31. Parenthood
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Steve Martin, Dianne Wiest, Dennis Dugan, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards, Rick Moranis
Plot: A funny movie about family dynamics. It explores how different sets of parents, raise (their kids) and deal with the different sets of problems that their different aged children bring to the table.
32. Drugstore Cowboy
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gus Van Sant
Actors: Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James LeGros, Heather Graham, James Remar, Eric Hull
33. Major League
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David S. Ward
Actors: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Corbin Bernsen, Rene Russo, Margaret Whitton, Wesley Snipes
Plot: The new vindictive owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a team so bad, she hopes to lower attendance so she can move the team. When the players find out her scheme, they battle to win.
34. For All Mankind
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Al Reinert
Actors: Jim Lovell, Russell Schweickart, Eugene Cernan, Michael Collins, Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon
Plot: A nice documentary about the U.S. Apollo program told by the astronauts themselves. Only video footage from the era is used, and the astronauts do voice-over work detailing what happened and how they felt during the missions.
35. 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
36. Uncle Buck
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Hughes
Actors: John Candy, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann, Macaulay Culkin, Amy Madigan, Laurie Metcalf
Plot: When Cindy Russell's dad falls ill, she and her husband Bob scramble to find someone to watch their three children so they can visit him. They finally have to settle on Buck Russell - a house wrecker with little experience with kids.
37. Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Actors: Sara Lewinstein, David Mandell, Suzi Mandell, Sallie Perryman, Vito Russo, Tracy Torrey
38. Winter War, The ( Talviota )
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Finnish
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pekka Parikka
Actors: Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko, Timo Torikka, Heikki Paavilainen, Konsta Mäkelä, Samuli Edelmann
39. Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Actors: James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo, Steven Brill, Ron Vawter
Plot: Ann seeks therapy and discusses her marital discontent. Her sister and husband John has an affair. A friend of John comes back to their town. Ann and Graham become close.
40. Bear, The ( ours, L' )
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Actors: Tchéky Karyo, Jack Wallace, André Lacombe, Bart the Bear, Youk the Bear
Plot: An orphaned bear cub finds himself teaming up with an adult male bear as both try to avoid hunters in this nearly dialogue free story set against the backdrop of nature.
