40th Berlin International Film Festival (1990)

Main Competition:

	Angels / Los ángeles (Jacob Berger - Spain, France, Switzerland, Belgium)
	The Asthenic Syndrome / Астенический синдром (Kira Muratova - Soviet Union)
	Black Snow / 本命年 (Xie Fei - China)
	Born on the Fourth of July / Born on the Fourth of July (Oliver Stone - United States)
	Coming Out (Heiner Carow - East Germany)
	Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford - United States)
	The Handmaid's Tale (Volker Schlöndorff - United States, West Germany)
	Crossing Borders / Herzlich willkommen (Hark Bohm - West Germany)
	The Guard / Караул (Aleksandr Rogozhkin - Soviet Union)
	Larks on a String / Skřivánci na niti (Jiří Menzel - Czechoslovakia)
	Music Box (Costa-Gavras - United States)
	The Nasty Girl / Das schreckliche Mädchen (Michael Verhoeven - West Germany)
	The Paper Wedding / Les noces de papier (Michel Brault - Canada)
	Shadow Makers (Roland Joffé - United States)
	The Secret / Il segreto (Francesco Maselli - Italy)
	Sentenced to Death / A halálraítélt (János Zsombolyai - Hungary)
	Silent Scream (David Hayman - United Kingdom)
	The Winter War / Talvisota (Pekka Parikka - Finland)
	A Woman's Revenge / La vengeance d'une femme (Jacques Doillon - France)
	Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! / ¡Átame! (Pedro Almodóvar - Spain)
	The War of the Roses (Danny DeVito - United States)

Golden Bear:

	Music Box by Costa-Gavras
	Larks on a String by Jiří Menzel

Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize:

The Asthenic Syndrome by Kira Muratova

Silver Bear for Best Director:

Michael Verhoeven for The Nasty Girl

Silver Bear for Best Joint Performance:

Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman

Silver Bear for Best Actor:

Iain Glen for Silent Scream

Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement:

Black Snow by Xie Fei

Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution:

Coming Out

Alfred-Bauer Prize:

Karaul

FIPRESCI Award:

Karaul by Aleksandr Rogozhkin