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.

81. Adventures of Milo and Otis, The ( Koneko monogatari )

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Family/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Masanori Hata
Actors: Dudley Moore, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Kyôko Koizumi
Plot: A kitten and a puppy grow up on the same farm - one day when they find themselves separated, each goes on an adventurous journey to track the other down.

82. Triumph of the Spirit

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert M. Young
Actors: Willem Dafoe, Edward James Olmos, Robert Loggia, Wendy Gazelle, Kelly Wolf, Costas Mandylor

83. Bad Taste

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Terry Potter, Pete O'Herne, Craig Smith, Mike Minett, Peter Jackson, Doug Wren
Plot: When human flesh craving aliens invade Earth, a group of New Zealanders are called in to set things right.

84. Music Box

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Costa-Gavras
Actors: Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest, Donald Moffat, Lukas Haas, Michael Rooker

85. See No Evil, Hear No Evil

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Arthur Hiller
Actors: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Joan Severance, Kevin Spacey, Alan North, Anthony Zerbe
Plot: A blind and a deaf man are framed for a murder together and they go after the real killers with hilarious results

86. Fabulous Baker Boys

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steve Kloves
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges, Ellie Raab, Xander Berkeley, Ken Lerner
Plot: For 15 years Frank and Jack Baker have made it playing small clubs and lounges as a piano duo. Times change, and in order to keep the act going they interview for a female singer and land a winner in a former escort, Suzie Diamond. As they act takes off, Suzie causes a rift between brothers and force them to come to terms with their relationships.

87. Little Vera ( Malenkaya Vera )

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Vasili Pichul
Actors: Natalya Negoda, Andrei Sokolov, Yuriy Nazarov, Lyudmila Zajtseva, Aleksandr Negreba, Aleksandra Tabakova

88. Cannibal! The Musical ( Alferd Packer: The Musical )

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Trey Parker
Actors: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Toddy Walters, Dian Bachar, Jason McHugh, Andrew Kemler
Plot: Chronicles the tale of Alferd Packer the only American ever found guilty
of cannibalism. With Packer at the helm, a party of gold prospectors gets
stranded in the midst of a savage Rocky Mountain winter, and next thing
you know, ribs and liver are on the menu.

89. Jacknife

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Hugh Jones
Actors: Robert De Niro, Kathy Baker, Ed Harris, Sloane Shelton, Ivar Brogger, Charles S. Dutton

90. Enemies: A Love Story

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Mazursky
Actors: Ron Silver, Anjelica Huston, Lena Olin, Alan King, Judith Malina, Elya Baskin

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