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  • Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

    1. Driving Miss Daisy

    19891h 39mPG81Metascore
    7.3 (122K)
    An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.
    DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsMorgan FreemanJessica TandyDan Aykroyd
    *[BEST PICTURE]*
    ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE -- Jessica Tandy
    MAKEUP -- Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Barber, Kevin Haney
    BEST PICTURE -- Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck, Producers
    WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) -- Alfred Uhry
  • My Left Foot (1989)

    2. My Left Foot

    19891h 43mR97Metascore
    7.8 (83K)
    Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
    DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel Day-LewisBrenda FrickerAlison Whelan
    BEST PICTURE
    ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE -- Daniel Day Lewis
    ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Brenda Fricker
  • Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

    3. Born on the Fourth of July

    19892h 25mR75Metascore
    7.2 (122K)
    The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country for which he fought.
    DirectorOliver StoneStarsTom CruiseBryan LarkinRaymond J. Barry
    BEST PICTURE
    DIRECTING -- Oliver Stone
    FILM EDITING -- David Brenner, Joe Hutshing
  • Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society (1989)

    4. Dead Poets Society

    19892h 8mPG79Metascore
    8.1 (599K)
    Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.
    DirectorPeter WeirStarsRobin WilliamsRobert Sean LeonardEthan Hawke
    BEST PICTURE *Top Rated Movies*
    WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) -- Tom Schulman
  • Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams (1989)

    5. Field of Dreams

    19891h 47mPG57Metascore
    7.5 (135K)
    Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.
    DirectorPhil Alden RobinsonStarsKevin CostnerJames Earl JonesRay Liotta
    BEST PICTURE
    Nominated for 3 Oscars.
  • Jodi Benson in The Little Mermaid (1989)

    6. The Little Mermaid

    19891h 23mG88Metascore
    7.6 (304K)
    A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love.
    DirectorsRon ClementsJohn MuskerStarsJodi BensonSamuel E. WrightRene Auberjonois
    MUSIC (Original Score) -- Alan Menken
    MUSIC (Original Song) -- "Under The Sea," Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
  • Matthew Broderick in Glory (1989)

    7. Glory

    19892h 2mR78Metascore
    7.8 (150K)
    Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.
    DirectorEdward ZwickStarsMatthew BroderickDenzel WashingtonCary Elwes
    ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Denzel Washington
    CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Freddie Francis
    SOUND -- Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg C. Rudloff, Elliot Tyson, Russell Williams II
  • Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton in Batman (1989)

    8. Batman

    19892h 6mPG-1369Metascore
    7.5 (422K)
    The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker.
    DirectorTim BurtonStarsMichael KeatonJack NicholsonKim Basinger
    ART DIRECTION -- Art Direction: Anton Furst; Set Decoration: Peter Young
  • Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, Denholm Elliott, Michael Byrne, Alison Doody, and John Rhys-Davies in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

    9. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    19892h 7mPG-1365Metascore
    8.2 (844K)
    In 1938, after his father goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against the Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordSean ConneryAlison Doody
    *Top Rated Movies*
    SOUND EFFECTS EDITING -- Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns
  • The Abyss (1989)

    10. The Abyss

    19892h 20mPG-1362Metascore
    7.5 (203K)
    A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.
    DirectorJames CameronStarsEd HarrisMary Elizabeth MastrantonioMichael Biehn
    VISUAL EFFECTS -- John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, Dennis Skotak
  • Kenneth Branagh in Henry V (1989)

    11. Henry V

    19892h 17mPG-1383Metascore
    7.5 (33K)
    In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
    DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghDerek JacobiSimon Shepherd
    COSTUME DESIGN -- Phyllis Dalton
  • Balance (1989)

    12. Balance

    19897mShort
    7.9 (5.9K)
    A group of fishermen on a precariously balanced platform fight over a trunk.
    DirectorsChristoph LauensteinWolfgang Lauenstein
    SHORT FILM (Animated) -- Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein
  • Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)

    13. Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

    19891h 19m
    8.1 (1.2K)
    A collection of profiles of people dead from AIDS who are remembered in the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
    DirectorsRob EpsteinJeffrey FriedmanStarsSara LewinsteinDavid MandellSuzi Mandell
    DOCUMENTARY (Feature) -- Robert Epstein and Bill Couturié, Producers
  • The Johnstown Flood (1989)

