1991 in home video
A summary of 1991 in home video:
Industry milestones
July
- July 11 - Fox Video is formed.
Date unknown
- In Sweden the development of satellite television has become a tough competitor to the home video market and through oustings and mergings the number of videogram disbursers has reduced from circa 60 to circa 20.
Releases
U.S./Canada Release Date | Title | Studio | Notes |
January 3 | The Adventures of Ford Fairlane | 20th Century Fox | VHS release; although still uses 1990 CBS/Fox copyright |
January 3 | ' | Family Home Entertainment | VHS release |
January 17 | Mo' Better Blues | Universal | VHS release |
January 17 | Young Guns II | 20th Century Fox | VHS release |
January 23 | The Freshman | TriStar | VHS release; although still uses 1990 RCA/Columbia copyright |
January 31 | Die Hard 2 | 20th Century Fox | VHS release |
January 31 | Navy SEALs | Orion | VHS release |
January 31 | Problem Child | Universal | VHS release |
February 6 | Taking Care of Business | Touchstone | VHS release |
February 7 | Days of Thunder | Paramount | VHS release; although still uses 1990 Paramount copyright |
February 13 | Flatliners | Columbia | VHS release; although still uses 1990 RCA/Columbia copyright |
February 14 | Darkman | Universal | VHS release |
February 20 | Quick Change | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
February 21 | Air America | Carolco | VHS release |
February 21 | Frankenstein Unbound | 20th Century Fox | VHS release |
February 28 | Death Warrant | MGM | VHS release |
February 28 | State of Grace | Orion | VHS release |
February 28 | The Two Jakes | Paramount | VHS release; although still uses 1990 Paramount copyright |
March 6 | Arachnophobia | Hollywood | VHS release |
March 7 | After Dark, My Sweet | Avenue | VHS release |
March 7 | The Exorcist III | 20th Century Fox | VHS release |
March 7 | King of New York | Carolco | VHS release |
March 13 | Pump Up the Volume | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
March 13 | White Hunter Black Heart | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
March 15 | Alice in Wonderland | Disney | VHS re-release; part of Walt Disney Classics |
March 15 | ' | Disney | VHS release |
March 20 | Desperate Hours | MGM | VHS release |
March 21 | Ghost | Paramount | VHS release |
March 21 | Pacific Heights | 20th Century Fox | VHS release |
March 27 | Presumed Innocent | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
March 28 | Funny About Love | Paramount | VHS release |
March 28 | Henry & June | Universal | VHS release |
March 28 | The Hot Spot | Orion | VHS release |
March 28 | White Palace | Universal | VHS release |
April 4 | Memphis Belle | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
April 4 | Miller's Crossing | 20th Century Fox | VHS release |
April 4 | Wild at Heart | 20th Century Fox | VHS release |
April 11 | Child's Play 2 | Universal | VHS release |
April 11 | Sibling Rivalry | Columbia | VHS release |
April 18 | Marked for Death | 20th Century Fox | VHS release |
April 24 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
April 24 | Graffiti Bridge | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
April 24 | Rocky V | MGM | VHS release |
April 25 | Texasville | Columbia | VHS release |
May 1 | The Sheltering Sky | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
May 3 | The Jungle Book | Disney | VHS release; part of Walt Disney Classics |
Pete's Dragon | Disney | VHS release | |
May 8 | Mr. Destiny | Touchstone | VHS release |
May 8 | Quigley Down Under | MGM | VHS release |
May 8 | Three Men and a Little Lady | Touchstone | VHS release |
May 9 | Havana | Universal | VHS release |
May 17 | Avalon | TriStar | VHS release |
May 18 | Predator 2 | 20th Century Fox | VHS release |
May 22 | The Rookie | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
May 22 | Warlock | Trimark | VHS release |
May 23 | Jacob's Ladder | TriStar | VHS release |
May 23 | Mermaids | Orion | VHS release |
May 29 | ' | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
May 29 | Popcorn | Columbia | VHS release |
June 5 | The Grifters | Miramax | VHS release |
June 5 | Postcards from the Edge | Columbia | VHS release |
June 6 | Kindergarten Cop | Universal | VHS release |
June 12 | Green Card | Touchstone | VHS release |
June 12 | Mr. and Mrs. Bridge | Miramax | VHS release |
June 12 | White Fang | Disney | VHS release |
June 13 | Come See the Paradise | 20th Century Fox | VHS release |
June 19 | GoodFellas | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
June 21 | Ernest Goes to Camp | Touchstone | VHS release |
June 25 | Roger & Me | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
June 26 | Men of Respect | Columbia | VHS release |
June 26 | Not Without My Daughter | MGM | VHS release |
June 26 | Reversal of Fortune | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
June 27 | Almost an Angel | Paramount | VHS release |
June 27 | Edward Scissorhands | 20th Century Fox | VHS release |
July 3 | Look Who's Talking Too | Columbia | VHS release |
July 11 | Misery | MGM | VHS release |
July 11 | Once Around | Universal | VHS release |
July 11 | Robin Hood | Disney | VHS re-release; Walt Disney Classics |
July 17 | The Russia House | MGM | VHS release |
July 17 | Shipwrecked | Disney | VHS release |
July 18 | Flight of the Intruder | Paramount | VHS release |
