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. Robowar - Robot da guerra
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.0 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.
44. Violent Cop, The ( Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki )
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Actors: Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shirô Sano, Sei Hiraizumi, Mikiko Otonashi
45. 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
46. 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
47. 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.
48. 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.
49. 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
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.
