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.

181. Prancer

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: John D. Hancock
Actors: Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Rutanya Alda, Abe Vigoda, Michael Constantine, Rebecca Harrell

182. A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Actors: Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Beatrice Boepple, Erika Anderson, Valorie Armstrong, Danny Hassel
Plot: Alice, who survived Freddy in the past, is pregnant but is finding that Freddy has different plans for her unborn baby.

183. The Horror Show

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Isaac
Actors: Lance Henriksen, Brion James, Rita Taggart, Dedee Pfeiffer, Aron Eisenberg, Lawrence Tierney
Plot: A detective watches as the brutal killer he apprehended, "Meat Cleaver Max", dies in the electric chair. Yet this death is only the beginning of a nightmare for the detective as he reaches out from beyond the grave to terrorize his family.

184. Heart of Dixie

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Martin Davidson
Actors: Ally Sheedy, Virginia Madsen, Phoebe Cates, Treat Williams, Don Michael Paul, Peter Berg

185. Staying Together

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lee Grant
Actors: Sean Astin, Stockard Channing, Melinda Dillon, Jim Haynie, Daphne Zuniga, Levon Helm

186. 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.

187. 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.

188. Cheetah

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Jeff Blyth
Actors: Keith Coogan, Lucy Deakins, Timothy Landfield, Colin Mothupi, Breon Gorman, Paul Onsongo

189. 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.

190. No Retreat, No Surrender 2

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Corey Yuen
Actors: Loren Avedon, Max Thayer, Cynthia Rothrock, Patra Wanthivanond, Matthias Hues, Nirut Sirichanya

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