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** The merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications has been completed. As a result, HBO Video was picked up by Warner Home Video, merging HBO's marketing and distribution services.
** [[Media Home Entertainment]] sold its duplication division to [[MediaCopy|West Coast Video Duplicating, Inc.]]
** New World Entertainment sold many of its video assets to Trans Atlantic Entertainment, which later licensed the assets to R&G Video, which in turn secured a distribution deal with Starmaker Entertainment.
* '''February''': Strand VCI Entertainment was launched by Strand VCI plc. to market tapes for the American market.
* '''March''':
** The CBS/Fox Company switched overmoves to [[Deluxe Digital Studios|Rank Video Services America]] from [[Vantiva Supply Chain Services|Technicolor Videocassette]].
** In a move to strengthen The Walt Disney Company's position in the children's market, the company's children's music division label, Walt Disney Records, itself a division of the company's Disney Consumer Products unit, was split into two. One retains the current name and would be responsible for soundtrack and studio albums, while the other is called Disney Audio Entertainment, which would be responsible for the read-along album series.
** MCA Home Video establishes a new domestic marketing unit, MCA/Universal Home Video. It would adopt the name itself altogether within the next few months.
* '''May 14''': Private Screenings, Media Home Entertainment's erotic label, was renamed to Luna Video.
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** Barr Films had acquired KVC Home Video.
** Trylon Video went out of business.
* '''October 1''': RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video and GoodTimes Home Video mutually end their distribution agreement, after which ''Peter Pan'' is the last remaining GoodTimes title to be available through RCA/Columbia.
* '''October''':
** Warner Home Video begins marketing releases from MGM/UA Home Video.
** CBS Records announces that it will be renamed to Sony Music Entertainment after its parentcorporate organizationparent Sony Corporation loses the license to the CBS branding in January 1991.
* '''November''': New Line Cinema forms its own home video division, New Line Home Video.
* '''November 13''': MCA Distributing Corporation was renamed to Uni Distribution Corporation.
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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''8 Million Ways to Die'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 4, 1990 ||
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| ''Back Street'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 25, 1990 ||
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| ''The Great Outdoors'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 25, 1990 ||
* Sell-through release.
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| ''Great Sports Moments of the '80s'' || ABC Video Enterprises || The CBS/Fox Company || January 4, 1990 ||
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| ''Ground Zero'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 11, 1990 ||
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| ''I Love Lucy Vol. 8'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 18, 1990 ||
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| ''In Like Flint'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 4, 1990 ||
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| ''Iron Eagle II'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 11, 1990 ||
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| ''Licence to Kill'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 4, 1990 ||
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| ''NBA Awesome Endings'' || CBS/Fox Video Sports<br>NBA Entertainment || The CBS/Fox Company || January 18, 1990 ||
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| ''NBA Superstars'' || CBS/Fox Video Sports<br>NBA Entertainment || The CBS/Fox Company || January 18, 1990 ||
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| ''New York Stories'' || Touchstone Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || January 24, 1990 ||
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| ''Night Visitor'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || January 1, 1990 ||
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| ''Our Man Flint'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || January 4, 1990 ||
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| ''Pascali's Island'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || January 11, 1990 ||
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| ''Priest... Live!'' || CBS/Fox Video Music || The CBS/Fox Company || February 15, 1990 ||
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| ''Sandi Patti: The "Make His Praise Glorious" Live Concert'' || Word Entertainment || PolyGram Distribution || February 27, 1990 ||
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| ''The Velveteen Rabbit'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 8, 1990 ||
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| ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: April Foolish'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || March 29, 1990 ||
* Sponsored by Burger King.
* Tapes with the standard labels were duplicated at WCVD in Brisbane and Mirror Image Duplication Services in Charlotte, while tapes with the Vestron-sized labels were duplicated at Technicolor Videocassette in Livonia.
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| ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || March 15, 1990 ||
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| ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || April 12, 1990 ||
* Sponsored by Burger King.
* Tapes with the standard labels were duplicated at WCVD in Brisbane and Mirror Image Duplication Services in Charlotte, while tapes with the Vestron-sized labels were duplicated at Technicolor Videocassette in Livonia.
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| ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Sky Turtles'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || April 19, 1990 ||
* Sponsored by Burger King.
