Best movies of 1989

Actors : Nick Dimitri, Pat Mulligan, Joanne Whalley, Val Kilmer,
Directors : John Dahl,

A young detective becomes involved with a beautiful woman on the run from the mob and her psychopath boyfriend.

Actors : Raul Julia, Ana Alicia, Eddie Velez, Richard Jordan,
Directors : John Duigan,

The life and work of Archbishop Oscar Romero who opposed, at great personal risk, the tyrannical repression in El Salvador.

Actors : Alfre Woodard, Tim Robbins, Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen,
Directors : Thomas Schlamme,

Carnelle isn't happy with her life, so in order to improve herself she enters a local beauty contest, trying to emulate her cousin Elain's win many years ago. Few think she can win, even ...

Actors : Jonathan Pryce, James Spader, Dexter Fletcher, Ione Skye,
Directors : Damian Harris,

Charles is in control of his life; he is about to finish 6th form college and start at Oxford. He is 19 and wants an 'older' woman before he turns 20. Enter the beautiful Rachel, and ...

Actors : Marjoe Gortner, David Bradley, Steve James, Michele B. Chan,
Directors : Cedric Sundstrom,

Jackson is back, and now he has a new partner, karate champion Sean, as they must face a deadly terrorist known as "The Cobra", who has infected Sean with a virus. Sean and Jackson have no ...

Actors : Kôji Takahashi, Yoshiko Tanaka, Kunihiko Mitamura, Masanobu Takashima,
Directors : Kazuki Ohmori,

After rising from his volcanic grave, Godzilla is threatened by a mutated rosebush.

Actors : Charles Heung, Andy Lau, Joey Wang, Yun-Fat Chow,
Directors : Jing Wong,

A master gambler loses his memory, and is befriended by a street hustler who discovers his supernatural gambling abilities.

Actors : C. Thomas Howell, Frank Finlay, Michael York, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Richard Lester,

It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt, particularly from the popular Beaufort....

Actors : Doug Erholtz, Toshio Furukawa, Mîna Tominaga, David Jarvis,
Directors : Mamoru Oshii,

The screwball cops of Special Vehicles Section 2 Division 2 must investigate and stop a spree of rampaging construction robots.

Actors : Phoebe Cates, Annabeth Gish, Bridget Fonda, Scott Coffey,
Directors : Zelda Barron,

Summer of 1963. Carson is getting married to her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for one last irresponsible weekend.

Actors : Ron Fazio, Rick Collins, John Altamura, Phoebe Legere,

Toxie finds he has nothing to do as a superhero, as he has ridden his city of evil. He decides to go to work for a major corporation, which he discovers may be the evilest of all his adversaries.

Actors : Jenny Wright, Stephanie Hodge, Clayton Rohner, Randall William Cook,
Directors : Tibor Takács,

A bookshop clerk finds that an insane and murderous doctor from one of the store's horror novels has come to life.

Actors : Willem Dafoe, Robert Loggia, Edward James Olmos, Wendy Gazelle,
Directors : Robert M. Young,

Fact based story about a former Greek Olympic boxer who was taken as a prisoner during World war II and placed in the Auschwitz prison camp. There he was permitted to survive as long as he ...

Actors : Michael V. Gazzo, Dianne Wiest, Peter Falk, Emily Lloyd,
Directors : Susan Seidelman,

Paroled labor racketeer "Dapper" Dino is sought after by a "politically ambitious" prosecutor schemes to put him back in jail and a deceitful partner sizes him up for concrete shoes.

Actors : Fred Gwynne, Rubén Blades, Hoyt Axton, Corbin Bernsen,
Directors : Jim Kouf,

Career criminal Frank plans a bank heist and sends for his buddies to help pull the job. Before his buddies arrive, he's caught, forcing his cohorts to pull the job alone. Frank soon escapes, setting off a search by the bumbling cops.

Actors : Tisha Campbell-Martin, Eddie Velez, Jason Gedrick, Troy Byer,
Directors : Robert Wise,

A skilled young street fighter battles criminals across the rooftops of New York City.

Actors : Mary Stuart Masterson, James Woods, Kevin Dillon, Glenn Close,
Directors : Jonathan Kaplan,

Linda and Michael, married for ten years, desperately want a baby and turn to an adoption agency which introduces them to Lucy, a teenage girl expecting her first baby. The three agree that...

Actors : Lara Flynn Boyle, Corey Parker, Finn Carter, Anthony Edwards,
Directors : Savage Steve Holland,

The simple story of two young Michigan high school students, Jessica, Class President, Local Smart Girl, and object of Marlon's affections attempt to get into a small Pennsylvania college. ...

Actors : David Patrick Kelly, Caitlin Clarke, Penn Jillette, Teller,
Directors : Arthur Penn,

Penn & Teller enjoy playing jokes on each other. When Penn says on an interview show that he wishes he has someone threatening his life so that he "wouldn't sweat the small stuff," each of ...

Actors : Sheila Kelley, Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko, Lorraine Toussaint,
Directors : Bill Forsyth,

Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has "larceny in his heart", it will take him a long time to get as good as Ernie.