British TV & Films 1990 Not Yet Released On DVD Region 2
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1. 1871 (1990)
100 min | Drama, History, Romance
A young actress becomes politically aware within the Paris Commune of 1871.
Director: Ken McMullen | Stars: Roshan Seth, John Lynch, Timothy Spall, Alexandre de Sousa
Votes: 77
2. A Set of Six (1990)
30 min | Comedy
Comedy series written by and starring Rowland Riveron as each of the Scrote sextuplets
Stars: Rowland Rivron, Tony Bilbow
Votes: 25
3. After Midnight (1990)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
An alcoholic night watchman in a Dublin hotel redeems himself with the help of a new assistant.
Director: Shani Grewal | Stars: Saeed Jaffrey, Hayley Mills, Ian Dury, Dhirendra
Votes: 41
4. Blind Justice (1988)
110 min | Drama, War
When an African country declares its independence, the results vary from thrilling to catastrophic, depending on what side of revolution one fought with.
Director: Terence Ryan | Stars: Christopher Cazenove, Edita Brychta, Patrick Shai, Oliver Reed
Votes: 298
5. Breakaway (1990)
85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
An escaped prisoner abducts an accountant as he tracks a rodeo fair which is sheltering his wife.
Director: Don McLennan | Stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Bruce Myles, Deborah Kara Unger, Toni Scanlan
Votes: 59
6. Breakfast Serials (1990)
30 min | Comedy, Family
Half-hour installments, each featuring six different serials: "Cheapo TV" were parodies of other TV shows, "Single Tales" had a narrator reading a story, "Zounds" another comedy segment, "... See full summary »
Stars: Caroline Berry, Jon Biggins, Lucy Jenkins, Bill Petrie
7. Christmas (1990– )
30 min | Reality-TV
Christmas is much more than one meal: it's a season of celebration. Delia Smith presents an array of mouth-watering treats from truffles and syllabubs to the more traditional mince pies. ... See full summary »
Stars: Delia Smith, Alice King
Votes: 13
8. Cluedo (1990–1993)
45 min | Crime, Drama, Game-Show
A unique game show in which celebrities try to deduce which of the classic characters commited a murder by watching a short film and interviewing the suspects.
Stars: Chuck Foster, Richard Madeley, James Bellini, Leslie Grantham
Votes: 141
9. Coasting (1990–1991)
60 min | Drama
The dodgy business deals of an older brother finally catch up with him, forcing him and his blameless younger brother to seek refuge in the family theme park business in Blackpool. The ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Howitt, James Purefoy, Sandy Hendrickse, Barrie Rutter
Votes: 26
10. Crime Stopper (1990)
90 min | Action
During a drugbust operation in Vietnam, two members of the elite force of the army are captured by a ruthless drug lord. When the CIA figures out the capture of these men, they send in their best team to rescue them at all costs!
Director: Teddy Page | Stars: Romano Kristoff, Jim Gaines, David Light, Janet Price
Votes: 46
11. Crimestrike (1990)
Comedy drama, based on an idea by Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek, considering what might happen if the nation's criminals went on strike.
Director: Peter Biddle | Stars: Ken Campbell, Jim Carter, Michael Elwyn, Perry Fenwick
12. Dave Allen (1990– )
30 min | Comedy
A few years after announcing his retirement, Dave Allen is back to share his views on the absurdities of modern life.
Star: Dave Allen
Votes: 40
13. Debut on Two (1990– )
20 min | Drama
A series of six short TV plays by writers new to television.
Stars: Adrian Dunbar, Pete Postlethwaite, David Hargreaves, Rita Wolf
14. Destroying Angel (1990)
98 min | Comedy
A bitter married couple are planning to divorce, but the husband decides he wants to get rid of his wife, so he hires a hitman. However, the wife also has the same planned for her hubby, while their daughter plots her own lethal intrigue.
Director: Arne Mattsson | Stars: Debra Beaumont, Norman Bowler, Fiona Curzon, Mark Burns
Votes: 50
15. Diary of a Madman (1990)
Director: Ronan O'Leary | Stars: Deirdre O'Connell, Siobhan Miley, Anna Livia Ryan, Conor Mullen
16. Die Kinder (1990– )
60 min | Drama
A woman searches for her children, who have been abducted by her ex-husband, a member of the German 'Red Liberation Front'.
