Top Movies of 1989


The top movies of 1989 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

151. The Unbelievable Truth

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hal Hartley
Actors: Adrienne Shelly, Robert John Burke, Chris Cooke, Julia McNeal, Edie Falco, Bill Sage

152. I, Madman

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tibor Takács
Actors: Jenny Wright, Clayton Rohner, Randall William Cook, Stephanie Hodge, Michelle Jordan, Vance Valencia

153. Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon, A ( Ying hung boon sik III jik yeung ji gor )

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hark Tsui
Actors: Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Anita Mui, Kien Shih, Saburô Tokitô, Wai Lun Cheng
Plot: Hong Kong native Mark Lee travels to Saigon during the last days of the Vietnam War to bring his uncle and cousin home. Lee encounters treachery and lawlessness during his trip and struggles to complete his journey.

154. Criminal Law

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Campbell
Actors: Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper, Karen Young, Joe Don Baker, Michael Sinelnikoff

155. New York Stories

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola , Martin Scorsese
Actors: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Talia Shire, Adrien Brody, Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette
Plot: Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese present three short stories all taking place in the same New York locale: An artist who becomes obsessed with his young assistant, the adventures of precocious 12-year-old and a neurotic lawyer who has to deal with his possessive mother.

156. Intruder

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Scott Spiegel
Actors: Elizabeth Cox, Renée Estevez, Dan Hicks, David Byrnes, Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell
Plot: The ex-boyfriend of a check-out girl at a supermarket returns at closing time to make trouble. They quarrel and the boyfriend is ejected from the store. After they lock the building up to take inventory, the employees start dying off, and the survivors must eventually find a way to escape with their lives.

157. Champions Forever

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dimitri Logothetis
Actors: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Ken Norton

158. Cohen and Tate

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Eric Red
Actors: Roy Scheider, Adam Baldwin, Harley Cross, Cooper Huckabee, Suzanne Savoy, Tom Campitelli
Plot: A pair of hitmen, and older professional and his hot-headed, brutal partner, kidnap a boy only to have the resourceful prisoner push all the right buttons to put the killers at each other's throat.

159. For Queen and Country

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Stellman
Actors: Denzel Washington, Dorian Healy, Sean Chapman, Graham McTavish, Geff Francis, Frank Harper

160. The Plot Against Harry

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Roemer
Actors: Martin Priest, Ben Lang, Maxine Woods, Henry Nemo, Jacques Taylor, Jean Leslie

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