* Tapes with the standard labels were duplicated at WCVD in Brisbane and Mirror Image Duplication Services in Charlotte, while tapes with the Vestron-sized labels were duplicated at Technicolor Videocassette in Livonia.
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| ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Great Boldini'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || April 5, 1990 ||
* Sponsored by Burger King.
* Tapes with the standard labels were duplicated at WCVD in Brisbane and Mirror Image Duplication Services in Charlotte, while tapes with the Vestron-sized labels were duplicated at Technicolor Videocassette in Livonia.
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| ''Try and Get Me'' || Republic Pictures Home Video || Republic Pictures Home Video || April 12, 1990 ||
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| ''1941'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || June 5, 1990 ||
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| ''Adam at 6 A.M.'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || June 28, 1990 ||
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| ''Always'' || MCA/Universal Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || June 12, 1990 ||
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| ''Earthquake'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || June 5, 1990 ||
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| ''The Fishing Trip'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || June 28, 1990 ||
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| ''Fletch Lives!'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || June 5, 1990 ||
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| ''Gold's Gym Personal Trainer Series Level Two: Intermediate'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || June 21, 1990 ||
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| ''The Golf Classic'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || June 28, 1990 ||
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| ''Hail, Hero!'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || June 28, 1990 ||
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| ''The Hindenburg'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || June 5, 1990 ||
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| ''After Midnight'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || July 26, 1990 ||
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| ''Auntie Mame'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 18, 1990 ||
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| ''A Cricket in Times Square'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 12, 1990 ||
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| ''Dynamo'' || Nelson Entertainment || Orion Home Video || July 26, 1990 ||
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| ''Everybody Wins'' || Orion Home Video || Orion Home Video || July 26, 1990 ||
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| ''Girlfriend from Hell'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 26, 1990 ||
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| ''Golgo 13: Kowloon Assignment'' || Nelson Entertainment || Orion Home Video || July 26, 1990 ||
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| ''The Great McGinty'' || MCA/Universal Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 10, 1990 ||
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| ''Let's Do It Again'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 18, 1990 ||
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| ''Little Sweetheart'' || Nelson Entertainment || Orion Home Video || July 26, 1990 ||
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| ''Lobster Man from Mars'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 26, 1990 ||
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| ''Lovesick'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 18, 1990 ||
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| ''A Man Called Tiger'' || Nelson Entertainment || Orion Home Video || July 26, 1990 ||
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| ''Master Killer'' || Nelson Entertainment || Orion Home Video || July 26, 1990 ||
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| ''Men Don't Leave'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 18, 1990 ||
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| ''Protocol'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 18, 1990 ||
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| ''Pure Pistons'' || CBS/Fox Video Sports<br>NBA Entertainment || The CBS/Fox Company || July 19, 1990 ||
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| ''The Red Shoes'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 12, 1990 ||
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| ''Skin Game'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 18, 1990 ||
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| ''Slaughter in San Francisco'' || Nelson Entertainment || Orion Home Video || July 26, 1990 ||
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| ''Smokey and the Bandit II'' || MCA Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || July 10, 1990 ||
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| ''Swing Shift'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 18, 1990 ||
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| ''The Tattoo Connection'' || Nelson Entertainment || Orion Home Video || July 26, 1990 ||
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| ''The Tattooed Dragon'' || Nelson Entertainment || Orion Home Video || July 26, 1990 ||
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| ''Three Avengers'' || Nelson Entertainment || Orion Home Video || July 26, 1990 ||
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| ''To Be or Not to Be'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 18, 1990 ||
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| ''Valmont'' || Orion Home Video || Orion Home Video || July 26, 1990 ||
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| ''When Taekwondo Strikes'' || Nelson Entertainment || Orion Home Video || July 26, 1990 ||
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| ''Which Way to the Front?'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 18, 1990 ||
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| ''Memorial Valley Massacre'' || Nelson Entertainment || Orion Home Video || September 27, 1990 ||
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| ''Mortal Passions'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || September 27, 1990 ||
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| ''My Heart, Your Heart'' || PBS Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || September 26, 1990 ||
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| ''Q&A'' || HBO Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || October 4, 1990 ||
