51. Red Sorghum ( Hong gao liang )
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten, Chun Hua Ji, Zhigang Chen, Yusheng Li
Plot: Taking place in 1930s China, a young woman is sent by her father to marry a leprous winery owner. Finding no love - she often travels to the nearby red sorghum fields, where she finds herself falling for a servant there. When her husband dies, she inherits the isolated business.
52. Casualties of War
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Don Harvey, John C. Reilly, John Leguizamo, Ving Rhames
Plot: During the Vietnam War five American soldiers come across a young woman from a village. Four of the men participate in the rape and killing of her while the fifth refuses, and what's more, demands justice for the crime. Through the lens of this one action, the film depicts the brutality and reality of war.
53. The Burbs
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher, Corey Feldman, Bruce Dern, Henry Gibson, Rick Ducommun
Plot: A man is on vacation and decides to stay home and relax. Relaxing is the last thing that happens when he suspects his neighbor has killed someone and buried him in his yard. The suburbs will never be the same.
54. Clownhouse
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Victor Salva
Actors: Nathan Forrest Winters, Brian McHugh, Sam Rockwell, Michael Jerome West, Byron Weible, David C. Reinecker
Plot: Three brothers are trapped in an old house with three escaped killers wearing clown suits.
55. New Year's Day
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Henry Jaglom
Actors: David Duchovny, Milos Forman, Maggie Wheeler, Gwen Welles, Henry Jaglom, Melanie Winter
56. Taxing Woman 2, A ( Marusa no onna 2 )
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jûzô Itami
Actors: Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Tetsurô Tanba, Yasuo Daichi, Tôru Masuoka, Kinzoh Sakura
57. Chocolat
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Claire Denis
Actors: Isaach De Bankolé, Giulia Boschi, François Cluzet, Jean-Claude Adelin, Laurent Arnal, Jean Bediebe
Plot: A film directed by Claire Denis (and starring Isaach De Bankolé and Giulia Boschi) that documents French Colonialism in Cameroon.
58. Chances Are
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Emile Ardolino
Actors: Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan O'Neal, Mary Stuart Masterson, Christopher McDonald, Josef Sommer
Plot: Louie Jeffries is happily married to his wife, Corinne but on their first anniversary an accident takes his life. But he is reincarnated as Alex Finch and, 20 years later, he finds another love in Miranda - who happens to be the daughter of Corrine. When he arrives at her home - memories start to come back and he must figure out how to reconcile his past life with his present.
59. Zatoichi: Darkness is His Ally ( Zatôichi )
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shintarô Katsu
Actors: Shintarô Katsu, Kanako Higuchi, Takanori Jinnai, Ryuutarô Gan, Yûya Uchida, Toyomi Kusano
60. Black Dragon aka Mr. Canton and Lady Rose ( Ji ji )
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jackie Chan
Actors: Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Ah Lei Gua, Chun Hsiung Ko, Ma Wu, Bill Tung
Plot: A country boy arrives in Hong Kong in the 1930s to find a job. In his first day he rescues a local crime boss who, while dying, appoints him the new head of the gang. He is placed in charge of the gang's nightclub and inherits the problems it brings, but benefits from the good luck brought with purchasing roses from a poor old lady. When the old lady's daughter comes to visit however, the new Canton godfather attempts to repay her with a good deed.
