The 63rd Academy Awards took place on March 25, 1991, at the Shrine Civic Auditorium, honoring the finest films of 1990. Kevin Costner’s directorial debut 'Dances With Wolves' led the evening with major wins including Best Picture and Best Director, while actors like Jeremy Irons and Kathy Bates also garnered top honors.

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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. Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas won five awards – Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, and Editing – while Cinema Paradiso, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, won five awards including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Film Not in the English Language. With its record wins for a non–English language film, Cinema Paradiso set a benchmark later surpassed by other international films.

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The 16th Toronto International Film Festival in 1991 was held from September 5 to September 14 and featured notable premieres such as Jodie Foster's directorial debut 'Little Man Tate'. The festival celebrated cinematic excellence in both feature and short films through a range of awards. Honoring both domestic and international talent, the awards highlighted outstanding directorial achievements.

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The 43rd Directors Guild of America Awards honored outstanding directorial achievements in film and television for 1990. The awards were presented on March 16, 1991 at the Beverly Hilton and the Crowne Plaza New York, with the Beverly Hills ceremony hosted by Alan Alda and the New York ceremony hosted by Paul Sorvino. Nominees for the feature film category were announced in January and television nominees in February 1991.

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