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| ''Rear Window'' || MCA/Universal Home Video || Time-Life Video || October 11, 1990 ||
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| ''The Return of the Jedi'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || October 11, 1990 ||
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| ''Mystery Train'' || Orion Home Video || Orion Home Video || November 15, 1990 ||
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| ''NBA Showmen: The Spectacular Guards'' || CBS/Fox Video Sports<br>NBA Entertainment || The CBS/Fox Company || November 21, 1990 ||
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| ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || November 8, 1990 ||
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| ''Total Recall'' || Carolco Home Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || November 1, 1990 ||
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| ''Vertigo'' || MCA/Universal Home Video || Time-Life Video || November 22, 1990 ||
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| ''Henry V'' || Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment || The CBS/Fox Company || December 6, 1990 ||
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| ''Jackanory: Winnie the Pooh'' || BBC Video || The CBS/Fox Company || December 6, 1990 ||
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| ''Lisa'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || December 6, 1990 ||
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| ''Longtime Companion'' || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || December 26, 1990 ||
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| ''Newton's Apple Vol. 2'' || PBS Home Video || Uni Distribution Corporation || December 12, 1990 ||
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| ''Panic in the Streets'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || December 6, 1990 ||
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| ''RoboCop 2'' || Orion Home Video || Orion Home Video || December 13, 1990 ||
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| ''Seven Thieves'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || December 6, 1990 ||
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| ''Short Time'' || Live Home Video || Uni Distribution Corporation || December 20, 1990 ||
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| ''Aftershock'' || Prism Entertainment || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || 1990 ||
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| ''Alakazam the Great'' || The Congress Video Group || The Congress Video Group || The Congress Video Group || Q1 1990 ||
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| ''And Soon the Darkness'' || The Congress Video Group || The Congress Video Group || The Congress Video Group || Q1 1990 ||
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| ''Astro Boy Vol. 1'' || The Right Stuf || The Right Stuf || The Right Stuf || 1990 ||
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| ''The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone'' || Random House Home Video || Random House || Random House || 1990 ||
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| ''The Berenstain Bears: Play Ball'' || Kids Klassics Home Video || GoodTimes Home Video Corporation || GoodTimesRCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video Corporation || 1990 ||
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| ''Best Evidence: The Research Video'' || Rhino Home Video || Rhino Records || MCA Distributing Corporation || 1990 ||
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| ''The Care Bears: Way Out West'' || Fries Home Video || Fries Home Video || Fries Home Video || 1990 ||
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| ''Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue'' || Buena Vista Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || Mid 1990 ||
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| ''Cinema Paradiso'' || HBO Video || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || 1990 ||
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| ''Fear Walking'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || 1990 ||
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| ''Flatbed Annie and Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers'' || The Congress Video Group || The Congress Video Group || The Congress Video Group || Q1 1990 ||
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| ''The Flying Saucer'' || Rhino Home Video || Rhino Records || MCA Distributing Corporation || 1990 ||
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| ''The Heist'' || HBO Video || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || 1990 ||
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| ''History of the 20th Century'' || ABC Video Enterprises || MPI Home Video || Maljack Productions || 1990 ||
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| ''Hollywood Dinosaur Chronicles'' || Rhino Home Video || Rhino Records || MCA Distributing Corporation || 1990 ||
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| ''Hot on the Trail'' || Luna Video || Luna Video || Media Home Entertainment || 1990 ||
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| ''Hunchback'' || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || Vidmark Entertainment || 1990 ||
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| ''The Mask'' || Rhino Home Video || Rhino Records || MCA Distributing Corporation || 1990 ||
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| ''Max Fleisher's Cartoon Capers: Vol. 1'' || Buena Vista Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || 1990 ||
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| ''Men at Work'' || Epic Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || 1990 ||
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| ''Meridan: Kiss of the Beast'' || Full Moon Entertainment || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || 1990 ||
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| ''Michael Jordan: Come Fly with Me 1990'' || CBS/Fox Video Sports<br>NBA Entertainment || The CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || 1990 ||
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| ''Missile to the Moon'' || Rhino Home Video || Rhino Records || MCA Distributing Corporation || 1990 ||
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| ''Triumph of the Spirit'' || Epic Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video || 1990 ||
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| ''VitalThe SignsUltimate Defenders of Sport'' || CBS/Fox Video || The CBS/Fox Company || The CBS/Fox Company || 1990 ||
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| ''We're All Devo'' || Rhino Home Video || Rhino Records || MCA Distributing Corporation || 1990 ||