The 1990 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1990, were announced on March 23, 1991 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. It was hosted by Buck Henry.
The Grifters
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
The Plot Against Harry
Pump Up the Volume
To Sleep with Anger
Metropolitan
House Party
Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy
The Natural History of Parking Lots
Twister
Charles Burnett – To Sleep with Anger
Reginald Hudlin – House Party
John McNaughton – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Allan Moyle – Pump Up the Volume
Michael Roemer – The Plot Against Harry
Danny Glover – To Sleep with Anger
Martin Priest – The Plot Against Harry
Christopher Reid – House Party
Michael Rooker – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Christian Slater – Pump Up the Volume
Anjelica Huston – The Grifters
Mary Alice – To Sleep with Anger
Eszter Balint – Bail Jumper
Carolyn Farina – Metropolitan
Joanne Woodward – Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
Bruce Davison – Longtime Companion
Willem Dafoe – Wild at Heart
Robin Harris – House Party
Ben Lang – The Plot Against Harry
Tom Towles – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Sheryl Lee Ralph – To Sleep with Anger
Tracy Arnold – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Ethel Ayler – To Sleep with Anger
Tisha Campbell – House Party
A.J. Johnson – House Party
To Sleep with Anger – Charles Burnett
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer – John McNaughton and Richard Fire
Metropolitan – Whit Stillman
The Plot Against Harry – Michael Roemer
Pump Up the Volume – Allan Moyle
Wild at Heart – Frederick Elmes
House Party – Peter Deming
King of New York – Bojan Bazelli
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive – Amir Mokri
The Plot Against Harry – Robert M. Young
Sweetie • Australia
Black Rain • Japan
A City of Sadness • Taiwan
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover • France/The Netherlands/UK
Freeze, Die, Come to Life • Soviet Union
Eastman Kodak Co.
Sovereign Pictures, Inc.
Jon Jost
Edward R. Pressman
Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson – Dances with Wolves
