47th Golden Globe Awards (1990)
· 13 categories · 53 nominations
Best Picture – Drama: Born on the Fourth of July
Awards season
1990 Movie Awards: Every Ceremony, Winner & Nominee
6 award ceremonies and festivals from January to September 1990, with 171 nominations and 44 winners. Born on the Fourth of July won the most, 5 awards at 2 ceremonies. Below: every ceremony and top prize, the most-awarded films and the people who won the most.
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Top prizes
The Top Prize at Every 1990 Ceremony
Born on the Fourth of July took the top prize at 2 ceremonies (Golden Globes and DGA Awards). The other 3 went to 3 films. 1 ceremony has no top prize winner in the database.
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Best Picture – Drama: Golden Globes Born on the Fourth of July Best Picture – Drama - Outstanding Directing – Feature Film: DGA Awards Born on the Fourth of July Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
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Best Film: BAFTA Dead Poets Society Best Film -
Best Feature: Spirit Awards sex, lies, and videotape Best Feature -
People's Choice Award: TIFF Cyrano de Bergerac People's Choice Award
Most awarded
The Most-Awarded Films of 1990
Born on the Fourth of July won 5 awards from 6 nominations at the 1990 ceremonies. sex, lies, and videotape and Drugstore Cowboy followed with 4 wins each. The logos show where each film won.
- 1989 · Biography, Drama · 5 wins from 6 nominations
- sex, lies, and videotape 4 / 101989 · Drama · 4 wins from 10 nominations
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Drugstore Cowboy 4 / 81989 · Drama, Crime · 4 wins from 8 nominations -
My Left Foot 3 / 71989 · Biography, Drama · 3 wins from 7 nominations -
Mississippi Burning 3 / 51989 · Drama, Mystery · 3 wins from 5 nominations -
1989 · Action, Adventure · 3 wins from 4 nominations - Dead Poets Society 2 / 111989 · Drama · 2 wins from 11 nominations
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Dangerous Liaisons 2 / 91988 · Drama, Romance · 2 wins from 9 nominations -
Big 2 / 31988 · Drama, Fantasy · 2 wins from 3 nominations -
Driving Miss Daisy 2 / 31989 · Drama, Comedy · 2 wins from 3 nominations
People
Who Won the Most Awards in 1990
Michelle Pfeiffer and Oliver Stone each won 2 awards. Only prizes that name a person count here; Best Picture goes to the film.
Month by month
Every 1990 Award Ceremony
6 ceremonies in date order from January to September 1990. Each links to its full list of winners and nominees.
January 1990 Award Ceremonies
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16th Saturn Awards (1990)· 7 categories · 16 nominations
March 1990 Award Ceremonies
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42nd Directors Guild of America Awards (1990)· 1 category · 5 nominations
Outstanding Directing – Feature Film: Born on the Fourth of July
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43rd British Academy Film Awards (1990)· 17 categories · 61 nominations
Best Film: Dead Poets Society
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5th Independent Spirit Awards (1990)· 10 categories · 34 nominations
Best Feature: sex, lies, and videotape
September 1990 Film Festival
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15th Toronto International Film Festival Awards (1990)· 2 categories · 2 nominations
People's Choice Award: Cyrano de Bergerac
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98 years of results, from 1929 to 2026. The busiest season is 2025, with 19 ceremonies; 1990 has 6. Each year collects its ceremonies, top prizes and biggest winners.
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FAQ
1990 Movie Awards: Questions & Answers
The most-awarded film, the most-awarded person and every ceremony of 1990, answered from the results on this page.
Which movie won the most awards in 1990?
Born on the Fourth of July (1989) won the most awards at the 1990 ceremonies: 5 wins from 6 nominations, at the DGA Awards and the Golden Globes. sex, lies, and videotape and Drugstore Cowboy followed with 4 wins each.
About Born on the Fourth of July Who won the most awards in 1990?
Michelle Pfeiffer and Oliver Stone each won 2 awards in 1990, the most of anyone named in a category.
Michelle Pfeiffer's awards Which award ceremonies took place in 1990?
The database has 6 ceremonies for 1990: 47th Golden Globe Awards, 16th Saturn Awards, 42nd Directors Guild of America Awards, 43rd British Academy Film Awards, 5th Independent Spirit Awards and 15th Toronto International Film Festival Awards.