1990 in home video

A summary of 1990 in home video:

Years in home video:	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Years:	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Industry milestones

May

• May – MCA Home Video becomes MCA-Universal Home Video.

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	CineTel	VHS release
February 21	Breaking In	The Samuel Goldwyn Company	VHS release
February 22	The Package	Orion	VHS release
February 28	The Big Picture	Columbia	VHS release
	Young Einstein	Warner Bros.	VHS release
March 1	Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers	Galaxy International Releasing	VHS release; distributed by CBS/Fox Video
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	Casualties of War	Columbia	VHS release
	An Innocent Man	Touchstone	VHS release
March 22	Shocker	Universal	VHS release
March 28	Dead Poets Society	Touchstone	VHS release
March 29	Best of the Best	Taurus	VHS release
	The Abyss	20th Century Fox	VHS release
April 11	Look Who's Talking	TriStar	VHS release
April 12	Babar: The Movie	New Line	VHS release; distributed by Family Home Entertainment
	Johnny Handsome	TriStar	VHS release
	Shirley Valentine	Paramount	VHS release
April 19	Black Rain	Paramount	VHS release
	Sea of Love	Universal	VHS release
April 25	Next of Kin	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Sex, Lies, and Videotape	Miramax	VHS release
April 26	A Dry White Season	MGM	VHS release
	Erik the Viking	Orion	VHS release
	Let It Ride	Paramount	VHS release
May 2	In Country	Warner Bros.	VHS release
May 3	Fat Man and Little Boy	Paramount	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
	Penn & Teller Get Killed	Warner Bros.	VHS release
May 10	Dad	Universal	VHS release
	Drugstore Cowboy	Avenue Pictures	VHS release
May 17	Harlem Nights	Paramount	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
May 24	Crimes and Misdemeanors	Orion	VHS release
	The Fabulous Baker Boys	20th Century Fox	VHS release
	Worth Winning	20th Century Fox	VHS release
May 31	The Bear	TriStar	VHS release
	Old Gringo	Columbia	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 20	Steel Magnolias	TriStar	VHS release
June 21	Music Box	TriStar	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 11	Enemies, A Love Story	20th Century Fox	VHS release
	Family Business	TriStar	VHS release
July 12	Internal Affairs	Paramount	VHS release
	Tremors	Universal	VHS release
July 25	Blaze	Touchstone	VHS release
	Cheetah	Disney	VHS release
	Hard to Kill	Warner Bros.	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 8	Blue Steel	MGM	VHS release
	Nightbreed	20th Century Fox	VHS release
August 9	Born on the Fourth of July	Universal	VHS release
	Coupe De Ville	Universal	VHS release
August 15	Joe Versus the Volcano	Warner Bros.	VHS release
August 23	Nuns on the Run	20th Century Fox	VHS release
August 29	All Dogs Go to Heaven	United Artists	VHS release
	Bad Influence	Triumph	VHS release
	Stella	Touchstone	VHS release
August 30	Madhouse	Orion	VHS release
September 5	House Party	New Line	VHS release; distributed by LIVE Entertainment
September 6	The Adventures of Ronald McDonald: McTreasure Island	Hi-Tops Video	VHS re-release
	The Secret of NIMH	MGM	VHS re-release
September 12	Impulse	Warner Bros.	VHS release
September 13	Crazy People	Paramount	VHS release
	Cry-Baby	Universal	VHS release
	Opportunity Knocks	Universal	VHS release
September 19	The Forbidden Dance	Columbia	VHS release
	Glory	TriStar	VHS release
	A Shock to the System	Corsair Pictures	VHS release
September 21	Peter Pan	Disney	VHS release; part of Walt Disney Classics
	The Little Mermaid		Laserdisc release; part of Walt Disney Classics
September 26	Fire Birds	Touchstone	VHS release
	Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer	Greycat Films	VHS release
October 4	Q&A	TriStar	VHS release
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	New Line	VHS release; distributed by Family Home Entertainment
October 10	The Gods Must Be Crazy II	Columbia	VHS release
	Loose Cannons	TriStar	VHS release
October 11	The Guardian	Universal	VHS release
October 17	The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover	Miramax	VHS release
	I Love You to Death	TriStar	VHS release
	Stanley & Iris	MGM	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
	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow	Disney	VHS release
	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
October 31	The Adventures of Milo and Otis	Columbia	VHS release
	Wild Orchid	Triumph	VHS release
November 1	Total Recall	Carolco	VHS release; distributed by LIVE Entertainment
November 4	To Kill a Priest	Columbia	VHS release
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
November 20	Another 48 Hrs.	Paramount	VHS release
	Betsy's Wedding	Touchstone	VHS release
November 21	Men at Work	Triumph	VHS release
December 4	Ernest Goes to Jail	Touchstone	VHS release
December 5	Scamper the Penguin	Celebrity Home Entertainment	VHS release
December 6	Ghost Dad	Universal	VHS release
	Henry V	The Samuel Goldwyn Company	VHS release
December 9	Babes in Toyland	Disney	VHS re-release
December 12	Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!	Miramax	VHS release
December 13	RoboCop 2	Orion	VHS release
December 18	Dick Tracy	Touchstone	VHS release; including Roger Rabbit short Roller Coaster Rabbit
December 26	Longtime Companion	The Samuel Goldwyn Company	VHS release
December 27	My Blue Heaven	Warner Bros.	VHS release
Unknown	Asterix in Britain	Celebrity Home Entertainment	VHS release
	Asterix Versus Caesar	Celebrity Home Entertainment	VHS release
	Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue	Buena Vista Home Video	VHS release
	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)	United Artists	VHS release

This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.

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
  • "Waiting for Santa"
• 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

International Home Video releases

The following VHS were released on home video on the following dates:

Latina (Video.com)

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