Stars: Miranda Richardson, Frederic Forrest, Hans Kremer, Derek Fowlds
Votes: 67
17. The Boyfriend School (1990)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
Cartoonist Gus has survived cancer treatment and now his romance novelist sister tries to find him a woman and guide him. Will they succeed?
Director: Malcolm Mowbray | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Jami Gertz, Shelley Long, Kyle MacLachlan
Votes: 3,266 | Gross: $1.17M
18. El C.I.D. (1990–1992)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
The series follows two policemen, Bromley and Blake, decide to uproot their lives and move to Spain. They move into luxury yacht 'El CID' on the sunny and relaxed Costa del Sol. But while ... See full summary »
Stars: John Bird, Simón Andreu, Tony Haygarth, Donald Churchill
Votes: 66
19. Fools of Fortune (1990)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Iain Glen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Sean T. McClory, Frankie McCafferty
Votes: 257 | Gross: $0.08M
20. Forget About Me (1990 TV Movie)
72 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of two Scottish squadies off on leave to Budapest to see a concert by the band Simple Minds. On their way they meet a beautiful Hungarian girl and a love triangle begins.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Ewen Bremner, Brian McCardie, Zsuzsanna Várkonyi, Attila Grandpierre
Votes: 67
21. Freddie and Max (1990)
30 min | Comedy
Maxine Chandler is an aging Hollywood actress residing in a suite at the Savoy Hotel during her London project. She hires Freddie Latham, a bold cockney woman, as her personal aide. Freddie is frank in pointing out Max's evident flaws.
Stars: Anne Bancroft, Charlotte Coleman, Richard Pearson, Ian Congdon-Lee
Votes: 15
22. Haggard (1990–1992)
30 min | Comedy
Squire Haggard, the womanising, destitute former friend of the Prince of Wales, optimistically searches for rich men "willing" to part with their money, and rich, beautiful women willing to... See full summary »
Stars: Keith Barron, Reece Dinsdale, Sam Kelly, William Simons
Votes: 66
23. Heil Honey I'm Home! (1990)
30 min | Comedy, History, War
In Berlin, 1938, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun have a love-hate relationship with their Jewish neighbours in this bizarre spoof of 'fifties American sitcoms.
Stars: Ben Boardman, Neil McCaul, Denica Fairman, Gareth Marks
Votes: 579
24. Hush-a-Bye Baby (1990)
72 min | Romance
A pregnant Irish girl tries to contact her boyfriend in British prison but her letters are not allowed through to him because she writes in Irish.
Director: Margo Harkin | Stars: Emer McCourt, Michael Liebmann, Cathy Casey, Julie Marie Reynolds
Votes: 120
25. I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Henri is depressed after losing his job, but finds himself too afraid to go through with suicide. He hires a contract killer to do the job for him instead - but what happens if he changes his mind?
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley, T.R. Bowen
Votes: 7,571
26. Innuendo (1990)
118 min | Drama
After a year of self-imposed exile, a writer - Gabriel - returns to the North London house he shared with friends from school and childhood - Michael, Valerie, Alex, Anna, Eric, and Shelly.... See full summary »
Director: Michael Stone | Stars: Marcus Craig, Judith Kerlin, Lukas Munro, Niamh Roth
Votes: 20
27. Jackson Pace: The Great Years (1990– )
30 min | Adventure, Comedy
Comedy series about an Indiana Jones-style adventurer.
Stars: Josie Lawrence, Gian Sammarco, Richard Waites, Keith Allen
28. King of the Wind (1990)
PG | 103 min | Adventure
In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel, evil and good and thus begins the life of Sham.
Director: Peter Duffell | Stars: Richard Harris, Glenda Jackson, Frank Finlay, Jenny Agutter
Votes: 223
29. Kinsey (1990–1991)
55 min | Drama
Midlands lawyer Neil Kinsey, known for being a maverick, takes on a new partner, Tricia Mabbott, who has recently left a larger firm. He brings an unconventional approach to dealing with ... See full summary »
Stars: Leigh Lawson, Serena Gordon, David Savile, Meera Syal
Votes: 27
30. Ladder of Swords (1989)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Don, his alcoholic wife Denise and Daley 'The Dancing Bear' are waiting on the moors to hear about a job. However, a fight, a disappearance and a death leads to unwanted attention from the police but a budding romance with a local widow.
