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.

41. Balance

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Animation/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein
Plot: A group of mysterious men, all balancing upon a square that floats above an abyss,
become jealous when a music box is found.

42. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Stephen Herek
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin, Terry Camilleri, Jane Wiedlin, Dan Shor
Plot: Two dim-bulb rockers are on the verge of flunking out of school, but are given one last chance: an oral report on how historical figures would react to modern times. Enter Rufus, a time-traveler who reveals the music made by the two shapes the future and in order to keep things right, gives them a time machine to round up some of histories greatest figures for one righteous report.

43. A Dry White Season

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Euzhan Palcy
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Jürgen Prochnow, Susan Sarandon, Marlon Brando, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae

44. Paperhouse

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bernard Rose
Actors: Charlotte Burke, Jane Bertish, Samantha Cahill, Glenne Headly, Gemma Jones, Sarah Newbold

45. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joe Johnston
Actors: Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland, Thomas Wilson Brown, Jared Rushton
Plot: When a struggling inventor creates a shrink-ray, his and his neighbor's children are shrunk and must now find their way through the hazards of insects, lawnmowers and rain in order to find their way home and back to their normal size.

46. Sea of Love

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Harold Becker
Actors: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker, William Hickey, Richard Jenkins
Plot: A New York City detective searches for the serial killer who locates victims through the singles column in a newspaper. The cop falls for a lady in one of the advertisements.

47. John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Martin
Actors: John Huston, Anjelica Huston, Robert Mitchum, Michael Caine, Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall

48. Romero

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Duigan
Actors: Raul Julia, Richard Jordan, Harold Gould, Tony Perez, Ana Alicia, Eddie Velez

49. Pet Sematary

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mary Lambert
Actors: Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby, Brad Greenquist, Miko Hughes, Blaze Berdahl
Plot: The Creed family moves to a countryside home near a busy logging road. In the woods near the house is a pet cemetery and further on is strange burial ground where things don't stay buried, but come back changed. After a tragic accident takes away his son, the father buries him there with fatal consequences.

50. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Charles McKeown, Winston Dennis
Plot: The fantastical tales of Baron Munchausen and his friends, including a trip to the moon, escaping the Grim Reaper, dancing with the goddess Venus and being swallowed by a sea monster - all told against the backdrop of a very real threat from Turkish invaders.

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