51. Pet Sematary
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mary Lambert
Actors: Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby, Brad Greenquist, Miko Hughes, Blaze Berdahl
Plot: The Creed family moves to a countryside home near a busy logging road. In the woods near the house is a pet cemetery and further on is strange burial ground where things don't stay buried, but come back changed. After a tragic accident takes away his son, the father buries him there with fatal consequences.
52. Romero
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Duigan
Actors: Raul Julia, Richard Jordan, Harold Gould, Tony Perez, Ana Alicia, Eddie Velez
53. 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.
54. 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.
55. 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.
56. 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
57. Curse II: The Bite
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Frederico Prosperi
Actors: Jill Schoelen, J. Eddie Peck, Jamie Farr, Savina Gersak, Marianne Muellerleile, Sydney Lassick
58. 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
59. Blades
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Thomas R. Rondinella
Actors: Robert North, Jeremy Whelan, Victoria Scott, Holly Stevenson, William Towner, Peter Wray
60. Clownhouse
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 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.