Director: Norman Hull | Stars: Martin Shaw, Eleanor David, Bob Peck, Simon Molloy
Votes: 59 | Gross: $0.01M
31. Little Sir Nicholas (1990– )
30 min | Drama
Based on the novel by CA Jones, 'Little Sir Nicholas' is a story set in the Victorian era about heritage, identity and family rivalries. It was always the destiny for the sons of the ... See full summary »
Stars: Rachel Gurney, Bernice Stegers, Jonathan Norris, Louisa Milwood-Haigh
Votes: 27
32. Living Doll (1990)
95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Howard, a shy morgue worker, falls in love with a girl who ends up in the morgue, but he doesn't let that stop him.
Directors: George Dugdale, Peter Mackenzie Litten | Stars: Mark Jax, Katie Orgill, Gary Martin, Freddie Earlle
Votes: 332
33. Made in Heaven (1990– )
50 min | Drama
A couple (Rix and Bentinck) set up a Wedding Agency to arrange the happy day for prospective couples.
Stars: Louisa Rix, Tim Bentinck, Moira Brooker, Keith Barron
34. Making News (1990– )
Drama series about a satellite television news company and the people who work for it.
Stars: Bill Nighy, Annie Lambert, Paul Darrow, Gawn Grainger
35. Masterchef (1990–2001)
30 min | Game-Show
Cookery competition for amateur chefs.
Stars: Loyd Grossman, Gary Rhodes, Raymond Blanc, Michel Roux
Votes: 118
36. Midnight Breaks (1990)
108 min | Thriller
When sweet-voiced Cassie (Dawn Hope) of unsigned reggae act Midnight is offered a lucrative deal to join successful group Breaks by record company rep Billy (Toyah Willcox), her bandmate boyfriend Tyron (Letts) is less than thrilled.
Director: Laurens C. Postma | Stars: Robbie Coltrane, Dawn Hope, Jesse Lawrence, Don Letts
Votes: 23
37. Mister Frost (1990)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial killer gets sent to a mental institution, but as his insidious presence cause the doctors and orderlies to receive strange visions, his psychiatrist tries to find out his true identity.
Director: Philippe Setbon | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Kathy Baker, Alan Bates, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Votes: 2,808
38. Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama
Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Saundra McClain, Margaret Welsh
Votes: 3,486 | Gross: $7.70M
39. Never Come Back (1990– )
150 min | Thriller
Shortly before World War II, a disillusioned journalist finds that the mystery woman he has been pursuing is a Nazi spy.
Stars: Nathaniel Parker, James Fox, Jonathan Coy, Jo Ross
Votes: 89
40. Nicholas Craig, the Naked Actor (1990–1992)
Comedy
Stars: Nigel Planer, Mark Aiken, Liz Kettle, Michael Palin
Votes: 12
41. Nocturne (I) (1990)
58 min | Drama
A young woman is living on her own. She is intrigued by a young female couple who visit her home. She is forced to revisit her past and reawaken memories from her convent education. She ... See full summary »
Director: Joy Chamberlain | Stars: Lisa Eichhorn, Caroline Paterson
Votes: 21
42. Not with a Bang (1990)
30 min | Comedy
All people in the world have been eliminated except this small group of people ... which include only one woman!
Stars: Ronald Pickup, Stephen Rea, Mike Grady, Josie Lawrence
Votes: 27
43. Number One Gun (1990)
96 min | Action, Comedy
Number 1 has to compete against the mad Russian agent Ace Kissoff, who can change into a woman by just taking a pill.
Director: Lindsay Shonteff | Stars: Michael Howe, Gary Hope, Gerald Sim, Cleo Rocos
Votes: 30
44. On the Wire (1990)
85 min | Drama
This bleak and claustrophobic chamber piece traced the breakdown of the marriage between an Afrikaner soldier and his wife after the terrible revelations about his work activities.
Director: Elaine Proctor | Stars: Michael O'Brien, Aletta Bezuidenhout, Gys de Villiers, Laurens Seliye
Votes: 12
45. Perfect Scoundrels (1990–1992)
60 min | Comedy
Perfect Scoundrels first broadcast in 1990 on British television. A comedy-drama following two con-men doing there best To separate various people from their money/
Stars: Peter Bowles, Bryan Murray, Ian Bartholomew, G.B. Zoot Money
Votes: 51
46. Phoenix Hall (1990– )
30 min | Adventure
Stars: Mark Dexter, Georgia Allen, Kerry Stacey, Liz Birchall
47. Rita Rudner (1990– )
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Rita Rudner, Martin Bergman, Michael Fenton Stevens, Morwenna Banks
Votes: 24
48. Science Fiction (1990– )
30 min | Sci-Fi
Stars: Tom Baker, David Suchet, Lloyd Owen, Gerard Horan
49. She-Wolf of London (1990–1991)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A female American graduate student in London is bitten by a werewolf, then teams up with an English professor to investigate supernatural occurrences.
