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Trailers from Hell Presents: The Movies That Made Me: Dan Waters: My Favorite Year: 1989

Movies That Made Me veteran guest and screenwriter Dan Waters discusses his favorite year of cinema (1989) with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
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  • The Phantom Carriage (1921)

    1. The Phantom Carriage

    19211h 47mNot Rated
    8.0 (15K)
    On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.
    DirectorVictor SjöströmStarsVictor SjöströmHilda BorgströmTore Svennberg
  • George Hamilton in Love at First Bite (1979)

    2. Love at First Bite

    19791h 36mPG62Metascore
    6.1 (6.9K)
    After being evicted from his castle in Transylvania, Count Dracula and his assistant Renfield travel to New York to find a woman who the Count believes is the reincarnation of the woman he has loved for all eternity.
    DirectorStan DragotiStarsGeorge HamiltonSusan Saint JamesRichard Benjamin
  • Bruce Willis in Hudson Hawk (1991)

    3. Hudson Hawk

    19911h 40mR17Metascore
    5.7 (64K)
    A cat burglar is forced to steal Da Vinci works of art for a world domination plot.
    DirectorMichael LehmannStarsBruce WillisDanny AielloAndie MacDowell
  • Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes in Demolition Man (1993)

    4. Demolition Man

    19931h 55mR34Metascore
    6.7 (206K)
    A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.
    DirectorMarco BrambillaStarsSylvester StalloneWesley SnipesSandra Bullock
  • Winona Ryder and Christian Slater in Heathers (1989)

    5. Heathers

    19891h 43mR72Metascore
    7.1 (125K)
    At Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count.
    DirectorMichael LehmannStarsWinona RyderChristian SlaterShannen Doherty
  • Julian Sands in Warlock (1989)

    6. Warlock

    19891h 43mR44Metascore
    6.2 (21K)
    A warlock flees from the 17th to the 20th century, with a witch-hunter in hot pursuit.
    DirectorSteve MinerStarsJulian SandsLori SingerRichard E. Grant
  • Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Joe Pantoliano, and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix (1999)

    7. The Matrix

    19992h 16mR73Metascore
    8.7 (2.2M)
    When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.
    DirectorsLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne Moss
  • Keanu Reeves in Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

    8. Johnny Mnemonic

    19951h 36mR36Metascore
    5.6 (80K)
    A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza.
    DirectorRobert LongoStarsKeanu ReevesDolph LundgrenDina Meyer
  • Barry Lyndon (1975)

    9. Barry Lyndon

    19753h 5mPG89Metascore
    8.1 (200K)
    An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsRyan O'NealMarisa BerensonPatrick Magee
  • Susan Backlinie and Bruce in Jaws (1975)

    10. Jaws

    19752h 4mPG87Metascore
    8.1 (724K)
    When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to the local police chief, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard Dreyfuss
  • Al Pacino and John Cazale in Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

    11. Dog Day Afternoon

    19752h 5mR86Metascore
    8.0 (288K)
    Three amateur robbers plan to hold up a Brooklyn bank. A nice, simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsAl PacinoJohn CazalePenelope Allen
  • Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

    12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    19752h 13mR84Metascore
    8.6 (1.1M)
    A rebellious convict is sent to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation in 1963 Oregon, and encourages his docile companions to take more control of their lives and defy the tyrannical head nurse.
    DirectorMilos FormanStarsJack NicholsonLouise FletcherMichael Berryman
  • Nashville (1975)

    13. Nashville

    19752h 40mR96Metascore
    7.6 (31K)
    Over the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention.
    DirectorRobert AltmanStarsKeith CarradineKaren BlackRonee Blakley
  • Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

    14. Born on the Fourth of July

    19892h 25mR75Metascore
    7.2 (123K)
    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
  • Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society (1989)

    15. Dead Poets Society

    19892h 8mPG79Metascore
    8.1 (626K)
    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
  • Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

    16. Driving Miss Daisy

    19891h 39mPG81Metascore
    7.3 (123K)
    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
  • Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams (1989)

    17. Field of Dreams

    19891h 47mPG57Metascore
    7.5 (137K)
    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
  • My Left Foot (1989)

    18. My Left Foot

    19891h 43mR97Metascore
    7.8 (84K)
    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
  • Woody Allen and Martin Landau in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

    19. Crimes and Misdemeanors

    19891h 44mPG-1377Metascore
    7.8 (63K)
    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
  • Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, John Turturro, Ruby Dee, Giancarlo Esposito, and Bill Nunn in Do the Right Thing (1989)

    20. Do the Right Thing

    19892hR93Metascore
    8.0 (122K)
    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
  • Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch in Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

    21. Drugstore Cowboy

    19891h 42mR82Metascore
    7.2 (43K)
    A pharmacy-robbing dope fiend and his crew pop pills and evade the law.
    DirectorGus Van SantStarsMatt DillonKelly LynchJames Le Gros
  • Andie MacDowell, Laura San Giacomo, James Spader, and Peter Gallagher in Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)

    22. Sex, Lies, and Videotape

    19891h 40mR86Metascore
    7.2 (64K)
    A sexually repressed woman's husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything.
    DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsJames SpaderAndie MacDowellPeter Gallagher
  • Peter Fonda in Easy Rider (1969)

    23. Easy Rider

    19691h 35mR85Metascore
    7.2 (122K)
    Two bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.
    DirectorDennis HopperStarsPeter FondaDennis HopperJack Nicholson
  • Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy (1969)

    24. Midnight Cowboy

    19691h 53mR79Metascore
    7.8 (130K)
    A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.
    DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsDustin HoffmanJon VoightSylvia Miles
  • The Wild Bunch (1969)

    25. The Wild Bunch

    19692h 15mR98Metascore
    7.9 (94K)
    An aging group of outlaws in 1913 Texas look for one last big score, selling stolen Army rifles to a rogue Mexican general during that country's revolution, as the traditional American West is disappearing around them.
    DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsWilliam HoldenErnest BorgnineRobert Ryan

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