Moriarty began the decade with roles in the thriller film "Burndown", Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Kindergarten Cop" and the soap opera parody "Soapdish". She also appeared in the musical drama "The Mambo Kings" and the horror anthology TV series "Tales from the Crypt", where Moriarty's performance earned her a Best Actress in a Dramatic Series CableACE Award. Her last performance of the year was a hard-as-nails prostitute in the screwball comedy film, "The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag". In 1993, Moriarty starred as John Goodman's wisecracking girlfriend and a film goddess in Joe Dante's period comedy "Matinee", and had supporting roles in the comedies "Another Stakeout" (the sequel of 1987's "Stakeout") and "Me and the Kid". The following year, she guest-starred as half of the husband-wife con team in Universal Television's made-for-TV film "Another Midnight Run". The actress' next role was the flirty in Peter Medak's adventure film, "Pontiac Moon" (1994).