1989 Movies

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The Films of 1989

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A full list of 1989 Wide Release Films on Wikipedia

My Top Picks

The Abyss
Lethal Weapon 2
Dead Poets Society
Licence to Kill
Batman

Notable Mentions ("Surprise" Films)

Kiki's Delivery Service
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
When Harry Met Sally

The Biggest Disappointments

Ghostbusters II
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
The War of the Roses
Back to the Future Part II
Shocker

All the films I've seen from 1989 at the Movies

Abyss, The
Back to the Future Part II
Batman
Black Rain
Born on the Fourth of July
Dead Poets Society
Eric the Viking
Fletch Lives
Ghostbusters II
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Lethal Weapon 2
Licence to Kill
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Parenthood
Pet Sematary
Pink Cadillac
Shocker
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Uncle Buck
When Harry Met Sally

All the films I've seen from 1989 on the Small Screen

Adventures of Milo and Otis, The
All Dogs Go To Heaven
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
The 'Burbs, The
Cyborg
Dead Calm
Deepstar Six
Dekalog – (Poland)
Dream Team, The
Fly II, The
Glory
Gods Must Be Crazy II, The
Grand Day Out, A - (U.K.)
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Heathers
Henry V
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
House III: The Horror Show
Jesus of Montreal – (Canada/France)
Kiki's Delivery Service
Little Mermaid, The
Look Who's Talking
Meet the Feebles
Prancer
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Slipstream
Tango & Cash
Trial of the Incredible Hulk, The
Turner & Hooch
War of the Roses, The
Warlock
Weekend at Bernie's
We're No Angels

What's Left to See from 1989?