July 18 | L.A. Story | TriStar | VHS release |
July 19 | The Brave Little Toaster | Disney | VHS release |
July 24 | Hamlet | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
July 25 | Alice | Orion | VHS release |
July 25 | Lionheart | Universal | VHS release |
July 25 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | TriStar | VHS release; distributed by FoxVideo |
July 25 | Sleeping with the Enemy | 20th Century Fox | VHS release |
July 31 | ' | New Line | VHS release; distributed by Columbia/TriStar Home Video |
August 8 | King Ralph | Universal | VHS release |
August 14 | Scenes from a Mall | Touchstone | VHS release |
August 22 | Dracula | Universal | VHS release |
August 22 | Paris Trout | Palace | VHS release |
August 22 | The Rescuers Down Under | Disney | VHS release: part of Walt Disney Classics |
August 22 | True Colors | Paramount | VHS release |
August 23 | Home Alone | 20th Century Fox | VHS release |
August 23 | ' | New World Pictures | VHS release; part of Buena Vista Home Video |
August 28 | Dances with Wolves | Orion | VHS release |
September 4 | La Femme Nikita | Gaumont | VHS release |
September 11 | Oscar | Touchstone | VHS release |
September 12 | Closet Land | Universal | VHS release, distributed by Media Home Entertainment |
September 12 | The Five Heartbeats | 20th Century Fox | VHS release |
September 12 | The Hard Way | Universal | VHS release |
September 20 | The Land Before Time | Universal | VHS re-release |
September 26 | The Doors | TriStar | VHS release |
September 26 | A Boy Named Charlie Brown | Fox Video CBS/Fox Children's Video | VHS re-release |
October 2 | The Marrying Man | Hollywood | VHS release |
October 3 | A Kiss Before Dying | Universal | VHS release |
October 4 | ' | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
October 9 | ' | Miramax | VHS release; distributed by LIVE Entertainment |
October 10 | The Godfather Part III | Paramount | VHS release; 2-Videocassette set |
October 10 | One Good Cop | Hollywood | VHS release |
October 14 | Talent for the Game | Paramount | VHS release |
October 17 | Race with the Devil | 20th Century Fox | VHS re-release |
October 18 | The Rescuers Down Under | Walt Disney Classics | Laserdisc release |
October 24 | Class Action | 20th Century Fox | VHS release |
October 24 | The Silence of the Lambs | Orion | VHS release |
October 30 | ' | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
November 1 | Fantasia | Disney | VHS release; part of Walt Disney Classics |
November 6 | Mortal Thoughts | Columbia | VHS release |
November 6 | What About Bob? | Touchstone | VHS release |
November 7 | Backdraft | Universal | VHS release |
November 13 | V.I. Warshawski | Hollywood | VHS release |
November 20 | Hudson Hawk | TriStar | VHS release |
November 20 | Out for Justice | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
November 21 | F/X2 | Orion | VHS release |
November 22 | The Little Engine That Could | Universal | VHS release |
November 26 | Toy Soldiers | TriStar | VHS release |
November 27 | Only the Lonely | 20th Century Fox | VHS release |
November 27 | Soapdish | Paramount | VHS release |
December 4 | City Slickers | Columbia | VHS release |
December 5 | Problem Child 2 | Universal | VHS release |
December 11 | ' | Carolco | VHS release; distributed by LIVE Entertainment |
December 18 | Delirious | MGM | VHS release |
December 18 | Doc Hollywood | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
December 19 | Cool as Ice | Universal | VHS release |
December 19 | Dutch | 20th Century Fox | VHS release |
December 19 | ' | Paramount | VHS release |
Unknown | Career Opportunities | Universal | VHS release |
Documentary home video releases
The following documentary home videos were released on the following dates:- Rodney King - March 3, 1991
TV show releases
- "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" video - January 23
- *"Better Late Than Never and Other Stories"
- "Rocky & Bullwinkle" videos - February 8
- *"Mona Moose"
- *"Birth of Bullwinkle"
- *"Blue Moose"
- *"Vincent Van Moose"
- *"La Grande Moose"
- *"Canadian Gothic"
- "Dr. Seuss" videos - March 20
- *"I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!"
- *"Are You My Mother?"
- Wee Sing video - May 14
- *The Big Rock Candy Mountains
- "I Love Lucy": The Video Collection - May 16
- *Volume 9
- *Volume 10
- *Volume 11
- *Volume 12
- "Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special" - July 24
- "Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet" - July 24
- Barney & the Backyard Gang videos
- *"Barney in Concert" - July 29
- *"Rock with Barney" - August
- "TaleSpin" videos - August 9
- *"True Baloo"
- *"That's Show Biz!"
- *"Jackpots & Crackpots"
- *"Fearless Flyers"
- "Adventures in Odyssey" video - September 24
- *"The Knight Travellers"
- "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Sewer Heroes" series - September 25
- *"Leonardo Lightens Up"
- *"Donatello's Degree"
- *"Raphael Meets His Match"
- *"Michelangelo Meets Bugman"
- "Simply Mad About the Mouse" - September 27
- "A Garfield Christmas" - October 17
- "Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree" - November 1
- "Rocky and Bullwinkle" videos - November 15
- *"Whistler's Moose"
- *"Norman Moosewell"
- "Adventures in Odyssey" video - November 26
- *"A Flight to the Finish"