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.

191. The Stepfather 2

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jeff Burr
Actors: Terry O'Quinn, Meg Foster, Caroline Williams, Jonathan Brandis, Henry Brown, Miriam Byrd-Nethery
Plot: The Stepfather escapes an insane asylum and winds up in another town, this time impersonating a marriage counselor.

192. Shocker

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Michael Murphy, Peter Berg, Mitch Pileggi, Sam Scarber, Ted Raimi, Camille Cooper
Plot: A high school athlete develops a strange connection to a serial killer through his dreams. His father is a homicide detective who has been working on capturing the serial killer plaguing the town. One night, he has dreams that his family is murdered by the serial killer. He identities the killer -- a television repairman named Horace Pinker. Using his dream as evidence, Pinker is sentenced to death in the electric chair. Before his execution, Pinker makes a pact with the devil so when he is electrocuted, the electricity from the chair will give his spirit powers of evil. Causing his spirit to travel in and out of people's bodies prompting the host to commit murder.

193. The Toxic Avenger Part II

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman
Actors: Ron Fazio, John Altamura, Phoebe Legere, Rick Collins, Rikiya Yasuoka, Jessica Dublin
Plot: Toxie is back and this time he's going to Japan to clean up Apocalypse Inc.'s mess. But while he's off in the Land of the Rising Sun, Apocalypse sets sights on Toxie's home town of Tromaville.

194. Johnny Handsome

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Walter Hill
Actors: Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth McGovern, Morgan Freeman, Forest Whitaker, Lance Henriksen

195. Life and Nothing But ( vie et rien d'autre, La )

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Actors: Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azéma, Pascale Vignal, Maurice Barrier, François Perrot, Jean-Pol Dubois

196. Shirley Valentine

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Actors: Pauline Collins, Tom Conti, Julia McKenzie, Alison Steadman, Joanna Lumley, Bernard Hill

197. Renegades

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jack Sholder
Actors: Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Jami Gertz, Robert Knepper, Bill Smitrovich, Peter MacNeill

198. Howling V: The Rebirth

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Neal Sundstrom
Actors: Philip Davis, Victoria Catlin, Elizabeth Shé, Ben Cole, William Shockley, Clive Turner
Plot: A group releases a werewolf at a 500-year-old castle in Romania.

199. Bloodhounds of Broadway

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Howard Brookner
Actors: Josef Sommer, Madonna, Jennifer Grey, Rutger Hauer, Matt Dillon, Alan Ruck

200. Young Einstein

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Yahoo Serious
Actors: Yahoo Serious, Odile Le Clezio, John Howard, Peewee Wilson, Su Cruickshank, Lulu Pinkus

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