, 1990
- Music Box – June 21, 1990
- My Blue Heaven – December 27, 1990
- Next of Kin – April 25, 1990
- Nightbreed – August 8, 1990
- Nuns on the Run – August 23, 1990
- Old Gringo – May 31, 1990
- Opportunity Knocks – September 13, 1990
- The Package – February 22, 1990
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape – April 25, 1990
- Shirley Valentine – April 12, 1990
- A Shock to the System – September 19, 1990
- Shocker – March 22, 1990
- Stanley & Iris – October 17, 1990
- Steel Magnolias – June 20, 1990
- Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! – December 12, 1990
- To Kill a Priest – November 4, 1990
- Tremors – July 12, 1990
- Wild Orchid – October 31, 1990
- Worth Winning – May 24, 1990

TV show releases
The following television shows were released on video on the following dates:
- "Ovide and the Gang" video - January 17
- "Will Cy Take Over Paradise?"
- "I Love Lucy": The Video Collection (#2) – January 18
- Volume 5 ("Lucy and Bob Hope" / "Lucy and Superman")
- Volume 6 ("Pioneer Women" / "The Camping Trip")
- Volume 7 ("Never Do Business with Friends" / "The Courtroom")
- Volume 8 ("The Handcuffs" / "The Ballet")
- "Foofur" video - February 6
- "A Bow-Wow of a Time"
- "Janosch" video - February 20
- "The Tiger, The Bear, and the Hare"
- "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" video - March 13
- "Cowabunga Shredhead"
- "Ricochet Rabbit" videos - March 15
- "Hare Trigger Bunny"
- "A Fistful of Carrots"
- "Yakky Doodle" videos - March 15
- "Furried, Feathered Follies"
- "Wakky Yakky"
- "Potluck Duck"
- "Ovide and the Gang" video - March 22
- "Tooned Into Trouble"
- "The Twilight Zone": The Video Collection (#1) – March 29
- Volume 1 ("The Invaders" / "Nothing in the Dark")
- Volume 2 ("Time Enough at Last" / "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street")
- Volume 3 ("Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" / "The Odyssey of Flight 33")
- Volume 4 ("A Game of Pool" / "Steel")
- Barney & the Backyard Gang video - May
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh videos - May 3
- "There's No Camp Like Home" (Includes "There's No Camp Like Home" / "Balloonatics" / "Paw and Order")
- "Wind Some, Lose Some" (Includes "Gone with the Wind" / "Nothing But the Tooth" / "How Much Is That Rabbit In The Window?")
- "Yogi's Treasure Hunt" videos - May 17
- "Raiders of the Lost and Found"
- "Heavens to Planetoid!"
- "To Bee or Not to Bee"
- "The Search for the Moaning Liza"
- "The Greed Monster"
- "There's No Place Like Nome"
- "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" videos (#2) - June 7
- "Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories"
- "James Learns a Lesson and Other Stories"
- "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" video - June 21
- "Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop"
- "The Jetsons" videos - June 28
- "No Space for Sprockets"
- "Elroy's Mob"
- "Las Venus"
- "Good Little Scouts"
- "Astro's Top Secret"
- "Microchip Chump"
- Barney & the Backyard Gang video
- "Campfire Sing-Along" - June
- "Barney Goes to School" - August
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers videos - August 14
- "Danger Rangers"
- "Super Sleuths"
- "Janosch" video - August 15
- "Fables from the Magic Forest"
- "Here Comes Garfield" – September 13
- "Garfield on the Town" – September 13
- "Garfield Goes Hollywood" – September 13
- "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" videos (#2) - September 27
- "Tenders and Turntables and Other Stories"
- "Thomas Breaks the Rules and Other Stories"
- "Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales" - October 3
- "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" video - October 5
- "The Incredible Shrinking Turtles"
- "The Berenstain Bears" videos - October 17
- "The Bears' Christmas"
- "The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone"
- Wee Sing video - December 13
- The Best Christmas Ever

Documentary home video releases
- NBA Superstars – January 18
- WWF SuperTape – March 21
- The Best of ABC's Wide World of Sports: the 1960s – March 29
- WWF WrestleFest – June 28
- WWF Hottest Matches – October 25
- Hulkamania Forever – November 21
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