44th British Academy Film Awards

1990 film awards

The 44th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 17 March 1991 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1990. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1990.

Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas won five awards: Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, and Editing.^[1] Cinema Paradiso, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, also won five awards, including Best Actor (Philippe Noiret), Supporting Actor (Salvatore Cascio) and Film Not in the English Language.^[2]

With its five wins, Cinema Paradiso achieved a new record for the most BAFTAs for a film not in the English language; this record was surpassed by the German language anti-war epic All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), which won seven BAFTAs in 2023.^[3]

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

Louis Malle

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Jeremy Thomas

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film Goodfellas – Irwin Winkler and Martin Scorsese Crimes and Misdemeanors – Robert Greenhut and Woody Allen Driving Miss Daisy – Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck and Bruce Beresford Pretty Woman – Arnon Milchan, Steven Reuther and Garry Marshall	Best Direction Martin Scorsese – Goodfellas Bruce Beresford – Driving Miss Daisy Giuseppe Tornatore – Cinema Paradiso Woody Allen – Crimes and Misdemeanors
Best Actor in a Leading Role *Philippe Noiret – Cinema Paradiso* as Alfredo** Robert De Niro – Goodfellas as James Conway Sean Connery – The Hunt for Red October as Captain First Rank Marko Ramius Tom Cruise – Born on the Fourth of July as Ron Kovic	Best Actress in a Leading Role *Jessica Tandy – Driving Miss Daisy* as Daisy Werthan** Julia Roberts – Pretty Woman as Vivian Ward Michelle Pfeiffer – The Fabulous Baker Boys as Susie Diamond Shirley MacLaine – Postcards from the Edge as Doris Mann
Best Actor in a Supporting Role *Salvatore Cascio – Cinema Paradiso* as Salvatore "Totò" Di Vita (Child)** Alan Alda – Crimes and Misdemeanors as Lester Al Pacino – Dick Tracy as Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice John Hurt – The Field as Bird O'Donnell	Best Actress in a Supporting Role *Whoopi Goldberg – Ghost* as Oda Mae Brown** Anjelica Huston – Crimes and Misdemeanors as Dolores Paley Billie Whitelaw – The Krays as Violet Kray Shirley MacLaine – Steel Magnolias as Louisa Boudreaux
Best Original Screenplay Cinema Paradiso – Giuseppe Tornatore Crimes and Misdemeanors – Woody Allen Ghost – Bruce Joel Rubin Pretty Woman – J. F. Lawton	Best Adapted Screenplay Goodfellas – Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese Born on the Fourth of July – Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic Driving Miss Daisy – Alfred Uhry Postcards from the Edge – Carrie Fisher The War of the Roses – Michael J. Leeson
Best Cinematography The Sheltering Sky – Vittorio Storaro Cinema Paradiso – Blasco Giurato Glory – Freddie Francis Goodfellas – Michael Ballhaus	Best Costume Design Goodfellas – Richard Bruno Cinema Paradiso – Beatrice Bulgari Dick Tracy – Milena Canonero Pretty Woman – Marilyn Vance
Best Editing Goodfellas – Thelma Schoonmaker Cinema Paradiso – Mario Morra Crimes and Misdemeanors – Susan E. Morse Dick Tracy – Richard Marks	Best Makeup and Hair Dick Tracy – John Caglione Jr. and Doug Drexler Cinema Paradiso – Maurizio Trani Ghost – Ben Nye Jr. The Witches – Christine Beveridge and Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Best Original Music Cinema Paradiso – Ennio Morricone and Andrea Morricone The Fabulous Baker Boys – Dave Grusin Memphis Belle – George Fenton Postcards from the Edge – Carly Simon	Best Production Design Dick Tracy – Richard Sylbert Cinema Paradiso – Andrea Crisanti The Hunt for Red October – Terence Marsh The Sheltering Sky – Gianni Silvestri
Best Sound The Fabulous Baker Boys – J. Paul Huntsman, Stephan Von Hase, Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander and Doug Hemphill Dick Tracy – Dennis Drummond, Thomas Causey, Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell and Doug Hemphill The Hunt for Red October – Cecelia Hall, George Watters II, Richard Bryce Goodman and Don Bassman Wild at Heart – Randy Thom, Richard Hymns, Jon Huck and David Parker	Best Special Visual Effects Honey, I Shrunk the Kids – Production Team Dick Tracy – Production Team Ghost – Production Team Total Recall – Production Team
Best Documentary Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius – Kevin Brownlow and David Gill The Last African Flying Boat – David Wallace Viewpoint: Cambodia, The Betrayal – A Special Report by John Pilger – David Munro Viewpoint: Ceausescu's Children – Patricia Ingram	Best Film Not in the English Language Cinema Paradiso – Franco Cristaldi and Giuseppe Tornatore Jesus of Montreal – Roger Frappier, Pierre Gendron and Denys Arcand Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed – Jean-Louis Piel, Philippe Carcassonne and Coline Serreau May Fools – Louis Malle
Best Short Animation Toxic – Andrew McEwan Deadsy – David Anderson The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia – Jan Švankmajer	Best Short Film Say Goodbye – Michele Camarda and John Roberts At the Border – Michael Drexler and Max Linder Chicken – Julian Nott and Jo Shoop Dear Rosie – Barnaby Thompson and Peter Cattaneo

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
11	Cinema Paradiso
7	Dick Tracy
7	Goodfellas
6	Crimes and Misdemeanors
4	Driving Miss Daisy
	Ghost
	Pretty Woman
3	The Fabulous Baker Boys
	The Hunt for Red October
	Postcards from the Edge
2	Born on the Fourth of July
2	The Sheltering Sky

Films that received multiple awards
Awards	Film
5	Cinema Paradiso
5	Goodfellas
2	Dick Tracy

References

^ Morgan, David (19 January 2023). "BAFTA Best Film Award Winners Since 1990 – A Photo Gallery". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^ "'Goodfellas' and 'Paradiso' Do Jolly Well in England". Deseret News. 25 March 1991. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
^ Green, Alex (20 February 2023). "All Quiet on the Western Front breaks Cinema Paradiso's BAFTA record". The Independent. Retrieved 22 August 2023.