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.

71. Elephant

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Clarke

72. Robowar - Robot da guerra

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bruno Mattei
Actors: Reb Brown, Catherine Hickland, Mel Davidson, Max Laurel, John P. Dulaney, Jim Gaines
Plot: An Italian exploitation flick that shares the same plot as Predator.

73. Adventures of Milo and Otis, The ( Koneko monogatari )

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Family/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Masanori Hata
Actors: Dudley Moore, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Kyôko Koizumi
Plot: A kitten and a puppy grow up on the same farm - one day when they find themselves separated, each goes on an adventurous journey to track the other down.

74. The Rachel Papers

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Damian Harris
Actors: Dexter Fletcher, Ione Skye, Jonathan Pryce, James Spader, Michael Gambon, Bill Paterson

75. Triumph of the Spirit

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert M. Young
Actors: Willem Dafoe, Edward James Olmos, Robert Loggia, Wendy Gazelle, Kelly Wolf, Costas Mandylor

76. Music Box

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Costa-Gavras
Actors: Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest, Donald Moffat, Lukas Haas, Michael Rooker

77. See No Evil, Hear No Evil

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Arthur Hiller
Actors: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Joan Severance, Kevin Spacey, Alan North, Anthony Zerbe
Plot: A blind and a deaf man are framed for a murder together and they go after the real killers with hilarious results

78. Little Vera ( Malenkaya Vera )

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Vasili Pichul
Actors: Natalya Negoda, Andrei Sokolov, Yuriy Nazarov, Lyudmila Zajtseva, Aleksandr Negreba, Aleksandra Tabakova

79. Fabulous Baker Boys

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steve Kloves
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges, Ellie Raab, Xander Berkeley, Ken Lerner
Plot: For 15 years Frank and Jack Baker have made it playing small clubs and lounges as a piano duo. Times change, and in order to keep the act going they interview for a female singer and land a winner in a former escort, Suzie Diamond. As they act takes off, Suzie causes a rift between brothers and force them to come to terms with their relationships.

80. Bad Taste

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Terry Potter, Pete O'Herne, Craig Smith, Mike Minett, Peter Jackson, Doug Wren
Plot: When human flesh craving aliens invade Earth, a group of New Zealanders are called in to set things right.

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