    14. The Johnstown Flood

    198926mShort
    7.4 (153)
    On May 30, 1889 the South Fork Dam, which maintained a pleasure lake for wealthy Pittsburgh industrialists and their families, failed due to very heavy rains and poor maintenance by the dam's owners. The burst dam sent a wall of water and debris, 40 feet high and half a mile wide, 14 miles downstream to the bustling industrial city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. More than 2000 people lost their lives in the disaster. This documentary tells the story, and tells us that the disaster was easily avoidable.
    DirectorCharles GuggenheimStarsLen CariouElam BenderRandy Bender
    DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) -- Charles Guggenheim, Producer
  • Work Experience (1989)

    15. Work Experience

    198911mShort
    6.6 (146)
    Terence is caught in a vicious circle. he cannot get a job because he has no experience, but he cannot gain experience without getting a job!
    DirectorJames HendrieStarsLenny HenrySusan BrownKathy Burke
    SHORT FILM (Live Action) -- James Hendrie
  • Creature Comforts (1989)

    16. Creature Comforts

    19895mTV-GShort
    7.7 (7.1K)
    A humourous and thought-provoking view of what animals in zoos might be thinking about their captivity and surroundings.
    DirectorNick ParkStarJulie Sedgewick
    SHORT FILM (Animated) -- Nick Park
  • Scotty Bloch and Clebert Ford in The Lunch Date (1989)

    17. The Lunch Date

    198912mShort
    7.4 (1.9K)
    A woman misses her train and buys lunch in a café. When she returns to her table, a man is eating her salad.
    DirectorAdam DavidsonStarsScotty BlochClebert FordBernard Johnson
    SHORT FILM (Live Action) -- Adam Davidson
  • Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Bridges, and Beau Bridges in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)

    18. The Fabulous Baker Boys

    19891h 54mR85Metascore
    6.9 (27K)
    The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.
    DirectorSteve KlovesStarsJeff BridgesMichelle PfeifferBeau Bridges
    Nominated for 4 Oscars.
  • Woody Allen and Martin Landau in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

    19. Crimes and Misdemeanors

    19891h 44mPG-1377Metascore
    7.8 (62K)
    An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.
    DirectorWoody AllenStarsMartin LandauWoody AllenBill Bernstein
    Nominated for 3 Oscars.
  • Lena Olin, Anjelica Huston, Ron Silver, and Malgorzata Zajaczkowska in Enemies, A Love Story (1989)

    20. Enemies, A Love Story

    19891h 59mR
    6.6 (2.7K)
    A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
    DirectorPaul MazurskyStarsRon SilverAnjelica HustonLena Olin
    Nominated for 3 Oscars.
  • Michael Douglas in Black Rain (1989)

    21. Black Rain

    19892h 5mR56Metascore
    6.6 (63K)
    Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsMichael DouglasAndy GarciaKen Takakura
    Nominated for 2 Oscars.
  • Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, John Turturro, Ruby Dee, Giancarlo Esposito, and Bill Nunn in Do the Right Thing (1989)

    22. Do the Right Thing

    19892hR93Metascore
    8.0 (120K)
    On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
    DirectorSpike LeeStarsDanny AielloOssie DavisRuby Dee
    Nominated for 2 Oscars.
  • Pauline Collins in Shirley Valentine (1989)

    23. Shirley Valentine

    19891h 48mR52Metascore
    7.2 (9.4K)
    Shirley is a 42-year-old bored Liverpudlian housewife who takes a holiday trip to Greece and meets a local man who bolsters her self-confidence. She evolves and transforms to the point that her husband doesn't even recognize her.
    DirectorLewis GilbertStarsPauline CollinsTom ContiJulia McKenzie
    Nominated for 2 Oscars.
  • Steve Martin, Keanu Reeves, Martha Plimpton, Tom Hulce, Rick Moranis, Jason Robards, Dianne Wiest, and Mary Steenburgen in Parenthood (1989)

    24. Parenthood

    19892h 4mPG-1382Metascore
    7.1 (57K)
    Four Buckman siblings attempt to raise their children - each in their own different style - and deal with the joys and sorrows that the process brings.
    DirectorRon HowardStarsSteve MartinMary SteenburgenDianne Wiest
    Nominated for 2 Oscars.
  • Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future Part II (1989)

    25. Back to the Future Part II

    19891h 48mPG57Metascore
    7.8 (602K)
    After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.
    DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea Thompson
    Nominated for 1 Oscar.

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