'Burbs, The
All About Ah-Long (Ah Long dik gu si) – (Hong Kong)
All Dogs Go To Heaven – (Ireland/U.K./U.S.)
Always
Amanece, que no es poco (Amanece, Who is Not Small) – (Spain)
Apartment Zero (Conviviendo con la muerte) – (Argentina)
BFG, The – (U.K.)
Babar: The Movie – (Canada/France)
Bashu – (Iran)
Before the Bat's Flight Is Done (Mielőtt befejezi röptét a denevér) – (Hungary)
Bert Rigby
Best of the Best
Better Tomorrow III, A – (Hong Kong)
Big Picture, The
Black Rain (Kuroi ame) – (Japan)
Black Rainbow
Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose Is an Emblem of Love (Chyornaya roza – emblema pechali, krasnaya roza – emblema lyubvi) – (U.S.S.R.)
Blasphemers' Banquet
Blaze
Blind Fury
Blood Red
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Breaking In
Bye Bye Blues – (Canada)
Cage
Cameron's Closet
Casualties of War
Cat Chaser
Chameleon Street
Chances Are
Chandni (Moonlight) – (India)
Checking Out
Cheetah
City of Sadness, A (Beiqing chengshi) – (Taiwan)
Cohen and Tate
Cold Feet
Communion
Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, The – (U.K.)
Cousins
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Criminal Law
Crusoe – (U.K.)
Dad
Dead Bang
Delinquents, The – (Australia) *
Der Todesking – (Germany)
Dimenticare Palermo (To Forget Palermo) – (Italy)
Disorganized Crime
Do the Right Thing
Doggie Adventure
Dream a Little Dream
Driving Miss Daisy
Drugstore Cowboy
Dry White Season, A
Ear, The (Ucho) – (Czechoslovakia) – made in 1970 but banned until 1989
Echoes of Paradise – (Australia)
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! – (Canada)
Edge of Sanity
Eeshwar
Elves
Enemies, a Love Story
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
Experts, The
Fabulous Baker Boys, The
Family Business
Farewell to the King
Fat Man and Little Boy
Field of Dreams
Food of the Gods II
Fool's Mate (Zugzwang) – (West Germany)
For Queen and Country – (UK/US)
Freeze Die Come to Life (Zamri, umri, voskresni!) – (U.S.S.R.)
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Gang of Four – (France)
Getting It Right – (U.K.)
Gleaming the Cube
God of Gamblers (Du shen) – (Hong Kong)
Godzilla vs. Biollante – (Japan)
Great Balls of Fire!
Gross Anatomy
Harlem Nights
Hathyar – (India)
Heart of Dixie
Her Alibi
Hit List
Homer and Eddie
Hoof Here, a Hoof There, A (Kopytem sem, kopytem tam) – (Czechoslovakia)
Houseboat Horror – (Australia)
How I Got Into College
How to Get Ahead in Advertising – (U.K.)
I Love, You Love (Ja milujem, ty miluješ) – (Czechoslovakia)
Ice Pawn
Icicle Thief, The (Ladri di saponette) – (Italy)
Immediate Family
In Country
Innocent Man, An
Intergirl (Interdevochka) – (U.S.S.R.)
Interrogation (Przesluchanie) – (Poland) – banned for over 7 years
Ivan and Alexandra – (Bulgaria)
Jacknife
January Man, The
Je suis le seigneur du château (I'm the King of the Castle) – (France)
Johnny Handsome
K-9
Karate Kid Part III, The
Kickboxer *
Killer, The (dip hyut soeng hung) – (Hong Kong)
Killing Dad
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
La Révolution française (The French Revolution) – (France/West Germany/Italy/U.K.)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Lean on Me
Leningrad Cowboys Go America – (Finland)
Leviathan
Life and Nothing But (La vie et rien d'autre) – (France)
Listen to Me
Little Monsters – (Ireland/UK/US)
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Lock Up
Lonesome Dove
Lost Angels
Loverboy
Maine Pyar Kiya (I Fell in Love) – (India)
Major League
Marquis – (Belgium/France)
Marriage of the Blessed, The (Arousi-ye Khouban) – (Iran)
Meet the Hollowheads
Mighty Quinn, The
Millennium
Miracles (Hong Kong)
Miss Firecracker
Monsieur Hire – (France)
Mother (Mat) – (U.S.S.R.)
Music Box
My 20th Century – (Hungary/West Germany)
My Left Foot – (Ireland/U.K.) *
Mystery Train – (Japan/United States) *
New York Stories
Newcomer in The Cabbage, The
Next of Kin
Night Game
Nightmare on Drug Street, A
No Holds Barred
Nowhere to Run
O Sangue (Blood) – (Portugal)
Old Gringo
Out of the Dark
Package, The
Paper Wedding, The – (Canada)
Parents
Pedicab Driver (Qun long xi feng) – (Hong Kong)
Penn & Teller Get Killed
Physical Evidence
Punisher, The
Puppet Master
Rainbow, The – (U.K.)
Ramji Rav Speaking – (India)
Red Scorpion
Relentless
Renegades
Return of the Musketeers, The – (U.K./France/Spain)
Reunion – (U.K.)
Road House
Roadkill – (Canada)
Roger & Me
Rojo Amanecer (Red Dawn) – (Mexico)
Rosalie Goes Shopping – (West Germany)
Santa Sangre (Holy Blood) – (Mexico)
Say Anything...
Scandal – (U.K.)
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Sea of Love *
Second Sight
See You in the Morning
Servant, The (Sluga) – (U.S.S.R.)
Seventh Continent, The (Der siebente Kontinent) – (Austria)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Shag – (Japan)
She's Out of Control
She-Devil
Shirley Valentine – (U.K.)
Signs of Life
Sinbad of the Seven Seas
Sing
Skin Deep
Slaves of New York
Society
Souvenir
Speed Zone
Spider's Web (Das Spinnennetz) – (West Germany)
Splendor – (Italy)
Split
Staying Together
Steel Magnolias
Strapless – (U.K.)
Striker with Number 9, The (I fanela me to '9') – (Greece)
Sweet Home – (Japan)
Sweetie – (Australia)
Tall Guy, The – (U.K.)
Tap
Ten Little Indians – (U.K.)
Tetsuo: The Iron Man – (Japan)
Thick Skinned (Peaux de vaches) – (France)
Three Fugitives
Too Beautiful for You (Trop belle pour toi) – (France)
Triumph of the Spirit
Troop Beverly Hills
Tropical Snow
True Love
UHF
Valmont – (United States/France)
Vampire's Kiss
Violent Cop (Sono otoko, kyōbō ni tsuki) – (Japan)
Waltzing Regitze (Dansen med Regitze) – (Denmark)
War Requiem – (U.K.)
Welcome Home
What Time is it? (Che ora è?) – (Italy)
When the Whales Came – (U.K.)
Who's Harry Crumb?
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (Dalmaga dongjjok-euro gan ggadakeun?) – (South Korea)
Wicked Stepmother
Willy the Sparrow (Vili, a veréb) – (Hungary)
Wilt – (U.K.)
Winter People
Winter War, The (Talvisota) – (Finland)
Wizard, The
Wodaabe - Herdsmen of the Sun (Wodaabe – Die Hirten der Sonne) – (West Germany)
Worth Winning
Yaaba – (Burkina Faso)