51. 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
52. 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.
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 Woman in Black
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Herbert Wise
Actors: Adrian Rawlins, Bernard Hepton, David Daker, Pauline Moran, Fiona Walker, Clare Holman
Plot: Arthur Kidd is a young solicitor from London who is sent to the seaside town of Crythin to settle the estate of an old widow who had recently passed away. While being in the late widow's house in the marshes, he ends up discovering a terrible secret to a tragic story that may be linked to the strange woman dressed in black that only he seems to see.
56. 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.
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. 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
59. 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
60. 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