Stars: Neil Dickson, Kate Hodge, Scott Fults, Dorothea Phillips
Votes: 422
50. Shooting Stars (1990)
91 min
Drama set in Manchester see's the star striker of the City's one & only football team, Manchester City, meets a fan & lucky radio phone in winner that results in a Kidnapping nightmare ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Bernard | Stars: Helmut Griem, Sharon Duce, Gary McDonald, Stratford Johns
Votes: 19
53. Strike It Rich (1990)
PG | 87 min | Comedy
A London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever.
Director: James Scott | Stars: Robert Lindsay, Molly Ringwald, Marianne Price, Jeffrey Robert
Votes: 201 | Gross: $0.54M
54. Survivors (1990)
74 min
A group of teenage boys on a survival course are thrown into confusion and have to fend for themselves and face many problems when their leader has a nervous breakdown.
Director: Colin Finbow | Stars: Ian Hogg, Susan Curnow, Michael Bond, Damian Hodges
Votes: 12
55. T.Bag and the Pearls of Wisdom (1990)
20 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Tabatha Bag takes over where her sister left off, enlisting T.Shirt as her T. Caddy and usurping Captain Cockle's lighthouse. Only the Pearls of Wisdom can defeat her, so it's another quest for Sally Simkins to find them all in time.
Stars: Georgina Hale, John Hasler, Kellie Bright, Ivan Beavis
Votes: 48
56. TECX (1990– )
50 min | Action, Drama
Three ambitious young people set up a new kind of detective agency to outmanoeuvre criminals across Europe, with support from two Brussels-based lawyers.
Stars: Rob Spendlove, Urbano Barberini, Ulrike Schwarz, Stéphane Audran
Votes: 34
57. The Castle of Adventure (1990– )
118 min | Adventure, Family
Based on the children's adventure novel by Enid Blyton, five young children come to learn the secrets of a ruined castle.
Stars: Richard Heffer, Gareth Hunt, Colin Bruce, Susan George
Votes: 53
58. The Children (1990)
115 min | Drama
Rose Sellars (Kim Novak) is a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a widower (Sir Ben Kingsley). However, his children believe that their father is too old to start a new relationship.
Director: Tony Palmer | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Kim Novak, Siri Neal, Geraldine Chaplin
Votes: 128
59. The King's Whore (1990)
R | 115 min | Drama, History, Romance
Set in the seventeenth century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.
Director: Axel Corti | Stars: Valeria Golino, Robin Renucci, Paul Crauchet, Amy Werba
Votes: 876
60. The March (1990)
100 min | Drama
A group of several thousand Africans migrate westward across northern Africa and sail across the Strait of Gibraltar to Europe. Their message is: "We are poor because you are rich."
Director: David Wheatley | Stars: Malick Bowens, Juliet Stevenson, Joseph Mydell, Dermot Crowley
Votes: 154
61. The Mary Whitehouse Experience (1990–1992)
30 min | Comedy
The Mary Whitehouse Experience was an rapid-fire observational sketch comedy show, which first aired on radio, and then moved to television, where it ran on the BBC (BBC 2), between 1990-... See full summary »
Stars: Hugh Dennis, David Baddiel, Steve Punt, Rob Newman
Votes: 238
62. The Monk (1990)
106 min | Drama, Horror
The monk Ambrosio is renowned for his faith and his strength of will, a saint in the eyes of the populace. However, when he discovers the beautiful Matilda hidden in his own monastery, all his repressed passions begin to show themselves.
Director: Francisco Lara Polop | Stars: Paul McGann, Sophie Ward, Isla Blair, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Votes: 97
63. The New Adventures of Black Beauty (1990– )
Not Rated | 25 min | Drama, Family
Jenny Denning, the girl who experienced numerous adventures with the stallion Black Beauty in the first series, has grown up in the meantime. She has married Nigel, who boarded a ship bound... See full summary »
Stars: Stacy Dorning, William Lucas, Gedeon Burkhard, Amber McWilliams
Votes: 65
64. The Rainbow Thief (1990)
R | 87 min | Fantasy, Drama
A petty crook in search of the clichéd pot of gold at the end of the rainbow hopes to cash in by befriending the heir to a huge fortune.
