21. Steel Magnolias
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Herbert Ross
Actors: Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts
Plot: Southern woman share laughs, love, and the trials and tribulation of life.
22. Born on the Fourth of July
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Tom Cruise, Tom Berenger, Kyra Sedgwick, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Stephen Baldwin
Plot: Ron Kovic is a young man graduating high school during Vietnam war when he decides to enlist in the military. After his injury he is shocked with the treatment of war veterans but quickly learns the truths to the war as he fights for peace.
23. Lean on Me
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John G. Avildsen
Actors: Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume, Alan North, Lynne Thigpen, Michael Beach
24. Lethal Weapon 2
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Donner
Actors: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Derrick O'Connor, Patsy Kensit
Plot: Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation.
25. Shag
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Zelda Barron
Actors: Phoebe Cates, Scott Coffey, Bridget Fonda, Annabeth Gish, Page Hannah, Robert Rusler
26. Camille Claudel
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bruno Nuytten
Actors: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Laurent Grévill, Alain Cuny, Madeleine Robinson, Katrine Boorman
Plot: The story of Camille Claudel,a young artist whose career and love affair with Rodin brings her close to madness.
27. Damnation ( Kárhozat )
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Hungarian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Béla Tarr
Actors: György Cserhalmi, Gyula Pauer, Miklós Székely B., Vali Kerekes, János Újvári, Gáspár Ferdinándy
28. Henry V
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Emma Thompson, Judi Dench
Plot: A great cast of Englishmen execute Shakespeare's history, leading up to Kenneth Branagh's elegant Saint Crispin's Day speech.
29. Roger & Me
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Moore
Actors: Michael Moore, Pat Boone, Roger B. Smith, Bob Eubanks, James Blanchard, Timothy Jackson
Plot: Michael Moore seeks to question General Motors CEO Roger Smith about the affects he had on Flint, Michigan, the auto industry, and the affect of a changing economy.
30. The War of the Roses
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Danny DeVito
Actors: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Sean Astin, Marianne Sägebrecht, Heather Fairfield
Plot: A couple's marriage falls apart as their story is told through the eyes of their lawyer.
