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.

231. High Hopes

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mike Leigh
Actors: Philip Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré, Philip Jackson, Heather Tobias, David Bamber
Plot: Focusing on an extended working class family living in King's Cross, London and elsewhere.

232. Slaves of New York

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Ivory
Actors: Bernadette Peters, Chris Sarandon, Mary Beth Hurt, Madeleine Potter, Jsu Garcia, Mercedes Ruehl

233. Red Scorpion

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joseph Zito
Actors: Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh, Al White, T.P. McKenna, Carmen Argenziano, Brion James
Plot: A KGB agent sent to Africa to take down an anti-Communist revolutionary switches sides to help the rebels when he sees how his Russian and Cuban "allies" are mistreating the locals.

234. Happy Together

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mel Damski
Actors: Patrick Dempsey, Helen Slater, Dan Schneider, Kevin Hardesty, Barbara Babcock, Brad Pitt

235. How I Got into College

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Savage Steve Holland
Actors: Anthony Edwards, Corey Parker, Lara Flynn Boyle, Finn Carter, Charles Rocket, Christopher Rydell

236. The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman
Actors: Ron Fazio, John Altamura, Phoebe Legere, Rick Collins, Lisa Gaye, Jessica Dublin

237. Dead Bang

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Don Johnson, Penelope Ann Miller, William Forsythe, Bob Balaban, Tate Donovan, Michael Jeter

238. Far from Home

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Meiert Avis
Actors: Matt Frewer, Drew Barrymore, Richard Masur, Karen Austin, Susan Tyrrell, Anthony Rapp

239. White Hot ( Crack in the Mirror )

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robby Benson
Actors: Robby Benson, Tawny Kitaen, Danny Aiello, Kevin Gray, Cliff Bemis, Tony Gillan
Plot: A nice, honest young man needs some money, fast and agrees to housesit for a local drug dealer. Yet once there, his good nature flags and he finds himself falling to temptation - much like his addict wife.

240. Edge of Sanity

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gérard Kikoïne
Actors: Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber, Sarah Maur Thorp, David Lodge, Ben Cole, Ray Jewers

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