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Christopher Lee, Jude Alderson
Votes: 1,517
65. The Reflecting Skin (1990)
R | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
In the 1950s, a young boy living with his troublesome family in rural USA fantasizes that a neighboring widow is actually a vampire, responsible for a number of disappearances in the area.
Director: Philip Ridley | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper, Sheila Moore
Votes: 9,342
66. The Secret Cabaret (1990–1992)
Mystery
A magic-based television programme fronted by British magician Simon Drake, featuring magicians, illusions, sideshow acts, freak shows and daredevil stunts.
Stars: Simon Drake, Ricky Jay, James Randi, Frank Abagnale Jr.
Votes: 12
67. The Serpent of Death (1989)
R | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
An unscrupulous archaeologist searches for Alexander's treasure, using clues he finds by desecrating historical sites and artifacts; but he is not the only one who is trying to find the treasure.
Director: Anwar Kawadri | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Camilla More, Spyros Fokas, Michael Gothard
Votes: 156
68. The Sheltering Sky (1990)
R | 138 min | Adventure, Drama
An American couple travel abroad to revitalize their relationship. But as the trip drags on, their attempt at recovering what they once had seems futile.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott, Jill Bennett
Votes: 13,731 | Gross: $2.08M
69. The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A storyteller in a labyrinth tells his dog the stories of Perseus and Medusa, Icarus and Daedalus, Theseus and the Minotaur, and Orpheus and Euridyce.
Stars: Michael Gambon, Brian Henson, Steve Varnom, Derek Jacobi
Votes: 1,863
70. This Is David Harper (1990– )
30 min | Comedy
Spoof investigative reporter David Harper discovers and exposes scandal and wrongdoing in nineteen nineties Britain.
Stars: Tony Slattery, Jeff Rawle, Clive Swift, Jo Cameron Brown
Votes: 22
71. Troublemakers (1990– )
25 min | Drama, Family
Stars: Paul Keating, Martin Bowden, Assam Mamodeally, Glyn Houston
72. Uncle Jack and Operation Green (1990– )
25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Uncle Jack gets hold of a secret formula, and has to stop it from falling into the hands of the notorious criminal known as the Vixen.
Stars: Paul Jones, Helen Lambert, Giuseppe Peluso, Tricia George
Votes: 12
73. Up the Garden Path (1990–1993)
25 min | Comedy
Schoolteacher Izzy Comyn (Imelda Staunton) searches and searches for romance, but the right man never seems to come along. Not helping matters is Izzy's habit of playing fast and loose with the truth whenever she finds herself in a jam.
Stars: Imelda Staunton, Mike Grady, Tessa Peake-Jones, Nicholas Le Prevost
Votes: 32
74. Up to Something! (1990– )
30 min | Comedy
Stars: David Schneider, Shane Richie, Lewis Macleod, Suzy Aitchison
75. Vroom (1990)
89 min | Drama, Romance
Two young men hope to fulfill their dreams by hitting the open road in a classic American car they have lovingly restored. Taking along the sultry divorcee with whom one of them has fallen in love is an idea bound to cause tension.
Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Diana Quick, Clive Owen, David Thewlis, Melanie Kilburn
Votes: 189
76. Wales Playhouse (1990–1996)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Richard Harrington, Melanie Walters, Andrew Lennon, William Thomas
77. Waterfront Beat (1990–1991)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Police series set in the Liverpool docks.
Stars: Brian McCardie, Rupert Frazer, Denis Lill, Geoffrey Leesley
Votes: 9
78. Whispers (1990)
R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman is stalked by a psychopathic killer. She eventually kills him, only for the man to show up again, this time sane and without any knowledge of the attacks. The police don't believe her, but one detective agrees to look into it.
Director: Douglas Jackson | Stars: Victoria Tennant, Jean Leclerc, Chris Sarandon, Peter MacNeill
Votes: 670
79. Yellowthread Street (1990)
52 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Detective series following the cases of the unorthodox cops of Hong Kong. Loosely based on the novels by William Leonard Marshall.
Stars: Ray Lonnen, Doreen Chan, Bruce Payne, Robert Taylor
Votes: 60
80. Your Cheatin' Heart (1990– )
50 min | Comedy, Drama
From Wikipedia: a BBC television comedy-drama series set in Scotland's country-music scene.
Stars: John Gordon Sinclair, Tilda Swinton, Ken Stott, Katy Murphy
Votes: 76
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